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@khabri_lal
Khabri Lal
2 years
Uttar Pradesh will soon have 14 operational airports ! The "double engine ki sarkaar" should have the ATR as its mascot !
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2 years
Air India clocked 99.3% OTP yesterday ! 86.7% load factor Incredible ! Must have operated 235 - 245 domestic flights, nearly all on time !
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Khabri Lal
4 years
We are three ! She was delivered last week, just missed daughters day though! Taking opportunity of TW(The Wife) being busy to put out the announcement in the most #avgeek way I could think
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8 months
VT-JRA , first of 20 A350-900 of Air India
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2 years
Welcome to the Indian skies, 6E style! Within hours of Akasa Air opening up flights for sale, IndiGo adds 7th frequency on Bengaluru - Kochi sector. New flights by IndiGo are operational before Akasa Air's route launch
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2 years
Congratulations! @TheSanjivKapoor on being appointed as the CEO of @jetairways ! Sanjiv joins Jet Airways on April 04, 2022 #BREAKING #JetAirways #aviation
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2 years
Air India is starting premium economy and IndiGo is wet leasing planes with dual class Aur kitne acche din chahiye ?
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2 years
Last 100 hours in Indian aviation CCI approving merger of AirAsia India with Air India Akasa Air receiving its first aircraft Air India A350 Vietnam Airlines expansion to India Rupee sliding to a new low ATF prices at all time high
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2 years
Largest aircraft ever to land in Kolhapur The beautiful Embraer E195-E2 @embraer @aaikolhaairport
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Khabri Lal
1 year
The livery on the 777 is slightly different than that on the narrowbody aircraft and ATR PC - @IndiGo6E
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Khabri Lal
1 year
TC- LKD , the first ever Boeing in IndiGo livery will land shortly at Delhi Commercial operations start June 01 on the Delhi - Istanbul -Delhi route
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2 years
Transparency is back! Thank you @AmberDubey_MoCA , @JM_Scindia , @Gen_VKSingh for uploading the ASA list and points of call on the @MoCA_GoI website!
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2 years
Air India has invited tenders to sell three B777-200LR aircraft. The aircraft in question are VT-ALF/ALG/ALH
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5 years
#Emirates will be the 50th airline for me ! Hello EK 😀 #avgeek
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2 years
High 5, never really had a high ! Bye bye AirAsia India Hello AirIndia Express Probably thanks to Tata group, it was a graceful exit
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1 year
The Airbus A320neo family comes with two engine options CFM - A320neo - new engine option PW - A320neo - No engine option
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4 years
Pune - where Serum Institute of India is located, has been waiting for a full time civil airport for over two decades As the vaccine rush begins, the airport is closed for 12 hours everyday due to runway recarpeting
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1 year
The number of times this Air India deal news has come up since last July reminds me of my college project Submission.doc Submission_updated.doc Submission_updated-final.doc Submission_updated-finalUpdate.doc Submission_updated-finalUpdateForPrint.pdf
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2 years
Congratulations @AkasaAir on accepting your first aircraft! The next gen aircraft is important as it comes on a day when fuel prices are at the highest level ever!
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3 years
Last few days in Aviation! Air India Sale Announcement for removal of capacity caps Mumbai & Delhi announcing opening of all terminals Akasa gets its NOC Over 300,000 pax per day after 223 days Announcement on International visa processing Sindhudurg airport operational
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2 years
Congratulations! Bangalore( @BLRAirport ) Best Regional Airport in India & South Asia Delhi ( @DelhiAirport ) Best Airport in India/South Asia Cleanest Airport in India/South Asia Hyderabad ( @RGIAHyd ) Best Airport Staff in India & South Asia Making India Proud ! #SkytraxAwards
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After as many editions of Aero India, if we cannot improve with the basics of clean washrooms, good food area, standardized rules, parking and traffic management God save us if we have to host something very big like Olympics
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1 year
Order being announced in alphabetical order, eh? Airbus and Air India sign a landmark order for 210 A320neo family and 40 A350 aircraft Airbus gets a big breakthrough in the widebody market in India which is currently dominated by Boeing
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2 years
Opening the MOPA airport in 6E style IndiGo to have 168 weekly flights from 8 destinations to MOPA starting January 05, 2023
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4 years
Congratulations @airvistara ! First wide body long haul scheduled flight !
