FromCDGtoSYD wrote:
Makes it all the more confusing why the AI of old used to waste precious slots to fly between LHR and EWR. Baffling.
And they still do operate with the 77W from BOM and DEL to LHR. I could see them put the A350 on a US route, which frees 2 777's which then they can make all of their BOM and DEL to London flights on the 77W to maximise slots, as well as fuel. If both SFO flights go A350, they can only operate 1 mo...
Jump to postNo way they are going to waste the fuel savings of an A350 on a route as short as LHR, when they have way longer routes. I could even see DEL-SYD on the A350 (or 789 for that matter). That is why I added the caveat about the exEY and SQ birds. But..... LHR is a premium high demand route to a slot c...
Jump to postWhat do you guys think the first A350 route is going to be? I think they will put it on EWR or JFK first until they get more to start the ULH's. The A350's are currently Bangalore based, so I'd assume the BLR-SFO route would probably be the first ULH route. BLR / BOM use the ex DL B77Ls with the D1...
Jump to postRMTAviation wrote:
Over the past 6 months, I have traveled though AMS, LHR and CDG transfer. Yes I am an American citizen, but nowhere did I have through immigration. I wonder why this matters as there is no check.
But either way, LAX/SEA/BOS are higher priority than DFW/IAH. Honestly I could see AI launch 3x DFW, and then realize how screwed they are and either cancel the flight/move to Boston. They'll realize how hard it is to compete as DFW is ruled by oneworld. As someone said, they largest DFW market is ...
Jump to postThe problem for EU airlines is that their cost structures cannot compete with ME3. This is the reason many of them exited Australia, especially in the era of one stops in ME or SE Asia. Except few routes like DEL/BOM/BLR- LHR/FRA the economic success isn't guaranteed either. Unlike ME3, they don't ...
Jump to postMy overall point is that there are many opportunities for ME3 to grow in India, they just don’t optimize them for the goals that many on this board pitch as the reason to grant more seats - ergo to me then those reasons are not what we should focus on as the airlines themselves don’t. This is a fai...
Jump to postI actually think for domestic flights in coach AI and IX should basically be the same - you pay for your seat and food. Airfares are so low in India, they should just go to a la carte where there is a fare class where you get a seat, bag and one free meal item (or something like that). I flew Indig...
Jump to postAlso as other connectivity grows (like UK-India) this allows ME seats to be freed up for other destinations. Fair point and I am all for putting in a caveat that if you want new allocations, you cannot be adding more than a minimum % to your existing ports of call. India allowed Indigo to partner w...
Jump to postUAE = United Arab Emirates. Sharjah, Dubai etc are different, even somewhat competing Emirates. Sharjah!=Dubai. A lot of the tourism that Dubai attracts would never go to Sharjah or Al-Ain. Just saying. That too. Would GOI give UAE an additional 100,000 seats in return for 400,000 seats for the Ind...
Jump to postBut that is exactly my point. For everything you mentioned there is absolutely more than enough connectivity with DXB - tourists, workers, connecting traffic. Indian airlines aren’t going full on every flight and neither is EK. EK can partner with Indigo or Spice just like Qatar and TK do to get mo...
Jump to postI actually don’t see the GOI giving out anymore seats to any Gulf country unless it is tied to some big petro / business deal. The last new seats went to Saudi (I believe) and that was all about India-Saudi relations. If you search for flights even one week out on say BOM-DXB, you will see fares ar...
Jump to postI think it would make sense with the ME3, but pax who fly to Kuwait are generally (or mostly OD). Not sure if KU/J9 handle more transfer traffic via KWI when compared to AUH DXB DOH or even BAH, from India. If I'm not wrong, KU/J9 transfers may inclined more towards JED/RUH or GCC in general. Regar...
Jump to postWhy does IND need international routes? No-one from outside the US has any reason to go there, as it has nothing except the Indy 500 to attract any traffic! Nobody from outside the US has any reason to go to IND? I live in Amsterdam and go to IND 3-4 times each year. There are hundreds of European ...
Jump to postIs IND really lacking in the marketing department? RDU added 21 destinations and 46 flights last year. They just added another today with the addition of Copa and service to Panama. We are getting zero movement and just have Toronto and Cancun which is completely pathetic for a market this size. I ...
