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Armodeen

Re: TAP A321 nosegear first touchdown at LPMA

I was also watching the stream. Did the streamer say that this aircraft was involved in the medevac case that the C-295 came in for a little while later? I think so but I could be getting it confused tbh.

Very eventful day at FNC, several go arounds also.

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Armodeen

Re: Global Airlines buys an A380 from Doric for UK - US service

Years ago I fantasized a few of those 380s cruise eastward, fly some 6-7 hours a day, most people enjoying a seat and a half, maintain an existing cabin, don't refurbish. Stops for a couple days in various countries, itinerary to change from one round the world trip to the next. Passengers sleep in...

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Armodeen

Re: Dubai Air Show 2023 - Boeing Orders and General Discussion Thread

Thanks for the summary, exactly what I was looking for in this thread. Great show for Boeing, particularly for the 777X Program. Some highlights: Boeing and Emirates announced an order for 90 777X airplanes, including 55 777-9 and 35 777-8 jets. Emirates order for the 787 increased from 30-35. Turki...

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Armodeen

Re: Orange pride New livery

StinkyPinky wrote:
pic featured on Twitter

https://images.app.goo.gl/mhthhi9reeFgnUWv9

I like it! Although part of me wants them to paint the whole damn thing orange

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Armodeen

Re: Iran's Mahan Air leases one A340-200 to Venezuela's CONVIASA

One of the two ex French AIr Force A340-212 that last MAY2023 made their way to Iran's IRGC affiliated airline, Mahan Air, triangulated via Mali, has now been dry leased to Venezuela's CONVIASA. The 28-years old frame operated for the French Government as F-RAJB and was originally delivered to Aust...

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Armodeen

Re: Luton airport closed due car park fire

It will be interesting to find out if possibly a battery car started the fire? "Andy Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer, said the service had "no intelligence than to suggest it was anything other than an accidental fire". He said it was thought the fire started in "di...

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Armodeen

Re: MU planning 40+ new ports (incl MAN, JNB, ATL, BOS, and more)

MaverickM11 wrote:
Lots of new places to lose money; who is this even for?

Lots of chinese students in MAN and cheap connections to Aus and Asia going the other way. Whether that is enough to support a daily service, I doubt tbh.

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Armodeen

Re: SN A333 (OO-SFB) to MAN

Guessing it's visiting the STS hangar (as TC957 has suggested). Slightly off topic but also related... TG have also sent an A330 all the way to MAN for Maintenance. Every time I was in and out of MAN over the summer I saw it parked in exactly the same spot looking sorry for itself. No idea if it's ...

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Armodeen

Re: Another 767 buckled fuselage hard landing

11C wrote:
Do these usually entail a nose-first touch down, or can a main gear-first landing cause this damage?

Frequently seems to be a hard landing resulting in a bounce and subsequent nose wheel first touch down?

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Armodeen

Re: Virgin Atlantic pilots consider strike over fatigue.

I'm a paramedic. Tiredness and fatigue are both serious issues in my industry. I don't understand some posters who would compare pilots off against other industries tbh, many careers have huge problems with these issues and all are equally valid, it isn't a competition when it comes to safety. When ...

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Armodeen

Re: Jet2 to open LPL base

MAN has been such a disaster since COVID that it makes no sense at all to choose it as a departure point when reasonable alternatives exist. I hope they have solved the security queues before summer proper but I don't have a lot of faith that they have. On my last trip outbound from MAN off peak too...

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Armodeen

Re: Planes on fire at Khartoum after coup attempt

I ferried a Cessna F-172P from Biggin Hill to Khartoum in January, solo VFR. I’m worried about the new owners and Sudan but that was a fantastic aeroplane, never faltered for 39h30 of flying, and I really hope it’s OK. Sudan hasn’t had a government for a couple of years, so best case scenario, a fa...

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Armodeen

Re: Jet2 Increases Airbus Order With 35 New A320neo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7f9QtggYT0

Armodeen

Re: Status of London Heathrow's 3rd Runway

If they want to expand significantly they should move the entire location to a more distant place well connected by fast rail. Selling land in west London will yield enough. Post Brexit I would move it more towards the industrial and population centres up north. If airlines want to fly up north... ...

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Armodeen

Re: MAN closed due to heavy snow

'Heavy snow' in Manchester is any white on the ground haha. Still, hard to justify infrastructure spending for something that happence once/twice a year.

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Armodeen

Re: Ryanair future fleet

Ryanair future fleet = more 737s. Case closed.

