⋅ Singapore Airlines: SilverKris (though it maintains a website, but no PDF/digital magazine) ⋅ Thai Airways: Sawasdee ⋅ SriLankan Airlines: Serendib ⋅ Garuda Indonesia: Colours ⋅ Gulf Air: Gulf Life ⋅ AirAsia: Travel360 I’d like to update...
Jump to postThere was a small matter of a disease called Covid in early 2020. Airlines may well have made announcements via their PR department.... but many people in the world were interested in other things at the time and those announcements probably received very little news media attention. Best I can tel...
Jump to postWhenever I search for inflight magazines that were axed due to the pandemic, I get only US-based results like American Way . However, as I live in Singapore, I can tell you that many more airlines have ceased publication of their inflight magazines, not even keeping them in digital form — but there ...
Jump to postI guess I’m in two minds on this one: a brilliant concept of keeping and rotating the Jharokha, with a lovely tail design, only to be offset somewhat by the very fat Iberia-like wordmark (would have greatly benefited from a lowercase approach like Vistara) and the somewhat uninspiring positioning of...
Jump to postWhen even Etihad could not turn into a global carrier on par with EK/QR, I see little chance for this new airline to do so. Pumping billions of dollars is also what EY did, and look what that led it to. There won’t be another EK/QR (not counting TK) from the Middle East for a long time, and SV is a ...
Jump to postWY will be the fourth Arab-world airline in Oneworld after QR, Royal Jordanian and Royal Air Maroc. Meanwhile the Star Alliance has only EgyptAir, though ET, TK and AI also cover the Middle East well. SkyTeam is poorer off, with only Saudia and Middle East Airlines to speak of. But I do think Onewor...
Jump to postAkasa Air’s IATA code will be QP. Meanwhile, Jet Airways has decided to have some fun of its own on Twitter with this announcement.
Jump to postTwo big stories this week that were completely unreported on this site. This directly affects me since I study in Singapore. 1. India will restart commercial flights with Singapore from 29 November onwards, including an air bubble under Singapore’s VTL scheme from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. SQ has V...
Jump to postAnother interesting factoid that I have noticed is that the Chinese SkyTeam airlines (China Eastern Airlines, XiamenAir and formerly China Southern Airlines) place their own logos on the tails of SkyTeam-liveried aircraft, in addition to their own logo. Look at the XiamenAir image below and observe ...
Jump to postI decided to put together a compilation of interesting facts and tidbits that I have observed about alliance logos and liveries (i.e., Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance). Many of these are known to longtime A.netters, but some of them may come as a surprise, such as AY not having the Oneworld logo...
Jump to postTurn the clock back to Summer 2014 with the grand inauguration of Hamad Airport with the repeatedly-delayed A380 as its centrepiece and the A350 still months from making its global debut with QR, and you meet a luxury-focused QR drastically different from the carbon-conscious, post-blockade, COVID-a...
Jump to postA bit surprising to see that Belarus has practically no domestic flights, and no airports with notable international service other than MSQ. So only one airline and one airport seem to be shouldering the brunt of all this.
P.S. My first post on this website in nearly two years.
Today I came across a post in a design blog saying that BW has unveiled a new livery. There I was surprised to find it applied only to the ATR 72 and not the 737. On searching (since A.net does not have anything on it), my suspicions were confirmed. The BW website specifically states ‘our new ATR 72...
Jump to postShort-lived AR A320s, LV-BNZ and LV-BOJ. Introduced in early 2008 and retired in December.
I am considering the A319, A320 and A321 to all be different, but the 737-300, 737-800 and 737-900ER to all be the same. I'm not too sure what you mean. Is it 737-800s only, since you omitted the A319 and A321? If so: ⋅ Southwest. ⋅ Gol. ⋅ Transavia, both HV (NL) and T...
Jump to postIf you're going to specify by A320 subtype, why not do the same for 737s? For example, Ryanair is entirely 738s (save for one 73G not used in commercial ops). I am considering the A319, A320 and A321 to all be different, but the 737-300, 737-800 and 737-900ER to all be the same. The title clearly s...
Jump to postSome important airlines that operate only 737s, and nothing else, are as follows: ⋅ Southwest. ⋅ Gol. ⋅ Ryanair (specifically the 737-800, barring EI-SEV, a 737-700 used for training). ⋅ Transavia, both HV (NL) and TO (FR). ⋅ Blue Air. ⋅ Su...
