I agree that BOM is NOW a nice airport. But 17-20 years ago (I am talking when Centaur hotel was alive and kicking), the terminals were dungy, stinky and mosquito/roach/rodant infested. Back in the day, there were trip reports on A.net that highlighted these issues. The domestic to International tr...
Jump to postThe ironic part is this; “His parents obviously knew how to handle his meltdown ". If they did, he wouldn't have starved and been thirsty and had the outburst then, to the point where other pax had to intervene. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/after-indigo-refuses-to-board-child-with...
Jump to postThe child did have an incident but was calm by the time boarding was to start. When other passengers(including doctors at the scene) too came to their support I am sure armchair critics like us are the better judge. +1. If you can't imagine being in their parents' shoes, just imagine what it is act...
Jump to postEnd of an Era? DGCA De-registers the 747-400s: VT-ESO, VT-ESP, VT-EVA and VT-EVB based on planespotters.net.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/in ... 133739.cms
So how is UA mostly sending their passengers to India? Do they codeshare with AI or do they stick to LH or NH? From what I remember AI has a difficult relationship with UA? I believe EWR/ORD-DEL are operating, so at the India end they are probably using the UK codeshare as a potential routing. And ...
Jump to postThe Sunrise announcement today has to have AI seriously thinking about placing orders for a mix of A359/A35K soon, perhaps by even trying to get some of the QR and SU frames if they're not already spoken for. The Tatas can certainly afford it and there's a unique opportunity here that would give AI...
Jump to postWould somebody mind explaining the Turkey/India political issue in terms of flights? Turkey's stand on Kashmir is aligned with Pakistan and considered as interference with what is a bilateral issue. Anything beyond that will have to be discussed in the Non-AV forum. I think the Air Asia India &...
Jump to postsfojvjets wrote:I am pretty sure that 10 weekly is simply a return to pre-covid frequencies.
Previously, the highest frequency that the route operated at during covid was daily.
And I was the idiot who bought $5000 worth of shares in the $240 range... I continue to regret that every time I look at that particular investment account. It was a long term buy, so I'll continue to hold, but dang, more bad news. I bought about 2,000 worth and am taking hits on it too. I agree on...
Jump to postIt is very much likely, but can the *modified* B789s operate such long routes... to and from SFO? I am no expert but I hope someone can answer this, and IF its a YES... then can AA operate SEA-BLR too? I'll leave the answer to people who are more knowledgeable but I think SEA-BLR would be shorter t...
Jump to postAir India has proposed to acquire the entire equity of AirAsia India.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/busin ... 16141.html
https://www.livemint.com/companies/news ... 78433.html
It's been delayed since 12 months or so.. but with Russian Airspace closure, not sure if they will start in the given date. But other than that, really looking forward to this route! I believe from BLR there will be some weight restrictions or so, even with the modifications made on the 789s. Can't...
Jump to postYes, it is quite asymmetrical in that manner. Indian carriers have no restrictions on where they can fly from in India, while foreign carriers are restricted to only certain points. Personally, I think it is very restrictive because not all of the international airports in India attract intl servic...
Jump to postFor QR/FZ/EY/G9 to add Pune - The GoI must include Pune as a point of call in the bilaterals. Additionally, since Pune is an IAF field, I believe IAF must approve the individual foreign carriers as well. So help me understand, does the bilateral allow for different points of call from the Indian si...
Jump to postAt its height, in terms of frequencies, Pune handled a daily flight to Abu Dhabi and Singapore from Jet Airways, daily flight to Dubai from Spicejet and a 3 weekly flight to Dubai from Air India Express. Currently only Spicejet is operating their Dubai flight. I’m hoping Vistara decides to take up ...
Jump to postBuildingMyBento wrote:
IIRC, there was an LH flight to PNQ some years back.
What are the odds that PNQ will get international flights now that airlines like SQ, CX, MH ans QR are getting newer efficient narrow bodies? This requires bilateral changes, for unknown reason MH Govt has not been proactive in getting PNQ as point of call for foreign carriers. PNQ does not have im...
