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Photo taken by: EEVEM
Route: Kolkata/Patna, 3 Jun 2004
Ticket price: Rs 2600/- APEX
Flight duration: 1 hour
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: veg on the left and non-veg on the right of the tray, lunch.
Veg = paneer makhni & non-veg = chicken makhni (Cottage Cheese or Chicken curry in a tomato/butter sauce), otherwise common to both was hot steamed rice, kaali daal (black lentils), papadam, salad, sweet gulab jamuns, butter, bread roll, mouth freshener. I think Indian food holds well on airplanes, there is a sandwich selection available, but even the visible foreigners were tucking into the spicy rice-curry combo.
Drink: Soft beverages, tea/coffee, water.
Comments: Air Sahara feeds their passengers as though there is no tommorow. This was for a short flight, 1 hour block time, but actual cruising was just about 40 minutes. Cabin crew has new uniforms.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 maybe 9
Camera brand & type: Nikon KoolPix

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Photo taken by: SR 103
Route: Mumbai-Delhi, 3 Jan 2004
Flight duration: 2 hours
Aircraft type & class: 737-400 (Economy)
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Vegetarian option - The main dish consisted of paneer and green peas in tomato gravy, rice and yellow dahl, all Indian specialties. There was a salad that consisted of cucumbers, tomatoes, an olive and a chili with no salad dressing. There was also a bun wrapped in plastic with some “Amul” butter.
Drink: Water
Comments: Despite the bun being pre packaged, it was actually very nice and soft. There were also three mini papads in a small zip lock bag which my dad ate and from what I understand it was as good as it can be. The meal itself was pretty good quantity wise for such a short flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: NVU
Route: Delhi (DEL) to Mumbai (BOM), 22 Mar 2004
Ticket price: US$128 (o/w) upgraded to J class
Flight duration: 1hrs40mins
Aircraft type & class: B737-700 VT-SIU, business class
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Vegetarian selection: Aloo parathas (potato pancakes), vegetable croquette, paneer bhurji (minced cottage cheese cooked in a tomato gravy with mild Indian spices), and a hot almond muffin (on the right corner)
Comments: Amazing breakfast and full marks to Air Sahara for treating J class passengers as royalty. There was also a hot beverage and cookie service after the entrees. This was served on a trolley and poured fresh.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10 (food) 11 (service)