Continuing the second half of our journey to Mumbai aboard the 777-300ER from West Bengal to Maharashtra.
Server: Solo
Airline: Air India
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Origin: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California (SFO)
Stopover: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Dum Dum, India (CCU)
Destination: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, India (BOM)
Flight Number: AI180
Route: KSFO-VECC-VABB
Seat: 14K (Business)
Time En Route: 2 Hours 41 Minutes
Ready to reboard Nagaland for a completely full flight over to Mumbai. While Air India does not carry passengers between San Francisco and Kolkata exclusively, it most definitely does between the latter and Mumbai.
The first rays of the new day appear in the east as the port engine powers up during pushback
Relaxing in 14K as we taxi out for departure
Rapid takeoff from CCU under a pink cirrostratus layer
Climbout from West Bengal. The engines have reduced their roar to a low rumble in climb, giving an almost soothing effect to those of us who’ve been either aboard VT-ALT or sitting around Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International since leaving San Francisco.
Getting a pleasant breakfast of diced fruits as we cruise just across the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border from Gondia
Turning southwest over rural Maharashtra as we descend towards Mumbai
Landing on a hazy morning at BOM
Single-engine taxi to the terminal
Parked at Terminal 2 alongside a 787-8 registered as VT-ANU and painted in Star Alliance colors that’s getting ready to go to Dubai as AI909