smokeybandit wrote:
True, but the present arrangement leaves 40% of the Metroplex population with no SWA frequencies at all unless they want to bypass DFW and drive all the way to Love Field. Surely a half dozen frequencies each from FTW to HOU and AUS would sell. I've always scratched my head at this argument; KDAL i...
Jump to postLooks like it took off 3.5 hours late, and climbed straight to FL390, soon thereafter 410. I'm guessing empty! I saw it sitting there this morning when we arrived on QR 731 Heavy. I thought it was awfully strange that it was there that time of day (roughoy 10:00 am). Congrats- you seem to have arriv...
Jump to postThe so-called "rotary radial."
Because what you really want is a giant metal gyroscope out front!
FlyingElvii wrote:Mechanic -“I wonder what these leftover screws go to?”
CFM states that the RISE will be compatible with future noise criteria. The pitch and tone of the aircraft is as important as the sound level in db. The Piaggio Avanti makes a very noticeable and irritating high pitched engine noise. Not saying that the RISE makes the same sound, but if it is as di...
Jump to postI was going to say Kenya Airways, but I think it's inarguable that the OP is correct in answering their own question... it's Air Plus Comet.
Obscure, indeed!
They've had their most capable aircraft (the sole DHC-8-300) grounded for 11 months. To me, that speaks volumes. I understand that it found itself suddenly needing two engines... But if you can't afford to keep your asset with the greatest revenue potential in operation, you're in trouble. I obvious...
Jump to postDoes anyone have any idea what the fate of N704AL will be (the aircraft for AS1282)? Since the aircraft will no longer have a door on the left side is the plane going to be scrapped? Do you throw your clothes away after wearing them once, or do you wash and re-wear them? That's a terrible analogy. ...
Jump to postB747forever wrote:Lamp1009 wrote:So it looks like the last flights will be in the upcoming days to CTS?
What I could find from looking at their schedule, it seems that a ICN-TPE rotation on March 25 will be the last flights.
I'd have a lot of heartburn over booking something that far out and hoping that Emirates is able to both commit to it AND deliver, without a tail swap. I'm also suspect that the timeline you've listed will be quite that.... successful. Seems optimistic to me. That said, you could go for Qatar instea...
Jump to postUnited has already had a GTF engine failure; aircraft wasn't even in service for an entire month.
I remain unconvinced that Pratt's problems have been resolved in later-build units.
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=5142a268&opt=0
like the comment that Boeing continues to lose billions to save pennies. This principle strikes a chord with me; it's the exact reason that I no longer purchase vehicles from the Ford Motor Company. In that case, one experience with the (known faulty) powershift transmission ruined the relationship...
Jump to postIt's common, and in some cases (depending on details of the cracking), we can even defer such a windshield and fly the airplane in revenue service back home.
Jump to postCorrect me if im wrong...Arent cabin doors supposed to be locked when the aircraft is moving? No, absolutely not. Do you really want a mechanism that PREVENTS exit doors from being opened, which could potentially fail in an off-roading event, rendering all the exits stuck? No, you do not. Admittedl...
Jump to postIt's lined up to be an exciting summer for ANC. Condor's new A330neo. AS's new 7M8. I wish we could get AA's 787 back on the DFW run, or DL's 767 back on the ATL run... instead of the neo and 757 respectively. For an Alaska elite, having access to AA's premium economy seats at booking on their 787 w...
Jump to postI am just after some clarification. I think an early post said that the plugs were manufactured by Spirit and rail shipped from Wichita to Boeing Renton in place in the matching fuselage. But a distinction was made between fitted, and final assembly by Boeing.in Renton. So more was expected to be d...
Jump to postWow, there is a LOT of drama in this thread. Reasonable precautions need to be taken to ensure other, similar line numbers haven't had a quality escape like this one seems to have had (I can think of zero reasons for AS to have removed the plug during induction; heck, at my previous job, we'd go eon...
Jump to postThat's an amazing milestone- congrats to them, and many happy returns. It's a challenging time for all carriers- old and new.
Jump to postWhat a bizarre season the industry is in.
LoCo's doing badly, legacies doing well-ish, and Pratt & Whitney just kinda hanging out, doing what they do best.
Not sure what is more stupid, doing it or telling a colleague. Most idiots are full idiots- not smart enough to contain themselves. Granted, the ones that are smart enough are called psychopaths . Wow that’s rather quick action to get sacked straight out of the gate. Will be interesting to see how ...
Jump to postA -10 sized airplane wasn't really something anyone was pursing at the time; remember, only in the past ten years or so have we seen an industry-wide (more or less) up-gauge in fleet size. Keep in mind, in the same time frame you're asking about, Airbus was selling A319s and A320s like hotcakes, and...
Jump to postI think one of the criticisms of the F50 was that whilst it was built to last and tough (up to 90,000 cycles), the aircraft was heavy and whilst that was ok in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, nowdays its not a good thing. Still though I think roughly 80 to 100 still fly throughout the world. In t...
Jump to postI flew in and out of REP this spring, and really liked it. It was far nicer and larger than it needed to be.
I understand the concerns about traffic overhead Angkor Wat Complex, but I'm very surprised that the funds were spent to build a completely new airport to replace REP.
What are the oldest ex-US AA A320 frames? I'm sure they have a few that are older than the youngest MD-80s, which I know are all gone now, but still, interesting supposition for airliner geeks. AA inherited something like 16 MD-80s that were purchased by TWA and delivered around 2000(ish?). I was d...
Jump to postThe factory-delivered Delta MD-90s started arriving in 1995 and would not have been "due" for a repaint until the early 2000s The original 16 were delivered in 1995 and 1996 so wouldn’t have been due for a repaint in that time period. Thank you both very much. I had not taken into conside...
