Bombay/Delhi??

I am a little confused about a few things regarding my arrival in Bombay. . . To start, we will have about a nine hour layover in Bombay and have been put up in a hotel for this time. Delhi is our final destination but now I am wondering if when I apply for my Visa I need to mention Bombay as my entry point? Also, does anyone know if my flight from Bombay to Delhi will be considered a domestic flight, are there seperate airports for domestic and international flights? Any info would be great. BTW, we are flying Air India, and it is too late to change the airline so please, any horror stories about the plane potentially falling apart/crashing/explodin, I'd rather not know, sometimes ignorance can be bliss! Thanks!

Mumbai (Bombay has two airports ...the domestic and international. They are 15 minutes apart and there is a free bus between them.

I wouldn't imagine that it'll matter much which port of entry you put

AS for Air India, I flew with them from Hong Kong to Delhi to London on an open ticket

I found the airline to be on a par with any wetern airline and the service was excellent

The plane was a 747 and seemed to have wings engines and other expected condiments of an aircraft all present and accounted for and it was a normal boring flight.

The great thing about them was they fully catered for vegetarians and I actually had a choice ...a first for me flying. The food by airline standards was also very good and the vegie korma with rice and nan bread was excellent if airline food can ever be called excellent hahaha

The Frootie drink they supplied also raised a smile.
Only one major thing wrong with the flight

There were no chai wallahs, egg omlette wallahs or any other vendors.

So keep you Air India tickets and enjoy the bollywood epic which you watch on the flight.

Oh I should say the air hostesses in their saris were very attractive and were very helpful

Hope that helps
Bryan

Yes, Bombay will be your entry point, where you go through Immigration and Customs! Yes, your flight to Delhi will be a domestic flight! The domestic airport (terminal, really) is about 30-45 minutes away from the international airport. They use the same runway, but are located far apart at the perimeter of the field, hence the confusion caused for foreigners when locals say "domestic airport" and "international airport" as if they were talking about Los Angeles International and Burbank airports, with the implication that they're totally separate entities. Finally, air travel is safer than going by road, and obviously much faster, especially in India. I think it's obvious that AI is a safe airline, otherwise they'd have no customers or planes.

Having said all this, if your flight to Delhi is a continuing flight then you might well be simply reboarding from the same gate and continuing onward, in which case you won't have to switch terminals. In any case nobody will notice if you've filled out the visa application incorrectly, which was the point of your question in the first place, if I'm not mistaken. Back on your heads everyone.