SpiceJet (and Indian LCC) has introduced a special "crew" livery on its latest B737-800, <acronym title="Air Tahiti (French Polynesia)">VT</acronym>-<acronym title="Skukuza (SZK / FASZ), South Africa">SZK</acronym>. which it has named "Red Chilli". While photos of people on the fueslage is not uncom...
Jump to postSanjiv Kapoor, COO of SpiceJet (an Indian LCC), spoke out on Twitter after a passenger apparently verbally abused a flight attendant when his preferred choice of meal was not available. Glad to see someone speak up -- there is a section of travellers in India who really do not know how to behave whe...
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Jump to postPrime slots in most metros already taken, BOM is essentially sold out. Where will their get their slots from?
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Jump to postMy 2 cents: 1. It is a childish, immature idea being planted / tested by the DGCA, no doubt emboldened by similar pressure tactics vis-a-viz Japan's request for a audit (tactics which some a.netters here justified by pointing to India's growing economic clout (how that relates to a safety audit, who...
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Jump to postDispatch reliability tells us out of every 100 times the aircraft is positioned ready for departure, how many times is was delayed more than 15 minutes or cancelled due to technical issues with the aircraft. It says nothing about how many glitches are encountered after departure, how many diversions...
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Jump to postAir India suffering some new glitches, but strongly defending the 787. An interesting read. Food-for-thought for many who curiously have impression that Air India has been somehow unfairly bad-mouthing the aircraft in an effort to "extort" money from Boeing. <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes....
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Jump to postAccording to AvHerald, <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym>'s 787 <acronym title="Air Tahiti (French Polynesia)">VT</acronym>-ANN was treated as a "semi-emergency" on Oct 27 when it turned back to <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>. "An Air I...
Jump to postAs per replies #20 and 24 in this thread <i><a href="/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5894186/#24" target="_blank">Indian Aviation Thread Part 105</a></i> <font size="1">(by <a href="/profile/ojas" class="quote" target="_blank">ojas</a> Oct 13 2013 in Civil Aviation)</font> , Air India ha...
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Jump to postFantastic news, and a shot in the arm for my all-time favourite aircraft, the 747!
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