Re: Sudan government in proposal with Airbus to supply Sudan-Air with 8 new aircrafts.

The Airbus proposal included enhancement of the opportunities available for the vigorous return of Sudan-Air to outer space and provision of technical support for the operation of the aircraft.


bold plans! though i was ignorant of Sudan Air‘s outer space adventures.

Re: Flooding at DXB causes EK meltdown

I went through it yesterday morning, transiting from CGK to PRG. Circling for more than 1.5 hours over Oman before landing. It was kind of funny to see hundreds of buckets everywhere in the terminal but then finding out that the toilets and showers in the lounge were all closed because of lack of wa...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

KLM is suspending all flights to Iran and Irak today. Boeing is not allowed to examine the black boxes and Iran blaimes Boeing for the accident with the Ukrainian 737.This was on Dutch radio half an hour ago.. In my opinion nobody knows what happened..In the current situation sure they blame Boeing...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

People go on holiday in those numbers to Iran? They do happen. Some parts of Iran are quite peaceful and welcoming outside of Tehran. Not in those numbers from one country though surely? Very specialist place to visit for a holiday My god, There are many Iranian born canadian citizens. Aside that P...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019, Production suspended

Just watched an “aviation expert” explaining why the 737MAX may never fly again. Once you halt the supply chain it is nearly impossible to re-start it with the same economies of scale. I saw that Spirit have started producing 767/KC-46 forward fuselages.. maybe they can find other work.. also they ...

Re: 737NG Pickle fork issue

Aviation Week is reporting that cracks have been found in other locations on the Pickle Forks and planes will have to be re-inspected. This is behind a paywall. https://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/new-issue-prompts-expansion-737-pickle-fork-checks?utm_rid=CPEN1000000897724&utm_campaign...

Re: Akbar AlBaker accuses Singapore being a ‘copy cat’

I would be more interested in the expansion plans itself. Seems a tad overoptimistic at current times to expand that airport even further.

Re: Brussels Airlines seeks cost cuts, drop destinations, shrink fleet and jobs

The brand strategy doesn't really help. Flying PRG-BRU frequently, where there are two options: Czech Airlines and Brussels. Now, Czech Airlines is a horrible one which I try to avoid. But what do I gain booking Brussels, and finding myself on a Czech Airlines plane operating for Eurowings operating...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

FAA failed to properly review 737 MAX jet anti-stall system: JATR findings Reuters got a look at the report ahead of its release on friday https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-boeing-airplane-faa/faa-failed-to-properly-review-737-max-jet-anti-stall-system-jatr-report-idUSKBN1WQ0H8 rather damning ...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

So Boeing are over in China holding workshops about bringing the 737MAX back into service. The Chinese are one of Boeings biggest customers, will be vital that the Chinese regulator agrees with the FAA about giving the 737MAX the green light. Hopefully Trump will not throw a spanner in the works. h...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

Milestone payments are not not being made, but Boeing will still be paying Spirit and CFM. Is Boeing paying for the engines or the airlines, as is the case usually with bigger planes? I remember that Boeing said CFM keeps production rates to compensate for the troubles in the beginning. Now, if Boe...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q3 2019

Anyone has an idea how many planes parked out of the shop? I wonder if Boeing will have to cut production rates down again soon, must be hell of a strain on the cash flow to have all these parts and planes sitting around.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q2 2019

https://www.enotrans.org/article/house-panel-lets-pilots-airlines-discuss-737-max/ For those who like a longer read, the site provides link to all the written testimonies to the house on the 19th inst. Ray Sad enough that its Sara Nelson from the Flight Attendant Association which puts the others t...

Re: Lufthansa Fleet Thread - 2019

So, was booked on Brussels from PRG to BRU and ended up on a Eurowings flight (Eurowings name on the side of the plane) with a Czech Airlines tail. Just wondering what the exact strategy of LH is...

Especially as I booked Brussels to avoid Czech Airlines.

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

Aside what has been the origin of the emergency, this needs to be looked at from design perspective and carefully analysed. People in the rear had no chance at all. It needs to be studied if improvements in the design of the cabin nacelle could possibly avoid such a situation in the future. Landing ...

Re: DXB runway closure 16.4.-30.5. - Situation update

Got myself upgraded, but have gold status.
Lots of families around me, clearly not business folks. And fulled to tge last seat, thats why i assume they will use every single seat during the closure.

Re: DXB runway closure 16.4.-30.5. - Situation update

Just left DXB on EK to PRG, take off immediately after a plane landed. Was surprised, thought we would queue.

On board, business cabin completely full, due to all the upgrades.

That said, the food on EK could use some overhaul. Grtting worse and worse.

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

I believe Boeing will be very careful with the fix. AS others have mentioned, the MCAS seems only half of the trouble. The AoA sensor, the integration to the ADIRU might provide some more headache as well. Now, just imagine the grounding is lifted and another MAX bites the dust, with the plane being...

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

If one of the fixes Boeing is planning for is"not allowing MCAS to move control surfaces to the full length", I shake my head. One should think that they would consider before what the effects of full deflection would be. And as its designed to overrule the pilot, its rather to be expected...

Re: Official: Airbus announces A380 production to end in 2021

As sad as the end of the line for the big bird is, at least we will see a bit more diverse fleet again at EK. The 380 is unmatched in comfort for me (with looooots of flights with EK each year...) But nice to see that the 350 will arrive there. Aloing with 777x and 330neos and perhaps 787 (which I d...

Re: BR Flight Attendant Subjected to Unreasonable Requests by Disabled Pax of Size

Simple, regardless if he is a creep or not: No male crew on board? if no, management to blame, as such things are foreseeable, if yes, cabin crew to blame. Left aside that company policy should put some limits to what crew should be exposed to. But then, if you do have a problem, its up to them to c...

Re: EK A380 Abuse?

Flying PRG-DXB a lot, plane is usually always full. And there is also a T7 flight each day, QR with a 788, FlyDubai and Smartwings with 737 and not to forget TK...

Re: Airlines with the most women pilots

You guys gave me a big laugh right now. Thanks! needed one. These beasts! How dare they wanna fly an airplane. There might be a reason HR wants to do the hiring rather than a bunch of old bloke pilots. Nay? Never cared much about that one up front. Had many a drunk pilot in the nineties. Let women r...

Re: Will new standing-up airplane seat design take off?

not with me for sure...

A300ST Beluga electrical fire in cockpit

A news snippet from orf.at (German only) informs of a wiring related fire wich extinguished by itself forced an emergency landing at XFW today.

How tight are their Belugas scheduled in the supply chain? Will that cause a disruption?

Re: Emirates signs a commitment for 36 additional A380's

Happy to hear! I am flying EK intensively and the A380 is just the most comfortable plane anywhere around, even in Y class. But really low noise level and just the feel of space is a real improvement over most if not all other aircrafts in the market. I think it just needs 5 more years and we will s...

Re: Air Berlin has filed for insolvency

They just renewed my gold status... guess I can pin it to the wall. Will other one world members honour the miles?

HG terminates all city destinations

Few days ago, HG admitted to terminate ALL european cities by end of January and focus on a new venture with TUI. Also AUH to be discontinued.

Sadly, no one here in the forum seems to care anymore. Also no thread on the mayhem at IST airport due to weather.

i miss my old Anet

Re: 737 runway overrun on landing in BGY