LarsCph
Medlem
So now on the way home - this time with a bit more time in Delhi Airport, at the Encalm Prive lounge since the Air India lounge is undergoing renovation. It's a big lounge, but here is lots of seats, daylight a small bar serving sparkling wine and cocktails (no Champagne though) and a selection of food. The lounge wifi requires an Indian phone number or some voucher that I would have to pick up so happy for my 3 Världen subscription. Since my flight out of Bengaluru was at 8 am I had booked the last night at Taj Hotel Bengaluru which is 5 minutes from the airport, it was a nice stay there in a super spacious room. Like in the Radisson Blu hotel I stayed in the other nights of the week, the service was indeed very good.
Woke up at 5 AM to go directly to the airport. I wanted to have breakfast there - the car service from the hotel was smooth and the entrance into the airport and security was pretty quick with almost no queue in the domestic departues. There is a fast track for business class. So I had a good amount of time in the Air India domestic lounge to enjoy a bit of breakfast. The entrance to the lounge (via elevator) is shared with another lounge with also paid access so quite a queue of people wanting to get in. It was easy though, as soon as they spotted I had an Air India business class boarding pass I was asked to just go ahead, skip the ordinary queue and go to the lounge.
The lounge is really nice, almost like a small Indian palace - wich nice seating and table service of food and drinks. I really like how they made it look not just like any other airport lounge. Service was super friendly, though it took quite some time to get my toast with scrambled eggs - like 20 minutes. It did not matter a lot as I was not in a hurry and I had drinks served quickly. When time for boarding I went to the boarding gate, again as when I travelled priority boarding was well handled. The airplane pretty much like the one down here, but this one had only two rows of business class that was all occupied. Service and food was again really nice for such a short flight, this time I had to try the curry potatoes - I did enjoy that one. The crew was friendly, also this the cabin service director greeted each passenger in business class and asked about how the flight had been and had time for a small chat too. I did indeed fell very welcomed. Based on the two flights so far domestic with Air India I would they they have a solid product there and I would not at all mind flying it again.
Arrival in Delhi ahead of schedule - again it is a bit confusing that it is needed to exit all the way to arrivals before going up one floor and enter again, this time through emigration and security. It can be a bit confusing first time, but at least now I knew how it worked! Security was a bit chaotic, they want shoes off, all cables out of the luggage, all liquids in a back, and with very small boxes for the scanner it is just a bit fiddly. But again almost no queue so it was ok.
Now i just got 1,5 hours until my flight over to Copenhagen. I will update later how that went.








Woke up at 5 AM to go directly to the airport. I wanted to have breakfast there - the car service from the hotel was smooth and the entrance into the airport and security was pretty quick with almost no queue in the domestic departues. There is a fast track for business class. So I had a good amount of time in the Air India domestic lounge to enjoy a bit of breakfast. The entrance to the lounge (via elevator) is shared with another lounge with also paid access so quite a queue of people wanting to get in. It was easy though, as soon as they spotted I had an Air India business class boarding pass I was asked to just go ahead, skip the ordinary queue and go to the lounge.
The lounge is really nice, almost like a small Indian palace - wich nice seating and table service of food and drinks. I really like how they made it look not just like any other airport lounge. Service was super friendly, though it took quite some time to get my toast with scrambled eggs - like 20 minutes. It did not matter a lot as I was not in a hurry and I had drinks served quickly. When time for boarding I went to the boarding gate, again as when I travelled priority boarding was well handled. The airplane pretty much like the one down here, but this one had only two rows of business class that was all occupied. Service and food was again really nice for such a short flight, this time I had to try the curry potatoes - I did enjoy that one. The crew was friendly, also this the cabin service director greeted each passenger in business class and asked about how the flight had been and had time for a small chat too. I did indeed fell very welcomed. Based on the two flights so far domestic with Air India I would they they have a solid product there and I would not at all mind flying it again.
Arrival in Delhi ahead of schedule - again it is a bit confusing that it is needed to exit all the way to arrivals before going up one floor and enter again, this time through emigration and security. It can be a bit confusing first time, but at least now I knew how it worked! Security was a bit chaotic, they want shoes off, all cables out of the luggage, all liquids in a back, and with very small boxes for the scanner it is just a bit fiddly. But again almost no queue so it was ok.
Now i just got 1,5 hours until my flight over to Copenhagen. I will update later how that went.







