Shah Rukh Khan recently flew economy class after a chartered flight he was to board from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, was grounded due to technical failure.
Most stars prefer to fly business class, some would even wait for another chartered flight to become available. Not SRK. And the only reason he did it was so he could get back in time to meet his kids.
Says a source close to Khan, "SRK left for the first leg of the Ra.One inter-city tour with his security and staff on Wednesday early morning. While he had chartered a flight for the entire two-day trip, the aircraft developed some snags after smoothly taking off from Mumbai, and completing the Chandigarh, Delhi and Ahmedabad run. The plane was to take off at 9 pm but initially got delayed because of the rains in Mumbai. Around 11 pm, the pilot informed the star that the plane flaps (used to increase lift which allows one to land or take off at slower speeds) weren't functioning properly and that the engineer would arrive only at 11.30 pm."
The only flights available after that were at 11.15 pm and then at 12.15 am. The alternative was to stay back at Ahmedabad and board his chartered flight the next morning or hang around for another couple of hours till the plane was repaired. Shah Rukh didn't want to wait any longer as he wanted to return before his children woke up to go to school. The actor booked tickets for himself and his entourage in the economy class of a regular passenger flight as no business class tickets were available.
"The second flight at 12.15 am had business class seats but SRK didn't want to hang aorund for another hour more. It was a different experience for him as children and their parents kept asking for pictures and his autographs and refused to leave him for a second. He enjoyed it all," the informer adds.
Source: http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Shah-Rukh-in-economy-class/articleshow/8723902.cms
Most stars prefer to fly business class, some would even wait for another chartered flight to become available. Not SRK. And the only reason he did it was so he could get back in time to meet his kids.
Says a source close to Khan, "SRK left for the first leg of the Ra.One inter-city tour with his security and staff on Wednesday early morning. While he had chartered a flight for the entire two-day trip, the aircraft developed some snags after smoothly taking off from Mumbai, and completing the Chandigarh, Delhi and Ahmedabad run. The plane was to take off at 9 pm but initially got delayed because of the rains in Mumbai. Around 11 pm, the pilot informed the star that the plane flaps (used to increase lift which allows one to land or take off at slower speeds) weren't functioning properly and that the engineer would arrive only at 11.30 pm."
The only flights available after that were at 11.15 pm and then at 12.15 am. The alternative was to stay back at Ahmedabad and board his chartered flight the next morning or hang around for another couple of hours till the plane was repaired. Shah Rukh didn't want to wait any longer as he wanted to return before his children woke up to go to school. The actor booked tickets for himself and his entourage in the economy class of a regular passenger flight as no business class tickets were available.
"The second flight at 12.15 am had business class seats but SRK didn't want to hang aorund for another hour more. It was a different experience for him as children and their parents kept asking for pictures and his autographs and refused to leave him for a second. He enjoyed it all," the informer adds.
Source: http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Shah-Rukh-in-economy-class/articleshow/8723902.cms
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