The one that surprised me the most was Elko (EKO) with its one jet bridge which angles upward from the ground floor of the terminal. On the current google maps imagry it appears unused by the CRJ-200 in the photo with a mobile ramp in use instead.
Jump to postI'll pay extra for a cool plane only if it's a type I hadn't flown before (or sometimes an airline I haven't flown before) otherwise I'll take the cheapest option barring any scheduling constraints.
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Jump to postLooks like I had 13 flights on it:
767-200ER
US Airways x1
767-300
Hawaiian Airlines x1
767-300ER
WestJet x1
British Airways x1
Hawaiian Airlines x1
Condor x1
Air Canada x1
Delta Air Lines x1
American Airlines x1
United Airlines x1
Austrian x2
767-400ER
United Airlines x1
737-700 Westjet 737 MAX 8 Norwegian 777-200 PIA (LR) Kuwait (ER) United (ER) 777-300ER American Air Canada Turkish Jet Airways 767-300ER Condor American Austrian Westjet Air Canada 787-8 Norwegian Ethiopian American 787-9 Norwegian Air Canada United 757-200 Aer Lingus (ASL) American IL-96 Cubana 747...
Jump to postSFO (YUL, LHR) SEA (YVR, PVG) LAX (PVG, YUL, HKG, YYZ) LAS (FRA) OAK (ARN) SJC (NRT) BOS (YTZ, YUL, YVZ, LHR, PDL, BDA) JFK (LHR, MAN, PEK, YVR) PVD (EDI) MIA (YUL) ATL (GCM, UVF) IAD (VIE) EWR (PEK, VIE) ORD (CDG, LHR, YUL, YQB) MSP (HND, YUL) DTW (GCM, NRT) STL (YYZ) DEN (LGW) DFW (LHR, MEX) CVG (...
Jump to postFigured out all the flights for the first 2 big trips of the year including finding a replacement for YVR-YUL which should have been on Lynx. Flown January 2 --- SGN-HKG --- Greater Bay Airlines --- Boeing 737-800 February 14 --- YPB-ZUH --- China Southern --- Boeing 737-800 Booked March 28 --- XMN-...
Jump to postMAN was daily pre COVID ... I also suspect that SQ's recent entry to Gatwick (from June) is fuelling a decision for Cathay's return to LGW so that they can compete against SQ for transit passengers. Presuming O&D traffic to/from HKG is down on pre-Covid levels, given a range of factors (e.g. so...
Jump to posthongkongflyer wrote:CRJ900 wrote:KE's A223s fly 40-minute flights all day but have a cabin equipped for 5-hour flights with huge galleys, doesn't make sense to me.
KE briefly flow the 223 ICN<>HKG
Are you able to search and piece together the itinerary you like on ITA Matrix? Then you could use Book with Matrix to buy it. Won't be booking direct with the airline but may at least be able to get the flights you want on one ticket.
Jump to postBooked the long haul of my first intercontinental trip since the pandemic. Expect the schedule to fill up with some more China/Southeast Asia flights as work picks up after Chinese New Year. Flown January 2 --- SGN-HKG --- Greater Bay Airlines --- Boeing 737-800 Booked February 14 --- YBP-ZUH --- Ch...
Jump to postI was also following the flight. By the time that CX870 had landed in LAX, people were already 18 hours inside the plane since they departed HKG (assuming they didn't disembark at OAK). Were the passengers allowed to disembark at LAX? I hope so. At some point, it turns into a sanitation issue. The ...
Jump to postAlso, to simplify just one for each letter/number: 0 - 0B (Blue Air) 1 - 2 - 2N (Nextjet) 3 - 3H (Air Inuit) 4 - 4B (Boutique Air) 5 - 5V (Everts Air Cargo) 6 - 6G (Sun Air Express) 7 - 7Q (Elite Airways) 8 - 8C (Air Transport International) 9 - 9W (Jet Airways) A - AL (Air Leisure) B - BA (British ...
Jump to postI thought that's fairly common across the world, in HKG, Hong Kong Airlines (HX) & Hong Kong Express (UO) uses the Mid-field concourse gates exclusively (Gate 2xx) Cathay Pacific (CX) almost always occupied Gate 1-5 and preferred those gates towards the tip of the building numbering 6x, near th...