Jump to postAs many know, QR is operating more flights than most other airlines in the world, and has doubled down on flights to affected countries to ferry passengers home, all while EK, EY and WY are grounded, and many other airlines have only repatriation flights. Two questions. 1. Which other airlines aroun...
Jump to postMeanwhile QR refuses to ground operations. At a time that EK, EY and WY are all grounded, QR is doubling down on taking people home to their families. It has increased routes and reintroduced the A380 after only a few days of grounding it. https://onemileatatime.com/qatar-airway ... s-flights/
Jump to postGoodness knows why QR refuses to ground operations. On its Twitter, it says that it continues to fly to several countries to take people home to their loved ones. However, given that practically all other big Middle Eastern airlines are grounded, including TK, it is strange that QR is doggedly conti...
Jump to postAlso, does anyone know why Aegean Airlines operated a flight to Mumbai yesterday? Was it for repatriating Indians in Greece? Aegean does not show any flight to BOM on Flightradar24. Are you sure of this? Yes, it was A3 4996/4997 operated by SX-DND Indeed, SX-DND operated A34996 from ATH to BOM, and...
Jump to postBOMFlyer wrote:Also, does anyone know why Aegean Airlines operated a flight to Mumbai yesterday? Was it for repatriating Indians in Greece?
Another interesting turn regarding the red-hot PNQ discussion. When the Navi Mumbai airport, which I abbreviate as NVM, comes up, how will you split the Puneri traffic among BOM, NVM and PNQ? Depending on the role (international or domestic) played by NVM, and assuming that the Air Force continues t...
Jump to postPNQ as big as it is does not have the international traffic of many smaller South Indian cities. Except for DXB, there is not much ME3 or even SE Asia O & D traffic to/from PNQ. Don't know why it is, may because of the leakage of some traffic to BOM. PNQ had a flight SIN many years ago, but was...
Jump to postBengaluru's Japan dream of getting a direct flight soon may be stalled due to covid19. JAL is to commence this new flight this month end. Chennai on the other hand already fulfilled that dream, when ANA started service last Oct on NRT-MAA. https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/cor...
Jump to postPakyong airport is back online in Sikkim but no airline wants to fly to the ghost airport https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-vistara-launch-domestic-international-flights-check-full-list/1893243/lite/ You put the 6E and UK link here. The correct li...
Jump to posthttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/avoid-personal-cars-for-going-to-airport-authorities/articleshow/74532303.cms PNQ now is an airport (coincidentally one of India's busiest) that does NOT have vehicle parking facility currently, and will not for a year at least. So much so that AAI is n...
Jump to postI almost didn't want to post this because VTCIE would be coming after me for this as it is more speculation on LHR slots (of which he made clear he was tired of and din't want it posted on this forum) but then I said to myself, if we all had to listen to him, we would never be able to get the chatt...
Jump to postNot sure if this is the right thread to ask this question, but one thing which I have been wondering about for years is the paucity of direct flights between India and Australia/New Zealand. Currently, AI has the only services between India and these two countries, from DEL to SYD and MEL. I recall...
Jump to postSCFlyer wrote:chunhimlai wrote:Is there any difference comparable to TG in terms of service?
Regional Arm of TG, similar to Silk Air.
Having flown the AI A320neo numerous times between Singapore and Chennai, I have to say that, despite the decent food and blankets, the short-haul product is not befitting of a national carrier. SriLankan is the only South Asian airline to have seatback IFE, while AI has nothing at all. That said, ...
Jump to postMy conclusion is that if you luck out with an over-enthusiastic FA, like T, who called me a ‘darling’ repeatedly, you will get Sam Chui–like treatment. If not, which is generally going to be the case, it is best to let FAs go their own way; but even though you probably should not photograph them, d...
Jump to postHey Folks !! Good news that UK finally got its first 789 btw Im curious if their Dliners have them crew bunks for ULH or not ? Also can anyone lemme know wether AI has got'm bunks in their 788s cause apparently I have been following their 788 on NON STOP DEL - IAD which to me is the longest 788 rou...
