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Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Their margins actually decreased, in the previous financial year their net profit was higher on lower revenues, so net margin decreased from approx. 10% to 5%.

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Re: Emirates and the Boeing 747-400 / -8

If I remember correctly, EK also had an order for the A340-600 (16 or 18?) until the actual performance of the 777-300ER made it obsolete. Just like orders for A330-300s and the first A350 orders that were cancelled, a lot of EK orders never materialized.

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Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

The effect of the wavy flag looks a bit like a mismatched rudder from the distance...

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Re: The fall of Etihad Airways

Is the new AUH terminal ever going to open? That would give EY a much better ground product than the current one, which lags far behind DXB and DOH.

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Re: Antonov crash outside Kavala - Greece

Wondering how public opinion in Greece over the potentially even worse desaster will maybe lead to a EU-ban of such overflights (and maybe even denying landing in case of an emergency)? Just imagine if the routing had been closer to ATH or SKG and they would have tried to divert to a major airport n...

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Re: Priority Screening Inconsistency

Just a little remark, last night I added a photo of Emirates' new "50 years of UAE" livery on A6-EVG - a special livery that noone had even heard about - and after a (IMHO) petty rejection for being dark, it is now sitting in the queue for 12 hours... I think the website is missing an oppo...

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Re: Reupload function still available?

Thanks Jehan, I found the button, but to search through this list of more than 15,000 photos in my case and find the one to reupload will be "fun"...

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Reupload function still available?

I'm currently reediting my old slide collection and would like to replace older images in the database with higher-quality re-edits. However, the reupload page (airliners.net/reupload) redirects me to my photo corner - is this function currently not available?

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Re: History behind idiosyncratic IATA airline shortcodes

Any idea why…
...the K in EK?
...Y in EY?
...Q in SQ?
...X in CX?

For SK, I guess because Scandinavian is spelled with K in Nordic languages?

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Re: Avianca painting airplane to commemorate 100 years!

pipeafcr wrote:
I never thought I would see the day that Avianca went for a retrofit livery! The 747 does seem like the freshest option

They had one before, on a 757 and MD-80 in the early 2000s (actually one of the options that you can vote for).

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Re: Updated: SAS to present new livery by September 19th, 2019

I could see it 10 minutes ago, but not now anymore, I guess they pulled it again...

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Re: Should Gulfstream make regional jets?

I'm not an aerospace engineer, but possibly the long-range, high cruise speed and high altitude Gulfstream business jets are not the ideal base for a lightweight regional jet. They would probably have to start from scratch.
On the other hand, Canadair did it with the Challenger.

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Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

I’m not going to express an opinion on whether I like the suggested options of the globe being expanded over the rear fuselage. My only observation is based on decades of seeing the Qantas livery, which has design similarities to the proposal. The complexity of the rear fuselage shapes quickly dist...

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Re: Iranian 747 tail tips in Doha

According to FR24, it flew back to THR this morning. Also according to FR24, it was a regular between THR and DAM in the past weeks...

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Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

If United reintroduced the tulip as a secondary logo, it would be a bit like Turkish...

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Re: New Istanbul Airport a fiasco?

I have heard the concerns regarding the location (a former mine) and weather from a local expert as well.

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Re: Soviet L1011 TriStars.

Hey guys, In the current edition of Airliner World, there's an article on Ilyushin's wide bodied jets. In the article, the author mentions that Lockheed sent a TriStar to Moscow in March 1974 to demonstrate it to the Soviets. According to the author, the Soviets were impressed and wanted to order 3...

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Re: Soviet L1011 TriStars.

I've actually read in some old Air International magazines that I came across that the Soviets were interested in several western models. But the U.S boycotted these deals primarily out of concern that the engine technology could be used for military purposes. Hence, no sale. One of my professors a...

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Re: HiFly takes delivery of first A380

jepece wrote:
In some portuguese forums there are rumours that the first client is Air Austral.

Unless HiFly gives them a super deal, it doesn't make much sense as Air Austral's 77W have 438 seats, so they'd increase their trip cost by 50% for just a few more seats...

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Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

Looking at a zoomed-in version of this picture: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU8qPezU0AA-No7.jpg It looks like the font on the fuselage will remain Helvetica. Of course, Lufthansa may use a different font in advertising and other applications, but it does still look like Helvetica on the fuselage. H...

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Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

i’m satisfied. my main concern was that helvetica would be ditched for a “trendier” font. also no surprise that they put their best foot forward by debuting it on the beautiful 748i (assuming ausbt’s image was taken from LH’s intranet and not his/her own photoshop). In fact the font has changed sli...

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Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

i’m satisfied. my main concern was that helvetica would be ditched for a “trendier” font. also no surprise that they put their best foot forward by debuting it on the beautiful 748i (assuming ausbt’s image was taken from LH’s intranet and not his/her own photoshop). In fact the font has changed sli...

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Re: Meridiana to be renamed Air Italy

Keeping in mind that Air Italy was integrated into Meridiana some years ago... I hope they don't return to the same (AF-like) brand.

