Bids for upgrade to Air India business class

New Delhi: Air India has announced a new bidding system for upgrading an economy class seat to business class by paying extra. This system has started on flights to the US, Europe, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. After the check-in is complete, the system sees how many business class seats are vacant and allots seats according to priority (high bid to low bid). A person who made the bid but did not get the upgrade will get her money back. For different sectors, there will be different price caps on the lowest bid. pti

AI starts using food stocked from India          

New Delhi: Air India has started carrying food from India for use during the journey back to the country in an attempt to rationalise catering costs on international flights. The loss-making airline said food items purchased from foreign cities are three-four times more expensive. As a cost-cutting measure, Air India decided in July 2017 to not serve non-vegetarian food to economy class passengers on its domestic flights. pti