Air India offers stopover packages at Delhi airport

State-owned Air India is wooing passengers with several attractive offers, including a trip to Taj Mahal from its T3 terminal at New Delhi airport. The airline is offering stopover packages at competitive prices, including a visit to the Taj Mahal. Besides drawing more passengers, the latest effort also aims at promoting its T3 hub in the capital, which is being used by about 3,000 Air India's transit passengers daily. “The stopover package will enable passengers transfer-connecting on Air India flights over Delhi to experience the city, with a range of accommodation on offer to fit all budgets,” Air India said in a statement. Air India has established Delhi as its hub and it has designed its flight schedule in a manner that facilitates easy transfer connections at the T3, particularly from domestic to international flights and vice versa. The packages offer the facility of web-based hotel booking, airport/hotel transfers and sightseeing options in and around Delhi, Air India said. A range of hotels, from budget to five-star category, located in and around the airport having made available under various packages, including the hotel located inside T3 itself, it added. Besides, the stopover packages also offer 'day rates', which allows 'wash-and-change' facilities to the passenger at select hotels. In addition, it also offers overnight stay rates inclusive of airport pick-up, breakfast and taxes with option to upgrade room, extended stay, day-use rates for 'wash-and-change' facility (four/six hrs as per hotel rules), departure transfers, sightseeing as well as a day trip to the Taj Mahal, the airline said.