Air India announced entering into an intermodal interline agreement with WorldTicket to enable its guests to travel on a single intermodal ticket beyond Frankfurt with convenient train connections to or from other cities and towns across Germany on Deutsche Bahn.
WorldTicket is the exclusive distributor for Europe’s largest railway operator, Deutsche Bahn.
The collaboration will allow Air India travellers to connect to and from over 5,600 train stations in Germany on the Deutsche Bahn network.
Travellers can also take train connections on Deutsche Bahn to and from Amsterdam, Brussels, and Zurich via the airline’s Frankfurt gateway.
The partnership also allows its guests to enjoy the benefit of the same baggage allowance on the rail routes as offered by Air India on its own flights.
WorldTicket is an IATA travel partner with its own AOC-holding airline, FlexFlight, bearing designator code W2, thus making intermodal journeys on a single ticket possible.
Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer, Air India, said such partnerships help the airline to provide an extended network to its guests, and make journeys to their final destinations more convenient.
“We observe substantial passenger traffic on our Frankfurt flights that further connects to and from other German cities and towns, and this partnership addresses the needs of an increasing number of such guests. We are delighted to be working with WorldTicket and Deutsche Bahn in this effort,” Aggarwal said.
The airline recently entered another similar intermodal partnership to provide guests easy access to an extensive network of rail and bus operators in the UK, Italy, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Currently, intermodal tickets with Air India are available for booking through travel agents globally.
The airline also plans to extend the facility to its own sales channels progressively, Air India said in a media statement.
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