Jump to postFor containerized aircraft, they will be loaded on the last ULD to be loaded (the first to be unloaded) and will therefore usually be first to arrive at the carousel. At my airport anyway.
Jump to postIf the body scanner is the millimeter wave unit, then I can remember going through it for the first time in 2011 in the US. It was pretty controversial first with radiation concerns then being branded as the nude-o-scope once rumours circulated that the TSA was storing "naked" pictures of ...
Jump to postDidn't see it posted here but it seems additional TPE-HKG frequencies have been allocated late last year, including 7 weekly to Tigerair Taiwan and some to Starlux, both of whom do not presently operate the route. Currently HKG feels like an obvious hole in the JX network. Sources in Chinese: https:...
Jump to postMy first time was a HA 767-300ER (N593HA) from SMF-HNL in April 2009. The return flight was on a non-ER 763. That was the only widebody operating from my home airport. Since then, have any other airlines operated widebodies from SMF?
BWIAirport wrote:DXB-CDG
DXB-LHR
DXB-LGR
DXB-BHX
DXB-MAN
DXB-GLA
I would say that a majority of the flights I have taken have been for this purpose or were positioning travel to get to that "particular airline and/or aircraft." There is a community of people who behave in this way and many of them are here on a.net. The first time I did such travel was ...
Jump to postTo me it's probably XSP (Singapore Seletar)-SZB (Kuala Lumpur Subang) on Firefly. I can't imagine many people outside of Malaysia and Singapore take that route instead of SIN and KUL. That's a cool route I'd like to take if I ever go back to Singapore. And it appears to be the only international pa...
Jump to postAeroflot has resumed flights 3 times a week from Hong Kong to Moscow. It is very easy to get to Hong Kong from the Philippines. It also depends where you are trying to go in Russia, the western part near Moscow or the Asian part.
Jump to postThis is a bit off topic but I am planning to travel to China this year and I would like to try the C919 I found out it is flown by China Eastern on one daily SHA-TFU-SHA. Are there more routes where it is used or is planned to be used this year? It's not just one daily. Each C919 frame (now 3) oper...
Jump to postHello, I have noticed many users have a profile picture that appears along with their posts and on their profile. I have checked in the User Control Panel and Profile areas but have not found the place where I can add one. How can a profile picture be added? Thank you.
Jump to postFlown January 11 --- HKG-MNL --- Hong Kong Airlines --- Airbus A320 January 11 --- MNL-HKG --- Cebu Pacific --- Airbus A330-900 January 14 --- CAN-HGH --- Capital Airlines --- Airbus A321 January 18 --- SHA-TFU --- Juneyao Airlines --- Airbus A321 January 26 --- CTU-SHA --- China Southern --- Boein...
Jump to postIn the "old" days when there was no wifi onboard, some of the inflight sales systems would only execute the transactions once back on the ground, so you could have an empty or almost empty prepaid card used for an inflight purchase and the transaction wouldn't be declined until the passeng...
Jump to postFrom the news I saw yesterday, it seemed that Salt Lake City would host (again) the Olympics in 2038, not Switzerland.
Jump to postI certainly don't remember my first aircraft since I was less than 1 year old, the first flight I have a proper record of took place when I was 7 and should be my 15th or so flight. It was a Continental 737-300 N14383. Since then, it flew with Buzz, bmibaby, Kuban, Belavia, and most recently Armenia...
Jump to postIt would be kinda cool to see a 732 with winglets… taking off from a gravel strip. But alas, it’ll never happen. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/43648/why-has-boeing-used-mini-winglets-on-the-737-200 Looks like there was a winglet for the 732. Must have been quite uncommon though. 7669...
Jump to postAFAIK -100 up to -900 can operate with no winglets, early NG were factory built with no winglets. -100/200, no winglet package available. -300/400/500, aftermarket package available. -600, not certified as mentioned. All MAX have winglets. No aftermarket winglets available for the -400, only the -3...
