Mumbai - London and back. Review on Jet Airways

To put it straight and to be fair, the only opportunity I have had got to travel by Jet Airways was on the Mumbai - London route(official visits).  I have always compared it with Emirates and Lufthansa because those are the ones that I used to take before Jet Airways started operating on this route.

Following are things I found good with Jet in comparison to Emirates and Lufthansa -

1. While boarding the flight from Heathrow(London) towards Mumbai, a member of crew of Jet Airways came with a tray of'boondi ke laddoos'.  This was so delightful - especially when you are staying in a different country away from home and at the time of going home someone greets you with indian sweets!

   
   




2. A colleague had once asked for another helping of the meal - and the air hostess gracefully served him with the second meal tray.  He was once travelling by Emirates and the Emirates air hostess just denied it.:-(

   
   




3. They served the passengers with Kulfi as a dessert after dinner:)

   
   




4. The announcement that they make when landing at Mumbai airport goes -'Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to India.  Fellow Indians, WELCOME HOME!'.  That is so very homely:-)

   
   




5. On demand movies and a very good collection of movies.  In Emirates, you get'on-demand' movies only when the aircraft is a boeing(never on an airbus) and in Lufthansa there is no TV at the back of the seat so no question of on-demand movies.

   
   




6. Luggage allowance is more than Emirates/Lufthansa.  In fact they dont mind of the luggage is a bit too heavy.

   
   




7. Cabin crew behave quite decently compared to Emirates.