jbalonso777 Member
Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 1501 Location: Never, never land
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:28 am Post subject: Can I call this 747 ancient yet? BA LHR-DEL |
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....the title reflects my exact thoughts as I took my seat 36K on G-CIVT, a British Airways Boeing 747-400 to New Delhi.
This not-refurbished bird had OLD written all over it, and its amazing what a difference refurbishment can make, since I was on the older sistership G-CIVS from JFK to LHR but it was a completely different experience.
However, British Airways did not disappoint once again.
Another 747 flight: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1401733
76th video trip report on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lAmObQFeCdM _________________ http://www.youtube.com/c/JishnuBasu777 |
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sumantra Member
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Lovely TR once again, Sir!
Nice pictures from Heathrow! This was the first international airport I have travelled through, and I get some strange feelings as I land here or leave this place, and transit through. The ME3 A388s pictures were lovely, and telling. I have never been able to spot that well at Heathrow: I can attribute this to the terminals AI has used over the ages. Some BA trips have been memorable, like the one with me face-to-face with a Concorde in 1979.
Ground staff of Indian origin at LHR: I have found them to be often disgusting and often a bit racist, either intentionally, or otherwise.
A kid kicking a seat from behind: I have also experienced this, and this is a complete nightmare on a long flight. You did the right thing, Sir.
It is nice that the crew were able to arrange for a chicken meal for you. AI always have these extra non-veg boxes, which they distribute to passengers when they run out of the regular estimated non-veg counts.
The snack service was a pleasant surprise for me, given some of the BA reviews I have read of late.
IGIA T3 is neat, efficient without many frills, and I guess it shows.
Cheers, Sumantra. |
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