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Is this sacrilege? 😂
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The reasons for this is multi sided. The passengers don’t have patience or understand the limitations air travel involves. The airlines don’t want to share timely information for fear of having to pay compensation. The government doesn’t have a proper policy framework not does it
Chaotic Sunday at Bengaluru Airport as 58 flights delayed, 8 cancelled due to bad weather. Passenger anger seen across the terminal as affected engaged in heated arguments wit ground staff of domestic airlines alleging no clear answers. Flight delays
@BLRAirport
continue today
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@zoo_bear
@IndiGo6E
@airasia
@DGCAIndia
@MoCA_GoI
This is a last minute fare on a Sunday when leisure traffic is highest or Monday when business traffic is highest. In your screen shot see the fares for Tuesday 2 days ahead. Book 14 days ahead and see the massive reduction. You counter misleading “news” why do it yourself?
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@_shrayanshsingh
@IndiGo6E
CUTE is Common User Terminal Equipment. It’s levied by the airport to the airlines for using the check-in desk accompanying equipment.
User Development Fee or UDF is the fee decided by AERA that airports can charge for building or improving the airport. Airports are guaranteed
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Takeoff from
@BLRAirport
Rwy 27R on
@airvistara
UK657 earlier today. See the number of planes in the queue waiting to take off.
@AAI_Official
controlled ATC causing delays due to 4 minute gap between each take off. Why not use the second runway 27L in parallel operations? If in
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A take off video from
@LehAirport
on
@airvistara
. Rugged, dry, and desolate, yet unabashedly beautiful geography of the Himalayas. See the convoluted path aircraft must fly to exit this 10,682ft (3,256 mtr) 3.2km high airport. The flight was full. In all classes.
#avgeek
#video
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A detailed explanation on the
#NewAirIndia
livery elements. What do you think of the new
@airindia
livery? For me, I am happy to see that
#futurebrands
lived up to having the airline name in big letters across the fuselage and the Jharoka tail. But I miss the windows.
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Congratulations
@IndiGo6E
on being first in the world to use three point disembarkation. Two forward doors and one rear door. Faster unloading. Faster cleaning of the aircraft. Quicker turn-around. HT
@khabri_lal
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@IndiGo6E
Flight 6E1007 from Tiruchirapalli to Singapore is squawking
#emergency
code 7700.
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#NewAirIndia
brand reveals “A Window of possibilities” continuing the historical “Jharoka” window reflecting the “Palace in the Sky” ethos
@airindia
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@DGCAIndia
For a level 1 offence, the ban period is maximum 3 months. Please explain the 6 months? How was a ban announced before the committee meet? Decision is by the committee. Can other airlines announce a ban before the committee meeting and decision?
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Clearly
@BLRAirport
Terminal 1 is bursting at the seams. A terminal designed for less than 20 million passengers is handling more than 30+ million.
@CISFHQrs
has 20+ bags in secondary check and less than one person handling it. So wait for 30+ minutes. The famed 080 lounge
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The pushback tug for
@airindiain
catches fire. Not sure if it’s
@CSMIA_Official
or another airport.
#AvGeek
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One benefit of the Premium Economy cabin on
@airvistara
is that they serve
@StarbucksIndia
coffee. Yesterday on UK852 I told the crew the coffee was not tasting good. She asks “can I get you some Starbucks?” and I’m like “huh?!? Your menu says Starbucks.” Oh no sir. We serve
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Dear Passenger, please read this “Passenger Charter”. Know your rights as a passenger. video record your interactions, and you have the right to record. My article details the government rules
#consumerprotection
#passenger
#AvGeek
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I think all Indian carriers
@airindia
@airvistara
@IndiGo6E
@AkasaAir
must take a leaf out of the apps of
@AmericanAir
and
@Delta
. Great interface. Highly intuitive. Very helpful. Lots of information. Step by step, bag tracking. A simple example. I log in once after that don’t
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@acpnortheasttr
Wonderful. But you should also take action against that overloaded Tata Ace or Bolero or Auto etc., going at less than 40 kmph in the right most lane. A person going 60km under the speed limit is far more dangerous than someone at 10 above.
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@airindiain
Inspiring to see a king travel by a commercial service and that too of another country's airline. In these times of economic slowdown can India's leaders not demonstrate the same frugality?
