Most international flights out of India depart at night. So, flying overseas is bound to give you a red eye and a loss of a night's sleep. One of the few exceptions to this rule was Malaysia Airlines, which had a flight that departed from Bombay to Kuala Lumpur at 12:45 pm. The flight would land in KL at 8:00 pm. It was super convenient and I looked forward to taking the flight.
Now, the geniuses cancelled that flight and pushed it to 2 am! The result, as I was to find out, was an empty plane. The afternoon flight was always full as many people took an onward connection to Australia. The red-eye was empty. Yes, I did manage to get sleep but it's never nice to fly at night. I am sure that the airline will run into further losses with the shifting of the flight. They say they did this to reduce waiting time for transit passengers. Except that there are hardly any
passengers- transit or non-transit.
Give me back that 12:45 pm flight!
Now, the geniuses cancelled that flight and pushed it to 2 am! The result, as I was to find out, was an empty plane. The afternoon flight was always full as many people took an onward connection to Australia. The red-eye was empty. Yes, I did manage to get sleep but it's never nice to fly at night. I am sure that the airline will run into further losses with the shifting of the flight. They say they did this to reduce waiting time for transit passengers. Except that there are hardly any
passengers- transit or non-transit.
Give me back that 12:45 pm flight!
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