My seat: 16C. As with the ATRs you'll know from our own skies, these are kitted out in 2-2 seating configuration, but with one funky — or incredibly awkward — touch: The two seats at the front of the right-hand side are facing back into the cabin. Well, hi there, stranger!
Class: The whole plane is fitted out for Economy. This seems to be standard for regional hoppers in the skies above India.
How full: I spotted two or three empty seats in a cabin of 74.
Fellow travellers: A couple of Western tourists, but otherwise locals.
Flight time: We started boaring at 9.05am for a 9.50am departure. Up and down inside 45 minutes, with one of the steepest descents to land I've ever experienced. In our 10 days of travelling with Adventure World, this Stuka-like approach was another thing I found to be standard for regional hoppers in the skies above India.
Food and drink: For about $1, I bought a bottle of masala water — Paper Boat brand — in a foil squeezie tube thingy. Delicious!
Toilets: It would take something quite dramatic to make the toilet messy in a 45-minute flight — but hey! This is India, right? So I inspected before landing, and can report the one loo was spic
and span.
The service: Two lovely young women, seat us, sell the masala drink then wave us off.
Entertainment: BYO.
Final word: Dhanyavaad!
