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worst Airline experience
I had the misfortune of getting entangled with the network of Deccan Air. I had booked a ticket MAS-BOM and travelled. However when I did my net booking, I happened to do multiple bookings as the net ...
Chiefkingham(Sholapur, India) February 12, 2008 17:18

Re: worst Airline experience
Once in the US it happened that i need to take a flight from Pheonix (arizona) to LA and then from LA to Delhi and Delhi to Mumbai.. I had the ticket leaves with me. As time was running out...and fina...
mutechords(Mumbai) June 12, 2008 14:12

with air deccan
a few months bak, i faced trouble while boarding a flight from mumbai for delhi i was given no prior information but when i reached the airport , i was told that the flight was 15 minutes late but ...
kgupta24 January 2, 2008 09:48

Re: with air deccan
hey u shud b happy bcoz wat ever god does, its good for u and u know u never knew wat wud had happened if u wud hv been on time. jus chill buddy and b cool bcoz this is the part of life and this happe...
magnificient_guy2004(delhi, india) January 10, 2008 09:50

Re: with air deccan
Air deccan should compensate...
kpkpk(coimbatore,India) January 7, 2008 15:16

Airfare and taxes
I am a housewife staying in North India who needs to travel south at least twice a year with my 4 year old daughter who has to pay at least Rs.2000 as Tax everytime she travels(obvsly she has to trave...
rvp5(Delhi,India) December 31, 2007 02:25

Air India- come down to earth!
Air- India has a long history of regular cancellations, delays, indifference and laxity on account of non-accountability. On 20th november, when we, senior citizens reached our daughter to board her f...
veralvares(Mumbai) December 11, 2007 12:10

Re: Air India- come down to earth!
it is proved time and again that the ground staff of air india shows no concern for stranded passengers and are conveniently missing from the scene. if i am flying to dubai for example, and if i c...
raru(dubai , uae) January 24, 2008 19:23

Jet Airways to Toronto
Recently travelled to Toronto by Jet Air. 1) They are paranoid about security. Then don't even rely on the airport security and have hired their own private security agencies to check, re-check and r...
Sanjeev22(Delhi) October 22, 2007 09:41

Re: Jet Airways to Toronto
I donot think that you can be excessively security conscious-under prevailing times-when same who complain will turn tables-ask SHOULDN'T JETAIRWAYS HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL???...
jeejabhaiDeshmukh(Hazaribhag) December 16, 2007 22:00

non refund by Air sahara ; they dont have 2000 INR
I have cancelled the air ticket which i had booked on 20/4/2007 , which I had booked frpm Clear Trip, and rescheduled calling Air Sahara call center Please refer to the pay confirmation no. 200704...
swati1977(Bangalore India) July 14, 2007 21:51

Re: non refund by Air sahara ; they dont have 2000 INR
Air Sahara is in financial mess and jet will not be helpful either.Send a legal notice to liquidate the company and recover dues....
giri223(delhi) September 25, 2007 20:06

Re: non refund by Air sahara ; they dont have 2000 INR
This message is very interesting and although some of us would not be interested in the complaint of the lady, it is a very genuine one and needs to be addressed. In my experience of several years...
chryson_d(KUWAIT) August 1, 2007 15:31

QATAR IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE HISTORY!!!
Qatar Airlines is the worst in whole of the airlines history, visited Dubai, most rude staff, mixup of seats, a disabled person given the seat right at the back with no leg room. Poor food quality and...
RAJAYE_HIND(HINDUSTAN) July 11, 2007 02:08

Re: QATAR IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE HISTORY!!!
Hope RAJAYE_HIND never flown in Air India Gulf Services!!!!. All are the same,,,. and for d issue of disabled person, he could have requested more spacious seat in front row itself while he made the ...
dilbardeewana(Doha) August 26, 2007 16:56

Re: Re: QATAR IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE HISTORY!!!
AIR INDIA SHOULD STOP ALL SERVICES TO GULF. The crowd is so bad that airhostesses need proptection even though they are 50plus....
giri223(delhi) August 31, 2007 13:41

Re: Re: Re: QATAR IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE HISTORY!!!
Dear friend you cannot only blame the crowd, yes I do agree the crowd may be bad, but the staff of Air India is most rude and treat the indians in very nasty way, but for foreigner they are always on ...
RAJAYE_HIND(HINDUSTAN) September 13, 2007 20:49

