Dear Nelly,
I agree and understand the URGENT requirement for all GOANS in UAE for a direct
flight to Goa.
Yes we do need a direct flight. This time, however, I personally feel we
should NOT hurry and rush up and accept ANY AIRLINE. IC stopped without giving
us any clues and without intimation. Then why should we support those who do
not have the basic courtesy of warning or informing us their plans.
Why not we Goans for a change ask for good service, quality, latest aircrafts,
timely arrival and departure and associate ourselves with those who CARE for us
and those who THINK BIG rather than with those who take us Goans for a ride.
Given a preference , I will preferably NOT accept the airline which left us
stranded overnight and for today’s helpless situation. And if I do fly with
them who has their very own attitude that means I am encouraging the same
caretakers who NEVER IMPROVE the standards even after being in this industry
for 5 decades+.
Let us treat this opportunity as golden opportunity and like an election time.
ALL of GOA is already sold : left, right , top, bottom by these
................(Whatever name you call them). We keep electing the same
.............. and then cry later on. What is the use of trying to conduct post
mortens, when we read nowadays that during post mortens there are chances of
parts disappearing.
I feel Goans in UAE should make a CLEAR request and ask for the BEST. Are we
Goans not worth the BEST. SO, now given a choice lets go with the best and
those who would care for us in the long run. Lets go for long term rather than
short term requirements. Lets suffer now and overcome this suffering once and
for all. Offcourse we should make sure we travel by this new appointed GOOD
AND RELIABLE airline so that they also grow in business. I vote for
KINGFISHER. For other Goans who think the same say YES. For those who do not
accept my preference, Its OK, I respect your decision and your right to choose
the best airline as per your thinking cap. Sir Vijay are you listenning. I am
sure you will hold discussions uprightly with those in authority to award a
fare deal to goans and ask them to discuss clean ON THE TABLE and NOT by any
other means.
Wake up Goans, show your class sometimes and when the opportunity arises. What
cant we be a bit choosy, a bit demanding, a bit straightforward, show a bit of
genuine desire for the PARADISE type feeling which actually used to exist in
GOA for GOANS.
PS -
FLORIANO - I called the chairman of Goan Association and he informed they are
NOT active for long time. So your request to us to get a letter from UAE to
help you push NRI desk (Mr. Edward) appears not possible.
CHAIRMAN - KING FISHER - As per my various personal communications with
yourself, I am pleased to mark cc of above for your kind and early action. We
appreciate your genuine desire to resolve this matter for Goans.
Best Regards
Mario Andrew Rodrigues
Dubai – Calangute – Candolim
+ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:59:31 -0400 From: "Nelly Pereira"
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charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original According to me, any airline will
do. All what most of us would want is a direct flight to Goa. Ask me how
difficult it was for me to travel Goa-Dubai via Mumbai. I went down for a
short holiday mid March (a fortnight). The IC flight Sharjah-Goa direct was
excellent timing although I had a lost baggage (result of carelessness with
most airlines). I reconfirmed my return ticket on 26th March and I was pretty
surprised nobody informed me at that point of time that the flights have been
re-routed through Mumbai from 29th onwards. It was just two days prior from my
travel that the airline staff calls and says the flight
is cancelled.. isn't this funny?..and I need to have a fresh booking done.
Secondly, the airline promised us that they would assist us in the airport
transfer from domestic to In'tl and food would also be provided.
Unsurprisingly nothing like this happened. Even their porters who were just
lending a helping had came up saying `Madam, chai ke liye kuch de do'. I was
travelling alone with my 7 year and 1 year old baby. The airport was
overcrowded as usual, no proper seating arrangement, flies all around, A/cs
were on but no proper cooling, kids getting restless, baggage to be taken care
of (since connecting flight check in was only 5 hours later) and so on. It
took me over 12 hours to reach my destination. Considering this, flying to Goa
without a direct flight is like a nightmare. Hope some airlines considers this
urgently atleast for the sake of families and our older parents who often
visit their children out here. N, DXB.
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