• There?s a spate of activity over Indian skies ? particularly over South India. In November, Northwest will start flying daily Bangalore-Seattle via Amsterdam. And KLM, the Dutch airline, will be connecting both Bangalore and Amsterdam (daily) and Hyderabad and Amsterdam (three times weekly) from October 31. And Air France is about to start flights from Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Meanwhile, moving north, Continental is flying from Newark to Delhi and American Airlines is doing a code-sharing flight with Sahara to Delhi. Going one better than all these, is British Airways which is about to launch two flights daily to Mumbai ? of course, when the rains stop in the city.
• Sometimes the best things can be found in our own backyard. So forget about flying to distant foreign lands if you?re yet to discover the travel treasures within India itself. Sahara Airlines is offering a great package to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for six nights and seven days. The trip consists of two days each in Bangalore, Mysore and Ooty with accommodation in well-appointed hotels. Also included are breakfast, pick-up and drop to Bangalore airport and all destination transfers as well as a whole lot of local sightseeing and touring. The package price of Rs 30,460 (inclusive of all taxes) per person on twin sharing basis, includes return airfare (exit Calcutta) in economy class. At present, a return ticket to Bangalore via Sahara will cost you a mean Rs 26,790 ? that?s the full fare rate. So if you do the maths, for just Rs 3,690 more, you get an awesome holiday thrown in.
