With the BIG caveat that Airbus knows that every pixel of the picture will be scrutinized to death, so they are going to show us only what they want us to see, the tail seems quite small, especially the horizontal tail. A small horizontal tail may indicate that they have extended the morphing capab...
Jump to postDo you throw your clothes away after wearing them once, or do you wash and re-wear them? That's a terrible analogy. If my one of my clothes developed a hole while wearing it, I would not patch it up and keep wearing it. I definitely would throw it away. I'm not saying the MAX-9 involved in the acci...
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 postIt'll be nice to see the animal tails back at LAX again! Frontier pulled out of LAX completely during Covid.
Jump to postI think this 15 plane order is political. Rolls Royce and Emirates couldn't agree on terms on engines and EK got a good deal from Boeing. Airbus loss and Boeings gain. Thats the way business should be, play supplier against each others and see where you get the best deal for the product on offer. H...
Jump to postI've found the website below to be pretty accurate. It seems the center rows are offset a little, so I don't think the center rows you're talking about are extra legroom seats.
https://www.aerolopa.com/ua-boeing-78p
Yes AA did well with their first Q1 profit in 4-years. AA ran a reliable operation, beat their own EPS forecast, and paid down debt. They posted the following breakdown https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fut3PeXXoAIl_8-?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 This is really interesting, glad to see AA doing well. P...
Jump to postDoes anyone know what happened to AA's Boeing 777-200ER N776AN? I was supposed to be on it LAX-CLT tomorrow, but I see now there has been a downgauge to an A321 and the 77E is currently stuck in MUC.
Jump to postThis order is really exciting, I could see it going both ways. Reasons for going in favor of Boeing/787: ⋅ UA already has 12+38+14=64 total 787s delivered (-8/-9/-10 respectively) with another seven -10s to be delivered, for a total of 71. The economies of scale on a mixed 787 order would...
Jump to postchrisnh wrote:
LAXintl wrote:Starlux hiring staff in Los Angeles for a 2023 launch
https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/07/st ... s-by-2023/
Scott Hamilton says on Twitter: "The @United - @Airbus - @Boeing talks bigger than @Bloomberg reports: up to 300 A321neos, 737 MAXes, 787s . Exclusive from @AirfinanceNews https://tinyurl.com/8syk4hkw" https://twitter.com/LeehamNews/status/1403031083663331329?s=20 Oh WOW. No wonder Bloomb...
Jump to postIs Allegiant planning to end LAX-PVU after the summer. I checked for flights in the fall, but there are no available flights after mid August. I got an email saying the schedule had been extended to Jan 2022, so I don't think schedules not being loaded is the case.
Jump to postNo actual news in that story or this thread for those who have been following this space. Airbus has been making "official statements" on this same project since 2015 or so: https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2017/01/Wings-of-the-future.html This FG article from 2019 says they planne...
Jump to postAre NK and B6 staying around in T5 long term? I think so. As someone else mentioned, Viva Aerobis has moved to Bradley West, as has Sun Country as of a couple days ago. We got a briefing at work, I want to say Allegiant and Frontier will also be moving operations there, and officially within LAWA t...
Jump to postFirst flight appears airborne and on-time. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VXP101 So is anyone on it? quite a few people. Based off pictures and videos and a snippet from the CEOs speech, it seems the plane went out close to full I was on it. First flight was about 2/3-3/4 full. A lot of media/...
Jump to postI find myself re-reading through some of my engineering books and trying to work out old problems to keep my brain somewhat sharp. After a conversation with a friend that I posted out about here, who is doing his doctorate in England and working on autonomous vehicles I couldn't help but feel envio...
Jump to postI would be carefull putting all my eggs in the innovation basket in this industry. Breakthroughs, gamechangers, paradigm changes and amazing technology enablers seldom reach mass production. Often greenwashing, justifications play a role. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DowitrCzH-4/WcpsKSc4J1I/A...
