Almaty Airport observations
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4d ago
Almaty airport is pretty small (I feel it is smaller than our Mangaluru airport). #1 The airport name boards are both in local language and not English.  Airports world wide display one board in local language, one more in English, but Almaty airport has both is name in Kazak language (or maybe one in Kazak, other in Russian?) #2 Very small airport Almaty airport is very small. Customs area, check-in counters, immigration all 3 are cramped into one hall. The waiting area are also pretty small with just a few gates and shops inside. #3 Bus stop is 500 meters away Though there are city b ..read more
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Mumbai Jeju for under 30k, March 2025
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6d ago
If you're able to commit to a trip 1 year in advance, Mumbai to Jeju (South Korea) tickets are available under 30k I feel it is a good deal due to following reasons If you are visiting Jeju island alone, it is Visa Free. Jeju has several attractions to keep you busy for a week or more. If you delay, price will increase- if booking 2-3 months prior, it will cost 60k Above ticket is Singapore airline from BOM-SIN- food, bag, entertainment included, Scoot from SIN to Jeju- you will get 1 meal but anything more you've to pay. I've visited Jeju in 2023, for 4 days. Still a lot left to see, so ..read more
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Air Asia flies to Almaty, not offering connection from India
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1w ago
Air Asia has started flights to Almaty, Kazaksthan. Almaty is served using Air Asia X A330s to Kuala Lumpur. While this is good, unfortunately Air Asia is NOT offering one top flight to Almaty to Indian passengers. We can't fly BLR-KUL, KUL-ALA in Single PNR. Probably Air Asia thinks Indian market is not worth targeting for central Asia- we'll have to fly 4 hours to Kuala Lumpur and then 6-7 hours to Almaty- while alternate options are shorter-2-3 hours to Delhi and another 3 hours to Almaty. But if offered at cheaper price, Indians may embrace Air Asia to fly to Almaty. India domestic flig ..read more
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Fly Arystan Experience: Delhi Almaty
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1w ago
Fly Arystan is the 4th new airline I flew this year after Kuwait Air, Air Malta and Aegean airlines. Fly Arystan is an ultra low cost airline in central Asia. Fly Arystan is a subsidiary of Air Asthana. I came to know about Fly Arystan in 2023 when they were offering Delhi-Shymkent (CIT) for 5000 INR one way. But return was costing lot more so I had not booked. Later they cancelled DEL-CIT flight and started selling DEL-ALA (Almaty) flight. I could get a return ticket for about 7400 INR, which was a great deal. It includes only 5 kg cabin bag though. After some deliberation I booked my ticket ..read more
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Manta Air BLR-DDD for 50k INR return
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1M ago
Earlier I was wondering if the proposed BLR- DDD Manta air service would start or not. Now the good news is the service has started. Dhaalu atol is a small island in center of Maldives, below Male, but above GAN island. Dhaalu atol has few resort islands around it, whose customers so far had to fly in to Male and then take Manta air flight to DDD. Now they have a direct flight option. But the sad part of the news is this 3 hour one way ATR flight from Bengaluru to Dhaalu atol in Maldives is more expensive than a ticket to Europe from India. The asking price almost touches 600 USD or 50000 INR ..read more
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Kochi to Bali 16k return on AirAsia sale
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1M ago
Kochi to Bali return ticket is available for 16k on AirAsia sale, without checked bag (another 10k extra if checked bag is needed. This is the only decent deal I could find in their ongoing sale. COK-DMK return also costs 16k, same as Bali one stop flight. Chennai Melbourne is costing 35k return Kochi Manila is 24k return Current AirAsia sale is nowhere close to what it was pre-covid. I have flown 8k return to Brunei, 16k return to Japan, 22k return to NZ, 20k return to Australia and so on. Hope to find such fares again soon. Air Asia has also made it very hard to spot cheaper fares - not sho ..read more
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RyanAir's unique feature to save time n money
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1M ago
RyanAir is Europe's low cost airline. Ryanair tickets to various destinations cost less that what it costs you to reach airport from city center in bus or train. During my recent trip I noticed one unique feature in Ryanair's Boeing 737 Aircrafts Ryanair aircrafts carry a built in ladder that is folded and stored under the front door. Once aircraft reaches its destination bay, the ladder is expanded and passengers can start getting off the plane, not having to wait for any ground service. I wasn't prepared to shoot a video of this, so missed recording video. Took a photo after stairs are expa ..read more
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Aegean airlines experience: Athens-Santorini
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1M ago
I flew Aegean airways for the first time. Once from Athens to Santorini and return. Return was operated by Olympic Air. Aegean is name of the sea near Greece and Aegean airlines connects Athens to various parts of Europe. Aegean is almost 30 years old airline company, with some 70 aircrafts and over a billion euros in annual revenue. Ticket booking experience: I had some issue booking using my India debit card. So I had to take help of a cousin in Europe Athns-Santorini return cost me around 90 Euros- bit steep for off season. Ryanair flies similar distance for 20-30 Euros one way. But Ryana ..read more
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Cheap ticket to Egypt from Calicut
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1M ago
 Etihad seems to have some nice deal to Egypt from Kozhikode (Calicut) airport in South India 26k is a decent deal to Africa- it includes food and checked bag as well, unlike low cost airlines (Air Arabia, FlyDubai, Flynas etc) You may also qualify for Abu Dhabhi stop over option where you can stay for 2 days and explore bit of UAE Tickets between 20-30k INR are available for several date combinations for March & April- you may plan as per your interest and convenience. Etihad is reducing price only closer to travel date. If I check for June or July 2024, their price is 40-50k retu ..read more
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Athens airport in pictures & details
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1M ago
Sharing several photos of Athens International airport that I clicked during recent trip #1 Athens airport view from top & ATH ATC tower Taxi stand at Athens airport as seen from top Athens airport signage/logo Mountains near Athens airport- looks like Mount Ararat in Turkey but not sure Athens Airport has 3 sets of gates. Gate A is used for all non European destinations- USA, Asia etc Gate B is used for Schengen destinations Gate C is used for European non Schengen destinations that need passport control. I got to fly in or out of all 3 gates in my last trip- Gate A to arrive and ..read more
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