Re: UA 737-800 Loses Body Fairing In Flight

There are a million things that could have caused this, and “events” like this happen every day and have always been a part of the business. The only difference today is we have social media & 24 hour news sites that need to attract viewers to protect their phony-baloney jobs. Case in point, AA...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

I think the big issue with MAA-CDG O&D is that very little is true business traffic. Also the VFR on the route is basically Pondicherry people that got French citizenship. This group, because they had French citizenship, mostly took very normal lower middle class jobs in France (including govt ...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

Plus its not like AF have any fleet issues or so to not serve the sector. So I am assuming, ultimately it maybe yields and/or a combination of other operational factors for them dropping it from the network. But since they are planning to restart MAA ops from Winter (tentative), its really a surpri...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

I doubt AF will leave MAA "for good". it still is an important market, but very surprised why they dropped MAA during peak Summer + Olympics season. Its either the yields or poor airport infrastructure, because the loads/OD numbers have been good for the CY 2023. Which was higher than BLR...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

I don't think so, they are leaving MAA. AF has loaded flights to MAA in the winter 2024 schedule from Oct 29. They have no flights scheduled from April 1 to October last week. LH has reduced flights from daily to 5x weekly from April 1 and resumes daily from October last week to MAA. BA is daily th...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

I think IAD-DEL is underserved. I think this could easily see one A350-900/77W daily. I agree in sheer pax volume. Given that AI has been flying the route for years and UA never launched IAD-DEL (but did ORD-DEL), my guess is yields are low. AI just increased to 5X from 3X so let’s see. I can imagi...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

I just think Air India just needs to just start throwing at a board and see what sticks. Most (for-profit) airlines are fast to throw themselves into new opportunities, and then keeping those that stick. As a business, they really need to pursue every opportunity for possible profit as they get. If...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

If both SFO flights go A350, they can only operate 1 more US route with the remaining 3 (assuming 6 delivered) which leaves 1x A350 under utilized and available for LHR (I don't know what their EWR frequency from DEL is so I may be miscalculating this). They may of course decide to use all 6x on 3 ...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

Why should that be either Indigo or Qatar's problem? That is on the Europeans. Instead of adding flights if their home governments (except ZRH, AMS) chose to enforce nonsensical transit visa rules on Indians, then let them sleep in the bed they made. They can lobby their governments to lift these s...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

I do not understand why people think that AI is trying to build up BLR as a hub. Just because it has one tri-weekly flight to San Fransisco does not make it a hub. In fact, Air India has more International flights from COK than it does from BLR at an average day. Sure, they may try to build it up l...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

I think the bigger question is why would they wrt to BLR. My guess is AI will offer INTL flights from BLR to high O&D cities like DXB, SIN, LON (although VS probably made that harder) and to a star hub in EU (LH to MUC made that harder but still I think they will launch the flight). The probabl...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

This was basically exactly like my experience on AI (just on their better 788 J class product(. Good food, upgraded service, blankets, linens, pajamas etc etc. I think AI is offering one full meal more than UA and AA on the NYC-DEL flight (and I think that AA/UA’s mid flight snack is much smaller t...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

Here’s a question. If they built a hub at BLR would that entice flyers from the dozen or so destinations in the south to transit there over their tried and true options with the ME3? Presumably It’s not realistic to see direct Europe/North America flights from Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and so on? T...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

Getting to the point, I flew 5 flights by Air India in the last 12 months, none of them had this issue. My family that commutes from DEL to Tamil Nadu has now switched over to AI/Vistara as the quality has improved quite a bit and have never reported an issue. Either you and your friends are gettin...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

Some of the world class interiors onboard Air India's 77W/787 fleet - some of these planes entered the AI fleet as late as 2016! https://i.ibb.co/PYLVXdJ/AI05.jpg https://i.ibb.co/FXJVRX9/AI04.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nQ5VWbr/AI03.jpg https://i.ibb.co/GcqdfD6/AI02.jpg https://i.ibb.co/F4kfmRm/AI01.jpg ...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

Some of the world class interiors onboard Air India's 77W/787 fleet - some of these planes entered the AI fleet as late as 2016! https://i.ibb.co/PYLVXdJ/AI05.jpg https://i.ibb.co/FXJVRX9/AI04.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nQ5VWbr/AI03.jpg https://i.ibb.co/GcqdfD6/AI02.jpg https://i.ibb.co/F4kfmRm/AI01.jpg ...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

DEL has all but shut down now with the winter fog and the knock on delays have knocked out air transport in the whole country right now! Regardless of what Fanboys are telling us on forums llike this, Piss poor management combined with crumbling infrastructure is the reality across much of India to...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

I disagree. At least my experience. The problem I have is not the experience itself, but the inconsistency with how things work. I have connected by not getting out of the building, I have also come out and then taken the elevator to check in. Last time, in December, I had to go out completely in t...

