Air India Gifts Business-Class Tickets to Paralympic Medallists

Valid for a year, the two business-class tickets can be between any two destinations of the Air India network.

Air India announced two business class air tickets to Rio Paralympic medallists Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati. (Photo: PTI)

• Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, Ashwani Lohani announced two business-class air tickets to Rio Paralympic medallists Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati on Sunday. Valid for a period of one year, the two return business-class tickets can between any two destinations of the entire Air India network.
  
  
• Thangavelu scripted history at the ongoing Rio Paralympics, becoming the first Indian para-athlete to bag a gold medal in the men’s high jump-T42 finals while compatriot Varun Singh Bhati produced his personal best mark of 1.86 metres to win the bronze medal behind American Sam Grewe.
  
  
• The airline had also offered free business class air tickets to the silver and bronze medallist of the 2016 Rio Olympics PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik.
  

(With inputs from ANI.)