DISCLAIMER: I enjoy a great relationship with my fellow creators, however I have witnessed myself how Sam Chui abused and insulted Cabin Crew on my flights in order to get footage he wants. His condescending attitude is no secret in the industry that many creators turn down flight invitations if they know that he is coming because they can't tolerate his behaviour any longer and this is unacceptable. I'm not afraid to speak up against it. Many airlines have told me that they have distanced themselves from Sam due to these issues. He is shining a bad light on the community and I think this thread gives you a good idea what flying with him is like: www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/11uma38/sam_chui_aviation_youtuber_was_on_my_flight_from/
Good for you Josh for speaking up wish more would. He calls ahead to let airlines know he’s gonna be onboard. More airlines should refuse his calls. You guys are more like ghost riders in the industry and this is what airline management wants to get the real deal as to what goes down on the line. Fly safe ✈️
I'm a purser with Lufthansa and Sam Chui came on one of our flights. In all my years flying I have never seen anyone as disrespecful as him. It is all staged and he will ask you to do things the crew is obviously very uncomfortable with. If he filmed something and it isn't to his liking he will ask the crew to do it over and over again. Most shocking though is his behaviour among female crew and he comes across as a total predator, I can only imagine how bad they must have felt around him. I feel most people are afraid to speak up but I hope one day someone will expose him, thanks Josh for standing up.
So glad you exposed him. I can’t stand his videos he looks like an arrogant jerk and so fake. He calls ahead to the airlines to let them know he’s going to be onboard. What a fake 😂
Nichts gegen Sie persönlich, aber jedes Mal wenn ich LH fliegen muss kann ich nicht nachvollziehen, wie diese Fluggesellschaft schafft fünf Sterne zu bekommen?)))
Yooo, Josh! :) It was so good to have met you in Delhi! I still can't believe we weren't just in town at the same time, but stayed at the same hotel haha. (Also just picked the cheapest in Aerocity, right haha?) Looking forward to your other upcoming videos from that trip! Until then, safe travels!
What route were you flying and when is it coming out? Hope it comes out soon (I've noticed some of your videos are filmed months before they are published!)
I've always thought the same way about Sam Chui's videos. So artificial, fake, not the content that I enjoy watching. The only thing his content helped me was to discover other content creators about flight reviews that tell the truth about what the experience flying on the especific airline. Sam Chui doesn't deserve his fame. Feels good to have great content creators that show the real thing, like you, Noel Philips, Simply Aviation.
I'm not sure the gentleman next to you knew he was in business class lol. Excellent video mate. I do concur regarding certain RUclipsrs who let the side down sadly by their conduct. Keep up the good work.
That's right, funny to look at, the gentleman must have slept the whole flight. Did he know that he was going to be in the picture? Why didn't you pixelate him? Otherwise: Another great and interesting video! Vielen Dank dafür, Josh!
What an amazing looking flight! Looks like Vistara really improved. I also feel like Sam Chui doesn’t deserve his fame, I’ve never really watched his content as it seemed really fake and set up. Thank goodness that you and other creators like you exist, you show us the true colors of how airlines are and aren’t afraid to be negative or positive about the airline. Thank you so much for doing this content! ❤❤
@lmaomoofeq2505 I do like some videos of Sam Chui, but if you receive so much attention for being a celebrity is impossible to give an honest review of the flight
I actually used to watch Sam Chui a lot back in 2012-2017ish, when all he did was flight blogs. Revisited his channel a few months ago, yeah he comes as extremely pretentious
Great review as always. Glad to see much more professional behavior from the deadheading crew. Love that you ran into David like his reviews also but my favorite is seeing you and Noel together. Nice snub about Sam Chewy lol 😂 our Lufthansa Purser gave us the low down about his fake reviews👍 ✈️
Thanks for the video Josh. Have to agree about Vistara. I flew them from Delhi to Hyderabad last week and they were fantastic. Having flown the superlative Qatar Airways into Delhi before connecting on Vistara, I really couldn't find any aspect where one was better or worse than the other. I'll be flying the Tata Air India soon, so am looking forward to it. Regarding the ex Air India 747s, they are over 25 years old and most likely require extensive maintenance with a lot of FAA ADs to be implemented. So it is highly unlikely they will fly again, other than a one way tripto the scrapper. As for Jet Airways, the future sure looks bleak. They may never make it.