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Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

I still have this problem, but I can narrow it down to those cases where the Image is in a certain category, e.g. airport overview. Then it only becomes visible 24 hours after acceptance, which is a shame as normally this Image category receives a lot of views, but now it completely drops out of th...

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Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

Update: now it seems to be back all ok! All the photos are visible. Good to hear! :) I still have this problem, but I can narrow it down to those cases where the Image is in a certain category, e.g. airport overview. Then it only becomes visible 24 hours after acceptance, which is a shame as normal...

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Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

https://www.airliners.net/user/photo-cor ... to/3921613

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Re: Would the A321 make sense for Groupe Dubreuil?

Baggage capacity is another limiting factor for the 321neoLR on "VFR" routes like Paris-Antilles.

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RE: Canon 7D + Canon 100-400L Is II

I have the same body/lens combo for about a year now and have been very happy with it, the Mk 2 lens was in my case a huge improvement over my 15 year old Mk 1 version.
The 7D unfortunately tends to be on the noisy side - today I received my 7D Mk 2 which seems to be a bit better in that regard.

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RE: Frenchblue A330 With Second Hand Seats

Well those seats would be more than 7 years old, probably an older, heavier, thicker generation not suitable for a LCC.

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RE: Frenchblue A330 With Second Hand Seats

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/euroflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">euroflyer</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Sorry I meant the cabin layout, not the ...

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RE: Frenchblue A330 With Second Hand Seats

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/euroflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">euroflyer</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>I can't wait for the full livery to be d...

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RE: Rumor: Alitalia To Dry-lease 2 EY A-345s

According to ch-aviation, AZ will add a 772, 332 this year, and a first 77W next year. No mention of any 345...

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RE: Undocumented 787 Deliveries From Charleston

Thanks for the quick feedback! I see the point with the high fence. But I would imagine some approach shots during flight tests should be possible? Regarding the <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym> 787, I think it doesn't look better or worse than any other <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym...

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Undocumented 787 Deliveries From Charleston

While any delivery of a new aircraft, whether from <acronym title="Everett - Snohomish County / Paine Field (PAE / KPAE), USA - Washington">PAE</acronym>, <acronym title="Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (BFI / KBFI), USA - Washington">BFI</acronym>, <acronym title="Toulouse - Blag...

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RE: Does El Al Receive Discounts From Boeing?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GE9X" class="quote" target="_blank">GE9X</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Doesn't El Al have, uhh, "specialized" equipment...

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RE: Austrian Airlines' B707 Ops

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dcajet" class="quote" target="_blank">dcajet</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Back then most of the trinkets we get from mai...

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RE: Airlines Livery U-turn

Saudia did a u-turn when it comes to the airline's name as displayed on their aircraft.

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RE: SSJ100 For Hungary National Carrier

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LH748" class="quote" target="_blank">LH748</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Thank goodness Szydło and Kaczynski are too an...

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RE: SSJ100 For Hungary National Carrier

With the Orban government playing the national card as well as being pro-Russia, it's not unthinkable.

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RE: Daallo Airlines A321 Lands With Hole In Fuselage

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Yet we read "An Airbus A321-111 oper...

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RE: Daallo Airlines A321 Lands With Hole In Fuselage

If whatever blew up, had blown up in mid-air, the outcome would have been very different...

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RE: 737-400 In United Livery

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vhqpa" class="quote" target="_blank">vhqpa</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Sort of reminds me of Blue Bird Aviation (Kenya)...

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RE: New Spottting Point In VLC (Spain)

Thanks! I'll be in VLC over new year's and will give it a try. Any problems with police/security?

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RE: Canon 7D Question

I've had the problem with the "busy red light" several times even under normal condition. Then again my 7D is now 6 years old.

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RE: Are You Still Recieveng Letters From Dan Bord?

My last email from Dan was received in 2001... when he reminded me that I was to check my collection for more 777s for him.

Update: he made another attempt in 2007. I guess being persistent eventually pays off...

[Edited 2015-11-30 04:20:29]

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RE: Air Austral Removes 777-200LR From Service, Why

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Beatyair" class="quote" target="_blank">Beatyair</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>So there 3 - 777-300 are economically work...

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RE: Edelweiss Introduces New Livery

... and Switzerland titles underneath the large Edelweiss titles.

I think the (edelweiss) flower behind the nose was nice, now it's just a red nose similar to Norwegian.

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RE: AYT Vs. IST: Spotting In Winter Season

AYT is pretty much dead in winter. IIRC even one terminal is more or less closed.
IST is much less seasonal.

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RE: Smile Air Not Getting 747s

Glad I was able to the see their 744 parked at <acronym title="Tehran - Imam Khomeini International (IKA / OIIE), Iran">IKA</acronym>. Which turboprop aircraft is that? Neither a Q400 nor an ATR72, it reminds me of the stalled Indonesian project. On other parts of their fb page, they show the <acron...

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RE: Air France Fails To Reach Savings Accord With Crew

The <acronym title="Luanda - 4 de Fevereiro (Belas) (LAD / FNLU), Angola">LAD</acronym> "day layover" is a special one-off case, <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> does the same, owing to the low frequency of the route (now 3, until recently 2), the high cost of <acronym title="Luanda...

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