Black Box is heading to the USA. <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-sends-blackbox-of-crashed-c130j-to-us-for-decoding-data/461285-3.html" target="_blank">http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-sen...us-for-decoding-data/461285-3.html</a> India sends blackbox of crashed C-130J to US for decoding da...
Jump to postFinally some long awaited reforms were passed. Kingfisher will now stay a float. Expect <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> or a gulf carrier to buy up 49% of Kingfisher to gain an Indian Domestic network. Kingfisher needs good management once it is in the hands of another carrier things w...
Jump to postNice to hear.. Hopefully Aeroflot will start including English reading material on the long haul flights.. (if they don't provide this) At least they didn't last I flew them.
Jump to postI 'm sure we will have to use the buses to connect between all these new terminals do the union's and the amount of power they have.
Jump to postEK or <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym> who ever begins a flight to Punjab (Amritsar) will make a ton of money as a large number of Indians who live in Toronto are from Punjab, and a flight from <acronym title="Abu Dhabi - (Nadia) International (AUH / OMAA), United ...
Jump to postUA ground handling serves Jet Airways at LHR. (They did in 2006 unless this has changed).
Jump to postNext trip is to Hawaii on May 23rd flying from Gainesville FL to Hawaii on Delta in First class. (Atlanta to Hawaii is in first class as ASA provides the shuttle link to Atlanta).
Jump to postthanks.. As for the air fare I used Expedia, and got the business class ticket well under 3K for my travel in May 06 from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>. I bought <acronym title="Jacksonville - International (JAX / KJAX), USA - Florida">...
Jump to postGood to know that nearly all the passengers are ok. How much is the DXB airport authority going to charge Biman for this mess? Better yet how is Biman going to pay the bill?
Jump to postWitches of Gatwick are true. I was flying NWA back from <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> to <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>, andrnthe <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym>'s in W...
Jump to postLooks nice.. Hopefully this also means that AI will become a better airline with being more on time, and etc??
Jump to postI used National Express last year in Feb 2006 to connected between <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>, and <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>, and to connect on return from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / E...
Jump to postAirlines cannot really do anything about young kids flying in First or Business class with there parents. If any airline was to impose an age limit lawyers would be having a field day sueing the airline on behalf of the family or families who's kids were denied a ticket in either of these classes. W...
Jump to postNice trip report, and great pictures.. Nice to see the inside of Iran Air with the 70's interior.
Jump to postMine will be in 13days. Departing: 13th Dec GNV-<acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>(Delta coach) <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Geor...
Jump to postthanks for the information regarding the lounge, and the security line not having a First/Business class line.. May be by some luck a First, and Business class line was added at the security line. I'll find out in 13 days.
Jump to postthanks to a third party website which had a more accurate terminal layout for <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym>, Air Frances arrives into terminal A-W, and departs from terminal E where Delta airlines is located thus the lounge that would be...
Jump to postAfter visiting the <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> airport website I noticed that the Sky Team lounge's are no where to be found in one of the international terminals A-W.. Does Air France use the US Airways lounge at A-W? (I'm guessing ye...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-96 also flys from <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym> to <acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (Palam) (DEL / VIDP), India">DEL</acronym>. As stated above the <acronym title="Istanbul Air...
Jump to postThanks!!
As it turns out the Alitalia flight I am on from SVO is actually an Aeroflot operated flight which is code shared with Alitalia.
I am flying Aeroflot from New Delhi connecting to Alitalia at Terminal 2 at <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>.. The question is do I need a transit visa, and if not will the Aeroflot transfer desk issue me my Alitalia ticket and check my bags all the way... La...
Jump to postIf your going Economy class I find using an Indian Travel agent is the best bet because you get a lower fare than most websites like Orbits, and Expedia. When I go Economy to Delhi from Jacksonville <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> I use my agent and get a Emirates ticket for around $1377...
Jump to postAeroflot does not to through check in as said above. I went <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>-<acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>-<acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (Palam) (DEL / VIDP)...
Jump to postI flew Aeroflot recently in May, and June of this year and also flew on the <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>-<acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (Palam) (DEL / VIDP), India">DEL</acronym> flight which you are soon to take. Since you are going ...
Jump to postThis was bound to happen. The question is when will Biman allow another airline like Emirates to have a 60% percent control Biman and turn the airline around from a joke of an airline to something that people will actually fly, and one that will make a profit??
Jump to postI totally agree with you. Aeroflots idea of serving a complete dinner is totally a strange one, but then Aeroflot is Aeroflot.. The two hour lounge restriction is stupid. I don't know of any other airliner that has a restriction as to what time a First or Business class passenger can enter the loung...
Jump to postI recall reading your trip report on Aeroflot, and like wise the food portions were huge as well, and Russian food is ok nothing too great. The only thing that was translated in the Russian inflight magazine which were onboard the 767-300ER from dulles to moscow was how to fill out the landing card ...
