There´s a lot of politics and industrial relationships that play a big part in every contract. That's obviously the case when the military is buying obsolete and essentially useless equipment - as it is doing with the F-15EX and FA-18s. There are two aspects where I wonder how much the F-35´s merit...
Jump to postI find this debate very interesting and I have nowhere near enough knowledge to chip in on the technicalities of it. However I know that every fighter program is the result of compromises and every fighter sale is only partly linked to the machine itself. There´s a lot of politics and industrial rel...
Jump to postI don´t understand much this discussion about the F-35 vs F-16 as dog fighter. In my understanding the F-35 stems from the Joint STRIKE fighter program. It was meant from the beginning as a platform for strike and air-to-ground engagement, with secondary air-to-air capability. Basically a perfect re...
Jump to postITA posted their 2023 results Mere net loss of -€5 million on €2.4bil in revenues. This compares to a -€486 loss in 2022. Top segments for revenue are intercontinental routes €1billion, domestic €700mil, and short/medium haul €500mil. Ended the year with 85 aircraft and carried 14.8million passenge...
Jump to postI can't speak for Revelation but I did find when I had a Samsung that their software made Android more of hybrid OS as Samsung software is on there as well, you needed two accounts. Kind of like when you buy a laptop and all of the manufacturer software is installed and controls many processes wher...
Jump to postGSMArena has an article that compares the S24 Ultra with the Pixel 8 Pro.
The Samsung is the clear winner but the Pixel has its appeal.
The Hungarian Govt has recently removed the last hurdles for Sweden to get NATO Membership. May these 4 extra Gripens be involved in this "transaction"?
Jump to postMax Q wrote:
That was 0530 on 2/20
What time was that? I Would check on FlightFocus360 Youtube channel and look for the video from yesterday´´s stream and see if the flight you are looking for happened in the time frame of the live stream. Same with BigJetTV if they were live yesterday. Live videos remain available on Youtube even af...
Jump to postI prefer Flight Focus 365 for live videos from LHR. Usually better spots than bigjet.tv and no annoying commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7PfoOJVwug
It´s live now
What should the next new Airbus design be? Logic would suggest, to me at least, that it really should be an A330Neo replacement - this model is very slow selling and it would be hard to argue that it is putting any real market pressure on the 787. Airbus are struggling to make sufficient A220s and ...
Jump to postIn the event that Charles III might die soon (which I hope it won´t be the case, I wish him all the best), and William will become King, will the Country go through another Funeral and Coronation Ceremonies within a short time again? They must be very expensive. Will they tone it down somehow?
Jump to postBig news: Starting October, Condor will be flying daily from BER to Dubai (DXB), with Emirates connecting flights! And even with the possibility to collect (Emirates) Skywards miles. This is a big thing, because Emirates wanted to fly to Berlin for years and is still not allowed to do this. Announc...
Jump to postOS was actually to start flying to BOS just before COVID hit and then it was obviously abandoned - I am glad this is coming back now. They are though thin on wide-body aircraft so I wonder how they intend to manage this (I have not seen reductions across the rest of the network, however I have not ...
Jump to postBtw anyone know why OS went for 10 B789 without any 788s? This will be quite a capacity jump as I think the 789 is much larger than the 763. Austrian has to replace 767-300ER and 777-200ER. The 787-9 is the right size. Besides, the difference in operating cost betwenn the 8 and the 9 is small enoug...
Jump to postHow does the G550CAEW compares to the E-7? . For AESA radar, the larger the radar, the farther, smaller, stealthier the target it can detect. bt If I´m not wrong the G550CAEW uses several conformal anntennas as opposed to the single one on the E-7 I don´t know if total surface/performance is then c...
Jump to postThere is a desire to have a common platform and capability between the US and NATO. The NATO The advantage of a larger airframe is more controllers on the aircraft and the ability to control more flights of fighter jets. As NATO covers a large geography comprised of many nations, there is a require...
Jump to postLooks like they've resumed limited operations but the airport website (https://www.munich-airport.com/) says that they don't expect return to 100% until 5 December. I would have expected an airport in Northern Germany to have been better prepared for snow. It´s in the deep south of Germany, not the...