Jump to postA tidbit from Leeham's coverage of Airbus's financial results made me think of this thread: (Airbus CEO) Faury emphasized that advanced aerostructures will be a key technology for Airbus in the future . The integrated digital design and production of aerostructures call for tighter integration. Thi...
Jump to postThat suggests that the increases in weight, size and capacity to the MAX-7 will be advantages for WN in this case, versus the A220-300 It also suggests that all that is happening here is contract negotiations. Rgds I agree. It seems that some people do not understand that most of the changes to the...
Jump to post10 tonnes is the difference in MTOW - 80t vs 70t. Not sure what the empty weight difference will be, but I'm sure its nowhere near 10t. The OEW of the A220-200 is given by Wiki as 37 tonnes The OEW of the 737-7 MAX is not given, but that of the 737-8 MAX is given as 45 tonnes - I'd guess the MAX-7 ...
Jump to postIn simple words, SIA deferred all their widebody delivery and cancelled 14 orders for 787-10, but they order 11 more 777-9. It looks like they are very confident air traffic through SIN will pick up strong in 2022 and beyond. By the way, is there any chance they are going to consider A350-1000 orde...
Jump to postIt does make me wonder how Boeing's iterations of the MAX-7 will play into this... a) making it slightly larger b) making it a shrink of the MAX-8 (which brings economies of scale, but also brings weight..) edit ... the MAX-7 is now an 80t, 3,850Nm plane the A220-300 is a 70t, 3,350Nm plane https:/...
Jump to postSIA Group has concluded its negotiations with Airbus and Boeing regarding the deferral of aircraft deliveries in the short and medium term. The headline item would be the conversion of 14 787-10 orders to 11 777-9s. Some good news for the 777X program after all the recent doom and gloom. Singapore ...
Jump to postSIA Group has concluded its negotiations with Airbus and Boeing regarding the deferral of aircraft deliveries in the short and medium term. The headline item would be the conversion of 14 787-10 orders to 11 777-9s. Some good news for the 777X program after all the recent doom and gloom. Singapore ...
Jump to postMy favorite thing about these seats is the wireless chargers built into them. Saves a lot of trouble from fumbling with cables. I can just plop my phone down and it recharges.
Jump to postI'll reiterate and add to the points already mentioned above by several posters. 1. I think part of the issue is there is a very high Nepalese worker population in Qatar, more so than in other Gulf states, so a lot of the QR traffic is point to point. Not sure about the "more so than in other G...
Jump to postHaven't listened to the podcast so I don't know if they discussed this, but I wonder if a new wing would mean slightly more sweep to allow for a slightly faster cruise Mach number (currently the A320 family cruises at M 0.78 with a maximum Mach number of 0.82). The faster cruise would really come in...
Jump to postchonetsao wrote:Isn't B-HPB A321 rather than A320?
Is that even legal? Until it’s proven the vaccine has no damaging side effects I think there be a good chunk of the population unwilling to take that chance. So even if it’s legal to demand this (I wonder if it can be seen as discriminating) they might shut out a good number of potential customers,...
Jump to postI guess Airbus set its foot down to take deliveries or pay hefty penalties, probably didn't bite future order carrots. News is a positive spin to a difficult situation. Given EK's order and cancellation history with Airbus (A340-600, A330-300, A350-1000), Airbus is wise not to bite future order car...
Jump to postIt looks like LAX will be getting automated biometric self-boarding gates (eGates) at TBIT. The Board agreed to spend $2,874,286 for the first phase of an implementation of twenty-four (24) eGate lanes across six (6) departure gates. That's good news. British Airways was already testing biometric b...
Jump to post[quote="ro1960"]One of the best observation decks! It will be missed.
Agreed, I always made it a point to go to the Besuchersterrasse whenever I was in Berlin. My profile pic is a picture taken from there, when airberlin was still around.
It looks like A220 is being caught up in the numbers game: Airbus SE’s A220 jetliner program suffered the biggest setback since the start of the coronavirus crisis as Air Canada canceled orders for 12 aircraft to conserve cash. The carrier will also defer the handover of the remaining 18 A220s it h...