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

But the transit situation in DEL is not that smooth, which means AI has to compete with other 1 connection flights operated by EK, QR, BA and LH, which also offer similar services to HYD. I don’t know why people zealously try to propagate the myth that DEL is difficult or not that smooth. I just tr...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

The difference between HYD and MAA in EU connections is 3x weekly AF, BA and LH (from mid Jan) serve both HYD and MAA too. Yes HYD has volumes but not enough J. Also if the traffic is seasonal, dont think AI can count on it, it does not have the aircraft to serve seasonally now. Not just EU connect...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

I'm quiet well aware of the numbers. Thanks. If the lower yields were indeed seasonal, we would have seen HYD be connected to multiple EU cities by now & have atleast a dozen non stop flights to the US. Forget BLR, MAA has more better EU connections than HYD and has good cargo volumes too. Ah, ...

Re: Air India - News and Discussion 2023

Spiderguy252 wrote:

subramak1 wrote:

Both these changes make sense. 34 A35Ks were too much. AI needs 789 sized planes, 359 is also a stretch.

How come it didn't make as much sense at the time of the order, a few short months ago?

Re: Air India - News and Discussion 2023

It was highlighted in the Airbus and Boeing Orders thread that the latest Airbus spreadsheet update shows that AI have adjusted their orders from the original published mix. From: 140 x A320neo + 70 x A321neo to: 70 x A320neo + 140 x A321neo From: 6 x A350-900 + 34 x A350-1000 to: 20 x A350-900 + 2...

Re: Air India Deploys only newly inducted B777 For All Three US Destinations from Mumbai

Searching for business class fares DEL-NYC leaving Monday 6.11.23 (so last minute); Lowest fare is Kuwait 3449. Fares between 3500-4000 - Virgin Atlantic, Delta, Lufthansa, ITA, Swiss, United Fares 4000-4500 - Air Canada, Qatar, American (4049), Egyptair, Fares 4500-5000 - Finnair Fares 5000-5500 -...

Re: Air India Deploys B777 Aircraft For All Its US Destinations

I am not wrong, I am merely speaking reality. The ME3 at this time and in the next 5-10 years have zero worry about Air India. That's a lot different than never. In the next 5 years I agree completely. After flying SFO-BOM on their new Tata Singapore style service I have a very different opinion of...

Re: F9 CEO Issues Financial Warning - Only US ULCCs Currently Affected

I forget what airport I was in the other day. But the Starbucks wanted $5 for a small coffee. Absolutely ridiculous. I am sure lot of that goes to Airport as concessionaire fee. I pay $ 3.15 for coffee at starbucks closest to my home and $ 2.85 which is in the next town. Cost of real estate I guess...

Re: United increasing the number of corporate positions in India

UA is the only carrier to my knowledge that has non-IT positions based in India. They have network planning, operational research and supply chain folks based in India (and I'm sure some more I'm forgetting). On one side, it is seen as outsourcing but on the flip side, these are likely some of the ...

Re: Lufthansa Adds MSP/RDU-FRA and SEA-MUC; Swiss Adds IAD-ZRH/YYZ

Great news! Surprising that LX didn't already serve IAD/YYZ. Will be interesting to see if DL retaliates on MSP-FRA like they did after EI announced DUB. I have a tough time seeing a metro area like MSP having enough demand for 2x daily MSP-FRA/DUB. MSP has a large number of fortune 500 operations....

Re: Lufthansa Adds MSP/RDU-FRA and SEA-MUC; Swiss Adds IAD-ZRH/YYZ

Great news! Surprising that LX didn't already serve IAD/YYZ. Will be interesting to see if DL retaliates on MSP-FRA like they did after EI announced DUB. I have a tough time seeing a metro area like MSP having enough demand for 2x daily MSP-FRA/DUB. MSP has a large number of fortune 500 operations....

Re: Why can TK traverse EU airspace from Russian airports?

Well EU airspace is controlled by EU countries. As you said Turkey isn't an EU member. So if the EU wanted to ban overflights for flights to/from Russia, then Turkish couldn't do these flights like that, they would have to go the long way around like Russian airlines. But you're forgetting that Tur...

Re: Why can TK traverse EU airspace from Russian airports?

Apparently the avoidance of Russian airspace is only applying to nations that are against Russia’s invasion. Which is completely absurd. Everyone flying to Euro countries wherever they are from should have the same ruling. They are just hurting their own airlines.. Since India has issues with Pakis...

Re: Why Are Any Airliners Departing the US allowed to Cross Russian Airspace?

The US and Canada can certainly deny a clearance to a carrier, say Air India, that would route it eventually over Russia. This would avoid issues like the AI B777 that had to do a precautionary landing in Siberia a few weeks back. So a "neutral" carrier may be free to overfly Russia, but ...

Re: Why Are Any Airliners Departing the US allowed to Cross Russian Airspace?

The countries you mention have no sanctions against Russia and, as sovereign nations, can do as they wish and what benefits the interests. US and EU law only applies to it's own entity and has no jurisdiction outside it's boundaries. Any 'difficulties' experienced by US/EU carriers is a matter betw...

