Currently, intermodal tickets with Air India are available for booking through travel agents globally. The airline also plans to extend the facility to its own sales channels progressively.
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This one’s for all Air India passengers to Europe! The airline will soon allow you to travel on a single ticket to over 100 European cities and towns, even those without an airport.
Air India has entered into an intermodal interline agreement with AccesRail to increase connectivity for the airline’s passengers across the continent for them to use seamless on-ground bus and train networks. These services will aid in reaching destinations across Austria, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and the United Kingdom through Air India’s European gateways of Amsterdam, Birmingham, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Milan and Vienna.
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The new agreement will let travellers make use of the same baggage allowance on trains and bus operator services as they do on flights with their Air India ticket. These services include AccesRail’s network such as Avanti West Coast (UK), Great Western Railways (UK), London North Eastern Railways (UK), National Express (UK), Trenitalia (Italy), ÖBB Austrian Railways (Austria), SNCB Belgian Railways and Thalys (Netherlands/Belgium).
Explaining the terms of the agreement, Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer at Air India said, “The expansion of our global network is one of our key priorities in the ongoing, comprehensive transformation of Air India. This partnership with AccesRail not only helps us to provide our guests easy access to an extended network of destinations across Europe but also to bridge the gaps in connectivity between India and Europe. Augmenting our network with an intermodal approach also underlines our commitment to environmental sustainability,” according to a press release.
Andrew Popescu, Vice President of Business Development, AccesRail, added, “We are excited to be launching our Air India-AccesRail cooperation and look forward to continuing with Air India on a global scale with so many of our intermodal rail and coach partners.”
Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial & Transformation Officer, Air India, said, “The expansion of our global network is one of our key priorities in the ongoing, comprehensive transformation of Air India. This partnership with AccesRail not only helps us to provide our guests easy access to an extended network of destinations across Europe, but also to bridge the gaps in connectivity between India and Europe. Augmenting our network with an intermodal approach also underlines our commitment to environmental sustainability.”
AccesRail’s extensive network of rail and bus operators for Air India include Avanti West Coast (UK), Great Western Railways (UK), London North Eastern Railways (UK), National Express (UK), Trenitalia (Italy), ÖBB Austrian Railways (Austria), SNCB Belgian Railways, and Thalys (Netherlands/Belgium).
Currently, intermodal tickets with Air India are available for booking through travel agents globally. The airline also plans to extend the facility to its own sales channels progressively.
