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Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

2) AI will have one full service and one low cost brand (not new news). There is recognition that the Indian domestic market is low cost. So expect majority of domestic routes to be flown by AIX over time, with the exception of the key business corridors. There will be one frequent flyer program ac...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

Several years ago, there are several topics related to VLA sized between A380 and B779 https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603701 https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=474581 Personal speaking, I like the "Ecoliner" concept which has 9 abreast on main deck and 6 seat...

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AirIndia

Re: Arabian Aviation - 2023

If the new Abu Dhabi airport is to open in early November.... when do the old terminals start being shut down or see a substantially worse level of service ? Maybe retail shops and restaurants stop being supplied (or even close) at the old terminals, while shops move their stock from old to new ter...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

fessor wrote:
Just a slight correction then tge LHR flights is mostly A380 only 1 flight shows up as 77W

Which one?

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Wow.. 47 EK LHR-DXB per week. Add on BA , which is either 1,2.3 a day, plus Brunei at 4 per week. Then you’ve got EK at LGW 3 per day.? STN as well.. That’s a lot of LON -DXB traffic, without any other connections EY/QR..etc DXB-STN: 2 per day 77Ws DXB-LGW: 3 per day 380s @LHR: EK: 42 per week (47 ...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

xwb777 wrote:
According to Airport Coodination limited, Cathay Pacific has leased landing slots at LHR to Emirates for the W23 season.

I guess we will see a seventh daily flight from October.

Its 5pw so 47 weekly flights between DXB and LHR in W23

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AirIndia

Re: Air India gets ready to reveal new livery and branding in August

I am just happy they retained the Maharaja, so I don't have to change the DP

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AirIndia

Re: Elegance to the Emirate: The Outstanding Swiss First Class Experience

Thank you for posting this comprehensive trip report. Refreshing to read and takes me back 10 years when TRs were like this and not just YT links. So thanks once again.

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AirIndia

Re: Arabian Aviation - 2023

AUH Midfield Terminal inauguration will be on November 3. xwb777 - would it be possible for you to reveal a source on this, or is it not officially public information yet ? https://twitter.com/uae_project/status/1687013017769107456?s=46&t=MJZJRyQTiGMnP0UwJ2hycw Was the recent Mission Impossible...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

CaliguyNYC wrote:
andrew1996 wrote:
Will EK carry pax from India to the US, sure but patterns will change. Look at what happened to SFO as AI ramped up their service (DEL 10X, BOM/BLR 3X).

Please do share your thoughts on what happened in SFO as AI ramped up their services.

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

acavpics wrote:
Why are EK232 (IAD-DXB) and EK204 (JFK-DXB) turned around and flying northwest? FR24 shows both of them pointed in such a direction currently.

Likely a glitch. both arrived on time.

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Thenoflyzone wrote:
yycdel wrote:
DXB-YUL starts in a few days, any insights on how the initial bookings are looking so far?

The inaugural to YUL tomorrow is almost full. LF in the high 90s. The return to DXB is in the low 90s.

Inaugural EK243 is enroute to YUL operated by A6-EGI

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-group-announces-2022-23-results/ Emirates reports its most profitable year ever with a profit of AED 10.6 billion (US$ 2.9 billion) compared with AED 3.9 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) loss in the previous year Revenue up 81% to AED 107.4 billion (US$ 29.3 b...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

wesk wrote:
USPIT10L wrote:
wesk wrote:
Would be amazing to see Vancouver as well!

AC already announced DXBYVR last week.

Sorry meant to say with Emirates.

Well yes, but with this announcement, the bilateral entitlement for 21weekly flights is complete.

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/e ... l-in-july/

AirIndia

Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

When does EK plan on announcing YUL? If they indeed plan a July start, its coming up pretty quick. https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-to-expand-global-network-with-launch-of-services-to-montreal-in-july/ there its announced. "Emirates today announced it will launch a new daily serv...

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AirIndia

Re: Evolution of the Passenger Experience at Airports

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AirIndia

Re: India Aviation - 2023

AI should brand their premium class / lounges as Vistara Class. one way to retain the brand and some of its attributes............