Jump to postQantas announces 4 weekly Sydney - Bengaluru flight eff September 14, 2022 on an A330. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-sydney-bangalore-india-flights I am assuming based on the article that arrival in BLR will be 3:30 PMish? Should work great for connections I would think. But it won...
Jump to postJeez, 30% of international traffic drive to Chicago https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/297759/interview-indianapolis-air-service-development-manager-maggie-bishop/ I wonder how they know that? zip codes from CC? Possibly. Plus traveller home addresses too. They may also be capturing...
Jump to postSooner or later there will be only 1 or 2 brands - AI as FSC and AIX as LCC. Single brand: If I understand / remember the rules, all airlines need to fly certain percentage of their flights / seats between various domestic market categories also. As AIX was under government control. it had this exc...
Jump to postI am from Oz and fly the kangaroo route more than once a year, please tell me that in 2 years time why should I pick AI over the following airlines: 1) QF 2) SQ 3) EK 4) CX 5) QR 6) TG 7) MH 8) CZ The point is not why you should pick AI over any of the airlines listed "2 years from now" i...
Jump to postIn response to VTORD's comment about 2 weeks ago..... US carriers have a reputation of poor inflight service on routes to India. I am not surprised that AA ran out of water and did not serve meals. I recently travelled on UA from ORD to DEL on premium economy (paid a high price for it) and was serv...
Jump to postDoes anyone know how AA's JFK-DEL is doing? I am part of a H1B/H4 Visa group on FB and someone had posted a very negative and quite frankly surprising review of AA. Apparently they flew SFO-JFK-DEL on AA and were told the flight was out of water (!?) about 4 hours before landing and were not served ...
Jump to postWhen will Vistara get their remaining four 787s? Not anytime soon I suppose. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/american-airlines-to-cut-international-flights-due-to-boeing-dreamliner-delays-11639057564 Don't know where Vistara is in the waitlist but until Boeing sorts out it's delivery issues. May ...
Jump to postI hope we can put an end to the debate here: https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/maharaja-comes-home-chronology-of-air-india-privatisation-1038599.html Relevant point: October 2020: Government sweetens deal; gives flexibility to investors to decide on the amount of Air India debt the...
Jump to post^^there are many arguments in this post so let me try to understand what is being said: 1. When the government "assumed" some of AI's debt and moved it the SPV, the primary intent of course was to make AI more attractive to the buyer(s). But it is obviously understood that the intent was t...
Jump to postI travelled back to India in August and returned in September. It was on a commercial flight and not on any Vande Bharat affair. There was no ban at that point of time and there wasn't any earlier either. I don't know what they are on about. "Vande Bharat" was the joke that went on too lo...
Jump to postDoes anyone know why AI127 (DEL-ORD) has diverted twice in the past week, once to Stockholm and the other time to Oslo just yesterday? Both for medical emergency - apparently the Stockholm was a stroke. I read it on a news site which was behind a paywall but that's what the headline said. https://w...
Jump to postWhy keep a tarnished brand? All the negative comments online aren't going to be wiped out. Old legacy brands, despite the negative sentiments online, have a great appeal and will find many takers from amongst the average public. There's a certain comfort level for some, with opting for a familiar a...
Jump to postFor what it's worth, my view is that the Government's disposition of Air India is a fantastic move as it took the albatross round its neck. I'd like to know what the view is from the Tata's perspective. Did they get it for pennies on the dollar in the sense that they got it dirt cheap? Or, was it f...
Jump to postVTORD's theory is plausible but in this scenario what happens to the existing UK codeshare with BA? Can that still survive in a UA/LH/SQ/AI-UK parnership? Someone had commented in the SQ-UA thread that A.Net tends to put lot of undue importance on "airlines not getting along". I agree. If...
Jump to postPersonally I think UA will never treat AI/Uk well since UA is so dominant between US-India. It is either AA/BA or DL/KL/AF from my pov. AI as a GoI vessel was one thing, AI under private ownership might be much more pallatabe and a whole new ball game for UA. Personally pre-pandemic, I would have t...
