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Emirates offers special fares to amnesty-seekers

A representative from Emirates told Khaleej Times that amnesty-seekers can avail themselves of discounts ranging from 22 to 55 per cent on tickets to certain destinations.

“For expatriates wishing to leave the UAE under the government’s amnesty programme, Emirates is offering special fares to 13 destinations. Depending on the destination, the special fares can be 22 to 55 per cent cheaper than the normal fares,” the representative noted.

It is learnt that the discounts will be available to people going to certain destinations in the subcontinent.

Amnesty-seekers have been asked to get in touch with Emirates or their travel agents to get the details of the special offer.

Besides Emirates, Biman Bangladesh airlines is also offering fare concessio

bound for Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong throughout the amnesty period, which is expected to end in the first week of September.

Meanwhile, Jaishree Ramachandran, Air-India’s Regional Manager-Dubai and Northern Emirates, yesterday stated that Air-India Express has been tapped for additional seat capacity to accommodate Indian amnesty-seekers.

“During the past few days, we have observed a bigger demand for seats to India, particularly to Kerala. This demand has prompted us to tap Air-India Express to offer additional seats so that we could accommodate the rush of passengers, especially those who have availed themselves of the amnesty,” she said.

Air-India is charging Dh690 for a one-way ticket from Dubai to Calicut, Trivandrum, Cochin and Amritsar, while the special fare to Delhi and Mumbai is Dh590. Both fares are inclusive of taxes.

Air-India will operate two additional flights on August 19 and 22 to Hyderabad via Mumbai to meet the demand of amnesty-seekers.

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