{"id":375186,"date":"2020-09-25T10:26:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T04:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=375186"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T05:23:06","slug":"air-indias-flights-to-nowhere-plans-to-take-travellers-for-a-scenic-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/air-indias-flights-to-nowhere-plans-to-take-travellers-for-a-scenic-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India&#8217;s &#8216;flights to nowhere&#8217; plans to take travellers for a &#8216;scenic ride&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air India is planning to start a new initiative for those who want to travel but have nowhere to go. Under &#8216;flights to nowhere&#8217; programme, Air India will take the travellers for a picturesque journey in the sky. Following the path of Australia\u2019s Qantas Airways, the budget airlines will take-off and drop the flyers at the same airport.<\/p>\n<p>These &#8216;scenic joy flights&#8217; will be low-flying expeditions that give passengers an aerial tour of famous spots in India, an Air India official told the Hindustan Times. \u201cYes, we are exploring the possibility of starting a scenic flight service. Other details are to be decided,&#8221; an Air India spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Qantas recently announced seven-hour-long flights during which the passenger will be able to spot attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef and the Sydney Harbour. Royal Brunei also operates similar flights for passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air India is planning to start a new initiative for those who want to travel but have nowhere to go. Under &#8216;flights to nowhere&#8217; programme, Air India will take the travellers for a picturesque journey in the sky. Following the path of Australia\u2019s Qantas Airways, the budget airlines will take-off and drop the flyers at the same airport. These &#8216;scenic joy flights&#8217; will be low-flying expeditions that give passengers an aerial tour of famous spots in India, an Air India official told the Hindustan Times. \u201cYes, we are exploring the possibility of starting a scenic flight service. Other details are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,139,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-live-mint","category-live-mint","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}