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A “journalist” who doesn’t read his ticket which clearly mentions a terminal number. Bright name
@iujjawaltrivedi
but in reality appears very dim. For sure dark with facts. Need to fit the situation to the narrative. Such clowns disgrace the entire community.
@AkasaAir
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Images of
#AeroIndia2023
taken by
@TheVedic
.
@IAF_MCC
@AeroIndiashow
#AeroIndia
#Avgeek
#Planespotting
(1/3)
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@ChristinMP_
@BMTC_BENGALURU
Right in the beginning you can see the driver's leg move to the left from the accelerator to the brake pedal, but during the collision, his leg remains in the accelerator position. The Volvo buses have excellent braking. Clearly a case of driver error.
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Normally flight tests are done after an aircraft is painted even partially. It looks like
@airindia
is waiting till next Thursday to reveal the new livery before painting is A350s. Is it possible this aircraft will be the show piece of the new livery? Or will the airline paint
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BREAKING:
@airvistara
is expected to commence
@DelhiAirport
to
@HeathrowAirport
flights this Sunday. UK6101 and UK6102. Code-share partner
@British_Airways
also starting India UK flights.
#Congratulations
.
#GreenBubble
#GreenCorridor
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Beautiful livery on
@RiyadhAir
first Boeing 787-9. Can someone please explain to me why would a hot desert based airline use a heat absorbing black instead of a heat reflecting white or off-white?
#AvGeek
The new livery on
@RiyadhAir
's first 787-9 is "Chef's Kiss!" 🤏 Fresh out of the paint hangar, this beauty is ready to show the new airline's branding to the world!
#RiyadhAir
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@ridhimb
Ma’am, engines are probably the single most complicated piece of equipment on board an aircraft. They do malfunction with amazing regularity. I am sure the pilots would not have taken a decision to divert lightly, that too to a small remote town in the near wilderness of Oblast.
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Was this an accidental reveal of the
#NewAirIndia
or a dummy to throw us off the trail. We shall know soon.
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Hats off to
@TheSanjivKapoor
who sat in the economy class of the inaugural flight of the
@airvistara
#VistaraRetroJet
. Went around the cabin patiently explaining
#VistaraWorld
#IFE
and other features to passengers.
#handson
#GreatLeaderShip
.
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@desimojito
I am in no way a Mamta supporter. I am not even in Bengal. But I cannot condemn this despicable statement strongly enough. 🤬🤬🤬🤯🤯🤯🤢🤢🤢
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I am very confident that
@BLRAirport
will become a
@airindia
hub within 2024, even within the next 6 months.
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@Matt_Pinner
@kavish_1144
You fried two eggs. For which you need to break the two eggs. And you ate the two that you fried. If your question said BOILED then that would introduce the element of doubt because you don't break eggs to boil them. 😀
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@TheShafaliVerma
Yes,
@IndiGo6E
is a very bad airline. They follow rules. You are too important to fly with us common people. Please spare us your magnificence Verma ma’am. Best you just buy or charter a private jet which will fly you around when you are ready to fly.
@Capt_Ck
can help you.
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Shocking disclosure by
@HardeepSPuri
to Parliament.
@airindiain
. Last year till March. Only 3.7% (9 of 242) domestic routes cover their costs. Forget profit. 96% make a loss. International is 12 of 98 routes. Balance 88% routes a loss. Why operate these routes? Hat tip to
#RJ
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All aboard the
#VistaraRetroJet
on its inaugural flight UK963
@Delhi_Airport
to
@CSIAMumbai
. Crew in retro uniforms. JRD's favourite dishes on menu. A glorious tribute by
@airvistara
and
@SingaporeAir
to the sesquicentennial of
@tatacompanies
. Thanks
@TheSanjivKapoor
#tata150
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First international flight after almost 16 months.
@British_Airways
from
@BLRAirport
to
@DFWAirport
. On
@Airbus
#A350
-1000 G-XWBF. Totally full in all classes.
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Thanks for a fabulous
#avgeek
meet up in Mumbai. Should repeat it soon.
@ShivamVahia
thanks for your organisation.
