Re: Korean Air Formally Introduces First Airbus A321neo

At max, yes I guess. Which has me scratch my head: why the 21N? The profile of routes they plan to operate these things on is within the performance parameters of 737-10. Or maybe the -10 performs even better, as KE's narrowbody routes consist mostly of 2-3hr. hops, i.e. CN, JP, where the lighter 7...

Re: Why weren't North America-Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia money makers?

Thai, Indonesian, and Malaysian diaspora in the US are way smaller in number than the Filipino and the Vietnamese. Even Cambodian and Laotian are larger. Other than SQ, they usually fly Taiwanese, Japanese, or Korean airlines to the US.

Re: Best looking narrowbodies

For me, the best narrowbody currently flying is Airbus A220, especially the -300.

Re: What is the most collectively hated airliner?

Boeing757100 wrote:

Max Q wrote:

737-500

Cramped, slow, unstable, really terrible ride in turbulence

Hw come people don't really hate the 737-600 for that reason? I always seem to get the 735 and 736 confused, since their seating capacities are about the same.

Re: Airports You've Transited Through In Cities You've Never Visited

AMS, DXB, RUH, CMB, TPE, BNE

Re: Your 5th-freedom flights - Where did you go?

LH: CGK-SIN-CGK
EK: SYD-AKL
LA: AKL-SYD

Re: Airport codes different from where you expect them to be

A bit of a stretch, but CGK is not Chonqging (old reading Chungking). It is Soekarno-Hatta Airport, named after the area in West Jakarta where it is located, C en GK areng. Chongqing's code swaps the last two letters, CKG. Actually, CGK is located in Tangerang, a city directly West of Jakarta. In t...

Re: What is the shortest flight from your airport?

CGK-TKG (103 nm)

Re: Batik Air A320s

JetAirways wrote:

They seem to be getting bunch of older A320ceos with the IAE V2500 engines as opposed to the relatively new CFM56 powered ones that they had.

Re: Qantas A330 Replacement

I think the future of QF fleet will be A220, A32*neo, 787, and A350. The A330 will be replaced by both A321neo and 787, depending on the distances and how thick the routes are.

Re: Is it just me?

I don't know about the landing, but I see them taxying around like their hair's on fire. Bonuses for on-time performance? On the other hand, I know an airline that is very slow when on approach and when taxiing because the pilots are paid by minutes from the choke-off to the choke on. More minutes ...

Re: Airbus A320 - Who's have you flown

A320 only: Indonesia AirAsia (QZ), AirAsia (AK), Jetstar Asia (3K), and Batik Air (ID)

Re: Indonesia to expand KNO (Medan) airport to rival SIN, KUL

One obvious reason that makes KNO hard to compete with SIN and KUL is that the airport doesn't serve a business capital, unlike Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. In addition, North Sumatra (the province where KNO is located) tourism level is way below those two capital cities. Garuda Indonesia's current c...

Re: Airline serviced airports now closed you once flew through

Jakarta Kemayoran, Indonesia (featured in the Tintin's comic book Flight 714)
Medan Polonia, Indonesia (now used as an Air Force base)
Padang Tabing, Indonesia (now used as an Air Force base)
Hong Kong Kai Tak
Singapore Paya Lebar (now used as an Air Force base)

Re: Airports have terrority with two state or country

Geneva Airport (GVA/LSGG) and Tijuana International Airport (TIJ/MMTJ).

Re: Why do smaller variants have more range then larger variants?

The smaller variants usually have similar MTOW to the larger ones. With less payload they can carry more fuel.

Re: Baby born on SLC-HNL by mother who didn't know she was pregnant

My question is? If the baby was born when the aircraft was in International Airspace (i.e. greater then 12 miles off the coast of the US), what citizenship does he/she have? Is it United States because of the parents citizenship or the aircraft registration country of the aircraft? Not every countr...

Re: Singapore Airlines 777-9 potential routes?

779 doesn't have the range needed for ULH routes like SIN-JFK/EWR/LAX. Capacity and range-wise, the aircraft will be the best replacement for 77W and A380.

