Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Basel to Kolkata
There are no direct flights for this route listed on KAYAK, the shortest multi-flight duration is 28h 00m.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest return tickets were found on Multiple Airlines (₹ 49,652) and Turkish Airlines (₹ 58,772)
When flying out of Basel you will be using Basel All airports, often referred to as Basel Airport. You will be landing at Kolkata Netaji S. Chandra, also known as Kolkata Airport.
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Scores according to KAYAK customer reviews
Cons: "Seats were torn and adjustments were malfunctional. No drinks were offered. Wifi did not work either."
Pros: "Crew was excellent, seats were comfy."
Cons: "Need spacious aircrafts for such a long flight.."
Pros: "The crew was attentive and friendly!"
Cons: "If they use the new business class seat."
Pros: "Delays occur, but reputable, customer service oriented airlines do their best to remedy to the disruption and minimize the inconvenience. Reputable, customer service oriented airlines don't leave their passenger stranded."
Cons: "Reputable airlines know ahead of time which passengers are at risk of missing their connection and have someone waiting at the arrival gate to quickly take them to the next departure gate, while the next flight waits a few extra minutes (because we only missed boarding by a few minutes)"
Pros: "my flight never happened I am still sitting here waiting over 24hours later..."
Pros: "I lost my luggage when I landed Tirana. I was unhappy for the moment, but the next day they brought it home. Very very happy with Turkish Company, I would love to travel again in the future with them. Great job."
Pros: "It was fine!"
Cons: "No problems there... Everything was fairly well organized..."
Pros: "Not much. The plane didn’t fall apart? I wasn’t poisoned?"
Cons: "The seats barely recline, the food is heated garbage, the movie options are few and stale, the flying and landing were amateur-level and vomit-inducing, and the service is curt at best."
Cons: "Had to wait an hour in line at SFO to check in for Flight . Online check in was hard because there was a need for redress code ?"
Pros: "- Friendly crew - Good overall"
Cons: "- Media devices is obsolete with bad barely working touch screens, plus my screen holder was broken - not adjustable. - Old style two-pin audio connectors (making hard to connect your own headphones), it's good that I had an adapter. Though port was malfunctioning anyway and I had to readjust it once in a while or I could not hear anything. - Censored movies, with such censorship it is practically pointless to watch some movies. - Leg room is far from generous (economy class)."
Pros: "Food was excellent!"
Pros: "Great selection of movies, excellent food, friendly service."
Pros: "Great entertainment, good seat comfort (even in economy seat), good food and friendly service."
Cons: "The AC wasn’t turned on for 2 hours of passengers being on the plane and it was easily 100 degrees inside. Everyone was hot and miserable. The seats were also extremely close together. I have never been so uncomfortable on a long haul flight."
Pros: "Food, entertainment"
Cons: "Terrible check-in (30min waiting), boarding was uncoordinated, and the cabin was probably 30 degrees!"
Pros: "Crew"
Pros: "Inflight service was good."
Cons: "Seat was a little uncomfy"
Pros: "Food, entertainment and service"
Cons: "No boarding in Turkey airport, difficult to get down and up after long flight, narrow sitting space"
Pros: "love the wine/food for, the long haul flights and a good selection of entertainment!"
Cons: "still dont get why plane seats can't br designed to be mildly comfortable."
Cons: "I am handicap and had to take my carry on baggage off the plane with the help of other passengers so I decided to take a different airline back to my surprise the help me with my luggage and carry on and from the moment I arrived at the gate toll I got out of the airport in jfk I was not allowed to pick ip my baggage they did everything I would like a call back from you 2036757227"
Pros: "No any trouble during flight."
Cons: "Too long distance between terminals and very short time between my connecting flights make it almost not possible."
Cons: "Terrible customer service"
Pros: "More leg room at my seat and crew was great"
Cons: "Yet my flight coming in had delays and again this flight was delayed. In addition, when I approached the ticket counter to inform them of the delay cutting close to my connecting flight, the response is "you're fine...you'll make it". During the deplaning process no announcement to have those with critical connecting flight was made to expedite the process."
Pros: "Same"
Cons: "Same"
Pros: "Great service and polite staff."