QATAR IS THE WORST IN THE WHOLE AIRLINE HISTORY!!!
The Airline staff like all of us are humane and can be good and bad depending on the moment of the day and the circumstances. I have seen good and bad people at AIRINDIA Indian Airline similarly I ha...
xlindia(DELHI) September 30, 2007 13:59

AIR INDIA ANDIN-CABIN SERVICES
A couple of months back, I travelled by Air India flight Mumbai-Goa-Kozhikode-Sharjah from Mumbai to Kozhikode. The aircraft had a capacity of around 250 passengers but hardly 20 passengers were there...
S_Satish(Chennai) June 14, 2007 10:54

Re: AIR INDIA ANDIN-CABIN SERVICES
Dear friend Mr. Satish, exactly this same incident has happened with me a few months back, and whatever you have mentioned happened with me. Very rough and nasty staff and air hostesses were very rude...
RAJAYE_HIND(HINDUSTAN) July 11, 2007 02:28

air india website
I have been trying to open a website of airindia but it refuses to open, I have an open ticket from London to mumbai and want to use it to fly back, but I can't open their website despite repated atte...
bhushancjoshi(Uk) May 11, 2007 23:26

Air Deccan is the worst amongst the lot, fares are no longer low cost...
Abhishek_guwahati(Delhi,India) May 10, 2007 10:32

Air Deccan Wrong Practice
I cancelled my booking under PNR DA09552716 from Hyderabad to Delhi on 09-March-07 due to inability to travel on that day. Since then Air Deccan has not refunded the refundable amount as due against ...
aditiarpan(Delhi) May 8, 2007 13:57

Re: Air Deccan Wrong Practice - another victim
Mine is a case similar to aditiarpan's. I got my ticket for a journey between Chennai & coimbatore cancelled on March 4th. The Air-Deccan representative at the Chennai airport gave me in writing the a...
ggunlimited(Kolkata, India) May 23, 2007 09:16

Re: Air Deccan Wrong Practice
These days such things are very common & even wth organisations which hold a good name in the market. I jus on TV how people reacted when they received a real bad service while travelling wth Go Airwa...
hejab(new Delhi) May 10, 2007 18:50

Sri Lankan Airlines, Wwestern Airlines
Woaw,..i had a courtcase with Sri Lankan Airlines, in Australia, Sydney. They could not prove my wrongdoing, all their witnesses were speaking good for me. 1 witness even told the Fedral Police that ...
aumdas(goa) April 21, 2007 07:43

British Airways is very un British(or very British)
British Airways,is undisputably the leader when it comes to the worst cabin crew.Either those poor sods are over worked and under paid(a third world phenomenon I thought)or they are very simplistical...
pulakesin(Kochin) April 16, 2007 19:47

Avoid British Airways...
I flew from Bangalore to London on BA and it was my worst flying experience. BA and its staff still have the colonial mindset and they discriminate between the whites and non-whites. The service and f...
greig(Bangalore) March 15, 2007 15:46

Re: Avoid British Airways...
Thats a great one and very true !! I endorse your views and suggestions !!...
chryson_d(KUWAIT) August 1, 2007 15:36

Re: Avoid British Airways...
Airindia should have been preferred. Not only because it is a national carrier, but to get over the discrimination and get good food to our taste. If there are other compelling reasons to fly by BA s...
Suryanarayana(Hyderabad, India) March 17, 2007 18:39

Indian Airlines
Travel on IA is like travelling in stone age.It is well known fact that government has not done anything at all to match the competition but why is the government chugging away at a brand which is de...
gowras February 1, 2007 11:01

Kingfisher - The winner
My experience with Kingfisher was always pleasant. I much appreciate the efforts taken by its Chairman to pay attention to even small details and to personally welcome the "guests" on board. This atti...
sukuji November 29, 2006 11:31

My second experience with Air Deccan
Recently I had booked myself to fly from BOM to MAA on Air Deccan. The scheduled dep was 8.00 pm which was shifted to 8.30 pm and Air Deccan was kind enough to send me an SMS around 5.00 pm. When I r...
sukuji November 28, 2006 22:07

Re: My second experience with Air Deccan
Whenever Air Deccan flights are delayed abnormally, the ground staff immediately start issuing "free tickets" under Captain's offer. This is a tactic they use to pacify the irritated passengers. Nothi...
sukuji January 17, 2007 16:16

JETAIR CREW OFFERING BEER TO WHITE PASSENGERS BUT......
During Delhi-Kathmandu flight it was observed that the cabin crew was smilingly offereing a can of beer and even two cans to the white skinned passengers but deliberately ignoring the Indian and Nepal...
essen2000(mumbai) November 12, 2006 14:31

