Departure outside Poland
One option for cheap air travel to India is to fly from another European capital. Ticket prices from London are particularly interesting, where competing airlines and travel agencies as well as a large number of people traveling in that direction, they make, that prices are perhaps the lowest in the world. In London, it is best to view the ads in the Time Out and City Limits weeklies, Evening Standard afternoon paper or in free magazines for traveling young people, available in special containers at the exits of major metro stations (np. TNT). Some of the newspapers listed are available in Poland at British Council branches. Here are the addresses of several proven companies: Trailfuiders, High Street Kensington 194, London W8 7RG (0171/9383939) lub Earls Court Rd 46, London W8 (0171/9383366); IS, Old Brompton Rd 74, London SW7 (0171/ 9379962) lub Euston Rd 117, London NW1; Quest Worldwidc (O181/5473322), Castle St, Kingston 29, Surrey KT11ST oraz Bridge the World (0171/9110900), Ferdinand St 1-3, Camden Town, London NW1. Most travel agencies in this country are affiliated with the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). If the agency, which services are used, will suddenly go bankrupt, ABTA reimburses the costs or looks for another travel agency, which will handle the victim. Unfortunately, this guarantee is not provided by agencies, which are not members of ABTA. However, the offers are extremely favorable in financial terms, that they do not lack customers.
Cheapest return tickets from London – Delhi costs below 500 $ off season (a bit more in high season). Of course, this price should also include travel from Poland and any costs related to the search for the cheapest offer. If you have a credit card (np. Visa lub Master Card), You can book a ticket by phone from Poland, giving the card number.
The prices of airline tickets sold on the mainland are usually up to twice as high as the prices, what you pay in London.
Airline tickets around the world
Many people come to India as part of a world tour by air. Airline tickets around the world (the so-called. Round-the-World – RTW), they can be of two kinds: some are sold by airlines, the second – by travel agencies.
In the first case, two or more carriers enter into a contract, thanks to which you can travel long distances with one ticket, but only by airplanes of these lines. Only the validity period of the ticket and the number of stops are specified, the route, however, can be set freely, provided, that the main direction of travel is not changed. Compared to fully paid tickets, thanks to which you can travel with any IATA affiliated airline (International Air Transport Association) until the granted mileage limit is used up, these tickets impose certain restrictions on tourists, however, their relatively low price makes it, that they are still very popular.
If Air India is involved in the system, then you can also make a few stops in India. The average price of tickets around the world varies within limits 1250-2500 S.
The second type of around the world tickets are tickets sold by travel agencies, which arrange the route themselves. Prices are usually competitive, but the choice is not too great and you have to stick to the trail imposed by the agency.
Cheap tickets in India
Cheaper airline bits can be purchased both in Mumbai, as well as Calcutta, but it's best to go to Delhi. Fares from Delhi to European capitals vary between 5000 a 7000 INR, it costs slightly less to travel from Mumbai. It is best to use the services of such airlines, like LOT, Aerofłot, Kuwait Airways, Syrian Arab Airways lub Iraqi Airlines.
Even though the cheapest tickets are sold in Delhi, most of the planes going to Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia are departing from Mumbai. If anyone is going to go east, so to Bangladesh, Burma or Tkjlandia, rather, he should buy a ticket in Calcutta, and not in Delhi.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Biman and Indian Airlines planes run from Calcutta to Dakka (ticket price -32 $) and Chitagong (40 $). Many tourists also travel by Biman planes from Calcutta to Bangkok, mainly due to low ticket prices and a stop in Burmese Rangoon. The carrier usually provides free accommodation during a break in the journey, which takes place in Dakka, but there should be an appropriate annotation on the ticket. Without it, you will have to look for accommodation on your own.
Burma
Because between India and Burma, as well as other neighboring countries, no border crossings, the only way, how you can get to it, is by air. Aircraft of the Burmese carrier (Myanma Airways) run on the route Kolkata-Yangon. You can also reach Rangoon from Dakki via the Bangladesh Biman Line.
Tourists returning from Bankok to Calcutta via Burma pay 240 $ for a Thai flight, while 225 $, if they are traveling with Myanma Airways planes.
Malaysia
Few tourists choose to travel on planes between India and Malaysia, because it costs much less to fly from Thailand. However, connections between Penang and Kuala Lumpur and Madras were opened.
One-way tickets for the Malaysian Airlaine System plane (BUT) zPenang are sold at travel agencies for approx. 780 RM$, so at relatively low prices. A one-way ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai costs 700 RM$, both ways -1275 RM$. You have to pay for a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi 700 RMS, and the round trip costs money 1070 RMS.
Maldives
You pay for a flight from Triwandrum to Małe 63 $, far less than a trip from Colombo would have been (Sri Lanka).
Nepal
Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) and Indian Airlines serve tourists traveling from India to Kathmandu. Both companies offer 25% discounts for travelers, who did not cross 30. age.
Flights to Kathmandu depart from Delhi Airport every day. The flight takes about an hour and costs money 142 $.
Other Indian cities with air connections to Kathnmandu include: Bombay (257 $), Calculate (96 $) i Benares (71 $). The connection with Benares is the last part of the Delhi-Agra-Khajuraho-Benares-Kathmandu route, which is very popular among tourists..
To admire the picturesque mountains from the plane window, which extend on the Del-hi-Kathmandu and Benares-Kathmandu routes, you have to reserve a place on the left side.
Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines (ALSO) and Air India operate between Karachi and Delhi (75 $) and Lahore and Delhi (140 $). Airplanes also run from Karachi to Mumbai.
Singapore
Here you can buy tickets at significantly reduced prices. Round-trip flight from Singapore to Delhi costs money 900 $.
Sri Lanka
Few tourists decide to visit Sri Lanka, due to the fighting in the north of the country. Because ferries have stopped running for some time, connecting Sri Lanka with other countries, you can only get here by plane.
Planes to Colombo, capital of this country, they are flying out of Bombay, Madrasu (most often), Tiruććirappalli and Triwandrum.
Thailand
Tourists coming from Southeast Asia and going deep into the continent most often choose the airport in I3ang-koku, due to convenient and cheap connections with Kolkata, Rangoon (Burma), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Kathmandu (Nepal). A one-way ticket to the crowded tourist route from Bangkok to Kathmandu costs 220 $, both ways – 400 $. One way ticket from Bangkok to Calcutta via Burma costs approx. 270 $.