Re: Air India gets ready to reveal new livery and branding in August

The TATA's should be ashamed that their management was outdone by a livery that was designed under the Government bureaucrats. What a shame!!!! Matter of opinion, perhaps.I think the new livery is great. It is a huge improvement with the current swan with a bubble in the backside. I agree to. It se...

Re: Airbus 318 and 319 ... Why were they discontinued ?

The 757-200, smaller version, greatly outsold the larger 757-300. The 757-300 came very late in the game at the end of the production of the 757. Northwest bought about sixteen but Boeing actually convinced Northwest actually take all 757-300s but then go back to the 757-200. Northwest took deliver...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

Does AI have any plans for MAA to North America service? Since CX is out of picture now, that demand should be catered to by someone else. I do see an additional B737 Service from SQ, I would be surprised if AI did not consider service from MAA to North America. I really don't think there's enough ...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

Does AI have any plans for MAA to North America service? Since CX is out of picture now, that demand should be catered to by someone else. I do see an additional B737 Service from SQ, I would be surprised if AI did not consider service from MAA to North America.

Re: India Aviation - 2023

DGCA has registered the six ex-Etihad (EY) Boeing 777-300ER that Air India will be leasing. Registrations are : 1) MSN 39686: VT-AEM 2) MSN 39687: VT-AEN 3) MSN 39688: VT-AEO 4) MSN 39869: VT-AEP 5) MSN 39690: VT-AEQ 5) MSN 41701: VT-AER Are these two class or 3 class? What routes do they plan to u...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

DGCA has registered the six ex-Etihad (EY) Boeing 777-300ER that Air India will be leasing. Registrations are : 1) MSN 39686: VT-AEM 2) MSN 39687: VT-AEN 3) MSN 39688: VT-AEO 4) MSN 39869: VT-AEP 5) MSN 39690: VT-AEQ 5) MSN 41701: VT-AER Are these two class or 3 class? What routes do they plan to u...

Re: RUMOUR: Iberia looking to launch a new destination East

sand26391 wrote:

Could it be an Indian destination?? I think it's a good market to tap, but yields maybe a problem(?).

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Which makes sense given that the top 5 are covered by non stops to India. So, looks like DFW will be the next port of call for a non stop to India. Now, the only way to make a non stop viable from all (or most) of these 10 is for the stakeholders to make CBP pre-clearance facility possible at DEL o...

Re: Rumor: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

Examples: DEL-SEA = 7061 mi. DEL-SIN-SEA = 2571 + 8070 = 10649 mi (50% longer) This is almost the same as flying from Miami to Tel Aviv via Los Angeles: MIA-TLV = 6600 mi MIA-LAX-TLV = 2342 + 7574 = 9916 mi (50% longer) Far be it from me to tell other people how to live, but good interlining somewh...

Re: Rumor: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

The current chinese dispensation has done its best to destroy HKG economically and politically. I am sure, we will see flight of more businesses to SIN in the short term and BOM?DEL in the long term if India's economy continues to grow

Re: Rumor: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

question: why is anyone in India considering a transit in SIN on their way to Seattle, or vice versa? That's a good 2500 miles out of the way. Indeed, Delhi is 1000 miles closer to Seattle than Singapore is. For two reasons, transiting in DEL/BOM is still not great if you are interlining. SQ has ex...

Re: Rumor: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

Agreed that such a flight would almost certainly need to be out of SEA, given the distance issues from everywhere else. It'd likely doom the AS-SQ partnership but there's certainly a chance of both airlines coexisting on SEA-SIN by targeting different traffic flows. The current SQ SEA-SIN flight is...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Nobody is willing to pay handsomely to fly AI. It’s hands down the worst international carrier in/ out of the US. Extending a presence out of LAX will require investments that would necessitate high fares - and most Indian-Americans will look for the best price over loyalty to their home country ca...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

A while back, I saw one analyst's take on LAX-DEL, finding that it would've never worked with the economics of the 77L (but this was pre-pandemic). So either AI is killing it with private-treaty corporate revenue from the SFO-based tech companies (doubt it), or there's something else at play that w...

Re: US Airlines lobby to restrict competitors access to Russian airspace

US3 had a total of 4 flights of India and 2 flghst to ME. I dont understand how they lose $ 2 billion per year

Re: Sri Lanka Government to privatise the airline.

If it hadn't been for the overall failures of their foreign investment strategies I'd say QR or EY. Could Indian investors be interested? For what reason? Pretty much bilaterals are there for taking. For places from India transiting via CMB is detour unless you are going to Australia/ Antartica. An...

Re: US Airlines lobby to restrict competitors access to Russian airspace

US is certainly free to manage actions of its airlines, but seems silly to force other nations to copy. A recent year example are restrictions such as overflight of nations like Iran that US bars its airlines, but virtually the entire world does not care and is ok with transiting Iran. If US seeks ...