Jump to post.... . It is the bigger and busier of the two airports (FCO vs. MXP for everything including cargo) ..... uhmmm no sir, cargo is way bigger in MXP than in FCO, about 3:1. AZ left MXP in 2008 and 15 years later we are still discussing MXP as a potential hub for AZ, we should instead discuss FCO as a...
Jump to postShame to see such an historical route go The route is not gone. It is well served by several other airlines. Which is probably the reason for AZ to drop it The fact that AZ (ITA) can't make MXP-JFK work, connecting Italy's wealthiest region and largest hub of business and export/commerce is a glari...
Jump to postaviator2000 wrote:Shame to see such an historical route go
From an aviation enthusiast point of view the B-21 is kinda disappointing, being much smaller and having a much less elaborate design than the B-2. It won´t be as impressive to look at. But of course, under the skin it represents a big leap in capability. Maybe the fact that it is smaller, probably ...
Jump to postThis is definitely no surprise. I have been posting on here for the last year or two acting like the Boeing F-7 is already already a product. This aircraft will be perfect when paired with the F-35 in a high-low mix. It will be able to perform 100% of the F-16 missions at half of the operating cost...
Jump to postIn addition to the Terminal Building they are also creating an extension to the automated people mover from T2 which will run on the eastern limit of the airport. Once completede, it will be possible to go from T1 to T3 by people mover. To clarify: It is NOT an extension but a whole new and separat...
Jump to postHow long has Terminal 3 been under construction now? Should it take thar long to build a new facility of that size? Most construction projects in Germany take ages to get done. The Country has lost most of its cutting edge and is burdened by an immense burocracy and an incredible resistance to chan...
Jump to postThat is very interesting. The article also says that T3 will have an initial capacity of 19 million pax per year, so already higher than T2 and it can grow to 25 million per year. I guess this is more than enough for all non Star Alliance carriers in FRA. Since they talk of reopening T2 and having i...
Jump to postPerhaps. However, diversification was a necessity for folks like American Airlines based simply on the size of their fleet and the sheer need for planes. Their argument was that no one supplier could provide the number of planes they needed in the timeframe they needed. AA runs a fleet of over 800 ...
Jump to postAccording to the usually well informed EAF site this should be mostly growth. One A330 will go to SN and 5 B789 will go to Austrian. On a side note, I love that the LH Long Haul fleet is once again one of the most diverse there. There are currently 8 different models in service, 5 of which are 4 eng...
Jump to postHow many/which widebodies are due to arrive in 2024? Considering new frames there should be 9 A350s and 15 B789s plus 2 A380s returning to service. This in theory. However, the actual number of new frames entering service in 2024 might be much smaller if the 789 keeps on having delays and/or the ne...
Jump to postI would strongly think one could add canards to a Mirage 2000. Dassualt added canards to the Mirage III, and they gave significant benefit. IAI added canards to the Kfir producing the C.2 model. Atlas added canards to the Cheetah producing the model D. Seems doable. You are thinking of fixed canard...
Jump to postThe first flight of Lufthansa Group member Eurowings from Berlin (BER) to Dubai (DXB) has started: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ew1150 I think that the flights will probably be a success. Emirates is currently not allowed to fly to Berlin (because the federal German Government wants t...
Jump to posta little bit off topic. I always wondered why the Mirage 2000 didn't have Canards? The Saab Vigen which is a earlier design already saw the benefits of having canards, the Mirage 2000 could have been the first Delta fighter design with all moving canards. It was designed in the era when maneuverabi...
Jump to postKfir and Cheetah had canard. But I guess you mean only moveable canards. Also, Kfir and Cheetah were basically Mirage III/V with different engines and/or avionics. It´s also very difficult to compare models so vastly different from one another and from different eras. But I would say that the delta ...
Jump to postWhy does the LH Group need ANOTHER airline? They just need to make a low cost version of themselves for the German market. Eurowings for European low cost flights and Discover for long haul low cost flights. Make DUS a fortress hub. BER is not going to work (look at Norse). That’s it. Pick a strate...
Jump to postRegardless how many airlines they create, they will never beat Ryanair. Look how unprofitable Eurowings is. Sure, they will never beat Ryanair in the low cost arena. But LH Group is not only low cost short haul service. I think they are satisfied if they catch enough market share in their reference...
