Air India to be official airline partner of DD, MI for IPL 6

Country's flag carrier airline, Air India has joined hands with the Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Mumbai Indians (MI) as their official airline partner for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting tomorrow in Kolkata.

As per the association, the players of these two teams would be flying by Air India during the franchise-based Twenty20 league to be held at different venues of country from April 3 to May 26.

"As the magic unfolds and the nation gets caught in the cricket fever, passengers flying Air India will be in for a string of pleasant surprises," a Air India spokeman said.

"Whenever the teams fly on our services, exclusive miniature bats bearing the autographs of the memebers of the respective teams will be given away to 10 lucky passengers, chosen at random through a draw of seat numbers." he said.

The spokesman added that there will be at least 10 Air India flights on which each of these two teams will be travelling.