• Passenger Service Fee of Rs. 200 has been introduced for each International embarkation ex India.
• Passenger Service Fee of USD 5 for each embarkation within India has been introduced on Tickets issued on USD Fare.

Jet Airways
India's largest private airline operates a fleet of Boeing 737-300/400/500 jets to 36 domestic destinations. The airline has Interline agreements with over 117 international airlines and facilities include 24-hour flight information and reservation, computerised check-in, free coach service at both the Mumbai Airports, a choice of meals including veg./non veg., diabetic, low cholesterol, Jain meals, etc.

On the Club Premiere, business class facilities include tele-check-in, use of Club Premiere lounges, meal options, priority baggage service and seat preferences at the time of reservations.

As a Jet Privilege member, you are entitled to priority waitlisting, tele-check-in, access to Club Premiere lounges, excess baggage allowance, priority baggage clearance and exchange of Privilege miles for free flight anywhere on the British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines network.

Air Sahara
The airline has a fleet of seven Boeings and four helicopters (Dauphins and Equirriels). With Interline agreements with various national and international airlines, value added services on Sahara include an inflight library, valet service, tele-check-in for both 'Y' and 'J' class, personalised reading kit and meal preference (Jain meals and diabetic meals are standard fare and customised meals for Sahara Royale passengers Include Thai, Italian, Continental ahara Silver, subject to upgradation depending upon the accumulation of points.

Domestic Airports
India has a total of 115 domestic airports. Many of these have been significantly upgraded of late. Beginning with Delhi, the capital - the brand new Indian Airlines terminal is comfortable and comprehensive. Technology-wise also the airport has been substantially upgraded.

There are new terminal buildings at Agra, Cochin, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad featuring contemporary designs and facilities.

Inland Air Travel Tax
An Inland Air Travel Tax is leviable at 10 per cent of the basic fare, on all passengers embarking on an inland air journey. Passengers paying their air fare in foreign exchange will be exempt from payment of this tax. In addition, infants, cancer patients, the blind and invalids (those on stretchers) are also exempt from paying this tax after they fulfill certain conditions in the relevant notifications.

Check-in time for all domestic flights is one hour before departure.

India by Rail
The Indian Railways network is incredibly extensive (the second largest in the world) and if you want to see the country unfold in front of you, this may be the best mode of travel. The rail network, of course, is more extensive than the air network and may take you to a greater number of places. The Railways operate nearly 7,800 passenger services a day over a route length of approximately 63,000 km.

You could opt for the luxury tourist trains such as Palace-on-Wheels and the Royal Orient, the superfast Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains or the other regular trains which are divided into 15 zones. Most trains run daily. However, tourist or other special trains may have a limited schedule. Special holiday trains are also often run during holidays and festivals. There are also steam-hauled 'toy-trains' in the hills which offer a quaint experience. You may wish to acquire a railways time-table book available at railway-station bookshops to know the exact train schedules. 

The regular trains usually have the following classes of accommodation: a/c 1st class, a/c 2-tier sleeper, a/c 3-tier sleeper, a/c executive chair car, a/c chair car, 1st class, sleeper class and 2nd class.
Website : www.indianrail.com

The Indrail Pass
Indian Railways have this value-for-money facility which enables foreign budget visitors to travel as they like over the entire Indian railway system without any route restriction within the period of validity of the ticket. Indrail passes are sold only to foreign nationals and Non Resident Indians. They must hold valid passports. Payment is accepted only in US dollars, pound sterling and other convertible foreign currencies. A tourist travelling on this pass is exempt from paying reservation fee, surcharges and supplementary charges for travelling by superfast trains which are levied in the case of ordinary tickets.

Indrail passes on half-day, two-day and four-day basis are also available and are economical for tourists intending to visit places, the journey time of which fits in these durations. These can also be used as convenient supplements to extend the journey time, which otherwise is not covered by the Indrail passes, for 1,7, 15, 21, 30, 60 and 90 days. Indrail Passes for half-day, one-day, two-day and four-day duration are sold by GSAs abroad.

These are sold through GSAs abroad at Oman, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, UK, USA, Germany, Finland, UAE, Bangladesh, South Africa and Kuwait.

Indian Airlines also sells Indrail passes through their overseas outlets at Bahrain, Doha, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

In India, Indrail passes are avilable for sale in Tourist Bureaus at major Railway Stations.

Certain recognised travel agents are also authorised to sell these passes in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai.

The passes must be validated before commencing the first rail journey.

In India, Indrail passes are sold in railway offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Agra Cantt., Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore city, Chandigarh, Gorakhpur, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Jaipur, Rameshwaram, Central, Vadodara, Varanasi, Puttaparthi Town Booking Agency, Vasco-da-Gama and Amritsar.

Note : It may help you to remember that foreign tourists have special quotas on many trains. If you are travelling on your own and find that rail tickets are not available on the general counter, enquire for the tourist quota - you will have to pay in foreign exchange unless you show your encashment certificates.