The groundhandlers for pax airlines currently operating at AMS are: KLM, dnata, Swissport, Menzies Aviation Aviapartner, Viggo. The Dutch government has recently announced it will start making policy to reduce the number of ground handlers from 6 to 3 to reduce further congestion. It will be intere...
Jump to postAh, it's that time of the year again! Another New Fokker or Rekkof announcement. Only for the project to go quiet and disappear again. But rest assured, they'll be back in a few years with another New Fokker design that will never fly.
Jump to postWelcome back to Anet! A few years ago I booked a flight with HeliNY. It really was an impulse decision. I was walking past the Downtown Manhattan Heliport and figured it was high time for a helicopter flight. So I walked up to the counter and booked a ride. I recall the whole process being smooth, a...
Jump to postWhoops! I saw this floating around the internet this week, very fitting;
It is a interesting topic, and one I brought into attention a few years ago when UA used to extensively operate the 757 TATL over winter months. They consistently had a diversion rate of >50% over the winter months on their longest 757 routes, yet marketed and sold the flights as nonstops. Have fun...
Jump to postAmerican 767 wrote:But my question is do they still have 737s? Because it is not from one day to the next day that an airline phases out a large fleet of an aircraft type.
The shorter flights seemed to suit Lufthansa's brand better in terms of premium service. You can not compare flights on Lufthansa CityLine with Lufthansa... I'm not sure what you're implying with that comment. But with the introduction of the A319 and even A320NEO at Lufthansa Cityline, I think you...
Jump to postFound an interesting YouTube documentary about Boeing's current state of affairs. Or well, the state that many people believe they are in. By Wendover Productions, which I think usually has very high quality videos;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URoVKPVDKPU
Two years ago I picked up a car at ATL with Alamo. I had a reservation through a European broker. I went to the Alamo kiosk and I'm pretty sure the whole process was over within 10 minutes. Then we walked to a line-up of cars and we're told to pick anyone that we liked. Very efficient!
Jump to postGVA ops is mostly airbridge, sometimes hard stand by bus. It depends upon the config of the airport. Paying two guys to drive buses isn't that cheaper than manning the jetbridge. Airports like AMS that have purpose-built "crap sub-terminals" without bridges (its basically a Home Depot / C...
Jump to postThe Final Countdown was my favorite movie as a kid. I still get chills down my spine when I hear the music in the background of those F-14's! The footage of all that aircraft action is incredible. A controversial opinion in aviation circles, but I don't really like Top Gun. Not saying it's a bad mov...
Jump to post"I'm on a mileage run" is my usual exucse in these situations. I.e. trying to rack up some frequent flyer miles. Never get any questions after that!
Jump to postLast year I'd booked a mid-day ATL-EWR flight, exited to try out JetBlue. Then they cut several routes from EWR, and I was rebooked. ATL-FLL-EWR, departing at 0600, with an 8 hour layover in FLL. With a total trip length of 12:30 hours on what was booked as a 2 hour trip. Well, I ended up flying AA ...
Jump to postMHG wrote:Spain: Helity flies Malaga - Ceuta and Algeciras - Ceuta (AW-139)
Will this include the LN-RPJ? This aircraft has been flying around Europe in some sort of Medevac configuration as of late.
Jump to postThis should be fuel for B6’s case against KLM. KL isn’t even using their slots at JFK and yet B6 is banned from AMS. How does that make sense? Sure, and the next time that B6 has a bad week and cancels some flights to AMS, it should surely be reason to withdraw their slots to AMS all together! :?
Jump to postSometimes the airline is wrong and the passenger is right
I'll see myself out
My last trijet was in 2019, Motor Sich's venerable Yak 40 from Zaporizha to Minsk (OZH-MSQ)
My last quad was in September of this year, on the Tez Jet RJ-85. From Jalal-Abad to Bishkek (UAFJ-FRU)
It does not affect everyone remotely similarly. JetBlue are being cut 100%. Delta/KLM are being cut by an infinitesimal percentage and allowed to continue their monopoly to the northeast United States. The consumer suffers as a result. AMS has UA flying to both EWR and IAD, plus the daily AA to PHL...
Jump to postSo, it's proving to be hard to find! Here's what I managed to uncover;
-The aircraft was supplied by STS (Safety Training Systems).
-The aircraft was bought in Arizona, and modified in Tulsa
-The aircraft was later brought to Agaba, Jordan, and from there moved to it's current position
Lufthansa is racing for the bottom at high speed. What a joke this airline has become. How many Eurowingses have we seen so far? Eurowings, Eurowings Europe, Eurowings Europe Malta (I wish I was joking), and Eurowings Discover? And now that CityLine is apparently not cheap enough, let's just create ...
Jump to postAnd the industry seems to have decided it’s happy enough to live with these hassles and delays rather than increase the pay and conditions and actually attract people to these jobs. That’s what I think as well. But this is really hard to understand. People and companies are willing to pay considera...
Jump to postFor me it's probably the AN-24, the immortal turboprop. It's not the most spectacular looking aircraft, but it has really grown on me after flying on it a few times. It's such a solid aircraft! There are quite a flew flying out there from the late 1960's and early 1970's, and they just keep soldieri...
Jump to postAirKevin wrote:What would it be running off of. If it runs on fuel, I don't think it has an endless supply.
Back in my ground Ops days I was always told it was very expensive to send "free text" ACARS messages. During training for an airline from the US they quoted something of 80 dollars per character. However I when I looked at the amount of messages that were send over the ACARS datalink I al...