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A great video from
@IndiGo6E
sparing the importance of regular maintenance. This is the team completely behind the scenes. The airline maintains its aircraft deep in the night typically between 12 midnight and 4am. We do not see their work, but we experience it. I cannot recall
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@mohdarfeenreza
@zoo_bear
@IndiGo6E
@airasia
@DGCAIndia
@MoCA_GoI
Sir, I don’t know Zoo Bear at all. I made the comment about mis-information based on his tweet and on his own Twitter profile. If he wants to fight mis/dis information then he himself should not be tweeting half-truths. So why is it personal? I didn’t tweet a half truth.
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A video walk through of
@airvistara
new
#A321neo
. Great business class. The full flat seats will be a game changer on the international regional flights where this aircraft will be eventually deployed. It may be old but it is true
#flythenewfeeling
.
#Congratulations
.
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@east_bengaluru
It’s a disturbing video. But even more disturbing is your mischaracterization. In what way is the tanker responsible? The two-wheeler can see the pedestrian who is walking with back to the traffic, but goes and hits him and then falls under the wheels of the “killer” tanker.
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@SurabhiB2
@ArenaJet
Ours not to reason why. It’s sort of like someone asking you why you ate anna sambar or masaranna instead of xyz dish. What is important is how can the
@IndiGo6E
systems not reconcile the check ins. Surely the couple would have their bags through checked.
#CustomerExperience
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It’s great to have ambitions
@JM_Scindia
. You must ensure the infrastructure capacity to match these lofty goals. This is just one of the queues to ENTER the terminal at
@BLRAirport
at 5am on a Sunday. Not check in, not security.
#Avgeeks
#WingsIndia2022
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It appears from subsequent videos the pilot is with
@IndiGo6E
. We shouldn’t hold the airline responsible for this woman’s despicable behaviour. But given the focus of the airline on “Girl Power” the actions of this woman pilot on her own gender are even more reprehensible.
#WATCH
| A woman pilot and her husband, also an airline staff, were thrashed by a mob in Delhi's Dwarka for allegedly employing a 10-year-old girl as a domestic help and torturing her.
The girl has been medically examined. Case registered u/s 323,324,342 IPC and Child Labour
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@mohsinkhan025
@zoo_bear
@IndiGo6E
@airasia
@DGCAIndia
@MoCA_GoI
I agree with both points you are making. Zoo bear should ask, but present all facts not half truths, before making a blanket judgement. And yes, the primarily duty of any corporation is to make a profit. As any other share holder I expect it.
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Switch on the sound. This
@CFM_engines
#LEAP
powered
@airvistara
#A321neo
climbs post takeoff, my
#video
shows retraction of the front wing slats to achieve the clean configuration of cruise flight. At the same time the flexibility of the wings is visible.
#avgeek
#Bernoulli
.
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Proud to complete the K2K2K challenge. Riding my
@harleydavidson
#RoadGlide
up and down India from the southern tip of Kanyakumari to Jammu and Kashmir in the north, twice. Total trip 9,000km, 15 states, in 15 days. The photo reflects the colours of the Indian flag.
#HOG
#TRI
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@madmanweb
Indians should stop wasting their money. Imagine if the tourists from India dropped by 50%. The Schengen countries would lose their minds. Time this country recognizes its economic power and not live in the colonial era servile mindset.
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Over the last week flew
@AkasaAir
for the first time. Good service. Simply efficient. Good food, but I suggest look at the pre-book menu for a huge variety of choice, plus you get your food first. Eat and relax rest of the flight. Love their o’rice cracker. And the peace and
With Akasa Air’s debut, Bengaluru airport beats other major cities in air traffic growth
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Heartfelt thanks for helping me achieve 11K followers. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Congratulations
@airindiain
. If the 470 aircraft orders are firm, it will top the 460 firm + 465 options order of
@AmericanAir
in July 2011.
The order made Boeing develop the 737MAX. It’s still the largest narrow body order in the world.
#AvGeek
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The fairly sumptuous meal on board
@airvistara
flight UK854 Bengaluru to Mumbai in business class. Penang fish curry. Healthy chickpea salad.
#clubvistara
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Interesting. Germany requires a transit visa for Indians studying in UK. So a friend booked his sister on
@LOTAirlinesUS
instead of
@lufthansa
. And Western European airlines wonder why they are losing out to Middle East and Eastern Europe carriers.
