India’s Best Low Cost Airline | Chennai - Mumbai | Akasa Air Economy | B737 Max 8 | Trip Report
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2023
- Many of you have requested it to me so I did it; here’s India’s newest low cost!
Not only was Akasa Air the most affordable on this sector on this date, but I’m sure it was also the best!
I had the pleasure of booking A++ seats for around 20$ extra and it was well worth the experience! But technically it is just Akasa Air Economy Class.
This aircraft was built for Jet Airways and the cabin was supposed to be a dedicated business class but Akasa Air sells it at a small extra fee.
Come and join me on this surprising airline and enjoy the small business class cabin as long as it lasts; they’re expected to be removed soon.
Thank you for being here and enjoy!
Today we are showcasing you the following flight:
From: Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu, India
To: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, India
Flight Number: QP1116
Aircraft Type: Boeing B737 Max 8
Registration: VT-YAJ
Flight Time: 01:37
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Have a nice one!
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no doubt this is the best video in your channel in my opinion, cuz this reminds me of flying akasa air for the first time and it was awesome, and ive watched this on repeat like 26 times to just get nostalgia....
It was simply very sweet and heart touching when u said « This I’ll save it for my son ». Reminded me of my dad. Great Video!
Parents will always leave the best for their kids!
You’ll do it too 😉
Reminded me of my dad
why does Chennai Airport giving government office vibes?
Too many bureaucrats around?
Immigration was hell..
It is run by AAI and the government, so it would be like that, yeah😅
Run by aai
That's right
It's the worst of all metro city airports.....
I feel The best thing About Akasa is the Uniform of their cabin crew. They really thought about them, treated them as human, and made comfortable jackets and trousers as their Uniform. hats off to Akasa Air for breaking the stereotypes. 🫡
Yes, with the sneakers! It’s well thought for crew indeed.
Despite it being an “informal airline” I suspect some of the crew came from Jet Airways though.. Very professional!
@@TheLayoverAviation Most of Akasa Air's current staff, and almost the entire management is imported from Jet Airways.
@@TheLayoverAviation When Akasa was hiring and putting out ads for interviews, a large chunk of IndiGo's staff went on sick leave to attend the interviews. It actually made the news as IndiGo had to cut several flights that day. So yeah, many ex-Jet people are at Akasa, but I suspect that there are just as many ex-IndiGo folks too.
great Indian series buddy!
gotta love the 737max, great airplane!
dam, such fierce competition in India, I have seen so many videos about those airliners, crazy!
that food box looked yummy!
I cant wait for the next video!
I didn’t realize it was an Indian series until your comment.. Yes so many Indian videos! I have been visiting India a lot recently. And also they have great fares to travel from/to there, cheaper then Dubai.
Thanks for writing Itai!
Another Splendid video Alex. Really loved the videos and I can't wait for the other trip videos to come out. Take care😊
Great flight report, excellent for a LCC, as you said, shame they're removing the "business class" seats. The interior was pristine, and the included meal for a short flight looked great. Cheers 🥃🥃🥃 Looking forward to your next flight. 😀
The editing and production work of your videos is SO “SO” GOOD.
Good job! 👌 Cheers!
Such great seats for a cheap price 👍. I was at MAA last week. Such a crazy airport.😊
I couldn’t believe the price!
This video was shot last week, perhaps we crossed eachother!
@@TheLayoverAviation I was transferring from Air India Mumbai to a SQ 737Max flight to SIN last Thursday. 👍✈️
Thank you for visiting India! Looking forward to more of your critical reviews of Indian air carriers in the future, and especially those flying long haul.
Always happy to visit😃
And yes, I hope to fly long haul with any of the Indian carriers soon!
