Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Taste Of Arabian Spice; Sharjah - Pune - Sharjah on Spicejet          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Trip Reports View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:44 pm    Post subject: Taste Of Arabian Spice; Sharjah - Pune - Sharjah on Spicejet http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/254195/ Back to top ameya Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 3671 Location: Pune,Maharashtra Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:14 pm    Post subject: Great TR Ojas ! Like the picture of SG bird - with the wheels neither up nor down Nice pictures ! Interesting machine out there to check baggage weight - how much does it cost ? The picture says gate 7 and you have written that you boarded from gate 8 - the change was communicated ? Also noticed EDTO on the SG bird and not ETOPS. Now reading the difference or the similarity Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:07 pm    Post subject: Interesting TR - esp. on the confusion on baggage allowance, that was new to me! Any idea why it is so? And kudos to SG on the spectacular loads... _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top ameya Member Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 3671 Location: Pune,Maharashtra Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:36 pm    Post subject: Nimish wrote: Interesting TR - esp. on the confusion on baggage allowance, that was new to me! Any idea why it is so? And kudos to SG on the spectacular loads... Thats due to operating weight restrictions Sg carried less pax and more cargo then shifted to more pax with less baggage on the sector Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:45 pm    Post subject: ameya wrote: Nimish wrote: Interesting TR - esp. on the confusion on baggage allowance, that was new to me! Any idea why it is so? And kudos to SG on the spectacular loads... Thats due to operating weight restrictions Sg carried less pax and more cargo then shifted to more pax with less baggage on the sector How can an operational restriction end up with the passenger paying through his nose? Sounds like a policy mess up to me! _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top jbalonso777 Member Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 1501 Location: Never, never land Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:07 pm    Post subject: 767, hell yeah! :D Nice TR WhatsApp members anticipated this, of course Great pictures along too, especially because it was a horridly timed set of flights (ideal for you though..) Strange baggage policy...I wonder what would've happened if all passengers had showed up at PNQ with 30kgs of luggage! SG might make some extra cash there, but surely something would not be right in the operation of the flight.. Lucky you with the relatively new aircraft, and of course BSI! ameya wrote: Also noticed EDTO on the SG bird and not ETOPS. Now reading the difference or the similarity I'm still trying to figure it out, to be honest. Please do share with us what the differences are... But is the first time I've seen (or heard about) EDTO! Looking forward to more of your TRs, Ojas sir...and probably a weekend trip to Sri Lank? Regards Jish Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:41 pm    Post subject: ameya wrote: Great TR Ojas ! Like the picture of SG bird - with the wheels neither up nor down Nice pictures ! Interesting machine out there to check baggage weight - how much does it cost ? The picture says gate 7 and you have written that you boarded from gate 8 - the change was communicated ? Also noticed EDTO on the SG bird and not ETOPS. Now reading the difference or the similarity Thanks Ameya It costs AED 3 or 4 to weigh your baggage. Well the check in counter said 7, but the boarding pass and FIDS post immigration said 8, being adjacent gates it wasn't a problem. Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:45 pm    Post subject: Nimish wrote: ameya wrote: Nimish wrote: Interesting TR - esp. on the confusion on baggage allowance, that was new to me! Any idea why it is so? And kudos to SG on the spectacular loads... Thats due to operating weight restrictions Sg carried less pax and more cargo then shifted to more pax with less baggage on the sector How can an operational restriction end up with the passenger paying through his nose? Sounds like a policy mess up to me! Nimish it was a payload issue. My only gripe was that they should have metioned very clearly on the ticket, like any other IATA format ticket to avoid confusion. The way it is put and the wordings are so cursory and hardly anyone would notice. Rest of ME it is 30K both directions. Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:47 pm    Post subject: jbalonso777 wrote: Nice TR WhatsApp members anticipated this, of course Great pictures along too, especially because it was a horridly timed set of flights (ideal for you though..) Strange baggage policy...I wonder what would've happened if all passengers had showed up at PNQ with 30kgs of luggage! SG might make some extra cash there, but surely something would not be right in the operation of the flight.. Thanks JB, As mentioned above, my only issue was they did not communicate it it well. That was very silly of them. Back to top TKMCE Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 957 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:56 pm    Post subject: Atleast for Kerala flights from Middle East,people used to have more luggage on the ME-India leg than the other direction. Many of the people working in ME "courier" gifts to friends and relatives through those who are flying out to India. You can argue that the same can happen on return