Fly Bhubaneswar with Deccan at the rate of Train fair

It was 31st october 2004 when I made my first trip from Bhubaneswar to bangalore and at that time it was only Sahara Airlines that was offering a package from Bhubaneswar to Bangalore via Mumbai with an waiting hour of 4 at Mumbai before you could depart for Bangalore from Mumbai. All togteher it took 8 + hours from BBSR to Bangalore with a hefty amount of 12400 INR for one side trip .

On 29th Dec 2006 I made a trip again Bangalore-BBSR-Bangalore with an amount of 10400 INR ( read it round trip , and the flying hours were 3 hrs each side with 30 mins waiting in Chennai - no change in aircraft ) . Though this time people in the same craft travelled for a price as little as 6400 INR ( round trip ) all inclusive of taxex and etc. The service provider was Indian ( former Indian Airlines)

On 10th March 2007 I made a trip again from Bangalore to BBSR with a price of INR 4190 . I had not planned my return as I was unsure of the date due to my wife's delivery . When I decided on 24th March to retun on 26th march by default I went to Indian site to book the return ticket and teh available price was same 4190 INR . However my father pulled out Dharitri to show that Deccan is starting frm 26th March and why dont you check their price. I did try and to my delightment it offered a price of 2999 INR and the flying hrs remain same but it starts earlier than Indian which means I could resume my office by 3 PM .

Then I had to plan for my next visit on 5th April and I did not think of Indian this time . Straight away went to Deccan site and guess what , I made a round trip booking for only 3998 INR ( 1999 INR each side ) .

I could not restrict my delightment and called up Mishraji immediately and while I was explaining him about this he was clever enough to visit the site and plan for his travel in June . And guess what he figured out an offer of 1249 INR from bangalore to bhubaneswar . This price ofcourse is less than the 3 teir AC train fair .

Some like Vijay Mallya call it as low fare madness, but hats off to captn Gopinath , he made flying as affordable as possible for people like me . Visit Deccan at http://www.flyairdeccan.net/AirDeccan.htm

Presenting you Master Swaraj Panda

Swaraj Panda was born on 22nd March 6:52 AM , weighing 3.2 kg and measuring 21 inches from head to tiny little toes. Mother and Son are both doing beautifully, or else father wouldn't be blogging.