Monday 7 April 2008

The other side of South African tourism : Sad

Please see the link...

I don't understand the fundamentals behind killing some living being and enjoying.

Friday 4 April 2008

Jet Airways - flights to San Francisco

According to the advertisement in TOI today,

Jet Airways is announcing flights to San Francisco from Mumbai on daily basis.
This flight is starting from May 5th, 2008.

I will review international and national flights of Jet airways in next post.

Thursday 3 April 2008

Travel Websites - India

In recent years there has been a boom in number of websites offering air tickets, packages, hotel packages etc. Here is a short list of few popular web-sites:

1. Makemytrip
2. Yatra
3. Cleartrip
4. Indiatimes travel
5. Ezeego
6. Travelguru

Tuesday 1 April 2008

Air Travel in India

Air travel in India was a good experience till last year when I travelled Jet and Sahara. With new year's start (2007) I travelled with Paramount, Sahara, SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo.

Well Air Travel especially with -SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo is a nightmare. My advice to people travelling especially with IndiGo is to go 1hour late as all their flights run 1 hour behind schedule. We always talk about Deccan being late and not being on time. But these other no frill airlines have crossed the limit.

First the boarding call is delayed by 15-30mins and then after boarding the plane, one keeps sitting inside for 30-40 mins for god knows what. So overall - Indian no frill airlines I give a thumbs down. I only travel through them because I have no other option. Travelling through no frill airlines is a painful experience, especially if you are one of those very few punctual flyers. Who reach airport on time and check in on time.

Moral of the story: If these airlines cannot get a person from Point A to Point B on time these airlines are useless. They don't solve the purpose of travelling with them. No frills airlines provides no extras and the only service provided by them is to pick up a person from one city and drop them to another city. If they fail to provide timely and efficient service, then I think they have failed as a company and as a airline.