Originally Posted by
schley
I fly Air Arabia often from DMM to SHJ and I'm happy with the service. The schedule is great with 2 flights a day generally. Price, if booked in advance, is cheap as well. They are flexible with baggage allowance I have found as well. I spring for one of the seats in their first 5 rows to help expedite immigration.
When you say "spring", do you mean by booking in advance or do you usually manage at check-in? I am tempted not to prebook seating on the assumption that flights to KTM will be primarily indian sub-continent workers whom I would expect to be less likely to prebook seating so that choice would remain substantial at check-in.
Good to know about the flexibility with luggage allowance and I hope it applies to hand luggage as I might be a little above the 7kg limit and I would hope to have hand luggage only and check-in online to get a seat as far upfront as possible. I will be getting a visa on arrival in KTM (I only need a transit visa and you can't get these in advance) and was therefore hoping to leg it fast to the visa counter before queues build up.