Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

The production quality issues has no impact on certification campaigns. If the FAA have done their homework by now they would certainly beg to differ... and if they don't, EASA certainly will. Typically the production certificate would cover quality issues. You have to have a quality organization, ...

Re: Boeing 777X Testing / Production - 2024

B7739 wrote:

The production quality issues has no impact on certification campaigns.

Re: Airbus ramps up work on clean sheet A320 successor

My guess: No revolution. Tube and wings and new generation, SAF capable kerosene burning engines. Didn't RR already state publicly or at an aviation conference that the current engines could operate happily on algae-based SAF? I am still trying to locate that speech, but I guess it was 2020 or 2021...

Re: Turkish Aviation - December 2023

Well known Australian actress Margot Robbie will be doing the advertising for TK's Australia launch. Holy mackerel, I never heard of the gal. Am I the only uneducated person around here? I guess I will have difficulties sleeping tonight :rotfl: Isn't she the 'Barbie Girl' - amongst other things? I ...

Re: Thai Airways Explores Major Aircraft Order, Focusing on Boeing 787 Widebodies

This post was a little hyperbolic and also relied on airliners.net stereotypes. TG is profitable now. Their financial struggles covered about a decade (not "decades" really), before which they were actually consistently profitable for decades. They're also not technically a government &qu...

Re: Thai Airways Explores Major Aircraft Order, Focusing on Boeing 787 Widebodies

I would also be vary of any statements coming from TG. This is one of the worst run airlines in Asia with financial woes for decades, declining service, dated cabins and much more. To talk big, as the dear government agent at TG does, is easy when you don't realyl know what you are talking about. It...

Re: Rolls Royce hampering Airbus sales?

I also watched it, and I do like Mentour's videos. In this video, though, he is incorrect about the fan diameter of the XWB84 and XWB97. They both have the same sized fan at 118". In the video he claims the fan size is 84 and 97 inches, respectively. Is it correct that the 84 and 97 relate to ...

Re: Thai Airways News and Discussion - 2023

So interested in their future business case, as this would be another not expected turn of events for me. Currently they: 1. Are receiving A350's with different layouts, some with 2-2-2 business class, others with 1-2-1. 2. Have a sub-fleet of 3 A330's while desposing the rest 3. Have LOADS of unus...

Re: Thai Airways News and Discussion - 2023

...left pocket to right pocket... and now, it is back to left pocket... many officials had well-paid posts in Thai Smile with all the usual perks. Now, since everythingis on the examination/audit menu, it is presented as a great 'management achievment' to get rid of the obsolete regional arm that wa...

Re: Thai Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Simple Flying has an article today on Thai's recovery including likely purchase of more 787s. It also mentions that Thai is this year leasing 6 A350s! First it was 2 - then rumours of 1 or 2 more. Now 6? Where are these A350 aircraft coming from? Does anybody know? Thai management still hasn't lear...

Re: Citation Crash - Baltic Sea - No contact for hours

Communication was with Toledo Sector, so the aircraft was probably already at cruising altitude at this point. not sure about precise sectoring in Spain, but Toledo itself is almost Madrid in flying terms, so that makes sense... question remains why he didnt return to Jerez immediately or if at Tol...

Re: What makes Japan not able to produce a successful civilian airliner program?

The MRJ certification blunder comes at no surprise to anyone who has ever worked in Japan: "We've always done it like this and it worked 10 years ago" "You need the CEO's stamp to request over 5 days of vacations" "You were not hired to find problems within our processes&qu...

Re: Tim Clark: A350-1000 too small to be largest Airbus offering

Seems like he is still sore about not having his A380-900. My thoughts exactly! He kept mumbling in the past of a '-900' and ppl thought he meant the 350-900, while all the while he himself meant the A380-900. Well, at least the wing was already sized for a stretch, wasn't it? IMHO, it will come - ...

Re: Condor launch new livery

Not a joke at all! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPfhdtQX0AIzjJu?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/Frenchpainter/status/1510924132657020933?s=20&t=q5QJF_EnJQ6VjEjpB8UeMA From @FrenchPainter. Thank you for the great pictures! Wow they would would have been better off running a competit...

Re: Air France retires first A380; flown to Malta

This must hurts Airbus the most to see the country’s national carrier parking the A-380. Airbus is not a French company. True, but arguably France is the country that is most associated with Airbus (along with Germany) given France's close links to Airbus and the head office being in Toulouse. The ...

Re: Storm Clara over Europe - Impact on Aviation

ro1960 wrote:

The storm name is Ciara, not Clara. Please adjust thread title.

Re: Malaysia Mulls Shutting Down or Selling MAS

Reuters story says Air France/KLM offered to purchase 49% stake in MAS, while JAL seeks a 25% stake. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-airlines-m-a/air-france-klm-proposes-buying-49-of-malaysia-airlines-jal-seeks-smaller-stake-sources-idUSKBN1ZK0DX surely one of the better scenarios - eac...

