Re: Building a connection at a non-hub airport

I've never tried it, but I would guess one way to do it would be to use the multi-city option when searching for flights. Instead of just searching for ORD-DEN flights, for example, use the multi-city option to tell the system you want to fly ORD-DSM and then DSM-DEN on the same day. Sure, but woul...

Re: Building a connection at a non-hub airport

How can I "build" a connection on one ticket? It's easy on two tickets, but on one ticket I can only buy what is being offered. I can only think of 2 connections I had: MAD-CGN-HAM on LH Cityline. Was CGN a hub for them? And VCE-STR-HAM on EW. STR definitely is not a hub. With friends of o...

Re: Tiny Holes Inside LEAP-1B Inlet

How "tiny" are those holes? I would assume the ones in a standard acoustic liner are too small and too many to see from the cabin. I have no knowledge of what type of lining Boeing use on their intakes. But from what you described ("thousands of tiny holes") it sounds to me like ...

Re: Northern Europe not interested in the Caribbean?

lightmac wrote:

Why would you count Germany as "Northern Europe"?

Re: Nautical Miles vs Miles?

Also, SI units are not more "understandable" in general. I didn't say that. But the entire rest of the world use metric units in their daily life. I myself studied mathematics and physics and then worked in the aviation industry for 35 years. I am used to encounter inch, feet, pound, Fahr...

Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

IT? I think you mean AZ (Alitalia). The airline with the "IT" code is Tigerair Taiwan, and I don't think they existed at the time... IT was Air Inter. They did exist at that time and were among the first to receive A320. And btw, yes the first A320 commercial flight was with AF in 1988. T...

Re: Nautical Miles vs Miles?

gloom wrote:

And everywhere else, you want and need to have units that people understand. Visibility of 200ft? Okay.

Re: Shortest flight in F/C on an internationally configured long haul

Shortest F? CDG-LAX on AF B777-???, and that was the only ever in F. From my own money I would never buy anything else than Y. And my company only paid C on longhaul flights (but with Y on the feeder). So this was a business trip booked in C, that was upgraded by AF. Shortest C? Probably DXB-HAM on ...

Re: Spain Aviation - 2024

Does any of you happen to know what the plans are at CanaryFly? Before Covid and after teaming up with Air Europa Express they offered quite a lot of flights between all the Canary Islands (except GMZ). And for us as non-residents they were substantially cheaper then Binter. Unfortunately we booked ...

Re: Who operated a flight from Nuernberg to South Africa in the 90s?

Is the OP confusing Nurnberg with Luxembourg? Surely not. Somebody writing "Nuernberg" in (almost) correct german, most probably is from there and will not confuse the city with any other one. To me it sounds like he is talking about a (one time?) charter flight. Probably a german charter...

Re: Who is airline start up with widebody only?

What about Norse with B787-9 (and -8?)? Or did they start with smaller aircraft?


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

Would limiting this travel, necessarily infringing on one person’s liberty, make travel “more equitable or sustainable?” If so, how? Is that what he said? I read "we should limit". I do infact limit myself in that kind of travel. You should do so as well and everybody else too. And then c...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

I won't say I agree nor disagree with you, but with you inside or not, the plane is going to fly..... Yes, it probably will. But at least I does not do so because of my demand. Are you aware of the concept of "ecological foorprint"? I try to keep mine smaller by not doing unnecessary thin...

Re: Your 2024 Booked/Flown Flights

Flown in Jan: HAM-FUE DI(Marabu), was booked on DE FUE-TFN-GMZ NT That's where we are right now. Following flights already booked: Feb: GMZ-TFN-VDE NT VDE-TFN-FNC NT FNC-HAM DE Apr: HAM-VCE EW VCE-HAM EW May: HAM-CFU DE CFU-HAM DE Aug: HAM-LHR BA LHR-HAM BA Sep: HAM-BIO EW Oct: BIO-HAM EW Nothing mo...

Re: Airports With Near-Maxed Out Capacity

I have only been to two greek island airports, KGS and HER, and will be at CFU soon, but I heard many of the other ones are also far above their limits in summer, but nearly dead in winter.


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

[Does the ventilation system contribute significantly to the cabin noise? Between the ventilation pipes running above the cabin and in the walls, that's a lot of tubes which can contribute to the overall cabin noise. I can't say much about Boeing other than my impression is that it does contribute ...

