Re: India Aviation - 2023

So does this mean that the aircraft is leased from TK and now is part of 6E's fleet? Because in planespotters as well as airfleets.net, TC-LKA, which is actively operated by Indigo, is still shown as belonging to TK. On the contrary, the Corendon jets leased by SpiceJet shows that the jets are in f...

Re: Report: AI to order 435 single aisle and 70 widebody aircraft

DCA350 wrote:

Where does the rank in biggest orders ever.. It's gotta be up there, certainly in book value..

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

anshabhi wrote:

In some good news, Feb saw an 8% pax growth rate

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

After a profound research and analysis of the Indian Airports Here is My List of IAAMOAF ( INDIAN AIRPORTS AT MERCY OF AIR FORCE ) these airports,out of which some,are the Most famous ones in the country also have huge traffic but still have been denied the Democratic birth right of Free flow of Ai...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

• First A321neo to be delivered in April, will operate DEL-Moscow • A321neo will feature Collins Aerospace Diamond seats in business class and Collons Meridian variants in economy and premium economy Dunno about you all but currently I am more intrigued about the new A321neos of UK. Pictured below ...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

https://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 no...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

Would have been nice if you had shared some details of the kind of the deals you got from BOM - DEL or BOM - MAA vis-a-vis PNQ to those destinations. That would have provided a clearer picture as well as the arrival and departure times both at BOM as well as in PNQ . From what I know and can recall...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

PNQ can sustain multiple international flights on its own without being any competition at all to slot constrained BOM until Navi Mumbai comes online. PNQ is a slot constrained as well. International carriers need to get a slot of airport’s choice as opposed to the airlines own choice, which means ...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

hohd wrote:

At NAG, QR has no competition, but with PNQ, BOM itself is competition.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

VT-JEM seems to be online on flightradar currently. Any idea why? Is this a routine thing to turn it on periodically?

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

The top 3 cleanest airports in India are Kolkata, Chennai, and Jaipur, respectively. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/74261832.cms? As always TOI taking dibs on publishing such stupid news. CCU, MAA are a joke w.r.t cleanliness. Seats that havent been cleaned since weeks, toilets smel...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

If given the choice to a OW premium FF on a West Coast-BLR route -
would he/she choose
AS - AA to BLR via SEA. OR
AA/BA- BA to BLR via LHR ??

Assuming similar fares and connecting times.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

edealinfo wrote:

Doesn’t delta, rather than American, have a hub at Seattle. Why Did they allow AA to go one up on them from that station?

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

atal17 wrote:

They have a US partner already in United - why would they go to Delta?

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

Were these evac flight aircraft reconfigured into all economy? Before asking these questions I hope you realise how absurd it sounds to spend several millions of dollars in reconfiguring aircraft seating arrangement, that too for one or two evac flights. The absurdity is next level especially with ...

Re: Air India 788 DEL-IAD nonstop?

VT-NAC one of their newest dreamliners is doing today’s DEL-IAD run so i presume they were initially just testing the older heavyweight dreamliners to see if all of their 788s can do this route or not.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - January 2020

They are extensively codesharing with AI to multiple Indian destinations, SE Asia and even Australia. A unique take on the kangaroo route. If this is true then AI can capitalize on this demand even more as it always should have done from the start. If LOT can codeshare AI to SYD/MEL effectively, ot...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - December 2019

I’m actually shocked that Kathmandu has more demand to Sydney than BOM. That makes no sense to me. Makes perfect sense. There is a huge (like really huge) Newari community in Australia, who are ethnically the indigenous inhabitants of Kathmandu valley. That and the immense popularity amongst Austra...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - November 2019

edealinfo wrote:

The above link clarifies that ANA is “moving” its Delhi flight from Narita to Haneda airport in Tokyo as opposed to operating the flight to both airports

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - November 2019

Video of new terminal of Bengaluru airport. I would guesstimate that 80% are foreigners in this video animation. Is this targeted to impress Indians or foreigners? I guess thats a rhetorical statement because It is well known that the ad is for Indians. It is an omnipresent thing in India to see ad...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - November 2019

4 in a month is sudden presence. The other airlines flying in/out of India won't be able to adapt if suddenly a bunch of routes are announced. I wonder what the first routes will be. Lightsaber I believe they are bringing in multiple aircrafts for a possible USA non-stop, alongside another route to...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - September 2019

It probably will be a LGW-GOI flight to cater and probably comes in the heels of the recent downfall of Thomas Cook, although that was from MAN. Their winter service to GOI won't operate and as a result has left a large void in seasonal UK traffic to Goa.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - September 2019

edealinfo wrote:

What's Lucknow's connection with Saudi?

Re: Heathrow-JFK is the world's only billion-dollar airline route.

Why is LAX-JFK not the highest earning route within US?

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - August 2019

9w748capt wrote:

Interesting that UK is tied up with UA. You'd think UA-AI would be the natural pairing.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - August 2019

While this is great news, wouldn’t 4x weekly 787-900 have been a better choice than 3X weekly 787-1000? Just note, they are 787-9 and 787-10 respectively, and not -900 and -1000. Just like the 74H is a 747-8 and not -800 Cheers :thumbsup: How is the progress on DEL’s 4th runway? When is that expect...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - August 2019

I believe we might be looking at a re-closure of Pak airspace for flights to/from India in light of the recent surgical strike(s) and tensions in Kashmir. If that happens we all know what will happen, and none of it is nice for civil aviation.

Re: Air India Mumbai Hub

If that's the case, then Moving AI from BOM to DEL was the best politically motivated decision this (or any other) govt could have ever taken in aviation. If 'politics' can tie down the hands of any state government from clearing out illegal settlements for the purpose of expanding the airport of th...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - July 2019

Go may start Bhutan https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/goair-may-start-flights-to-bhutan-from-new-delhi/articleshow/70273090.cms How are they planning to do it on the A320ceo or neo? They won't be able to lift enough fuel for return non-stop to DEL and/...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - July 2019

The only thing India has changed is revert to peacetime alert status. The forward bases in the north are still active. Living near two forward bases in the East, I can indirectly say that most of the Sqdrns from here have all been relocated to the North.

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - July 2019

Couldn't BA start a flight to CCU. It is the only major city in India to which it doesn't have a connection. Ahmadabad would likely be a better fit but does Ahmadabad airport support wide body operation?The gujjus should have a lot of money so filling the premium cabin shouldn't be as much a proble...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - June 2019

How Calcutta won a Dubai flight but lost a London one The new route sounds suspiciously like a consolation prize Love the headline and the byline https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/how-calcutta-won-a-dubai-flight-but-lost-a-london-one/cid/1693185 TBH CCU never had any non stop to LHR...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - June 2019

I have sort of trusted them in the past but now I dont give a Flying Rahul Gandhi to what their so called ratings say...like its literally a joke. Skytrax is the largest corrupt company within the global aviation world. There is nothing within its rating system that takes place without money. The e...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - June 2019