Who doesn’t like paneer? Vegans…. lol 😝 Already looking forward to a 2024 flight review of Air India, exciting times for the airline! Thank you for the review and saw your are fast approaching 10.000.000 total views 🤯 Your hard work is paying off 👏🏼
Really glad to see that the changes have already started happening. As an Indian, Air India will probably remain as the only affordable option that is also part of a major airline alliance (Star Alliance in this case), so it's good to see that they're already working hard to restore the reputation they once had. Great video as always, Kev!
Also I should mention, aside from superb the structural format of your videos that delineate each section with clarity of purpose which already sets your channel apart a class from the rest, the sheer amount of precise and speculative analysis presented pushes it a few classes further. Kudos to you Kevin; there are many entertaining channels, and many informative ones, but to produce intelligent and entertaining content concurrently is extremely difficult, and I believe you've done that remarkably well.
Thanks very much for that. Sometimes doing the ‘same thing’ day in and out it’s hard to look at things with fresh eyes, so detailed comments like yours (even if they were constructive) are greatly appreciated.
Air India has now become a topic of national pride and why not?! We have that approach for a lot of renowned airlines such as BA, AA etc. I think this kind of obsession is healthy. With that in mind, it always feels a bit tricky when I see a pop-up of AI review nowadays especially by one of my favorite reviewers who is actually genuinely honest and fair. I feel so happy knowing that you actually saw changes in the service and those being good changes. A massive airline refresh will take time and I appreciate you reiterating the same in the video which a lot of people do not seem to understand. As always, a fantastic video and looking forward to more of them. Thank you so much for putting in such hard work in bringing airline review honesty to us.
9:41 it looks like the seat has IFE but is covered by seat cover. I have noticed this in many a320s and a321s of Air India, I hope they resume IFE service soon. It doesn't make sense to hide it like that.
08:20 - In India FSC's have a turnaround time of 60 mins at Larger and 45 mins at smaller airports. LCC's at 45 mins and 30 mins. Take the boarding time with a pinch of salt. Most often the incoming flight hasn't even landed! (Not in this instance) ... Show up to the gate 30 mins prior and you're good to go.
A full cold box meal on a 1hr domestic flight??? Gosh.. on NZ, you only get chips or a cookie.. and they tout as the best snacks in the sky... keep up the videos mate! Loving it!!
Long time lurker/watcher/subscriber! Great video on the AI experience - and look forward to seeing the rest of your series in and around India. May I ask, where do you source all your high quality tail fin logos/images in your thumbnails? I've been struggling to find good quality ones for ages!
Glad to see Air India on the road of restructuring. Wish them all the best. Hopefully, we could see fresh cabins on their narrowbodies similarly to Vistara's standard :)
Wonderful review. Glad to see that there are some noticeable changes in the airline. The fact that you mentioned about them taking in an A350 and a 737MAX shows how much research you put in making your videos. AIX's livery looks better than Air india. I hope indigo gets some much needed competition from them. Glad to also hear about your flight with Air india next year to document further changes. Awesome video as always!
@@tfft Expectations from the liveries of both the FSC and LCC were something more mature like SIA's livery. But I guess everyone are left a bit disappointed.
I travel through many (and live in a) rapidly developing countries… I just wish y’all could do away with the sometimes 3 story high road barriers. Either way, not a criticism, just an observation. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfftWait Air India Isn't done yet.... If things go right...I can give you an insider that They are planning to get few hundered Narrow Bodies and a few dozens of Widebodies. I don't know the Exact detail about numbers of Widebodies now but AI certainly Planning to order another 250+ Narrow Bodies in Q4 2024 or end of Q3 2025.
Love your content. I request you to please put atleast 2 videos a week like you did last week. Your content is classy and amazing and is loved by everyone so don't make us wait :P
I always see your videos....great job! I want to go to miami next year with 2 friends....do you know about a great place to stay there...not expensive of course...thanks
Yah, different (only for 2 videos) microphone. Was going to put a small note about it but figured only like 2% of people would notice haha. Thanks for watching 🩴
Great and fair review as always Kevin. I have never flown Air India but my young adult daughter flew with them from Sydney to London via Delhi last year and, although this is not a route we would normally choose, there were literally no other options at the time. Her experience was fine but one area I think Tata where could definitely bring their group IT expertise into play is their IT services and especially their website. In particular things like online check in, ease of finding correct information, online chat support etc. I had a few questions regarding transiting in Delhi and was unable to find the relevant information on the website or get any meaningful answers from their chat support.