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Khabri Lal
2 years
#BREAKING All four B747s of Air India are not part of civil registry any more The updated list released by DGCA shows.
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Khabri Lal
2 years
Bengaluru San Francisco by Kingfisher Airlines, Bengaluru San Francisco by United Bengaluru Seattle by American Three most discussed routes which never started and then came Air India which launched BLR SFO during COVID and going from strength to strength this winter 💪
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You heard it here first! Air India's first A350 will depart Toulouse (TLS) at 2200hrs local time /0230 hrs IST It will operate as "AI-350" to Delhi #AirIndia #AI #A350 #airbus #delivery #aviation #BREAKING
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1 year
Bengaluru becomes the defacto southern gateway, as Virgin Atlantic announces third India destination
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8 months
Air India's first A350 is full of many firsts 1st A350 for an Indian airline Only Airbus widebody with Indian airline 1st aircraft with new Air India livery 1st aircraft from the 470 aircraft order for Air India A completely new type after 787 was inducted
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5 years
Dwindling tourism in Goa was bound to happen. Russians have made Vietnam their new "favorite" place along with Thailand. Reasons are many - starting with cleanliness As for domestic tourists - the taxi mafia, high rates & LCC alternative to Phuket, etc started making more sense
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New uniforms for Air India, to be introduced progressively with the induction of A350 #AirIndia
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Khabri Lal
1 year
Airlines want you to reach airport 3 hrs to departure but the Minister for highways and road transport is promising a road journey in 3 hours to Jaipur, Dehradun and Chandigarh from Delhi Would certain flights face pressure from expressway network?
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Khabri Lal
3 years
Current narrow-bodies in India - 540 Airbus - 451 (83.51%) Boeing - 89 I wonder why an order of 70 to 80 planes is being called a major win / victory or dent to Airbus ! IndiGo alone has 551 A320neo family yet to be delivered !
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Khabri Lal
1 year
Russian news shows passengers of Air India in magadan telling news channels that they are happy with the arrangements and getting good food
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Khabri Lal
2 years
Sustainability focus by @AkasaAir Trousers, jackets & sneakers for its airline in-flight crew, made using recycled polyester fabric made from pet bottle plastic salvaged from marine waste Sole of the sneakers is carved from recycled rubber,manufactured without any use of plastic
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2 years
Congratulations @airvistara ! Highest ever passengers and market share in the history of the airline in July! July is an indication of the future. . . in more ways than one!
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2 years
VietJet expanding rapidly in India Will connect Bengaluru to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang later this year Also planning flights to Hyderabad and Ahmedabad !
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7 months
My favorite picture at #WingsIndia2024 , this tail of @AirIndiaX
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Khabri Lal
1 year
Congratulations, @DelhiAirport ! All four runways are in operation right now First airport in the country to have four runways, not many worldwide have as many either Snapshot from @flightradar24
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Khabri Lal
2 years
#Maharashtra #politics SpiceJet's 737-8 MAX VT-MXK is in Surat since 20.52 The aircraft reached Surat from Mumbai with the flight number "SG9323" denoting a charter This is the aircraft likely to be used to ferry MLAs out of Surat ! #aviation #angle
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2 years
Congratulations team @jetairways ! This is history in the making! Aircraft, slots, night parking - the battle between Jet & Akasa now
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2 years
If someone wants to enjoy the B777-200LR on domestic AI 1504 on Dec 01 is your flight Air India would operate this to base the aircraft at BLR before the inaugral BLR SFO on Dec 02
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2 years
YAA-Y There begins the first proving flight of @AkasaAir ! Good luck !
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The proposed airport at Hosur is going to stir hornet's nest Within 150 km of BIAL, but in Tamil Nadu, it is a thorn in relations because TN mever agreed to a 150km restriction The airport, if and when built, will get more traffic Bengaluru metropolitan than TN
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1 year
Congratulations @AkasaAir ! Inducting India's first B737 -8-200 Also completes the 20 aircraft milestones in the birthday month
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2 years
More competition for cargo in India QuickJet cargo is inducting two B737s P2F aircraft IndiGo's A321 freighter expected soon Pradhaan Air A320 freighter, Spicexpress, Bluedart. . .
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3 years
As Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) enters Phase 10 It is still being called Evacuation Schedule I know a few people who were evacuated a couple of times 😂😂😂 Evacuated, returned, evacuated again, returned again!