Jump to postI loved Aloha Airlines. But the JT8D on the old 732 like the BR715 on the 717 are different than a CFM56/Leap or the PWGTF. You completely fail to not that Aloha did get 737-300's and they did not do well on the short hop, high frequency operations. Why past tense? Go love them some more. And, you ...
Jump to postWildcard idea:
They keep the 77W, but convert them to freighters to replace the 74F's.
Then backfill with A35K's.
Yeah? Nah?
Wow... and there I was, thinking the future would see an expanded Suvarnabhumi.
Jump to postWhat would be wrong to fly ANC-SEA/JFK/IAD, and do ANC-SEA 5 to 7 times a day. Nothing is wrong with it, from a technical feasibility standpoint. However, if well-established United can only make ANC-NYC work seasonally... and hasn't tried ANC-WAS at all.... And well-established Delta did ANC-JFK f...
Jump to postHow do the airlines, like Alaska, deal with their MAX fleet right now? Do you they inspect or are they aware of what builds have this issue? Flying a MAX to OGG Saturday so a little concerned. From what I understood earlier this morning, the issue is in the location of pre-drilled holes. If that's ...
Jump to postWhy no evacuation? I know they can be dangerous but wouldn’t this type of incident prompt the F/A’s to initiate one? Why would you jump out of a perfectly good fuselage? Not on fire. Not leaking fuel. No sign of imminent danger. So...... send everyone into a panic and down the slides? If conditions...
Jump to postBad day for the airline industry I see. How to make a million by spending a billion…start an airline. And use $3 million of public tax money to incentivize it. I should have taken pictures of ANC North terminal on my way through last month. It's essentially the same dump it was in the late '80s. Pu...
Jump to postGiven the brutal break even experience from the 787 program, I have to wonder whether the industry is in a position nowadays that each of the programs are woefully unprofitable for the first several hundred frames. I've got a gut feeling that the A380 never reached that point. And I suspect Bombardi...
Jump to postAccording to simple flying Air Niugini plans on buying 11 Airbus A220’s to replace it aging fleet of Fokker F100 aircraft, thus enabling the carrier to have better profits and enhanced operations. I'm very excited that they've chosen both the A221 and A223 for their order... Some love for the short...
Jump to postAccording to simple flying Air Niugini plans on buying 11 Airbus A220’s to replace it aging fleet of Fokker F100 aircraft, thus enabling the carrier to have better profits and enhanced operations. I'm very excited that they've chosen both the A221 and A223 for their order... Some love for the short...
Jump to postWith some proper engineering, I always thought the perfect place for this Concorde is the inside of the head house of one of JFK’s newer terminals. Wouldn’t take up much floor space at all as the landing gear struts are long enough to allow check in/ticketing facilities to be placed underneath the ...
Jump to posthttps://flightaware.com/live/flight/RVF888 I’ve never seen an airline not be able to get even one flight on time. They’re a stupid hot mess. The flight on 8/3 was on time, by industry accepted timing standards anyway. Looking at the FlightRadar24 history for that tail (628NP), timeliness is not the...
Jump to postI have a feeling the one with fuselage damage is going to be written off. Even though United has some of the last 767's built, that was 98/99 Delivery. Its probably right on the cusp. Depending on the exact amount of damage and how much longer they would like to keep it. The plane in question, N641...
Jump to postLooking at FlightAware for UA924, looks like those folks had a real fun 4+ hour ride over the Dulles region... followed by a low (300 foot) approach, go around, fly out and back a bit more, then land safely. I'm not disparaging UA's maintenance, but I do wonder how close whatever component was to ov...
Jump to postThe article is devoid of much useful technical info, but the parent company of Pratt is talking about a $500 mil hit for the year, 200 engines removed from service soon, and 1,000 more over the next 12 months. Is this a new finding, which it seems to be, or accounting practices for an old finding? A...
Jump to postYeah this is confusing to me.
Presumably the 400 is "better" because bigger number = better... at least in some regard.
So now they're launching some sort of "300NG" product?
I also think it highly depends on the lack of a development program. I think the timeline can be shortened if they would have a target airframe… Well I'd be very excited for that! People smash their faces into the corner of the 220's bins constantly. My company had to put little rubber feet on the ...
Jump to postTo me, putting RISE on it makes more sense. They could use a lower volume platform to get through the teething problems and be ready for when one of the big platforms are ready to drive volume. It pushes the time line of -500 out, but maybe that give A220 more time to straighten out its production ...
Jump to postYes I dislike the AirSpace bins on that A220 pretty strongly. One of the great features of the A220 cabin was that the bins are already quite large, and the curvy appearance is so sleek. You never hit your head on them! I like them on the A320 series, since that cabin had undersized bins previously,...
Jump to postmeh130 wrote:It might also require a second over wing emergency exit, which would add several more inches.
Cute but no. The 220 is a big deal here. But in the real world it doesn’t compare to a real Airbus in design, quality, profitability, performance, etc. At the end of the day it is not a money maker, it’s a headache. Airbus makes its fortune on the 320, the 320 family, and every other jet tied to th...
Jump to postNot strictly AS fleet or network related but it is since the plane came out of QX's fleet before going to Zeroavia. If nothing else the paint jobs is really nice. https://news.alaskaair.com/our-path-to-net-zero/alaska-airlines-zeroavia-developing-worlds-largest-zero-emission-aircraft/ Wow, that pai...
Jump to postIn the busy seasons, QR flies two DFW flights I believe every day of the week. And they do tend to sit around until evening, when the temps go down and takeoff performance is more...within the realm of allowing for metal objects to become airborne. I do wonder if they will ever ‘upgrade’ their secon...
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