Re: Malaysia Mulls Shutting Down or Selling MAS

Maybe SIA could buy MAS like the pre-1972 era? SIA is in need of narrowbodies anyways and MAS has loads of them. Even the widebodies are of the same types operated by SIA (A330, A350, A380). This way MAS don't loose their dignity. sorry, but you have no clue how Asia works ! In the case of Malaysia...

Re: Garuda to open 20 new international routes in 2020

Garuda is not reliable in terms of flight their schedules. I know many families and friends who had booked a direct flight from Amsterdam to Jakarta at the start of this year. Subsequently, Garuda suddenly changed the flight via Medan. An extra hassle with a transit. The advantage with Garuda was t...

Re: Coffee Spill Forced A330 Diversion

Polot wrote:

For the people who don’t want to read the article, it was Condor.

Re: Revival of the Dornier 328 (next try). Production in Leipzig planned.

The Dornier 328-100 and -300 have a great history of flying as 32 pax, as Corporate Shuttle, as VIP, as MedEvac /Air Ambulance... the built-quality far exceeded anything that was standard in this market, which is why they are still selling and flying. Downside: it was over-engineered, required care...

Re: Revival of the Dornier 328 (next try). Production in Leipzig planned.

Time is now (and now means few min ago), as prior announced: Or do you mean, that the Do328NEU will ever fly; this is of course a total other story. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-airframer-dra-to-revive-dornier-328-production-460396/ Edit, just had deleted the part with PW engines....

Re: Revival of the Dornier 328 (next try). Production in Leipzig planned.

Time will tell. Time is now (and now means few min ago), as prior announced: Or do you mean, that the Do328NEU will ever fly; this is of course a total other story. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/new-airframer-dra-to-revive-dornier-328-production-460396/ New airframer DRA to revive Dorn...

Re: Revival of the Dornier 328 (next try). Production in Leipzig planned.

The Dornier 328-100 and -300 have a great history of flying as 32 pax, as Corporate Shuttle, as VIP, as MedEvac /Air Ambulance... the built-quality far exceeded anything that was standard in this market, which is why they are still selling and flying. Downside: it was over-engineered, required care ...

Re: LH to announce two new US-routes from MUC

Seeing the Airlineroute posts, the two new destinations in the USA don't surprise me too much (and BLR seemed to be a cinch in India), but to see PHL gain first class and CLT (from MUC) gain first class, while DEL loses first class (downgraded from A388 to B744) is a surprise. That said, it appears...

Re: Airbus Reveals Hybrid-Electric 'Bird Of Prey' Airliner Concept

Tah Paa, Tah Beh!

Re: EVA Air to launch TPE-MXP on 77W

You cannot go wrong much in the Alpine Region... be that Zurich, Munich, Milan... al good and affluent destinations that combine business with leisure. The strongest out of these three is perhaps Munich, but ok Milan is fine... Maybe that is the reason for MXP, because as far as I am aware the air ...

Re: EVA Air to launch TPE-MXP on 77W

You cannot go wrong much in the Alpine Region... be that Zurich, Munich, Milan... al good and affluent destinations that combine business with leisure.
The strongest out of these three is perhaps Munich, but ok Milan is fine...

Re: Icelandair considers A321neo and possible all-Airbus fleet

SRQKEF wrote:

Bad couple of years? Sure. Similar shape to WOW, zero cash? Good one!

Re: Icelandair considers A321neo and possible all-Airbus fleet

Pretty heavy statement considering they have zero cash for any such scenarios. They are not in much better shape than 'WOW' Air and if anything, they may get their hands on some of their aircraft on wet-lease to try them out.

Re: How come the DL A350 can't fly LAX-SYD it is rumored!?

The 767-400 was developed mostly as a domestic airplane for a couple of customers. It was a DC-10/L-1011 replacement. IIRC, DL required that it be capable of operating into LGA. It was a bit sub-optimized. The biggest problem the 767-400 had is that it was sold during the darkest years of the Phil ...

Re: LH to order 100 B737MAX or A320NEO next year

That was my thought for a moment as well. But why would LH of all companies do that? You do understand the history of Boeing and Lufthansa? It dates from the beginning of both companies, before WW1 and WW2... Extremely interesting seeing that The Boeing Company was founded on July 15, 1916 and Lufh...

Re: Lufthansa’s upcoming route change in Osaka

LH is not happy with Fraport, operator of FRA, hence they are nowadays focussing more on MUC. They based some A380s there and the new A350s. The A350s were always meant to go to MUC in their majority, as they were bought for replacing A340s, as well as starting new routes not shifted from FRA. In a...