Re: JETAIR CREW OFFERING BEER TO WHITE PASSENGERS BUT......
That is the white skin syndrome in India....
salemsrini(Salem) November 12, 2006 21:08

Concession for physically handicap travelers
Is there any airlines having any concession in there air frieght rates for physically handicap travelers (in India and Overseas). If so let me know. My son is physically handicap person, but I am af...
saleemtwf(Bahrain) November 2, 2006 13:28

SAHARA: COCHIN TO HYDERABAD
After being pinced enough by Spice, I went loyal with Sahara (Note- am a Cosmos NonSense with them). While flying from Cochin to Hyderabad, Cabin Crew asked me, for lunch, what you would like, Veg or ...
pudussary(Hyderabad, India) October 16, 2006 04:20

Never make your life SPICEY with SPICE
Well, I was a regular traveller with SPICE, till few months back where from Chennai to Hyderabad I found my trolley crumbled. I gave complaints, about it, but they didnt help me. I wanted to go to com...
pudussary(Hyderabad, India) October 16, 2006 03:53

airline
one flew over the cukoos nest!...
mkbajaj(GURGAON) September 28, 2006 22:24

Indian Airlines - the National Carrier
I was travelling by Indian Airlines sometime back from Singapore to Chennai. The aircraft was totally packed with luggages - much worse than Chennai city buses. The moment the airhostesses realised ...
adismitha(Chennai, India) September 5, 2006 10:32

Re: Indian Airlines - the National Carrier
Dear friend, I sympathise with you, for your plight on Indian airlines.ThanksGod atleast we are going to have more choices in the future. But you should also blame our beloved countrymen , for maki...
eredd February 2, 2007 07:05

Re: Indian Airlines - the National Carrier
it was a good experience. still a long way to go for our national carriers. only competition can improve them....
vincee(hyderabad) September 17, 2006 00:57

Re: Re: Indian Airlines - the National Carrier
You are right....the competition is the only BUZZ WORD to improve our National Carriers........ Pudussary Tony John...
pudussary(Hyderabad, India) October 16, 2006 04:31

Low Fares - How low they can be ?
Recently I visited the website of Air Asia and found that the lowest fare available from KL to Penang was RM 1.99 !! which is equivalent to INR 23.88 !...
sukuji July 29, 2006 19:23

Air Deccan - unethical business practice
I had booked Air Deccan from Madurai to Chennai and then connect the Jet Airways last flight from Chennai. The Air Deccan flight was delayed by almost 2 hrs which made it impossible for me to catch th...
sukuji July 29, 2006 19:10

Re: Air Deccan - unethical business practice
Well, I have stopped flying with Air Deccan after my few good flights to Kolkota from Hyd.....lol. Its great, cant expect a quality of Honda City in Maruthi 800. But I love the patience of Cabin C...
pudussary(Hyderabad, India) October 16, 2006 03:58

Re: Air Deccan - unethical business practice
this is a real case of bad business etique on the part of the airline...
vincee(hyderabad) September 17, 2006 00:50

" IS FLYING AIR DECCAN SAFE FOR ITS PASSENGERS?"
a) Is flying Air Deccan safe given that they have a turn around time of 30 minutes and is this time sufficient to have a proper maintenance of the craft. May I remind you that a few days back an Air D...
dsom(Kolkata) July 25, 2006 01:22

AIR DECCAN TRAETS ITS PASSENSERS LIKE SERVANTS
I am presently Managing Director of West Bengal Industrial Development > Corporation, a Government Company of Government of West Bengal. I am an > Indian Administrative Service officer of abou...
dsom(Kolkata) July 25, 2006 01:19

Re: AIR DECCAN TRAETS ITS PASSENSERS LIKE SERVANTS
Sir we are fighting against the unethical business practices followed by this company. Please join the group airdeccan_grienvances at msn groups. or can give a call at 09880280828 Sudhir Bangalore...
krsudhir(bangalore) October 20, 2006 19:47

Re: AIR DECCAN TRAETS ITS PASSENSERS LIKE SERVANTS
Most of the time the Air Deccan flights from Coimbatore are cancelled. I dont understand why they book tickets....
salemsrini(Salem) August 3, 2006 09:54

