asterix Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Going to India in sep.....need to check what airspace Indian airlines flies by ....on topic shameful that this happens in this day and age You might have to fly over either Palestine or Iraq... Very few options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swing_n_Speed Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Going to India in sep.....need to check what airspace Indian airlines flies by ....on topic shameful that this happens in this day and age where u coming in from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muloghonto Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Going to India in sep.....need to check what airspace Indian airlines flies by ....on topic shameful that this happens in this day and age I never thought there would come a day where I considered myself lucky to consign myself to 20 hours of straight flying over the pacific and then spending a retarted amount of time sitting around and doing nothing in Singapore while going home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 where u coming in from? San fransisco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I never thought there would come a day where I considered myself lucky to consign myself to 20 hours of straight flying over the pacific and then spending a retarted amount of time sitting around and doing nothing in Singapore while going home. Assuming you fly in economy which is almost equivalent of traveling in a general compartment-the crowd lol. Anyways sad.....now watch militant groups use this as a new way to make a statement....I guess the boundary just had to be crossed once and the unwritten rule has been broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 San fransisco so how is your flight schedule? how long and what cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Assuming you fly in economy which is almost equivalent of traveling in a general compartment-the crowd lol. Anyways sad.....now watch militant groups use this as a new way to make a statement....I guess the boundary just had to be crossed once and the unwritten rule has been broken Yeah.. it is ironical that first we invent planes and then missiles to shoot down these planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Assuming you fly in economy which is almost equivalent of traveling in a general compartment-the crowd lol. Anyways sad.....now watch militant groups use this as a new way to make a statement....I guess the boundary just had to be crossed once and the unwritten rule has been broken Sad incident but not first time when a commercial jet has been shot down by missiles from surface. US had shot down Iranian plane in 89 (??). Russia (then USSR) had shot down Korean plane even after having confirmed knowledge that its a commercial plane. These are confirmed incidents. There were rumours that TWA plane that had exploded over pacific within 12 mins of taking off from SFO was actually shot down by American missile. Similar rumours are about MH 370. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 so how is your flight schedule? how long and what cities? Not decided on the flight yet man....when I used to fly from chcago,it pretty much was always 8 hrs to Europe 1-2 hrs stop and 8 hrs to Mumbai/Delhi from there and then further 1-2 hrs to hyd depending on mum/Delhi....pretty much the same type of iternary in the last many years was supposed to go in July originally bcoz of work I postponed :((,usually book through a travel agency,never book online....one month before is good enough to get a good rate....targeting end of sep. But from what i see most flights tech Singapore from here....I beleive Singapore allows like a on arrival tourist visa(icfrs with experience on this please advice) where they organize a free/paid city tour if there is a long enough overlay....so targeting for that as well. Saala California no benefit so far apart from the weather :banghead: even the tickets are expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 maniac.. have u ever traveled in cathay pacific ?? SFC -> HK -> mumbai among the all long distant flights , economy class of cathay better than others ( tried delta , klm , air france , luftansa and cathay so far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 London Times editorial cartoon on Putin and MH17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 maniac.. have u ever traveled in cathay pacific ?? SFC -> HK -> mumbai among the all long distant flights , economy class of cathay better than others ( tried delta , klm , air france , luftansa and cathay so far) I did Melbourne - HK - Delhi more than 10 years ago. It was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 y:maniac.. have u ever traveled in cathay pacific ?? SFC -> HK -> mumbai among the all long distant flights , economy class of cathay better than others ( tried delta , klm , air france , luftansa and cathay so far) I used to fly out of Chicago so most times it either was air India or ethihad....these days Qatar has good deals too.jet is another airlines I have used. But yeah from sfo,I see Cathay has good deals via the hk route or Singapore airlines but since I want to take advantage of the Singapore tourism imitative as suggested by so,e friends would go with that. Airindia flights that I am seeing have almost 3 overlays,so the other 2 will probably be the option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Man it's a good thing living in NJ. Non Stop flight from NJ to Mumbai in 14 hours. In May, AI pilots got us even 45 minutes earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muloghonto Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Assuming you fly in economy which is almost equivalent of traveling in a general compartment-the crowd lol. Anyways sad.....now watch militant groups use this as a new way to make a statement....I guess the boundary just had to be crossed once and the unwritten rule has been broken Err, i always travel in econ class to India from North America. The Business class/First class is simply not worth the cash differential. I just plug in, say a prayer for my back and another one for no crying baby on board. 2 days later, the ordeal is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Err, i always travel in econ class to India from North America. The Business class/First class is simply not worth the cash differential. I just plug in, say a prayer for my back and another one for no crying baby on board. 2 days later, the ordeal is over. Yeah even if I could afford business/economy- I know a lot of desi independent contractors travel in it so that they can get a tax write off(obviously these guys are minting money with whatever skill set they had)....it's totally not worth the price difference....might as well keep some dough for shopping in India :--D But now the products in India are comparable to their $ equivalent prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 AP: BREAKING: Dutch military plane carrying bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash lands in Eindhoven." Really tragic for the families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 AP: BREAKING: Dutch military plane carrying bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash lands in Eindhoven." Really tragic for the families. AP :facepalm: The senstence was supposed to be "Dutch military plane carrying bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash, lands in Eindhoven". They forgot the comma.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 lol .. they might have purposefully done :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Was reading that there are mass cancellation happening on Malaysian airlines planes. Unfortunate for airlines. However we can't ignore the fact that some of the airlines were more alert and had stopped flying from that troubled area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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