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AI charges more on LTC tickets  September 04, 2012 15:45 IST
Air IndiaIf you are a Central government employee wanting to buy
an Air India flight ticket to avail of your leave travel
concession, you could be forking out anything between 50 to 140
per cent more than the normal price offered to other passengers.
In what could be seen as another subsidy to the cash-strapped
national carrier, the Air India website has opened a special
section for LTC tickets to government servants.  Employees can
also book it through authorised agents such as state-owned
tourism and travel companies like Ashok Travel and Tours, Balmer
and Lawrie and IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp).
For government employees, especially Grade A and  B employees
who are entitled to fly on their holidays, it does not matter as
the money is reimbursed