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NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30:  In a bid to enhance its market share to 12 per cent by December, Air Sahara announced a new scheme, offering passengers unlimited flying to any destination on their network, including international ones, on payment of a fixed sum.

Under the 'Fly Unlimited' scheme unveiled by the airline, passengers can fly to any destination for a year on paying at Rs 699 for 365 days, that is by depositing a sum of over Rs 2.55 lakh.

The airline is also offering such a package for 90 days at the rate of Rs 799 each day, for 60 days at Rs 899 and for 30 days at Rs 999, Air Sahara President Alok Sharma said.

"These are innovative schemes and may take time for new passengers to get used to. But we are confident that frequent flyers will benefit from them," he said.

He said the scheme would help the airline in getting committed business passengers.

Passengers, however, will have to pay the taxes for travel on tickets booked under the scheme. Bookings for the new scheme will open on Thursday for beginning of travel from September four.

Sharma had earlier said that Air Sahara, which currently commands about eight per cent market share, would try to increase it to 12-13 per cent by the end of this year.

He said other airlines would soon catch on to the scheme whose prices may firm up in the near future.