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Vistara recently opened to public their lounge at the Delhi Airport. This must have been one of the quickest executions of a lounge, given that the airline is in operation only for a year and a half. We went inside the lounge and came back with a review so that you could figure out if you wanted to go here or not. Mostly, you would want to.
Vistara inaugurated a new lounge at their hub in Delhi recently, and we made a trip to find out all the ins and outs of the lounge. Have a look at these pictures Live from the Vistara Lounge!
Delhi’s airport, which is the hub airport for Air India, is planning to build a new runway and a new terminal to accomodate expanding operations. Here are the details of their plans!
Vistara, the full-service domestic Indian carrier, has inaugurated their premium lounge at Delhi Airport. This is one more step covered in their checklist to cover all aspects of the Vistara Experience. Check in to know more.
Vistara is preparing to launch their lounge at their hub in the Delhi Airport. The lounge will be offered to Business Class and Club Vistara Gold Tier passengers.
Air India is putting out 3 times a week Delhi-San Francisco non-stop flights from December 2015. Here are the details of the plane, the configurations and other important stuff.
A first-hand review of the American Express Platinum Lounge at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3. Accessible if you hold an American Express card issued around the world. Platinum/Centurion card holders get complimentary access.
American Express used to offer Altitude Lounges for customers of its cards issued by ICICI Bank & IndusInd Banks. Alternate arrangements have now been made as these empty lounges have finally been shuttered!
Air Asia India is getting started with a new northern India hub in Delhi and offering exciting prices from Delhi to Bangalore, Goa and Gauhati to celebrate the launch of the new routes. Check out the post for more details
A few days ago, I happened to read a news article, where it discussed that the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the authority responsible for aviation security setup across India, had ordered to remove the special screening queue for Business & First Class passengers. The argument used by BCAS was: We can’t have empty queues at Business Class queue when Economy queues have all the rush. According to another report, the segregation already was repealed as of February 26, 2015. However, while passing through Delhi earlier this month, I did not see these measures implemented. Just yesterday, I was at Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 2, and I noticed that the special queue for Business/First Class passengers for passport control was…
Delhi Airport is one of the better airports around India, but one of the most expensive ones as well. The airport charges about INR 232 – 550 to domestic passengers, while they charge between INR 518 to INR 1270 for an international passenger. These are called the UDF (User Development Fee). Compare this with Mumbai, where you pay about INR 300 for a domestic departure. It seems that the Airport regulator in India, AERA, has now asked the Delhi Airport operator GMR Group to reduce the charges at Delhi Airport by about 78%. In the past few years, Delhi was allowed to charge astronomical rates because they had done a lot of capital expenditure in bringing up the airport, which…
