Letting my imagination run wild, I was thinking how it would be if Palakkad Iyers start an airline! So here are some of my thoughts. Others can contribute too! Headquarters: Palakkad, of course! Insignia: The logo of the airline will be panchapatram & Uddharini! The tails of all the aircrafts will carry this sign. Inaugural flight: PI 108 from Palakkad to Chennai! (108 is a significant no. for us) Crew: The entire aircraft crew will be PIs. The stewards and stewardesses will be clad in soman/angavasthram and 9 yards podavai respectively.
Menu: The snacks menu will have idli, vadai, adai, bajji, bonda, dosa etc, served on different days. On festival days, the relevant food will be served. Kali/puzhukku on Tiruvadirai, appam/pori on Karthigai and so on. The beverages will include panakam on Sree Rama Navami day. Announcement: The cabin announcement will be in PI Tamil followed by English as is the standard practice. The announcement in PI Tamil will run like this: Ellarum vango. Naanakkum Bhagyalakshmi, intha flight la cabin crew chief. Intha plane no. PI 108 Palakkad lenthu Chennaikku porathu. Porathukku ekadesam oru manikoor aakum. Intha flight la ongalukku pidicha palaharam ellam vilambuva.
Intha plane parappikkarathu Capt. Ananthanarayanan aakkum. Avar kooda Capt. Gopalakrishnanum irukkaan. Cabin crew ellarum nanna namma bashai pesuva. Ongalukku ethavathu venamana engale kooppudungo. Udane varuvom. Ellarum nanna sukhichundu pongo! International Flights: The first international service will be from Palakkad to New York. Flight No. PI 1008. (another no. of significance to us)
The announcement will be on the same lines as domestic flight. But being a long haul flight of about 18 hrs, will additionally have the following too: Intha flight 18 manikoor edukkum. Athinale aarukkavathu paduthukkanamana jamakkalam/thalagani kidakkum. andhyavandhanam pannandavalukku panchapathram/uddharini kidakkum.
On Amavasai days, for those who need, Vadhyar service will be available for performing tharpanam!
Business and first class passengers will receive compliments: velli panchapatram/uddharini.
But also to maintain tradition, the miniskirt wil have jarigai and hostess willl have mali poo on head wid kungumam and metti and stuff. and the seats will be alotted according to the gothram...so that the passengers can find their long lost relatives.... the seats won hav numbers...as in 3 A,B ,C...it'll hav da names of places....lik 3 kodavayoor, 5 perembavoor etc he entertainment system will have live proceedings of the poojais of kula deivams .. and seats can be allotted according to that also
Another part of the initial annoucement should be: "kulimuri yum kakkoosum pinnaltha side la mathram thaan irrikku, kettela? athu ennathinaala-na... minbhagathila antha edam naangal kovil kettiyurukkom - left la pillayar kovil, right la bhagavathy kaavu. chapadarathika minnala kovil-kku poyittu vaango" At the end before landing "ippo palakkad la eranga porom, ayyo bhayangara choodu appa velila. flight-lendu erangaratta complimentary visheri eduthukango. rombha santhosham neengal flightla vandel. oru last vishayam - vera flight-leyum kovil kettara kaaryam baaki irukku, therinchida? enna.. kaiya toranthu subhikshama donate pannungo ennu request. sheri. "Sambharam will be served throughout in long haul flights!
In international flights, the duty free carts will sell pattu podavai and jewellery items!
n flight la tapes will play rudra japam...those who want cn put the earfones on n njoy
Would the food be served on a banana leaf? Also duty free goods much include Maghzni, Chaka varati, etc...snack items Would the food be served on a banana leaf? Also duty free goods much include Maghzni, Chaka varati, etc...snack items there will be a big maa-kolam at the door of the flight.... tradition... pookolam during onam... In long haul flights, to prevent deep vein thrombosis, dhanvantharam kuzhambu will be provided to each passenger in a small bottle! The stewards will teach some of the guys who're interested how to do sandhyavandanam, before the flight takes off. No flights will leave during rahu kalam. The following will be provided in the toilets: umikkari - pallu thekka irkkili - nakku vadikka vibhooti nice idea, im in for the cabin crew.. and my dad suggsted that along wid the intro of captain , u can mention his gothram.. like capt ramasubramoniam , haritha gothram!.. the captain would recite the the enitre "abhivade" so his name gothram etc.... eveything will be mentioned. Oh and men who r in their vrathams for Shabarimalai will have a seprate class by itself alled Sanidhanam Class...No Air Hostess to letch at ..probably men will serve them.. Ony black mundu allowed...They will be seated seperately frm women... again no bird watchin...Complimentary Items in Food : Nayee Payasam directly from shabari malai...Free Shabarimalai Instruction guide for Kannis....Palakkad Iyer Airlines (PIA) has taken delivery of its first Airbus 380 aircraft. The aircraft was flown in from Toulouse, France by Capt. Gopalakrishnan and his team. The aircraft was accorded a rousing reception at Palakkad International Airport on arrival. The welcome included poorna kumbham by Doraiswamy Vadhyar and party, to the accompaniment of nadaswaram.
The wide bodied aircraft can carry 520 passengers and a crew of 24. This aircraft will be used on PIAs prime route, Palakkad to New York. The aircraft sports the traditional panchapatram-udharini insignia on its tail.
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