IRCTC flight booking will be done from its own site www.irctc.co.in. Earlier it was providing the service for only railway tickets booking, but recently it has started the service IRCTC air tickets also. As part of its holiday tour packages, IRCTC has started selling air tickets to its passengers who are interested in visiting holiday destinations like Vaishno Devi, Tirupati, Goa, Srinagar, Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. On its website, the corporation has provided the new service with an objective to help the “travellers get all travel-related solutions at one source”.

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a single stop platform that provides numerous services like e-ticketing (online train ticket reservations), tourist trains, railway tour packages, car rentals, and hotels bookings. Every day, more than 800,000 railway tickets are being booked by its official website. IRCTC has now decided to expand its services and commence selling air tickets for various domestic flights on its website. Selling of IRCTC flight ticket booking has started as part of its holiday tour packages to commuters looking for visiting destinations like Vaishno Devi, Tirupati, Goa, Srinagar, Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Passengers are also provided the facility to check flight timings, reservation, details about routes and more on the website. You can book your air tickets promptly. As per one of the IRCTC official, the service of booking tickets for foreign destinations will be initiated after observing the response for. There is  a toll-free number available by IRCTC for air ticket booking related queries,.  Toll free number for booking your tickets at irctc.com is 1800 3000 9900. This toll-free service can be availed 24/7 and also email can be sent at airsupport@ irctc.com.

Features of IRCTC flight booking system:

•Multiple safe and secure Payment options

•Dedicated and co operative Customer Care service

•Attractive Deals and offers

•All Domestic Carriers and All Air Segment Covered

•Best Prices offered

IRCTC.co.in has started selling flight tickets for all routes and for all domestic carriers. Though some routes were available earlier also but only as a element of exceptional holiday packages.The size of traffic that IRCTC receives requires a great business sense. Instead of considering airlines as a competitor, that it is not even close to in terms of volume, IRCTC is looking to position itself as the ultimate travel portal.

IRCTC is by now the official ticketing partner for Common Wealth Games that held in October this year and it has also been chosen as the catering associate for all the teams.

IRCTC Online Flight Ticket Booking steps to be followed

• Go to official website of IRCTC, air.irctc.co.in for online air ticket booking.
• At the left side of the website, you will see Plan My Travel option.
• Select round trip or one way option for IRCTC air ticket booking.
• Then choose your travel destination together with depart and return date for ticket booking.
• Enter no. of adult, child and infant travelling for IRCTC flight ticket booking. Choose airline and class of travel. click on search option.
• If tickets are available then it will be displayed by website. Time details and price details are also available at this page. For further process click on option proceed.
• Enter your Email Id and mobile number for further process.
• Enter your personal details like your name, address, city, identity proof etc.
• After the confirmation of tickets by IRCTC confirmation message will be sent to you by SMS on your phone or by mail on your Email Id. you will receive one IRCTC PNR number. This IRCTC PNR number can be used to print your online air tickets and help you to know your transaction history.

The IRCTC air tickets facility launched on May 5 is on its way to becoming a exceptional success. The figures publicized are that the site is currently selling 1500 tickets daily, subsequently gathering Rs 50 lakhs every day!