Why can't more airports be like this? Despite suffering a terrible terrorist attack last year, Brussels Airport is pushing ahead with plans to provide places for aviation enthusiasts to watch and photograph planes by opening up two new official spotting locations. http://www.airportspotting.com/spot...
Jump to postThe aircraft apparently had to auto-land at Paris CDG due to fog! In other news, Air France will now fly the Dreamliner between Paris CDG and London Heathrow from February until 28 October 2017! Was supposed to end in March. http://www.airportspotting.com/air-france-dreamliner-delivered-london-fligh...
Jump to postOrder for up to 50 Boeing 737 MAX announced by Boeing and Malaysia Airlines today
http://www.airportspotting.com/malaysia-airlines-orders-boeing-737-max/
25 firm 737 MAX 8s, and up to 25 more 8s and 9s.
This would be really interesting! I though the trend at easyJet was for larger aircraft now - having taken more A320s in recent years than A319s.
Presumably if they took the CSeries it would be to try and open up new markets on thinner routes or at smaller airports.
Germania has painted its 737-700 D-AGER in a special scheme to mark its 30th anniversary. Official press release states it will be in London Gatwick from Monday evening - not sure if this is for promotional work, or to undertake planned flights? Details here <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/g...
Jump to postVirgin Atlantic is considering setting up an offshoot at London Gatwick that will operate low-cost flights on long-haul routes to compete with the likes of WestJet and Norwegian. It has suggested that it could use Delta Airbus A330s for the operation. Full story here: <a href="http://www.routesonlin...
Jump to postThe 2015 list is in. The Top 10 airports in the world by passenger numbers are: 1. Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson 2. Beijing Capital 3. Dubai International 4. Chicago O'Hare 5. Tokyo Haneda 6. London Heathrow 7. Los Angeles <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX<...
Jump to postTianjin Airlines has confirmed it will start 2x weekly Tianjin - Congqing - London Gatwick flights with A330 aircraft. Also planning Vancouver and Moscow. <a href="http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/254110/tianjin-airlines-confirms-london-as-first-long-haul-destination/" target="_blan...
Jump to postWow, didn't know Eastern were getting E170s.
Anyone know how many are coming and what routes they'll fly on? Will they replace the SF2000 or E145 aircraft?
Aw man, this was the first 747-400 I flew.
(sorry, don't know the answer to your question but it must be quite high)
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eurowings" class="quote" target="_blank">eurowings</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i> BLOC Hotel inside <acronym title="Lon...
Jump to postThe report also suggests one of the daily Frankfurt flights will be operated by A350, according to <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/china-airlines-airbus-a350-routes/" target="_blank">http://www.airportspotting.com/china-airlines-airbus-a350-routes/</a>. Is that true? (Also a picture of the f...
Jump to postWhat are your favourite airport hotels to stay at for views of the aircraft and movements happening there?
Jump to postAccording to <acronym title="Appleton - Outagamie County Regional (ATW), USA - Wisconsin">ATW</acronym>, Malaysia Airlines may reactivate some of its stored Boeing 747-400s to cover when its Airbus A380s undergo maintenance. <a href="http://atwonline.com/mro/malaysia-airlines-may-use-parked-747s-cov...
Jump to postSmall Planet Airlines will add four 2004-07 built Airbus A321s to its fleet this summer, as well as more A320s, to help build capacity and cover the phase out of the Boeing 737-300s. <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/small-planet-will-add-airbus-a321s/" target="_blank">http://www.airportspotti...
Jump to postAll announced A350 routes from every carrier are listed on this page, including Cathay Pacific:
http://www.airportspotting.com/airbus-a350-routes/
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/factsonly" class="quote" target="_blank">factsonly</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>2015 Passenger traffic according to UK C...
Jump to postThis is really great news for KLM.
Does anyone know specifically how the UK-AMS CityHopper routes are doing?
KLM Cityhopper's first 15 Embraer 175 routes have been announced: Amsterdam – Aalesund 6 weekly – 27 March – 3 July Amsterdam – Brussels 2 weekly – 27 March (until 03JUL16; 1 daily from 05SEP16) Amsterdam – Stavanger 1 daily – 27 March – 15 May Amsterdam – Manchester 1 weekly – 28 March – 27 June Am...
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/N14AZ" class="quote" target="_blank">N14AZ</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>I even didn't know that they still have some cla...
Jump to postThe suggestion last week was that Flybe wanted to connect Northolt with Doncaster Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley and Liverpool airports (all owned by Peel Holdings, so presumably some deal has been discussed)
[Edited 2015-12-08 06:38:45]
What changed with EZY to switch their focus on A320s rather than maxed out A319s? Is it simply down to better confidence in sales these days, or was it more to do with the configuration of the aircraft?
