Re: United Airlines 787-10 configuration revealed

318 seats - impressive. I thought they would be 30-40 seats more than the B789, like their B789 has about 30 seats more than the B788.

Why not just go for 2-4-2 seating at 34 inch pitch in E+ instead of having both PE and 3-3-3 E+?

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Re: Will Delta’s A330neo be a TATL or TPAC plane?

Does the 242T A333 have the same overhead pilot crew rest module that the A359 has?

I think the 251T A339 will be a great plane, I too can see DL convert the deferred A359 orders into the A339 if the A339 can do 90% of A359 routes at 20 tonnes less MTOW.

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Re: Will Delta’s A330neo be a TATL or TPAC plane?

Didn't Delta order 25 x A339? That should be enough for both TATL and TPAC.

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Re: Hawaiian: E195-E2 a viable 717 replacement?

Delta's B717s probably have a lot lower cycles on them, Hawaiian could buy some of the newest from that fleet as DL is introducing the CS100.

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Re: Hawaiian: E195-E2 a viable 717 replacement?

I think the GTF engines will die quickly if they have to work the schedule the BR715 engines are doing now with those short hops 15-18 times a day...

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Re: Air Canada begins MAX 8 service to LHR

According to FR24, the aircraft flies YYZ-YHZ-LHR-YHZ-YYZ before starting over again - so far, at least. Does the crew work YYZ-YHZ-LHR, then layover before working LHR-YHZ-YYZ?

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Re: Delta A350 DTW-AMS

Seriously though, why would the A350 be deployed on AMS as opposed to strictly Asian destinations out of DTW? Perhaps they want to see how the A359 economics are on shorter long flights too... A good opportunity to show off their new toy to European customers and get max hours in the air by flying ...

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Re: CSeries Production/Delivery Thread 2018

MoKa777 wrote:

Also, do we know how the CSeries does in hot conditions yet (i.e. Middle East)? Is it a robust little rocket ship?

airBaltic have been using the CS300 on Abu Dhabi this winter, have not seen any published problems. Abu Dhabi - Riga is about 6hrs30mins nonstop.

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Re: Thomas Cook Balearics Gets AOC

Have the Thomas Cook Airlines unions given their "OK" to this or will they voice their opinions over the next couple of weeks?

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Re: SQ considering 3rd ULH destination and additional A359LRs

My take on SIN-GRU with Great Circle mapper shows the red line flying south of Cape Town, 16,000 km and flight time of 20 hours using 800 km/h as average speed. So, about an hour longer than NYC-SIN and great diversion airports (JNB, CPT) halfway.

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Re: Boeing formally delivers the first 787-10 to Singapore Airlines

Will SQ have crew rest modules on the B787-10?

Beautiful plane, Boeing will probably sell hundreds of it.

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Re: Airbus officially launches 251t A330neo variant

My impression is that the A359 has turned out to be "bigger" than expected for airlines. I saw the A359 as a three-class 250-275-seater, but airlines are putting in 280-336 seats with spacious premium seats and still manage to fly 12-16-hour nonstops - it's a big bird with big capabilities...

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Re: British Airways B787-10 Update

How much does the B787 overhead pilot and cabin crew rest modules weigh? Are we talking 1000+ kg combined?

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Re: British Airways B787-10 Update

SQ has put a respectable 337 seats in their B78X, including 36 lie-flat premium seats. Do SQ have crew bunks in the B78X?

If BA also goes 300+ seats that will reduce range a bit but make it a great people-hauler across the medium-haul network.

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Re: DL E170/175 Windows

Embraer spaced the windows to align with Y seats at 32 inch pitch - they made a point of that in their early advertising for the E-jets. So when carriers with two-class concepts installed seats at 30/31-35/38 inch pitch some rows end up having misaligned windows... The E2 retains the 32 inch pitch w...

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Re: CS300 @KJFK in the jetBlue Hanger

If they need to have three FAs onboard anyway and wish to offer 32-36 inch pitch seating for everyone, the CS300 makes more sense with 130-140 seats.

The E195-E2 will also have 130-ish seats in B6 config.

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Re: Reports of crash in Kathmandu, Nepal

Norwegian TV news are reporting 38 dead now.

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Re: BA new Gatwick B777 Configuration

336 seats in a B772ER is respectable, but Lauda Air had 354 seats in their B772ER, two-class, which I flew VIE-KUL-SYD return in 2002. Old style Y seats spaced at 31 inches, yet the flights were good with tasty meals and great cabin crew. The mid cabin had 3-3-3 Y and the aft cabin had 3-4-3 with 2-...

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Re: Cabin crew rest areas

I'm pretty sure KLM had two bunks for pilots behind the captain's seat when their MD11 was new and they had First class. I had a KLM timetable with seat maps and always thought the MD11 had way to much galley space and closets and whatnot and barely any seats... cabin crew had business class seats w...

