PUNE: Air India Express and AirAsia India have introduced the graduation of interline bookings, officers mentioned on Monday.
Guests can now e-book a single itinerary throughout each airways, together with a single PNR on the widespread web site, airindiaexpress.com and different OTAs (Online Travel Agents) and Travel Partners.
Guests travelling on connecting flights on the AirAsia India (I5) and Air India Express (IX) airline codes can now check-in as much as their remaining vacation spot and obtain boarding passes for all segments firstly of the journey.
For occasion, with the interline association, company can e-book a Lucknow – Delhi – Sharjah itinerary underneath a single PNR (Passenger Name Record) and obtain their boarding passes for each Lucknow to Delhi and Delhi to Sharjah, initially of their journey in Lucknow itself. However, customs and immigration formalities will must be carried out at Delhi, whereas baggage could be labelled as much as the ultimate vacation spot.
With a mixed fleet of 54 plane, each airways join 44 locations, working over 250 routes throughout India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The airways have harmonised a variety of ancillary add-on providers and sub-brands, corresponding to Gourmair in-flight eating, Xpress Prime seating, and Xpress Ahead precedence providers.
Talking about this growth, Aloke Singh, Managing Director, Air India Express and AirAsia India, commented, “Our ongoing efforts towards integrating Air India Express and AirAsia India, even as we proceed with the full merger, is now bearing fruit, with a strong, integrated network emerging. The network footprint stretches across India, Gulf & the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and will be further strengthened with our forthcoming fleet expansion. The interline arrangement enables guests to seamlessly book and connect across sectors operated by the two airlines, as if it were already one network. This is just the beginning of the remarkable value proposition we aim to deliver, and we look forward to further enriching travel experiences.”
Earlier this 12 months, Air India Express and AirAsia India unveiled a unified web site, airindiaexpress.com, enabling customers to e-book, handle providers and check-in to flights from each airways throughout home and worldwide routes with an built-in backend passenger service system.
AirAsia India flies over 50 direct and over 100 connecting routes throughout 19 locations in India together with Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Imphal, Guwahati, Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Surat, Bagdogra, Ranchi, and Srinagar.
Air India Express operates to 14 worldwide locations together with Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Salalah, Sharjah, Singapore, Ras-Al-Khaimah, Riyadh, and Jeddah, from 18 Indian cities together with Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore, Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Mumbai, Amritsar, Lucknow, Jaipur, Varanasi, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Madurai, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Kannur, Surat and Hyderabad.
Guests can now e-book a single itinerary throughout each airways, together with a single PNR on the widespread web site, airindiaexpress.com and different OTAs (Online Travel Agents) and Travel Partners.
Guests travelling on connecting flights on the AirAsia India (I5) and Air India Express (IX) airline codes can now check-in as much as their remaining vacation spot and obtain boarding passes for all segments firstly of the journey.
For occasion, with the interline association, company can e-book a Lucknow – Delhi – Sharjah itinerary underneath a single PNR (Passenger Name Record) and obtain their boarding passes for each Lucknow to Delhi and Delhi to Sharjah, initially of their journey in Lucknow itself. However, customs and immigration formalities will must be carried out at Delhi, whereas baggage could be labelled as much as the ultimate vacation spot.
With a mixed fleet of 54 plane, each airways join 44 locations, working over 250 routes throughout India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The airways have harmonised a variety of ancillary add-on providers and sub-brands, corresponding to Gourmair in-flight eating, Xpress Prime seating, and Xpress Ahead precedence providers.
Talking about this growth, Aloke Singh, Managing Director, Air India Express and AirAsia India, commented, “Our ongoing efforts towards integrating Air India Express and AirAsia India, even as we proceed with the full merger, is now bearing fruit, with a strong, integrated network emerging. The network footprint stretches across India, Gulf & the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and will be further strengthened with our forthcoming fleet expansion. The interline arrangement enables guests to seamlessly book and connect across sectors operated by the two airlines, as if it were already one network. This is just the beginning of the remarkable value proposition we aim to deliver, and we look forward to further enriching travel experiences.”
Earlier this 12 months, Air India Express and AirAsia India unveiled a unified web site, airindiaexpress.com, enabling customers to e-book, handle providers and check-in to flights from each airways throughout home and worldwide routes with an built-in backend passenger service system.
AirAsia India flies over 50 direct and over 100 connecting routes throughout 19 locations in India together with Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Imphal, Guwahati, Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Surat, Bagdogra, Ranchi, and Srinagar.
Air India Express operates to 14 worldwide locations together with Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Salalah, Sharjah, Singapore, Ras-Al-Khaimah, Riyadh, and Jeddah, from 18 Indian cities together with Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore, Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Mumbai, Amritsar, Lucknow, Jaipur, Varanasi, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Madurai, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Kannur, Surat and Hyderabad.