To think that the sourpusses at the front doors would actually bother to check their system made me chuckle haha. They were always the most misterable and rude blokes.
I firmly believe that their new livery is bold and would look much better on a wide body aircraft. It just looks simplistic in visual context only. Many people would end up changing their opinion who termed it as LCC vibes. At the end of the day, you can’t make everyone happy.
I don’t think it has LCC vibes. To me, it looks like they gave the Vistara branding to a focus group and said “remake this logo to feel fresh and dynamic, you have 5 minutes”… et voilà lol
Hi, Kevin. Fabulous review as usual. Shame about Vistara, brilliant international carrier. Let's hope they bring AI up-to-date and not the other way. Here's hoping that the news seats come in before 2025 when I fly Australia again via Heathrow and Delhi😊
I’m confident there’s no way SQ would attach their name to a crap carrier. Their involvement alone is enough for me to trust in the future of the airline. Thanks for watching 🩴
When i saw the max AIX with the new livery, i thought it was a bit odd/different and i guess its gona take some getting used to IMO.. not at all a bad design, but i still somehow prefer the old/current livery. Change however was inevitable and I'm pretty sure the new aircrafts (especially the wide bodies) will look quite stunning, and with the intense product change of this once fragile company, the design and service should compliment each other giving it a whole new overall experience that many (of us Indians especially) are really looking forward to.. i hope to get a chance to fly AI soon especially after your tight reviews .. kudos once again for this 💯
I actually like the AIX livery on the Max- possibly because I think the Express side of things is aloud to be a bit garish… it’s the AI livery that I’m not too sure about (on the Max, or otherwise). We shall see. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft i don't think many people might know (and yet not underestimating) that there was once another livery not too long before this, that was in the works and also released to the audience (a more catchy and fuller livery). I personally kinda liked that one and when i saw this new livery, i was a little disappointed.
Honestly I love the bright AI seats, just like the old yellow,pink,purple ones on Thai! The new livery is slowly growing on most of us though AIX's new look seems better.
4:35 - Lounge in economy class? How is it possible? I never traveled in any business or first class before or used an airline lounge. To use the airline lounge, you have to be a traveler of their business or first class. I don’t understand how you get access to the lounge as a coach passenger.
Its a frequent flyer status for travelling a lot on Star Alliance Airlines (Air India, United, Singapore, Lufthansa etc.) You need to earn enough points every year from flying to achieve status. You may also be able to find credit cards that let you transfer points you earn from spending your money to an airline, don’t know much about that one though, I’ve only heard it from UA-cam content creators.
5:23 My first impression was that it's a bit of generic meets budget (barring the lovely tail). I wish they'd kept a bit of the old character, but I think for now, they just want a clean break from all the negativity associated with the old brand.
I flew Air India twice over the last 2-3 weeks. MAA-IXM and KTM-DEL. Got the same snack box you did MAA-IXM and a full meal KTM-DEL, which was impressive for a 1.5 hour economy flight. tbh I didn't sense much difference from my domestic/regional flights with AI a few years ago but I thought those were fine too and changes are doubtless on the way. Put it this way, want something to eat on my home airline, BA, on a short flight? Get your credit card out. I wish AI well in their reconfiguration and expansion. I like Delhi T3 too if only they'd sort out the annoying taxi scammers who don't give a good impression of a rapidly rising economy like India's.
And T3 needs like 12 more lounges lol. When I passed through a few weeks later there was a crowd of literally near 100 people trying to get into the one any only (new) contract lounge. Thanks for watching 🩴
Those seat covers are eye popping! Nice to hear the crew was exceptionally attentive. Your snack was far more generous than North American air lines which don’t even give anything snack related for free at all. This was interesting.
A minor correction..SIA does not hold any shares of AI yet. That will come into effect only after Vistara merger.. and the merger is currently on hold to get AI upto par with Vistara..
A small correction Vivek. The legal entity merger of Air India (Talace Private Limited) and Vistara (Tata SIA Airlines Limited) is NOT on hold and was approved by CCI few months ago so it is due to complete in H1 next year after which SIA will get their shareholding in Air India or you can say the new Air India entity. The merger which you mentioned is the brand merger of Air India and Vistara i.e. combining the two brands as one. That merger is on hold as Mr. Wilson said that it wont happen till Air India comes on par with Vistara in terms of quality and service. So brand merger does not have any impact on shareholding changes.