Re: Re: AIR DECCAN TRAETS ITS PASSENSERS LIKE SERVANTS
I agree with the experience of this passenger. Most of the time they get cancelled due to unknown reasons,undue delay and turbulent traveling experiences. The service crew are very raw and unfriendly....
shakugrao(Chennai) August 16, 2006 17:07

Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
Looks like many people had grievances against Air Deccan. Whille appreciating Air Deccan's efforts to make air travelling affordable to even middle class families, one can only hope that the managemen...
sukuji July 29, 2006 19:18

Re: Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
I personally totally agree with Mr.sukuji. all these no-frill carriers are trying hard to thrive in the indian market, but they can't satisfy the customers.last week my brother travelled from chennai ...
amithvalsan(tamil nadu, India) February 10, 2007 18:02

Re: Re: Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
Share my misearable experience of AIRDECCAN. Booked ticket on 06-12-2006 by internet using credit card for return journey of Arunachal/Assam travelling i.e from Lilabari (North Lakhimpur) to Kolkata o...
S_K_DUTTA(Kolkata) February 23, 2007 16:53

Re: Re: Re: Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
SK DUTTA....I sympathise with your harrowing time. I too have vowed never ever to fly with Air Deccan again. Although it was a far less harrowing experience than yours....it was the ill mannered and i...
indian54(DehraDun) March 15, 2007 11:02

Re: Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
Would like to report the incident and our experiences with the airline. We booked our ticket months before and waited for months on the hope to meet our dear ones but alas to find to our surprise that...
krsudhir(bangalore) October 20, 2006 19:37

Re: Re: Air Deccan -Mr MD, are you reading ?
I Certainly know today (13th june 2007). DN636 from Bangalore to Kolkata was overbooked. How ? - Let me tell you : Bangalore Airport is a very small airport with congested approach area. So Every m...
mchattop June 13, 2007 16:17

Re: AIR DECCAN TRAETS ITS PASSENSERS LIKE SERVANTS
The only redressal is you should directly write to Air Deccan CEO. The airline cannot afford to lose passengers in these days of cut-throat competition. Maybe you might get an apology from him. That i...
nirvaanaa July 27, 2006 13:50

worst airlines
last month i travelled from Texas to Mumbai via Amsterdam by KLM & NWA.It was teribble service offered by them to passenger.The foods and beverages were not upto the standards.Their foods were almost ...
mike_tyson_bull(mumbai) July 11, 2006 14:37

RE:Air lines
I think Indian pilots are amongst the best in the world.Add British pilots to that as well.It's probably the air force background....
mul3144(Toronto,Canada) July 2, 2006 08:50

I found that these airlines are good 1)KLM - I flew from chicago to amsterdam.The cabin crew is excellent. 2)Singapore airlines - They are very good. I flew from Mumbai to Shanghai and back. 3)Emir...
svangala(Pune) June 7, 2006 16:04

Re:
I was personally very surprised to be on a north-west plane leaving Amsterdam when I thought I was going by KLM.Although I really liked being in shipple airport.Duty free shops are more expensive then...
mul3144(Toronto,Canada) June 30, 2006 00:58

Re:
looks like you have put here whatever u have travelled till now..:) come on Air deccan is a no frills airline..u cant expect more when u pay less than half of what others are charging..in some cases e...
abhin(Bangalore, India) June 9, 2006 09:52

Re: Re:
That's right. You get what you pay for.He can try Kingfisher also for service....
salemsrini(Salem) June 10, 2006 11:05

Air Arabia
Has any one travelled Air Arabia? Please post your opinion on the airline and flight!...
sugarnspice(thiruvananthapuram india) May 31, 2006 18:22

Re: Air Arabia
GREAT fares !!...
saleem76(doha,qatar) July 23, 2006 12:39

Re: Re: Air Arabia
Yes, but do you think it is worth it! How about the service and the food. Which sector have you flown and what has been your experience?...
sugarnspice(thiruvananthapuram india) September 5, 2006 17:40

Re: Re: Re: Air Arabia
I have flown this airline from Muscat to Mumbai in Sept. 06. For the price it offers , it is a nice decent experience.I would rate it better than Gulf Air, on which I had flown, Mumbai-Muscat...
arunprabha1(Mangalore,India) November 18, 2006 15:34

Re: Re: Re: Air Arabia
Air Arabia does not provide food. You cannot carry your food but you can buy it....
Meggi(Blore) November 15, 2006 12:56

All School has to be closed for three months in the summer
in my opinion, all schools has to be closed int the summer vocation, other wise childers may get fever and other serious health hazards....
sushil39us(delhi) May 9, 2006 11:46

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