Have you wondered why Indian passengers wind up sleeping on the floor in French airports? Or about those weird clunks and clanks from the plane’s innards? Captain Vijay Bhaskar, pilot with Air India, and former IAF commander, has answers
What is it with France, always making Indians sleep on the floor when flights are delayed? Why won’t they put us in a hotel?
Twelve European countries use the Schengen Visa. If you change flights at any of their airports without it, no airline (not just Air France) can let you out of the airport. But yes, they could have been given better treatment at Charles de Gaulle, and taken to a lounge.
(This story appears in the 19 June, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)