Ladies and gentlemen, this is Rohan speaking, and I’ll be your chief flight attendant on Royal MP Airways Flight MP 543 from Mumbai to Ranchi via Chennai. Yes, we are aware that we were originally supposed to fly direct to Delhi, but MPs on board have decided that Ranchi is nicer this time of the year, and so, we must all go there. The stopover in Chennai is because one of the MPs wants to try the world-famous Hyderabadi Biryani.

High life: Some MPs had recently approached the Ministry, complaining that private airlines were not following the protocol of extending all facilities and courtesies to them