15:25 just notice the Color paint of winglet matches with tail 😍😍😍
Thanks for showing this new airline flight review Alex! Love the look of the fresh new cabin! Now for that price I'd gladly pay for the ++ cabin every day! Looks like AA's new domestic FC seat, Or their Long haul Prem econ seat. Now I must say it's a shame they will be removing these ++ seats soon ;( The food looked pretty good too! Maybe i'' get to fly them someday! Last time I flew over India we flew through the most massive thunderstorm, It was scary it even had the QR A380 I was on bumping all about ;( Glad Your flight was a smooth one. Thanks again and safe travels!!
Lovely video mate honestly am obsessed with the quality of your aviation videos with a lot of info
Cheers!
I am glad you like my content. Thanks for sharing that, very appreciated! 😉
1:57 I'm surprised that plane is even leaving
On the MAA-TRZ route trains and buses have completely beaten planes and it's rare to see one leaving lol
I had no idea where it even was. But good to know!
It’s like the silly route between Amsterdam and Brussels, where it’s actually more convenient (and environmentally friendly) just to go by train..
Thanks for the detail!
@@TheLayoverAviation Exactly like AMS-BRU route. It's really stupid to fly when you'll reach faster by train or bus and cause less damage to both the environment and your pocket lol
Welcome :)
@@TheLayoverAviation A 59 km route between Guwahati and Shillong exists. It takes just 25 mins on an ATR 72. This is actually worth it since the road route takes 3hrs due to the mountains. There are many rich Indians to take that flight, I suppose.
Another Excellent video! 3 time you are on the max! I am waiting to try it on Southwest one day. By the time been, I just watch the sound on planes by the screen.
3 times?! wow, thanks for keeping that up!
I wanted to fly on Southwest the other day until I noticed you can’t book window seats in advance. That’s a big risk for me to take!
You’ll fly it son! Take care Sergio!
Great video, Alex. I may have flown on the same aircraft from BOM-BLR about 3 months ago - I was in seat 3F in the A++ cabin as well. LOVED the new-aircraft smell!
Nice! It’s a great experience for the price you pay. Now it will be hard to go back to an other low cost airline, right?
And the new aircraft smell is something special 😛
@@TheLayoverAviation Indeed.
And I must say, a new plane smell is way better than a new car smell too!
Lovely trip report of a nice airline, thanks Alex!
Hey there Andrew! Hope you’re well.
Short video but Akasa made it nice. See you around!
@@TheLayoverAviation Please let me know if you will be flying to Australia
Thanks for the review of Akasa Air. Great job as always
A big thanks to you Benjamin for watching!
that is a beauuuutiful journey bro....thanks again.... :)
Thanks like always for being here Martin!
Nice video as always Alex! I also got a flight booked with Akasa Air, looking forward to it:)
Did you manage to get the A++ seats?
@@TheLayoverAviation Nope I try to change it but I can't
GOOD QUALITY VIDEO , GREAT EFFORT
Thank you buddy!
Flew on this exact aircraft, Just wonderful scenery wile approaching
It is indeed!
Wow , Thanks for the report I'm also looking forward to travel on akasa. Indeed this flight was so better than other LCC's.
Not only better, but super affordable! I wish them well and hope you get to fly them soon!
Wow very nice video...nice detailing....feeling like inside of the ✈ flight...well done
Thanks a lot, I’m very happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for joining!
Great Video Alex. Good to see the Wing Walkers during the day time instead of the night and I am guessing only in India they are using farm tractors as ramp vehicles?
Great vlog and very well explained trip review sir! Hands down my favourite aviation RUclipsr ❤✈ Really hope and wish to see you do a trip vlog from/to Mangalore airport (IXE)
These reviews just keep getting better, not only do I gain more knowledge about different aircraft’s, but the experience of watching these is great! Good review!
Best tripreport👍🏻👍🏻
There are better ones!
Hoping to see a Sri Lankan Airlines experience on this channel soon! Also, great video as always!
Sri Lankan is filmed in Business! But it will come out later in April or May as I have a few others to show first!
@@TheLayoverAviation Cannot wait!
amazing coverage. Yes, as an avgeek and planespotter at BOM, I can definitely tell that BOM has one of the most spectacular ILS approach ! Loved the details and efforts you put into your videos , Cheers 😋😍
You should post your videos on youtube! Plane spotting in BOM is great, specially with the super busy single runway!
