China Airlines (of Republic of China - Taiwan) is quite good and cheap. Esp famous for its hostesses - all gracious fashion models :-) http://www.china-airlines.com/en/temp/080128/eshop_en.html
Umesh Jyotirmoy Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some of the better airlines in the world I have travelled with( not in any particular order ) - Singapore - Emirates - Qantas (Australian) - Malaysian ( not of the same class as Singapore. I find that in SA you get a wide variety of drinks - alcoholic and non-alcoholic ) - Kingfisher and Jet airways. - British Airways - liked the flight but not the airport queues at the airport. Also heard that the new airport at Bangkok is world class. So Thai may me worth a try. I have heard horror stories of American airlines from my friends too. China is in the news for the new Beijing airport http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/2008/02/27/1203788401650.html Less said about Indian airports, the better. JS On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 5:44 PM, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ha Ha, I am beginning to realise how fortunate I have been in my first flight experience which was not what I had originally planned. My original plan to fly from Delhi to Harvard (sep 2004) was via Athens Olympics in Greece. To kill two birds with one stone - for extra 400 dollars have the experience of a lifetime - see Olympics in its place of origin - Greece. But my bro-in-law checked and successfully dissuaded me since you need a EU visa which was as near-impossible to get as the American one (how fortunate those who do not need visas to travel - among rich country clubs) So he booked me thru China Airlines - and I have no complaints. Great hostesses and service. Indian food was good (till I was at Taiwan) and then I had to adjust my tastes to real Chinese or real America food (either tasty noodle soup or ham and eggs - neither was spice enough) . American airlines don't have any good food service - even Indian railways has better food service - atleast gives you a full meal -- but you could be traveling for upto 40 hours in an Indian train to reach your destination (with train on schedule). Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: KC, >From my experience, American (O'Hare - Del) is somewhere nearabouts your CO flight. The first thing people ought to understand is that if your destination is say Guwahati (and not Del or Mumbai), you really reach at the same unearthly hour, that an overnight at Del/Cal/Mumbai and that doesn't make it worthwhile. On the return from Del, American kept delaying our flight to Chicago every 2 hours and of course because of 'technical difficulty', and in the end I think the flight left 6 hours or later. This time, we took Lufthansa - OK service, very clinical, but they are on time. Amlan is correct - any of the Asian airlines are far superior. I wonder how Jet Airways - Del-NY is? Also for people in Houston, we have a flight now from Houston to Dubai non-stop by Emirates, and with convenient connections to a number of locations in India. Its great if you want to get some shopping at Dubai and then on to the Desh! :). Non stops for 14 -15 hours are not fun. --Ram da On 2/26/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: > > We just returned from our trip to India. > > This time, we preferred to book in Continental > Airlines since it provides a non stop flight from > Newark to Mumbai and we thought we would save some > time. > > Little did we know that it is worse then Indian > Railways ! > > Our flight plan was Boston to Newark at 4:30 PM and > Newark to Mumbai at 8:40 PM. On reaching airport, > we were informed that since flights are running > slightly (!!) behind the schedule due to weather > conditions, we have been put to 3:30 flight just to > ensure that we do not miss our connection. > > The 3:30 flight got rescheduled to 5:30 and again to > 6:40. > > When I inquired about status of Newark -- Mumbai > flight, I was informed it was on time and CO Agent > advised us to take an earlier flight to Newark > (Originally scheduled at 2 PM, rescheduled to 4:55 > PM). > > The flight was taxing for about an hour and took off > at 6 PM. At around 7 PM, we were informed that there > is bad weather and the flight did not have enough > fuel to wait. No ALS, CAT-3 helped. So they took us > back to Boston. We were imprisoned in the flight for > about 45 minutes and then allowed to deplane. > > The staff in Boston airport is the rudest I have ever > seen. They mentioned that the options available to > us are to cancel our trip or travel to Newark in next > flight and wait in airport for next available > international flight. They categorically mentioned > that CO will not provide any accomodation. > > Well, we took the risk to travel to Newark and reached > at 11:30 PM. CO did not provide food or even water > during this trip. We were out of food from 5 PM > onwards !! > > All international flights have left. After some > cajoling, we were provided hotel accomodation > vouchers in ... guess what .... HOJO !! However, > CO was again negligent but this time, it was good for > us. On reaching HOJO, we were informed that they > are fully booked and pushed us to another hotel > (Wyndham) ... a decent one. > > Next day, they put us in a flight to Paris and then a > connecting AF flight to Mumbai. Eventually we reached > Mumbai 27 hours after the scheduled arrival time (did > I say it is worse then Indian Railways) . > > Irony is, Mumbai - Newark flight which we missed > earlier day was delayed by over 2 hours and had we > travelled by our original flight (3:30 PM rescheduled > to 6:40 PM) we could have made it. In fact, our > luggage travelled to Mumbai one day before us > > Apparently, the CO staff at Boston had no information > that the Newark- Mumbai flight has been delayed. > > Also, the CO flight was the Only flight which could > not land on Newark on that day. > > Well the story does not end here. > > During the return trip, in Mumbai airport, I was > told that our booking has been cancelled .... reason > .. we did not travel per our original booking during > onward journey. > > It took me over 30 minutes to explain them that my > travel plan was changed because of CO's fault. > Finally, they made some arrangement even though we > did not get our preferred seating. > > The non-stop flight (16 hours) is not bad except that > the quantity of food is not sufficient. > > Have sent a complaint to Continental and waiting for > their response. > > I have seen people bashing Air India in various > forums, but compared to Continental, Air India ground > staff are angel. > > Up until now, I have mostly travelled AI and > occassionaly BA. This was my first attempt with CO > and I think I will stick to AI or Jet (or Kingfisher > if they start US operation) > > Will share my Mumbai / Guwahati experience in another > posting. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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