Does This Picture Make You Want To Visit Air India’s Lounge?

Sometimes I’m a bit annoyed by the “models” airlines use to show off their products. Like when they release pictures of a new lounge or seat and use super-attractive models in $5,000 suits and dresses. It certainly doesn’t accurately depict what the experience will be like.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Amol shared the pictures that Air India uses to showcase their lounge at Newark.

Air India uses the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at Newark, and this is the picture they use to showcase the lounge:

Newark-Lounge-Air-India

Would it be humanly possible for them to look like they’re enjoying the lounge any less? Certainly a far cry from how much Mr. Brown enjoys the Air India experience, to the point that he flies Air India no matter where he’s going (hell, he hasn’t even ever been to India):

They use four pictures to showcase the lounge, but the above is the main one they feature. They could have gone with this one, which they also took, but apparently didn’t think was as worthy:

Air-India-Lounge-Newark

I assumed someone from Air India just went into the lounge and grabbed some creeper pics, but it seems this may have actually been a photoshoot, based on the same people being featured in multiple pictures:

Air-India-Lounge

Makes me super excited for my Air India first class adventure next week!

British-Airways-Lounge-Chicago-20

Speaking of which, does anyone know if Air India has a first class lounge in Delhi, or just a shared lounge for all premium passengers?

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J Guest

@Tina Would love to see a similar ad for the US airlines with fat blokes wearing dirty torn jeans half falling off and wearing sweat shirts with Budweiser in their hands. Trying to coax my wife to make that ad for Delta whose account she manages. Wife is ROFL.

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Jackson Guest

Agree with comment above. List of airlines not eligible for business travel by my company: AA, UA, DL, AI, PIA, Aeroflot, Saudia, ML, Kuwati, and ME3. The first nine since they are on our crap list and the ME3 due to political reasons. So AI, you are not alone at being terrible. My personal experiences have taught me that baggage will be lost on AA and DL.

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Michael_NY Guest

@ lucky Are you finally selectivity picking comments that are provocative or criticize your articles or is my browser showing a decrease in comments suddenly? Don't know why we are so fixated by the lack of quality on AI. Do we forget that we Americans also have the audacity to promote terrible airlines (ehem delta, AA, UA). Hell I never travel outside the US on our airlines. The best north american and only 4 star airline is AC, which seems like a palacial home compared to the American trio.

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Kishore Guest

AI is a turd world airlines. Don't expect much. I'm an Indian myself, and I'm actually surprised they managed to keep it in air, let alone a lounge in that filthy place called Delhi. Delhi airport is fine, with it's saving grace of good architecture, but it isn't spectacular like other airports with best architects. Added to this, I doubt you know the salaries of these poor air-hostesses or pilots who are mostly over-worked, maybe they believed in the beginning that they would become rich or something. Which is actually funny because India is a really exploiting place.

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Vax Guest

@Lucky, Delhi and Mumbai A/P have changed tremendously . i used the AI lounge in Delhi last November. was not bad at all, the folks at he lounge treated we well, food was good, and they had a good range of drinks.

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