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@hemanthpmc
It is not just Indian passport holders but these type of disgraceful actions reflect poorly on the entire Indian diaspora across the world. We all suffer the lowered respect and increased suspicion just based on our race.
@MEAIndia
should take these Indians to task.
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A CGI preview of the refurbishment that will be done on the existing Boeing 777-300ER fleet as part of
#NewAirIndia
. Looks like
@CollinsAero
seating, in a 4 class configuration; but CEO Campbell Wilson refused to confirm anything. It also looks like the old 777-200LRs ALF/G/H
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Video of
@airindia
departing from
#Chicago
@fly2ohare
story for
@DelhiAirport
. Ironic that under the guise of “security” plane spotters get these video of India’s airlines overseas but not in India. May be
@BcasHq
and
@MoCA_GoI
will re-consider.
Air India’s Boeing 777-300ER in the Star Alliance livery took off from Chicago O'Hare Airport during the Airline Videos Live broadcast in July 2024.
#aviation
#boeing777
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#Congratulations
to
@AirIndiaX
on their 1st direct international flight from
@BLRAirport
to
#AbuDhabi
.
#Bengaluru
is the airline's largest base with over 200 weekly flights to 27 destinations.
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Just see the horribly long displaced threshold which all travelers from
@DelhiAirport
paid/pay for, but couldn’t use.
... and an underside camera view of touchdown at DEL.
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₹14,000 is not small even for the Tatas. With a fresh energetic employee base, it still took them all these years to get Vistara profitable. Loss on AI has the potential to bleed the group dry if they don’t get their act together very soon.
@ari_maj
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I just admire the way
@JAL_Official_jp
has this fully automatic dispenser for beer in its
#Sakura
lounge at
#Narita
airport. Perfect pour. No costly labor.
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Very impressed by the mushroom and Brie cheese croissant aboard
@AkasaAir
. Opt for the Flexi fare and choose this as part of the fare. Order the O’Rice crackers and the Cheesecake as add-ons from
#CafeAkasa
. Both are fabulous. But order in advance.
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All iPhones have stopped working in Bangalore. Can’t make or receive calls.
@Airtel_Presence
@JioCare
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@acpnortheasttr
Good job. But why block one full lane with stopped trucks. Only increases the danger to others on the highway.
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@manickamtagore
@airindia
@MoCA_GoI
Almost all airlines in the world serve these special meals. Including Kosher meals which many of the Jewish faith consume. It’s helpful to load yourself with facts before shooting off a tweet.
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Volume on!!!
#Fullpower
take off from
@HIAQatar
of
@qatarairways
@Airbus
A350-900 A7-ALF.
@RollsRoyce
#Trent
XWB growls and wings flex upwards with speed. It was hot. My guess is about 48 Deg C. Fully loaded flight.
#avgeek
#video
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Good morning
@BLRAirport
why not use both the runways you have instead of creating a traffic jam on just one? Or does
@AAI_Official
not have enough controllers to handle both runways?
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In the news
@airindiain
is planning to lease 6 777-300ERs. Very sensible move. Almost 25% of their wide body fleet is grounded and many of the aircraft flying including the 787s are in quite a shabby state. Should the airline also consider 787-9? Share your thoughts.
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A320 runway race 😂. Jokes aside, I bet the controller’s heart was in his/her mouth. But one can be rest assured this is not “escaping disaster” and it happens with amazing regularity and the major crowded airports of the world.
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Exclusive: Picture of Vistara’s first 787 landing at Delhi
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@Iyervval
Oh balderdash. This happens with amazing regularity at LGA, JFK, LHR, LAX and other boat airports across the world. Don’t call for someone to be arrested without accurate mastery of the subject. For heavens sake don’t be a loose cannon. We have enough issues with bureaucracy.
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@RNTata2000
sir at the
@TajHotels
Bengaluru
@BLRAirport
. Dogs should be given some shelter. Not tied down in the blazing Sun.
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@Vinamralongani
Vinamra, at least in this instance, please stop shilling for Air India. It’s downright disgusting that they abandoned booked passengers to operate this flight, and your celebrating this flight is downright insulting to
#avgeeks
. At least for once take a stand. 🙏🏼
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I will tell all influencers, there comes a time when your personal integrity should overrule any benefit or earnings you are getting. It’s the only way you keep your credibility. It’s the only way I have maintained my OG reputation for over 14 years.