Cons: "Didn't make any announcements as the time was getting closer to board. Passengers had to hover around counter and strain to hear. It all worked out well, though!"
Pros: "Excellent customer service"
Cons: "Excellent customer service"
Pros: "Comfortable flight, friendly flight attendants, food, usb port to charge my phone, and the in-flight entertainment"
Cons: "N/a"
Pros: "On time. Friendly crew."
Cons: "Old plane. Boarding was not so nice."
Pros: "No turbulence during the flight !"
Cons: "I did not enjoy the food, the spraying of chemicals in the air and the inability for the attendees to help customers."
Pros: "Flights attendants were really nice, USB ports on all seats, great selection of free movies and other entertainment, very good vegetarian food."
Cons: "Boarding took a long time in Istanbul and could have been handled better. A second inspection was setup At the gate to checks passports, inspect carry-on bags for laptops and iPads, and a pat-down. we were late taking off, the plane was really full, and the cushions on the seats were off a bit. Seems like the plane was cleaned quickly and not put back together carefully."
Pros: "Attendants were attentive. Food was good ad plentiful."
Cons: "Seat space very cramped. I am tall. Cabin was warm."
Pros: "Seats and entertainment"
Cons: "Crew"
Pros: "Great"
Cons: "Great"
Cons: "Flight was canceled 4. in this year. 17 passangers is not good biznis for TURKISH AIRLINES"
Pros: "Quite good. For an international flight, the comfort and service could be better. Eg foot rest, a pouch for socks , ear phones"
Cons: "No foot rest, help the short people to store luggage."
Cons: "Vegetarian meals were not good."
Pros: "The crew and their service was great, and there were lots of choices for entertainment."
Cons: "The seats are really uncomfortable. I'm young and healthy but my knees and back are in a lot of pain after the flight."
Pros: "really great service"
Cons: "We stayed on plane for long time before it took off, and we arrived late, food was not good"
Pros: "Excellent service, excellent food, very friendly crew"
Cons: "no subtitles on English language movies, which means I could not understand half of the dialogues because of the noise and poor sound quality. It would be very nice to always have English subtitles on all English-language movies."
Pros: "The food and entertainment were great. The crew was good but..."
Cons: "...I could not feel the air conditioning at all where I was sitting in the back of the plane. I was literally sweating the entire flight. When I asked the flight attendants about it they muttered that they would take care of it and then never did. It was a very uncomfortable flight."
Pros: "Very nice crew!"
Cons: "Very hot in the plane"
Pros: "Food is fresh and tasty. Safe landings and overall flight experience is very pleasing."
Pros: "food was perfect. Staff on board wear good."
Cons: "checking in at Beirut Int. Airport as a first image for the turkish airline was fair. the lady on the counter wasn't friendly and responsive to my simple question concerning the seat. entertainment TOUCH mode of the screen wasn't working properly."
Pros: "Flight was great, booking agents, flight attendants all superb."
Cons: "Airport in Istanbul could use an upgrade. Poor gate directions and signs. No jetways, meaning they bus you out to the plane each time. This adds to time needed to change planes and may be inconvenient for older people who struggle with climbing stairs or carrying bags."
Pros: "I loved the complimentary Turkish delight and all the food provided. Not only were meals served on shorter flights, the food itself was very tasty. The crew was nice, if somewhat aloof, but everything was provided without having to ask. Pillows, blankets, and headphones. They also gave us these wonderful pouches with slippers, eye mask, toothbrush and toothpaste, and chap stick."
Airlines flying from Basel to Kolkata have enacted additional safety measures and adjusted policies to better accommodate travellers. Policies vary by airline.
Heightened sanitation
Daily cleaning, installation of cabin HEPA filters on flights from Basel to Kolkata
Mandatory masks
Masks required on board, masks provided on flights from Basel to Kolkata
Social distancing seating
Middle seats unavailable to book on flights from Basel to Kolkata
Pre-flight testing
Testing for antibodies, testing for symptoms for flights from Basel to Kolkata
Flexible cancellations
Waiving of change fees. Search flexible flights from Basel to Kolkata
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