Re: UBS predicts pilotless cargo flights by 2025

Before getting to pilotless planes, could we imagine windowless cockpits, providing some weight and maintenance savings? Or the cockpit moved in a less premium real estate part of the aircraft, like the belly? The front of the aircraft, with its large forward facing windows could then be used for a ...

Re: AerCap: planned narrowbody production rates are unrealistic

Revelation wrote:

Who's going to blink first?

Re: Airbus is examining 'A380-Plus'

This again goes to show how vastly overbuilt the A388 is. Its engines are sized for something even bigger than a -900. You don't seem to be aware that the relatively large fan diameter of the A380 engines was driven by noise requirements. These requirements were made tighter in 1999, leading to an ...

Re: Brussels Airlines orders new A330-300 equipment

I think the title of the thread and then the article itself makes it confusing. The article is written so that you would think these are new airplane orders even though they are not. The title of the thread also implies a new airplane order. Who thinks "orders new A330" means replace used...

Re: Brussels Airlines to buy Thomas Cook Belgium

Just been announced that Brussels Airlines are to buy Thomas Cook Belgium- http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Economy/1.2937314 As the article says that leaves Belgium with just two airlines- Brussels and TUI. Does Belgium even need two local based airlines given its small base? Actually, Be...

Re: Future of aircraft design

A double-tube design (side by side, 8 to 12 meters apart) might have a chance You'll still run into this issue... Also, the farther you get from the center of the plane, the more you feel turbulence and turns. ...albeit probably not at the same magnitude of a BWB, depending on the BWB's cabin width...

Re: Future of aircraft design

A double-tube design (side by side, 8 to 12 meters apart) might have a chance. It's still relatively conventional and brings more capacity than the current single-aisle aircraft with a limited increase of frontal area (less than going to today's twin-aisle designs) and wingspan, no increase of lengt...

Re: Heat-shielding for flaps and underwing?

The sooty aspect might rather result from exhausted fluids and combustion particles than heat. This being said, each structural part is designed according its thermal environment (which is known by the aircraft manufacturer). This environment will dictate the selection of the material, including its...

Re: First Embraer E195-E2 takes shape

I find it interesting how different manufacturers paint planes at different times. Boeing, for example, puts the whole thing together before painting the plane. Embraer apparently paint the fuselage before the plane is fully assembled. As a result, the Embraer paint shop is very compact. It's a nar...

Re: Clark: The World Needs More A380's

Agree, can you imagine what AB would be if they had devoted half the resources invested in the 380 on a twin? Ok Boeing would have sold a few hundred more 747's but a lot less 787/777. The 380 was a god send to Boeing......and still is. As much as Airbus has been very innovative in the 70 by introd...

Re: Clark: The World Needs More A380's

Answer me this question, the A380 was built to compete with what B aircraft? None. It was supposed to be in a niche of its own waiting a Boeing counter. Boeing did counter with the 747-8, but are on the verge of abandoning it as the market isn't there. This is how a former Airbus executive is justi...

Re: SQ A380 Decision Based On Demand

Will there be a 'second life' for the A380? Flightglobal ( https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-a-second-chance-for-a380s-429449/ , free registration ) is not all that enthusiastic. One statement confuses me: "We're at an inflection point for the A380," says one banker. &qu...

Embraer 190E2 First Flight

It was imminent but now it has happened: the Embraer 190E2 has just taken off for the first time. Here is a first video of the event: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKnf8hQ6qg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKnf8hQ6qg</a><br/><br/><font size="-4">[Edited 2016-05-23 12:03:...

Boeing Confirms Review Of Larger -7Max And -9Max - Pt. 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>Quoting tomcat (Reply 30): Delay...

Boeing Confirms Review Of Larger -7Max And -9Max - Pt. 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i>Quoting tomcat (Reply 23): I'm inclined ...

Boeing Confirms Review Of Larger -7Max And -9Max - Pt. 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/StTim" class="quote" target="_blank">StTim</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>These will be relatively expensive programs (com...

RE: Boeing Talks With UA & WN Over New 737 Model

So we are talking about a sort of 737-400MAX then?

RE: IAG CEO: BA Should Have Merged With KLM

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LHRFlyer" class="quote" target="_blank">LHRFlyer</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>This could happen in a number of ways with...

RE: BeNeLux Aviation # 6

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LJ" class="quote" target="_blank">LJ</a> (<a href="#150" class="quote">Reply 150</a>):<br/><i>There is ample competition on <acronym title="Brus...

RE: BeNeLux Aviation # 6

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/blueflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">blueflyer</a> (<a href="#147" class="quote">Reply 147</a>):<br/><i>but I can't help but wonder what's w...

RE: DL To Suspend ATL-BRU Until 2017

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LondonCity" class="quote" target="_blank">LondonCity</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>If true then it's going to mean rail...

RE: DL To Suspend ATL-BRU Until 2017

In the Belgian press today: the latest forecast is that <acronym title="Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB), Belgium">BRU</acronym> will operate at 50% of its capacity at best by the summer (read July). And they expect to require 3 to 6 hours to process the passengers from...

RE: Air France Cancels Remaining A380 Orders

It's worth noticing that unlike UK or Germany, the French economy has been in the toilet for quite a few years now. The jobless rate is rising year after year and together with a constantly rising tax burden, the available income of French consumers is being squeezed. The French exports are miserabl...

