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Old Jan 10, 2013 | 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL
Reliability is not an issue for any airline in India relative to other areas of the world - all carriers have on time percentages over 80%, and are safe. If you are just looking for safe service from point A to point B, any airline will do you just fine.

. . .Finally, beware that only 9W and AI fly out of the same airport as international airlines at DEL, in case you want to do a connection to an international flight.
OK, thanks guys. Given that I'm looking at 1 to 1 1/2 hour flights, I'm not going to care too much about the service if it's safe and reliable. Which is sounds like all the choices are. And I see that even the discount airlines like Spicejet give you a free checked bag, so I don't think I'm looking at add-ons to making apples to apples comparisons. In this case, schedule and price will largely determine who I fly.

When you say that "only 9W and AI fly out of the same airport as international airlines," I assume you mean out of the same "terminal," right? So I'd need additional time to switch terminals if I wanted to make a connection. How much time is a good idea (not that I think I'll do this however)? There is only one "airport" in Delhi, right?
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