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

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ryder1650 · Member Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 554

T3 definitely looks deserted. Even while waiting for my CO DEL-EWR flight to board it seemed like the flight would be empty based on how many were in the boarding area. Of course in the end it turned out the flight was full. Turns out the size of the building makes it feel like no one is there.

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

wonderful TR justbala! Smile

The meal on 9W J looks alsolutely delicious, can't say that for the ones onboard LH though Wink

A couple of questions here,
you've written your first preference was 9W but all sectors were booked, what was that option? Was it BLR-BOM-LHR-IAD-MIA?
The second one is, are you sure that the aircraft was VT-JGW? Because, JGW is one of the few planes in 9W's fleet with a more premium config, > 24/126, the newer ones are > 16/148 and definately has IFE with full AVOD!
Thanks for sharing!
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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Nice report; thanks for sharing.

Whilst things seem to be on a gradual upswing, your experience goes to show that a simply constructing a massive new building (no matter how swanky or world class) does not make a hub.

Still, AI seem to have started doing something right, by picking DEL as their primary hub and gateway. Putting the whole thing into practice and being successful at it remains to be seen.
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sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

Bala, lovely trip report - thank you very much! the minute details on the BOM-DEL leg, and the T3 details, along with the witty quips made my day.
Cheers, Sumantra/

Nimish · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:48 pm Post subject:

Great report Bala - thanks for posting. I had hoped domestic/ intl transfers at T3 would be a breeze, but trust our airports and authorities to screw something as basic as this up Sad

. I do hope it improves with time, and at least for airlines like AI where they have a true hub at T3 (in this case, the problems might have possibly been due to 9W connecting to LH - without too much of synergy there?).
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