Air India extends acceptance of Amex Cards

Kolkata: The Air India has extended the facility of accepting credit cards from a foreign bank for online bookings for journeys originating from the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Singapore.

While only VISA card and MasterCard were being accepted for the purpose earlier, the state-owned aviation behemoth now also brought American Express cards under its ambit.[caption id=“attachment_1334015” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Air India. PTI[/caption]

In the new measure effective from Thursday, towards making on-line bookings more passenger friendly, the initiative will facilitate passenger on-line bookings from all corners of the world for journeys originating from these five places, an Air India spokesperson said.

Air India flies to and from New York, Newark, Chicago in the United States, London, Birmingham in UK, Paris, Frankfurt in Europe, Tokyo and Osaka in Japan and Singapore.

PTI