We have heard a number of love stories but this one is one-of-a-kind! In a heartfelt gesture, a dog hooman travelling from Mumbai to Chennai booked the entire Air India business class cabin just to travel with his furry friend in luxury.
It all happened on a beautiful Wednesday morning that a dog flew business class with his human friend on Air India AI-671. The Mumbai man spent a whopping amount of INR 2.4 lakhs for the two-hour long flight that landed in Chennai.
The J-class cabin on Air India A320 aircraft has 12 seats and the owner of the dog booked all the 12 seats so he could travel with his pet in luxury class without any disturbance. For your information, one Mumbai to Chennai business class ticket ranges between INR 18000 and INR 20000 (average cost).
“The J-class cabin on Air India A320 aircraft has 12 seats, so the cute pup flew in luxury.” Source
This is not the first time that a dog has travelled in a plane. However, Air India is the only Indian airline that allows people to carry their pet along inside the plane under certain conditions. People are allowed to carry a maximum of two pets on an Air India flight and generally the pet is given a seat in the last row of the booked class. Also, passengers need to pay some extra charge for this service.
But this is the first time that someone booked an entire business class cabin for a pet. A record in itself! Last year, between June and September, Air India flew nearly 2000 pets on its domestic flights.