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  • My second Dreamliner experience: Air India 787 to Chennai

    Hi all, it’s me again. My 4th trip report on this forum and my first and only one this year.

    This is a short holiday during my army days, both sectors done in a 787 Dreamliner. Air India offered the most competitive prices on this sector.

    A Trip to 2 cost 670 with taxes while SQ went as high as 900.

    Tickets book more than a month in advance.

    My previous experience on a Dreamliner can be read here, http://www.sqtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15624

    My flight to Chennai is on 22 September, this coming Saturday.

    I will try to make it a real time trip report like my last one.

    Stay tuned!!!

    To be continued.......

  • #2
    Safe travels, and looking forward to your TR! Cheers.

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    • #3
      Checked in and proceeded to my gate at the far end of terminal 2. A look around told me it was a very full flight, luckily the middle seat on my row was empty.

      Before that, some pics from the viewing area at T2,

      https://i.imgur.com/z6xJ3EDm.jpg


      https://i.imgur.com/7mxP8x4m.jpg

      My gate for today,



      My ride for today was VT-ANV, a 3 year old dreamliner.



      My seat was 11J, the first row and the emergency exit row.Spacious legroom.

      Boarding,

      https://i.imgur.com/ZpXO2FQ.jpg

      Boarding completed on time and pushback started sharp at 0900.
      Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:52 AM.

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      • #4






        sorry for not showing the images in the above post, forgot to use the image tag.

        anyway above are the missing pictures in chronological order.
        Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:51 AM.

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        • #5
          You just gotta love those huge engines on the 787,



          Plenty of legroom at row 11,



          A peek into business class,



          The galley,

          Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:51 AM.

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          • #6
            Pictures while taxiing runway 20C for departure,

            SQ 773,



            Air india express 737,



            The Takeoff queue,



            SQ A380,

            Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:50 AM.

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            • #7
              On this flight, breakfast was served,

              2 choices, Veg or Non-Veg were informed verbally by the crew,

              Non veg was omelette while veg was upma with sambar vada. I chose the non veg option.

              The meal tray,



              Unwrapped,



              Made a stop at the lavatory after the meal,

              Basic amenites,




              Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:49 AM.

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              • #8
                before you proceed further, do you want to do something with the size of your image?

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                • #9
                  Windows centrally dimmed and lights switched off after meal service,

                  The dimming function is so brilliant that it did not seem like we were flying in bright sunshine outside,

                  Enjoying my movie, no pillows provided on this flight,



                  Headphones provided were of the headband variety, audio was clear enough. Better than the in ear earphones provided on other airlines,



                  The IFE was touchscreen though i prefer to use the remote when reclining my seat.

                  Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:53 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Soon it was time to land, cabin prepared for landing.

                    The Chennai coast,



                    The population density is quite high as visible below,



                    A very famous flyover in chennai called the 'kathipara' flyover,

                    Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:54 AM.

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                    • #11
                      Landed at 1020 LT, 5 mins ahead of schedule.

                      Parked at the far end of the terminal away from immigration,

                      Deplaning,



                      Immigration queue was long as Emirates from dubai and Saudia from Riyadh landed around the same time but soon we cleared it,

                      Luggage arrived quickly and i was out of the airport soon after.

                      Stay tuned for the return trip report next week,

                      Thanks for reading.

                      Comments welcomed.
                      Last edited by balajih67; 25 September 2018, 11:54 AM.

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                      • #12
                        can you something to the size of your image? As much as I would like to read and probably a lot of others will, it is making it difficult for us to even view unless one have a super high res screen

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by reddevil0728 View Post
                          can you something to the size of your image? As much as I would like to read and probably a lot of others will, it is making it difficult for us to even view unless one have a super high res screen
                          Changed now

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                          • #14
                            Sorry but the 2 pictures in your 3rd post is still very large.

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