Now the chairman of the Railway Board, Lohani +NEW DELHI: Passengers with unconfirmed AC-I or AC-II tickets for Rajdhani Express may soon be able to fly to their destination instead by paying the difference, if any, in the price of the train and air tickets. "If AI approaches us with this proposal, we will accept it," Lohani told TOI.A large number of people end up with unconfirmed AC-II Rajdhani tickets almost every day due to a severe demand-supply crunch in the railways. "AC-II Rajdhani fares are more or less similar to air fares," Lohani said.However, with the process to privatise or sell government-owned AI now in its final stages, it remains to be seen if the airline goes for such a proposal. "A benefit of having a government-owned airline... (is that) railways can transfer its unconfirmed premium passengers to state-owned AI. But can railways do the same with a private AI or any other private airline without facing charges of benefitting them?"

Source: Times of India October 22, 2017 21:56 UTC