Air India Express, a "me too" offshoot of the main airline, flies to 7 international destinations- Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Muscat, Salalah and Singapore from 9 Indian cities - Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthpuram, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Amritsar, Chennai and Mangalore. Bahrain/Doha and Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore and Mumbai. Additionally, two weekly flights between Mumbai/Pune and Singapore. Three weekly flights between Thiruchirapally and Singapore. On the domestic front, they operate Mumbai-Kochi, Mumbai-Kozhikode, Mumbai-Delhi, Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Pune, Delhi-Amritsar, Kozhikode-Kochi, Kozhikode Thiruvananthpuram and Kochi-Thiruvananthpuram. A bit shambolic, but works.
Currently, GoAir services 13 cities with 61 flights daily. The airports serviced are Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai, Pune and Srinagar. Adding better connectivity to facilitate travel will be part of GoAir's aggressive strategy. "GoAir - The People's Airline is looking at 'commoditising air travel'. The airline is a low fare carrier and endeavours to offer airline seats at marginally higher than train prices to all cities in India, in a phased manner." Chocks away!
IndiGo serves Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Guwahati, Imphal, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Vadodara. IndiGo plans to serve approximately 30 Indian cities by 2010, with a fleet of approximately 40 A320s. Very modern and highly efficient outfit with generally good flight departure and arrival times.
Indus Airways Gone. New version (in Pakistan) supposed to be coming soon.
Despite the connotations, Jazeera Airlines are very, very good. Owned by the Kuwait Governemnt, they have money and it shows. Great aircraft, excellent staff. This airline belongs on other pages and not just India. They service internationally the Indian cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Kochi. Kuwait based (obviously) and a very useful airline to keep at the back of the mind when in this neck of the woods.
Kingfisher connects 30 Indian cities: Agartala, Agatti Island, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Srinagar, Tiruchirapally, Tirupati, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam. Some flights also offer a first class cabin. One of the top low cost carriers in India.
Mahan is really an Irianian Airline operating from Tehran. Operates to Delhi and Cochin. Really irritating website with irrelevant adverts and popups - and doesn't it work properly. One horse outfit which may be useful (Not to sure for what, though). Oh Dear!
Paramount links Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Trivandrum & Vishakhapatnam. Famous for not having middle seats. Nice, stylish decor and interiors, modern planes and business class cabins. Excellent, with good website and easy booking.
SpiceJet flies Boeing 737-800 jets. Only. They have cheap flights connecting 14 Indian cities: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar, Varanasi. Comes complete with their own shops and associated hotels. Well thought out website and easy to book. Online checkin facilites and many mod cons.
JetLite - Was Air Sahara - Now a jet Airways spin off for essentially domestic flights in India. Reliable. 30 domestic detsination in India and KTM (Katmandhu)
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