To my knowledge (and the articles I’ve read) the new international departures facility isn’t due to open until the end of 2023. I know the arrivals area opened last year. Perhaps the articles are wrong. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfftThe new international area to be made at T1 is not part of the ongoing expansion works. Its just a proposal as of now which came into news just months ago. The current construction going on at T1 from the past 3-4 years is for expansion of domestic departures and arrivals only along with the construction of a central spine with aerobridges. And yes, Sumedh is right. T1 is not closed as of now, both departures and arrivals are operational. Its just that when the construction works is complete in the next few months, both the facilities will be expanded significantly.
Frankly this has more to do with the traveler and their ‘gut strength’ (for lack of a better term) than what’s on offer in India. I’ve lived in the developing world long enough to know I could get away with eating or drinking anything. For the *most* sensitive though, water is a big culprit. Most think “no ice” is enough, but you’d need to include any raw vegetables as well since they’ve been washed with the same water. So, step one is knowing your own tolerances and sensitivities. Thanks for watching 🩴
Glad to see that Air India is getting better. I fly a lot and almost all my flights are with United Airlines because I live in Texas. I have had some horrible flight experiences with this airline and it is not getting any better. Old planes , uncomfortable seats, terrible service on an airline in the richest country in the world. Other airlines in the US are not much better, so we don't even have choice and the fares are just mind boggling, but as I said we have no real choice.
The global supply chain issues will determine whether AI takes a decade or less, to refurbish their existing aircraft. Also, the 400+ aircraft will be delivered over a long period of time. Until then, most of the aircraft in their current fleet will be making an exit.
I'm with you, and I'd go further. I vehemently detest the new livery. Most offensive is the bold, asymmetric and what looks like unaligned lettering of *AIR INDIA* - truly designed for the tiktok generation, which is silly given tiktok is nonexistent in India. While the old one isn't brilliant, it wasn't offensive to behold. I actually much prefer the classic Indian Airlines livery, but that's long gone.
Yeah I’m surprised that this new livery had SQ’s stamp of approval. It looks like someone took the Vistara livery and asked a focus group to make it “fresh and bold” 😅
Completely irrelevant to this particular video, but I was on a Bittish Midland flight from Teeside to London. There was almost no one on the plane. The three flight "attendants" spent the whole flight gossiping amongst each other . The whole flight , if I asked for something they regarded it as an intrusion. Aholes.
Given SQ’s involvement, I am surprised it’s quite a younger looking design. I was expecting something a bit more subtle, like Vistara. Thanks for watching 🩴
My take on the livery is that it is an improvement, but still not all that good. To my eye, the current design is very 1970's, and not in a good way. Just very dated. As for the new, I'm fine, but not wowed, by the tail design. What disappoints me though is the font for the Air India name on the side - somehow just looks very low cost carrier to me in its style, which I'm sure isn't what they are going for.
Yup, my biggest contention is also the font. I think it has a very juvenile 2000s feel to it. You can tell they took Vistara's font and tried to "freshen" it... but considering Vistara's font is also borderline dated/2000s... this didn't turn out so well. Thanks for watching 🩴
Who doesn’t like paneer? Vegans…. lol 😝 Already looking forward to a 2024 flight review of Air India, exciting times for the airline! Thank you for the review and saw your are fast approaching 10.000.000 total views 🤯 Your hard work is paying off 👏🏼
Crazy that the channel as a whole is fast approaching one episode of American Idol status 😂 Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Really glad to see that the changes have already started happening. As an Indian, Air India will probably remain as the only affordable option that is also part of a major airline alliance (Star Alliance in this case), so it's good to see that they're already working hard to restore the reputation they once had.
Great video as always, Kev!
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Also I should mention, aside from superb the structural format of your videos that delineate each section with clarity of purpose which already sets your channel apart a class from the rest, the sheer amount of precise and speculative analysis presented pushes it a few classes further. Kudos to you Kevin; there are many entertaining channels, and many informative ones, but to produce intelligent and entertaining content concurrently is extremely difficult, and I believe you've done that remarkably well.