with home goodies being sent in to the near and dear ones. But of late there has been increasing incidents of people carrying stuff from "frienfs of friends" and then being caught by customs in ME countries because these "packages" contained prohibited items. Hence more people are preferring to live and work in peace and dont mind antagonising the "friends of friends". After all "detention" is detention. Back to Spice Jet, I donnt like their bragging of being on time!!!I am a regular on one of their international routes and rather than hearing the monotonous bragging, it would have helped more if I dont get rwearded for my loyalty by being assigned "last to be served" seats after being among the first five or six to check in. Another irritating thing is that while I give both my Indian contact number and the local overseas number of the country where I work, they keep on calling my India number for giving delay information on a flight into INDIA. Atleast where I work, roaming charges for calls from India cost a lot. Their service is also hit and miss. Some flights (and these are not red eyes but flights at perfectly civilized times) the crew are brilliant, on some the attitude of the crew is something like "be grateful we are serving you". Anyway after a six month gap I will be flying them again in the near future. Let me see whether Mr Kapoor and his team has made any difference. Back to top sri_bom Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:21 am    Post subject: Great detailed TR Ojas, and loved all the detailed photos. Spice Jet has found a niche city pair and I am sure they must be making good money on this route. Although the companies net worth has completely eroded so not sure if they will survive long term. Whenever Indians travel there will be more luggage and dozens of people coming to send off at the airport. I guess we are like that only. I my self have carried bizarre things to India based on my friends/family request. Sri_Bom Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:03 pm    Post subject: sri_bom wrote: Great detailed TR Ojas, and loved all the detailed photos. Spice Jet has found a niche city pair and I am sure they must be making good money on this route. Although the companies net worth has completely eroded so not sure if they will survive long term. Whenever Indians travel there will be more luggage and dozens of people coming to send off at the airport. I guess we are like that only. I my self have carried bizarre things to India based on my friends/family request. Sri_Bom Thanks a lot. Yes its a typical GCC flight, just that the flight is very very popular amongst the Bohri community. Back to top patkini Member Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 313 Location: BOM Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:21 pm    Post subject: Thanks for sharing this superb report Ojas! A couple of queries: 1) Did you check the BOB menu? If yes, is it similar to the menu offered on domestic flights? 2) Did they sell alcohol on board (considering SHJ being a dry emirate)? 3) Was the catering for the SHJ-DXB leg loaded at PNQ? 4) Does PNQ based crew operate this flight? 5) Do they offer any paid in flight entertainment (via tablets)? Rgds, Pats _________________ You will never Fly Alone! Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:06 pm    Post subject: patkini wrote: Thanks for sharing this superb report Ojas! A couple of queries: 1) Did you check the BOB menu? If yes, is it similar to the menu offered on domestic flights? 2) Did they sell alcohol on board (considering SHJ being a dry emirate)? 3) Was the catering for the SHJ-DXB leg loaded at PNQ? 4) Does PNQ based crew operate this flight? 5) Do they offer any paid in flight entertainment (via tablets)? Rgds, Pats Thanks a lot Pats, 1) Yes, similar to the menu you would find on metro routes. 2) I do not know about other international routes, but on this route they don't even sell alcohol 3) Yes 4) Yes 5) No Back to top stealthpilot Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: BLR, DXB Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:23 pm    Post subject: Finally a TR SHJ airports looks chaotic, more luggage than pax hehehee. This whole 'yet another ontime blah blah' .... ugggghhhhh!!!! hope this doesn't also become an SG thing. AI doesn't fly DXB-PNQ daily? Nice pics and a great TR. _________________ eP007 Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:58 pm    Post subject: stealthpilot wrote: Finally a TR SHJ airports looks chaotic, more luggage than pax hehehee. This whole 'yet another ontime blah blah' .... ugggghhhhh!!!! hope this doesn't also become an SG thing. AI doesn't fly DXB-PNQ daily? Nice pics and a great TR. Thanks a lot .... AI does fly DXB PNQ ... however they operate out of SHJ till the 20th July due to runway works. Plus the timings of the AIX flights are pathetic both ways. Back to top sumantra Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:28 am    Post subject: Ojas, I guess it was worth the wait for me to read another gem from you. The start put the reader in the right frame of mind, with you explaining the options, and why you chose SG. Wow, you have two separate wallets! Thanks for taking time out from a taxing schedule to share this report with us: this is also perhaps the first SG Int'l report on the forum. Cheers, Sumantra. Back to top avbuff Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031 Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:35 pm    Post subject: Thanks Sumantara , always good to ehar a reply from you..... good to see you after a break I do indeed believe this is SGs first international flight review here ... correct me if it isn't. 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