Flying High

Now that we have flown on them 3 times (Delhi-Leh and Diu-Mumbai on this trip and Kolkata-Darjeeling 4 years ago) we need to give a shout out to Jet Airways, India's largest private airline.

Jet Airways is just a really well run airline, that frankly puts the level of service that we have grown accustom to in the US to shame. First of all, their employees are actually very helpful and professional, and actually seem happy to be working there. Their planes all seem to be almost brand new, either new Boeing 737s, or in the case of out flight to tiny Diu, a new ATR turboprop. In fact my one criticism of Jet is that it is blatant false advertising that they fly a propeller plane, but what are you going to do.

The real reason why Jet is the best is the food. They serve a meal on every flight, even all the ones we have taken that are only an hour long. I was not even aware that they could serve food on a small turboprop, but just after take off, the food cart appears. First when you get on they give you water and a bottle of this fresh lime drink. Then the meal is usually either Vegetarian or non-Vegetarian, we have always gone veg, as that is usually the best choice for average indian food. The food has always been excellent, the last meal was the best, it had a folded dosa with a really good curry to dip in as well as corn salad and chocolate cake (which is crazy rare in India). Then they do tea and coffee, all once again on an hour long flight. The topper is that the flight attendants are actually, both male and female, young, smartly dressed and attractive. Not like the grizzled old union types in the US.

So in conclusion, Jet Airways, highly recommended. In fact I would be tempted to take their new flights from Toronto or New York next time I am headed to India, to see what they do with 20 hours of time to kill. I could eat 20 of those dosas from the last flight easy.