Just travelled Mumbai Muscat and back with Vistara economy class few days ago. It was my first time flying with Vistara and the experience was quite pleasant. Crew and meal both were amazing. Besides, this was the cheapest option when I was searching for flight tickets 😝. Surprising that 2 way ticket on Vistara was cheaper than Indigo. Since I've even taken the Club Vistara membership and accumulated miles from this trip, will definitely try them again if I get a chance. If I were to nitpick, AC wasn't running at full power on the BOM MCT leg. Started at full power only when we started our descent into Muscat. On the return leg, I was served only 1 glass of ginger ale while they gave me the whole can while on the BOM MCT leg🤔.
Good and outstanding aviation vloggers like Josh Cahill should be cherished and be valued. Airlines and airports could learn something from these reviews to e.g. their products. For others these vlogs are also e.g. educational.
Oh no Josh! Your limelight for this video was stolen by your seatmate on the first leg - what a character! I would have been tempted to hold a mirror to his mouth to check he was still alive! I would love to be able to sleep on planes like him. I lived in Mumbai (then Bombay) back in the 90's - the airport was a couple of enormous airplane hangers in those days, was always a nightmare getting in and out. Great review...
With the merger just on horizon I hope Vistara at least would be able to fly their Colors I love those purples of vistara more than any other Indian airline
Has Josh reviewed Yazd Air? An Iranian airline that supposedly launched this year and would do domestic and some international flights... Also guessing Josh is waiting for the (re)launch of Ghana Airlines too. What would be really cool is Air Moana, which are supposedly using turboprops to fly across French Polynesia and that area is huge!
My check in experience with air Asia india has always been great , i often travel on air asia and my experience so far has been very good , i usually take the IAD 319 from vecc to vebs and IAD 320 back , its a 50 min hop and the crew does it all very efficiently … do try out this route as air asia is aslo a part of tata group now
I’ve thankfully never watched Sam Chui since I first found out about trip reports and such. Now I know I never will. Keep up the incredible work Josh! Stay classy at 35,000.
Mumbai Airport has all four 747s of Air India. One on the apron opposite the terminal and 3 on the other side of the runway outside the Air India hangar.
you are right josh vistara is now right on the top must be the tata magic working full time on vistara travelled recently on a domestic route from mumbai it was wonderful
Interesting review. Someone has already commended you for the Business plus economy mix. That is really nice and flying on a connecting flight gives the review continuity.
It's great that you offer an unbiased review and various airlines listen and make changes, and Vistara certainly did so well with your latest trips. Love your very entertaining vlogs Josh. 🤗👍
Soon Mumbai will get its 2nd international airport as work is in progress 😊 although it will be somewhat outside but it's not so far as the distance will be 25 minutes of ride to main Mumbai City because of new bridge construction
The bags at 6:55min. I bet the people who were waiting for them was standing around the other side for an hour or so thinking that their bags was lost.😂😂✈️
I also had some bad experiences with rude check-in staff. I remember it was 2011 and I was a student who had reached Delhi from Kabul and then I was planning to go to Pune with King Fisher Airline (It does not exist now I believe). Unlike their beautiful uniform, the check-in staff was ultra-rude to passengers!
I feel pity for those Checkin staff visit them in rush hour and you'll find people rudely behaving to them. In India People Expect 1000 usd treatment/experience on 50 usd expence
Josh I travel once a week domestic in india and twice international. Never had any problem with the ground staff with vistara or indigo. In fact they r far better then what we see abroad.
Great to see the improvements. Thanks to your honest reviews we all gain with them. Shocked by the comments by Sam but the way you get along so well with all of the av geeks I follow speaks volumes. Hope this gets sorted because it’s a grave accusation which I do not believe for a second. Take care and keep up the good work
Regarding the 747S, There are rumours that 1 or 2 would be retained for undetermined reasons. So we can assume something like what British Airways tried to do .i.e paint them in a retro livery and fly them occasionally as ambassadors
Haha the same ground crew helped me with my check in 3 days ago when I was going from Mumbai to Hyderabad at that she was all smiles and helpful I think they also have have their good and bad days.