Jump to post*bump* I know major events like jetBlue moving its LGB operations into LAX have been widely covered in their own threads, but here are some updates on LAX: https://archinect.imgix.net/uploads/6e/6ee283e4214ff7f897d13e724cde4ede.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514 The automated people m...
Jump to postEven if nothing gets done, just chiming in to say that I think this is a great idea too!
Jump to postRumour has it that the world's first A330 has been retired today. Cathay Dragon B-HLJ (ex-VR-HLJ, F-WWKA) has left HKG as KA2486. Is there a plan to put the aircraft in a museum? There are only 2 "preserved" A330, one as a café and one as an (underwater) diving attraction. That's not true...
Jump to postCool, pretty interesting Numbers! But the 777-300ER still seats around 30 passengers more with 10 abreast in a similar configuration, which makes it a little bit better for the 777 at least. comparing the Qatar Airlines Qsuite 77W with the Qsuite A351 the difference seems to be more like 15 seats. ...
Jump to postThe E175 aircraft compliments the current Boeing 737 mainline flying in, to and from the state of Alaska and is perfect for many communities where larger jets are not the best option. Nice. Also the start date is some time in October 2020 You'd think they would spell check/ have another pair of eye...
Jump to postIt might not have the universal love or appeal of the 747, but I really like the 777. I've found it to be fairly pleasant to fly on (though my last trip on a 10ab 777 was when I was not fully grown!) and I love the way it sounds, the Trents and the GE90s on the 77W and 77L sound very authoritative....
Jump to postwnflyguy wrote:Terminal Zero and terminal 9 are Also on hold.
Flyguy
Already discussed in the Delta Covid thread, but a little morsel of news relevant to LAX: with Delta retiring the 777 fleet, it seems LAX will be a base for the A350s by year's end.
Ref: https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-air-lines-airbus-a350s-cincinnati-base-lax/
The 350 and 330 cannot do what the 777 can. United and American Airlines will have a competitive advantage when it comes to very long routes with their 777s and 787s. DL has A350s rolling in thick and fast. They are more than a match for 77E. 77L is a special case, one DL won't worry about for at l...
Jump to postTXL also has an amazing Besucherterasse - where you can go on the roof of the terminal and watch planes. I've spend many an afternoon taking pictures from there. I'll be sad to see it close. My profile picture is actually a shot from there! FWIW, SXF also has a visitor deck with a decent view. Nice...
Jump to postTXL also has an amazing Besucherterasse - where you can go on the roof of the terminal and watch planes. I've spend many an afternoon taking pictures from there. I'll be sad to see it close. My profile picture is actually a shot from there!
Jump to postWow this is fantastic and like others have said above, well deserved. Dominic Gates has a way of writing, that interests me as an AvGeek, but also makes it really understandable for the non-AvGeeks. His articles are also satisfyingly rich in details, which make them extremely worthwhile to read. Con...
Jump to postI'm not seeing the issue. If you strip the interior and seal all the openings, you could store a LOT of oil in its pressure hull. The wasted space due to the curved hull now gets utilized. No after market emerged for the A380 before COVID-19 and it'll be even worse post-COVID-19. There will be doze...
Jump to postYou keep posting these images, so let me respond to you as I always have: That is misinformation. All of those designs were studied for a projected entry-into-service of 2035. So, that has nothing to do with a potential 2024 design. I'll add that half of those studies were done by NASA or with NASA...
Jump to postThis and every configuration has it's ups and downs. A TTBW like configuration looks weak for cargo, landing gear stowage, wing fuel capacity and impractical truss. Great for aerodynamics, engine flexibility and ground access. It's always trade-off's https://youtu.be/GLXk7pZFPPk?t=155 Usually we en...
Jump to postLAXintl wrote:To put things in perspective for Tuesday - the entire airport handled under 8,000 outbound passengers!