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RE: British Airways Ethnic Uniforms Still Around?

BA certainly does employ both male and female cabin cabin crew from Bangladesh. Out of the four flights I took with them last year, each flight had one bengali steward and one stewardess. The male f/a wear the usual uniform as all other male f/a's, while the female f/a wears a saree. The motivation ...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Jet Airways Launch 2nd International Destination

I thought Dhaka was supposed to be their second destination. Oh well, as long as Jet starts flights to DAC sometime this year, I would be more than pleased. Thankfully, once Jet and Sahara start operations to Bangladesh, there would be a greater choice of carriers to fly to India other than <acronym...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Boarding Rules

WOW AvianceGirl (clap, clap,clap)!!! Now that is truly heroic isnt it? U r the biggest ra*ist I have seen in my life. From your post, you have only proved how incompetent you are in your job. Hope I never see you in one of my flights ever in my life!

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mehtabrahman

RE: Sr.Biman PR Official- F28 Pilots 'born To Beggars'

I know kindergardeners who take out being upstaged better than you. Was your whole "little" dissertation up above necessary? Stop wasting your time and our eyes ????? I really do not understand your point. Dissertation? What dissertation? Did that look like a dissertation to you? It was more...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Sr.Biman PR Official- F28 Pilots 'born To Beggars'

Its AVIANCE by the way, get it right Whatever, as if I really care of this cr*p agent and its two cr*p employees who have no life other than going to the airport and cus*ing airlines that keep them in their jobs. And as for Biman hearing about these posts, well tell someone who cares. ...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Sr.Biman PR Official- F28 Pilots 'born To Beggars'

I always wondered why they bought these old and overpriced F28's in the first place. Beats me too... Someone must have had a good commission on them..... Can't be the Civil Aviation Minister, can it? <img src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin"> everytime myself a...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Best Inflight Meals In Coach?

Thai - offers the best catering on air. The food is truly scrumptious and very exotic!

Emirates comes a very close second, followed by Singapore Airlines.

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mehtabrahman

RE: PIA A310 Getting New Business Interiors

I think PIA is certainly improving its inflight comfort for passengers, but what about inflight entertainment? Having a PTV onboard is great, but not that much if the entertainment provided are only one or two western movies, a long list of Pakistani dramas (which I really dislike, and would not cat...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Phuket Airlines - London-Bangkok

PIA747, The Daily Star report that you pasted on the forum is slightly factually wrong... With the operation, Chittagong airport's international activity will restart This is a very foolish and ignorant statement made by a highly trusted newpaper like the DS. This is because, international ac...

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mehtabrahman

RE: British Airways Story

I have heard this story many times before on Airliners.net . It is supposedly a completely false story, which is sad.

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mehtabrahman

RE: Phuket Airlines - London-Bangkok

Pe@rson, I have previously used Gatwick express out of Victoria to go to Gatwick, but the loooong walk, and another train ride to the (North or South?)Gatwick terminal is a pain. Moreover it takes 30 minutes to reach Central London from Gatwick, and the trains are much less frequent than that of Hea...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Phuket Airlines - London-Bangkok

Thats great news! I will probably try them out sometime in June probably. Phuket air has recently announced that they will be operating flights out of Bangkok to Chittagong and then onto Dubai from May 20. If they start flights to London, I will be flying with them from Chittagong to Bangkok, and th...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Lowest Number Of Passengers In The Cabin.

Mine was on Gulf Air B737 last December between Muscat and Abu Dhabi. There were ten passengers in business and only five in economy. It was quite amusing because there was one air hostess serving the business section and one serving the economy, which meant the cabin crew:passenger ratio in the eco...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Air India Seeking New Toilet Paper Supplier

I have interacted with a fair share of Pali-Hill types and "Bandra Boys" in my profession

What exactly is a Pali Hill type person, or a 'Bandra Boy'? I do know both are names of places, but what's so special about that?

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mehtabrahman

Yemenia To Dhaka

www.newagebd.com <marquee><basefont color=yellow>Yemen Air to start operation from May</marquee></basefont color=blue> Yemen Airways, a Middle East carrier, is going to start its regular flights from Dhaka in May. Flights are expected to start from May 23 with two weekly flights on every Sund...

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mehtabrahman

A380 : LHR Getting Ready

www.bbc.co.uk <img src="http://members.aol.com/anitrhmn/a"> Heathrow prepares for superjumbo A £100m redevelopment scheme has started at Heathrow airport to accommodate the new double-decker, 550-seater Airbus A380 superjumbo. The project is due to be completed by the end of 2005, in time for the fi...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Welcome To Delhi Intl Airport!

