GF 752 BAH-KHI (12JAN)

[smarties]

I was really suprised at how fast the check in was at Bahrain it was probably about 30 seconds! As i went through security and the metal detector went off and it started bleeping..i thought i would be checked but the security people were too busy talking to each other and did not even notice and i walked off!! There were not many planes at Bahrain Airport just a CX 777 going to HKG and a Monarch A300 going to Goa, and a PIA 737 going to KHI via DOH..and a few other GF flights going to BOM and SIN. Our flight was from gate 34 and we did not have a jetty and were taken by bus to the aircraft. The aircraft was a tiny A320 and the reg was A40-ED. The flight was to depart at 2340 and we pushed back 2335 and took off at 2345. The flight time was 2 hours exactly. I was a very short flight, Karachi as looking beautiful at night covered with lights. The plane landed 25 mins before schedule and landed at exactly 0345 on Friday 13. As we landed i saw that KHI airport was using two runways. On the other runway a PIA A310 was taking off, as we were landing. We docked at gate 22 at KHI and there was a Turkish A330 and a PIA 310 i think that arrived from DXB. There was also an Etihad 763 .

I was the first one to get off the aircraft and made my way to immigration and there were quite a few ppl..after about 10 mins the que was right to the back at the esculators and the were many ppl especially labours from DXB, and a few Turkish ppl infront of me from the TK flight. It took me one hour to get out of immigration and during that time i observed ppl smoking, swearing, complaining, screaming, shouting and people spitting.
The immigration staff were being rude and were extremely slow at their job. By the time i went to get my luggage there was no GF sign on the baggae reclaim and EK luggage was comng out and PIA flights luggage. I asked some one and they told me that GF luggage had all been taken off the belt. As i was one of the first GF pax to get out at immigration i had to search through about over 100 suitcases to find mine....all the siutcases were black which made it even harder..it took me a good 5 mins to find my suitcase. The immigation chaos really put me in a bad mood.....why are they so unorganised?

[behramjee]

and there was a Turkish A330

since when did TK send an A 332 to KHI unless it was an overbooked B 738 flight thus needing the A 332 to be sent or the B 738 had a technical problem.

[VC10]

Hi Smarties
Think yourself lucky - it sounds like a breeze compared to Mumbai immigration ( two hours last week ) !!
Mike.

[CoyBoy]

behramjee CX used a 773 some months back to KHI instead of the A330 and it was a daylight flight.

[PK777]

behramjee CX used a 773 some months back to KHI instead of the A330 and it was a daylight flight.

Indeed they did, here some photographs at KHI, taken by our very own Saad

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_ ... d=00444710

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_ ... d=00444709

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_ ... d=00444707

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_ ... d=00444706

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_ ... d=00444694

[malpensa26]

A330s are new maybe one for karachi secter due to demand