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Jet airways Konnect is the new economy no frill service Launched by India’s Premier airlines ” Jet Airways”. Jet airways Konnect flights are scheduled on non profit routes of Pan India. Jet Airways Konnect starts on 9th May 2009.

The new Konnect service, which marks the addition of Dehradun to Jet Airways’ extensive pan-India network, will operate aboard a state-of-the-art ATR 72-500 aircraft. Flight 9W 2635 will depart New Delhi at 1015 hrs, arriving in Dehradun at 1115 hrs. Flight 9W 2636 will then depart Dehradun at 1145 hrs, arriving back in New Delhi at 1245 hrs.

According to Mr. Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, “We are delighted to add Dehradun to our network with the introduction of the new daily flights to the city from New Delhi. Besides being the capital of Uttarakhand and a very popular tourist destination, Dehradun is also one of the country’s leading educational centres and as such, there has been growing demand for enhanced air connectivity on this sector. We are confident that our new Jet Airways Konnect service will prove very popular with our guests.”

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 89 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 53 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.66 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.

Flights to 61 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah and Riyadh.

About Jet Airways Konnect

Jet Airways Konnect is Jet Airways’ all-economy service on key domestic routes, designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment with value-for-money fares.Jet Airways Konnect links five major metros- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata – with several destinations across India, operating over 195 flights daily.Jet Airways and its all-economy, no-frills Jet Airways Konnect service together operates over 300 flights daily.

About JetLite

JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as an all-economy, no-frills airline, JetLite operates a fleet of 23 aircraft, which includes 16 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series. The airline flies to 28 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), operating over 110 flights a day, on average.

Traveling for money, it is one of the most rewarding things to do. You get to earn money while exploring the world. Imagine yourself in the Bahamas, enjoying the atmosphere as part of your job or having an adventure in Australia while getting paid doing it or practicing your vocation in the most scenic locations in Hawaii.

It is almost unbelievable but in reality it’s almost easy to accomplish. You can get rich from your travels. Contrary to common belief, traveling does not have to mean empty pockets; it can actually fill your bank account. With the right knowledge and skills regardless of experience, you can profit from your travels.

How to do it? There are three ways to make money on the trot

1) Find a job that involves travel

Travel jobs are immensely abundant. The travel and tourism industry covers a vast range of job positions in various fields. Degree and non-degree holders alike can find a job with relative ease because of the diversity and vast number of positions available. However, it can be competitive especially for jobs with very high pay.

To get travel jobs, one must know where to look and how to apply properly. Having the right attitude and personality is also crucial. Normally, travel and tourism jobs require excellent interpersonal skills. Other skills involved are communication, organization, and managerial skills.

Health care professionals, especially nurses, are in demand in a lot of travel destinations and this includes Hawaii, Alaska, Australia, and many other places. Cruise Ship jobs are also plentiful and almost anyone can land a position on a cruise liner. Teaching English overseas is another great option.

One great thing about travel jobs is that even without formal education you can work and climb the career ladder. Although educated individuals will land high paying travel jobs easier, the industry does not limit hiring blue collar skilled workers. Almost anyone can make a terrific living while having a cool job.

2) Become a freelancer and let companies finance your job-related travels and pay for your services as well

If you have skills in photography, you can contract some interested companies with your services. The companies will sometimes sponsor your travel expenses and may even pay you further for your services. In exchange, you provide them the quality photos they need for their business.

Also, you can become a freelance journalist or correspondent. You are getting paid to do a job and luckily for you, it involves travel. There are a variety of skill dependent travel jobs. You can work as a freelancer which is quite rewarding both in experience and finance.

3) Have an Internet money-making machine that is fueled by your travels

You can create a site with content about travel and living. You can blog about your exploits and encounters. People will take notice and with technical implementation of SEO and link building, you will soon have a lot of visitors and your traffic will increase. You can make money by selling ad space in your site. Being an Internet affiliate marketer is also a great option. This is a form of passive income and probably, because it is automatic, it’s the best kind of income you can get.

Dubai is the most glittering star in the galaxy of Middle Eastern estates. The emirate is considered as one of the most famous tourist and business destinations of the world.

To cater the needs of pouring tourists and businessman Dubai offers a variety of accommodation choices. There is a range of luxury hotels, serviced apartments, villas etc but a new phenomenon is emerging in the form of hotel apartments in Dubai. These hotel apartments can give you the luxuries of a five star hotel while you can still feel at home. The hotel apartments are suitable for both long and short term stays in Dubai and of course the cost is much cheaper than stay in a luxury hotel.

The procedure of booking of a Hotel apartment works on the same pattern of a hotel style booking system. You do not need to get into the trouble of entering in any contract with the owner of hotel apartment and simply can checkout whenever you want. Hotel apartments are very luxury type of residential accommodation that is combination of a hotel room luxuries and apartment’s ease that are offered to a visitor to stay for a different period of length for stay for a few days to months sometimes even years. As far as cost of accommodation is concern the hotel apartments happened to be much cheaper in from hotels and are equipped with all the services that a resident requires.

Usually, the hotel apartments are located at prime locations with beautiful view of the cities high rise buildings and beautiful beaches .The apartments are fully equipped with all the modern day luxuries of a hotel like broadband connection & interactive TV, servicing and integrated kitchen and bathroom and other which are expected to be in a luxury residence.

