For most air passengers a nine hour flight involves the prospect of cramped leg room, a troubled sleep and meals delivered with plastic cutlery.
For first class customers of Jet Airways, however, the experience is a little more civilised
Passengers prepared to pay out just over £4,000 for a trip to Delhi will get to relax in their own 26 sq foot private room, separated from the rest of the cabin with colonial-style sliding doors.
And at £1200 cheaper than a first class ticket with British Airways, it is a luxury service that the airline - dubbed the "Orient Express of the Skies" - is confident will prove popular with customers