Honestly your reviews about airlines are amazing, specially cause you focus on the cheaper/budget airlines which most other reviewers don't, however bro I think its time you get a better camera with high resolution, and a proper mic system. Please think about it! Great Job anyways!!
I was surprised to see cabin crew wearing masks. Is that still mandatory in flights in India? I’m sure it isn’t for travelers. Good to see Vistara still acing their food. The last time I flew with them was pre Covid Delhi - Guwahati and back on Business. They were superb.
Your reviews are brilliant and totally reflect your experiences honestly, I have zero doubt. I followed the other fellow briefly. I do not bother with him at all anymore. Your integrity cannot be over stated. Thank you for the video!
Hey Josh.. just a suggestion/something i observed; at 4.10, you could have had a smaller frame rather than capturing the co-passenger face in the shot. Not sure if you asked if he's ok with you filming
Im amazed these guys still check bags. You can take on a rolling duffle or backpack that will get you thru a 3 week trip easily. Backpacks 65L are getting on board. So much easier
I've got right the playlists and the "about" of the channel I was looking for a couple of weeks. Thanks for the amazing content man, I enjoyed watching. @JoshCahill keep rocking !
Totally agree with the rude check-in staff, Josh. Coincidentally, I checked in from the same counter at Mumbai on a sunday morning flight, and I came across THE WORST check in experience, both with the member of staff behind the counter, and her senior when dealing with my overweight bag. I had to sprint to the gate and just make it on time. Would recommend everyone flying Vistara to arrive for check-in well before time because this airline's a pain at it. :(
Vistara does not have Premium Economy (and Business) seats on all of their aircraft. Some of the A320Neos especially with the registration VT-TY* series have an all economy 180 seats.
I had a long time unclarity but based on your English accent, I mostly concluded to myself that you must be German national, and thanks for confirming that in this video. Saw that Reisepass 😃 BTW I too enjoy your reviews and it has always been very honest.
Honestly speaking I genarally don't watch Sam a lot, so I dont get a lot of recomendation from him, but to my surprise a couple of days back his vistara flight was being pushed on to my homepage and out of curiosity I fell for it and half way through I could sense the video was kind of staged and I had a dejavu, Josh said this in one of his video may be a year back. Haha and bingo. Josh I would love you to review a long haul business class of Air India probably the London flight. 😊,
I use to watch Sam for a few years in the beginning but now i never do because its so phoney. I like Josh ( and Noel Phillips too) for his honesty and he will call out an airline if its crap or good which is what he's suppose to be doing
So nice to know finally you enjoyed and had a good experience with Vistara 😊👏👏 I have never flown with them being an Indian although I am usually traveling in other parts of the world. I would love to try the route from Delhi to Bangkok business class on vistara. Hope they can exceed my expectations and make me feel comfortable ❤️
Food did look good on your first flight. I rarely read complaining remarks from you, but that check in sounded awful. I guess the flight was a big 14:41 improvement. Love your reviews!
from my experience I liked Vistara Airways, flight attendants and air hostess were very friendly kind and nothing to complain about flight,food,service etc... I was flying colombo to doha....👍
RUclips thinks I should watch Sam's videos because I am a subscriber to Josh's and Noel Philips' videos. I know better thanks to you and Noel! I've never seen one of his videos, and I never will see one of his videos.
Josh great review Vistara looks good . Will the standard of great service continue when integrated with Air India? . As an avgeek the Indian aircraft scene looks very interesting. 😃
Depends If Tata Will be able to Fire old staff and Recruit better staff. There was serious corruptions being made during Previous INC Govt (Praful Patel the Aviation minister back then) they used to take bribe and recruit people. That lead to unprofessional Crew being recruited . Additionally he used to use A320s etc for personal Private flights. Unnecessary expenses to please US Authorities.
Hi Josh - really like your review . I would be taking the same flight from colombo next week and hope for the same experience. Pls let me know if you happen to travel to Pune in India and would look forward to meet you ,
Air India B747-400 been stored for a few years with no engine covers or any coverings, will need major service to get airbourne so my bet next stop eventurely will be the scrap pile!! 😪 Great video. 👍
My guess is that 1 Air India 747-400 may never get another chance of flying and that means perhaps scrapped and the other 3 may converted into freighters soon.
