Now, AI flyers can travel within Europe on bus and rail on a single ticket – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Air India passengers will now be able to access seamless travel by train and bus to over 100 cities in Europe — on a single ticket — getting the same baggage allowance on the other modes as offered by it. The Tata Group airline has entered into an intermodal interline agreement with AccesRail to boost connectivity options for AI guests across Europe, including smaller cities without airports.
The pact will allow AI passengers to travel on a single intermodal ticket and take seamless, on-ground train and bus connections to more than 100 cities and towns in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, and the UK via its European gateways of Amsterdam, Birmingham, London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Milan, and Vienna.
AccesRail is an IATA travel partner with its own designator code (9B), making intermodal journeys on a single ticket possible.
AI chief commercial and transformation officer Nipun Aggarwal said: “The expansion of our global network is one of our key priorities in the ongoing, comprehensive transformation of Air India. This partnership with AccesRail not only helps us to provide our guests easy access to an extended network of destinations across Europe, but also to bridge the gaps in connectivity between India and Europe. Augmenting our network with an intermodal approach also underlines our commitment to environmental sustainability.”
AccesRail VP (business development) Andrew Popescu said: “We are excited to be launching our Air India-AccesRail cooperation and look forward to continuing with AI on a global scale with so many of our intermodal rail and coach partners. Through this enhanced AccesRail partnership, Air India will be able to, now and in the future, offer its customers more destinations and more possibilities in a more seamless fashion.”
AccesRail’s network of rail and bus operators for Air India include Avanti West Coast (UK), Great Western Railways (UK), London North Eastern Railways (UK), National Express (UK), Trenitalia (Italy), ÖBB Austrian Railways (Austria), SNCB Belgian Railways, and Thalys (Netherlands/Belgium). “Currently, intermodal tickets with Air India are available for booking through travel agents globally. The airline also plans to extend the facility to its own sales channels progressively,” AI said in a statement.



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