Will LH Group consider densifying the A319s flying for CityLine? They currently have 138 seats and 144 is max with one pair of overwing exits, so they can either tighten the pitch in the forward part of the cabin and remove closets to add one row, or space-flex the aft galley and add one row where t...
Jump to postI thought the B787-10 was earmarked for LHR-JFK - big plane but lower weight and less range than the B77W and A35K.
Jump to postunrave wrote:MSN 4583 VT-SQA SpiceJet first 90 seater DHC-8 Q400 was delivered on 22SEP18
Will the A321NEOs be ACF, so they can put a few more seats in?
Jump to postHas TAP ordered the 242T A339 or the 251T A339? Can the first A339s delivered as 242T be re-certified as 251T MTOW?
Jump to postAre CRJs, E-jets, A220, Superjet etc exempted as their MTOW is lower than the B737s and A32X?
Jump to postOnly if BA bring back free food and drink service on European and domestic flights, they can be considered as premium airlines. Otherwise, BA would remain an expensive budget airlines for travelling within Europe and the UK. I'm flying BA tomorrow, for the first time in 15 years. I'm flying OSL-LHR...
Jump to postEmerates have them at rear of main cabin. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-to-help-emirates-pilots-sleep-after-crews-find-a380-39too-319698/ Lufthansa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=begDOPL3FIA Looks nice. The LH crew rest even has a lavatory... that's very neat. I never thought c...
Jump to postI booked with BA during that timeframe using my credit card, no additional money has been taken (so far) and BA sent me an email yesterday. I'll be checking my account often, though.
Jump to postPavlovsDog wrote:somewhat off topic but is the leg room as bad as the raw measurements would indicate. 30 inches is really cramped IMHO.
Just checked FR24 and UA is no longer using their MAX 9 on IAH-ANC, which was about 7,5 hours with 179 pax. Has demand simply dropped off because summer is kinda over or were there issues with using the MAX 9 on such a long flight? The UA MAX 9 are doing Hawaii now, which is about 5,5 hours westboun...
Jump to postHas Boeing secretly beefed up the MAX 9? These flights are 3,500nm and longer - other airlines will certainly keep an eye on this development. I have always had a soft spot for the 900/900ER/MAX 9 and now MAX 10, and if the 9 and 10 can be tweaked like the A321NEO, I think many airlines will convert...
Jump to postIs Manilla a lucrative destination in SQ's network with good revenue (hence the importance of keeping customers happy?)?
Jump to postThis is a vote of confidence in the Q400 90 seater. It is stealing sales from the sister regional jet produced by Bombardier. 5 CRJs converted to 5 Q400 https://noticiasaereas.com/cib-leasing-convierte-varios-crj-en-q400-de-90-asientos/ Wonder which airline will take these... I assume it is not Spi...
Jump to postWill they be factory-fresh E190s?
ZRH-LCY must be a money-printer with SWISS also flying the route with their 125-seat CS100... uh, sorry - A220-100.
Nice to read that the A319 is still wanted by some airlines, I have always liked the A319 and think I'll be flying them with British Airways next month - in their new 143/144-seat C/Y layout. I didn't know AA had such a huge A319 fleet, I thought perhaps 30-40 aircraft... do they have specific route...
Jump to postI assume the A321NEO will be the new flagship of the easyJet fleet, so might as well make the best impression with them from the start. Pleather looks more luxurious than cloth, many thinks.
Jump to postHere in Scandinavia there have been several reports on TV news and articles in newspapers about Spaniards being sick and tired of tourists, especially in Barcelona and Mallorca, and many people have decided not to visit Spain this year but try something new. Also, Scandinavia has had a very hot summ...
Jump to postDoes LH own their A346 or are they all leased thus required to keep them nice for lease returns?
Way too much white, and the text is too close to the front.
How come MAD is being paired with other cities - if there is no natural traffic demand ADD-MAD why not just close it and look for something else?
Jump to postHow many 615-seat two-class A380 are EK planning to have in their fleet? They have around ten now, I think.
Jump to postA330NEO sales are sluggish because the A330ceo is still such a great aircraft, and 20-year-old frames are being refurbished so they can fly for a few more years (Air Canada, Thomas Cook etc).
Jump to postI thought the B787-10 would be the natural successor to the domestic B772, as the A359 has huge range better utilized across the Pacific ocean and such.
Jump to postThe A340-300 had 275T MTOW, so why has it been so difficult to transfer that to the A330-900? Is it mostly due to the A343 having four smaller engines while the A339 has two big ones?
Jump to postBBD has sold 634 Q400 so it's not a complete failure, I'd say. BBD has sold 1,300+ Dash 8 and ATR has sold 1,700+ so that makes more than 3,000 turboprops from those two OEMs alone - and most of them are in busy active service every day. SpiceJet already have 24 Q400 with 78 seats each. The first 15...
Jump to postDoes AS have the MAX 9 on order? Will that be OGG-capable?
Jump to postMust airBaltic, SWISS and Korean rebrand their in-service aircraft and all manuals etc or can they be stubborn and say "we bought CSeries and they're gonna stay that way!"?
Jump to postIs this the first production aircraft A321NEO with the new exit configuration (overwing exits and relocated L/R3)? Looks nice, looking forward to see interior pics and videos. Looks like it has two galley units in the front (first window missing after R1)... or is it a lavatory? easyJet will probabl...