Re: Ventilation difference between 737-900 and the Max 9

I think PSU fitments for ventilation are a customer choice - like a paid extra. On Airbus the customer can choose whether or not they take them, but they can't choose between different models. Remember reading somewhere that some new Boeing/Airbus aircraft have a differential system of Cabin Ventil...

Re: Ventilation difference between 737-900 and the Max 9

Are you talking about the little nozzles above your head, that you can open and close? Or about the general cabin ventilation? In both cases I can think of many more possible reasons for a difference before it comes down to engine bleed. Different vent nozzles? Different supply pressure for whatever...

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

The 330 (.80-.82) flies notably slower than the 787 and 350 (.84-.86) do, which reduces external wind noise. No, the higher speed only increases the "noise generation" (it is not noise at that stage, therefore the "") on the fuselage skin(*), but you still have the transmission ...

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

Yes Ok, and what do you read there? I see lots of numbers, that I don't understand and/or don't believe. And trust me, I know enough about acoustics and cabin noise. We are talking here about noise in cruise. So when looking only at what they call A-weighted Leq in cruise in Fig.11c (that would be ...

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

N1120A wrote:

[There was a study done on this.

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

Actually, this was debunked in a thread not all that long ago. If you want quiet, fly a 787 I don't know about the cockpit. But in the cabin the B787 is the only Boeing aircraft that is slightly quieter than its Airbus counterpart, the A330 in this case. But A350 is quieter than B777 and A32X is qu...

Re: Why is the forward economy section of a 777 quieter while cruising?

Towards the front of the plane the air is still smooth and therefore not noisy. No, that is definitely not true. In the front of the fuselage the turbulent boundary layer is thinner and produces more high frequency noise, which isn't transmitted as easily through the fuselage skin and interior lini...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

[Masi has a point in that if nobody bought a ticket, the airline would stop flying the route very quickly. When we fly just for fun, we each become a little bit responsible for the continuation of an airline flying a route. If we choose business class we are more influential in the route continuing...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

Also I'll mention a saying I've learned on the internet: "Let people enjoy things." People value things differently, so that's just like, your opinion, man, to quote a great dude 8-) There's no need for advice to make my life worse than necessary ;) If you can justify it in front of yours...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

You waste your own time and your own money. That is your problem, it is your time and your money. But you also waste a lot of natural resources. If you can justify that in front of yourself, it's fine. Personally, I find it hard to justify any of my flying in front of myself, even if I take the flig...

Re: Are Frequent Flyer programs of any value anymore ?

Is skipping the line of potentially hundreds of people at check-in of value? Is checking bags for free of value? Is skipping the line of hundreds of people at security of value? Is relaxing in a lounge of value? Is having your case being a priority for the airline at IRROPS of value? Unless you onl...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

Simply put, if you love flying, you should do it more. No, absolutely not! In my life I had many flights on many airlines and types to many airports all over the world, more than enough, without ever booking such a useless day trip. If you love flying, travel! Visit places! See the world! Gruß, mas...

Re: Day trip to be on a particular airline/aircraft

No, never. And I absolutely refuse that kind of thing. I book flights solely to places I want to visit for a few days or weeks. Only when I did business flights I returned the same day, but several hours later. The only exception were flights on historic aircraft (3x Ju52/3m, 1x DC3), but only 2 of ...

Re: The Most Unusual Routes You Have Flown?

Not so very unusual, but at least that route was flown only a very few times: XFW-CDG and back (Hamburg Finkenwerder/Airbus to Paris CDG) on SE (Star Airlines). Airbus rewarded some employees with a visit to the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, including shuttle flights to Paris. We hoped to be taken d...

Re: Which airline will you give most of your business toward in 2024?

Yeah it seems like Europe has a lot more competition! There may be more competition, but that doesn't necessarily mean we have more options to choose from. In Hamburg, which is the largest european city that is not a national capital, several of the low-cost options are gone. TUI left completely, E...

Re: Did lufthansa trash Swiss?

Please delete the post above!

lightmac wrote:

Swiss used to be a great quality airline.

Re: Did lufthansa trash Swiss?

[quote="lightmac"]Swiss used to be a great quality airline.[/photoid]

Are you talking of the 3 years between the "birth" of Swiss and the takeover by Lufthansa? Or are you talking of another earlier airline named Swissair?


Gruß, masi1157

Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

Seriously? I was on several test flights of A320 MSN1, probably from late 1987 on, I don't remember exactly. It was a few months after first flight, just when they allowed "normal" test engineers on board.

