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hii ,Guys just sharing my experience,
Hello all i have reached hyderabad yesterday safely but one thing i would like to inform ppl in this group that whoever can afford to stay in Saudi should not come by these flights
Because there is no physical distancing and u r open to all viruses in the flight. The airliner is also very small i sat between 2 people and half of the flight was coughing and sneezing
Anyhow u have to spend money after coming here because they are not allowing u to directly go home and hotel quarantine is must
* Inflight=
Once we boarded the aircraft our seats had Faceshield,Mast, small sanitizer pouches, 2 food Boxes, 2 waterbottle, and 1 back of snacks, food is sufficient for the flight,
there was extra water bottles kept on last seats, no tea coffee, you can use the washroom one by one, and after landing they announce 5 rows to get up and leave, flight was smooth.
* Delhi airport
From the time u step out of aircraft there is social distancing and you r asked which state you are from so u fill a form and they stick a sticker on your passport, you walk security sees your number and will ask you to take a seat then they will make a group of 20 people who will be together, so now a security personnel will take 20 of u with him to clear immigration then later he will take you all to pick up your bags and go to washroom , then u meet him again and u will clear your customs bags , then u sit again and wait for medical .once your turn they will ask you any symptoms and will check your arogya setu aap then u will proceed to select hotels you want
if u can affort u will choose hotel from 2 to 5 star if not you can choose goverment quarantine for free.
( but better to choose hotel).
once u select hotels they will take your passports and there will be a bus arranged for you to reach to the hotels.once u reach hotel police will give your passports to reception.
Delhi airport and air india did a fantastic job kudos.
* Hotel
*once u reach the hotel they sanitize your bags .you pay amount for 7 days and security deposit of 2500 i paid which they will refund.
* U get 3 meals and water of your day outside your room on a table they keep it and ring the bell and disappear.
* They provide meals at certain timing if u prefer your time you can call them and inform.
* There is a thermometer/ mask/ Sanitizer bottle in the room so hotel will call you to check your temperature twice a day.
* Every alternative or 3 day there will be oxygen and Bp check they will come outside your room.
* Basic cleaning like Changing bedsheet, new towels, clear wastebin after 3 days on 4 day.
* You cant go outside the room. every thing at hotel is closed apart from reception.
* If you want your waste bin to be clear ed then they will come any time.
* Security on round if u step out of the room .
* Food quality was superb and we were taken care if you choose a good hotel.
* you need to meet doctor before check out so he will clear if you dont have symptoms if u have will advice to do covid test.
Tips
* Choose your hotel wisely .
* u need to spend 7 days inside the room.
* few hotels at delhi where people stayed had no temperature and bp check.
* Food quality not great and food was spicy.
* Made problem while they checked in they checked in on 3 but hotel made papers from 2 june .they told them they need to pay extra for one day.
* 5 star hotels or 4 star recommended see reviews and ask people if u have the list already of the particular state hotels.they are near to airport too.
* If u have a friend u can stay with on double occupany with them if u know other one is safe to be with.sharing rates are less of 4 or 5 star hotels.
* If budget suits go for single.
* No strict rules for quarantine to be at the room only.
* What fits your pocket best and what is comfortable for you.
lastly Good luck to all of you hope u all come to india soon , best feeling is to land in india and i hope my experience helps ,tc stay safe.
Travel Advice
Re: Travel Advice-Delhi
For all the Members...
My experience so far -
Initially I got Call for Sri nagar Flight on 31st May 2020 from Dammam , I paid for the ticket and got it in 5 minutes only - VBM phase 2 I guess , as it was initial stage less crowd and Hasslefree transaction .
Bt unfortunately -I could not board my flight due to My company's unprofessional attitude...they never cleared my dues (FNF) and all.
This made me feel very bad and It was disheartening to Just let go of the chance that was their in front of me....
From 31st I started again calling the embassy and emailing them ...
Finally I got call on 11th that I can Book the ticket for Dammam To delhi on 14th June .
I asked for My serial no in the list , the official said you can directly go in their and check yourself ...(My Advise pls ask for it and get it from them else its difficult and time consuming since air india guys will add this as 1st stage in providing ticket processing)
I went their on 11th itself...8.30 in the morning...
Since this was a VBM 3rd phase and lot of flights are scheduled many people who had received calls for Hyd and other flights scheduled 7days later also came for ticket booking and this created a Ruckus in the Air india khobar office...
Also the management of Air india has no proper system bt we people are also at fault as We (not me though) were not mantaining proper distance...
Took 2 days for me to book the ticket ...its tiring bring umbrella and water bottle with snacks and be ready to stand in heat.
