“It pains me...': Vir Das pays Rs 50,000 for Air India seat, gets broken table, no wheelchair for injured wife

In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), Vir Das said he and his wife had paid Rs 50,000 per seat — Rs 1 lakh in total — for the Air India flight AI816 to the national capital. Despite the premium fare, Das claimed they encountered broken seat components, an aircraft delay of two hours, and a lack of ground assistance, which forced his wife, who has a fractured foot, to disembark using a stepladder without any aid..