You Won’t Believe This: Air India Claims To Be A Good Airline In Their Latest Ad

Air India is not the worst but definately not the best its just a three star airline like United,Delta,American,Ethiopian,Kenyan etc. As rated by Skytrax. But definately it has better fleet of 787s,777s n 747s,320s,321s,319s etc and have a wide range of network which is growing day by day. They operate to NY,Newark,Chicago,San francisco and very soon Washington,Boston and houston which are on the charts. Also the only south asian cariee to fly direct to Melbourne ad Sydney. Very soon also flying to Madrid And just need a flight to Africa and South Africa. Oh and yes its a member of Star alliance which proves it isn that bad either and having travelled it just once i remember it was a good flight not really that bad.

I started flying Air India three or so years ago since they started flying direct Birmingham (England) to Delhi. The flight timings are the best. You can do a full days work in England and leave at 9.30 at night to reach Delhi at 10.30 and do a full days work there too. This means effectively no time wasted travelling. The return flights times are just as good. Leave Delhi after lunch and reach early evening in Birmingham for a good night's sleep, ready for work the next day. I did a full days work on Friday and was able to complete the sale formalities and money transactions for my property in Delhi on Saturday, and in my Hotel pool with a drink by the evening! The aircraft was new and everything was clean and swish on each flight. They had reasonable entertainment with a very wide choice of AV material. We were served drinks with a smile and this is the ONLY airline which still gives real peanuts rather than some measly biscuit alternative. I was gracious enough to point this out to the staff, who have a thankless task. The meals were so so on the Birmingham to Delhi flight, which were obviously prepared in England. The meals on the return leg from Delhi to Birmingham was excellent. Service was good and timely and there was lots of it. The flights were on time and I have only praise. I have flown most of the popular airlines and choose Air India as my first choice now for the reasons mentioned above. Those who know me class me as an extremely awkward and pineckety customer, lost in the finest detail and eager to complain about everything. am not easy to please and I have lately grudgingly started to agree with this assessment. I am surprised to hear of those who 'would not travel AI if they were paid'. I assume they are in employment and by definition are therefore 'servants doing a job for money', and would do what might be somewhat unpleasant to them for the money.

You will never know how awful it is to travel as a "brown guy(Indian)" In American and European carriers. The attitude of support crew is very different towards non-white people. It's so sad to see that it still exists in 2016.

Flew to London by Air India...... Really wanted to go via emirates but reluctantly took Air India.... A Big reason is Cost .... emirates n otha Gulf carriers cost approx 8000 rs or 120 $ more ( isnt dt fleecing ) N i was Pleasantly surprised that the Jet was Spanking New Boeing Dreamliner !!!!! :-) Overall , had a EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE ! Food , cute hostesses n hospitality were great ..... Will fly again with MAHARAJA !!

I vote for Air India and Air Koryo reviews this year!