Re: RUMOR: EY to launch partnership with UA

Makes a lot of sense, since EY is already partnering with LH in Europe... looks like a Star Alliance membership is the logical next step. Since Star also has Thai and SIA in its ranks, I dont think that TK and EY would be much of a problem.

Re: Air France will place an order at Le Bourget - Anne Rigail, CEO

KLM could very well use A321LR for Middle East, Africa and maybe even some TATL's (if Delta doesn't get them). However KLM infrastructure is totally 737 orientated, they are making money on 737 components & engines. About Elbers, he's blue blood, he's home grown. Most employees feel in the end ...

Re: Air France will place an order at Le Bourget - Anne Rigail, CEO

Hop! and its predecessors used to have a fleet of pretty much every small jet and prop, CR1,CR2,CR7,CRJ,F-100,E90,E95,ATR, then AF has all the Airbus narrowbodies, is it likely that all of these can be replaced by just A2 and A321 ? IIRC, the predecessors also had Do328-100s, early ATR models and F...

Re: Potential of Regional Jets in Indonesia

a lot of investments will be in limbo until after the presidential election I suppose... if the encumbent wins, we will surely see further improvments to this whole area: including air safety, new aeropalnes and more.

Re: Report: New BER airport unliky to open before 2021

At this rate I might be retired before it opens! What started off as a running joke is now a Grade A embarrassment! An embarrassment is an understatement. Remember when people were talking about "Deutsche Wertarbeit" (German craftsmanship) being one of the things Germany is most famous fo...

Re: The Abating Airbus: The A310 Fades into History

The A310 - the first MoM aircraft in history.

Re: European aviation crisis

So many factors Oil spike Strong dollar (oil traded in US$ so in € or £ its getfing expensive) Weather extremes this year with sustained winter disruptions at the start of 2018 and a very hot summer 2018with a lot of stay at home holidays Building economic uncertainty starting to bite in some marke...

Re: Lufthansa: decision, which planes will be replaced by B777-9 in summer 2019

Generally, airlines must submit their aircraft configuration to Boeing 18 months before delivery. So they have around half a year to wrap it up, shouldn't be a problem of course but it's not all the time of the world. Sure, LH is doing the right thing adjusting to travel needs. But I can't really s...

Re: Lufthansa: decision, which planes will be replaced by B777-9 in summer 2019

When compared to BA and AF/KL, I think it is fair to say that LH plays it rather intelligently.... Why? Because 2 years before delivery they still don't know whether to equip a new aircraft with first class or not? No, because they are in a position to adjust to ever-changing market demands. Swappi...

Re: Lufthansa: decision, which planes will be replaced by B777-9 in summer 2019

When compared to BA and AF/KL, I think it is fair to say that LH plays it rather intelligently....

Re: A330-900 is certified by EASA

VS11 wrote:

par13del wrote:

-25% fuel burn in comparison to ??????

The A333. See the range box above.

Which airline is getting it first?

Re: BA launch LCY-MUC from Feb 2019

Bongodog1964 wrote:

Reading another thread, why are they bothering ? According to the doom mongers, this route will cease, as will all other flying to the UK on March 31st !!!

Re: MAS restructuring "deemed a failure"

The airline is a microcosm of the country. And that puts the entire discussion in one sentence.... most airlines, infact, are such a microcosmos of the nation they represent. The country always forgot that the catch-up game with their tiny island brothers is flawed from the start, as one is a city ...

Re: Trans-Atlantic Berlin

With an unemployment rate of 6.8, the above is highly exaggerated. Germany has an unemployment of approx 5,2-5,3 % at the moment... it is a booming time... The prime states such as Bavaria (2,9%) and Baden-Würrtemberg (3,3%) are doing exceptionally well here.... 6,8% is near bottom of that list at ...

Re: Trans-Atlantic Berlin

With an unemployment rate of 6.8, the above is highly exaggerated. Germany has an unemployment of approx 5,2-5,3 % at the moment... it is a booming time... The prime states such as Bavaria (2,9%) and Baden-Würrtemberg (3,3%) are doing exceptionally well here.... 6,8% is near bottom of that list at ...

Re: Skywork goes bust

It isn't the first time they bite some dust, right? I remember they had a fleet of Dash 8 Q400, Dornier 328... and a colorful blue/green livery. These were all gone, and they got some Saab 2000s. They didn't 'go bust' then, but merely returned the Q400s as they were initially too large. They did ea...

Re: Trans-Atlantic Berlin

It’s interesting how many people tend to forget the economic “might” of the north western region. Specifically Düsseldorf and the Rhine Ruhr region, it’s an absolute economic powerhouse. Yet DUS doesn’t really have a whole lot of TATL service that it could easily support. I will agree with you on t...