Jump to postReturning back to this site after a long hiatus! We know the present state of AI is far from what their management claims or even the public believes. It will no doubt take half a decade to bring any measurable change in the airline's product. This has nothing to do with Indo-Americans/ Indo-Canadi...
Jump to postI think AI and AC will be fine because they basically fly nonstops (except AC’s BOM flight). Perhaps prices come down a bit but even if demand is smaller, the nonstops will capture that. Will affect connecting airlines outside of alliances probably the most. One thing on Visas - most Indian origin ...
Jump to postJust curious if ORD-HYD has a chance of coming back? I don't believe AI ever had a direct ORD-HYD direct flight, it was more ORD-DEL-HYD. Still operates today. They used to operate HYD ORD jon stop , 1x Weekly and at the same time 2x weekly BLR SFO. But HYD ORD non stop didn't work out and was stop...
Jump to postDoes anyone know why VT-AYC is enroute TRV-KWI-BHX-YYZ!?
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-ayc/
VT-JRA is on its way home.
https://www.flightradar24.com/AIC350/33583aeb
The top India-Dublin markets over the past year were COK 58K, DEL 37K, BOM 25K and BLR 18K round trip pax each respectively. Can someone please explain why is COK-DUB demand so high? Probably a lot of nursing professionals originating from Kerala are employed in Ireland. This is five years old but ...
Jump to postThanks for addressing the question. I was inquiring about the seamless QR experience most people are talking about. And i got all kinds of ridiculous responses that did not address my question. My experience with QR has been far from seamless. Like nowadays the QR flight from JFK to DOH always park...
Jump to postHow is it seamless ?? Can you elaborate. Where we live, most Indians make the 4-hour drive to ORD to fly to India. Combined with travel time + check in time, you are spending almost an entire day just to board a 19+ hour flight (based on where your are going in India). And not to mention the 4-hr d...
Jump to postI thought this article detailing where Qatar's 1.8 million US pax go was very interesting - see link below. The takeaways for me are (1) South Asia was Qatar's biggest connecting market with India the number one destination (2) AI should really have their US flights connect both ways to KTM and DAC...
Jump to postJust noticed that VT-TSH flew PAE-BLR a day ago. Is this the 5th delivery? Wondering why BLR v DEL. AFAIK, it's due to Lack of availability of WB bays for basing the aircraft at DEL BOM(for more than 48 hours. At BLR, the aircraft is parked at a WIdebody bay, which was formerly used for Internation...
Jump to postJust noticed that VT-TSH flew PAE-BLR a day ago. Is this the 5th delivery? Wondering why BLR v DEL.
Jump to postsmi0006 wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/CyEu_kVh3P-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
AI have posted first 350 in their new livery. Looks good!
I flew Air India recently and while it definitely isn't anywhere near 'world class', the attitude of the crew and the service levels have improved dramatically. No more of those surly government employee types who think that they are doing you a favour by serving you. There has been a sea-change in...
Jump to postIt's also suprising how negative some people are about the Tata takeover. They have saved INR 200 crores a day for the Indian tax payer, for god's sake. It looks like most of the critics are people with sarkari connections who no,longer get freebies on Air India. Feel free to correct me if I'm wron...
Jump to postThe biggest bottleneck in major Indian airports, especially DEL, BOM and BLR is entering the airport itself. That often takes a long time and if you have checked luggage it is even more cumbersome. Once it took about half hour just to enter DEL airport. Not to mention that once you enter the airpor...
Jump to postAir India has dropped AMS from winter 2023 schedules (eff Nov 1). Dont know if they are discontinuing this flight for good. Also heard that Indigo was planning to fly to AMS if they receive the proper aircraft. If AI is struggling, I wonder how Indigo can do AMS unless they can get some feeder at A...
Jump to postCDGtoSYD wrote:I wonder if AF will operate the route in the winter with reduced frequency (with DL gone) and then DL takes over the summer flying?
This is was DL/AF did. at ORD until 2014-2016 or so.
Fantastic news. https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1677902121193164801?t=WiNMZhycjYWWJrJAEezfvg&s=19 UA to add double daily on EWR-DEL. It was rumoured earlier and seems to be happening now. It has pretty good timings for connections on both sides. Hopefully this leads to lower fares. It is on...