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Re: CSeries Production/Delivery Thread 2018

One thing I found interesting on FR24 just now... SWISS' 9th and 10th CS100 and 9th and 10th CS300 are listed on the fleet overview now - does that mean their delivery is imminent? I use FR24 quite a lot and find that they usually don't list new aircraft until they are delivered to the airlines... A...

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Re: CSeries Production/Delivery Thread 2018

KarelXWB wrote:

Second delivery of the year:

Bombardier CS 300 55021 HB-JCH Swiss International regd & delivery 02mar18 YMX-ZRH ex C-FOWF

Best news all week

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Re: Pax and Pilots hate AA B737-Max

Does anyone know what the maximum seat count is for the 737-8 MAX. Boeing had to show that the highest seat count was capable of fully evacuating the aircraft in 90 seconds. Presumably, this would be with a very tight seat pitch, such as 29" and no F cabin. 189 seats at 29-30 inch pitch is max...

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Re: Embraer pitches E195-E2 at JetBlue

What does JetBlue need the E-jets E2 / CSeries for? Short shuttle-type flights in the Northeast US or long thin routes or both? The E195-E2 looks very nice, but it is a very long aircraft - at 41,5 metres it is two metres longer than the B737 MAX 8 and needs up to 1,970 metres of take-off runway len...

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Re: Southwest sued for removing Arabic speaking passenger

scbriml wrote:

JRL3289 wrote:

A lot of people have difficulty distinguishing between the various English-speaking accents of the world.

My wife and I (both English) have had issues making ourselves understood multiple times in the last three weeks in Florida.

Are you chavs and sound like Vicky Pollard?

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Re: LH operated by Air Nostrum (YW) during SU18

Good on Air Nostrum being able to lease out surplus aircraft instead of letting them sitting idle. Also good to expose the CRJ1000 to more operators. I have several colleagues who have deadheaded on Binter's CRK between the Canary islands this winter and they love the aircraft. Hoping to get the opp...

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Re: Qantas Group confirms 18 A321LR aircraft for Jetstar

Wow, another big brand (QF Group) goes for the A321LR... this bird will be everywhere.

But 18 aircraft to fly mostly Denpasar?

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Re: 9 Abreast Layout Configurations

The 42J/180Y 788s have been reconfigured to 42J/198Y. Similarly, the 46J/112Y 788s are now 46J/21W/102Y. https://www5.hp-ez.com/hp/8479/ana So, if both JAL and ANA has given in on the B787 too, that means there are no 2-4-2-abreast Y flying, then? The 3-3-3 won... I think the 2-4-2 will reappear as...

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Re: 737-10 Reaches Firm Configuration

TUI Group is the one to watch, they have 18 MAX 10 on order which will replace the trusty old B752. TUI will probably try to get as close to 230 seats as possible while having enough galley space for pre-order meals and duty free, and having enough range to fly UK/Germany - Canary islands in winter....

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Re: Qatar Airways takes delivery of first A350-1000, mulls additional aircraft

The QSuites concept looks interesting, especially the "family cube" in the center section. Is there a big untapped market for family suites and office meetings on a plane? Stunning aircraft :) There's a video on youtube uploaded today with a big tour inside the QR aircraft. I found the for...

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Re: Wizz Air bigger than Norwegian in passenger numbers for the first time in January

Tiny Ålesund airport (AES) in Northwestern Norway has two Wizz A321 dropping by several days a week, to Gdansk and Kaunas. The gate agent said flights are packed on most days. They are hitting target markets well. Norwegian has a huge charter contract with TUI which keeps many aircraft busy, But I'm...

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Re: British Airways to Resume Pakistan Flights - British High Commissioner

Most likely after inauguration of New Islamabad Airport. Interesting question for me is what they will use ? Well within range of their new A321NEO. Just sayin'...... From Oslo, PIA uses the B77W and B77L to cope with all the baggage, as every passenger has 40 kg of baggage - minimum. If passengers...

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Re: How do currently available A330-300s compare to earlier ones ?

IIRC, it was posted here on A.net some time ago that the centre fuel tank has "always been there" on the A333 but has only been activated with the 242t MTOW version - is that true? I always thought the A330-200 had an extra fuel tank installed when it was launched, but then I read that the...

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Re: QR confirms Mykonos service this summer.

Which aircraft type will they use for JMK?

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Re: PAWA Dominicana Airlines operations temporarily suspended

PAWA has such a nice livery and fly MD80s, sad if they go bust...

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Re: Why choose A321NEO over A321LR?

IIRC, one poster here stated some months ago that Airbus plans to deliver the A321LR with all plumbing necessary for three ACT installed, and then airlines can customize the aircraft as they wish according to their needs. If true, that makes the A321LR super-versatile. The ACT can be removed before ...

