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Flights & Airports · 3 min read New Direct Flights From India to Vietnam: Akasa Is Flying, IndiGo and Vietnam Airlines Start Soon Akasa Air already flies Mumbai to Hanoi. IndiGo (reported) and Vietnam Airlines add routes from late October and November 2026. Plus Thailand's new 30-day visa exemption for Indians. Flights & Airports · 3 min read Why Boarding Passes Still Look Like It's 1985 Every airline in the world redesigns its app, uniforms, even its logo. But the boarding pass - that small strip of barely-legible codes and fonts nobody chose - hasn't changed in decades. Here's why nobody's fixed it. Flights & Airports · 4 min read Is Business Class Actually Worth It for a 60-Year-Old on a 9-Hour Flight? Business class costs two to three times more than economy. For older travellers on long-haul flights, is that extra money actually buying comfort - or just a nicer meal? An honest pros-and-cons breakdown.

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