A few weeks back, I traveled to Ahmedabad. I took a mid-morning flight from here, which is usually the best time for plane spotting, the liveries look vibrant.
That was the week when the new terminal, T2, was inaugurated. There was model of the new T2 on display besides the check-in counters....
In a few years, all operations will shift from T1A and T1B to the new T2....
And truly, that'll be something that this city and India truly deserves.... A worthy brother of Delhi's T3....
The Air-India Airbus A320 being pushed back.... The bird looked splendid in the morning sun....
We boarded and in some time we pushed back....
But the windows weren't clean from the outside, a disaster for a spotter like me.... it seems Jet Airways skips washing its planes, saving, well, a few pennies....
IndiGo's Airbus A320 - these days even IndiGo is saving a penny or two and is avoiding keeping their planes clean.... These guys at IndiGo have indeed gone nuts...
A JetKonnect Boeing 737.... an awful livery....
That's SpiceJet - perhaps a flying elaichi....., or a flying oregano?
Air India's Baby Bus .... Airbus A319...
The short lived livery of Indian Airlines.... Wonder if Air India can't afford a repaint today....
A UPS Boeing 747-400 Freighter in the cargo operations area of the airport...
That's Air India's Boeing 777 - a few of these will be sold at throw-away prices to Etihad....
That would complete India's complete selloff of aviation to the Emiratis - James Hogan of Etihad would be laughing all the way after duping Jet Airways into a lousy deal and picking up these long haul jets from Air India for some loose change.... And as though that wasn't enough, the government has sold out bilaterals on the Indian skies to Emirates making it India's de-facto flag carrier.... Well, with polls round the corner, you can safely speculate what could have happened...
Wow... the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner.... These days, the Air India Dreamliner operates on the BOM-LHR and BOM-DEL-PVG sectors...
And finally the queen... the gracefully ageing Boeing 747-400 of Air India!
The very sight of this sexy beast makes me go mmmmmmm!
I love her so much.... ♥
Despite her age, the queen does look beautiful....
Jet Airways' Boeing 777 - wonder how long would Etihad let Jet Airways keep these long haul aircraft...
After all see how Etihad has screwed Air Berlin forcing them to pull out of Phuket...
But I can't take my eyes off the queen...
And finally, we hold short of Runway 27-09, waiting to take off for Ahmedabad....
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