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.

• 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.)