Thanks very much for that. Sometimes doing the ‘same thing’ day in and out it’s hard to look at things with fresh eyes, so detailed comments like yours (even if they were constructive) are greatly appreciated.
Air India has now become a topic of national pride and why not?! We have that approach for a lot of renowned airlines such as BA, AA etc. I think this kind of obsession is healthy. With that in mind, it always feels a bit tricky when I see a pop-up of AI review nowadays especially by one of my favorite reviewers who is actually genuinely honest and fair. I feel so happy knowing that you actually saw changes in the service and those being good changes. A massive airline refresh will take time and I appreciate you reiterating the same in the video which a lot of people do not seem to understand. As always, a fantastic video and looking forward to more of them. Thank you so much for putting in such hard work in bringing airline review honesty to us.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
On a side note, I can guarantee that less than 12 people in all of America look at AA with a sense of national pride 😂
@@tfft hahaha I must agree with you on AA. I once flew on it between Detroit and Paris CDG and that eventually made me decide to never fly with them 🤣
9:41 it looks like the seat has IFE but is covered by seat cover. I have noticed this in many a320s and a321s of Air India, I hope they resume IFE service soon. It doesn't make sense to hide it like that.
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Pleasantly surprised at how good Air India is. Thanks for the info + video!
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Really appreciate you going out of the way to provide subtitles in a variety of Indian languages!
I appreciate your appreciation 😉
Great video again, Kevin!!
I usually watch your video from begin to end because it’s good and appropriate length. Thanks!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🩴
08:20 - In India FSC's have a turnaround time of 60 mins at Larger and 45 mins at smaller airports. LCC's at 45 mins and 30 mins. Take the boarding time with a pinch of salt. Most often the incoming flight hasn't even landed! (Not in this instance) ... Show up to the gate 30 mins prior and you're good to go.
Sure, but for filming’s sake- I always try to get on as early as my ticket allows. Thanks for watching 🩴
I did enjoy this trip report today! 🙂
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I like the old livery, and enjoy the bright colors inside the planes.
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Flew this route on business,just amazing…..great food for 50 minute flight and lovely crew.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
A full cold box meal on a 1hr domestic flight??? Gosh.. on NZ, you only get chips or a cookie.. and they tout as the best snacks in the sky... keep up the videos mate! Loving it!!
I think I’d be surprised with getting a snack at all haha.
Long time lurker/watcher/subscriber! Great video on the AI experience - and look forward to seeing the rest of your series in and around India.
May I ask, where do you source all your high quality tail fin logos/images in your thumbnails? I've been struggling to find good quality ones for ages!
I make them (bc I’m OCD and want them all to be A350esque) 😂
@@tfft Oh wow 😅 that makes perfect sense
Glad to see Air India on the road of restructuring. Wish them all the best. Hopefully, we could see fresh cabins on their narrowbodies similarly to Vistara's standard :)
Hopefully without the leather like material though lol.
superb vlog another feather on your Hat ,v informative and comparison only Kevin can give excellent 🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Wonderful review. Glad to see that there are some noticeable changes in the airline. The fact that you mentioned about them taking in an A350 and a 737MAX shows how much research you put in making your videos. AIX's livery looks better than Air india. I hope indigo gets some much needed competition from them. Glad to also hear about your flight with Air india next year to document further changes.
Awesome video as always!
Thanks very much 🙏🏻 I do also agree about AIX. I think both are just a bit garish, but I think that fits an ‘express’ brand quite well.
@@tfft Expectations from the liveries of both the FSC and LCC were something more mature like SIA's livery. But I guess everyone are left a bit disappointed.
Thank you for flying Air India. Cheers from Mumbai. 🥂🍾
Thanks for watching 🩴
1:13 well that's the hallmark of a rapidly developing country. it's a small price to pay for our better future.
I travel through many (and live in a) rapidly developing countries… I just wish y’all could do away with the sometimes 3 story high road barriers.
Either way, not a criticism, just an observation. Thanks for watching 🩴
Recently i had a trip to the leela Kovalam and i tell you it was an amazing experience you should cover that property
Its amazing
Thanks for sharing ✈️
Starting 2024; India 🇮🇳 will be taking delivery of a new "aircraft" every 7 days for the whole year. New record will be set. On news. Great video 📹 😊
Perhaps only to be outdone by IndiGo haha. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfftWait Air India Isn't done yet....
