INTRODUCTION
SwadeeKhrap & Namaste everyone ! This is yet again my flight with Thai AirAsia that has become my most flown international airline.Today we are flying aboard Airbus A320NEO Registration (HS-BBZ) as flight no. FD146 from my second home Bangkok (DMK) to my homebase Lucknow (LKO). I hope you all enjoy the Flight Report both the video version on YouTube and readable version here.
Though my flight FD146 departs out of DMK in the evening around 8 PM I,being an Avgeek that I am, usually come to the airport by afternoon itself cause I love planespotting and DMK is one of my favourite places to planespott due to its unqiue nature with a literal golf course in the middle two active parallel runways.I have seen golfers play golf while birds takeoff and land and thats something I dont think you would see anywhere else in the world which makes Don Mueang as one of my favourite places to planespot.I couldn't take a photo of a Four seasons A321Neo but its there in my Flight Report video also a 330 of AirAsia X,Thai Lion among other aircrafts.
BOARDING & INFLIGHT
The boarding unfortunately got delayed by over 20 minutes due to the late arrival of the aircraft which flew to the new Phnom Penh Airport code of which is (KTI) if Im not wrong.The boarding itself however was fairly quick as the aircraft was only half full which is also a reflection of the recent West Asia war that has caused the fuel prices to rise up exponentially directly hitting travellers' budget worldwide affecting tourism numbers.Even in places like Chatuchak Market or Pratunam market I saw below usual rush that I'm use to seeing at these hot spots of shopping.I hope everything returns to normal and once again tourists flock to Bangkok and the place returns back to its hustle and bustle glory as usual.
Anyways, lets get back to boarding,So the boarding was finished within 15 or so minutes that kinda hellped us get ready for depart earlier than what it would be had the flight been full.So despite being delayed we did ended up somehow departing not so late which is always great though I do wish I see the full flight when I fly back to Bangkok again.Oh, btw I had pre selected my seat which was 22F however,the flight being only half full I switched to 25A and theres a reason for that,basically I had been tracking the flight movements at my homebase since morning and the wind directions were favouring RWY 09 for landings and because there have been recent expansion work at my homebase particularly the expansion of the apron and new taxiways etc I decided to sit on the "A" row to get a clear view of these recent developments.
DEPARTURE & ARRIVAL
We took off after a slight delay and after a turbulent climb out of Bangkok we cruised at 38,000 FT.Tge rest of the flight was pretty ordinary.The inflight service is obviously available however its paid and given I had not pre booked my meals this time I didn't review it.
After about 3 or so hours we began our descent over VNS towards LKO and after a few turns we alligned with RWY 09 and landed smoothly at my homebase.Once again a great flight with my most flown airline.