RE: SN Newest A330 Arrives At BRU

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Bralo20" class="quote" target="_blank">Bralo20</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>it seems that <acronym title="OLD: Sabena (B...

RE: A350 Stretch May Be Launched At Farnborough - Pt 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/WIederling" class="quote" target="_blank">WIederling</a> (<a href="#176" class="quote">Reply 176</a>):<br/><i>Then, at 1.5t/m the 789 is a heavy...

RE: RIP Joe Patroni (George Kennedy)

This is memorable  :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn04jBhpKkw

RE: The Telegraph: A380 May Have Been A Mistake Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/olle" class="quote" target="_blank">olle</a> (<a href="#252" class="quote">Reply 252</a>):<br/><i>If it is not around 600 orders by 2026 the A38...

RE: The Telegraph: A380 May Have Been A Mistake Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#249" class="quote">Reply 249</a>):<br/><i>Quoting tomcat (Reply 248): Quoting mj...

RE: The Telegraph: A380 May Have Been A Mistake Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#247" class="quote">Reply 247</a>):<br/><i>20 years makes it 2024 and 25 years 20...

RE: The Telegraph: A380 May Have Been A Mistake Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Amiga500" class="quote" target="_blank">Amiga500</a> (<a href="#244" class="quote">Reply 244</a>):<br/><i>Would the 20 years not start at introd...

RE: The Telegraph: A380 May Have Been A Mistake Part 2

I'm quite familiar with the Belgian aerospace scene. In 2002, Sonaca has signed a contract with Airbus to design and manufacture the slats of the A380. The forecast on which the contract was based was about 600 orders over 20 years (2002-2022) and possibly 750 orders over 25 years (see quote in Fren...

RE: MD-11 Pax Routes Question

I've flown <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy Int...

RE: Embraer Ups E-Jet E2 Performance

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/r2rho" class="quote" target="_blank">r2rho</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>How does Embraer pull this off without spendin...

RE: Embraer Rolls Out E190-E2 Prototype

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/linco22" class="quote" target="_blank">linco22</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>The comment about winglets not being the b...

RE: Airbus COO: A380 May Have Been A Mistake

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#123" class="quote">Reply 123</a>):<br/><i>But 97 sales is still better than the ...

RE: BeNeLux Aviation # 6

According to the Belgian press Ethiopian Cargo would have been permanently granted trafic rights to operate up to 28 flights a week between Belgium and Hong Kong, Dubai and Shanghai. It could operate these flights from <acronym title="Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB), B...

RE: Airbus COO: A380 May Have Been A Mistake

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mjoelnir" class="quote" target="_blank">mjoelnir</a> (<a href="#103" class="quote">Reply 103</a>):<br/><i>Somehow you miss that Airbus invented ...

RE: Airbus COO: A380 May Have Been A Mistake

In 1991, I discovered the GE90 at the Bourget. At the time, it was publicly presented as a 400kN engine, that was huge. I have come to think that the GE90 was the result of a very broad American investment (not just from <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym>), that was initiated ...

RE: LH Considering Integrating SN Into Eurowings

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/readytotaxi" class="quote" target="_blank">readytotaxi</a> (<a href="#69" class="quote">Reply 69</a>):<br/><i>Printing so much money that I can'...

RE: Ryanair Via Berlin Cheaper Than UK Rail Trip

The UK rail may be expensive, the traffic keeps growing a descent pace. Between 1995 (the year of privatisation / liberalization) and 2014, it has grown about 120%. That's an average growth of 4.2%. The money to be made with a job in London is well worth the price of the ride it seems.

RE: IR To Buy 8 A380s

Order for 127 Airbus, of which 16 A350 and 8 A380. My guess: the A380 could be used to serve cities with large Iranian diaspora (like <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym>). Also, given the expected boom of direct foreign investments in Iran, cities like Paris, Francfort, London (+some in Asia) co...

RE: Possible MH370 Piece Of Wreckage Found In Thailand

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetjeanes" class="quote" target="_blank">jetjeanes</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Never saw these kind of nut heads or b...

RE: Bird Strike Rips Huge Hole In A319 Jet

The slats seems to have remained extended. This might be an indication that the slats drive line has been hit.

RE: WSJ: BA May Buy Used A380s

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Revelation" class="quote" target="_blank">Revelation</a> (<a href="#95" class="quote">Reply 95</a>):<br/><i>so <acronym title="bmibaby (United K...

RE: WSJ: BA May Buy Used A380s

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Stitch" class="quote" target="_blank">Stitch</a> (<a href="#38" class="quote">Reply 38</a>):<br/><i>So <acronym title="Niagara Falls - Internati...

ANA To Buy Airbus A380 Jumbo Jets, Boost Hawaii?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/polot" class="quote" target="_blank">polot</a> (<a href="#142" class="quote">Reply 142</a>):<br/><i>Quoting BoeingVista (Reply 120): Frames in t...

ANA To Buy Airbus A380 Jumbo Jets, Boost Hawaii?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/moo" class="quote" target="_blank">moo</a> (<a href="#97" class="quote">Reply 97</a>):<br/><i>Why would "new build" be any better than the Skyma...