Jump to post348 seats in a three-class full-service airline A359 is impressive (and perhaps an indicator of why the A350-1000 is selling slowly - the A359 is eating into its turf because it is turning out to be bigger than we expected?)
Jump to postWill Russia allow so many new overflights or may they prefer that pax fly Aeroflot China-SVO-Finnland/rest of Europe?
Jump to postWhen BBD launched the Atmosphere cabin they stated it was most suited for the CRJ900 and CRJ1000 (implying the CRJ700 is too small to all these upgraded galleys and two-class cabins, me thinks). I think BBD should launch a high-density CRJ1000 with 110 Y slimline seats @ 29 inch pitch. It will then ...
Jump to postBoeing's own seatmap for the B737 MAX 8-200 shows every seat at 28 inch pitch when having 200 seats. Source: Boeing.com/airport/737 Max Using Boeing's seatmap for the MAX 9 220-seat layout at 28 inch pitch, I calculate that 234 seats at 28 inch pitch will be the absolute maximum possible in the MAX ...
Jump to postBoeing should use the B757-300 and DC-8-63 fuselage for inspiration and make the B797 this size but with every Y seat 19 inches wide. That way legacy carriers can have 230-250 seats and low-cost/charter can have 295-300 seats.
Jump to postSo far, SQ has 337 seats in their B787-10 and UA have confirmed they will have 318 seats in theirs - this will reduce range somewhat. Will be very interesting to see BA's version - if they copy the -8 and -9 layouts, their -10 will have 240-250 seats at most, allowing lots of range... but we keep he...
Jump to postThese will be configured with 70 seats similar to the E175SC to avoid scope limitations On Delta's seat map of this aircraft it looks like there is one row missing in the back of the cabin, like an empty space between the last row and the aft windscreen. Is it really like that? On the CRJ900, the a...
Jump to postAllegiant bought quite a few ex-SAS MD80s - I heard from several SAS employees that G4 was quite keen on getting these birds because they had excellent maintenance records and would be good for years to come. Have G4 tried to keep up the "SAS standard" MX-wise or are they just doing the mo...
Jump to postI hope Airbus will use the Air Caraïbes 439-seat A350-1000 in airshows - to show how big the aircraft is inside.
Jump to postAA ordered 15 (+15) CRJ900 with the new cabin in May and now DL with 20 aircraft, so potentially 50 new CRJ900 - nice boost for the CRJ production line.
With only 70 seats, they might take them as lowest-MTOW aircraft to cut down on charges that are weight-related?
The "United hybrid" aft galley you speak of has been used by a few airlines - with a large(ish) lavatory and a galley with four full-size carts on the back wall. Air Caledonian - later BA - A320-100, Air France A318, easyJet A319, Cebu Pacific A319... The downside with this config is that ...
Jump to postLucky passengers getting to fly the A340-500... hope they appreciate what a rare aircraft they are flying.
Jump to post300 aircraft is impressive. I find easyJet to be a bit anonymous, though, compared to FR, DY, Wizz - no scandals or naughty tactics - they're just growing quietly. They may not need to grow the number of aircraft much if they replace A319 with 186-seat A320 and 235-seat A321 - the seat increase alon...
Jump to postWhat kind of inflight service do Y passengers get on IAH-ANC - being 6hrs30mins, do they get a full meal with hot main dish like on long-haul flights?
Jump to postHow come A350-1000 deliveries are taking so long? There is still only one A35K in service with QR flying DOH-LHR-DOH. Sum Ting Wong?
Jump to postIt strikes me that they’re on the ground a long time in OTP & ZAG, between 3hrs45 & 4hrs15. I wonder are they building in some wiggle room in case of delays Smart move, I say. I believe they are using the 280-seat B763ER and it takes time to disembark that many passengers, most likely 10-15...
Jump to postTrip reports about the UA MAX 9 are starting to appear on youtube. Looks like the F and Y seats are slimline versions without PTVs, which should save about 400kg in weight. Noticed a lovely slimline lav behind row 5AB too. Do UA have the aft flat pressure bulhead on the 900ER and MAX 9 or did they d...
Jump to postI think this door configuration is legal if there are 195 seats or less installed.
Jump to postWhy would they get rid of the A330s and not just expand or increase service?!? The A333 for both Caraïbes and Bee have 354/378 seats, while the Caraïbes A359 have 389 seats and the Bee A359 has 411 seats. It's not a huge increase in seats and the A359s capabilities and economics are probably a lot ...
Jump to postThe Thai Lion Air B737 MAX 9 has 215 seats and seem to operate from various airports in Thailand without too much ado, so the MAX 9 can't be all that bad...
With those big LEAP engines, I think the MAX 9 looks better proportioned than the MAX 8.
Regarding AF, it seems the A320 replacement is the biggest, next to 318/319s (CSeries seems a serious option). Replacing the large, aging A320 fleet with a same size A320NEO after 30 years seems not optimal. The A321NEO is a given, but a bit large for 1:1 replacement of all A320s. I always expected...
Jump to postAs a physician I routinely work 24-36 hours straight with six (at times non-consecutive) hours break in an emergency room, which is significantly more stressful than an aircraft. Am I tired? Sure. But I knew that was the terms when I took the job. And I don’t have a mandated 25 hour break period wi...
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