Jump to postCathay's AMS-HKG made some interesting turns along the way:
https://www.flightradar24.com/CPA270/321716d3
Hi all! I recently had the pleasure of flying in Air Astana's business class on a domestic flight in Kazakhstan. On board service was great and started with a hot towel, which made me realize it had been a long time since I'd seen those offered. I rarely fly in business class, but I do remember that...
Jump to postBoth the night curfew and ban on general aviation will not happen and it has been noted that they'll only be reduced. The press release of June 20th is outdated. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-09-01/dutch-government-may-back-down-schiphol-private-jet-ban I've been ve...
Jump to postN14AZ wrote:I'm already suprised that they allowed someone to share this videos with the Western world.
What is the concern? Is it damaging to the aircraft? High heels would likely create indents on the top of the wing, potentially disrupting airflow over the wing, reducing lift, and ultimately risking the lives of 300+ pax as the 777-300ER fails to gain altitude and ending in a horrific ball of fire...
Jump to postLaMia Airlines had their license revoked after their Avrojet ran out of fuel and crashed, as LMI2933
Jump to postFor some reason Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has eliminated multiple moving walkways recently, forcing passengers to take rather long walks. I can't see this practice continuing when the new A-pier will open. The distance from security control will be considerable. You could be looking at twenty minu...
Jump to postHi Genius! Thanks for sharing this excellent report! Well written, reminds me of the old days of Anet trip reporting before vlogging was a thing. Very nice to see some actual style and class in the air. To me this looks much more attractive then the many purple lights and faux-wood of many of the ot...
Jump to postThis flight has been cancelled and delayed more this week. This is crazy. How can a particular flight have this happen so much?! It's just speculation on my part, but I think this flight is an easy target as others point out. Usually there's an earlier flight on BA available, sometimes a later one ...
Jump to postBoth of the aforementioned family members, as well everyone at the FBO all agreed that piston-powered helicopters were an abomination, and shouldn't be flown. Any thoughts? How about the Kamov 26 for an abomination? Two RADIAL piston engines driving a coaxial rotor. Just imagine the amount of movin...
Jump to postThe MI-26 has one, the exhaust can be seen just left and above of the nose gear
Is it all by trucks, or are there pipelines or even ships(not just for LAX, think of any major international from Schiphol to Changi). In the case of Schiphol (AMS) it's indeed delivered by pipelines. One that goes all the way to the Rotterdam harbour. Some info about that (in Dutch) here; https://...
Jump to postRunway 27 is undergoing maintenance, so capacity was dramatically reduced with these winds..
Jump to postTG, MH should not have ordered them, TG had some case to LHR/FRA/CDG, Japan and probably could have filled them to SYD/OSL/CPH/ARN but at what yeild? Probably would have been better off with higher density 77Ws. MH used them to LHR mainly, plus CDG until it was dropped. Not really anywhere else, fr...
Jump to postSome years ago I was talking to a crew member of a big airline with regular flights into Mogadishu / MGQ. He told me that a lot of the time the scheduled crew members would call in sick, and standby crew would be called in to operate the flights..
Jump to postDoes European airports count too? If so...AMS often lets planes from major international carriers such SIA, UA, AA, CPA disembark on ridiculously far away remote stands. To think you are relieved after pulling yourself through an 8+ hour long haul flight only to find out you still have to physicall...
Jump to postThe acting CEO of AMS has just announced a plan for several major restrictions for the future operation of the airport. He wants these to be implemented towards the end of 2025. -Private jets are no longer welcome at AMS -No takeoffs between 0000-0600 -No landings between 0000-0500 -No more of the &...
Jump to postTwo times come to mind. Most recently I was booked on Braathens Regional, MMX-BMA. I was hoping to catch their RJ-100 but sadly they fell victim to COVID. I did manage do get my money back via the credit card company as I booked through an OTA. The other time I was booked on the inaugural AMS-MST fl...
Jump to postHow often is this runway used for actual flights at AMS? Just a quick wiki peek, states that 04/22 is just 6608' / 2014m and is used for general aviation so a very odd scenario indeed. . In terms of runway use, this runway is probably on the third place after the 06/24 and 18R/36L. Dozens of flight...
Jump to postHere at AMS we usually have bags with gravel/rocks, less of a problem if one ruptures in the hold I guess. But I've seen a certain Q400 operator use stackable blocks of 25 kilos. Back in my days around the ramp, we used a lot on the Embraer 195. Our customer had a typical European flexible business ...
Jump to postKorean Air's fleet of 737-900's are all without winglets. Also Jin Air has two former KE ships without them.
Jump to postI've always liked Flybe, but working at AMS it's difficult not to notice the poor state of their operation. This airport isn't complete without at least one Flybe aircraft on a remote stand, that's gone technical. Sometimes two at the same time. I've also seen flights arrive 7 hours behind schedule....
Jump to postThere are a number of aircraft with hatches in the cockpit for flight crew evacuation, but is there a aircraft with an overhead hatch for passenger evacuation? It's an oldie, but the DH-89 Dragon Rapide has two roof exits for passengers. They are sort of cutouts in the fabric roof covering that can...
Jump to postSupposedly flying out this Sunday 13 NOV from AMS. How have the security and passport lines been lately? Trying to plan on when we should get to the airport. Thanks. No major problems the past few weeks. Sunday evenings are usually busy, but it's no vacation time here so likely not too much of a ha...
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