Air India

Pros: Good Inflight service, and food.
Cons: Everything else.

In my ten years here in the US, I have flown back to India every year. Usually I fly through Asia, and either use Malaysia Air or Singapore Airlines , and I have been very happy with their service. However, this summer, I did not want to f ...

Pros: Decent inflight magazine, good food, cabin crew who can think on their feet
Cons: Old planes, lowest dregs of society as passengers, etc

I used to be a frequent traveller on AI from Singapore to Bombay. I have probably flown on AI about 10 different times over the past 10 years and the definitive trip was a while back and this review is largely based on that one trip. I am ...

Pros: Decent food, speak Hindi
Cons: Oy Vey, everything!

Where does one begin?

First: The Passengers.
For the most part, the class of passengers who take Air India do so because they must, due to the extremely low cost. Their unsophistication will carry through the entire flight.

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Pros: Low price
Cons: Departed late

Intro I flew with Air-India from LAX in California to the Frankfurt airport in Germany and back in the recent months. I chose this flight because it was the cheapest I could find. I think it can be safely assumed that a product much cheaper ...

Pros: Food, service.
Cons: Entertainment system, Airplane quality, lop-sided reviews!

I recently took this flight from Chicago to Chennai via Bombay. Ticketing: The ticket is reasonably priced and on-par with other airlines serving the same route. The airline promptly confirmed my ticket and assured me that there was no change in ...

Pros: Better value than premium economy excellent food and beverages
Cons: very poor IFE ground staff at bangalore totally incompetent

Traveling from India to the US with an infant is, well, a challenge. With our 6 month old (who spills out of the standard bassinets already), we decided to travel in premium class to give ourselves some extra comfort. We thought of premium economy on BA ...

Pros: Great flight, great service, cheap airfares.
Cons: Limited food service.

I frequently go to Pairs, France for short pleasure/tourism trips. I use Gate 1 travel which has a discount arrangement with Air India, and the Kyriad hotel chain. I can usually get air fare and hotel for 6 to 8 days with breakfast included and van ...

Pros: Good Food, Friendly Crew, Very Indian.
Cons: Appalling IFE, Bad Maintanence, Poor Ground Handling

I have flown AIR-INDIA on many Sectors, ORD-LHR-BOM (4), JFK-LHR-BOM-MAA (2), MAA-SIN-MAA (2) on both Business Class and Economy. I have also flown Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic & Lufthansa to draw parallels. ...

Pros: decent food
Cons: everything else, worst customer service ever

Over Christmas my parents were going to India with my brother and I wasn't included in the plans. However, two days before they left, they changed their minds and said that I would have to come for a week. At this late time, the only airline that was ...

Pros: Some people are able to fly on this airline.
Cons: Everything I wrote in my review is all true, unfortunately.

I wanted to share my opinions about Air India to my friends, and I do not want anyone else to go through this pain. So, I cut and pasted my email to my friends here: Hi All, I thought you would all enjoy a good laugh this Monday morning, ...

Pros: Superb food, friendly service, affordable fares
Cons: Condition of cabin and entertainment options

Background: I flew with my wife and a friend from Newark to Paris and back on Air India for about $ ...

Pros: speak hindi
Cons: Poor flight times, always delayed, poor food and flight attendants

I had written a previous review of Air India a few months ago and have since had the chance to travel on Air India several times - both in First Class and in Coach and I have to say that I may as well have saved the money and flown coach instead of...

Pros: Food is good, service is adequate, get culturally acquainted with India by watching Hindi movies.
Cons: Hindi movies are terrible, uncomfortable, though food is good, you never stop eating.

Over winter break, my family and I decided to head over to India to become reintroduced with our cultural heritage, as well as meet our relatives. Being on the other side of the world, we made the incredibly sane decision to take a plane. Though we...

Pros: Great food...good in flight entertainment
Cons: loud, bad service, inconsiderate service, narrow seats, wool blankets

O.K...before you read this epinion and then write in my comments section rude comments about how "YOU" didn't feel this way on any of your flights let me state a mild disclaimer: "This is my first time flying AirIndia...and even though I...

Pros: Good food and service
Cons: Not punctual

Choosing as Airline to fly can be a tricky choice.

Air India is the government owned International carrier of India , Indian
Airlines is mostly for local destinations.

Having flown in various international airlines - Swiss...