3rd ...
Flight check in and boarding exp , It was hassle free social distancing was OK Ok...bt i would suggest to come 3 or 4 more hrs prior to actual departure time...for sure.
4th -
After landing its all a mess here atleast in Delhi....
No distancing what so ever...police nd and Officials are requesting bt people are like "mein apna saman ke sath line me lagunga"...
Their is a mismanagement also at airport...the Officials and the govt is to be blamed here as They are not properly instructing people what to do...
If you are from outside state ...
You have to stay in delhi for minimum 7 days quarantine (paid hotels or govt -you can opt)...
Though before going for Hotel quarantine they are doing a screening where they will ask details and take your passport also..which they call "Test" its laughable since its not a test ,its a screening...
It took almost 6 hrs for us to reach at hotel......
If any one need any other details feel free to let me ..
BR
Shaunak
My experience so far -
Initially I got Call for Sri nagar Flight on 31st May 2020 from Dammam , I paid for the ticket and got it in 5 minutes only - VBM phase 2 I guess , as it was initial stage less crowd and Hasslefree transaction .
Bt unfortunately -I could not board my flight due to My company's unprofessional attitude...they never cleared my dues (FNF) and all.
This made me feel very bad and It was disheartening to Just let go of the chance that was their in front of me....
From 31st I started again calling the embassy and emailing them ...
Finally I got call on 11th that I can Book the ticket for Dammam To delhi on 14th June .
I asked for My serial no in the list , the official said you can directly go in their and check yourself ...(My Advise pls ask for it and get it from them else its difficult and time consuming since air india guys will add this as 1st stage in providing ticket processing)
I went their on 11th itself...8.30 in the morning...
Since this was a VBM 3rd phase and lot of flights are scheduled many people who had received calls for Hyd and other flights scheduled 7days later also came for ticket booking and this created a Ruckus in the Air india khobar office...
Also the management of Air india has no proper system bt we people are also at fault as We (not me though) were not mantaining proper distance...
Took 2 days for me to book the ticket ...its tiring bring umbrella and water bottle with snacks and be ready to stand in heat.
3rd ...
Flight check in and boarding exp , It was hassle free social distancing was OK Ok...bt i would suggest to come 3 or 4 more hrs prior to actual departure time...for sure.
4th -
After landing its all a mess here atleast in Delhi....
No distancing what so ever...police nd and Officials are requesting bt people are like "mein apna saman ke sath line me lagunga"...
Their is a mismanagement also at airport...the Officials and the govt is to be blamed here as They are not properly instructing people what to do...
If you are from outside state ...
You have to stay in delhi for minimum 7 days quarantine (paid hotels or govt -you can opt)...
Though before going for Hotel quarantine they are doing a screening where they will ask details and take your passport also..which they call "Test" its laughable since its not a test ,its a screening...
It took almost 6 hrs for us to reach at hotel......
If any one need any other details feel free to let me ..
BR
Shaunak
Riyadh to Bengaluru journey experience
#Riyadh to Bengaluru journey experience
1. Flight was scheduled to depart at 11.20 am, so reached airport at 7.15 am, the moment we reach terminal we will not be allowed to enter the airport, we need to stand in a queue, queue will be in U turn manner, make sure you stand in correct queue which is set for your flight as there are other repatriation flights and yesterday few Egyptians were standing in our queue and later they went to different entrance, have patience all the time as you may be pissed off when you see many entering the queue in between, at a time 10 or so passengers will be allowed in order to maintain social distancing, really there was no check on the baggage weight, after check in we need to fill our name, passport and sign in the list kept at the check in counter, this completes the check in process
2. Immigration was very easy no queue nothing, give your passport and scan the finger print.
3. Security check was also completed easily without any hurdle, duty free is open in the Riyadh airport and small coffee shop
4. flight boarding started for Business class and then for economy boarding started from the last row seat numbers, temperature is checked before entering the flight bridge and then you enter the flight, on seats one small snack box and one bigger meal box along with a mask, sanitizer sachets and face shield and 3 to 4 small water bottles is packed in one plastic bag and declaration form is provided, really difficult to settle down having those box kept on seats, small snack box contains kit kat chocolate, peanuts, cookie and mango drink, bigger box contains an apple, sandwich some juice, cake, peanuts, emergency plastic bag and a puff, my suggestion not to eat and drink anything on flight.