Jump to postHere is my Aeroflot experience in Business class part <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym> <a href="http://www.agamcorporation.com/trip/moscowb.html" target=_blank>http://www.agamcorporation.com/trip/moscowb.html</a> Hopefully there are not too many spelling errors or missing ...
Jump to postYes, It would be nice if <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> would offer some free Alcohol drinks in the red carpet club in Dulles. I recall last time used the red carpet club in Dulles about 4 years back <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> gave a free Alcohol coupon ...
Jump to postNope, no continental Breakfast served before landing at Moscow. The menu listed snacks like a sandwhich, but did not see any of the eight passengers in Business class eating a sandwhich before landing.
Jump to postSorry for the long delay in getting my trip report on Aeroflot done I was very busy. My Trip report on Aeroflot from Washington Dulles on 5-27-06 to Moscow then Moscow to Delhi. This is part I with Part <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym> from Delhi to Moscow to Dulles to fol...
Jump to postI saw <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym> Terminal 3 a month ago while the plane was taxing to the jetway and it looked really small. The current situation at Terminal 2 is pretty bad because most people were sitting on newspapers on the floor do to the airport ...
Jump to postNot sure on the loads, but when I left Delhi a few a days ago coming back to the US. The people waiting for the Air India flight started saying "Death to Air India" in Hindi. I'm not joking.. I'm guessing the Air India flight was delayed for a long time.. This was the first time I heard passengers s...
Jump to postIt should be a 767-300ER. I just came back from flying Aeroflot in Biz, and Aeroflot uses the same aircraft as Delta to, and from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> to <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym>...
Jump to postIt could be Jet Airways since Jet Airways was looking at the 747-8 since the A380 was too big for Jet Airways. Interesting to see who the first buyer of the 747-8 will be.
Jump to postBiman should just go out of business all together. No airline is going step in to take control of Biman as along as the government is involved. The current status of Biman is nothing more than a joke of an airlines.
Jump to postDelta when flying from <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> to Gatwick. Delta got cleared to land by the tower only to find another aircraft on the runway.. All of sudden we went from slowing down to speeding...
Jump to postThe fare at $1152.30 seems really good. I paid $1377 with taxes in May 2004 when going from <acronym title="Jacksonville - International (JAX / KJAX), USA - Florida">JAX</acronym> to DELHI on <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym>/Emirates. I spend close to three months in Delhi during ...
Jump to postI've taken Virgin Atlantic from Orlando to Gatwick, and then Emirates to Delhi via Dubai about six times in Economy class. Have no complains yet. I like going this route because of the free stop over in Dubai with the free Hotel. Also took Lufthansa once didn't like it. I heard Jet Airways economy c...
Jump to postI will be on Russian metal in three weeks on Aeroflots IL96-300 in Business class awaiting the experience of my first flight on a Russian aircraft. My flight path will be <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>-<acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetye...
Jump to postYes, you can still fly on the DC-10 aircraft. As already said above NWA still has routes with the DC-10. If you want an adventure you can always fly on Biman's DC 10 aged aircrafts from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> to...
Jump to postRoseFlyer I read your report on Aeroflot as well.. Nice trip report. As for the price difference.. If I went on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>/Lufthansa/Air France the ticket would be from $4600 to $6000. Using a discount business class agent. For Aeroflot I can buy the ticket straigh...
Jump to postWe have shorten your flight time for long distances having set up modern comfortable bed-transformable seats on board of Boeing 767 aircraft. (Taken from the Aeroflot website). Hopefully from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> (Washington Du...
Jump to postThe 767's have the 170 degree angle flat beds there is a photo on Aeroflot's website showing the new business class seat. As for the ticket I know you can get it around $2750 to $3000 possibly even less, that is from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD...
Jump to postNice trip report on Aeroflot. I'm flying on Aeroflot May 27 from <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> to <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Russia">SVO</acronym> to <acronym title="Delhi - Indira Gandhi International (Palam) (...
Jump to postNo transit visa required taken from Russian Visa website.
Note: if you are on a direct flight through the territory of Russia or travel by international airline and change flights in the same airport within 24 hours, you do not need a visa.
I'm only in transit in Moscow for 6.5 hrs so I shouldn't need a transit visa since I'm not leaving the airport, but I will inquire. As to IL96 seems Aeroflot did away with First class on the IL96, and now only has Business class, and coach so now if one is going Business class on the IL96 then your ...
Jump to postI had a problem with Northwest once where I was flying business class from the US to Dubai connecting in <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>. When I finally got to the front of the check in line the agent went to check me in, and the computer had let go of m...
Jump to postThanks for the information.. I went to the Aeroflot website, and the food menu looks good so hopefully the food will taste as good as it sounds.
As for the trip report yes I'll be doing a trip report, and my dates for travel got pushed up to May 27th depart to June 3rd return.