I completely agree that the ground staff of Vistara is unhelpful. Vistata has a rather long frequent flyer no. I had forgotten to mention that while booking the ticket. The check in staff at Mumbai Airport was clueless on how to retrieve the same. Finally another staff member did get the number, with a completely expressionless look.
I truly enjoy your videos and reviews, Josh. I do follow a few others, as well, yet Sam is not one of them. Keep doing what you’re doing, honestly and fairly, and let those of lesser integrity fall.
DISCLAIMER: I enjoy a great relationship with my fellow creators, however I have witnessed myself how Sam Chui abused and insulted Cabin Crew on my flights in order to get footage he wants. His condescending attitude is no secret in the industry that many creators turn down flight invitations if they know that he is coming because they can't tolerate his behaviour any longer and this is unacceptable. I'm not afraid to speak up against it. Many airlines have told me that they have distanced themselves from Sam due to these issues. He is shining a bad light on the community and I think this thread gives you a good idea what flying with him is like: www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/11uma38/sam_chui_aviation_youtuber_was_on_my_flight_from/
Love your videos man keep up the good work I wanna see more of Philippine airline flights but it’s up to your I am not making you
Sam should also put a disclaimer on his videos. Saying paid partnership, because all of his videos are adverts
I was just reading the thread and I'm not surprised at all. My experience onboard with him was just as bad. Glad that more and more people come out!
Sam chui shouldn’t be the most famous Airline reviewer on RUclips, I feel like it should be directed towards our Josh and others.
Good for you Josh for speaking up wish more would. He calls ahead to let airlines know he’s gonna be onboard. More airlines should refuse his calls. You guys are more like ghost riders in the industry and this is what airline management wants to get the real deal as to what goes down on the line. Fly safe ✈️
I'm a purser with Lufthansa and Sam Chui came on one of our flights. In all my years flying I have never seen anyone as disrespecful as him. It is all staged and he will ask you to do things the crew is obviously very uncomfortable with. If he filmed something and it isn't to his liking he will ask the crew to do it over and over again. Most shocking though is his behaviour among female crew and he comes across as a total predator, I can only imagine how bad they must have felt around him. I feel most people are afraid to speak up but I hope one day someone will expose him, thanks Josh for standing up.
So glad you exposed him. I can’t stand his videos he looks like an arrogant jerk and so fake. He calls ahead to the airlines to let them know he’s going to be onboard. What a fake 😂
I have never liked this man (Sam Chui) I can’t watch his videos. Everything about him annoys me and he loves himself too much.
What the actual fuck….. that’s disgusting. I’m glad I don’t watch his videos.
Nichts gegen Sie persönlich, aber jedes Mal wenn ich LH fliegen muss kann ich nicht nachvollziehen, wie diese Fluggesellschaft schafft fünf Sterne zu bekommen?)))
Just look at him and you'll know why!
Yooo, Josh! :) It was so good to have met you in Delhi! I still can't believe we weren't just in town at the same time, but stayed at the same hotel haha. (Also just picked the cheapest in Aerocity, right haha?) Looking forward to your other upcoming videos from that trip! Until then, safe travels!
@simply_aviation, what happened, you have not been uploading for many days
What route were you flying and when is it coming out? Hope it comes out soon (I've noticed some of your videos are filmed months before they are published!)
@@maitreyabhattacharyayou not know
I forgot ABT u I watched u when I was a kid!!!❤❤
@@s125ishCan u tell what happened
I too don't know
The only good thing about Chui was he got plane reviews into the algorithm that led me to people like Noel and Josh and Jeb.
I had to mark his channel as “do not recommend”.
Agreed
@@oyiegeronimo I did the same with that clown chui 😂
Yes!!! That's how I discovered Josh and Noel. They are the best. ✈✈🥰🥰
Same
I've always thought the same way about Sam Chui's videos. So artificial, fake, not the content that I enjoy watching. The only thing his content helped me was to discover other content creators about flight reviews that tell the truth about what the experience flying on the especific airline. Sam Chui doesn't deserve his fame. Feels good to have great content creators that show the real thing, like you, Noel Philips, Simply Aviation.
many years ago he was making good videos. but when he went "commercial" i lost all interest in his stuff.