Jump to postI’ll share a recent story of mine. The Monday before last, 24 February, I had an IndiGo flight from SIN. I greeted the FAs on boarding and talked to them courteously during the meal service. On deplaning, one of the FAs—I’ll call her T—was so delighted to see me (even though she had not served me du...
Jump to postReally sad state of MH affairs where the long term policy is viewed from the lens of Bombay Taximens Association. For life of me I can’t understand why a 2nd parallel runway can’t be built. The separation of the two at several constrained airports such as EWR, SJC etc is not that much. One is used ...
Jump to postI think even PNQ would be a great candidate. They used to have the Privat Air flight for a long time which was discontinued. I'm pretty certain that the first instance LH gets a plane capable of flying to PNQ, it will be launched. Their PrivatAir flight was very popular and would not have been with...
Jump to postCongratulations to MAA for getting AF service again after a decade. While the 9W flight was 5x weekly, this is only 3x weekly but as with KLM at BLR, I am confident of a frequency increase as this is an important route. Also it greatly enhances the SkyTeam presence at the city which is currently neg...
Jump to postCool review of a cool airline! Lovely product, especially for a narrowbody. Unfortunately your pictures are too small for me. Great first job!
Jump to postHaving flown the AI A320neo numerous times between Singapore and Chennai, I have to say that, despite the decent food and blankets, the short-haul product is not befitting of a national carrier. SriLankan is the only South Asian airline to have seatback IFE, while AI has nothing at all. That said, t...
Jump to postA great insight into colonial Vietnam and French influence as has been mostly forgotten by the outside world. Also, every review of yours only serves to highlight how QR is only getting better and better at everything it does; no wonder you do not choose anything else for your trips between Scandina...
Jump to postI flew Vistara for the first time a few weeks ago, and was impressed. Could you please share your experience and elaborate why you were impressed? I was on the 9:10 PM departure from BLR to DEL. It was delayed to 10:30 PM after early morning fog issues at DEL which caused the usual chain reaction i...
Jump to postIt is good to notice that, for once, the thread is not about discussing, for the nth time, Vistara’s Tokyo and London ambitions, or the next round of possible flights to airports whose ICAO codes begin with the letter K, since BLR has got what it wanted from AA and JAL. Since 9W collapsed and AI’s d...
Jump to postAny chance whatsoever of OS getting any relatively new widebodies (i.e., built since 2010)?
Jump to postAnother question. From the looks of it there is no in-seat power in the above photos, yet some people have said that even the old TG 777s have it. Which type (110/230V or USB), if true? And how are the IFE screens: do they have a slow response on touch? Also, how is BKK? Surely it is neither a flyer...
Jump to postIf you're lucky, you may get TGed. Anyways, here's a video of HS-TKA in action from 2017 so maybe you can get an idea of what to expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rNt8UDKxk And a newer review of HS-TKA from last year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7UiPiZy4Bo Getting TGed in my case woul...
Jump to postAs an Indian, it goes without saying that 9W is on my list. However I have not flown any other defunct airline, such as Kingfisher, though I flew a soon-to-be-defunct airline last month: MI (on MAA–SIN). My first-ever flight, at the age of two in 2002, was on Jet Airways. Coincidentially my last fli...
Jump to postI am flying on Thai Airways from Singapore to Kathmandu in May. This will be a two-week trip. The normal options between SIN and KTM are MI (direct) or MH or OD (via KUL), and all three operate the 737. So my hopes were up when I got to know that the airline would be TG (this is actually an expediti...
Jump to post^^ Probably increase freq to 5x weekly initially & then daily.... still 18 months away IMHO. KLM recently acquired 7x weekly slots that they can conceivably use towards India. Maybe they can deploy 3 x to BLR ( making it 6 weekly) and the remaining 4x to Hyderabad. When they had partnered previ...
Jump to postAbsolutely out of the blue here from AA, AS and Oneworld. To launch flights to BLR, the one Indian destination that has been absolutely begging for direct service to the US, is a killer move, and to do this from the hub of frenemy Alaska Airlines to form a united front against Delta at SEA is simply...
Jump to postVistara 789 VT-TSD on the flightline at PAE (7 Feb) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQNJ88IUwAABmfy?format=jpg https://twitter.com/mattcawby/status/1225904846353514497?s=20 What is the implication of this. Is it ready for delivery? Was this specific aircraft originally scheduled to go to Hainan, or was...
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