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justbala · Member Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1898 Location: Bangalore

9W seems to have stopped IFE on all domestic flights. PTVs will not be operational in the domestic sector.

The airline seems to be regressing back to the heydays of Konnect in 2009. Sad

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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

This 2nd daily AMD-MAA flight is actually an AMD-MAA-TRV flight, the 737 sits at TRV all day before heading back to AMD.
But what it does do is that there will now be a 1755 departure fromTRV to MAA hence 9W will be able to Connect TRV to BRU/KUL/SIN via MAA both ways properly.

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Not that there's any need for IFE on short domestic hops in the first place, but adding something and then taking it away is going to cause moaning and groaning.

But since they've already incurred the vast expense of installing the perfectly good equipment, what a waste to not use it.

I can understand how the penny-wide-pound-foolish baniyajis running the airline would be loath to pay a single paisa for anything that's absolutely unnecessary (except second-rate crockery), but surely they could make use of the equipment at no additional cost to generate a few hundred rupees.

Sell that space too. They can take money from Pan Parag and Nirodh Vaaparaa and Emirates Airlines and the tax department to play their ads on the screen throughout the duration of the flight.
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Spiderguy252 · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject:

This 9W IFE issue is the biggest joke that the Indian passenger has to endure in the last couple of years. By a long shot.

I guess we can conclude that the aviation sector in this country peaked as of 2007, in terms of service and profitability. Unfortunately it has been in steady decline since.

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ameya · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject:

You do panic quick fixes when things are really bad.. and they are bad.. they are seriously looking at cutting people and all departments have been asked to submit revised lists of people they would want to have on the rolls

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Yes, but panicked quick fixes are meant to tide you over temporarily. Not to then sit back and watch things get even worse.

JetKonnect anyone?
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HAWK21M · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:06 pm Post subject:

Latest doing the rounds is 9W B777s are going back......
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So what do they plan to do with the excess 777s? Continue leasing them out or sell them?

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Best bet: Sell all but three now. Sell the remaining three when the 333s are delivered.

PIA's looking for Ws, and they can afford them too, seeing how their poor taxpayers are screwed with the bill.
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Spiderguy252 · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:12 pm Post subject:

And Emirates' perennial diet consists of a healthy share of Ws. Shouldn't be a problem.
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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

They don't have to compromise, in that the product offered can be identical to that on the W; just fewer Y seats, which isn't really bad thing at all.

Ideally, they should do away with First and look into increase the Premiere seats. Maybe even sprucing up the J product.

With all of the added costs and complications involved, it really doesn't make sense to retain just three 777s, especially if they can't always fill them profitably. Best to go 332/333 and benefit from the commonality there. Nothing wrong with carrying fewer passengers if that means profit.

Easier said than done, of course. Because who knows all of the leasing and sub-leasing complexities. I certainly don't.
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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Yep, too much speculation and too convoluted to be sure.

But they should keep the planes by all means only if they can fill them at a profit on more than just 2-3 routes. If not, let them go.

As for Kingfisher's impact, did anyone even fly them ? Surprised

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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

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@747-237/anybody, any idea about Jet's 737-900ER? The system still shows BOM-KWI/KTM as a 739 service from the 1st of March.
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me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

Jet Airways reports (21-Feb-2012) the following traffic highlights in Jan-2012:

Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, +27.5% year-
on-year;

Domestic: 1.1 million, +30.3%;
International: 518,680, +21.8%;
Passenger load factor: 82.4%, +1.6 ppts;

Domestic: 76.8%, +3.0 ppts;
International: 85.4%, +1.2 pp

if you download the PR pdf documents, one thing you'd notice is how the number of flights flown in January hase gone down in both domestic and international sectors showing that even Jet has been axing some poorly performing flights on a random basis.

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Dear oh dear oh dear.

So it seems the clueless clowns over in Andheri have nominated themselves for Freddies in six categories:
* Best promotion for earning
* Best redemption ability
* Best customer service
* Best elite programme
* Best loyalty credit card
* Programme of the year

It's comic they actually think JetPunishment is best at anything, except perhaps the ability to earn points, at least in terms of quantity of not quantity. Soon, one will probably be able to earn Jet points for using the neighbourhood Sulabh Shochalay, if not possible already.

They're more pathetic than a bad joke, at best, in all six categories (unless one counts "Fly Emirates" as a promotion).
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/jet-airways-eyes-cfmi-engines-to-expand-fleet/articleshow/11996761.cms

Jet Airways eyes CFMI engines to expand fleet

22 Feb, 2012

Jet Airways said it is working with CFM International to deploy next generation propulsion systems to power its fleet as and when it expands domestic and international network.

"We are very happy to have worked closely with CFMI as a partner since 1993 and look forward for more fruitful affiliation in the years to come as Jet Airways plans to expand its domestic and international network," Jet CEO Nikos Kardassis said.

CFMI is currently developing ultra-high technology "green" engines for next generation aircraft, which is expected to help reduce fuel burn and bring down carbon emissions.

"CFMI is proud of its association with Jet through the years and is especially happy about the achievement of the airline having clocked over three million operational flying hours on CFM56 engines. We look forward to achieving many more important milestones with Jet in future," CFMI Engines president and CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga said.

Jet Airways said it has completed over three million operating hours on CFM56 engines manufactured by CFM International, barely a few months after the airline inducted its 100th aircraft.

CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aviation, a division of General Electric and Snecma, a division of Safran of France. The joint venture was formed to build and support the CFM56 series of jet engines.
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