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Armodeen

Re: Middle East A320 hit by a stray bullet while landing

Yes, Beirut is on a narrow coastal plain between the Mediterranean and the Lebanon mountain range. My cousins’ place looks down on the airport from a town called Shemlan where I’ve spent many a happy hour on the balcony enjoying the airport action from above. Google “Chouf Mountains” and see if Ima...

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Armodeen

Re: Virgin Atlantic to join Sky Team

CarbonFibre wrote:
Can't see them moving to LHR T4...

Some skyteam airlines already in T3, e.g MEA, DL.

Doubt anything will change either way.

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Armodeen

Re: Investigation gone quiet on AA300 incident

AABusDrvr wrote:

I've never had an fo complain about any of it, nor will they ever, because it's all in compliance with the company manuals.

Nor should they, since it is all in the spirit of safety and effective collaborative working. We should all be adult enough to understand that.

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Armodeen

Re: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar -sources

Interesting way of framing. Blaming Airbus instead of QR and downplay the childish behavior of QR because they “can be difficult”. Looking at the facts it’s clear this customer didn’t want to be satisfied and has done as much as possible -including a grounding- to get rid of those planes. What's th...

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Armodeen

Re: British Airways' golden age: Telegraph article on how BA will get it back

My biggest complaint about BA is just how useless Avios points are for a North American member. Having over 900,000 points to use I recently tried once again to use them from Vancouver to London return. In economy the price off season was 37,000 Avios points PLUS $780 in services charges and fees. ...

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Armodeen

Re: British Airways' golden age: Telegraph article on how BA will get it back

My biggest complaint about BA is just how useless Avios points are for a North American member. Having over 900,000 points to use I recently tried once again to use them from Vancouver to London return. In economy the price off season was 37,000 Avios points PLUS $780 in services charges and fees. ...

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Armodeen

Re: Icelandair Fleet Renewal

Neither MAX nor A321 is a perfect solution for what they need. I can see them picking up a small number of used widebodies tbh.

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Armodeen

Re: Plane Crash in Waller County, Texas

md80fanatic wrote:
If everyone got out alive, I doubt the MD-87 ever became airborne. Likely a rejected TO.

You can see tyre marks all the way off the end of the runway in the overheads, you were right.

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Armodeen

Re: Jet Airways 77W VT-JEW at AMS

76er wrote:
No surprise, cruizing non-pressurized at FL100 and obviously non-ETOPS. Anyone in the know whether or not they raised the gear after takeoff?

It's at 28,000ft now and has been higher earlier in the flight. It's also flying at 481kts over ground so I'd say so!

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Armodeen

Re: C340 Crash In KSEE Neighborhood

Aftermath here (no victims seen) https://mobile.twitter.com/MattGravette/status/1447657059063762946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1447657059063762946%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericanmilitarynews.com%2F2021%2F10%2Fvideos-plane-crashes-into-ups-truck...

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Armodeen

Re: Qantas to officially issue tender on narrowbody fleet replacement in coming days

Surely the easiest solution is to pick up some of the dozens of used E190s laying around to do that kind of work? I too cannot imagine the Fokkers being replaced by shiny new A220s or E2s. You can’t let such expensive planes fly one or two sectors per day and have them standing around the rest of th...

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Armodeen

Re: QR making a U-turn and will reactivate 5 A380s in November

LHR LHR and LHR?

Haha not likely this time I guess, since the flagship Q suite is prioritised for LHR ops. I'm guessing we will see them in asia and other European ports.

cedarjet wrote:
Wonder what routes they’ll be on

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Armodeen

Re: Oman Air intends to apply for Oneworld membership

Same. I've flown them a couple of times and connected in MCT and it was all fine, very pleasant experiance. Not sure what they bring to OneWorld though tbh, but as someone else said, why not! I was about to say, seems a bit redundant. But eh, another quality airline to choose from. Who's complaining...

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Armodeen

Re: MAN flights diverting

Now back open.

Being reported on social media that the airport was closed for an hour due to a lack of fire cover because of a medical emergency.

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Armodeen

Re: MAN flights diverting

BA1402 heading to BHX (I think) now too.

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Armodeen

MAN flights diverting

https://fr24.com/RYR83TF/29209396

Any idea what’s going on?

Armodeen

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

Another Kam Air A340, YA-KMH is showing up now at KBL. And the one in Abu Dhabi is now taking off.. https://www.flightradar24.com/KMF4416/28e51df4 And on its way back out from KBL again https://fr24.com/KMF4411/28e697bc Good to see the local heavy metal being put to use. The situation is desperate ...

