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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

to all people travelling by emirates please note

Emirates will now use terminal 2C instead of 2A of Mumbai's chattrapati
shivaji int'l airport effective 22nd Jan

vivekman · Member Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 1897 Location: BOM

So does this mean that AI will be doing the ground handling for EK at BOM?

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

maybe but it only implies that emirates will be parked some gates away from its original position

i think whenever EK come into mumbai the 2A is crowded and plus emirates brings in B777-300 a 380 seater plane so things become hectic
none of their flights leave on time from mumbai ... 2C is less crowded at those times when EK comes in ... this is what i think

the_380 · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:

I can recollect dad saying that once an EK flight had to wait for 15 mins at BOM then finally it got a far off bay for its aircraft
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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

i know actually the schedule at 2A is so hectic at night especially between
2300 hrs - 0400 hrs with a BA 747 LH 747 NW 332 AZ 762/763 DL 772
CX 773 LX 332 KQ 763 flights departing in quick succession there is chaos at 2A and to add another EK 773 coming in bringing in 380 ppl now the time when EK lands it is 0255 hrs and many a times they do not have a gate to park at !!!! they have to wait at the domestic entry point till the BA flight moves and then move to the gate 2a really needs a break after the KQ 201 which departs at 0300 hrs coz after that there isnt much traffic only GF 320 QR 321 WY 738 KU 772(sig one)

now regarding the evening flight the terminal isnt crowded but the huge amount of domestic air lines piled up makes the airline to wait i remember once on EK 503 the flight left at 1905 hrs fronm the gate and we took off at 1955 hrs some 6-7 planes lined up before us

the flight leaving at 0945 well doesnt see much problems and therefore as a result EK 505 generally is on time

the_380 · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

well that must be a freighter aircraft AZ has been using B767's for many years since i was in school i can confirm that 1999 that is ... they have been using B767-300 and B767-200 i have seen both many times

aarbee · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD

D-ABTH · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject:

appears a double post was the cause for the lock on mine posted on the Tech Op forums.. i didnt see this on in the CAV forums since as per my reasoning it was more "operations" oriented and i just posted it there and left.. my misgiving as i am ops person!

anyways.. the reason for the shift may have to do with Air India being chosen by EK to do their ground handling services including baggage services and stuff.. so maybe this was long coming..

also it may have to do with the current sever overcrowding of Terminal 2A as a result of several carriers operating out of BOM who have their own handling or non AI handling.. this is a hot topic currently at all AOC meetings.. and a severe topic between us and 9W in particular since ever since they started their LHR flight... they occupy the counters that were initiall slotted for our use right from the start of their SIN flight and well into our time slot.. forcing us to utilise only 3 counters as the adjoining ones are used by LX and BA..

it doesnt help that despite several AOC agreements and meetings.. their duty managers refuse to give up the counters till 0030hrs in the morning arguing that they have a full load on an A340... so while they operate 5 counters we are sandwiched with 3 counters to start off with untill 0045hrs or so when swiss graciously gives us 2 counters... sometimes a lil earlier too to ease off our pressure..

but quite honestly.. 2A is just too saturated for capacity..
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D-ABTH · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

it may have been a 767 for AZ way back... but yes to the_a380's credit.. back since 2005 upto last half of 2006 AZ were operating the MD11s to BOM and NOT the 767... they have now replaced the MD11s with the 767..

as for NW.. they had BOM as a DC10 route.. now replaced by the A330

I-DUPI "Antonio Vivaldi" being one of the most regular of the AZ MD11s to serve BOM
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JumboJet · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

Air India being chosen by EK to do their ground handling services including baggage services and stuff..

2A is just too saturated for capacity

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the_380 · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject:

aarbee · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD