AIR INDIA OFFERS FREE PASSAGE: Air India will operate two additional flights to Srinagar on Wednesday, Sept 10, and provide free passage to tourists stranded in flood-hit JK as several chopper firms joined the multi-agency rescue and relief operations. While state-run Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited and private companies like Global Vectra and Himalayan Heli are working alongside the defence forces, private carriers like Jet Airways and IndiGo said they had started flying relief materials to Srinagar on their regular flights. Air India is offering free passage back home to stranded tourists in the state.