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AirIndia

Re: SEA DXB MAA BOM SFO SEA

The inter terminal transfer took a little effort. I had to ask questions multiple times about the directions. Other than that it was ok. Just interested to check if there was a bus transfer involved or did u have to walk from the arriving concourse to the terminal and then the train to Concourse D ...

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AirIndia

Re: SEA DXB MAA BOM SFO SEA

How was the inter-terminal transfer in DXB? One nice thing about the J class seat was small shelves below the screen and by the side that had bottles of water, coke and couple of other beverages. I dont recall seeing this in my previous J class flight with EK in 2012. SEA service started in 2012 its...

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AirIndia

Re: Akasa Air - New Player in the Indian skies: Kochi - Bangalore on a 737-Max

Nice report sir. thank you for the pictures. Very interesting as you explained the Akasa logo interpretations.

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AirIndia

Re: India Aviation - 2023

I think India-UAE bilateral has some leeway where seats can be re-used on different routes India doesn't have a bilateral with UAE. It is with individual emirates. So, you can't mix and match by your definition of leeway. The leeway is probably a buffer (2%, 5%?) over the otherwise hard seat cap Tr...

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AirIndia

Re: flyDubai Dubai-Tbilisi Roundtrip in business & coach

Great report.

Air Arabia's schedules to TBS are astonishing..... i counted 10 departures within a 6 hour window!!!

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AirIndia

Re: flyDubai Dubai-Tbilisi Roundtrip in business & coach

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/ ... tdiscovery

AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

This just seems so odd to me. I know there are a few Indians in Italy but my understanding is that not too many of them can make a trip to India unless it’s for good. And somehow I doubt there are many tourists from Punjab going to Italy or Italians going to Amritsar… The Lombardy region of Italy i...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/e ... r-2022-23/

AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Hey Mr Vikram, First of all I do apologize to be buzzing you for this out of the topic question but because you mentioned that you've been flying since 80s and also to BKK,I believe you must have experienced various entry regulations in Thailand for Indians and I was wondering did Thailand offer VI...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

I am not sure about other routings, but BOM MAA SIN was for MAA SIN traffic. For a very long time Chennai was better connected by Air to Singapore than CCU. It was like MAA SIN always had one additional flight than MAA CCU and all of them were widebody, with exception of one IC A320, Best, Subraman...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Oh there used to be so many.... my first flight back in 1998 was on a 747-400 Del-Bom that had come in from paris i believe did man of the hoppers after that including bom -del on a bom-del-PVG, Jai-Del on a Jai-Del-Sin, LKO-Del on another(don't recall final destination but probably DXB), ATQ-Del o...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

It was BOM-FRA-LAX I suppose. AI hub was BOM then, and most such long hauls were from BOM. They even had a BOM-CDG-US flight, I don't where in US though, I think NYC. I remember my family flying CDG-BOM leg on the AI 744 and saying it was full of desi's returning from US. 1017460 1320501 Would love...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Was it not BOM-DEL-FRA-LAX? At one time in 2004/2005, the 744 in question suffered a burst tyre on takeoff which was videographed IIRC. It was BOM-FRA-LAX I suppose. AI hub was BOM then, and most such long hauls were from BOM. They even had a BOM-CDG-US flight, I don't where in US though, I think N...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

AI was in LAX more than 10 years ago then withdrew. Perhaps this time would be better as passengers are preferring nonstops. For both AA and UA the Russian airspace restriction is a big deterrent. I dont say any way out for atleast 1 or 2 years. Will UA keep the BOM and SFO flights suspended till t...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

In exchange, EK562/563 will be dropped to accommodate seat quotas under the bilateral. Certainly a significant removal of back of the bus and cargo capacity and potentially indicates a softening of demand for VFR and IT tech student traffic flows. I wouldn’t draw that conclusion necessarily - remem...

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AirIndia

Re: Arabian Aviation Thread - 2022

IndiGo will launch direct flights between Mumbai and Ras Al-Khaimah, effective September 22. This will be 6E's 100th destination. https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/indias-indigo-to-launch-direct-flights-to-ras-al-khaimah-from-september-22-1.89832878 How many of those 100 destinations are inter...

