Etihad is going to withdraw their A380 service from India from July 1, 2017. That would make it perhaps one of the quickest turnaround from “India is an important market” to “India, you don’t make us enough money!”
Vistara and Singapore Airlines have started to offer elite member privileges to each other’s frequent flyer members which include lounge access, extra checked-in baggage allowance, priority check-in and boarding benefits. This has been much awaited and finally, one more step towards integration of the two carriers.
ZoomCar has now signed up to be the sole self-drive service provider who is now offering a self-drive car which you can pick up right after you arrive in Mumbai at Terminal 2, the international airport terminal. Here is how to go about it!
Air India’s losses primarily are coming from their International operations. Turns out their Mumbai to Newark flight is making millions of dollars of losses, and our flag carrier is not even recovering the cost of fuel on many routes. All that adds up to a billion dollar loss! Sigh!
Air India seems to have fudged their books to understate their losses by about US Dollar 1 Billion over 3 years. Ouch! Here is what the auditor had to say about their losses!
Taj Hotels has a flash sale going on which offers a 30% discount on the Best Available Rates. The rates are postpaid so you can block a room if you please now and then plan your stay later.
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer is offering a free 500 miles through April 14, 2017. Here is how to get them if you haven’t already got ’em!
In the last week’s edition of This Week At the Lounge, we have for you news from Emirates and Qatar Airways about new onboard products, a sweet deal on Bose headsets and more!
Dubai Airport is not going to accept a lot of kind of bags, and they are going to be awesome at baggage handling going forward. Here is how!
PayTM just shut out the capability to do manufactured spending without any cost to you. Here is what they did and how it affects you.
Qatar Airways has just launched their new business class product, which looks like the first class for some other carriers. Needless to say, they say it is “First in Business”. Here are some very nice pictures and first thoughts of this new product, coming on a Qatar Airways plane near you!