13:44 the Boeing 747 just sitting there makes me emotional
Better proudly displayed like that then broken up into pieces, don’t you think so?
I for sure will be using Akasa whenever I’m in India🤙
Worth it!
The best part of the video, at 11:30, "I'll save this for my son".
Thanks. He’ll appreciate it more them me🙃
@@TheLayoverAviation It is an amazing feeling for kids when dads bring these treats from their travels. Makes me feel nostalgic.
Wow! Splendid 👍👏🙌🙌👏💜💚❤️💜
Thanks for writing :)
Nice 👍
Thanks for sharing
Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland
I was waiting for this! I completed watching all the videos here. By when do you expect 100k? A good channel like this one deserves it.
I like your videos. Keep it up. No music during the engine startup, Take Off and Landing time.
nooooo I hate the music during those phases!!
Glad you liked the video’s, thanks! Keep enjoying 😃
I was eagerly waiting for a honest review of this airline!!! Great❤
Wish I could have done more. I actually fell asleep too. The seat was comfy😂
Amazing Trip ❤
Thanks Chirag ❤️
How is the video footage so good ? Most airliner windows are not clear, have smudges and scratches ! Great work !
I have the same issue, trust me! But once I find a good vision despite the scratches or dirt I’ll lock the camera and not move it again as some video’s just get ruined.
I do have some landings and take offs that got messed up so I can’t really publish the video.. :(
What a beautiful airline ❤so clean and by low cost you mean cheap and what impressed me most a hot meal in a flight less than 2 hours really it did the job just fine great video cheers jerry
Wow! Great experience, for a very low price!
I know right?!
Great how do you know which flight is coming and departing to schedule place realy iam wondering anyway class reporting by you.
Amazing video as usual! By any chance do you have the United airlines island hopper route from Honolulu to Guam on your mind? You documenting that route would be incredible!
Ouch, that could not be any further away from Dubai, my home.
I mostly travel for work or leave so I can’t yet fly all over the place until this becomes a full time job. But never say never!
@@TheLayoverAviation aaah! I see but let's hope for the best!
Looks great
Very much so!
Three windows for a seat in a LCC.. well thats first time seeing this. And the seat itself was quite good. Great trip anyways. Hope you enjoyed the gujiyas.
3 windows indeed, the same as in Emirates First Class!
hope they consider keeping the seats.
Too bad it was only 2 gujiyas, they were tasty!!
@@TheLayoverAviation Yeah.. feels bad that these seats would be removed.
However, for more gujiyas.. plan a trip to India for next holi 😅
Great video mate, just to make it a bit clear. I live in Navi Mumbai, as you mentioned to my city as a satellite city to Mumbai, that's not how it is. Navi Mumbai is completely a different city than to Mumbai and it does not server any purpose to Mumbai whatsoever. Please just be more careful while writing the description of a city. overall great video mate I'd love to see more. 🙌👍
I've been inspired by you to give the crew something in return but I was wondering when do you give the treats to the cabin Crew? Either way love your videos and keep up the good work🤩
I tend to give them whenever I see they have the time, as boarding is usually a busy period. I don’t always give them, like on this occasion as I didn’t have time to buy them.
There is no real script, just whenever is fine!
Nice trip enjoyed a lot. Surprisingly very cheap price to travel.
Very affordable indeed for what you get.
I really don’t want to fly intra Europe again😅
Wow how this is so cheap , awesome work bro once again,love from 🇵🇰
Love back from Dubai.
I hope to be able to fly all airlines in Pakistan soon 😉
@@TheLayoverAviation ya hopefully one day, looking forward to those videos for any suggestions I am available.
Bro i Lebanese 🇱🇧 and I love your Travels 😊
I wish I can visit Lebanon soon, can’t wait to film MEA!