Jump to postI wonder if they'll take over any of the UK-Europe flying done by the parent carrier from LGW, EDI etc?
Jump to postAir Serbia are planning to return to New York <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> from Belgrade. The route was last served by the airline, when it was known as JAT, in 1992. It plans to start 5x weekly flights using Airbus A...
Jump to postMinneapolis St Paul Airport has a new official spotting area with views of terminals 1 and 2, and all four runways. Details here: <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/minneapolis-st-paul-spotting-area-opens/" target="_blank">http://www.airportspotting.com/minneapolis-st-paul-spotting-area-opens/<...
Jump to postJakarta. A Batik Air jet with 167 people on board skidded off the runway upon landing at Yogyakarta’s Adisucipto airport on Friday afternoon, in the latest aviation safety incident involving a domestic airline. No one was reported injured in the incident, which occurred during moderate rain at 2:50 ...
Jump to postDarlington is Flightradar24's name for Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)
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/AWACSooner" class="quote" target="_blank">AWACSooner</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>So where are they going to get their p...
Jump to postI wonder if Ryanair will attempt to break down the dominance of KLM on its UK-<acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> network? After all, KLM enjoys a lot of passengers from most regional airports in the UK. Admittedly, this works because so many transfer on to ...
Jump to postJetstar has received its first DHC-8 Q300 turboprop ahead of operating five of the type on New Zealand domestic services. <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Jetstar-Airways/Bombardier-DHC-8-315Q-Dash/2692028/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> ...
Jump to postI wonder if this will utilise a LHR 'Shuttle' aircraft (eg A319/20/21), or a LCY Cityflyer aircraft (eg ERJ170/190)
Jump to postGreat shot!
I was in a plane that was hit by lightning once and we heard a dull thud.
US Airways are planning a special commemorative four-sector flight on 16th October to mark the end of their official existence as the US flight code is retired on 17th October as the merger with American continues. <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/final-us-airways-flight-scheduled/" target="_...
Jump to postSo is this a stab at Ryanair starting to VDA, or is it VDA's marketing department doing some good work attracting lots of new routes?
Jump to postI wonder if this will be rolled out across all of <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym>'s routes. Could be a major coup for both parties if so, and interesting to add <acronym title="Niagara Falls - International (IAG / KIAG), USA - New York">IAG</acronym> services to so many smaller desti...
Jump to postIt has just landed at Manchester. I notice it landed on the second runway whilst all other traffic is on the original runway.
Does anyone know what the problem is/was?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>According to the press conference, the fir...
Jump to postLondon Luton might as well be a base given how many destinations and daily flights they have!
Jump to postWizz Air will add a sixth aircraft and four new destinations to its base at Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 2016. New destinations are Alicante, Bristol, Hamburg Lubeck, and Oslo Torp; all 2x weekly. They've only just added their fifth aircraft to the base and started new flights to Bari, Cologne, Genev...
Jump to postHere's a link <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/flydubai-start-dubai-world-central-flights/" target="_blank">http://www.airportspotting.com/flydubai-start-dubai-world-central-flights/</a> This is part of the transition I guess. I wonder how long the same destinations will be offered from both ...
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/MEA-707" class="quote" target="_blank">MEA-707</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>And how does Flybe blend into this? I thou...
Jump to postFrontier is due to start Airbus A321 operations from November. It has announced the first two routes they will operate:
eff 01NOV15 Orlando – Philadelphia 2 daily (3 daily from 04NOV15)
eff 04NOV15 Orlando – Cleveland 2 daily
I wonder what kind of loads they get on the <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> flights? Perhaps long term they could look at a longer-range twin like the A321neo or 737-900ER and offer 1-stop service to <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Net...
Jump to postI think their focus is very much on their links to Amsterdam with the long haul aircraft.
Their Boeing 737s are enough to cater for Caribbean, South America and Florida routes, and I don't think they've ever tried anywhere else further away.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/airbazar" class="quote" target="_blank">airbazar</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR /...
Jump to postThe first Airbus A350-900 XWB for TAM Brasil has appeared in the production line at Toulouse.
Picture here: http://www.airportspotting.com/tam-a350xwb-shape/
Seems like it was an engine problem too, with flames coming out in the video showing it approaching the airport
Jump to postEasiest way commercially is to fly into Tucson or Phoenix and then drive. It's fairly close to I-10.
Jump to postMarana was notoriously difficult to get anywhere close to, but now it has removed the guardposts and is accepting the general public for tours of the storage airport as long as you arrange in advance. More info: <a href="http://www.airportspotting.com/marana-pinal-airpark-opens-visitors/" target="_b...
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