Jump to postThat doesn't look like a fifth freedom in that filing. Interesting to see if this is a straight EWR-DEL with a crew swop as this doesn't feel like it would be a profitable continuing flight... They should apply for one and should be able to get it easily. However with AI soon to be part of Tata, I ...
Jump to postThe argument wasn't that they don't fly the same routes, but that "if AI int'l route choices were so bad, UA wouldn't be jumping at every other route of AI on the India-US market and literally start network mirroring them." The argument made, I would say naively, was that AI are the leade...
Jump to postAI finances never gave a breakup of which route makes money or not. Also, if AI int'l route choices were so bad, UA wouldn't be jumping at every other route of AI on the India-US market and literally start network mirroring them. Are they? I mean, they're starting SFO-BLR, so that's one. I have not...
Jump to postEven though simple hot meals in economy should not be a problem, but it is for most carriers including AI. It is very difficult to be consistent. Better to keep it simple. A snack + free beverage (juices/coffee/tea/water) and buy on board. The competition is tough, and with Akasa another ULCC comin...
Jump to postWhat do you want then? That everyone paints one doomsday picture after another? We're getting enough of that. A business group that is over a hundred years old and is known for its probity and business sense is making an investment that it can very well afford in the flag carrier of its country. It...
Jump to postIt's the Tatas we are talking about, not some sundry one trick pony loser bania like Naresh Goyal or Vijay Mallya. Just one of the Tata companies, TCS alone, has a market capitalisation of more than 200 billion USD. That's a hundred times what they have paid for AI. The Tatas sure have done their h...
Jump to postSeeing AA flying JFK-DEL on a 77W makes it seem likely. There are a lot of Indians here who like to travel to India even in the pandemic. LA does not have a lot of Indians when compared to NYC. LA's Indian population is significantly less than NYC, Bay area, Chicago and Dallas. Just because AA star...
Jump to postFolks, I was trying to see if the codeshare is working. I searched for jfk to Mumbai and it isn’t working. How long does it take to get the codeshare activated? I was able to find some flights to AMD and BDQ but the lowest fare I got was like $6,400 with a 21 hour layover! :shock: For BOM, it is ro...
Jump to postFirst come up with some random unfounded theories (govt not happy w/ Tata) , then add some more masala to your own theories (they working on renegotiating terms). Then deflect by talking of another unrelated airline in this sale process (spicejet), despite knowing well their owner was just a prop i...
Jump to post6E pruned many of their frequencies to tier 2/3 cities during COVID. They have the ability to add those extra late evening frequencies once traffic picks back up, and it should add a few more possibilities to your list. You're probably looking at their current curtailed schedule, which is by no mea...
Jump to postAI & Vistara are just "premium", but neither have the network, reach or frequency of what 6E has. 6E covers even smaller tier2/3 towns with multiple dailies, while between the metros they have 15-20 daily flights. The two FSC's will have on average ~5 daily between the big metros (exc...
Jump to posthttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-nonstops-on-the-way-american-airlines-codeshares-with-indigo-for-india-connections/articleshow/86584787.cms This seems to be big news. Perhaps this can drive more traffic to AA on their JFK-DEL and SEA-BLR flights. Wonder if this wil...
Jump to postVery difficult to compete with the comprehensive LH network out of India by adding 1-2/week flight out of DEL only. It can feed to UA or LH at FRA in a limited way There are a few possibilities here (subject to slots, schedule etc.,): 1. Feed LH to carry pax from India whether ex-DEL or XXX - DEL, ...
Jump to postNot necessarily. Really depends on who is flying for what. For e.g. if I were traveling to U.S. (won't be traveling anywhere for next couple odd years or more till this virus goes away) I would gladly take the time to either sleep or see Serbia, day-life, nightlife whatever it is. I don't want to b...
Jump to postIs there a way to find AI's time table? The one on the website is for March :roll: A friend is being given the major run around between the local AI office in IXR and AI helpline number - former says IXR-DEL for July 24th is cancelled (schedule change cited and he has an email); the latter says it's...
Jump to postSATexan wrote:Can anybody tell me the latest on UA's SFO-BLR flight? When is the start date?