I strongly agree with you bro
I'm not sure the gentleman next to you knew he was in business class lol. Excellent video mate. I do concur regarding certain RUclipsrs who let the side down sadly by their conduct.
Keep up the good work.
That's right, funny to look at, the gentleman must have slept the whole flight. Did he know that he was going to be in the picture? Why didn't you pixelate him?
Otherwise: Another great and interesting video! Vielen Dank dafür, Josh!
@@farofaro5957I have this question too. Wonder if that gentleman knew he will be in the video? I believe so?
What an amazing looking flight! Looks like Vistara really improved. I also feel like Sam Chui doesn’t deserve his fame, I’ve never really watched his content as it seemed really fake and set up. Thank goodness that you and other creators like you exist, you show us the true colors of how airlines are and aren’t afraid to be negative or positive about the airline. Thank you so much for doing this content! ❤❤
@lmaomoofeq2505 True, I haven't watched him in a while, though there is a reason aswell that I (and many other people) don't watch Sam chui.
@lmaomoofeq2505 no it's not. Stop being so delusional. His content is all garbage .
@lmaomoofeq2505 I do like some videos of Sam Chui, but if you receive so much attention for being a celebrity is impossible to give an honest review of the flight
I actually used to watch Sam Chui a lot back in 2012-2017ish, when all he did was flight blogs. Revisited his channel a few months ago, yeah he comes as extremely pretentious
Took Vistara DEL to BOM earlier this year, was a great experience. Airports themselves were a little frustating in some ways.
Great review as always. Glad to see much more professional behavior from the deadheading crew. Love that you ran into David like his reviews also but my favorite is seeing you and Noel together. Nice snub about Sam Chewy lol 😂 our Lufthansa Purser gave us the low down about his fake reviews👍 ✈️
Josh, I appreciate your integrity in those videos. Also you always seem like a nice & genuinely curious person, not some sort of bufoon.
Thanks for the video Josh. Have to agree about Vistara. I flew them from Delhi to Hyderabad last week and they were fantastic. Having flown the superlative Qatar Airways into Delhi before connecting on Vistara, I really couldn't find any aspect where one was better or worse than the other. I'll be flying the Tata Air India soon, so am looking forward to it.
Regarding the ex Air India 747s, they are over 25 years old and most likely require extensive maintenance with a lot of FAA ADs to be implemented. So it is highly unlikely they will fly again, other than a one way tripto the scrapper.
As for Jet Airways, the future sure looks bleak. They may never make it.
Haha not at all a problem Josh. There is more to Indian cuisine than just curries anyways! Hope your future flights in India keep getting better
Just travelled Mumbai Muscat and back with Vistara economy class few days ago. It was my first time flying with Vistara and the experience was quite pleasant. Crew and meal both were amazing. Besides, this was the cheapest option when I was searching for flight tickets 😝. Surprising that 2 way ticket on Vistara was cheaper than Indigo. Since I've even taken the Club Vistara membership and accumulated miles from this trip, will definitely try them again if I get a chance.
If I were to nitpick, AC wasn't running at full power on the BOM MCT leg. Started at full power only when we started our descent into Muscat. On the return leg, I was served only 1 glass of ginger ale while they gave me the whole can while on the BOM MCT leg🤔.
indigo should be stripped off from the category of "LOW COST CARRIERS"
I'm flying on the same route next week from colombo! looking forward to it
cheers
Good and outstanding aviation vloggers like Josh Cahill should be cherished and be valued. Airlines and airports could learn something from these reviews to e.g. their products. For others these vlogs are also e.g. educational.
i only watch you and Jeb Brooks,no bs,straight on point
I don't like Jeb I don't know why I just can't warm to him
Jeb feels a bit too 'RUclips staged' or he presents in a way that doesn't feel genuine at times. Noel Phillips is another person to watch as well.
Great job Josh, nice to see you enjoying in India. Cheers!!
Oh no Josh! Your limelight for this video was stolen by your seatmate on the first leg - what a character! I would have been tempted to hold a mirror to his mouth to check he was still alive! I would love to be able to sleep on planes like him. I lived in Mumbai (then Bombay) back in the 90's - the airport was a couple of enormous airplane hangers in those days, was always a nightmare getting in and out. Great review...
