I always hear the beep when the A320 cargo doors are operated. I have never known where the noise comes from or why. But that first second of operation has a quick "beep".
Jump to postThe XLR is not a high density configuration. The additional fuel tanks eat into the luggage hold, which limits how many people you can realistically take. Ignoring the issue that you just left half of your passengers’ bags behind, you will exceed maximum takeoff weight with that many passengers and ...
Jump to postA slightly different take on the annual statistics for 2023: Top 27 destinations by passenger numbers. https://i.ibb.co/n0Dc54N/Screenshot-1988.png Striking that AFKL terminals combined are the number one 1,6 million journeys (Now true Easy compete on both) but the absolutely massive ! Evidence whe...
Jump to postHang on, there is a bit more background to this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68121361 The man took action after the Guatemala City-bound plane had been stuck for hours on the tarmac without air conditioning or water for passengers. Mexico International Airport said no harm had be...
Jump to postI think the most logical place for a new terminal would be north of the main runway and then they could utilise the railway line and create a proper station with direct access to the terminal. That will never happen. Even if there was the vision to build a new terminal (which there isn't), Carlowri...
Jump to postI bet that the companies cave at the last minute, and make better offers. Menzies and DHL can certainly afford it.
Jump to postLots of vouchers still valid from covid era cancelled flights. It will be interesting to see what happens when all the vouchers have expired later this year.
Jump to postGreat reports everywhere saying that the loss "narrowed" from 643 million to 535 million and that the company expect to return to profit this year. How on earth will they do so if they couldn't while everyone made money left and right? It will depend on their ability to manage (reduce) th...
Jump to postThe real answer here is “Venturi effect”. Look that up. The air gets colder.
Jump to postTo give a straight answer, NO.
Not even close to prepared. Insufficient numbers of inexperienced people in all roles across all companies, to operate crumbling infrastructure.
Ground handling will be the worst area (again).
https://youtu.be/02yLHYM7WeweasyJet, Wizz air and Ryanair - Europe’s big 3 LCCs have recently published their FY22 half year results and only Ryanair have turned a profit of €170 million, While EZ are down £114 million and Wizz down €453 million. All 3 are pretty close to 2019 levels, I believe Ryanair actually above, but cle...
Jump to posteasyJet, Wizz air and Ryanair - Europe’s big 3 LCCs have recently published their FY22 half year results and only Ryanair have turned a profit of €170 million, While EZ are down £114 million and Wizz down €453 million. All 3 are pretty close to 2019 levels, I believe Ryanair actually above, but cle...
Jump to posteasyJet, Wizz air and Ryanair - Europe’s big 3 LCCs have recently published their FY22 half year results and only Ryanair have turned a profit of €170 million, While EZ are down £114 million and Wizz down €453 million. All 3 are pretty close to 2019 levels, I believe Ryanair actually above, but cle...
Jump to postI don’t know what happened, and I know that Vueling has certainly been criticised for poor practices in the past.
But I would expect the first officer to be one of the first people off the aircraft in an evacuation. That would be inline with many airlines emergency evacuation procedure.
The main problem is Peter Bellew, the COO. The conspiracy theorists out there say that he is secretly still working for Ryanair (because how else could he be so bad?). All of this while Johan L has his head in the clouds. EasyJet is facing the same problems as everyone else, but it is (even) less pr...
Jump to postTotal operational meltdown at Wizz Air yesterday/today with lots of heavily delayed or cancelled flights across the network. What’s going on? I don’t know if there’s any specific reason for today, but many airlines in Europe are facing lots of disruption at the moment. They are dealing with the han...
Jump to postThe rules where I am not allowed to leave home for 3 days following a trip until I get my day 3 negative PCR test result back. So I often do pay for that test to get my freedom back in a couple of hours rather than the 12-24 hours if I go to a community testing centre for a free test. I am fitted w...
Jump to postYes, it can cause a smell of burning inside the cabin. It has caused some unnecessary diversions in the past. I have experienced it twice.
Jump to postI thought they had put this on the back burner. Airbus had other problems to resolve before committing to an A350 style cockpit for the A320. I think the airport map on the Nav display is a current option, but not many airlines have it. Also, the digital audio system from the A380 and 50 is now avai...
Jump to postAnother advantage for W6, on top of the slots at LTN and LGW, would have been crew. EZY has a lot on the sidelines waiting for capacity to ramp up while Wizz has typically expanded too quickly and seemingly can't crew its metal. Glad this was knocked back, W6 has 1 inch less legroom I believe and r...
Jump to postNewer Airbus models with T3CAS can also display traffic up to 9900ft above or below.
Jump to postYes, you really could buy a ticket with the RAF from the UK to the Falkland Islands. The flights are now outsourced to AirTanker. I believe the stopover was (and still is) Ascension Island, not Cape Verde https://www.falklands.gov.fk/more-information/getting-here/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RA...
Jump to postDear Airliners forum community, I have questions. Some years ago I observed some planes that were... weird, to say the least. I haven't seen anything like those planes before or after that day of observation. I'm sure that some will immediately think I'm one of those crazy conspiracy theorists. I u...
Jump to postcertain local media outlets reporting that the airport was closed this morning due an icy runway. Surprised EDI wasn't prepared for this as it has never really been an issue in the past? It was closed for 10 hours on the 2nd of Jan too. It has been an issue before, and it’s not surprising. EDI is o...