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2 years
So many flights bound for Mumbai are diverting to Ahmedabad, that one fkight bound for Ahmedabad from Mumbai is diverting to Indore 🙈
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Khabri Lal
2 years
In preparation of opening of the fourth runway at Delhi Airport, Effective Sep 08, 2022, runway 11/29 will be re designated as 11R/29L
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Khabri Lal
3 months
Two Indian carriers at a time at a foreign airport is always a moment of pride
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Khabri Lal
2 years
No landings and take-offs will be permitted at Delhi airport from 1020hrs to 1245hrs on Jan 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 26 on account of Republic Day celebrations If you happen to fly on these dates, do cross-check with your airline for the revised flight times
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8 months
Air India has exercised its rights to swap between the A350-900 and A350-1000 The airline, which placed an order for 6 A359 and 34 A35K, has now opted for 20 each of A359, and A35K shows November orders data from Airbus #BREAKING #Airbus #AirIndia
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1 year
Both Akasa and IndiGo started in August and makes for a good comparison which shows Akasa Air clearly beating IndiGo on market share, fleet, and destination as it closes its first financial year Joy of digging old data!
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2 years
Air India commits USD 400m for refurbishment of its 27 Dreamliners and 13 B777s. Will see introduction of Premium Economy on B777s, with the first refurbished aircraft entering service in 2024
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2 years
Akasa Air further strengthens its network. Adds Chennai as its fifth destination and connects Ahmedabad with Bengaluru
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2 years
I have been a big proponent of Regional jets/smaller jets Pleasure flying the E195-E2 today to a place which has a lot of potential - #Kolhapur Will some airline look at inducting these jets ? Same CASK, lower trip cost and @TheFlyingEnggnr patented "No middle seat"
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Khabri Lal
3 years
Happy birthday @IndiGo6E ! Fifteen #6E years in the sky ! There was a time when airlines wanted to replicate a ryanair or lion or airasia and now when they want to replicate IndiGo - something which makes #India proud !
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2 years
It is crowded at airports, So what do we do? Ask passemgers to come early and gather more crowd 🙈
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2 years
Competition Commission of India has approved acquisition of entire shareholding in AirAsia India by Air India - now owned by Talace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons #BREAKING
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1 year
While the Air Force makes us proud by landing at semi prepared air strips in the dead of night, with every evacuation, we continue to see thankless people who are being rescued by taxpayers money demanding luxury and throwing attitude
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2 years
Vistara to induct third dreamliner in its fleet soon Will increase frequency to Frankfurt and Paris from Delhi at the end of October
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Khabri Lal
2 years
Most likely ex-Azur Air 1 row of business class seats in 2-3-2 and 524 economy class seats in 3-4-3 configuration Welcome to Long Haul LCC !
@aneeshp
aneesh phadnis
2 years
IndiGo will operate Boeing 777-300ER with dense econ configuration The aircraft with 28 Biz and 372 econ seats will be replaced with an aircraft with 7 Biz and 524 econ seats that will be added in Turkish fleet. Mumbai route also to be served with 524 econ seat aircraft.
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First sim experience at 3.5 years #AvgeekGirl
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Khabri Lal
3 years
Hopefully this demand of changing "VT" is put to rest once and forever!