The first commercial flight must have been in 1988 with IT or AF.


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Absurd Schedule Changes you have experienced

All the last 8 flights I had booked with Eurowings were either rescheduled or cancelles: DUS>VCE May 22: Rescheduled from 11:00 to 7:00, which is way too early for me VCE>DUS May 22: Cancelled, got booked VCE>HAM>DUS WRO>DUS Dec 22: WRO flights ancelled completely, took a train instead OPO>HAM Apr 2...

Re: IATA Airport Codes not matching spelled city names

This is why ICAO codes are superior—with a little research one can easily locate an airport by its code. That is no different to IATA codes. With "a little research" you can easily find out what code refers to what airport. And in many cases they are a kind of abbreviation of the city or ...

Re: IATA Airport Codes not matching spelled city names

EUflyer wrote:

Other countries, e.g. Australia Brisbane - BNE, but spelled BRI gets Bristol, United Kingdom - 9802 miles apart.

Re: Have You Ever Been on a Flight Reported on by the Media/in a Thread?

I'm not aware of any of my commercial flights being covered in the media or here on the forum. But I was on many Airbus test flights, some of which were probably also covered here. And a few were also covered in (local) media. Among them the first flight of A320 MSN1 out of XFW and some of the "...

Re: Why "contactless payments" required onboard?

... they (United Airlines) require that you have a method of payment (namely a credit card) saved on file. You can save a payment method for your profile via the app or via the website. The reason for this is simple; no need for a point of sale system onboard. Seriously? Is that, or is it becoming,...

Re: What happened to the aircraft you had your first flight on?

I don't remember what my very first flight was. But I do remember my father took my brother and me on a PA flight HAM to THF and back in the early 70s. It must have been a B727. No idea what happened to it. At that time my interest was on Gemini, Soyuz, Apollo etc. Commercial aircraft came to my int...

Re: Myflightradar24, but for other modes of transport

What about the logging function of google maps?


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Two airports with same name

Airports are not only named after persons. What about rivers, mountains, oceans? And other than that you will probably find hundreds of airports called "International".


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Two airports with same name

Wikipedia has a list, where at first glance I find:

Billy Bishop YTZ and YOS
Igor Sikorsky IEV and BDR
John F. Kennedy JFK and ASX
Muhammed Ali SDF and KHI (I know, those are not the same person)
Pope John Paul BRI, PDL and KRK (was mentioned before)
Simon Bolivar SMR and CCS


Gruß, masi1157

Re: Passport needed for inter-EU flights?

novak500 wrote:

As a non-EU citizen....

Re: Routes you've flown that are no longer served

PatrickZ80 wrote:

That's not a reliable way of searching.

Re: Why Wizz Air flies from FDH-SKP

[I don’t see how it’s a good alternative unless you are already living that side of the lake but ok. I believe ZRH is the airport of choice for many people in southwestern Germany, western Austria and of course Switzerland. And for some of them the way to FDH is not longer than to ZRH. Those living...

Re: Why Wizz Air flies from FDH-SKP

It is really not that easy to get from Zurich to Friedrichshafen. Wonder why they don’t fly it from Basel? Or does ZF have business in Skopje by chance? People usually neither live at the airport ZRH, nor do they first travel to ZRH and then onwards to FDH. Going to FDH instead of ZRH simply is a g...

Re: Will plane-train intermodal travel takeoff globally?

Deutsche Bahn in Germany for many years has offered a very flexible and cheap ticket for travel to/from an airport in conjunction with a verifiable air ticket. Yes and no. You have to buy that ticket from the airline or travel agent, but you can't buy it directly from DB. If your airline doesn't co...

Re: Routes you've flown that are no longer served

I went through my flight list and compared it with the data at flightconnections.com. There may be better sources, I don't know. I left out airports that don't exist anymore (THF, TXL, München Riem, Hongkong Kaitak, San Jose Pavas and some more). This is what I found: ANF-CPO (OT) ANR-HAM (VG) ANR-S...

Re: Lufthansa hub at Dusseldorf

The operation was transferred to its LCC subsidiary EW. Before the upcoming of Eurowings.... Wasn't it originally Germanwings/4U, that was later replaced/absorbed by Eurowings/EW? I'm not sure about longhaul flights, but domestic/european flights other than to/from FRA or MUC were transferred to Ge...