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Vistara heads to Dubai, plans Kathmandu and Bangkok next
Vistara Dubai flights will be launched from Mumbai on August 21, 2019 as a daily three-class service using the Airbus A320 aircraft of the airline.
Wide Ranging Changes at Club Vistara: Perks up, Redemptions & Upgrades devalued!
Club Vistara announced a wide range of changes today, which included some perks for Platinum members and Gold members, but essentially took away a lot of the value from the programme in a broad reorganisation of their routes where many routes now require as much as double points for upgrades and so on. Here is an update.
Air Tanzania’s Airbus A220 might be a regular to Mumbai as airline eyes London launch
Air Tanzania launched 3x weekly 787-8 flights to Mumbai but operated an A220-300 on July 24, 2019. They may deploy the A220-300 regularly to Mumbai as they launch flights to London in December 2019.
Abu Dhabi for less than 24 hours. Thanks Etihad (or not!)
The story of a weather disruption, misconnect, and how a Visa On Arrival saved the day. Here is the developing story of my flight from Mumbai to Paris on Etihad.
SpiceJet wants to fly to London Heathrow and Manchester
SpiceJet has applied for slots to operate flights to London Heathrow and Manchester with an A330-300. It plans to operate daily flights on both the routes.
Ethiopian Airlines adds flights to Bengaluru from Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Airlines operates twice-daily flights from Addis Ababa to Mumbai and Delhi each. Ethiopian Airlines is now adding 4x weekly flights to Bengaluru from Addis Ababa.
IndiGo adds flights to Myanmar from Kolkata
IndiGo is developing Kolkata as a hub and is focussing on the Buddhist circuit. IndiGo added flights from Gaya to Kolkata and Varanasi and also to Hong Kong from Kolkata. In addition, IndiGo is adding a new flight to Yangon from Kolkata.
Boeing warns of 737 production shutdown and 777X Entry Into Service delays
Boeing announced their second quarter results yesterday. Boeing expects the 737 MAX to come back in service by the end of this year, or otherwise, they will have to reduce production, or even shut down the line for a while perhaps. On the 777X, they expect the aircraft to have a delayed entry into service now due to engine issues.
My experience trying out Facial Recognition at Hyderabad Airport
Facial Recognition at Hyderabad Airport was launched on a test basis in the beginning of July 2019. I tried out the entire process today, and here is how the system works out for now.
HDFC Bank JetPrivilege Cards offering 50% bonus JPMiles
A new promotion is offering 50% bonus JPMiles to HDFC Bank’s JetPrivilege credit card customers. Here is how the promotion works.
