■17:43:02 JAL516) Tokyo Tower, JAL516 spot 18. Probably something lost in translation, but what does "spot 18" mean? I looked at the approach plates of rwy 34R and the fixes are named with five-letter words like anywhere else in the world. And, of course, JL516 is not saying it's on an 18...
Jump to postIberia. A completely dull and unimaginative livery. The former was way better, imo.
Jump to postI don't understand the argument that passengers don't pay for window seats, but rather to be flown from point A to B. Nowadays, almost all carriers charge you if you want to book a specific seat (on top of the above mentioned "A to B" fare), so I'm always paying up to USD50-60 on intercont...
Jump to postLH503 flighttime 1325 -0605, so it's a hit. 24/06/2001 04:52 D-AIGY LH0503 Airbus A340 SBGR - EDDF That's awesome, thank you so much for your help! 1999-07-31 (or 07-30) SN---- BUD BRU ---- 146 (------) departed late afternoon or early evening could be SN272 1999-07-19 MA--- BUD FCO ---- 73S??? (--...
Jump to postHi, I've been trying to find the regs of these flights for many many years, to no avail. I'd appreciate if anyone can help me find them. I'm also looking for the flight number of a few of them. I know they're quite old and really hard to find out... thank you in advance! DATE--------FLT # ----------...
Jump to postI log my flights on my.flightradar24.com, openflights.org, flightmemory.com and airfleets.net
None of them is perfect, each has its pros and cons.
Back in the 90s, I read about an emergency landing of a 737-200 with a hydraulic failure. They had to land without flaps, and the crew allegedly veered off the runway on purpose (into the grass) not to overrun it. I wonder if the outcome in this case would have been different, had the pilots decided...
Jump to postZRH - Been there last summer: overrated, overcrowded, dated terminals and with hundreds of delayed flights. Hundreds of delayed flights? You mean all flights that day were delayed? How many departures ZRH has daily? Are you sure it weren't dozens of flights? I didn't count exactly how many flights ...
Jump to postYMX (Montreal - Mirabel): the definition of "white elephant".
Jump to postGIG (Rio de Janeiro - Galeao Int'l) operates well below capacity. Terminal 1 was even shut down in 2016.
Jump to postBest: OSL, TLL Good: MAD (T4S) Bad: FRA - confusing to find your way and crowded ZRH - Been there last summer: overrated, overcrowded, dated terminals and with hundreds of delayed flights. People embarking on concourse A were making lines that obstructed the corridors of the terminal. Also, the lay...
Jump to postHow do you think LA will replace the A350s that it will transfer to DL? Or they won't be replaced at all?
Jump to postHow will LA replace the A350s that will go to DL? With DL's +20yo B763?
Jump to post757223 wrote:Did anyone else notice that [...] when the crew asks about heading West in the last transmission, [...] the response seemed hurried (and likely under stress)?
According to Wikipedia, Casablanca Airport was once Nouasseur Air Base, and even today locals call it "Nouaceur" which is the name of the province it is located.
May be that's the reason of the "N" in the ICAO code.
FSDan wrote:By dropping this route, DL gets two 763 frames back to use (...)
I flew international into LAX last month, arriving with the morning flights from Australia and NZ. The automated passport control kiosks were all there, but none was working. I spent 1 hour in the line.
I hope the kiosks will be fully functional when you fly there.
Here's my experience: DL: - The good: average to awesome FAs, food better than average, Skymiles never expire - The bad: old airplanes (although most of them renovated) UA: - The good: channel 9 (does it still exist?) - The bad: bad to average inflight service, a CEO who praises his employees for ha...
Jump to postSIN is bad for watching airplanes. There's only one official spot where you can see airplanes (called "Viewing Mall", on terminal 1), and they're neither taking off nor landing, just taxiing or standing at the gates. There's no place from the airport itself to see the runways' movements. C...
Jump to postI'd go to Merlion Park, from where you can have a great view of the famous MBS hotel. Then, you can walk to the MBS complex, if it's not far for you. When I visited MBS, the bar on the rooftop was VERY crowded, so crowded that you actually had to walk asking "excuse me" all the time. So I ...
Jump to postI'm not sure if this adds anything to the topic, but... As you probably know, Norwegian offers *free* wifi on its flights, and I had the chance to experience it on a 738 last June when flying Catania-Madrid. I used FR24 app on my Android (the app isn't heavy, but it's not as light as text messaging)...
Jump to postSo here's what happened... When I checked-in in Savannah, I realized my DL ticket included the AA leg from JFK to my foreign destination, which allowed me to dispatch the bags directly to my final destination without having to collect them at JFK. I decided to stay in terminal 4. I could have taken ...
Jump to postThank you for your answers.
I still haven't decided whether I take the LIRR to NYC and spend my afternoon there or if I try re-entering the airside of terminal 4. If I decide for the latter, I'll let you know if they let me in or not.
