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If I stayed another 5 mins I would have get caught by the Airforce guys!
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today after 5 n half months i was in BIA , seems many changes at the entry , and the scaning devices near the the entrance also been moved .... the Highway is also coming nice ... noticed MJ flight to Gaya was cancelled today .. any reason ? and also noted that previously each flight had a separate check-in before but today all UL flights checked-in together , no special counter for the flight . and UL 121 was not mentioned in the screens when the check in was done , after asking from an officer I got to knw check-in is happening otherwise i thought I made a mistake n came in a wrong time ........Comment
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I took it from the road next to the Airforce base (about 3-4 years back Tamil tigers light aircraft crashed to the swamp beside this road). They built another entrance gate to Airforce base from where took this photographs. So, I don't think they will give permission due to security reasons
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On this particular day, there was a disabled 8D a/c on runway for a short period - which must have been the reason. A/C are often allowed to land during the closure if they are short of fuel to hold and no heavy modification work is ongoing. The closure was anyway only for an hour or so and TK appears to have opted to layover at MAA.
Yes, Runway Maintanance take place every Wednesday 14:30 - 17:15.
As far as I'am aware, TK730 is scheduled to land in CMB every Wednesdays at 14:15 which is just 10/15 minutes before the runway maintanace starts. on the 6th Feb, TK730 was delayed unfortunately that let the flight and the pax in the tough situation where they had no-choice of diverting the flight to some local airport. As per flightstats, TK730/1 was landed back in CMB at 21:02 from MAA and departed just after 38minutes back to MLE-IST.
That's why we need HRI which could handle wide-bodies. It also become second runway is vital for CMB. I hate when our flights are diverted to neibouring countries like India, the maldives etc..
Picture courtesy : AASL.
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Why are we using A343s for the sub-continent? Do we have enough turn-over? with 200+ seats??? A343 & 332s should be utilizing in longer routes??
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I have seen the A343s and 332s deployed on MAA CMB many times, flown in them too. Now unless the loads are consistently good which means 210-220 seats or thereabouts, it does not make sense and shows how weak UL's fleet planning is. This is not to say that widebodies cannot/should not be deployed on short haul (< 2 hrs) flights...several examples of widebodies being used for short flights are there....BOM DXB with EK, 5 frequencies a day using 355 seater 77W or A330 / 550 seater 747-400D used by JAL/ANA in Japan domestic flights etc....Comment
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So basically it depends on loads or seasonality. Maybe they should use 320 in weak season and 330 in high season if the loads justify it.Comment
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All flights are overbook these days... specially.. some flights are overbook by morethan 40-50 pax...Comment
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^^ clean aircraft! Where is this airport?Comment
Can't we get a permit from Airforce guys to do a Plane Spotting at this location!
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