The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Railways, has developed a mobile app that will make booking of flight tickets simpler, speedier and with lowest fare too. To avail this service, flyers will have to download the IRCTC mobile app — IRCTC Air — from Google Playstore, and they have to just Swipe and Shuffle, Select and Book.

Besides, a passenger’s existing IRCTC login credentials are applicable on this app too, and there is no need to create a separate user name and password. The new app has been developed in-house, which enables booking of air tickets for travel within India and abroad at lowest prices. A maximum of nine passengers can be booked on one PNR through net banking, for only Rs 10 per PNR.

As such, the IRCTC app provides the lowest fare available and it does not charge convenience or processing fee. On the other hand, air travel websites charge around Rs 150-250 per passenger per sector. Cancellation charges of IRCTC are also very low.

If tickets are booked through credit cards, the IRCTC app charges only 1.8 per cent of the total amount, which is less compared to other portals. One can book domestic and international flight tickets on both LCCs (Low Cost Carriers) and FSCs (Full Service Carriers) besides, cancellation refund is done within 30 days.