Hey Planemannyc, Just wanted to say I love those aerial shots of Dhaka and Chittagong! These must be the first aerial shots of these cities on the whole world wide web. Congrats! Did u take any pics of Shah Amanat? I always plan take a few when I go back, but somehow or the other, I end up forgettin...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Welcome To Delhi Intl Airport!

Zia International at Dhaka is no better either- old terminal, corrupt staff and it takes ages to clear immigration. The departure lounge has undergone renovation recently, and looks a bit more acceptable now. Beyond immigration, the airport is a much quiter and nicer place, specially the Sheraton, S...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Welcome To Delhi Intl Airport!

What a surprise. Vir Sanghvi is bitching about Delhi airport again. Hehehehe... he is great journalist though. As much as I enjoyed India I will forever avoid that nautical toilet called Delhi Intl. Airport!!! Bwahahahahaha... <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.g...

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mehtabrahman

Welcome To Delhi Intl Airport!

www.hindustantimes.com Airport fails entrance test Vir Sanghvi and Nandini R Iyer New Delhi, April 5 Part of the reason for the daily mayhem and the shameful chaos at Delhi airport is the Home Ministry's inability to run a proper Immigration Service. And part of it is the ministry's mindless use of ...

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mehtabrahman

RE: PIA IFE Vandalism Tales

The only vandalisms i have seen on Biman aircrafts are : 1. pax scratching on the PTV screens (on the A310's) with pens and forks. 2. pax, specially children, writing and drawing on the tray tables. It is hilarious to sometimes see pax writing their names, addresses and mobile numbers on the tables ...

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mehtabrahman

RE: The 'Whitening' Of Biman

Shilla, I completely agree with you! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> This stupidly run airline is planning to buy two more creaking F-28's soon - simply unbelievable. This is corruption at its epitome! Horus, the current Biman livery has been the same as f...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Animals In Airline Logos

Biman Bangladesh Airlines : A white heron flying against a red sun.

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mehtabrahman

RE: Animals In Airline Logos

Sri Lankan Airlines : A beautiful peacock adorned with the colours of the Sri Lankan flag.

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mehtabrahman

The 'Whitening' Of Biman

I was surprised to see a picture of Biman's leased <acronym title="Sahara Airlines (India)">S2</acronym>-ADN (ex-canadian) in the Biman photo gallery, all white and looking very fresh. The canadian-biman hybrid livery was quite interesting, and certainly more colourful and smarter than Biman's curre...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Yemenia Adding South Africa

Phuket Air have quit Chittagong along with Silk Air. Phuket Air is returning again in a few week's time. The flight would commence from Bangkok onto Chittagong, and then continue to Dubai. The return path would be Dubai-Chittagong-Bangkok. Have no idea whether Phuket will be allowed to ply pa...

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mehtabrahman

RE: PIA To Retire Veiled FA's

pooh.....how terribly stupid and obnoxious! Just gives me another chance to laugh at PIA's foolish antics again. Dont know what the airline will achieve by making veiled women retire... it now seems to me PIA is slowly getting embarassed of its 'Islamic' identity (Allah forgive me) - first the colou...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Yemenia Adding South Africa

Does anyone know when Yemenia is going to commence services to Dhaka? Its been a long time now I have been hearing about their DAC route, but it still hasnt materialised. I think the airline would get quite a lot of pax from Bangladesh (especially the blue collar workforce) due to its very cheap far...

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mehtabrahman

RE: PIA IFE Vandalism Tales

Such barbarians! Simply unbelievable. feel very sorry for the PIA B777's. passenger cut off the remote control from its wires and stole it I am sure he thought he could flick the tv channels at home with the remote he stole. Idiot. a kid on a Manchester-Karachi flight poked a fork into thr...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Lost Baggage - What's Your Story

The only time my bags were missing was with British Airways between London & Dhaka, though it wasn't really <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s fault. The following conversation took place at the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> check-in desk at Paddington (after I load my s...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Oasis In The Desert : Air Sahara To Delhi (w/pics)

Great report as always Anosh. On a side note I was looking at the Air Sahara website and noticed something strange. http://www.airsahara.net/airsahara/onboard.jsp You'll notice that the picture to the right is an <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> photo seen on their website h...

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mehtabrahman

RE: B747-300 In New PIA Livery

I am simply disgusted by the new PIA tail logo! The old one was so much better, and was very 'pakistani'. I do think the fuselage looks quite good though.