Jump to postmanny wrote:
How far is new Mumbai airport to Pune ?
But who wants to travel LH nowadays They have horrible service and soft product even in business class. Their hard product has always been behind times and even their newer business product which will be introduced in the coming few years is still behind times compared to the best in the industry. ...
Jump to postNot really. I think they implemented the transit visa rule only if you are traveling to the UK. If you are traveling anywhere else, you usually do not need a transit visa. Nothing has changed if you are traveling to the US. The transit visa rule is definitely back on (traveling West to East) if you...
Jump to postLH is resuming FRA-HYD from January 16, 2024. Will be getting the 787-9. LH752 FRA1000 – 2300HYD 789 257 LH753 HYD0100 – 0610FRA 789 136 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230526-lhjan24hyd Outbound timings are bit too early to get European traffic, looks like they are concentrating on North American t...
Jump to postA few things: 1) This is language spoken at home. I speak Japanese but I do not speak it at home because no one else in my home does. 2) The source is data.census.gov. There is a 7% margin of error. So the actual numbers may be slightly higher but it can be rejected that the census lists it as 5,00...
Jump to postMSN39686, Etihad ex B777 which is stored at VCV, is now being prepared to entry to service with Air India. The aircraft is in a 8F/40J/280Y configuration and as just 42000 flying hours. Maybe this was discussed somewhere previously but couldn't they activate the 5 ex-AI frames sold to EY? VT-ALA - ...
Jump to postDo you think the newly merged airline will do a better job of integrating Air India Express? Because I honestly think it does a major disservice to passengers to have such a lack of integration between the parent company and the subsidiary. Overall even post Tata acquisition, the online booking fea...
Jump to postAnother Indian passenger peeing on his seat neighbour … the third I’ve heard of in the past couple of months. This time, it’s on a JFK-Delhi American Airlines flight. I’ve read many stories of unruly and disruptive passengers around the world, especially after Covid, but this peeing thing is gettin...
Jump to postBut at the same time, other Star Alliance members like UA and AC have gotten in to bed with EK. And that is EK's side of argument, that rivals can later become friends. So will be interesting to see what (or what doesn't ) play out. My understanding is that the codeshare is only for the EWR-DXB fli...
Jump to postI know of a Pakistani flight attendant at AA who is unable to fly to India because she doesn’t have a visa to fly into the country. She actually flew a trip to DEL and was immediately deported on the outbound flight that left a couple hours later. Wonder how she is able to keep her job but this new...
Jump to postDoes Air Arabia have code share with EY. If they do they can get some connections to EY network. 3L does, G9 doesn't. Although there doesn't appear to be a clear demarcation of where one ends and the other begins - for e.g., there doesn't seem to be a website for 3L, only G9. Which lists EY as a &q...
Jump to postAir Arabia Abu Dhabi expands India service: Adds 3x Weekly AUH-CCU 3L168 AUH1415 – 2030CCU 320 136 3L169 CCU2110 – 0035+1AUH 320 136 Goes 10x Weekly AUH-CCJ 3L121 AUH1425 – 1950CCJ 320 D 3L123 AUH2305 – 0430+1CCJ 320 356 3L124 CCJ0510 – 0735AUH 320 467 3L122 CCJ2030 – 2255AUH 320 D https://www.aeror...
Jump to postDEL/BOM to LHR is a strong starting point I keep reading this, but today, despite having 77Ws in their fleet, those flights are operated by 788s and have been for a long time. True but most likely the NA routes will become a combination of A350+B789 (assuming there are some 9s in the order). That s...
Jump to postNice orders of course. I would like to read when they plan to take deliveries by type by year, and their plan for hiring/training all of those crews. That is a vast fleet. From the mint link above: “ On Wednesday, aviation consultancy CAPA said Indian carriers are likely to place orders for up to 1...
Jump to postSupposedly there is an air show happening in February, during which they will announce the Boeing and Airbus orders together. I do hope that's true, but not holding my breath. Given the rumours on this order have been swirling for the past few months, and the lack of anything concrete from the Tata...
Jump to postBilateral rights to Singapore and Dubai are exhausted. Therefore, the more relevant question is whether Air India should have used the big Indian cities to connect to SIN & DXB rather than waste it on connections from lower yield smaller Indian cities. Further, wouldn't it be better for Air Ind...
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