zkncj wrote:Must not be to hard Air Chathams (3C) operate there Saabs and ATR’s on AKL-NLK. Along with there services to the Chathams Islands from mainland New Zealand.
Or what about X42, X43 etc? Are numerics allowed to be next to each other? Also, when calling out the callsign, i assume pilots/controlers will just say the number? Xray - Four - Alpha? In the case of the A220s, as per the original discussion, the callsign will be the flight number. QF1518 will com...
Jump to postThere's an article by NHK (in Japanese) that describes the course of the accident in chronological order. What surprises me is that JAL states that the evacuation was completed after 18 minutes. Isn't that way too long? 18 minutes for the last person to exit, which would undoubtedly be a crew membe...
Jump to postWhat's even more amazing: they're doing so WITHOUT their bags! They actually listened to the crew! I would imagine being a domestic flight that the vast majority of pax were Japanese. Japan is one country where I would have faith in people actually following instructions, as they are brought up to ...
Jump to postThat said, I think you are mistaken that the VA 737-700s are for FIFO. I was under the impression they were to be predominantly used on RPT flights, which is why J will eventually be installed. VA originally announced the ex-KLM -700s as being replacements for the F100s and operated by VARA, which ...
Jump to postThat would be 7. I don't think they've ever had that many at the one time if memory serves. :scratchchin: I think the most in service at once was 3, in the brief time 2003-2005 between VH-OEJ getting the Wunala Dreaming livery and VH-EBU (Nalanji Dreaming) being retired. The 3rd at the time was Yan...
Jump to postZL and QQ are competitors in the FIFO market, and ZL are actively expanding their Q400 into QLD through Network. You mean NJE (National Jet Express), previously Cobham. Network is a QF subsidiary. Conversely, why doesn't ZL jump on board with QQ for some additional aircraft? Whilst I sort of admire...
Jump to postOh for Pete’s sake…clean it up and move on Agree.. what flight attendants have never changed a diaper? what a complete waste of time and money... just take one for the team and get it done.... ti's not like people are defecating on airplane bathroom floors with great regularity... it's an outlyer.....
Jump to postI think the A380 story is far from being over, and I mean worldwide. I could see ANA building up a larger fleet of used airframes. Considering they were basically forced into having A380s with the Skymark fiasco, I doubt it. What was this fiasco? ANA got lumped with Skymark's A380 order as part of ...
Jump to postI worked for a flight attendant years ago, including on the 747. We were instructed during training to NEVER open any exists over the wing and (of course) to never, ever attempt to exit on the wing. Some people on US1549 would disagree with you. Well obviously the overwing exits are there to perfor...
Jump to postIt’s a European atc thing to combat similar sounding callsigns I believe. Could be but these flights don't appear to go near Europe. They usually fly north from the west coast (+/- 5 degrees) to very near the pole (either side) then south through Russia and east of the Caspian Sea into DXB. I've fl...
Jump to postZaphodHarkonnen wrote:gatibosgru wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but can someone explain why this bird is called Bo-eng?
The decal for the i probably came off.
PhilipBass wrote:Thanks. I can imagine a William Ulsterman taking issue with that and demanding a boycott(sic) of those Fenian sympathizer Airlines.
One of the ex-EK A332s that VA initially operated when establishing its trans-continental WB operations (VH-XFA) has been returned to lessors by Azul in Brazil and will be scrapped. The plane is 23 years old. From memory, both ex-EK A332s arrived into Australia in fairly poor shape and were not mis...
Jump to postSurely the aircraft change happens at Heathrow? And they will likely keep the same cabin crew but change the pilots? Yes, but depending on flight length the pilots that operated said aircraft from LHR won't be operating it back, as they require a minimum amount of rest at the destination. That's OP...
Jump to postkriskim wrote:Just noticed that VA use their A320’s for PER-HBA services. Is it because there’s no J demand? I only thought the A320’s flew around WA and Sth Australia.