Hi there, I'm flying into JFK next Sunday (terminal 4), with bags to collect. I have another flight 8 hours later from terminal 8. Since there's little to do in terminal 8 (even plane spotting is bad there), my idea is to checkin the bags at terminal 8, return to terminal 4 and spend my afternoon th...
Jump to postPVG's third runway (..) Was this one of the present runway 35/17s on the west side of the airport? Yes, the "third runway" is the current 17R/35L. Was the fourth runway that opened in March of 2015 also on the west side? No, it's on the east side (current 16L/34R). And they're about to op...
Jump to postFrom the list, from best to worst IMHO:
1) British Airways / Lufthansa
2) Delta Air Lines
3) Air France / KLM
4) United Airlines
5) American Airlines
Thank you all for your inputs!
I decided to try Air North and I booked both legs with them.
Not only I'll experience an airline I've never flown, but also I'll have the chance to fly a classic 737 (most probably a 735)!
Well, I got the same seat map... And guess what! It was a 735. Thank you for the clarification. It seems Air North's seat map (shown during booking) doesn't reflect the actual plane we fly. Hi There, I work for Air North ...... it is very very rare for it to be a B7372 on this route usually a B7375...
Jump to postTheir 732 and 735 configurations are identical (on the seat map shown, anyway -- haven't flown on both). So I think you figured out it's a 735. Well, the seat map for the 735 on their website shows 21 rows (with only 2 seats on row 21). The seat map I got for my flight showed only 20 rows, which is...
Jump to postUnfortunately Air North does not use the 737-200 on the YVR route, at least not regularly, it is usually a mix of 737-400/500 The seat map shown when I tried to book the flight was that of a 732 (20 rows), that's how I figured out it was this model of airplane. Also don't forget Westjet flies YVR-Y...
Jump to postHi all, I'm planning a trip to see the northern lights next October, in Whitehorse, Yukon (YXY). If I fly Air North Yukon, it will be a classic 737-200. If I fly Air Canada, it will be a CRJ-700 and I'll have to pay CAD 30 more each leg. So, which one would you choose? Fly a classic model on which i...
Jump to postI'm kind of fascinated by how many big cities served by several airports don't have a single one that references the city's actual name in its IATA code. Sure, most of them do make sense or those that didn't have been explained already but it still seems interesting to me: Stockholm: ARN, BMA, (NYO...
Jump to postI've flown 5 legs on DL, 4 of them in 2012 (GRU-ATL-MDW-ATL-SCL) and 1 this month (JFK-GRU). In 2012 my impression was that service was ok, sometimes good, sometimes average. On my last trip, however, I was impressed with the service we, Y passengers, got. Not only FAs were corteous and efficient, b...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AirPacific747" class="quote" target="_blank">AirPacific747</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Related to the topic; I'm goin...
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Jump to postThe interesting thing about "best/worst" is that it's a pretty subjective thing. Not only it changes according to individual preferences among passengers (some value aspect X more than Y, others value Y and don't care about X), but also it depends on the references of each passenger. I mean, someone...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rbrunner" class="quote" target="_blank">rbrunner</a> (<a href="#99" class="quote">Reply 99</a>):<br/><i>Is the Mediterranean Sea that deep in th...
Jump to postThe black boxes are not designed to float, so it's reasonable to assume they're around 10,000 ft (3000 m) below sea surface, together with most of the wreckage. I'm not sure if the pings are that easy to locate given the depth of the ocean in the area. A submarine was employed in the AF447 accident,...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rj777" class="quote" target="_blank">rj777</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>What does the nationality or plane type have t...
Jump to postI wonder if the investigation will try to recover the CVR and FDR which rest below +3000m (+9800ft) of water.
Yes, it's been done before (AF447), but then it was a French airline, with 72 French nationals onboard, and the aircraft was an Airbus 330.
I always wonder how Middle East media reports on terrorism in the region, and how Middle East people react to them. I mean, does an Iranian care more about what happened in Pakistan than in Belgium? Does Kuwaiti media (for instance) keep reporting the terrorist attacks in Beirut for a longer time th...
Jump to postHi all, Looking at US Census statistics, I've always wondered what a Hispanic/Latino person is. Wikipedia states: <i>"Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans are American citizens who are descendants of the peoples of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula."</i> Ok...
Jump to postThe airplane falling in a left bank may or may not be related to the chart for the ILS Rwy 22. The missed approach procedure requires a left turn to intercept radial 080 to <acronym title="Penair (USA)">KS</acronym> NDB. About potential witnesses: remember it's almost 4 am local time when the accide...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LGAviation" class="quote" target="_blank">LGAviation</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i> Brazilian customer protection laws ...
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Jump to postAny approach or takeoff from SDU.
Not only the scenario is amazing, but the sharp turns on final approach and the fact it's the shortest runway in the world 738s can land add up to the adrenaline!
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/nishan" class="quote" target="_blank">nishan</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>São Paulo is a business/industrial city, BUT...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Derico" class="quote" target="_blank">Derico</a> (<a href="#85" class="quote">Reply 85</a>):<br/><i>There used to be far more Latin Americans in...
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