Flights to India for a Gratifying Eating Experience

Food is what makes tickets for holidays to India a highly revered commodity for the foodies. The delicious Indian food leaves you speechless with its unique flavours and aroma that emanate from its cuisines served in hotels, restaurants and myriad eateries in the streets.

India is a veritable vortex of as many tastes and flavours as it is of various cultures. The north Indian food seems to be a cut above the rest with its extremely high popularity and is worth your air travel to this part of the country.

No wonder, Chicken Tikka masala is the most popular dish in restaurants in Britain and has been referred "a true British national dish. It is served in restaurants across the world and is found to be one in seven curries sold in the UK. For sure, many Britons have it as one of the compelling reasons for booking cheap flights to India!

Delhi, the food capital of India, offers implausible variety to epicureans hopping on cheap flights to India. Gorge on mouth watering street food (yet hygienic) at Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid on a tour to Old Delhi or devour the delectable cuisines at popular restaurants on a trip to Connaught Place - Bukhara, Delhi Darbar, The Dhaba restaurant of The Claridges and Kebab Factory to name a few.

Not far from Delhi, Jaipur is another paradise for food lovers. Chokhi Dhani, Moti Mahal Deluxe, Apno Gaon, Natraj and Four Seasons are few names in Jaipur that realise the cost of your flights to India with every single bite you take on the delectable cuisines served here. Jaipur is well connected to Delhi with domestic airlines offering cheap flights.

Emirates’ Daily Service to Dublin Begins

The gloomy clouds of slowing economy are not offering much chance to people to enjoy the sunny celebrations of any sort! Yesterday, however, was a different story with Emirates’ much anticipated Dubai to Dublin flight landing in the Irish capital.

There was some cheer and much champagne sipping as the first flight to Dublin touched down at the city airport yesterday. The newly launched service is the third route for Emirates that went underway in the New Year. Prior to Dublin, the airline initiated flights to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina in the first week of 2012.

Dubai-based Emirates will be offering daily flights to Dublin and will be plying A330-200 on the route. The aircraft will have three travel classes, catering to all categories of air travellers – from luxury seekers to passengers who opt for relatively cheap flight tickets!

Flight EK 0161 will take off from Dubai at 0700hrs and will land at Dublin at 1130hrs. Flight EK 0162 will take off from Dublin at 1255hrs and arrive at Dubai at 0025hrs, next day.

Apart from the Middle East, Emirates considers Australia as the key market for its newly launched service. Emirates has 70 flights to Australia each week, including an A380 service to Sydney. Travellers may sometimes find it hard to find cheap flight tickets on Emirates’ A380 but the on board amenities offered by the airline is surely worth the airfare!

Emirates will be launching flights to Lusaka, Harare, Seattle and Dallas in the coming months.

Sri Lankan Airlines Increases Flights To GCC Countries

Sri Lankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, is increasing its flight frequency to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from its hub at Colombo’s Bandaranaike Airport. The airline is further planning to diversify its range of services to bank on the sizeable growth in inbound air travel traffic.

Furthermore, there has been a spate of cheap flights to Colombo from the GCC countries because of increasing competition, during the last five years. Sri Lanka has witnessed a 43.2 per cent increase in number of holiday makers looking for tickets to cheap flights to Colombo from GCC countries.

From December 23, Sri Lanka’s national airline will be operating two extra flights between Colombo and Muscat, thereby increasing its total frequency to four weekly flights. The flights to Muscat from Colombo will be operated on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Recently, the airline increased its flight frequency from Doha to Colombo from five to seven flights per week. Additionally, the airline is working on plans to operate daily flights from Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kuwait and increase as many as five flights between Colombo and Riyadh and Jeddah.

Sri Lankan Airlines operates 64 flights every week to seven Indian cities - Bangalore, Mumbai, Madras, Delhi, Trichy, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi and is also expected to increase to 77 flights per week after December 23.

Besides the increased flight frequency, the airline has recently got into a revamp of its fleet, which will be completed by July, 2012. Sri Lankan is expected to offer remarkable travel experience with swish interiors and a traditional Sri Lankan aura.

The airline is already offering easy links to its global route network of 60 destinations in Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East, North America and Australia.

Egypt Might Ban Beer, Bikinis and Beach Parties

If Egyptian Islamist politicians have their way, sunbathing at Egypt’s top class resorts may soon become a thing of the past!

Almost 10 per cent of the country’s GDP comes from the tourism sector and the country really cannot afford to hamper its prospects as a top holiday resort. Each year, millions of travellers book advance tickets to bag cheap flights to Egypt, enamoured by the region’s incredible natural beauty.

People book cheap flights to Egypt to travel to sea resorts like Luxor, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh for enthralling beach fun. But it seems that the revelries and festivities just might have to stop at these resorts. Given the political unrest in the country, tourism is already suffering and with the prospect of potential ban on bikinis and beer it sure is going to take a nose dive.

With the Islamic parties gaining majority of votes, all the resorts and hotels in the country may undergo severe changes that may shrink the number of tourists booking flights to plan holiday trip to Egypt.