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mehtabrahman

RE: Virgin Adding More In-flight Service

A very UNfunny April fool's Joke....yawn...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Pic-Rep Part 5: Jakarta/CGK - Singapore On SIA

Great Trip Reports Ryanair <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> ! I had a great time looking through the very interesting photographs and have been following your trip reports closely, and hope to see some more from your upcoming flights soon. A picture does sa...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Full Flights?

Emirates is one airline I have flown that is always, and i mean always, packed to its gills on every flight I have flown with them! This includes more than ten return flights from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB...

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

Shilla, i am sure you will find the following pic hilarious too, the only difference being that people will be laughing at your national carrier now... <img border=0 src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> <img border=0 src="http://www.members.aol.com/anitrhmn/luft" width=650><b...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Phucket Air To Start Lgw Flights

the airline will be flying four times a week Bangkok-Chittagong-Dubai and as of June 01 Very interesting news indeed. Do any of you know whether Phuket Air has rights to pick pax up from cgp to dxb, and vice versa? I thought the Bangladesh CAA did not allow any other airline apart from...

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

GBOAF, This really is a mickey mouse airline....you wouldn't believe what goes on! Would you care to tell us what actually goes on with Biman? In your prosts, you have only been going on telling us how bad the airline is, but without giving us the reasons for it. But, everything they do, t...

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

Mehtabraham... it was sarcasm..

I did realise that AviancegirlUk, but thank you anyway for the confirmation .

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

Thanx for the update. Good to know the Biman pax didnt have to endure a punishing wait at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> for too long a time. BTW, AviancegirlUK, what makes you think I am an engineer (or do I smell sarcasm here? <img src="/discuss...

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

'Up in flames'?? Erm where is that then?? Think you will find it is smoke which he wrote. Aviancegirl, GBOAF did write the Biman went up in flames, which is a big exaggeration i think ... The latest mishap in the wonderful world of Biman Bangladesh happened on Monday 15/3 at <acronym titl...

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mehtabrahman

RE: New BG A/c S2-ADK Up In Smoke

What happened to the pax of the flight? Don't tell me Biman stranded them at Heathrow until the next Biman aircraft was available! I won't be surprised if they did so. I am sure the Biman station manager disappeared into thin air after this (he is usually nowhere to be found during delays!). It is i...

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mehtabrahman

RE: PIA 777 A Colourful Interior

I have to admit I am quite impressed with the pics... The cabin looks great (a million times better than the dingy old cabins of the B747's), and am quite awed by the fact that the aircrew are smiling (or is it just a pose for the pics? <img src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin">...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Kuala Lumpur-Amsterdam MH/F Class

A great trip report Iflypal, congrats! BTW, Happy B'day too...

Always knew MAS inflight service is one of the best, but never realised service could be so good onboard! Can't wait to fly MH in their F class, which I hope will be soon, very very soon!

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mehtabrahman

RE: Info You Like To See On An Airlines Website?

I would be really interested in seeing the menu of the meals being served onboard... this will be an advantage, because 1. it will give you an idea of what meal is being served onboard 2. you will be able to check whether you have any allergies towards the food being served onboard, and follow it up...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Cat In Cockpit...attacks The Captain!

hahahahahahaha....very funny! Just thankful I wasnt aboard that flight tho'!Probably the Aviation Minister's attempt to tackle the growing mouse population aboard Biman's F28 aircrafts! <img src="/discussions/graphics/wink.gif" ALT="Big grin"> I have personally seen tiny baby cockroaches on Bi...

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mehtabrahman

RE: Do Any Airlines Own Catering Companies?

Bangladesh Biman has its own catering company, called the BFCC (Biman Flight Catering Centre) in Dhaka.
Thai Airways International also have their own catering company,and so does Saudi Arabian and Emirates (i think).

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mehtabrahman

RE: Cheapest Business Class Ticket You Ever Bought?

Biman Bangladesh (DC-10-30; 30 mins) : Chittagong - Dhaka : 17 pounds only!!! Economy on this flight is about 13 pounds. Surprisingly, a light snack service is included consisting of a pre-take off drink (apple/orange/pineapple), mango bar (which is indeed very nice), and a not-so-nice milk candy. T...

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mehtabrahman

Thai Introduces Premium Economy

Very interesting update on airlinequality.com . I think this is a great decision, and passengers (of the selected routes) will stop complaining about their business class now! Thai Airways International to introduce Premium Economy service on selected routes From March 28, Thai Airways...

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mehtabrahman

RE: What Do You Think Of This Paintscheme?

I think the bird on the tail closely resembles that of the Silkair one (the Silkair one is just bigger, extending over the whole aircraft tail). Overall, definitely not the worst, but not that smart either.

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