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Air India Bangalore to London flights replace London to Newark ops
Air India will shut down their fifth freedom flight between London and Newark and launch Bengaluru to London within November 2018. That should give them a shot in the arm with cutting losses on the tag flight to Newark, which wasn’t making money for them.
1300 Indian men take over a Royal Carribean Cruise, leaving others mortified!
Read how a peaceful cruise trip turned into a nightmare when 1300 Indian men decided to throw one hell of a buck party on the ship, bringing in dancers and their own food.
Here is how you can pool your family’s Air India miles
Now you can finally pool Air India Flying Returns Points when your family members fly Air India next. Add up to 9 family members who’ll help you reach your travel goals!
See you next week at Points and Pints Bengaluru?
Bengaluru, this season’s last Points & Pints meetup is coming up especially for you. We look forward to meeting all of you and raising a toast. If you haven’t found out the details yet, they are all inside here.
Your face will be your boarding pass in India in 2019
Soon, all you’d need to zip around the airport would be your face with the government working introducing facial recognition based boarding passes. No more mini heart attacks when you’re not able to find that piece of paper at the airport!
Marriott will launch Tribute Portfolio and Delta Hotels in India
Soon, you’ll have even more options to choose from for your next vacation in Kochi & Goa. Marriott International plans to bring the Tribute Portfolio and Delta Hotels brand to India soon.
Air India’s terrible fleet utilisation & golden codeshare opportunity missed?
Air India currently has a fleet of 124 aircraft excluding subsidiaries. The fleet comprises of 22 Airbus A319, 34 Airbus A320/A320neo, 20 Airbus A321, 4 Boeing B747, 18 Boeing B777 and 27 Boeing B787-8. Their Boeing B777s and B787s are heavily underutilised so is their narrowbody fleet. Air India only requires 11/16 Boeing B777 aircraft and 22/27 Boeing B787 aircraft they have in their fleet. Rest of the fleet is sitting on the ground either for maintenance or want of routes to ply on.
The Airbus A321LR receives certification
October 2, 2018, marked a significant milestone for Airbus. The Airbus A321LR received certification. The first A321LR is slated to be delivered to Israel’s LCC arkia by year end. This adds an enormous capacity to the range of the most prominent member of the A320 family, potentially the one that will power IndiGo’s European dreams.
Delhi airport runway maintenance to hit flight operations
Flying in and out of Delhi between November 15 and November 28 this year? Your flight may be delayed due to the upcoming runway maintenance at Delhi. No-frills flyers will be impacted the most.
Round up: Mileage Mentor MasterClass Hyderabad
Here is a quick update of the first Mileage Mentor MasterClass in Hyderabad. We had a great time meeting up every one and speaking for over 5 hours on our favourite topic, miles and points!
