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| Which Airlines would you choose? |
And contrary to what everyone thinks I have
had decent experiences with Air India and Air India Express as well. If I can I
would avoid them for longer flights. Now you may ask me why would I do that if
I have had reasonable experiences with Air India in the past?
The answer is that one can never be sure
with Air India. It is the burden of their reputation, too many horror stories
floating around, for me to be able to risk taking a long flight with them. Then
there are so many news paper reports with a regular frequency about the state
of affairs at their offices. It simply does not inspire confidence. But from
personal experience I have to say I had reasonable time with them whenever I
took flights with Air India or Air India Express except the to and fro flights
to London that I took few years back both of which got delayed by several hours.
On the other hand with Jet Airways there is
no such burden of reputation. They have been in news largely for the right
reasons and my personal experiences too have been quite comfortable.
When I force myself to think hard I realize
that food has been similar on both. In fact by now I have come to the
conclusion that all airline food tastes the same! The on time arrival has been
largely similar, and the crew has been well trained and professional on both!
Yet when I write about Jet I say my
experiences were ‘quite comfortable’ and when I say Air India I say it was
‘reasonable.’ The burden of reputation in the end I guess? And anyway I have to
remember that my choice of airline is largely determined by where the air tickets are coming from!
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