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Shankar Sharma praises Air India's new first class cabin: ‘Kidney bechna padega fares of others' will be crushed

Air India's new first-class cabin receives praise for its design, comfort and service, challenging high fares of West Asian airlines.

Updated on: Sep 04, 2024 01:45 PM IST
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Air India introduced a new first-class cabin which has been receiving glowing reviews. Shankar Sharma, founder of GQuant and First Global, praised the new cabin of social media platform X, saying, “The new Air India planes with this Business - First cabin. Very, very nice. And the individual cubicles are very well designed and the flat seat length is long enough for the 6 ft me. Food was excellent, wine selection very nice. Service, as always in AI, very warm."

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Air India unveils luxurious first-class cabin featuring 180-degree recline seats, gourmet dining, and warm service, praised by Shankar Sharma.
Air India unveils luxurious first-class cabin featuring 180-degree recline seats, gourmet dining, and warm service, praised by Shankar Sharma.

Shankar Sharma said that new cabins could significantly challenge the high fares of other West Asian airlines as he said, "About time, the " kidney bechna padega" fares of other West Asian airlines were crushed."

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This comes as Vistara's merger with Ait India was finalised and Tata SIA Airlines announced that flights scheduled after November 11, 2024 can be booked via the Vistara platform until September 3, 2024.

 
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