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...whom have never been on a plane before, pay up to $4 each to join the jet set for a few hours. India's skies may be busier than ever these days, as a raft of budget carriers have made flying in India more affordable, but even a $20 ticket is too expensive for most Indians. "Flying," says Gupta, "is still beyond the reach of the common...
...literary community here in Cambridge.“Most of our events are free events,” marketing manager Heather L. Gain says. “We try to make them as accessible to the public as possible. When we have large off-site events, we have $5 tickets, but you flip over the ticket and it’s a $5 coupon, so you’re getting your money right back.”The bookstore’s award-winning Author Event Series, which brought 280 authors to Cambridge last year, has drawn a variety...
...hard questions? Giuliani's rivals certainly pointed to Kerik's indictment as a signal that something isn't jake in the storied House of Rudy. "Very sad and disappointing," said Romney. McCain ally Tom Ridge, a straight arrow who turned down a chance to be on the Republican ticket in 1996 because he did not believe he was ready for the job of Vice President, was sharper. "We're not talking about some urban city patronage job," said Ridge. "That's not what a Cabinet Secretary's about...
...Asians away from rickety buses, inefficient trains and traffic-choked highways. Laykha Boonlerd, 26, a bank employee in Kuala Lumpur, could never before afford to fly to Bangkok to see her family and instead made an excruciating 24-hour pilgrimage by bus and train. But with a one-way ticket on AirAsia costing only $26, she took wing in July for the first time. "I will travel much more with AirAsia," she says. Indeed, about half the travelers on Asia's budget airlines are first-time flyers like Boonlerd...
...rivalry among no-frills flyers is already getting brutal. When Tiger offered a 59 one-way ticket to Bangkok from Singapore on September flights, AirAsia countered with a 29 fare. Fernandes advertised the promotion with his usual flair. Ads showing two beautiful flight attendants draped over a subdued tiger boasted, "AirAsia tames even the wildest tiger." Udom Tantiprasongchai, chief executive of Orient Thai Airlines, says fierce competition from AirAsia and flag carrier Thai Airways forced him to slash the fare on his One-Two-Go budget service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to less than $25, about 30% lower than...