@@TheLayoverAviation Inschallah Habibi ❤️
Try mumbai sindhudurg route on domestic flight on alliance air
That’s very specific. Who knows some day, but for now I’m completely booked until July!!
Akasa air looks amazing 🔥
Very much so!
What about 737 max lot of the people are still afraid on flying this aircraft from boeing.
Thank you for the review and good to see one on Akasa Air a good product hope it stays that way .
Vinay Dube the former CEO of Jet Airways and Go First planned to launch a new low-cost carrier in India with former Go First Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Senior Vice president - Asia Pacific for Delta Air Lines. Vinay has overall responsibility for Delta within the Asia-Pacific region , Praveen Iyer and Head of Flight Operations, Nikhil Ved.[ The airline will be a brand of the SNV Aviation Private Limited. In July 2021, India billionaire trader Rakesh Jhunjhunwala stock trader billionare invested in the company unfortunately passed away 14th August 2022 .to see the airlines full potential
Very nice surpise and the seat is gold 🥇
I’m sad they’re removing this seat. But the rest of product continues be great!
Nice video
As always... superb trip report...!! Seems like a very nice carrier...who even though supposedly low cost...are setting their product's and services to higher levels and presenting these to the travelling public in a very classy way...only one thinks that they should definately serve warmed...if not hot meals and not get rid of their premium economy...that would be a big mistake...as it's apparently very popular with corporates now...good luck to them..and thanks for sharing...!!
Hope you havet a nice weekend
I’ll spend the weekend in Singapore so I’m sure it will be great!😄
Hope you have a great one too Annika!
Since you are making videos about indian airlines, which is the best Indian airline so far? Awesome video!
Tough one! I wouldn’t know what to say, each one of them is different and serves a purpose.
Vistara is nice but the legroom’s really bad in economy. Air India was fun but a bit inconsistent as planes can be good or quite a mess.
I wish I could answer Jet Airways or Kingfisher!
@@TheLayoverAviation they were the best jet and kingfisher best airlines of india till date
I think Airasia is still remain the GOAT of budget airline
Hey mate, another blockbuster vlog! Kudos. So why Akasa used entire length of the runway at MAA, while Indigo doesn’t?
It saves time and fuel to use an intersection. The risk is that it’s more prone to errors.. It all depends on the company policy. Many are no risk takers so they rather do the full runway.
This way in case of any engine problem or pilot error the pilots have more runway margin to take off safely.
Bro your videos are very addictive 😂
Enjoy! 😊
Ramadan Kareem ☪️ mate hope u had a Good day are u going to make any video about a Ramadan special on emirates or any other airline? I love your videos❤
And a Ramadan Kareem to you! Yes, I’m flying tomorrow on QR and back on EY where I’ll do a Ramadan special! Stay tuned 😄
You should visit matheran. It's the best hill station near mumbai
Whenever I have time to come for some more days I’ll be happy to do so!
Five star coverage
Thanks Pritam!
First 😁
Bro please take trips to Chandigarh very beautiful city
India beautiful city you like india food
I love Indian food!
Akaza jumping in the air rn
Dude!! You came to my city hope we could have met haha and more over you literally flew over my house ( not visible in the video ) but yes POONAMALLEE is literally where i live
You must have great views over departing aircraft! I’ll try to do some subscriber meet up at some point in time, would love to see faces!
All the best!
@@TheLayoverAviation oh yes especially the beauty from Dubai the B7773ER of EK are just 💗💗
Yup your Trip Report always a bright spark❤😂LOL.
And this is a short one as I didn’t have any time, but some great ones are under way..
Do have a fantastic wkend
Super Flight video in this super 👌👌☺️☺️☺️🛬🛬🛬🛬
great airline!
Only ₹ 3,500 added price for business class seat wow!
Worth it!
How you get to know about different planes flying to different destinations?
Live plane tracking apps tell it all!
I am Crazy about Aviation
Then this is the right place for you!! 😃
How is it possible to know which plane is going or coming from which location.
Plane tracking apps!