Middle seat passengers are given with a PPE kit wearing that doesn't make any difference as obviously there is no social distancing, flight departed bit late around 12.15, in flight experience was as usual kids crying, shouting and passengers using lavatory and many passengers had removed face shield and mask for which crew started advising to wear it all the time, landed at 7.23 PM
The moment we landed crew was instructing not get up from the seats as they are sending passengers row wise so till then passengers need to be seated but still few stupid people didn't care stood and started taking out there luggage from cabin and crew literally started shouting.
5. Once we step out of the plane we will be given a form of hotel selection and will ask if we have the declaration form (which is given at the air office ) and we proceed further then some chairs are put up where we need to sit and fill the form and from that moment there's no social distancing, people rush in the queue, later screening is done with temperature and oxygen check need to remove the face shield for that, half of the declaration form is taken and hand will be stamped they ask us not to erase the stamp and ask if we are having any fever or any symptoms
6. Immigration was easy and they take other half declaration form is taken in immigration, entry stamp is done and then proceed for security and followed by baggage claims, as there were no other flights baggage had come on 2 belts
7. When you are stepping out post baggage claims after the customs area , hotel staff will be standing out holding notice board with 5,3 star and we need to enter the queue accordingly, hotel crew will take our passport and hotel declaration form and ask us to sit in the waiting area and we need to sit till the BMTC bus is arrived outside, once bus has arrived we will be asked to leave and yet again there's no social distancing
8. We step out the airport and need to pay 300 INR bus ticket fee for taking us to hotel, those BMTC bus sucks really difficult to pick up luggage and enter the bus, if it was Volvo it would have been helpful to take luggage in and accommodate passengers, bus will depart late as all passengers 9luggage needs to be dumped and managed some how, bus journey is about 1 hour
1. Flight was scheduled to depart at 11.20 am, so reached airport at 7.15 am, the moment we reach terminal we will not be allowed to enter the airport, we need to stand in a queue, queue will be in U turn manner, make sure you stand in correct queue which is set for your flight as there are other repatriation flights and yesterday few Egyptians were standing in our queue and later they went to different entrance, have patience all the time as you may be pissed off when you see many entering the queue in between, at a time 10 or so passengers will be allowed in order to maintain social distancing, really there was no check on the baggage weight, after check in we need to fill our name, passport and sign in the list kept at the check in counter, this completes the check in process
2. Immigration was very easy no queue nothing, give your passport and scan the finger print.
3. Security check was also completed easily without any hurdle, duty free is open in the Riyadh airport and small coffee shop
4. flight boarding started for Business class and then for economy boarding started from the last row seat numbers, temperature is checked before entering the flight bridge and then you enter the flight, on seats one small snack box and one bigger meal box along with a mask, sanitizer sachets and face shield and 3 to 4 small water bottles is packed in one plastic bag and declaration form is provided, really difficult to settle down having those box kept on seats, small snack box contains kit kat chocolate, peanuts, cookie and mango drink, bigger box contains an apple, sandwich some juice, cake, peanuts, emergency plastic bag and a puff, my suggestion not to eat and drink anything on flight.
Middle seat passengers are given with a PPE kit wearing that doesn't make any difference as obviously there is no social distancing, flight departed bit late around 12.15, in flight experience was as usual kids crying, shouting and passengers using lavatory and many passengers had removed face shield and mask for which crew started advising to wear it all the time, landed at 7.23 PM
The moment we landed crew was instructing not get up from the seats as they are sending passengers row wise so till then passengers need to be seated but still few stupid people didn't care stood and started taking out there luggage from cabin and crew literally started shouting.
5. Once we step out of the plane we will be given a form of hotel selection and will ask if we have the declaration form (which is given at the air office ) and we proceed further then some chairs are put up where we need to sit and fill the form and from that moment there's no social distancing, people rush in the queue, later screening is done with temperature and oxygen check need to remove the face shield for that, half of the declaration form is taken and hand will be stamped they ask us not to erase the stamp and ask if we are having any fever or any symptoms
6. Immigration was easy and they take other half declaration form is taken in immigration, entry stamp is done and then proceed for security and followed by baggage claims, as there were no other flights baggage had come on 2 belts
7. When you are stepping out post baggage claims after the customs area , hotel staff will be standing out holding notice board with 5,3 star and we need to enter the queue accordingly, hotel crew will take our passport and hotel declaration form and ask us to sit in the waiting area and we need to sit till the BMTC bus is arrived outside, once bus has arrived we will be asked to leave and yet again there's no social distancing
8. We step out the airport and need to pay 300 INR bus ticket fee for taking us to hotel, those BMTC bus sucks really difficult to pick up luggage and enter the bus, if it was Volvo it would have been helpful to take luggage in and accommodate passengers, bus will depart late as all passengers 9luggage needs to be dumped and managed some how, bus journey is about 1 hour