Air Deccan offers 1 lakh tickets for Rs 9

Celebrating 50 years of Karnataka's formation, low-cost carrier Air Deccan is offering 1 lakh tickets for Rs 9 (plus taxes) for travel upto March 25. Bookings have opened today, and the airline is offering these tickets on all sectors it operates.

To commemorate the 'Suvarna Utsava' (Golden Jubliee) of Karnataka, the carrier has also launched new services to Hampi from Bangalore. The services will commence from November 15.

"The Suvarna Utsava of Karnataka is a matter of pride for us all who dwell or belong to this great state. The government has a slew of projects and celebrations underway for Suvarna Karnataka and we want to take the festivities to the skies," Air Deccan Managing Director G R Gopinath said in a release here today.

The bookings can be made at Air Deccan website www.airdeccan.net or on telephone no 39008888 (prefix city code).