Delta flight 446 cancelations AMS to BOM
Sep 4, 2014, 6:51 am
#2
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Please Do not be worried.
The flight number has not changed.
There has been an equipment change ie change of type of aircraft used for this sector.
Also traveling Sept 30 on same sector.
Sep 4, 2014, 8:44 am
#5
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Having flown this route last month, I think I know what is going on. When I flew the AMS-BOM, we took a huge southerly detour to avoid Ukraine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. This added nearly 1 hour to the flight. The same thing happened on the return. So what we are seeing is DL adjusting their schedule to account for the detour and lengthening the flight times.
Sep 4, 2014, 8:53 am
#6
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Having flown this route last month, I think I know what is going on. When I flew the AMS-BOM, we took a huge southerly detour to avoid Ukraine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc. This added nearly 1 hour to the flight. The same thing happened on the return. So what we are seeing is DL adjusting their schedule to account for the detour and lengthening the flight times.
Sep 5, 2014, 2:23 am
#8
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DL 446 arrived habitually late in BOM since the events in Ukraine, thus delaying DL 49 on the way back; both go over Egypt and Saudi Arabia these days. They have simply scheduled a replacement flight for DL 446 leaving from AMS an hour earlier, so that passengers on DL 49 have a fighting chance to make their connections in AMS.
Beats me why they don't just do a schedule change for DL 446, though, and give it a new flight number instead.
Beats me why they don't just do a schedule change for DL 446, though, and give it a new flight number instead.
Sep 5, 2014, 7:42 am
#9
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DL 446 arrived habitually late in BOM since the events in Ukraine, thus delaying DL 49 on the way back; both go over Egypt and Saudi Arabia these days. They have simply scheduled a replacement flight for DL 446 leaving from AMS an hour earlier, so that passengers on DL 49 have a fighting chance to make their connections in AMS.
Beats me why they don't just do a schedule change for DL 446, though, and give it a new flight number instead.
Beats me why they don't just do a schedule change for DL 446, though, and give it a new flight number instead.
1. They are hoping its temporary
2. Reasons of legendary Indian bureaucracy
Sep 5, 2014, 8:30 am
#10
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3. Lousy ATC policy and response at BOM
ATC Bom makes the DL flight circle at least 2-5 times before being allowed to land at BOM.
This was never a problem as DL flight always came in over BOM 60-to-90 minutes earlier than scheduled, so circling the airport was not a problem and eventually ATC BOM allowed the DL flight to either land on time or 10-15 minutes early.
Now with the detour over Ukraine, this gap is not there anymore, so DL flight is arriving at BOM much after scheduled ETA.
Sep 6, 2014, 8:56 am
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My suggestion is call Delta Customer Service and recheck the changes.
If you do it now, DL CS can put you on a different flight and you will get decent seats, otherwise you will be in a quandary!
Sep 6, 2014, 9:19 am
#14
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Are you sure? Because my JFK-AMS flight is scheduled to arrive at AMS on Sept 30 at 9.45am and the AMS-BOM flight is scheduled to depart AMS on Sept 30 at 10.45am.
My suggestion is call Delta Customer Service and recheck the changes.
If you do it now, DL CS can put you on a different flight and you will get decent seats, otherwise you will be in a quandary!
My suggestion is call Delta Customer Service and recheck the changes.
If you do it now, DL CS can put you on a different flight and you will get decent seats, otherwise you will be in a quandary!
Sep 6, 2014, 9:59 am
#15
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Called Delta. CS said that the JFK-BOM flight 446 did not change planes in AMS but just stopped to load and unload passengers. Not sure that I was given accurate information. Will continue to monitor the situation.