I like the smell of jet fuel and love life above the clouds. In search of new planes & adventures hoping it would bring me closer to the mirage called happiness
First commercial flight to land in
@aaichnairport
after around 60 days.
@AirAsiaIndian
@Airbus
A320 arriving from
@DelhiAirport
as I5761 registered as VT-APJ in special Kabali livery. What an irony that the first flight to land here would have an icon of Chennai on itself.
Air India🇮🇳A350-900 VT-JRE, their 3rd A350 in the fleet, just before touchdown at Chennai arriving from Hyderabad as AI583.
The A350 at present connects Chennai with Bengaluru, Hyderabad & Mumbai
#aviation
#airindia
#a350
#chennai
#chennaiairport
From clouds to concrete, our A350 lands in style over Chennai.
Drop a ❤ if you love this image.
Image credits: aerowanderer on IG
#FlyAI
#AirIndia
#A350
It’s not easy to see the Antonov arrive or depart owning to its discreet timings. But what plays an advantage is a 5AM departure, clear roads, zero traffic and the pushback and taxi time it takes. Definitely an adventure worthy Sunday morning.
#aerowanderer
#antonov
#chennai
Out of all the diversions, this would be the worst. Flew inbound Chennai and after holding for a while was diverted to Bengaluru.
After a couple of hours on the ground, departed heading to MAA only to fly more patterns and return to BLR
#aerowanderer
#chennai
#chennaiairport
@TurkishAirlines
now operating out of Kabul to Istanbul as TK707. They operated to
#Kabul
this morning. Currently holding at taxiway N probably awaiting clearance for departure. With the current ground situation, their efforts should be commendable.
#aerowanderer
#kabulairport
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO Chennai | LANDING + WATER CANNON SALUTE. It’s always fantastic to see a new destination on the board, especially as colourful a country as Ethiopia.
WATCH IT
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#flyethiopian
#Chennai
#avgeek
Latest from Chennai🙌🏻 First revenue flight for Air India’s newely inducted ex-Delta B777-200LR now registered as VT-AEH departing Chennai heading to Delhi as AI538
Just as the other two, this one too has visible design changes.
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#airindia
#chennai
#avgeek
Seen here is
@British_Airways
B787-8 registered as G-ZBJC departing from Chennai during some heavy rain leaving a trail of water spray heading to London as BA36. Always worth bearing the brunt of rain and wind to get pictures like this.
#aerowanderer
#BritishAirways
#ChennaiRain
Here’s one of the soon to be inducted B777-300ER by Air India at the Singapore Airlines Hangar in Changi.
Much like the leased -200LR, these lack the Jharokha windows as well as the red and yellow paint on the engine
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#avgeek
#airindia
#b777
#b777300er
Those were the days when we had flap system used for flight information display system (FIDS). None of the airlines on the board exist now. The ‘feeling’ these gave you when you heard the flap change, not knowing which airline logo you would see next is unmatched.
#aerowanderer
Indigo to receive a fully painted B777-300ER registered as TC-LKD wet leased from Turkish Airlines
Who thought Indigo would ever operate a wide body, be it a B777
Next up expansion to US and Canada probably on the cards
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#Indigo
#B777
#TurkishAirlines
AIR FRANCE🇫🇷AT CHENNAI🇮🇳
Ever since Air France resumed operations to Chennai they have used their B777-300ER, B777-200ER, B787-9 and their A330-200 wide body aircraft from Paris.
The airline is only yet to use their A350 to Chennai.
#aerowanderer
#airfrance
#aviation
#chennai
Hot and fresh from Chennai. Seen here is
@airindiain
B777-300ER registered as VT-ALO departing Chennai heading to Delhi as AI538. Great to see AI wide body back in Chennai
What a beautiful airframe with the GE90 complimenting it.
#aerowanderer
#airindia
#chennai
#aviation
#B777
EUROPEAN AIRLINERS🇪🇺AT CHENNAI🇮🇳 Three airlines namely Lufthansa🇩🇪from Frankfurt, British Airways🇬🇧from London and Air France🇫🇷from Paris operate to Chennai
Seen here is Lufthansa A340-300, British Airways B787-8 and Air France B787-9.
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#avgeek
#chennai
An eternity since Chennai🇮🇳 saw a B747-8F until this morning. What a beauty she is.
Silkway🇦🇿 B747-8F taxing for departure to Adelaide🇦🇺after arriving from Dubai🇦🇪for a fuel stop earlier this morning.
#aviation
#b747
#chennai
#chennaiairport
Summer thunderstorms⛈️ in the evening which last just for a while being out the best kind weather just before sunset🌇
Here’s an IndiGo A321 reg VT-ILX on approach to Chennai from Benglauru as 6E6012 with a rainbow behind🌈
Taken on 10/6/24
#chennai
#chennairains
#rainbow
The worlds longest A220 route is underway.
@FlyAirAustral
resuming operations to Chennai from St Denis using their
@Airbus
A220-300 registered as F-OTER as UU737. Another feather to cap for Chennai. This 2,870 nm flight will be the longest for the A220.
#aerowanderer
#chennai
Here are pictures from onboard
@airindiain
AI571 from Chennai to Mumbai on their all eco A320 reg VT-EXB.
We used 07 for departure from Chennai and was served hot breakfast. Cruise altitude was FL360
Beautiful landscape on approach before touching down at Mumbai
#aerowanderer
Finally🙌🏻 Pictures of Singapore Airlines🇸🇬 A350 at Chennai.
Here’s
@SingaporeAir
A350-900 registered as 9V-SHE arriving into Chennai from Singapore as SQ526. Until recently, Singapore Airlines had deployed their B787-10 before changing to A350-900.
