Trip Reports - Airliners-India

Aseem · Aseem

folks We are in the process of moving to a different service provider. You are kindly requested to check the thread in Site Related. thnx Aseem (Mod)

the_380 · the_380

Ok since this is my first TR please dont screw me up

Pictures also there but low quality ones. promise you better ones in the next TR. Sector: BOM (Mumbai)-MAA (Chennai) Airline: Indian (IC) Aircraft Registration: VT-EPI (‘Indian’ colours!!!) Flight number: IC 972 Seat: 5D Class: Exec...

PALatYWG · PALatYWG

Hi Friends! Here is my first trip report! I had to make a quick business trip to Tashkent from Winnipeg (where I live). While planning the trip I thought why not to include India enroute to meet my parents in CCU. The whole trip has 9 flight segments and 6 different airlines! Here they are: Y...

COUGAR · COUGAR

Had to travel to BLR at short notice and a quick check on makemytrip revealed some pretty low fares on Spice and Indigo. decided to pick up Spice for a low fare of 799 one way!! Both flights were bang on time and service was great. Ofcourse no food and all that jazz. Just cookies and water: and the F...

Nilanjon · Nilanjon

I was on the second CCU-FRA flight on December 5. Load was (according to the Indian Steward) 35%, but he said loads were increasing to around 80% leading upto March. He said loads will increase as awareness improves of this flight. At check-in, there were a lot of high-ranking LH officials who were e...

vmgopal · vmgopal

Hi and Namaste all India A-netters! I was wondering if any anetters wanted to meet up for snacks/drinks in Bangalore in Nov/Dec some weekend. Perhaps a nice hotel in the central/MG road area on a weekend afternoon? Here are some possible dates: Sat 25 Nov, Sun 26 Nov (afternoon/l...

ABN397 · ABN397

They say that Customs in India is much less strict than it was in the past. Nowadays they don't seem to question much while returning. But it seems that all incoming check-in baggage is X-rayed. I had travelled from DEL to LON and back recently at the height of the liquid bomb scare, when there were s...

karatecatman · karatecatman

Sorry no pictures again as it was the height of Al-Qaeda threat. Chennai, Nov. 11.06 A one-day break was all the leave that could be got. The boss still made a face. The return ticket was WL 58 and the Volvo bus doubtful. Looking at the options, for Sunday night (Nov.12), it was Air Deccan (ful...

ABN397 · ABN397

Left Delhi for London on the night flight on Aug 15. This was at the height of the liquid bomb scare, so we followed the rules exactly by carrying very limited items in a transparent plastic bag. Unfortunately many passengers did not seem to be aware of this so a lot of people had to dump their cosmetics...

deaphen · deaphen

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/trip_reports/read.main/88920/

deaphen · deaphen

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/trip_reports/read.main/88806/

saurabhm_101 · saurabhm_101

9W 311 BOM-DEL 23rd October 2006 9W 311 departs at 1750 hours, accordingly my mum and I left for the airport at 1615 hours as the airport is about 8kms from my house. I had checked-in online at 6 am and booked seats 25B for mum and 25A for me (yes I actually got up at 6 am just to book the seats but I paid a lot so ha...

karatecatman · karatecatman

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2003312744_webindiatrip23.html A close call on Air India By Carol Pucci Seattle Times travel writer THOMAS AUCIELLO / SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE TIMES Passengers on aborted Air India flight inspect the engine. THOMAS...

karatecatman · karatecatman

Sorry no pictures as this was an unexpected trip. Had to rush back to Chennai as the return train tickets were not confirmed because of the heavy Diwali rush. AI856 Kuwait to Mumbai via Cochin and Chennai Travelled from: Cochin to Chennai ...

vivekman · vivekman

Hi All, Am back from an enjoyable vacation in Malaysia (KL & Penang). Got a 772 both ways on the BOM-KUL sector (MH), the Man Utd. liveried Air Asia A320

on the KUL-PEN sector and a 737-300 on the PEN-KUL route. I am processing the pics now and they should be up in a couple of days....

sri_bom · sri_bom

Departure – June 1st 10:10 AM SIN-PVG Airline – Singapore Airlines – SQ -806 Aircraft – Boeing 777-300 Class - Economy Since I had a meeting to attend in Shanghai and had enough prior intimation, I decided to make sure to take snaps and write a trip report. Th...