Jump to postLast quad: Emirates A380 A6-AED BKK-HKG 2022.12.04
Last trijet: Izhavia Yak-42 RA-42402 LED-IJK 2019.06.16
Im not sure you even get a commemorative pin if you evac with an airplane with airstairs. I evac'd an airplane with airstairs (Envoy ERJ-140) and all I got was 5,000 AAdvantage miles and an email apology (proactively). That was due to a fire detected in the cargo hold during pushback, though I beli...
Jump to postFlown January 11 --- HKG-MNL --- Hong Kong Airlines --- Airbus A320 January 11 --- MNL-HKG --- Cebu Pacific --- Airbus A330-900 January 14 --- CAN-HGH --- Capital Airlines --- Airbus A321 January 18 --- SHA-TFU --- Juneyao Airlines --- Airbus A321 January 26 --- CTU-SHA --- China Southern --- Boein...
Jump to postAeromar Air Choice One Air Georgian Air Leisure AirTran Alitalia CityLiner America West Atlantic Southeast Blue Air BMI Regional Brit Air California Pacific Airlines Cathay Dragon/Dragonair Cobalt Air Compass Airlines Continental Airlines EgyptAir Express Elite Airways Ohana by Hawaiian (op by Empir...
Jump to postNormally not a fan of the traditional cheatline as I see it a bit outdated such as Air China or the old American Airlines livery, but I do very much like this one, especially the intricate pattern within it.
An "S" suffix on a runway would indicate it is a STOL runway. For more see Pages 11-12: https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/med ... 200_35.pdf
Jump to postUnless I am forgetting anything, I believe I have taken 3 lighter than air flights on 3 different kinds of lighter than air craft. First was on a Zeppelin rigid airship around Lake Friedrichshafen [img]2538889[/img] Then on a tethered gas balloon similar to OPs in Berlin [img]2090022[/img] Then on a...
Jump to postOnly one I believe: In 2014 on a PIA 77L flight from MAN-JFK diverted to IAD due to weather in New York. Parked at a remote stand alongside other diversions then refueled and departed for JFK 3 hours later.
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Should that be impossible, then I'd prefer one with personal air vents and 1 or 2 seats together in a section rather than 3, 4, or 5. Prefer Airbus narrowbodies over 737s.
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The dramatic images I have seen in Wechat show passengers evacuating on the side of the aircraft with the engine fire (left side) including using the overwing slide.
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Sorry it's a bit off topic, but what is the bulbous item at the top of the vertical stabilizer on the military 737 pictured above? I mainly noticed it on the P-8 Poseidon but also noticed it on a BBJ recently. Thank you
Jump to postThe LAX people mover will open next year. That should reduce travel time a bit between T1/7 and TBIT. Also can finally get to Century Blvd area hotels without a car. The people mover is not airside. If one has to use the people mover, that is going to involve getting outside the secure area and the...
Jump to postThomas Cook announced London to Reno if I remember correctly.
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I read in Chinese blogs that Eastern planned to operate the JFK-China flights using a wet-leased A330. Not sure who can provide that.
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Cape Girardeau Airport (CGI) Challenges Contour CEO on Delays and Cancellations Notes: Airport Advisory Board members confronted Matt Chaifetz, CEO of Contour Aviation, about the 15% delay rate that affected flights over the last 90 days. Katrina Amos, airport manager, provided the board at its mee...
Jump to postThai lounge in HKG is also permanently closed and the UA lounge there remains in limbo.
Jump to posthongkongflyer wrote:Such facilities exist in many Chinese airpprts, usually require to have certain top tier bank accounts.
A dedicated van will drive you directly to the plane.
Perhaps you can get some inspiration from Jim Carrey's trip to Lincoln in Yes Man
https://youtu.be/Zdz89lFknMM
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It was damaged in a hangar collision and, at the time, belonged to the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. https://simpleflying.com/las-vegas-damaged-boeing-747/ Cause by weather. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200827-0 I believe Las Vegas Sands' L-1011 N388LS was also damaged in flo...
Jump to postAnother advantage for Americans who fly overseas is an income tax break for not living in the U.S. for most of the year. I imagine for some folks who maybe took a job with Air Asia when they were younger would have some nice options available in the U.S. if they would prefer to return stateside. Am...
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