[Goanet]Plane updates...

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

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If you thought of Air Deccan providing you some relief to India's costly 
domestic airlines fares, then it's not quite happening. Not yet, at least.

Some of Air Deccan flights to Goa are at odd timings. If you want to get 
to Delhi, for instance, you need to make a long stop-over at Mumbai. 
Tickets also tend to get blocked in advance, since there is a 
significant price difference in the Rs 10,000+ air tickets to Delhi.

Maybe things might improve when Air Deccan (India's attempted answer to 
Ryan Air) enhances its number of aircrafts, as it is reported to be 
doing.

For those who were interested, the 'return charter' flights (Goa-UK-Goa) 
are now open to Indian nationals too and some seems were available a day 
ago, albeit for the most inconvenient season for the year ;-)

I was told a return ticket (Dec 17 to Jan 2) is available for around Rs 
17,000 here. Anyone willing to trade sunny Goa for a wet London? Actually, 
the traffic congestion might be better there ;-) What say Eddie? FN

PS: Everyone, and their dog, undertakes a mad rush to Goa at this time of 
the year. This time, the Exposition has come bang on with the tourism 
end-year mad-rush. Add to it an IFFI, strategically placed in the middle 
of it all. A friend at Calangute says they're seeing the sun shining 
overhead long before noon; the rooms are already getting booked and 
blocked. Save yourself the agony, and visit Goa in a more relaxed season.