Re: Seatback IFE vs. Streaming To Device vs. Nothing

Just want to clear things up. WiFi and the internet are two different things that people often confuse with. To be able to browse websites, watch streaming videos on YouTube or Netflix, using social media apps like Facebook and Twitter, etc. we need an internet connection. To be able to access the i...

Re: Garuda Indonesia question

Perhaps someone flying JED-UPG-KNO would clear immigration/customs at KNO and not UPG. The route is UPG-KNO-JED (KNO is located between UPG and JED). The flights carries mainly umrah pilgrims. Garuda's 6 oldest A330s use the lowest thrust variant of Trent 700 and I believe Garuda use them for this ...

Re: Feeling nostalgic about 747s. Who’s have you flown?

GA: -200
SQ: -300 and/or -400
KLM: -400M
LH: -400
QF: -300

Re: List of Paint Shop USA & ASIA

GMF AeroAsia (Indonesia)

Re: Boeing 767

Retired57 wrote:

Where would you find information like that

nesho

Re: Flying-V model maiden flight

Would hate to have a seat far out in one of the wing portions... This. One thing that won't make flying wings like this became passenger aircraft in the near future is the limitation of human physiology. We may live long enough to see them flying as drones and freighters, but not carrying passengers.

Re: Issues with 737 MAX Rebranding?

No one was concerned about the 787 return to service after the battery grounding. Why should anything be different now? No one died because of the 787 battery problem. Hundreds of people died because of the MAX MCAS problem. That's the difference. Same thing happened with the a330 after AF 447. Or ...

Re: Issues with 737 MAX Rebranding?

2175301 wrote:

No one was concerned about the 787 return to service after the battery grounding. Why should anything be different now?

Re: Who want to fly the Max when it’s back ?

1,393 people have died in an accident involving the Airbus A320 family. About 9,500 have been built so far. 767 have died in accidents involving the 737NG family, the most technically and time wise appropriate analogue to the A320ceo family. Approximately 7,000 have been built. The 737 Classics, of...

Re: Who want to fly the Max when it’s back ?

Me personally I am not going to fly on it if I can avoid it! So you're refusing to fly on what will be the safest plane on earth and opt to fly on a possibly less safe aircraft instead. That makes sense..... Indeed before the MAX was grounded it had some safety issues, however they have been addres...

Re: B787-8 versus A330-200

keesje wrote:

Dozens of destinations were opened up by A330-200's of KLM, Emirates, Qatar, Delta, Turkish the Chinese airlines for more then two decades. I assume you know.

Re: B787-8 versus A330-200

Sokes wrote:

The B787-8 opened a lot of new, thin routes.
Why were these routes not operated with A330-200s earlier?

Re: 9 abreast 777s

VSMUT wrote:

Saudia

Re: Most boring/ugly airline liveries in your opinion (including airlines of the past)

VSMUT wrote:

There are several modern liveries that look nice, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, Delta, Air Canada and Finnair,

Re: Dated flight terms?

Still hear flight attendants called stewardesses at times That’s what I call them. That’s what they are. Outdated or not, it is what they are. Do you call the male ones "stewardess" too? Whatever you call them, airlines use "flight attendant" rather than "stewardess" n...

Re: Is the A380 the Biggest Failure in Commercial Aviation History?

strfyr51 wrote:

fbgdavidson wrote:

Hell! It was enough we modified some airports to handle it! It was a "status symbol" a me too airplane without any other reason than to be larger than the 747.

Re: A321 or 737-8 right size post covid?

Also, at least in this immediate post COVID period, all the short-haul (intra-continental) traffic is leisure/VFR and there's little to no business demand . This also makes flight frequency less important than before. Larger aircraft makes more sense. Bring back the Airbus A380! :highfive: "La...

Re: European Aviation plans to have a fleet of A340 cargo

leleko747 wrote:

so many 747s being fired from airlines and they want to invest in cargo A340-600s with no cargo doors? lolwut.

Re: It's back! F1 2020 Season

I still watch F1 but it's getting less and less interesting than MotoGP.

Re: A321 or 737-8 right size post covid?

Covid isn’t going to just kill humans desire to travel. There are three types of travelers, leisure, business, and visiting friends and relatives. Leisure travel will recover first. People need vacations. However business and visiting friends and relatives travels will recover quite later because w...