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party is calling for 'sin-free' tourism in Egypt whereas the ultra-traditionalist Salafi Muslims` Al-Nour party wants to inflict strict Islamic law in Egypt that includes prohibition of alcohol and mixed bathing.

It appears that Egypt tourism will face severe hindrances in the coming months. Any sort of ban on tourist centric activities will certainly result in a huge drop in the number of travellers planning air travel to Egypt and landing at the country’s major airports.

Emirates Announced Non-Stop Daily Flights to Ho Chi Minh City

Travellers who have been planning a holiday to Vietnam have a reason to be happy as they can buy tickets on Emirates Airlines new route to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. According to the Emirates’ news release, the airline is all set to offer non-stop daily flights to Ho Chi Minh City from 4th June 2012.

The new flight will make air travel to Vietnam, particularly for travellers from the Middle East, Africa and Europe much more comfortable and convenient.

The daily non-stop flight, EK 390 will depart Dubai International Airport at 0925hrs arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 1920hrs. The return flight to Dubai, EK 391 will depart Tan Son Nhat International Airport at 2050hrs arriving Dubai airport at 0045hrs, the next day.

Initially, Emirates will offer outbound flight to Ho Chi Minh City and return flight to Dubai using an Airbus A330-200 which, starting 28th October 2012, will be replaced by a Boeing 777-300 ER – both in two class configuration.

Travellers aiming to buy economy class tickets on cheap flights can now choose Emirates as the flight will offer 251 Economy Class seats - a considerably higher number than 27 Business Class seats only.

Emirates’ entry into Vietnam’s travel market with a ‘7 days-a-week non-stop flight’ is a part of its meticulous expansion plans and may spell availability of tickets on cheap flights for travellers due to increased competition in the region.

Ho Chi Minh City is Emirates’ 124th destination and eighth route launch this year. Other newly launched routes include Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (launched on 3rd January); Dublin (9th January); Lusaka and Harare (1st February); Dallas (2nd February) and Seattle (1st March).

Book Flights to India to Gratify your Shopping Instinct

India is a great holiday destination to gratify your shopping instinct and features most exciting shopping hubs that mirror the multicultural facet and contemporary lifestyle here.

Delhi, the capital city of India is a prominent hub for shopping at the best spots. From sky-piercing shopping malls to traditional street markets, the city brims with endless choices that lure travellers to book airline tickets on flights to India. The shopping malls of the city like Ansal Plaza, Metro Walk Mall and Mamram Magic Mall host stores of all the world-renowned brands whereas the street markets like Dilli Haat, Janpath and Khan Market are best to buy goods at knock down prices.

A trip to Mumbai is also worthwhile and tempts hordes of shopaholics booking flights to India. The city is a dreamland for buyers looking for best of goods at reasonable prices. Street markets of the city like Chor Bazaar, Zaveri Bazaar, Fashion Street and Colaba are fantastic and make shopaholics gloat over their decision of buying cheap flights to India.

The beach paradise of India, Goa also boasts number of shopping hubs dotted all over the state. The Anujana market, Mapusa Market, Baga Beach Market and Calangute Market Square are the most popular shopping spots of Goa and stay jam-packed with travellers booking cheap flights to India. Moreover, while enjoying tour Goa, travellers may chill around at various hotels and restaurants bordered all along the traditional markets.

With such exclusive shopping options, millions of travellers plan air travel and book flights to India to partake in the most vibrant shopping hubs.

Turkish Airlines Codeshares with Thai Airways and TAM

Turkish Airways (TK) seems to have considerably expanded its travel network, especially to some destinations which so far were offline network points. The airline has codeshared with Thailand’s and Brazil’s flag carriers - Thai Airways and TAM Airlines respectively.

As per the agreement with Thai Airways, the Turkish Airlines’ flyers booking flights to Bangkok will have better connections on Thai Airways-operated flights to Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Auckland and Kuala Lumpur. Moreover, a similar agreement will be applied to Hong Kong to provide flights between Bangkok and Hong Kong on TK coded flights to the Turkish Airlines’ flyers.

The Turkish airlines will enjoy an expanded reach - flights to Bangkok from its hub airport in Istanbul and further linking to cities in Australia, so far offline network points for the airline.

Though, both full-service and star alliance member airlines may not be popular for cheap flight tickets, the codeshare will lend a wider choice to travellers planning to travel on the routes which are part of the codeshare. However, those looking to book tickets on cheap flight can expect to benefit as any such codeshare spells increased competition on the partnered routes.

In another strategic move, Turkish Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with Brazil’s TAM Airlines; a move that will boost the choices for holiday destinations for flyers planning to travel between South America and Europe.

Once this agreement gets the green signal, the TAM Airlines’ flyers will be able to take direct flights between São Paulo and Istanbul in a Turkish Airlines operated flight. Turkish Airlines’ customers will be able to book tickets to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Porto Alegre and Foz do Iguaçu; and Buenos Aires in Argentina on flights operated by TAM Airlines.

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