Zee Media Bureau
Air India will launch holiday packages from December 1 under the Incredible India programme in collaboration with state tourism departments.
According the statement released by the airline, the states which have tied up with the airline are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Sikkim, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.
Tourists will be able to choosing from three-four packages in each state. The two nights and three day packages will be attractively priced and will be available for direct purchase from the Air India website,
The packages will cover a wide range of interests like wildlife reserves, religious places, adventure sports like skiing in Gulmarg and Srinagar, paragliding in Kangra, forts, museums, festivities & fairs like Pushkar in Rajasthan.
The national carrier also said that it would be increasing the intra-state connectivity with the ATR-72 aircraft, operated by subsidiary Alliance Air.
It is currently operating ATR-72 flights under the Viability Gap Funding norm, in the Seven sister states, Puducherry,Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.
