Hello everyone!


My parents wants to come from India to toronto to visit me and my family during this summer. But they are 70 years old are very affraid of changing flights during their journey. I heard that there is a direct flight from Bombay/Delhi to toronto twice a week has been launched by canada 3000 . Any body has any information regarding this . If yes please provide me details because I realy wants my parents to visit me.

Please please please find out something I will be realy thankful to you.

Canada 3000 filed bankruptcy. They are gone for good I believe.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/canada3000/

Sep 11th affect.

The other options you got are Lufthansa / British / KLM, but your parents need to change the flight.

One more option is fly to NY via Air India, but you need to pick them up from there. Big headache is now visa required for the transit passengers in US airports.

Canada3000 is closed for ever!

Your information is true that Canada3000 planned it, but before it materialize, the company got bankrupt and they stopped all operations.

It will be difficult to come for elderly people with break journey - but that is what many people are doing regulalry.

You can find-out a company from Bombay, Ahmedabad. May be you can post information on this board and someone will respond.

If they want to come alone - in the flight you can get at-least 5 families coming to Toronto, so you should not have any problem.

In can they need to come alone - since they are elderly people, you can ask for wheel-chair (at no extra cost) and they (the air-hosteses) will take care of everything - including transfer from one flight to another one.

Go for better air-lines like BA or KLM.

My two cents

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A Proud Indian Canadian

In case of travel by air, anyone should avoid travel on long direct flights, and specially elderly people SHOULD REFRAIN from long flights. Long flights cause:
1. dehydration
2. fatigue
3. body aches due to sitting in one seat
4. swelling of legs - which might be very harmful for elderly people
5. no alternative to stop in between if condition becomes worse!

I would suggest three things:

1. They are your parents - they deserve the best in the world - give them business class tickets even if you have to save extra for one more year to get that , or dig into your line of credit - both you and they will cherish this. However, if you are already WELL TO DO financially, there should not be any second thoughts - your parents should travel ONLY business class!

2. Try a combination of Asian airlines - they are the best in the world for service and compassion. An acceptable combination can be Emirates from Bombay to London via Dubai, and then most probably British Airways. This will give them opportunity to stretch legs and walk and rest at Dubai (after 3 hrs), then at London (after 7 hrs) and then they will be in Toronto 8 hrs later.

3. The BEST - and I (or my wife) always did that EVERY YEAR till my mother passed away 3 yeras ago - you go to India yourself and bring them with you. The pain you will have for doing that will be forgotton as soon as they come to stay with you. Believe me - it is worth more than anything else in this world.

I am sentimental - but aren't parents the first persons in your lives to be sentimental about???!!! This action might also help your children learn the values of family, responsibility and love and respect, which is otherwise rare in Canada.

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Chandresh

Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!

Well thought advise.

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Sunil Sharma, P.Eng.

I think if you can go to India and bring them here, then it is the best option. Its also cheaper than flying both of them business.

If that's not doable, then you could get wheelchair assistance for both or one of them. Airlines provide wheelchairs free of charge for the elderly, since some walkways are extremely long from check-in to gates. You have to specify this while booking the ticket though. In this case, you're escorted from the plane all the way to the right gate. They even help with you check-in and stuff (at least they do in India). I believe they do the same thing when you're in transit as well.

Also, on outbound flights from India, most of the passengers are Indian, and many of them travelling to the same destination you are. Its a good idea for you to tell your parents to ask for assistance if needed from the younger passengers. Most people do help, I usually look out for elderly passengers needing help whenever I fly and volunteer help for stuff like unloading baggage off carousels, finding gate, etc etc.

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