Due to increasing tourism and business activities in Dubai the business of property and real estate is flourishing. Numbers of new residential projects are underway and chains of world class hotels are increasing day by day with the provisions of ultimate luxury and leisure but the hotel apartments are great alternative of the luxury hotels at a relatively low cost.

Madeira cake from France and Tenerife in Bulgaria

The other day, I was sitting at my favourite restaurant when I overheard a conversation that went something like this:
First Person: “I think I am going to have a slice of Madeira cake”
Her Friend: “That’s a good idea, I ll join you. Not that Ive got a clue why they call it Madeira cake, have you?”
First Person: “I think its named after some place in France.”

I am not sure why that sort of ignorance about places makes me feel so frustrated. After all, why should everyone be as fascinated by travel and far away places as I am? Whatever the reason, I just could not help myself interrupting the two women as soon as they had ordered their cake to inform them that Madeira is a Portuguese island about four hundred miles off of the north African coast in the Atlantic ocean. I added that it makes a fabulous holiday destination but did bother to tell them that it is actually not one island but an archipelago and actually an autonomous region of Portugal.

Just as well – their expressions told me that I had already said more than they were interested in knowing.

This attitude of having little or no interest in travel destinations is actually very common and it is not confined to people who are generally under educated. Frequent examples can be seen on television quiz shows when contestants who are obviously well educated stumble on simple questions like;
Which of the following is not a Caribbean island (A) Jamaica (B)Cuba (C) Majorca (D) Barbados

Even more incredible are the people you sometimes overhear in a travel agent, booking holidays to resorts without having any interest as their location as long as its warm and sunny with cheap booze available.

Travel destination ignorance is not just a British thing. An air stewardess once told me a story about an American couple visiting their parents country of origin, Bulgaria, one February.

They had used a travel agent in New York to plan their journey and book the two flights that were involved. The first flight took them to London where they boarded the ongoing flight to complete their journey. When this flight landed at Reina Sofia airport the couple looked a little flustered and hesitated at the top of the flight steps, turning to the stewardess to ask why everywhere looked so sub tropical and sunny, and adding that their parents had always told them that Bulgaria was cold in February. At first, the stewardess was at a loss to think of anything that could possibly explain how someone trying to get to Bulgaria in Eastern Europe could end up on a flight to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Then she realized that the name of Bulgarias capital city is Sofia. She asked the couple whether they thought they had boarded a flight to Sofia, Bulgaria. The answer was yes and it turned out that their travel agent had probably just typed Sofia Flights into her computer and accepted the results that the query gave without questioning any further!
Best travel tips and holiday destination information

Travel destination ignorance rubs me up the wrong way because I am so passionate about travel and that is also the reason that I started up a website dedicated to providing information, articles and travel tips, about holiday or vacation destinations worldwide. As well as wanting to help people to make the right decisions when planning their vacations, I hope the travel articles will fire peoples imaginations so that they can enjoy dreaming about places they have never been to, even if they never get around to visiting them.

While traveling the world it can be easy to lose track of your expenses and before you know it, you may find yourself short on finances. You may find yourself having to leave early or skip some of your planned adventures.

The pleasures along the trip will tempt you to overindulge and spend money on every opportunity you can get. You may find yourself overspend on souvenirs or throw money away on luxury accommodations or food. So it is vital to have self-discipline and always mind your budget.

Here is how to manage your expenses without sacrificing fun and enjoyment on your trips.

“First things first, calculate your expenses before the trip has even begun.”

Determine an estimate of all possible expenses on your trips. Do this before leaving your house. Even with rough approximation, you can be conscious during your trip and know when you are in danger of spending too much.

Allocate a budget for every activity. Estimates can sometimes be completely wrong but at least, by estimating and allocating budget, you will have a vague idea of your possible travel expenses.

Travelers should have buffer in terms of finances. Always have an allowance so you can implement contingency plans when you get yourself in trouble.

“Bring IDs and membership cards.”

You can use discounts and benefits from any membership you may have. Sometimes, you’ll be surprised to find that you can get freebies and price cuts from your affiliations. You cannot use these advantages, however, if you do not have any proof with you. IDs are the most common means of proving ones status or membership.

“Bring a calculator, just in case.”

Actually, you do not have to worry about this too much. Cell phones have calculator features. Obviously, this is needed in instances where you need to figure out currency exchange and totals in a shared tab.

“Be on a look out for promos.”

From airline tickets to restaurants, there are some great deals you can grab. More often than not, you can get the same services or products for a cheaper price if you just keep your eyes open. Businesses usually offer seasonal and off seasonal promotions.

“Don’t underestimate the power of haggling.”

Every so often, you will want to shop, especially for souvenirs, in marketplaces where you can exercise your abilities to haggle. Tourists are ordinarily ripped off their buck but if you haggle enough you can get items for a very cheap price.

“Have smaller bills ready.”

You should carry American dollars with you on your travels even in foreign countries. US dollars can be used in almost any situation and they are great for tips and taxis. Some people may not carry change, so make sure to carry smaller bills.

“The most important thing is to have discipline and try not to overindulge.”

Don’t waste money on ridiculous luxuries. Sightseeing, wandering and observing cultures are cheap activities that will make your trip exciting and worthwhile. Instead of buying luxuries that remind you of home try to save your money for indulgences you can only experience away from home.