Biman

 
Že od nekdaj NISEM želel leteti z Bimanom in verjetno sem že vnaprej vedel zakaj.
Pred vkrcanjem na letalo se je pod stopnicami začela nabirati množica potnikov z velikimi torbami "ročne" prtljage in izgleda, da je to že utečena praksa. Letališko (hmm, al je bilo letalsko?) osebje je pobiralo velike in težke torbe (večina je bilo večjih in na pogled težjih od čekirane prtljage) in jih nosilo v letalski prtljažni prostor. A to še ni bilo dovolj - ogromno "ročne" prtljage je odromalo v kabino, kjer so imeli lastniki silne težave z dviganjem do omaric nad sedeži.
Letalu se je poznalo - hmm, kako naj se prizanesljivo izrazim? - da je iz druge roke. Napisi so bili v portugalščini, na naslonjalih sedežev so bili še pepelniki.....Z Alahovo pomočjo smo vzleteli in pristali (na srečo je bila steza dovolj dolga).

Drugače pa na tej poti največje presenečenje IndiGo. Urejena in čista letala, vse po pravilih (kar je za ta del sveta pravi čudež), profesionalno in prijazno osebje. In stjuartke.... Vau, nikoli si ne bi mislil, da bom na indijskih letalih videl take fejst ženske.

Moja dopolnjena "zbirka" letalskih prevoznikov:

Adria Airways Aero Continente Aero Mexico Aero Republica Aerocaribe Air Asia Air Bagan Air China Air France Air India Air Mandalay Alitalia Austrian Aviacsa Avianca Bangkok Airways Biman Brit Air British Airways Cathay Pacific China Eastern China Southern Copa Airlines Crossair Delta Egypt Air Emirates Eva Garuda GMG Airlines Iberia Indian Airlines IndiGo Jat Jet Airways KingFisher KLM LAN Lao Airlines Lao Aviation Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Lufthansa Malaysian Malev Philippine Airlines Qatar Airways Royal Jordanian Spice Jet Sri Lankan Swiss Swissair Thai Turkish Airlines Varig Vietnam Airlines Yangon Airways
in še nekaj manjših, katerih imen se ne spomnim več ali jih nikoli niti nisem vedel.


Ena zgodba o Bimanu, ki le potrjuje mojo neželjo leteti z njimi:
When I needed to travel from Bangkok to Dhaka, Bangladesh, no other airline could beat the $90 fare being offered by Bhiman Bangladesh, the country’s official airline. However, as soon as I arrived at Bangkok’s airport, the fun began. Not only was the flight ultimately delayed 11 hours, but when we finally did board the plane, all of the passengers were told to go directly to the rear of the aircraft because of a technical issue that affected the balance. People honestly sat on the floor, stood against walls and even let their children run up and down the aisles…during takeoff! Throw in windows that were duct-taped together, an unscheduled stop in Yangon, Myanmar and an eventual arrival time of 2:00am (which is what led to my kidnapping as soon as I stepped out of Dhaka’s airport) and I’m not quite sure this experience was worth the $50 I saved.
vir:  http://www.wanderingearl.com/air-travel-tricks-ive-recently-learned/

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