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Air India airline on Friday rolled out a ‘Discover India’ scheme to comply with the growing demand of passengers to fly to different places of tourist and religious interest within the country by the Indian diaspora and foreign tourists.

The scheme is valid for sale and travel up to March 31, 2020.

"Non-Resident Indians (NRI)s, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Foreign nationals will now be able to buy five domestic Air India domestic economy class tickets for Rs. 40,000 which will be valid for travel within 15 days of the first leg of travel," according to a release by Air India.

"Ten domestic economy class tickets are also on offer for Rs 75,000 with a validity period of 30 days both on a firm basis. The passenger will be allowed to travel to any destination of their choice within India and are also permitted to reroute their journey as per their requirement," it said.

Under the scheme introduced by an Indian airline, travelers will be presented with various benefits like re-booking, which is permitted without penalty till 4 hours before scheduled departure. The date of the journey can also be changed without any charge.

"Air India offers unique benefits to passengers like 25 Kilograms free baggage allowance to all adult and child passengers and also 10 kgs free baggage allowance to infants. Besides, comfortable seats, range of inflight cuisine in plush new aircraft," read the release.

By Sowmya Sangam