Air travel bring memories, some good incidents which you remember for the rest of your life and some bad experiences which we prefer to forget as soon as possible.. Recently, I was at the Mumbai airport going to Sydney for the first time. I was excited to visit Sydney but the 16 hours flight was the most worrying factor. I reached at the airport 2.5 hours before the flight. And guess what? At 9:00 PM the airport was as crowded as Time’s Square on New Year ’s Eve. Tons of families and friends were bidding farewell to their loved ones. Indian airport is a great place to capture emotions, happy first-time abroad travelers, excited kids, tensed parents, proud uncles, funny friends.
Anyways, somehow I managed to reach inside the terminal, located checking area of Qantas Airways. I almost spent 20 minutes at check-in, another 20 minutes at immigration and a lot longer at security clearance. Finally I reached at the most boring part of the airport, the waiting Lounge. Almost waiting for another 30 minutes I was able to board the plane. My seat was the middleone.. During the flight I tried to communicate with my fellow passengers but very soon I realized that they were not interested in chit chat.. I spent 16 hours on the plane bored without a book, playing games on phone (soon the battery died!) and not uttering a single word. When I reached Sydney Airport baggage carousel, I met another solo traveler, bored as he had little more than nothing to talk to a lady traveling with a child sitting next to him during the flight. I wish I had met him sooner
After returning from Sydney I thought what went wrong with my trip, how could I improve my next air trips, what can be done here for me as well as for other passengers… So I started to match all dots, started to shake my head and the rusty tube light of brain finally lit. And the solution was fairly simple.
The entire journey I was flying with unknown masses. The flying experience could have been totally different if I was flying with friendsor if I knew these people. From entering the Mumbai airport to reaching Sydney I came across hundreds of people and had eye contact with almost many of them but they were all aliens to me.. The only thing I needed was a connection with fellow passengers, a medium which could connect all the passengers traveling in same flight way before their travel date. That’s all! Yes that’s all!
Right away I called my two friends to explain the situation and the solution. We three tech-monkeys agreed to build a platform to connect passengers traveling in a same flight. And “flymigo” was born…
Flymigo, an app which lets you connect people flying in the same flight. You can chat with passengers as soon as you book your flight. You will have an option to see passengers profile before you can start the conversation. You can share travel details with your friends or family members just by a click. You can also get important flight updates.
Flymigo a friendly way of travelling
Currently we are still in the process of building application and making it ready for iphone/android app marketplace. Meanwhile you can like our facebook page (https://facebook.com/flymigo) or follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/myflymigo)
Watch our promotional Youtube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoaqJml_Afc
I am looking forward to your reviews and comments
Following is a screenshot of our app.
