Comments on: Nepal Diary: Arriving Kathmandu – 1

By: Prajwol

Prajwol — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:52:00 +0000

ARAryal Bro,

Thanks for sharing your experience. I too had to wait on the line on Gulf Air counter to get the voucher. But, I knew of that from the begining and was mentally prepared for that. Pragya flying through that route earlier was great help to me. However in your case it was sudden change of plan, and Gulf Air might not be prepared to accomodate extra people.

I won't complain about the service though, it was the good for the price paid.

By: araryal

araryal — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:44:00 +0000

My experience was somewhat similar, in fact I had a longer flight from New Orleans to Chicago, then Chicago to Paris and then to Bahrain. I got my tickets late so didn’t get the best route to fly. Long flight always sucks. In addition, our flight from Bahrain to Kathmandu was delayed due to weather. You were lucky not to have witnessed the long lines we had to go through to receive hotel voucher and exit the Bahrain airport for transit. Some people (flying out of Gulf region) may have been stradted at the airport without accomodation. I was happy to get accomodation but it was a painful few hours trying to get it all straight with hotel and meal plans. Trying to board the plane in Bahrain was a mess, apparently the flights are almost always overbooked. I was concerned after looking at the long line to board the plane that I may not get to leave even after such a long delay. In the end I made it out of Bahrain but left me wondering if I should ever fly through there. Gulf air has terrible management. I believe I read an article about reshuffle in their administration due to losses in a recent quarter. Does not leave me surprised.

By: Prajwol

Prajwol — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:59:00 +0000

NNepali,

For domestic flights I personally haven't seen much difference between them and others. But I was impressed with the politeness of stewards(ess) of Gulf Air compared to AA. I am unaware of any bad records though.

By: Nnepali

Nnepali — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:06:00 +0000

Doesn’t AA have a bad record in services etc etc ..’cause I’ve heard people making jokes of the airline.. or is it just an easy target for comedians ???