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AirIndia

Re: Arabian Aviation Thread - 2022

https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/ ... 1.89832878

AirIndia

Re: Emirates Airline expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

rukundo wrote:
P2P between Kigali and Dubai is probably not very big and RwandAir was already there with their B737-800s 1-2 times a day.

Its 1 daily with 738 and 332 alternating

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AirIndia

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

# 3 The big bad Blue wolf is the new Jet as far as "Policy Management" is concerned! #3: That went over my head. Care to explain? Thanks. In the good old days (90s-2000s) Jet airways was the predominant private carrier with a very influencial promoter who was infamous for lobbying the gov...

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AirIndia

Re: Going to India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh (lots of photos+vids)

Excellent TR yet again Kushan. Too bad you missed the views on DEL-IXB sector. Looks like the weather in Arunachal was fantastic.

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AirIndia

Re: Flying Air India after privatisation to Tata Sons. AI665 DEL-BOM (photos+vid)

Good to see positive changes. While hard product will take time, catering is a quick win. As would be IT enhancements.

Great pics from inflight.

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Has anyone travelled by AI after their takeover by Tatas. Any noticeable improvments in the hard product? I havent personally but many friends and family have & they seem to say there is improvement in terms of catering and general crew courtesy. Ofcourse hard product will take time change. You...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

"first" seems to suggest that their 10 77Ls weren't stored during the pandemic. Is this the case? A6-EWA the "first" 77L is currently doing DXB-DFW. Understood. I worded my reply in a way that wasn't clear. I was wondering if the 77Ls had NOT been grounded during COVID, which is...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

Western727 wrote:
xwb777 wrote:
Emirates has sent the first B77L to storage at DWC.

"first" seems to suggest that their 10 77Ls weren't stored during the pandemic. Is this the case?

A6-EWA the "first" 77L is currently doing DXB-DFW.

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

Some main points from Adel AlRedha’s recent interview (in Arabic) - The airline is planning to launch new destinations but its main focus in the short term to increase flights to pre-pandemic levels. - The airline is in advanced discussions regarding the B777X. The airline is not expecting to recei...

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AirIndia

Re: Mumbai to Shillim by helicopter and back - amazing Videos and Pics

Nice TR sir. i have spent 2 years in BOM in the early 2000s and it was nice to see some views............

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AirIndia

Re: Video Only Emirates' new(ish) Business on the 777-300ER: San Francisco - Dubai

Thank you for the report and great that you got 'upgraded' to EK rather than your original routing lol. For the complimentary chauffeur - do you choose the time of collection or EK automatically assigns the time for pick up? I want to book EK business but I need to take a COVID test and want to do ...

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AirIndia

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - Q1 2022

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/dgca-extends-suspension-of-scheduled-international-passenger-flights-till-february-28-362622 Never ending bubble flight extensions continues. While this supposedly benefits AI, however if they are not enforcing the current bubble rules, it is not going to he...

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AirIndia

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

https://www.emirates.com/us/english/help/travel-updates/#4843 Emirates will operate the following flights to Boston (BOS), Houston (IAH), and San Francisco (SFO), utilising the Emirates A380 aircraft. 20 January 2022: ‑ EK237 from Dubai to Boston ‑ EK 225 from Dubai to San Francisco ‑ EK 211 from D...

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AirIndia

Re: FAA to prohibit many flight operations due to risk of ‘5G’ wireless interference

Does anyone here have a list of airports that are currently affected? I might have missed a post, and to be honest, this is only one of maybe three websites I even spend time with. My google time goes down as I age. That being said, I am leaving Kauai tomorrow (I know, why?!) and landing SAT after ...

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AirIndia

Re: From the Rockies to the Himalayas: AUS-DEN-YVR-DEL-MAA on UA/OO/AC/UK, Dec 2021 [lots of pictures]

Nice report. I also landed in DEL about a few hours after you on 15DEC and the lines were normal and well managed. Just a few days back DEL was in the news after some SM posts went viral. So there were many queue combers in place and families with kids were immediately taken to other dedictaed count...

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