If things go right...I can give you an insider that They are planning to get few hundered Narrow Bodies and a few dozens of Widebodies.
I don't know the Exact detail about numbers of Widebodies now but AI certainly Planning to order another 250+ Narrow Bodies in Q4 2024 or end of Q3 2025.
The audio input of flight engines picking up was so good I thought it was almost as if I was on board the flight😅
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Over the 70K now 🎉
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Nice coverage
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Love your content. I request you to please put atleast 2 videos a week like you did last week. Your content is classy and amazing and is loved by everyone so don't make us wait :P
And like the 100 weeks before last week as well? Lol
Amazing video! Greetings from 🇧🇷
You should come again to fly GOL and Azul.
Planning on it! Do me a favor and share the channel with all of 🇧🇷 and it’ll make the decision easier haha.
Of course! I already do it. Your channel is the best one in flight reviews
I always see your videos....great job! I want to go to miami next year with 2 friends....do you know about a great place to stay there...not expensive of course...thanks
I haven’t been to Miami in years, not much insight I could give lol. Thanks for watching 🩴
Nicely reviewed, btw you sounded very different in this video than your usual self.
Yah, different (only for 2 videos) microphone. Was going to put a small note about it but figured only like 2% of people would notice haha. Thanks for watching 🩴
Great and fair review as always Kevin. I have never flown Air India but my young adult daughter flew with them from Sydney to London via Delhi last year and, although this is not a route we would normally choose, there were literally no other options at the time. Her experience was fine but one area I think Tata where could definitely bring their group IT expertise into play is their IT services and especially their website. In particular things like online check in, ease of finding correct information, online chat support etc. I had a few questions regarding transiting in Delhi and was unable to find the relevant information on the website or get any meaningful answers from their chat support.
Fair enough! Thanks for watching 🩴
I believe their website has been revamped completely already.
You do not need boarding pass to enter the terminal. Ticket will be just fine too. They can check your booking with the system at the entrance.
To think that the sourpusses at the front doors would actually bother to check their system made me chuckle haha. They were always the most misterable and rude blokes.
I firmly believe that their new livery is bold and would look much better on a wide body aircraft. It just looks simplistic in visual context only. Many people would end up changing their opinion who termed it as LCC vibes. At the end of the day, you can’t make everyone happy.
I don’t think it has LCC vibes. To me, it looks like they gave the Vistara branding to a focus group and said “remake this logo to feel fresh and dynamic, you have 5 minutes”… et voilà lol
Appreciate the chapers.
Appreciate the comment 🩴
Hi, Kevin. Fabulous review as usual. Shame about Vistara, brilliant international carrier. Let's hope they bring AI up-to-date and not the other way. Here's hoping that the news seats come in before 2025 when I fly Australia again via Heathrow and Delhi😊
I’m confident there’s no way SQ would attach their name to a crap carrier. Their involvement alone is enough for me to trust in the future of the airline. Thanks for watching 🩴
When i saw the max AIX with the new livery, i thought it was a bit odd/different and i guess its gona take some getting used to IMO.. not at all a bad design, but i still somehow prefer the old/current livery. Change however was inevitable and I'm pretty sure the new aircrafts (especially the wide bodies) will look quite stunning, and with the intense product change of this once fragile company, the design and service should compliment each other giving it a whole new overall experience that many (of us Indians especially) are really looking forward to.. i hope to get a chance to fly AI soon especially after your tight reviews .. kudos once again for this 💯
I actually like the AIX livery on the Max- possibly because I think the Express side of things is aloud to be a bit garish… it’s the AI livery that I’m not too sure about (on the Max, or otherwise). We shall see. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft i don't think many people might know (and yet not underestimating) that there was once another livery not too long before this, that was in the works and also released to the audience (a more catchy and fuller livery). I personally kinda liked that one and when i saw this new livery, i was a little disappointed.
Honestly I love the bright AI seats, just like the old yellow,pink,purple ones on Thai! The new livery is slowly growing on most of us though AIX's new look seems better.
I think AIX’s livery is fitting for a LCC. AI’s just seems a bit juvenile to me (specifically, the font…). Thanks for watching 🩴
Another top video!
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
4:35 - Lounge in economy class? How is it possible? I never traveled in any business or first class before or used an airline lounge. To use the airline lounge, you have to be a traveler of their business or first class. I don’t understand how you get access to the lounge as a coach passenger.
