Welcome, to my trip-report that reviews the economy product of Air India B787-8. The aircraft is a 3 year old Aircraft( at the time of writing this report).
My journey is very simple for this tripreport
Air India B787-8 Economy Shanghai Pudong International Airport- Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport
Air India A320 Economy Delhi International airport- Chennai International airport
The airport from outside.
Terminal 2 is mainly operated by star alliance and one world members. Terminal 1 is operated by Chinese airlines like China Eastern , Hainan Airlines and Shanghai Airlines. Terminal 1 is the only domestic terminal in Shanghai Pudong.
As soon as you enter the terminal , there is a security check. After that, I went to check-in my bags.
The check-in side of the terminal
The departure board for the evening.
The check-in line was really long and it took about 40 mins .
After the long check-in process, I did my immigration and walked towards my gate.
Some mild plane spotting at the airport
Emirates A380-800
Cathay Pacific A330
Dragonair A330
Spring Airlines A320
China Southern Airlines B737
Our bird for this flight
Air India is one the airlines that have good looking boarding passes.
Boarding started early.
Boarding was via jetbridge
I was welcomed by the unenthusiastic FA.
The amenities that were located in front of me
An in-flight entertainment system
A Remote
and a coat hook
The content in the seat-pocket
An air sickness bag
A safety card
An in-flight Magazine
And a entertainment catalogue
Air India also provided a pillow and a blanket.
An universal power outlet is also located in every seat.
After about 20 mins, the pilot made the announcement that the flight might be delayed by 3 Hours.
After all the passengers heard this news, they started going mad. The reason for the delay was the weather in Shanghai.
The flight attendents started handing out the drinks early on , to calm down the passengers.
It seems like they ordered some more drinks because 1 Hour 30 mins after the scheduled departure they opened the door to allow the caterers to stock the drinks.
The Air India flight's delay was not that bad, according to Flightradar 24 , The emirates A380 flight was delayed by 6 Hours!!!
Push back started 2 hours after scheduled departure.
An hour into the flight , they started the meal service. This is the vegetarian meal and it tasted fine(not the best in-flight meal).
Soon after the second round of the drinks service, the dimmed the lights and almost all the passengers fell asleep.
The Lavatory was disgusting and they did not clean the toilettes throughout the entire flight.
The rest of the flight was uneventful and I got some sleep.
We arrived at Delhi International Airport 2 hrs after scheduled arrival. One last picture of our seat before de-boarding.
We de-boarded using a jet bridge and then walked down a corridor to immigration.
After arrival, I made my way to immigration.
The arrival board at Delhi.
After Immigration I collected my bags and left for my connecting flight to Chennai.
Thank You for reading this trip report and if you have any questions leave a comment below.
100% agree with your verdict!!
AIR INDIA, is the WORST member among star alliance, even worse than United.
I WILL NEVER FLY AIR INDIA, ALTHOUGH they offer me FREE FIRST CLASS, never!!!
The food they serve is disgusting, and the crew service, is mean and hostile!!
Indian Crews in AIR CANADA is the same story, they are there to start rounds and rounds of conflicts.
I realize you will have some bad time, but to me I will just do something that compensate myself my by the end.
AI = MOST DISGUSTING AIRLINE!! I;d rather take AIR KORYO, which to me is A LOT BETTER !!!
Air India is a really bad airline but i feel like the aircraft made the experience better. I actually feel like Air China is handsdown the worst airline. Air China's B747-8 does not even have IFE. But..... Yeah Air India is really disgusting.
PVG Terminal 1 also serves international flights by MU,FM,JL and several other ST members, FYI.