Originally Posted by
cal_dood
I could be wrong but never seen pnq-bom being sold on that.
PNQ-BOM segment is AIX flight: so can be booked only in AIX website.
there are some AIX flights codeshared with AI nos. these can be booked on AI site directly.
technically they dont allow/handle connections to mainline AI. But in practice when this flight lands in BOM very common to see an aunty standing and shouting "Air india pax for Timbuctou..."
Originally Posted by
cal_dood
Wow. I thought it was something to do with that flight and Pune staff.
No. it is systemwide on AI. Jet Airways also does it occasionally: but most of time they are beyond caring. its a disaster waiting to happen.
Originally Posted by
cal_dood
Sorry - but I'm trying to understand the rationale of checking bp in pnq on a dxb-pnq-bom flight. If someone has documents to enter pnq they have documents to enter bom and vice-versa.
from what i have been told, the BP check was introduced after their Canada flight was bombed in 1980's. Their flight was DEL-LHR-Toronto-Montreal-LHR-DEL. Someone had checked in bags in Toronto for DEL and gotten off the plane in Montreal where the cabin crew also changed.
the BP check is to prevent these sort of things.
Which is why Jet should be more stringent. Jet is not consistent with these checks.