Originally Posted by
greorge11
I am going to an india-kathmandu trip via kuala lumpur this february. I searched for flights using the multi city booking of Jet Airway's website to get the cheapest fare. I searched for the following sectors:
1. Kuala Lumpur to Delhi,
2. Delhi to Kathmandu,
3. Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur.
The best and cheapest option generated by the airline's system entailed connecting flights in the third sector:
Kathmandu-DElhi 15:45 to 17:15 (jet airways)
delhi - chennai 19:30 to 22:05 (jet airways konnect)
chennai to kl 00:01 to 06:15 (jet airways)
my concerns are the following:
1. Is the two hour and 15mins interval between kathmandu -delhi and delhi - chennai flight sufficient? Also, arrival is on international terminal and departure is on domestic terminal (both in delhi).
2. delhi-chennai and chennai-kuala lumpur - Interval is also 2hours. Do I have sufficient time in here? Arrival is on domestic terminal and departure is on international terminal (both in Chennai).
3. Also, will my baggages be transferred directly to the connecting flight?
4. Do I need to pass Indian Immigration again upon arrival to delhi from kathmandu or will I just connect to my other flight directly? I am a holder of a non-indian passport -philippine passport to be exact but all VISA requirements will be obtained prior to the trip.
Any comments or actual experiences are greatly appreciated.
Here goes...
1. I don't think 2h 15m is sufficient in DEL for the following reasons: DEL immigration can be a pain (was there a year back, and it took forever to finish). Also, the quickest way from the dom to int airport is through the airport shuttle, which departs only once every half hour (you could try the road - using personal transport - but likely to take longer). Having said that, no JetKonnect flight in the recent past seems to have taken off on time, and the evening DEL-MAA flight is almost invariably late ! So you might have a ray of hope, but if you ask me, it would be a bad idea.
2. The connection in Chennai should be quite smooth. Dom and intl airport are 100 meters apart, and since you'd have finished with immigration in DEL, you need to walk out with your hand luggage only.
3. I don't think you should have a problem with the baggage transfer - given these are all Jet flights, they should be able to take care of this. However, because you will be entering India in DEL, you will have to collect your checked in bags and then re-checkin those in DEL, for customs reasons. [another reason why DEL will take longer than 2h15m]
4. See above - DEL is your immigration point.
Hope that helps! Good luck!