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This is the return leg from Trivandrum to Bangalore..

Sector : TRV (Trivandrum) - BLR
Carrier : IT
Flight No. : IT 2414
Aircraft : ATR-72-500
Registration : VT-KAE
Seat : 17F
STD: 2000
ATD: 2020
STA: 2130
ATA: 2155

Checked in @ the TRV airport well over 1.5 hrs before.. but unfortunately there was a huge line already at the counter and there was just a solitary counter for this IT flight!! Got my baggage scanned and got in line behind abt 12 people.

Baggage scan @ TRV


Luckily there were no other flights at tht time and the airport was otherwise deserted. As i was in the in line a group of 12 came upto the baggage screening with a seemingly huge pile of bags. However all of them decided to bring all those bags in as cabin baggage!! Some of the bags were way oversize for even a B7x7 or A3xx and this was an ATR. However the IT guys just let them in!!

i counted almost 50 heads in the waiting area this side and expected a full flight!! Security check had not been called in so waited landside. Bumped into sm colleagues who werev travelling on the same flight..

Security was called @ abt 1900 hrs and I was the first in the line. the waiting lounge airside was absolutely empty as the last domestic flights had left more than 2 hrs before!!

The waiting lounge in TRV.



the incoming flight had not yet arrived so expected our flight to be delayed. Sonn a 15 mins delay was announced. What made it look better was the 2 hr delay of the DN flight to BLR!!

Delayed..


At 2000 they announced boarding. All of us trooped down to the boarding gate for a bus. As IT do not hv their own equipment yet, they were using a DN bus. (On arrival they had used a S2 bus)

Waiting for the bus..


The DN bus we were transported in..


Unfortunately most of the tarmac was dark n deserted.. so no pics..

VT-KAE our flight to BLR


We were one of the last to board and it was utter chaos in side. The Load was 100% and almost every body had got in oversized cabin baggages tht just wudnt fit anywhere!! IT folks shud hv asked people to check these in, in the first place itself. Some of these bags had to go into the cargo hold, and there was a delay to get them tagged.

Cabin shot, before departure


Took off in the northerly direction and were soon at cruising altitude. Since the flight left was at 2000 hrs, I was expecting a full dinner service. But i was in for the a very rude service!! Only snacks!! .. IC provides a full meal in the same sector, even though the journey time is less on their A320.

To top it, there was no non veg option.. its surprising tht a flight to kerala, where almost 80% of the pop. are non veg, there would be no non veg option!!

The food this time was as bad as the one in the inbound flight. It consisted of slices of potato masala sandwich, some weird chat with tamarind sauce and bhujiya, which tasted very odd. The saving grace was the dessert - raj Bhog in Custard , which was good. the coffee was bearable this time, probably coz i added xtra cream n sugar..

The "dinner"


Had a small nap after tht and soon we were descending into BLR. After landing we were taken to the maintenance wing, where ATRs were being deplaned!!

Deplaning


view of the cabin.. u can spot the pilot and a F/A at the Far end..


All the pax were stuffed liek sardines into an IT bus and taken to the arrival section. Didnt hv enuff space to take pics 

Baggage came in almost half an hr later!! The official reason due to traffic congestion on the tarmac!!

Overall IT has not been a good experience for me, atleast on this sector!!

Day after I am off to TLV (again) .. via DEL and VIE .. on 9W and OS (again!!) .. will put in a report on tht soon..