That sleeping sardarji is such a mood
😀 absolutely enjoying his sleep
With the merger just on horizon I hope Vistara at least would be able to fly their Colors I love those purples of vistara more than any other Indian airline
Has Josh reviewed Yazd Air? An Iranian airline that supposedly launched this year and would do domestic and some international flights... Also guessing Josh is waiting for the (re)launch of Ghana Airlines too. What would be really cool is Air Moana, which are supposedly using turboprops to fly across French Polynesia and that area is huge!
Those bags having a good old punch up on the conveyor on the left from 6:53 is pretty funny :D
Some days later … bump bump bump
@@woutergijs5246 🤣
Josh, if your videos influence on such companies like VIstara in such cool way, that is absolutely terrific!!
My check in experience with air Asia india has always been great , i often travel on air asia and my experience so far has been very good , i usually take the IAD 319 from vecc to vebs and IAD 320 back , its a 50 min hop and the crew does it all very efficiently … do try out this route as air asia is aslo a part of tata group now
I’ve thankfully never watched Sam Chui since I first found out about trip reports and such. Now I know I never will. Keep up the incredible work Josh! Stay classy at 35,000.
I loved this video and happy to see an improved cabin crew and inflight services. Good food on board.
Mumbai Airport has all four 747s of Air India. One on the apron opposite the terminal and 3 on the other side of the runway outside the Air India hangar.
Are they in use or grounded?
@@topg2820 , Grounded. These four are apparently decommissioned and awaiting buyers/permission to scrap. The last one flew down from Delhi in 2022.
@@tujams that's sad, hope they put the queens in a museum at least😭😭😭😭
you are right josh vistara is now right on the top must be the tata magic working full time on vistara travelled recently on a domestic route from mumbai it was wonderful
Interesting review. Someone has already commended you for the Business plus economy mix. That is really nice and flying on a connecting flight gives the review continuity.
Also, regarding your question about those 747s, Air India has officially put them up for sale (All 4 part of the AI fleet)
In Delhi airport I have not had a super friendly experience, but a correct and professional experience on local and international flights.
Josh thank you for your honest & open reviews. Good to see someone finally calling Sam C out.
It's great that you offer an unbiased review and various airlines listen and make changes, and Vistara certainly did so well with your latest trips. Love your very entertaining vlogs Josh. 🤗👍
Josh, great to see you that you're doing economy travel. These days most content creators sit at the pointy end of the aircraft.
That fella sat next to you on the first flight doing a bit of fly catching 😴😂😂
8:55 understandable, Jet Airways is my all time favourite, hope it comes back as they say they will in 2024-25 time period
Never seen a phone holder on a flight. What a great idea for people with their own entertainment
American Airlines has them pretty consistently.
@@pat-orl Alaska too
Don’t know about playing videos loud …
Soon Mumbai will get its 2nd international airport as work is in progress 😊 although it will be somewhat outside but it's not so far as the distance will be 25 minutes of ride to main Mumbai City because of new bridge construction
That new airport looked like some crazy architectural work fr fr
Is that one near Panvel?
Josh is always fair with his reviews if it's good he will say. Much rather see this than an advertisement for an airline
actually the air india 747 has been retired from the sky as they are old if u dont know u can get reference from sam chui air india video .
The bags at 6:55min. I bet the people who were waiting for them was standing around the other side for an hour or so thinking that their bags was lost.😂😂✈️
Had same in mind. The never arriving bag
Lol 😂😂😂😂
💼😂👍
I love the bags from 6:45-7:10 fighting on the carousel.
the air India 747 is still laying there untouched, I travelled to Mumbai twice in last week and wondered what was going on with it.
I believe that they are scraping it
Love the jabs at Sam Chui. That Vistara video seemed so artificial and them all breaking out into song was so insanely random.
I also had some bad experiences with rude check-in staff. I remember it was 2011 and I was a student who had reached Delhi from Kabul and then I was planning to go to Pune with King Fisher Airline (It does not exist now I believe). Unlike their beautiful uniform, the check-in staff was ultra-rude to passengers!
I feel pity for those Checkin staff visit them in rush hour and you'll find people rudely behaving to them. In India People Expect 1000 usd treatment/experience on 50 usd expence
Josh I travel once a week domestic in india and twice international. Never had any problem with the ground staff with vistara or indigo. In fact they r far better then what we see abroad.
btw the 747s owned by air india were supposed to be sold to an irish company, but those plans failed and now theyre headed to be scrapped
Great to see the improvements. Thanks to your honest reviews we all gain with them.
Shocked by the comments by Sam but the way you get along so well with all of the av geeks I follow speaks volumes.
Hope this gets sorted because it’s a grave accusation which I do not believe for a second. Take care and keep up the good work
Regarding the 747S, There are rumours that 1 or 2 would be retained for undetermined reasons. So we can assume something like what British Airways tried to do .i.e paint them in a retro livery and fly them occasionally as ambassadors
Vistara is a decent value for money service provider and that is going to get better only with the merger of Vistara with Air India & Air Asia 👍
The guy seated next to you was clearly not impressed to be sharing a row with the world famous Josh Cahill 😂😂
Josh was not impressed to be seated next to a Indian civilian who is so important he could pay for business class 😉
Love your videos Josh, keep up the great effort, with telling the positive and negative reviews of airlines.
You are looking very well these days!
Haha the same ground crew helped me with my check in 3 days ago when I was going from Mumbai to Hyderabad at that she was all smiles and helpful
I think they also have have their good and bad days.
Honestly your reviews about airlines are amazing, specially cause you focus on the cheaper/budget airlines which most other reviewers don't, however bro I think its time you get a better camera with high resolution, and a proper mic system. Please think about it! Great Job anyways!!
I was surprised to see cabin crew wearing masks. Is that still mandatory in flights in India? I’m sure it isn’t for travelers.
Good to see Vistara still acing their food. The last time I flew with them was pre Covid Delhi - Guwahati and back on Business. They were superb.
Not mandatory. But some crew wear it as they interact with a lot of people.
Your reviews are brilliant and totally reflect your experiences honestly, I have zero doubt. I followed the other fellow briefly. I do not bother with him at all anymore. Your integrity cannot be over stated. Thank you for the video!
Why don’t you just name him
Hey Josh.. just a suggestion/something i observed; at 4.10, you could have had a smaller frame rather than capturing the co-passenger face in the shot. Not sure if you asked if he's ok with you filming
Im amazed these guys still check bags. You can take on a rolling duffle or backpack that will get you thru a 3 week trip easily. Backpacks 65L are getting on board. So much easier
Love your videos and your style. Keep it up!
I've got right the playlists and the "about" of the channel I was looking for a couple of weeks. Thanks for the amazing content man, I enjoyed watching. @JoshCahill keep rocking !
Totally agree with the rude check-in staff, Josh. Coincidentally, I checked in from the same counter at Mumbai on a sunday morning flight, and I came across THE WORST check in experience, both with the member of staff behind the counter, and her senior when dealing with my overweight bag. I had to sprint to the gate and just make it on time. Would recommend everyone flying Vistara to arrive for check-in well before time because this airline's a pain at it. :(
Saw the boeing 747 in bangalore,India recently! there as also an airbus a380 at the same time a real wonder not gonna lie
Vistara does not have Premium Economy (and Business) seats on all of their aircraft. Some of the A320Neos especially with the registration VT-TY* series have an all economy 180 seats.
Thats true! Well researched
6:52 the baggages fighting with each other not to move further 😂
Yes it’s a culture thing at check in desk. Great review.
I had a long time unclarity but based on your English accent, I mostly concluded to myself that you must be German national, and thanks for confirming that in this video. Saw that Reisepass 😃 BTW I too enjoy your reviews and it has always been very honest.
Honestly speaking I genarally don't watch Sam a lot, so I dont get a lot of recomendation from him, but to my surprise a couple of days back his vistara flight was being pushed on to my homepage and out of curiosity I fell for it and half way through I could sense the video was kind of staged and I had a dejavu, Josh said this in one of his video may be a year back. Haha and bingo.