Star Alliance Gold Status
Yes, Star Gold.
How do I apply for that? Do that cost money or it’s free of cost?
Its a frequent flyer status for travelling a lot on Star Alliance Airlines (Air India, United, Singapore, Lufthansa etc.) You need to earn enough points every year from flying to achieve status. You may also be able to find credit cards that let you transfer points you earn from spending your money to an airline, don’t know much about that one though, I’ve only heard it from UA-cam content creators.
5:23 My first impression was that it's a bit of generic meets budget (barring the lovely tail). I wish they'd kept a bit of the old character, but I think for now, they just want a clean break from all the negativity associated with the old brand.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
I flew Air India twice over the last 2-3 weeks. MAA-IXM and KTM-DEL. Got the same snack box you did MAA-IXM and a full meal KTM-DEL, which was impressive for a 1.5 hour economy flight. tbh I didn't sense much difference from my domestic/regional flights with AI a few years ago but I thought those were fine too and changes are doubtless on the way. Put it this way, want something to eat on my home airline, BA, on a short flight? Get your credit card out. I wish AI well in their reconfiguration and expansion. I like Delhi T3 too if only they'd sort out the annoying taxi scammers who don't give a good impression of a rapidly rising economy like India's.
And T3 needs like 12 more lounges lol. When I passed through a few weeks later there was a crowd of literally near 100 people trying to get into the one any only (new) contract lounge. Thanks for watching 🩴
Always thought Udaipur was much bigger! AUH-LHR EY FIRST 🎉 I would not have a clue though if it weren’t for some help from another comment 😅
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Thanks
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Those seat covers are eye popping! Nice to hear the crew was exceptionally attentive. Your snack was far more generous than North American air lines which don’t even give anything snack related for free at all. This was interesting.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
A minor correction..SIA does not hold any shares of AI yet. That will come into effect only after Vistara merger.. and the merger is currently on hold to get AI upto par with Vistara..
Yah, sorry if it wasn’t clear but that’s why I specifically said that SQ had a 25.1% share in ‘the new Air India’ 😉
A small correction Vivek. The legal entity merger of Air India (Talace Private Limited) and Vistara (Tata SIA Airlines Limited) is NOT on hold and was approved by CCI few months ago so it is due to complete in H1 next year after which SIA will get their shareholding in Air India or you can say the new Air India entity.
The merger which you mentioned is the brand merger of Air India and Vistara i.e. combining the two brands as one. That merger is on hold as Mr. Wilson said that it wont happen till Air India comes on par with Vistara in terms of quality and service.
So brand merger does not have any impact on shareholding changes.
Hi, boarding passes are not required for checking at the time of entry into the terminal. Only ticket and ID are sufficient.
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Why risk it
Indian government security are notoriously uncooperative over little things
Nice
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Correction- T1 although being revamped is not closed, it’s still being operated
To my knowledge (and the articles I’ve read) the new international departures facility isn’t due to open until the end of 2023. I know the arrivals area opened last year. Perhaps the articles are wrong. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfftThe new international area to be made at T1 is not part of the ongoing expansion works. Its just a proposal as of now which came into news just months ago. The current construction going on at T1 from the past 3-4 years is for expansion of domestic departures and arrivals only along with the construction of a central spine with aerobridges. And yes, Sumedh is right. T1 is not closed as of now, both departures and arrivals are operational. Its just that when the construction works is complete in the next few months, both the facilities will be expanded significantly.
The a320 (non neo version) seat cushions
was worn out and the economy class was a bit outdated.
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Come to Estonia!!!!
Would love to! Love Tallinn. Thanks for watching 🩴
Kevin, what is your best tip for first time visitors to India as far as staying on the safe side of eating and drinking is concerned?
Frankly this has more to do with the traveler and their ‘gut strength’ (for lack of a better term) than what’s on offer in India. I’ve lived in the developing world long enough to know I could get away with eating or drinking anything. For the *most* sensitive though, water is a big culprit. Most think “no ice” is enough, but you’d need to include any raw vegetables as well since they’ve been washed with the same water.