A gear up landing within the parameters you laid out would be fairly similar in most scenarios, but a water landing has a few more variables. Eg, chop, swell, landing parallel or perpendicular to the waves. My mind goes to the Ethiopian 767 that had a wing clip a wave right at the moment of impact, ...
Jump to postFrom the article I gather that NJE are the FIFO carrier operating E190s and Q400s. Which part of Cobham operates the BAe146 cargo aircraft? I’m quite surprised that Qantas didn’t hold the trademark for ‘NationalJet’ after re-acquiring NJS in 2020. The freighters also fall under NJE. Some people fin...
Jump to postI don't think the point about some sort of government intervention is necessarily to do with the cancellations per sé, but rather cracking down on the airlines making it so difficult with the fallout when it happens. Something so people can manage cancellation alternatives online without waiting hou...
Jump to postIs there any intent for these Irish registered aircraft to end up (eventually) on the Italy register ? Aren't they leased? why would they end up on the Italy register? The aircraft being leased is irrelevant. The vast majority of aircraft are registered in the country where the lessee (ie: the airl...
Jump to postI did have the same thought when I saw that they are adding a larger galley. I took it as a glimmer of hope that all wasn’t completely lost! Would the larger galleys be there to cater for some short-haul international flying? With some of the flying the QF-branded aircraft are flying (eg ADL-BNE), ...
Jump to postI should have clarified... is there any benefit in Qantas bidding for the branded Freight operations or would the 146s be too niche? The 146 freighters are operated under the same AOC as the E190/Q400/RJ passenger ops (National Jet Express). It can't be picked up on its own without being spun off w...
Jump to postA pair of Hevilift AT75's flew out of Perth this morning, which I hadn't seen before. Are they doing anything interesting? They've been based out of PER for some months now, they do a small handful of FIFO flights and operate the odd adhoc charter. Normally parked on the Romeo bays (opposite Networ...
Jump to postFrom what I've heard, OQA (Nancy) weighs about two tonnes heavier with repairs after the QF32 incident Where do you get your information on OQA being two tonnes heavier? This is completely wrong. Not according to Richard de Crespigny, who remarked on his Twitter account Another complication for the...
Jump to postI have to wonder if this incident is similar to what happened to Chesley Sullenberger in US Airways 1549? A bad strike of a large goose into the elevator, jamming it into full-nose-down position, might cause something like this. Though, in that cause, it's puzzling why the airliner regained control...
Jump to postMissed that post. Sounds risky that it even flew the previous mission with all those maintenance issues. No one has said or implied that it flew with maintenance issues. It’s last flight was approximately three weeks before it was destroyed, not unreasonable that it was going through some maintenan...
Jump to postSource? Honestly, i'll believe it only when images show up the damaged An-225. They say denial is the first stage. There's zero indication on any flight tracking site that it left GML before the invasion started. Conversely, simply being on the ground at GML does not mean it's been destroyed. You'v...
Jump to postThere were two Air Asia X A330s operating from KUL into PER and back yesterday. Guessing charters for someone? I thought Air Asia X has ceased operations. Yeah, I saw some Air Asia X A330s overflying Perth in January. Wasn't able to get onto FlightRadar at that point, but I think that it was a ferr...
Jump to postInteresting to see AirAsia is taking Lion Air and it's subsidiary 'Super Air Jet' on in the battle of the worst airline name. Except the airlines within the group are retaining the AirAsia name. Capital A is purely the new name for the company that owns the airlines. It's like how Facebook (the com...
Jump to postMEA-707 wrote:Virgin Australia also stopped flying them after about 5 years.
Also just noticed QF1004 PER-HBA is an A332 tonight. Has that ever happened before? HBA doesn’t see widebodies that often. I’m flying this route in October - was surprised to see it’s double daily now. Great news considering the route really only came about during the pandemic. QF1004 on 05/09 was ...
Jump to postAs someone who had the unfortunate experience of flying with my family out of MIA in Flagship J, maybe there would be fewer incidents if the staff at AA, MIA and the TSA at least acted like they gave a crap. Until the employees improve, there will be more people losing patience. My understanding is...