#aerowanderer
#chennai
As per
@SingaporeAir
, from 12th March they would be deploying their A350 under SQ526/527 to Chennai.
From 20th March the A350-900 would replace B787-10 deployed on the Chennai route
Effective 17th April their 17 weekly flights reduce to 14 weekly
#aerowanderer
#chennai
Air France has increased its frequency to 5x weekly as compared to 3x during the winter schedule
Other European connections to Chennai are British Airways with a daily flight to London and Lufthansa with a 5x weekly flight to Frankfurt
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#chennai
#avgeek
Here’s to making history. Along with the Airbus order, Air India has placed an order for 190 B737MAX aircraft incl B737MAX8 and B737MAX10, 20 B787-9 and 10 B777-9 with options for 70 more aircraft which includes 50 B737MAX and 20 B787 aircraft😃🙌🏻
#aerowanderer
#airindia
#boeing
QUEEN OF THE SKIES👑 to start the morning🌅with
Here’s Air Central B747-400F registered as B-2461 landing at Chennai Airport🇮🇳 arriving from Zhengzhou🇨🇳 as GI4387
Zhengzhou🇨🇳 is home to the world’s largest iPhone📱factory
#aviation
#b747
#chennai
#chennaiairport
Here are the cabin pictures from our flight onboard Air India A350-900 registered as VT-JRA from Chennai to Bengaluru as AI589
Total of 316 pax in a 3 class configuration of 28 Business, 24 Premium Economy and 264 Economy
#aerowanderer
#airindia
#a350
#chennai
#benglauru
What a beautiful airport. Here’s Kochi International Airport from above. It is the worlds first airport fully powered by solar energy. It is environmental friendly on its workings as well as visually. Lush green all over.
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#KochiAirport
#COK
#cial
#Kochi
IndiGo with the moon.
@IndiGo6E
A321-252NX registered as VT-ILS departing Chennai heading to Kolkata. Lots of factors contribute to framing such a picture such as weather, size of moon, flight path and altitude of aircraft.
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#chennai
#aviationphotography
Bonjour Air France A350👋🏻
Here’s Air France operating their A350-900 for the first time ever to Chennai. The equipment is registered as F-HTYL, delivered to the airline in Dec 2021, operating as AF108/107 from Paris last night
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#airfrance
#Chennai
#a350
US-BANGLA AIRLINES🇧🇩436 seater A330-300 operates to Chennai🇮🇳 for the first time time ever as BS205 from Dhaka🇧🇩
I believe this is just a one off scheduled flight. This A330 is one of the world’s most densest A330-300 with 436 pax
#aviation
#a330
#chennai
#chennaiairport
#dhaka
With passenger ops not having resumed, an excellent cargo demand, it was common back in 2020 to see Emirates, Qatar deploy 2-3 flights daily
This was an occasion where two Emirates B777 were parked next to each other at Chennai at the cargo bay
#aerowanderer
#chennai
#aviation
Back in ‘17,
@airindiain
had a double daily rotation from Delhi to Chennai.
Here’s their B777-300ER VT-ALS pushing back from the remote bay for its departure to Delhi back then
Glad that now once again AI is using its B777 for scheduled flights from Chennai
#aerowanderer
Here are pictures from my flight onboard Air India A320-251N reg as VT-EXT from Mumbai to Chennai, a mediocre experience in all aspects of ground as well as inflight
Plus these Recaro seats aren’t the most pax friendly
#aerowanderer
#airindia
#aviation
#a320
#mumbai
#chennai
First picture of freshly painted
@jetairways
A320-271N currently registered as OE-IBQ. Quite a shift from a Boeing dominated narrow body fleet to an Airbus one. Hopefully it’s a matter of months before it graces Indian skies.
#aerowanderer
#JetAirways
#aviation
#avgeek
#9W
Vistara has received its 4th B787-9 Dreamliner which arrived in Delhi from Charleston
The aircraft is registered as VT-TSP. Vistara also became the first Indian carrier to operate using 30% SAF and 70% conventional fuel on a wide body
#aerowanderer
#aviation
#vistara
#B787
BUCKET LIST AIRCRAFT !!!! Lufthansa🇩🇪A340-300 in its iconic yellow & blue livery landing at Chennai🇮🇳from Frankfurt🇩🇪
It’s quite rare to see this livery as we most of the time get their Star Alliance or their standard liveried hairdryers. And of course the super rare A340🙏🏻
Here are pictures📸 from Singapore Airlines🇸🇬 SQ527 onboard their A350 9V-SHE on their red eye from Chennai🇮🇳 to Singapore🇸🇬
The meal🍽️ was one of the best I’ve had on eco in recent times. One of the reasons I chose this flight on was for the amazing sunrise🌅
#aerowanderer
A 4 hour delayed departure this morning for British Airways on her usual to Heathrow as BA36. Thought I would miss her but caught her as she was on her last leg of taxi to runway 25🥹
She looks so beautiful isn’t she🫶🏻
#aviation
#britishairways
#chennai
#chennaiairport
Seen here is
@FlyANA_official
B787-8 registered as JA827A receiving a water cannon salute upon arrival on its inaugural flight to Chennai from Tokyo as NH825 back in 2019. Definitely moments worth looking back.
#aerowanderer
#chennai
#aviation
This isn’t
@Australia
but it’s
@aaichnairport
. Last of 3
@Qantas
repatriation flight to arrive from
@Melair
. This will go down in history as the 1st and last time 2
@Qantas
docking in Chennai.Also in the last picture it looks like even nature wants
@Qantas
to have the spotlight.