So, step one is knowing your own tolerances and sensitivities. Thanks for watching 🩴
Thanks for the tip! 🙂
Glad to see that Air India is getting better. I fly a lot and almost all my flights are with United Airlines because I live in Texas. I have had some horrible flight experiences with this airline and it is not getting any better. Old planes , uncomfortable seats, terrible service on an airline in the richest country in the world. Other airlines in the US are not much better, so we don't even have choice and the fares are just mind boggling, but as I said we have no real choice.
To be fair, you do have a choice… you just don’t want to transit haha.
Those are just new seat covers. I doubt there’s been any deep cleaning done on the actual seats under it.
Better than nothing!
How was he able to get into the Air India lounge with an economy class ticket?
Try Star Air and Air India Express
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The global supply chain issues will determine whether AI takes a decade or less, to refurbish their existing aircraft. Also, the 400+ aircraft will be delivered over a long period of time. Until then, most of the aircraft in their current fleet will be making an exit.
Well, with that in mind it seems they’ve picked fairly basic seats so hopefully it’s taken into account already. Thanks for watching 🩴
I'm with you, and I'd go further. I vehemently detest the new livery. Most offensive is the bold, asymmetric and what looks like unaligned lettering of *AIR INDIA* - truly designed for the tiktok generation, which is silly given tiktok is nonexistent in India. While the old one isn't brilliant, it wasn't offensive to behold. I actually much prefer the classic Indian Airlines livery, but that's long gone.
Yeah I’m surprised that this new livery had SQ’s stamp of approval. It looks like someone took the Vistara livery and asked a focus group to make it “fresh and bold” 😅
I hear premium lounges are becoming harder and harder to get into these days, even for elite status members.
Nice video, thanks for sharing 😊
Saw around 50 people trying to get into the new lounge on the international side. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft oof 😓
Planes can be old ...but there's no excuse for it being dirty
There are several airlines use old planes but keep them nice and clean
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I don't need to go to India because i live in the SF Bay Area. Your video looks like Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Fremont, CA.
Hmmmm… ok 😅
Two changes I don't approve regarding their rebranding is the new livery and merging Vistara.
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Nope, but I do have a Nepal Airlines flight booked for next year!
Completely irrelevant to this particular video, but I was on a Bittish Midland flight from Teeside to London. There was almost no one on the plane. The three flight "attendants" spent the whole flight gossiping amongst each other . The whole flight , if I asked for something they regarded it as an intrusion. Aholes.
Well at least you're not still bitter about it or something...decades later...
@@tfftYeah, I'm completely over it, that's Why I never mention it....more that 3 times a week.
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Air India economy seats on the A320 are miles ahead in comfort compared to IndiGo
As any FSC should be compared to LCCs. Thanks for watching 🩴
I too am not thrilled by the new livery. Too casual.
Yes. Feels too juvenile for a flag carrier. The colors and tail I’m okay with but the font is very 00s.
Unfortunately there newer a320neo seats are much more slim and less comfortable 😕
That's the world we're in now lol
Dude can u tell me about your income source.
You’re looking at it 😉
No amount of improvement would make Air India a good safe hygienic airline !
You're fun.
印度航空的新涂装看上去年轻了更加摩登更加现代了。但是新涂装也丢掉了印度航空之前的特色。听说新的印度航空有新加坡航空的协助，看起来是正在走向精品航空公司的样子。很期待新的印度航空最后的呈现。
Given SQ’s involvement, I am surprised it’s quite a younger looking design. I was expecting something a bit more subtle, like Vistara. Thanks for watching 🩴
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My take on the livery is that it is an improvement, but still not all that good. To my eye, the current design is very 1970's, and not in a good way. Just very dated. As for the new, I'm fine, but not wowed, by the tail design. What disappoints me though is the font for the Air India name on the side - somehow just looks very low cost carrier to me in its style, which I'm sure isn't what they are going for.
Yup, my biggest contention is also the font. I think it has a very juvenile 2000s feel to it. You can tell they took Vistara's font and tried to "freshen" it... but considering Vistara's font is also borderline dated/2000s... this didn't turn out so well. Thanks for watching 🩴
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New livery looks cartoonish
The old one with red window frames on the windows and the sun ☀ logo were instantly recognisable
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BOUNCY CASTLE!!!!
BANANAS!!!!
Vegans, I tell you! 😂
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I think the new logo and livery is a complete fail. It lost its charm, doesn't feel Indian and is very unremarkable. A real downgrade
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hmmm... maybe rewatch the clip 😂