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Thanks to the fierce competition in the airlines industry, even though being a student, I managed to afford an Air Travel out of my Stipend that I got during the Summer Internship Program and yet save enough afterwards to buy a few gifts for my dear ones.

As a child, I was undoubtedly most enthused by none other than the aeroplanes. The zooming sounds over the air would leave me gazing at one of the most exciting and useful inventions of the world, a million thanks to Wright Brothers!! Anything about aeroplanes and you could see my eyes glittering. I would invariably ask my friends and relatives who had traveled in air about the experience they had within the plane. The take-offs, the landings, seat belts, the air-hostesses, fast speed, less time, and meals and chocolates in the plane .All this gave me a reason to dream as a child about my first Air Travel Experience.

After getting my first stipend during my Summer Internship program, with Air industry so much in news, I had no other dream but to endeavor an Air ride. I fortunately had some important work, but not enough time to travel through Train!!! That became my biggest excuse to undergo Air travel.

I booked an air-ticket from Chennai to Delhi some 15 days before the scheduled date with the Deccan Airlines - the airline offering the "Lowest fare" as claimed by them. My dream was about to take reality. The next 15 days were not just 15 days but 15*24*3600 seconds.

I used to spend hours and hours surfing the Deccan site and other airlines site to overcome the apprehensions of a first flight. The zooming sounds of aeroplanes above me would excite me to the core and yet again I would move to my desktop in search of some new hidden information about Indian airlines and the Airports. To make sure that I do not get into any kind of trouble, I took the ticket that I printed online to my friends to validate. Their personal experience gave me lot of insights and prepared me for the D-day.

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* Contributed by -
Mayur Mayank,
PGP-II (2004-06),
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy.