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Journalist Business Standard (@bsindia) writing on planes & cars. ACJ alumnus. For any story leads please give a call at +919566187369
May 25, 2020 27 tweets 26 min read
Hello, after 2 months India has resumed commercial #aviation

My employer has asked me to fly from @DelhiAirport to @BLRAirport and back

I will be tweeting about #NewNormal of flying post during #COVID__19

DEL wears a deserted look with barely 14 flights an hour Mostly people who have essential needs are taking the flight very cautiously

Suraj, from Noida has an urgent surgery that needs to be done at Bangalore & has covered himself in a hazmet suit

#aviation during #COVID__19
Apr 17, 2020 9 tweets 6 min read
Exactly a year ago,Jet Airways turned off its engine

In this thread, I will post pictures of some landmark moments of one of the finest product, Indian #aviation had

~ JRD Tata & Naresh Goyal stepping out of Jet's first flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad on May 5, 1993 Saroj Dutta, member of the founding team & Jet's crew infront of the airline's first acquired aircraft- a Boeing 737

Dutta became face of efficiency of private hands in commercial #aviation

He passed away in 2015

Jet before its rapid decend, had a fleet of 112 aircraft