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Armodeen

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

Outgoing (in air) MOOSE55 USAF C17 99-0169 Incoming (in air) MOOSE53 USAF C17 07-7172 On the ground (presumably to leave soon) with transponders on: NAG83XT RAF C17 ZZ171 (looks to be taxing as I post) MOOSE54 USAF C17 07-7177 RCH815 USAF C17 08-8190 -edit- Kam AIr KMF4405 YA-KMU popped on The Kam ...

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Armodeen

Re: Updated: US Activates the CRAF program for Afghanistan

DL ship N810NW (A333) just landed at XJD in Qatar.

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Armodeen

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

https://fr24.com/RCH826/28d63b5d

Armodeen

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

Titan B757 G-ZAPX back at DWC having done DWC-BHX yesterday. Also saw a Titan A320 approaching DWC a couple of days ago. I presume these are repatriation flights contracted by the UK govt.

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Armodeen

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

32andBelow wrote:
There must be a carrier involved if there’s a greyhound

The greyhounds have been back and forward for days. You can follow them right down to a few hundred ft on FR24, so its easy to see where the carriers are!

Must admit I'm a bit obsessed with all the traffic heading in/out of Kabul right now.

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Armodeen

Re: NTSB Renews Calls for Cockpit Video Recorders

Welcome to the modern world. Everyone is judged by their actions when something goes wrong, and pilots will just have to accept that also. It's a feature that will indeed provide insights in the event of an accident, but would also be useful in training situations etc. I imagine in the first instanc...

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Armodeen

Re: Will we ever see anything like The Residences ever again?

Why be pedantic? Ok, it got a lot of people talking about it. That better? Media coverage in the UK was significant, and I had conversations about it with a whole bunch of non av geek friends. You also only had to look on EY's social media in that timeframe to see the effect it had had. It made EY a...

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Armodeen

Re: Will we ever see anything like The Residences ever again?

It took wasted space in the aircraft and got everybody talking about Etihad. It was all over the mainstream media for ages, and cemented the image of Etihad as a premium airline. Selling the occasional ticket in it was an extra bonus. PR masterstroke. Doubtful. Unjustifiable waste of space for most ...

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Armodeen

Re: Wideroe announces BGO - LHR

Wow ballsy move, given the fees associated with LHR! Wish them luck!

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Armodeen

Re: EK Chairman says Boeing “not getting it” on 737MAX, 787

This 100%! Shame they won't do any of it :( The best way forward for Boeing would be to de-list their stock, getting out of the grips of short-sighted Wall Street vultures and their perpetual desire for ever improving quarterlies. Secondly they need to recognise that they're an engineering company f...

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Armodeen

Re: Updated: Qatar Blockade Ends

Ishrion wrote:
Qatar made some changes overnight.

DOH-DXB now resumes January 27 with a daily A320 and increases to twice-daily from February 1
DOH-AUH now resumes January 28 with a daily A320

Bookable on the QR website already!

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Armodeen

Re: SpaceX - Tests, Launches, Developments - 2021

Anyone know what the objectives are for SN9? Are they pushing for orbit?!

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Armodeen

Re: Possible COVID Exposure On LAX-Bound Flight After Passenger Dies

Full resus efforts as described below will have contaminated everyone on the aircraft. Resus including bag valve mask ventillation (or other airway techniques) is a serious source of aerosols and a massive infection risk, with a far higher chance of transmission than normal droplet production. You m...

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Armodeen

Re: TUI - are they doing cargo work ?

Yeah cargo. Also done other ad hoc work such as UN flights into BEY etc.

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Armodeen

Re: EasyJet 'hanging by a thread'.

EasyJet had state support from the UK, 500mil off the top of my head. Along with Ryanair and WIZZ. Comparatively with AF, BA or LH, EZY should be in a better position. It flies short and medium haul only, with many domestic flights or flights within the EU where borders reopened (until quarantines w...

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Armodeen

Re: Flydubai Announces Tel Aviv from 26Nov20

It’s probably politically motivated. Given the current climate of covid the schedule seems insane as you say. Eff. 26 Nov20 Flydubai will begin double daily flights to TLV as below: FZ 1163 DXB - TLV 0940 1135 FZ 1164 TLV - DXB 1235 1745 FZ 1165 DXB - TLV 2200 2355 FZ 1166 TLV - DXB 0055 0605 Aircra...

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Armodeen

Re: Boeing turning attention to 737-10

The 737-10 doesn’t need to be compared to the A321LR/XLR. Only to the baseline A321NEO. In my company they need the additional lift over the MAX 8 for a range less that maximum 2500nm. Our most important markets are within 700-1000nm’s. So the current -10 is perfect. What’s up with this A.net myth ...

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