Greetings IFC!
Today I’ll be performing a flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi In’tl Airport. Considering this is one of Asia’s busiest airports, it would be a crime not to fly there at least once on the butter machine. Join me on the Indian Odyssey!
Flight Details
Server: Expert
Airline: Aeroflot
Aircraft: Airbus A330-343
Origin: Moscow Sheremetyevo Int’l Airport (SVO/UUEE)
Destination: Delhi Indira Gandhi Int’l Airport (DEL/VIDP)
Flight Number: SU232
Registration: RA-73701
Air time: 5 hours 17 minutes
Good Evening from Moscow Sheremetyevo’s terminal C, where our A330 taking us to Delhi today can be seen, ready for pushback!
Pushback from the gate, starting engines and lowering flaps to 2, as we will be performing an intersection takeoff and not utilizing the entire length of runway 6R
Takeoff from Runway 6R, utilizing intersection takeoff procedure
Climbing into the sky above Moscow and the outskirts
Reaching Cruising altitude near Ryazan
Over the skies of Pakistan, where the aircraft will transition from Lahore FIR to Delhi FIR shortly before descent is initiated via the VNAV Function.
Butter landing on Delhi’s runway 28, with low autobraking as load factor was at approximately 41% with minimal to low crosswind
Taxiing to the terminal, and cleaning the wing configuration following exit from the rapid-exit taxiway
Parked at Terminal 3 of IGIA, where it will be refueled, inspected and the next set of PAX will board for the return flight to Moscow
Thank you for reading this trip report, it is honestly a shame that night conditions in IF are difficult to screenshot, but alas, it is necessary to maintain the chronological realism which prevails. There is no fun if there is no darkness. Anyways, leave a like and comment if you’d like more flights!