Monday, May 21, 2007

High on Flyin'..Low on Basics..

The Low Cost Airlines continue to embarrass themselves and they do that pretty badly. One such air liner is Go-Air. I've had a tough time with them in the past, when they cancelled their flights multiple times, and eventually again doing the same thing a day before the departure. Sorry state to say the least, since I won't be using any expletives here.
However, y'day morning they were supposed to release some tickets, or rather low priced tickets, and I was again up early morning checking out their rates. Voila, this is what I get on submitting the details..In a country where a substantial percentage of workforce forms the IT core for majority of international firms, it is pretty frustrating to notice instances like these..

P.S: My friend Venu, interestingly had posted this on the ongoing marketing warfare between these so called giants..

1 comment:

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