Quantas

The flag carrier of Australia. Acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services. Largest Australian Airline and third oldest in the world. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K. The airline flew internationally from May 1935, when it commenced service from Darwin to Singapore. In June 1959 Qantas entered the jet age when the first Boeing 707-138 was delivered 

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Indian (Indian Airlines)

Focuses on domestic air routes along with several international.
State owned flag carrier along with Air India
In 2007, the Government of India announced that Indian would be merged into Air India. As part of the merger process, a new company called the National Aviation Company of India Limited(now called Air India Limited) was established, into which both Air India (along with Air India Express) and Indian (along with Alliance Air) will be merged. Once the merger is complete, the airline - which will be called Air India - will continue to be headquartered in Mumbai and will have a fleet of over 130 aircraft.

HMS Ark Royal (91) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HMS Ark Royal (91) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aircraft carrier of British royal Navy

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways started 22 Nov 1993,owned by royal family of qatar(privately),One of the most competitive airlines of the world. Qatar Airways has launched 9 new destinations during 2010, with one more destination coming up. These new destinations include Ankara,Bangalore, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hanoi, Nice, Phuket, São Paulo and Tokyo. These new routes bring the number of destinations Qatar Airways serves from 85 to 95 worldwide.Qatar Airways offers First Class passengers over 6.5 feet of legroom and seats that fold into flat beds with feather duvets.

First Class

 First Class seats are equipped with massage functions and an entertainment system.Al-Baker has announced that all upcoming 777 deliveries will be in standard two-class configuration.

Business Class

Qatar Airways offers Business Class passengers fully flat 180-degree horizontal beds in a 2-2-2 configuration on board a fleet of new Boeing 777 aircraft. The Boeing 777 aircraft are used on the following routes: New York (JFK), Washington, DC (IAD), Houston (IAH), Cape Town (CPT), Johannesburg (JNB), Melbourne (MEL), Bangkok (BKK), Singapore (SIN),Shanghai (PVG), Guangzhou (CAN), London (LHR), Sau Paulo (GRU), Buenos Aires (EZE), Osaka (KIX), Tokyo (NRT), Manila (MNL), Jeddah (JED), and Kuala Lumpur (KUL). Business Class passengers on board other long-haul aircraft have up to 172-degree recliner seats, with massage functions. Customers can choose fine wines and champagnes, including vintages exclusive to Qatar Airways.

Island Potpourri: Thankful on Thursday

Island Potpourri: Thankful on Thursday

Lufthansa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lufthansa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Low fare airlines

Air services which are lesser in pricing and facilities than their competitor airlines are put in this category.
NO frills, discount or budget airline.. to reduce the cost per head, these airlines charge extra for food, seat allocation and preferences, extra baggage etc.

·                     Contains only single passenger class. 

·                     Pilot conveniences are reduced even ACARS  and autothrottle.

·                     Unreserved seating plans in some to encourage early borading by passengers.

·                     Pay extra also includes heavy baggage, online check in.

·                     Swith to stairway alternative instead of Jetways.

·                     NO meals but snacks offered but at highly inflated prices.

·                     NO refunds in case of missed flights, a wholly new ticket transaction would take place if a passenger misses a flight.

Few low fare flights in india : Indigo, GoAir, Kingfisher, JetAirways, SpiceJet, JetLite.

Island destinations

Island destinations

1.                   Mount Desert Islands

2.                   Cape breton

3.                   Kauai hawaii

4.                   Galapagos

5.                   Andaman and Nicobar

Places I would like to visit

1.    Great barrier reef             :Australia 

2.     Cape town                       :African tip

3.     Golden Temple                : India

4.     New york                        : USA

5.     Taj mahal                        : India

6.     Ayers Rock                       : Australia

7.     Chichen Itza                    : Mexico

8.     Machu Picchu                  : Peru

9.     Niagra Falls                     : Canada

10. Venice                             : Italy

Air fare 27/03/11 sunday :)

\ From	To	Special Price(Rs.)
Delhi	Pune	6054
Kolkata	Hyderabad	6151
Cochin	Mumbai	8636
Mumbai	Coimbatore	6554
Chennai	Delhi	9838
Delhi	Mumbai	9000
Bangalore	Delhi	10,082
Mumbai	Kolkata	10,530
Bangalore	Hyderabad	5505
Mumbai	Bangalore	7328
Delhi	Bagdogra	6253
Bangalore                      ,	Kolkata	16,086