Josh I would love you to review a long haul business class of Air India probably the London flight. 😊,
Air Moana connects the islands with a fleet of 2 ATR-600 aircraft. They say their servicing is done in Singapore.
I use to watch Sam for a few years in the beginning but now i never do because its so phoney. I like Josh ( and Noel Phillips too) for his honesty and he will call out an airline if its crap or good which is what he's suppose to be doing
And Stefan & Dominique ?
I have seen Sam´s video too, and I thought: It really became true.
Go Josh! YOU ROCK!! Fly on Dude!!!
That sikh uncle looks so cute while sleeping lol.. Too much in peace
The bags stuck on the caracal(?) at 6:50 :D
I saw some video and they made me uncomfortable i feel sorry for the crew that had to deal with this. Now for everyone i watch keep up the good work
From what I found regarding the 747's. They're gonna sell or scrap all of them except one, which will be kept as a memorial.
whenever i see something titled with “perfect” anywhere, i immediately think of the sam chui experience
So nice to know finally you enjoyed and had a good experience with Vistara 😊👏👏 I have never flown with them being an Indian although I am usually traveling in other parts of the world.
I would love to try the route from Delhi to Bangkok business class on vistara. Hope they can exceed my expectations and make me feel comfortable ❤️
6:48 ffs , that Baggage Jam was insanely Triggering
So one this I have noticed on your videos and Noel Phillips is how many airlines their are outside the U.S. its crazy.
Food did look good on your first flight. I rarely read complaining remarks from you, but that check in sounded awful. I guess the flight was a big 14:41 improvement. Love your reviews!
from my experience I liked Vistara Airways, flight attendants and air hostess were very friendly kind and nothing to complain about flight,food,service etc... I was flying colombo to doha....👍
Colombo to doha? Vistara don't operate to both of these airports.
RUclips thinks I should watch Sam's videos because I am a subscriber to Josh's and Noel Philips' videos. I know better thanks to you and Noel! I've never seen one of his videos, and I never will see one of his videos.
Same here , Sam is ruining the fun for everyone
Not him throwing shade at sam chui at the very beginning 😂
Josh great review Vistara looks good . Will the standard of great service continue when integrated with Air India? . As an avgeek the Indian aircraft scene looks very interesting. 😃
Depends If Tata Will be able to Fire old staff and Recruit better staff.
There was serious corruptions being made during Previous INC Govt (Praful Patel the Aviation minister back then) they used to take bribe and recruit people. That lead to unprofessional Crew being recruited . Additionally he used to use A320s etc for personal Private flights. Unnecessary expenses to please US Authorities.
Those 3 bags dancing from 6.55 to 7.09. 😂
😂😂
They are still there
Josh is it possible to be a brutually honest video with david
David and I have talked about it a few times and I hope we can pull it off one day.
I have seen an airbus beluga at Bombay airport parked beside the 747-8
Why don’t you make a new video with low cost carriers in India
Always a good day when Josh uploads :))
With this sort of turnaround, Vistara is like the Robert Downey Jr. of airlines!
i see the passenger guy beside you Josh! was he snoring at all? 😂😂😂 he may need a CPAP
Hi Josh - really like your review . I would be taking the same flight from colombo next week and hope for the same experience. Pls let me know if you happen to travel to Pune in India and would look forward to meet you ,
Great content as always.
Air India B747-400 been stored for a few years with no engine covers or any coverings, will need major service to get airbourne so my bet next stop eventurely will be the scrap pile!! 😪 Great video. 👍
Used for haj flights
My guess is that 1 Air India 747-400 may never get another chance of flying and that means perhaps scrapped and the other 3 may converted into freighters soon.
I completely agree that the ground staff of Vistara is unhelpful. Vistata has a rather long frequent flyer no. I had forgotten to mention that while booking the ticket. The check in staff at Mumbai Airport was clueless on how to retrieve the same. Finally another staff member did get the number, with a completely expressionless look.
Amazing josh ❤🙏🏾
I truly enjoy your videos and reviews, Josh. I do follow a few others, as well, yet Sam is not one of them. Keep doing what you’re doing, honestly and fairly, and let those of lesser integrity fall.
i would have never expected to see the 3 terms 'vistara' ' perfect' and 'josh cahill' in one video ever