Jump to postWhy does the LH Group need ANOTHER airline? They just need to make a low cost version of themselves for the German market. Eurowings for European low cost flights and Discover for long haul low cost flights. Make DUS a fortress hub. BER is not going to work (look at Norse). That’s it. Pick a strate...
Jump to postThe Government of the state of Berlin wants Emirates to fly to Berlin, because it would be good for Berlin. While it might be true that the Federal Govt actively hinders EK from expanding its presence in Germany, it is not true that they don´t want EK in Berlin. EK has a limit of 4 cities they can ...
Jump to postAnd due to the Open Skies between EU and US, every US Airline can fly anywhere in Germany. BER sees some flights from UA, DL and AA, which reduce during the winter. I doubt a DXB rotation with EK will do much for the East German economy. It would just be profitable for EK. Personally I´d love to hav...
Jump to postIf I am not wrong Edelweiss still offers meals and drinks in economy. I have flown BER-ZRH on Swiss last year and got nothing, then with Edelweiss from ZRH to LPA and got a tray with sandwich and snacks, plus beverages. Both flights were with the lowest fare. It was quite surprising to get a better ...
Jump to postThis sounds more like how russians do things, with different factories competing for the production of the same model. Well the concept isn't entirely foreign or Russian, the F-15 was produced by Mitsubishi under license in Japan, F-16s in Korea under license by KAI. So this is just that, Commercia...
Jump to postLH has quite a few brands now: Discover for long range and mid range, Eurowings up to the Middle East, Lufthansa "Classic", CityLine, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels, Dolomiti and now City. All doing similar things. You can even add Edelweiss to the list. I wonder at what point having so many b...
Jump to postThey look more like CRJ700 to me, though none of them has been painted in the current livery. The CRJ900 are in the current livery but they seem to be too short in this picture. However, in case it´s really CRJ900s here, maybe they were on their way to storage in the desert or delivery to new opera...
Jump to postCRJ-700s operated by Lufthansa and LH Cityline earlier. Yes but none has ever been painted in the current livery as shown in this picture. It does look like someone digitally put the LH livery on a differen model, probably a 717 as stated above. Though I don´t see how this could be an unintentional...
Jump to postInteresting...I'll hedge my bets and guess Lockheed wins and either a) partners with Boeing St. Louis for manufacturing in conjunction with the F-15EX & F-18 lines winding down and NGAD spooling up or b) Lockheed Marietta getting the contract. Thats possible or they may chop it up even more, Lo...
Jump to postThey look more like CRJ700 to me, though none of them has been painted in the current livery. The CRJ900 are in the current livery but they seem to be too short in this picture. However, in case it´s really CRJ900s here, maybe they were on their way to storage in the desert or delivery to new operat...
Jump to postIt was reported ITA has total 17 A330neo orders/leases planned, but have not seen details on delivery timelines. I don't have exact delivery details, but the below article mentions A330neo's will arrive through 2027, and A330-200 fleet removed by end of 2025. https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/it...
Jump to postI'm curious - are ITA's FCO-North America flights part of the A++ JV with UA and AC? Not yet. And ITA is still officially in SkyTeam. The process of acquisition of about 40% of ITA von LH Group is still ongoing and it should be finalised by early 2024. Then you can expect the switch from SkyTeam to...
Jump to postHas Dassault assigned a Country Code to Croatia? If I am not mistaken Croatia has never operated Dassault combat jets before. Export Rafales are designated E for Export plus a letter identifying the client Country. For examble EH for India, EG for Greece, EQ for Qatar, etc. Twin seaters are DH, DG,...
Jump to postHas Dassault assigned a Country Code to Croatia? If I am not mistaken Croatia has never operated Dassault combat jets before. Export Rafales are designated E for Export plus a letter identifying the client Country. For examble EH for India, EG for Greece, EQ for Qatar, etc. Twin seaters are DH, DG, ...
Jump to postFor the Italian Air Force, the proposed replacement with M345 (T-345 in ItAF nomenclature) hasn´t materialized yet. The model is having certification problems, even though it is just a derivative of a rather old design, the SIAI S211 (first flight in 1981). Many enthusiasts have also criticised that...
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