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My first time in
#T2
at
@BLRAirport
. Good job
@HariMarar
@SatyakiRaghuna1
Please go through the whole thread.
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Congratulations to
@airindia
on their A320neo in new livery. Now, can anyone amongst the so many who tweeted about it, explain why a brand new A350-900 VT-JRA is grounded at
@DXB
Dubai since July 4th? That’s more than 3 days. The return flight to
@DelhiAirport
was cancelled.
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Congratulations
@BoeingAirplanes
on approval from
@FAANews
to resume
#Dreamliner
787 deliveries. Important to India as
@united
and
@AmericanAir
announced non-stop flights to
@BLRAirport
on 787-9.
@airvistara
too has 787-9 on order though configured for shorter distances.
#avgeek
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Now this is truly a shocker. I paid
@MeruCabs
₹511 for a short ride from
@DelhiAirport
T3 to
#Aerocity
. The poor cab driver got a mere ₹222, 43% of the total fare. The airport collects ₹185 or 36% of the fare, as parking fees. And I don’t know what those ₹80.54 taxes are. And
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#Registrations
#MSN554
is destined to be VT-JRH when registered in India. In India aircraft registrations are either an homage or an ego trip.
@AirIndiaX
has an A320 in homage to JRD Tata VT-JRT and one to the missile man VT-APJ.
@airindia
has A320s registered VT-RTx (I
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First high resolution pictures of the new
#jetairways737MAX
of
@jetairways
. The first
@Boeing_In
@BoeingAirplanes
#737MAX
in India. Pictures by
@TheVedic
#avgeek
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Strange happenings in Indian skies.
@goairlinesindia
Chennai to Port Blair flight sent back midway through flight yesterday as they did not have permission to land with passengers. Most likely airline filed flight plan with
@DGCA
as a cargo flight, but carried passengers 1/n
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One must commend the cabin crew for their resourcefulness and calming down the passenger. Unfortunately they have to cover for the financial failings of their airline whose fleet is literally falling apart.
Passenger trapped inside
@flyspicejet
plane toilet as doorlock malfunctions, rescued aftr flight lands in Bengaluru Airport
In a harrowing incident midair, man trapped in lavatory thru Mumbai to B'luru flight. Crew advise thru slip slid-in to sit on commode 4 landing
@BLRAirport
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@ArenaJet
Deepest condolences on your loss. Take a few days. Get mentally strong. Then return and don’t give a damn what detractors say. You continue your work.
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@zoo_bear
Zubair, one the face of it, I cannot give you an exact explanation. Pricing is an extremely complicated and tightly controlled activity. But airlines sell fares in buckets. As a bucket gets filled or a trigger like date is reached, the next higher fare bucket gets activated.
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Flew
@cathaypacific
after over 5 years, CX624 BLR-HKG. Premium Economy.
It was an under-whelming experience. Saddened how service levels have fallen.
Long check-in but the ground team kept moving. Good orderly boarding. A350 hard product was good. Comfortable seats.
(1/4)
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Thank you stupid
#Indian
#media
and
#television
. You have made the
@DGCAIndia
government reverse its own policy of photography on board aircraft. All those lovely
#avgeek
photos showing the real cabin are now no longer possible.
#morons
#tyrants
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Not sure if
@CSMIA_Official
has a Runway Incursion Monitoring System but the safety of the entire system worked well.
Possible that Astana pilots were new to BOM, and screwed up. AI pilots saw the incursion and rejected take-off. 40 knots is not at all fast. The AI pilots would
Major Accident Averted at Mumbai Airport✈️
🔴On February 22, a major accident was narrowly avoided at Mumbai Airport.
🔴A FlyArystan Airbus A320 mistakenly entered an active runway, where an Air India A319 had started its takeoff roll.
🔴Instead of proceeding to the parallel
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@USAmbIndia
@minmsme
@thefdci
@TexMinIndia
@ChairmanKvic
@smritiirani
I opine the Kanjeevaram saree shows off the colors of the US and India the best. Though please avoid a black blouse.
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