All the seats close to you were empty!
Nice video 👌
Personal space is India is rare so yes, it was a pleasure to have this many empty spaces around!
Hello! How do you find out the info about the planes you spot on the ground?
Live plane tracking apps!
@@TheLayoverAviation but how about in the air?
How do you know from which place flights are coming from?
Flightradar!
Make a video from Bangalore international airport
I flew the Emirates A380 out of there a while ago, video coming soon :)
Welcome to india mumbai
Thanks!
@@TheLayoverAviation 29 march I am flying mumbai to london flight number AI131 scheduled departure 2 :00 pm arrival london 7:00pm 9 hrs and 30 minutes
dude, how can you tell that that plane is going TO THAT PLACE ONLY or FROM THAT PLACE ONLY? how can you tell their destinations?
It looks like it’s all made up but it isn’t!
There are plenty of ways to check, either on live plane tracking apps or on websites by searching the registration. Easy!
@@TheLayoverAviation ohhh xD
@@TheLayoverAviation which app do u use for tracking planes?
How on earth are you able to tell which aircraft is from where or to where...
Apps on the phone tell you about each single plane.
Nice travel can you try Qantas to Australia and air New Zealand and Malaysian airline and Japan airline
I can’t wait to film them all. I just need to wait for them to be places where I need to go to soon. Japan is the mostly likely one.
How do you travel so much across the world? Are they sponsored or how do you spend so much on travelling through out the year. I keep following every video of yours
When you will flying san francisco to mumbai Air india
I’m flying to San Francisco with Emirates at the beginning of April😃
A Week back i travelled in the same flight🫰❤️
did you enjoy like I did?
@@TheLayoverAviation yeah😍🫰
Request flight with Etihad airway Airbus A350 __1000 please 😊
It’s already filmed but I just don’t have enough time to edit all the videos on time. It will come out in due course because the next Etihad is a Ramadan special.
Do you think Akasa Air is better than IndiGo?
YES!! I liked it much more.
I’ll try IndiGo again but I doubt it will be better.
Hope they fly international soon
Late hoga keu ki akasa air lines not receive all air craft. And rules 5 years ki baat international journey hoga
@@purusottamkundu5591 purana rule hai.. 20 viman chahiye ya 5 saal ke baad, abi Akasa 19 vimaan hai, to sirf ek be chshiye videsh ko jaane ke liye
@@Rahul_Saldanha correct
Who was the better LCC in your experience after flying Akasa and FlyDubai?😎
Good question. But they serve different markets. flydubai also has more upscale prices due to the region that it operates in.
flydubai is sometimes full service and it has IFE so it’s unfair to compare both..
LEAP 1A resembles a lot of GEnX thooo
Sad to see the maharaja's Air India B747s being stored for nothing 😢
yes, wish I could fly them 😢
which airline you prefer?
IndiGo
Go first
Akasa Air
Air India
AIX Connect aka AirAsia India
Spicejet
Vistara
Alliance Air
me: i prefer IndiGo,Air India, Go first, AirAsia India, Vistara, and Akasa Air
I liked Vistara the most and Akasa Air as a low cost airline. Some of the airlines on the list I still need to try!
Habibi come to kochi airport...fully solar powered airport
I was about to go to Kochi at the end of April but the plans have changed to Hong-Kong. But I’ll come to Kerala for sure!
Request flight with British Airways Airbus A350-1000
I booked it from Dubai and then they swapped it to a B787, so I delayed my trip.
I’ll try it hopefully soon!
How many days you state mumbai
I was visiting India 3 days this time.
@@TheLayoverAviation 3 days date please
Didn’t you fly in business class?Why the name shows you are in economy? Anyways,I like low cost airlines as there are not too many seats and easy for me to get window seats.
I love Israel. Celebration of Israel's 75th birthday. Walk with Israel 54th annual walk.
Are you busy? Why are you return to Mumbai anyway?
Work!
@@TheLayoverAviation Oh, so you work in Mumbai?
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