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Na nekoj Indiec mu teknalo deka golem del od naselenieto na mnogumilionskata Indija nikogash nema letano so avion nitu pak kje leta. Zatoa kupil star Airbus 300 (so edno krilo
) i mu ovozmozhuva na toj segment od pazarot da dozhiveat virtuelen let za $4-5 karta po chovek. Sebe si se narekol "kapetan Gupta". ))
The plane that never takes off
An Indian entrepreneur is giving people who cannot afford to fly the chance to experience air travel for just Ј2.
Bahadur Chand Gupta's Airbus 300 in Delhi never actually leaves the ground, reports The Times.
Passengers pay for the experience of sitting on a plane, listening to announcements and being waited on by flight attendants.
The plane has only one wing, no lighting and the lavatories are out of order. The air-conditioning is powered by a generator.
But about 40 passengers turn up each Saturday to queue for boarding cards.
In a country where 99% of the population have never experienced air travel, the "virtual journeys" have proved a roaring success.
Customers buckle themselves in and watch a safety demonstration. But when they look out of the windows, the landscape never changes.
'Captain' Gupta's regular announcements include "We will soon be passing through a zone of turbulence" and "We are about to begin our descent into Delhi".
"Some of my passengers have crossed the country to get on this plane," said Mr Gupta who bought the plane in 2003 from an insurance company.
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) i mu ovozmozhuva na toj segment od pazarot da dozhiveat virtuelen let za $4-5 karta po chovek. Sebe si se narekol "kapetan Gupta". )) The plane that never takes off
An Indian entrepreneur is giving people who cannot afford to fly the chance to experience air travel for just Ј2.
Bahadur Chand Gupta's Airbus 300 in Delhi never actually leaves the ground, reports The Times.
Passengers pay for the experience of sitting on a plane, listening to announcements and being waited on by flight attendants.
The plane has only one wing, no lighting and the lavatories are out of order. The air-conditioning is powered by a generator.
But about 40 passengers turn up each Saturday to queue for boarding cards.
In a country where 99% of the population have never experienced air travel, the "virtual journeys" have proved a roaring success.
Customers buckle themselves in and watch a safety demonstration. But when they look out of the windows, the landscape never changes.
'Captain' Gupta's regular announcements include "We will soon be passing through a zone of turbulence" and "We are about to begin our descent into Delhi".
"Some of my passengers have crossed the country to get on this plane," said Mr Gupta who bought the plane in 2003 from an insurance company.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2533455.html?menu