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Khabri Lal
2 years
‘Dawat-e-Awadh’ - Vistara will have special Awadhi delicacies on flights to London, Frankfurt and Paris until the end of August
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Khabri Lal
10 months
Congratulations @AirIndiaX on induction of first MAX8 as VT-BXA becomes the first plane from the 470 aircraft order to join the Air India group Time to start tracking ! Total: 55 B737-800: 26 A320ceo: 23 A320neo: 5 B737 MAX8: 1 #IX #I5 #MAX8 #Boeing #IXFleet
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2 years
Air India is leasing 12 more aircraft comprising six A320neo and six B777-300ER Will be inducted in first half of 2023 This in additon to the thirty aircraft leased earlier this year
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I have grown up seeing #JetAirways in the sky. As a child, enjoyed the Jet kids bag. The reasons for the airline going down are many but today is the day for best two pics I have of the airline Fingers crossed - defy history ! #JetMemories #9W
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Khabri Lal
3 years
Aviation recovery continues in India As per @OAG_Aviation data, Mumbai - Delhi is the 10th busiest route worldwide by seats deployed in Oct Delhi is the 10th busiest airport in the WORLD (domestic + International) by seats deployed (Based on planned schedule)
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2 years
In its latest Order & Deliveries data for September, Airbus has started listing 1 A320N for Jet Airways
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Khabri Lal
1 year
Gold standard 🙏
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1 year
Wheels up! First of many more VT-RTD, A321neo has left Hamburg for a nonstop flight to Delhi This will be the first A321neo for Air India and part of sept 2022 announcement for 5 ex-Delta 777s and 25 A320/321neo #AirIndia
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2 years
What an irony! My latest article is 737 words long and that article is about the A320 😐
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2 years
A Turkish national is the last one I would have imagined to be honest for more than one reasons! Former chairman of Turkish Airlines Ilker Ayci appointed as CEO and MD of Air India
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2 years
The longest domestic flight from Delhi is to Port Blair with a block time of 3 hours and 35 mins, that is precisely how early airlines want you to arrive at the airport these days
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Khabri Lal
4 years
The @airvistara A321neo which landed in #India this morning comes with lie-flat beds in Business class. Aircraft configured with 188 seats 12 in Business Class , 24 in Premium Economy and 152 in Economy
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Familiar logo #avgeek
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4 years
@sovietvisuals There are two, not one ! On the left is monstrous Hotel Uzbekistan - which turns into largest TV in Uzbekistan at night On the right is Hotel Kazakhstan - the crown shaped hotel in Almaty I like the creativity or lack of it in naming the hotels
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Alliance Air's ATR42-600 has completed two test flights with the first one lasting 57 mins and second one for 50 mins. The aircraft will be registered VT-UDA and expected in India soon! The aircraft will help restart services to Shimla amongst other places
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Khabri Lal
7 months
From the Boeing 777X flightdeck at #WingsIndia2024
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2 years
AirAsia India - Capital A (Formerly AirAsia Bhd) sells the remainder 16.33% stake in AirAsia India to Air India (owned by Talace, a subsidiary of Tata Sons) for INR 1,556,487,800 (Equivalent to USD 18.83 million)
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Time to start a thread for Air India, too VT-RTF (A320neo) joins Air India Total: 118 A319: 14 A320: 9 A321: 13 A320neo: 28 A321neo: 4 B777: 23 B787: 27 #AIfleet #Airbus #A320neo #A321neo #AirIndia
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First international for Akasa Air, Mumbai to Doha Vistara's Mumbai - Paris IndiGo's Bengaluru - Bali Indian aviation is spreading wings ❤️
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Khabri Lal
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IndiGo has placed an order for 30 Airbus A350-900s Deliveries start 2027
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7 months
Air India Express unveils new aircraft with Kalamkari inspired Tail Pattern @WingsIndia2024 @AirIndiaX
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SpiceJet is operating wet leased A320s IndiGo will operate wet leased MAX I am unsure if this is kalyug, amritkaal or what?
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3 years
Blue Dart - the all cargo airline reports another profitable quarter ! INR 29.4 crore for Q1-FY22
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Khabri Lal
2 years
Doesn't look either taxiway or runway 🤣
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Airports Authority of India
2 years
#AAI ’s #Calicut @aaiclcairport is undertaking re-carpeting work on the 2.86 km runway and connected Taxiways to provide better surface quality for smooth and safe aircraft operations.
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Khabri Lal
1 year
Yassss, target complete VT-YAS joins #AkasaAir Total: 18 737-8: 18 Airline had publicly stated plans of inducting 18 aircraft by March 2023 ✅️ #QPFleet #B737 #MAX #Boeing
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Nine year old TC-LKA, one of three high density B77W with Turkish Airlines, expected to land in Delhi early tomorrow morning IndiGo has wet leased one B77W to operate Delhi - Istanbul route First widebody for IndiGo, and well, it's a Boeing !
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The new @EncalmIndia lounge at @RGIAHyd is excellent! Seating capacity of 450 pax, has a childrens play area, a VVIP section, multiple coffee machines, next to nil single use plastic Very limited folks had access today, tasty food and warm service today
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VT-RTN, first narrowbody in new Air India livery started commercial operations today
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Happening now ! Commercial induction of Air India's VT-AEF named Vihaan, operating AI1863 to Mumbai from Delhi This is the first of 5 former B77L which Air India will induct, all of which are ex-Delta
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