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Re: Korean Air outlines CS300 routes

Per FR24, the two Korean CS300 are flying up to 8 revenue flights a day each, all domestic short hops and they are mostly on time... big-time crew training, I assume. There is also a trip report on youtube, the aircraft cabin looks nice, even a window in the aft lavs and a huge aft galley.

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Re: American Airlines Announces an Aggressive New Way to Stop Passengers From Stealing Overhead Bin Space

And what about all the FA bags that are tossed up into those bins? Those should go too. Bin space should be for paying passengers only ... not the staff. Shirley you can't be serious... FAs have manuals in their crew bags that they are required to carry with them. If the FA's bags get lost or left ...

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Re: American Airlines Announces an Aggressive New Way to Stop Passengers From Stealing Overhead Bin Space

Who cares about the overhead bins, I'm more concerned about 190 seats on the A321 and 172 seats on the 737! In Europe we have had 189 seats on the B737-800 since 1998 and on most flights we are able to shoehorn everything into the overhead bins, and we are strict about passengers putting purses, du...

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Re: Autopilot sound in cabin

Yeah, it's just loud. From my SCCM jump seat I can hear quite a lot from the cockpit, which is pretty useful for take-off and landing, it increases my situational awareness.

On some flights we get a lot of ACARS... DING DONG, DING DONG, DING DONG... :-I

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Re: A321Neo flying KEF- LAX

The A321NEO continues to impress, I must say

WOW also uses the A321NEO on TLV-KEF, so now you can fly TLV-LAX on the A321NEO if you're really lucky (via KEF of course). Who needs a Dreamliner

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Re: A Question for Flight Attendants: How Safe are Hot Drinks on Commercial Airplanes?

Our pilots and cabin crew drink multiple cups of coffee/tea each every day at work and we sell millions of cups of coffee/tea/cappuccino/hot chocolate to paying pax every year and I have not heard of any cases of illness due to that. Our water boilers heat water to 92 degrees Celsius (which is boili...

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Re: 737-900: Cabin Air lacks force, why?

Last night I was lead FA on a B737-800 flying a full house LPA-OSL. Halfway enroute a guy became quite drunk and began farting profusely, stinking down half the cabin and many pax loudly complained as the useless gasper vents on the BSI hardly release any air. The pilots switched to fresh air only t...

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Re: Korean Air outlines CS300 routes

I think these short flights are mainly for "crew familiarisation and training" involving pilots, cabin crew, line maintenance and ground staff. It's a new aircraft type in their fleet and that requires quite a lot of practice runs before sending the aircraft on longer flights. Looking forw...

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Re: DY Pulls out of BDL

Surprised they drop the route for good. A winter suspension would be good business sense, as weather is crap and most people want warm destinations. Won't be surprised if they return as summer-only destination. Meanwhile, the MAX 8 works great on longer European destinations, like HEL-TFS, ARN-DXB e...

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Re: GA considers removing ATR 72s, Bombardier CRJ-1000s from its fleet as early as this year

One CRJ1000, PK-GRC, has disappeared from the fleet overview on FR24 - has it been retired from service? IIRC, GA owns six CRK and leases 12 from NAC. Is it cheaper to retire the owned frames now and fly the leased ones until leases expire, return them and that's it? Could the owned CRK be traded in...

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Re: How are DL's 69-seat CR7 doing after reconfig?

I guess DL has reconfigured all 82 CRJ700 by now into the 69-seat layout, where an additional four Y seats were added by pushing the aft lavatory into the aft cargo hold. Does the reduced aft cargo hold still have room for all baggage on all flights or do they have to actively keep the CR7 away fro...

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How are DL's 69-seat CR7 doing after reconfig?

I guess DL has reconfigured all 82 CRJ700 by now into the 69-seat layout, where an additional four Y seats were added by pushing the aft lavatory into the aft cargo hold. Does the reduced aft cargo hold still have room for all baggage on all flights or do they have to actively keep the CR7 away from...

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Re: Upcoming operators of Airbus A350-1000XWB

Air Caraïbes has three A350-1000 coming in 2020, each with a whopping 439 seats :O

That may entice Thomas Cook, TUI, Condor etc to order a few for heavy charter destinations...

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Re: great article about flight attendants and the 60ft rule

And yet, several airlines DID deactivate their 747 overwing doors. I think BA, AerLingus, and maybe KLM??? On some airframes, typically the classics. I don't know of any -400 that had a deactivated overwing exit door. I think CX deactivated the overwing doors as well on some of their B742 or B743s?...

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Re: Are 777s always this loud?

I always assumed it was because the 777 engines are huge and produces a lot of thrust, therefore they make more noise. All other aircraft have smaller engines with less thrust which rumbles less... or is that overly simplified on my part?

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