Jump to postI am getting old, my memory is not the best anymore I guess... Pls. forgive me, but what "terminal accident" you are talking about? Do you have more information? No one said anything about an "accident", the keyword was "incident". This incident specifically: https://w...
Jump to postI know QF has a long history of special Olympics colour schemes but in this economic climate surely they can't justify repainting a tail for Tokyo 2020.... Are they 'getting into the Olympic spirit' without actually doing anything? That's exactly what it is. It's one of their generic 787 promo imag...
Jump to postsmi0006 wrote:I think eventually Cobham and Alliance will pick up all QFLink jet ops and choose their own fleet.
Haven't QF decided to use the E190 (QQ) rather than the A220 ? They have leased some E190s haven't they? I think they are considering ordering A220s at some point? Or something else as a 717 replacement? "Leased" implies Qantas have taken on the aircraft to operate. They've merely contrac...
Jump to postGeoffrey Thomas Who is associated with airline ratings as far as I am aware has no aviation related qualifications, often quoted in these sort of articles. Also often interviewed after accidents as an expert which frustrates me. The joke is that GT may have worked on the ramp years ago, whether thi...
Jump to postrrlopes wrote:Any ideas how long they spent in Nassau?
Shakinthefat wrote:The best way to put people to sleep without making a bunch of angry drunks is to run the cabin pressure up to reduce O2 and put people to nightly nite.
The FIFO charter market to remote mining sites is huge in Australia, and that has long been a focus of the various Fokker fleets, with RPT as a sidebar. They are unlikely to be swapped out for the niche 717 if the cost of maintaining the 717 will increase as the fleet size reduces. Plus the fact th...
Jump to postI've been tracking G-ECOI (ex Flybe) DHC-8-400 which has so far done: North Bay to Goose Bay Goose Bay to Reykjavik Reykjavik to Wick Wick to Toulouse Toulouse to Heraklion Heraklion to Sharm el-Sheikh Sharm el-Sheikh to Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi to Karachi I have seen a photo of the aircraft and it's no...
Jump to posttullamarine wrote:Depending on the type of plane you are on, the crew could be employed by Cobham, NJS, Sunstate, Alliance etc.
I am yet to ride on a Bae 146 / Avro RJ and the options to do so are rapidly dwindling...i know Cobham still fly quite a few out of Perth, but these are all mining charters? Cobham now only has the Avro in service, their last pax 146 retired last week. There are 3 based at PER and 2 at ADL, all use...
Jump to posttonyban wrote:Slightly off topic but I heard on CNN today that a Longtail Aviation 747 also had an engine failure after takeoff today somewhere over the Netherlands. I couldn't see a thread for this.
Pretty vague topic overall. Are you sure you aren't getting confused with the fuel-inerting directive that passed a couple years ago?
Jump to postThe powerful engines, fast turboprop concept didn't really work out. SAAB and Dornier had tried the same. Passengers "feel" turboprops to be old fashioned (by mistake). They never managed to get established as the green fast modern planes they are. ATR is more of a slow simple truck. This...
Jump to postktachiya wrote:Why would it stop in ANC? A 777W could easily go non-stop right?
Was there no emergency oxygen system deployed? Surely Concorde would have had an impressive emergency oxygen system considering how it flew at such high altitude. What does this have to do with anything? The oxygen system is for an emergency at high altitude, it isn't there to assist people in brea...
Jump to postThis is more being a pedant than anything else, but as of July it is technically correct to refer to National Jet Systems as the operator of QF's 717s rather than Cobham. Qantas purchased the entirety of NJS from Cobham, contrary to what some people believe, the other divisions of Cobham remain comp...
Jump to postAn airliner frame being scrapped after just 10 years of operation, like what happened to 9V-SKA and 9V-SKB, is highly unusual in the modern airline industry right? It's not as simple as that when talking about those two particular aircraft. It's not unusual at all for SQ to have disposed of them af...
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