Staycation – The $1 Flight That Goes Nowhere

“When I was working, people from my village used to ask me about the aircraft.

Stairway to the skies: Gupta bought the decommissioned Airbus for only £60,000

“Many of my friends in my villages used to ask if I could take them inside an airport so that they can see the aircraft from close quarters as they could not afford to travel in an Airbus.

“I took my friend inside the airport somehow but the authorities caught me. Then I decided to sell my land so that I can buy an Airbus.”

Overjoyed: most of the visitors to the aircraft are children or underprivileged

“If the person is poor, we don’t charge him and if the person comes from a middle class family, we charge him 1$,” he said.

Onboard perks: a flight attendant hands out sweets to the assembled children.

Service with a smile: Gupta charges middle class guests $1 and allows poorer visitors in for free

“Lot of people used to come to see the plane but now people are not coming in that number as most of them have already seen it,” he said.

Safety first: Gupta teaches visitors how to inflate their life jackets in the event of a crash.

Escape: a guests tries out the aircraft’s emergency slide

Gupta’s new mission is to train people so that they can help themselves in case of aircraft emergencies.

He added: “I train people for the emergencies. We teach them how save lives in case of fire and how to jump from the aircraft.”

The happy crew: ‘Captain’ Bahadur Chand Gupta poses with the flight attendants Ridhi Sehgal (left), Pratibha Dalal (right) and Sapna Singh (far right)

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