Originally Posted by
hobbes78
This whole single flight number business does not make sense any more given the hub-and-spoke model AI is trying to implement at DEL. First it's usually never the same aircraft that continues onwards and second passengers from other flights can board it too and so nothing exclusive about it. It's just a Govt run airlines' way of keeping politicians in, say, HYD, AMD, ATQ, etc happy by saying: See you got a "direct" flight to JFK/LHR from your city!
It was more than that... the direct service to CCU meant that I didn't have to clear customs along with all the masses at DEL and could do it in CCU with a smaller plane of people. It also meant that I wouldn't have to sit in DEL or BOM overnight and wait until the 6 or 630 AM flight to CCU... at least with the current schedule, I will be able to clear customs in DEL and try to jump on the 845 9W flight to CCU...