Nimish · Nimish

Check out the photos from my TR to SFO last month! Go through the slide show - and the titles will come up clearly on top of the picture. Don't have it in a TR format, but I think it's anyway only that photos that folks look at

!

Nimish · Nimish

http://picasaweb.google.com/nimishguptablr/BLRFRASFOOnLH

COUGAR · COUGAR

Flight AI718 Dep-2325, Arr 2350 Reg: VT-AXC Aircraft incoming from DXB. Load of around 100/120 pax on DXB-PNQ sector on a 180 seater aircraft. Total of 12 passengers on PNQ-BOM: of which 5 were transfer pax including me, transferring to other flights at BOM. 3 Chinks to SIN on SQ,&nbs...

crew320 · crew320

Hey, I just returned from BOM this morning on an IC A319 VT-SCE. Was a short sector and the flight was uneventful, so don’t think would like to write a TR on it but, I took some pictures enroute thinking yall may like them. Here you are : [img]http://static.flickr.com...

deaphen · deaphen

Ok guys so i have exciting news. My trip next month has been finalised!! So look forward to a trip report from me.. a very very very long one! The other thing is that i need any info u guys can give me on the aircraft flow on my trip. I am posting the sectors below: 24 OCT Delhi - Singapore (Singapore Airli...

Planeboy · Planeboy

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/trip_reports/read.main/85861/

Karan69 · Karan69

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/trip_reports/read.main/81207/

crew320 · crew320

I’ve been a regular visitor of A.net, FL350, and A.net India for quite some time now but never really tried to be a part of it. So here’s a go at it. My first trip report: IC 840 HYD - DEL 31st July'2006 Background I needed to travel to DEL on monday night as had to be with fam...

vivekman · vivekman

Hi All, Had just been on a trip to Thailand. The airline was Sri Lankan (UL). I should say that I was impressed with their service. Much much better than Air India. My flight out of Mumbai was UL-144 on a Saturday morning at 0325. Sri Lankan offered us a one-day stopover in Sri Lanka absolutely free of co...

Karan69 · Karan69

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/trip_reports/read.main/83320/

ABN397 · ABN397

The old posters and schedules of Air India prompted me to write about the travels in the good old days. For instance, when my parents went from Delhi to London in 1954 they went by an Air-India Constellation which stopped at several places (probably including Cairo and Paris). BOAC had just started Co...

vivekman · vivekman

Sector: BOM-AMD Airline: Jet Airways Flight: 9W 325 Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 with winglets Registration: VT-JGH Seat no: 27F The departure from Terminal 1B at BOM was scheduled at 1655. I reached the airport at around 1530 - well in time to explore the terminal and also to get a seat of m...

vivekman · vivekman

I had a long weekend and decided to make the most of it. After drawing and re-drawing plans, I decided to head to Udaipur for a short trip. However, with three days to go for the weekend, most trains and flights were booked. This is when I "landed" on the GoAir site. Tickets to AMD and back were booked for ar...

JumboJet · JumboJet

In my trysts to study and study more for my research in Aviation, i have now come to the SAFETY ASPECT. After reading several books and yes, surfing more than 50 websites, a short compilation of my chosen safety tips is submitted herewith for criticism and suggestions. Fly Direct Most accidents occur...

vivekman · vivekman

Hi All, I was flying GoAir on the BOM-JAI sector back in March 06. The departure from BOM was around 8AM, which is a pretty busy time with a string of arrivals and departures. We finished our taxi run and were waiting at the entrance to the runway. The wait was for over 5 minutes; sensing the impatience o...

VABBy · VABBy

11NOV2005 Finally the day arrived to which i was looking foward to for last 1 month. The great excitement was in the air as i was going back to my native place Delhi to catch up with my parents, friends and relatives whom i had last seen 8 months back when i had to move to Sydney for d...

ABN397 · ABN397

In March 2005 I had booked from Delhi to Guwahati by Air Deccan. At that time the timetable was quite interesting. On some days of the week it was Delhi-Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Delhi and on other days it was Delhi-Dibrugarh-Guwahati-Delhi. This is not there now. I made it a point to sit on the left sid...

karatecatman · karatecatman

Pilot tells of mid-air battle with snake June 3 2006 A pilot has told of his mid-air battle with a four and a half-foot snake that forced him into an emergency landing. Monty Coles was flying at 3,000 feet when he discovered the slippery stowaway peeking out at him from the pl...

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