Jump to postAre there any of the original BA 747-136 left? I flew on BA G-AWNE from LHR - JFK in 1980. It seems to be stored somewhere in Nigeria. Is that still the case? If so its pretty remarkable after nearly 50 years. Boeing 747 - MSN 19765 - 5N-RRR Last Airline Kabo Air Status : Stored Last Registration :...
Jump to postThis has already been in the news. It was 2200 credit card details that were hacked. This story is just additional detail that some passenger information was also hacked in the same attack.
Jump to postOne solution is what Easy Jet is doing, that leave middle seat free. That is incorrect. easyJet are not doing that. CEO Johan Lundgren only suggested that it’s something that may be considered for the short term. He came nowhere near to committing to such a plan. The idea of 2-1-2 is ridiculous, no...
Jump to postJust came across this amazing clip with Swedish BRA Braathens Regional Airlines ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbmBOk9rd0s )ferrying their Avros to the UK a couple of weeks back. Airline is now under administration due corona virus (https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1444169) and ho...
Jump to postIf they are forced rebrand as part of break with Stellios, euroJet has a nice ring to it. They could even launch it with a bunch of flights for 1€. I can even see the tagline ‘Booking with euroJet is easy....’ Doubt it. Stelios owns (I think) 49% of the airline so would lose out if easyjet dropped ...
Jump to postMCTSET wrote:Just a quick question, what is the maximum seat capacity (all economy sardine tin config) the A320neo can hold?
A friend of mine that works for British Airways mentioned that some of their 772ER’s don’t have crew rest areas installed, just some seats with a curtain around which seems odd for an airliner that can easily fly up to 14 hours. I later found an FAA document online which permits changes to overhead...
Jump to postThis is not possible. A full A319 with no ACTs will handle half that distance. The A32x reaches its limits between 5 and 6 hours flight time without ACTs. There are so many weight variants and engine options, but 4000 nmi is very far beyond the norm for the A319 in regular airline service. Hmm, so ...
Jump to postThis is not possible. A full A319 with no ACTs will handle half that distance. The A32x reaches its limits between 5 and 6 hours flight time without ACTs. There are so many weight variants and engine options, but 4000 nmi is very far beyond the norm for the A319 in regular airline service.
Jump to postOooft, the EDI usuals won't like that... It's my home town airport and the security setup is awful. Why do you feel the security setup is awful? I've always found EDI security to be amongst the fastest and most efficient of any airport. I've never spent more than 5 minutes queuing for security at E...
Jump to postWhist reading about VS future expansion ambitions when LHR 3rd runways slots become available, I also read that easyjet is interested in slots there too. Why didn't easyjet make use of the vacant remedy slots after they were vacated by little red? The previous easyJet CEO was very specific about th...
Jump to postiseeyyc wrote:Could he just "jump in" and take over? Or would he have to go back into the terminal and review the weather and flight planning first?
Are you aware of what T&Cs are like at Ryanair? What's wrong in your view with the T&C's at Ryanair? The pay is quite good, especially when compared to some other airlines. The roster is a very stable 5/4 roster, no night stops, no night flights, pilot recurrent and command trainings are of...
Jump to postIs this due to the 737 MAX fiasco and Brexit? You could get a job at the Ryanair press office. I’m sure they will use these 2 reasons to justify any cuts. There are some other factors that are causing Ryanair to cut back in it’s weaker positions. Over capacity, increasing crew costs (at last), and ...
Jump to postSo i understood; this is when an acft captures the localizer signal and has been locked on it, right ? Not necessarily. You can call established as you are intercepting the course. It's not a systems call-out dependent on localiser. It's a radio call frequently requested by approach so that they ca...
Jump to postAt a time when many of us, if we're lucky, are getting rises of 2% or so, a rise of 11.5% over three years sounds very generous to me. Do BA's pilots have a case? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49075767 Yes they do. They’re terms and conditions have fallen while the company has made record bre...
Jump to postThis happens often in that part of the world. It’s even in the NOTAMs for several places around that region. Even the PFO and LCA NOTAMs across the water in Cyprus have had warnings of “GPS jamming”. It does affect aircraft on a regular basis, but of course airliners are not reliant on GPS.
Jump to postI have heard A rumour easy are looking to go to Cape Verde (assume from Gatwick ) are their current a321neo able to get there with a full load ? GC is 2500 miles I imagine add a few looking at 2700 ish It says 2363 nmi great circle to BVC. I think the A320 NEO could. Possibly too far for the A321 N...
Jump to postThe whole article is a complete fantasy. Easyjet have shown no interest in anything like this at all. The current CEO is certainly not the man to lead the company through a major revolution. This is not going to happen and is barely worth talking about. The easyjet A321s have no additional centre ta...
Jump to postThat’s disappointing. Maybe they figured it’s not worth it for their 45th anniversary. They’ll probably go ahead with this in 55 years time for the real 100th. Haha!
Jump to postOf course Ryanair is here for the long run. But their massive fleet could make them seem over extended in some kind of financial crash. I also feel That Ryanair is running out of good routes to operate. They have an increasing amount of routes that are from a small airport you’ve never heard of, to ...
Jump to postMany people on here are fantasising that BA will operate the same type as citiflyer. They probably won’t. It makes it easier to justify paying the citiflyer pilots much less, and keeping them on separate lower terms and conditions.
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