At a guess: 77Ws - even used - are much more desirable than A346s, so it is simply easier to acquire the A340s. If no one else wants them then owners will be more inclined to get them to Iranian airlines. 777s ear easier to place, so owners go for the easier and more lucrative options. The other th...
Jump to postWinds, perhaps? That's all I can think of. Never seen that before. The jet stream is running right across the centre of Australia at the moment … but that’s in their favour. Odd. Wouldn't make too much sense considering the other two airlines flying SIN-SYD managed the normal route, very odd routin...
Jump to postIt’s crazy to me that it was 10 years ago I was sitting in the back of university lectures, completely ignoring the content and instead reading news updates and following the threads here. I agree, it is odd that PRC has not financed ongoing searches. But I guess in a country with no free press or d...
Jump to postHere's one to noodle on. What if it was AA/B6 at that time instead of US? Things were lining up with partnerships and lots of cozy photo ops like this. https://crankyflier.com/2010/04/02/this-photo-is-begging-for-a-caption-do-it-and-win-cranky-concierge-service/ Or what if it was US/B6…. Roll out B...
Jump to postContext: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1489081&start=100 Just to provide an update on the dispute I had with Qantas last month regarding QF system failing issuing my reward ticket with JAL which led to me buying last minute ticket. So after sending numerous emails requesting r...
Jump to postThis is purely speculation, but could they be serving the influx of Russians who are now residing in Uzbekistan as a result of the war? https://www.npr.org/2022/12/28/1145763922/a-flood-of-russians-arrive-in-uzbekistan-to-avoid-being-drafted-and-sent-to-ukra If these new airlines are serving Southea...
Jump to postSuch a great trip report! Lol at the security guy calling his cousin.
Pity you didn’t continue the trip (ha) to Tripoli.
Also I wouldn’t call that sandwich “small”.
Love this classic, detailed, straightforward trip report! Which seats did you have on CZ? I'm flying MEL-CAN on a 789 in Jan and want to reserve a seat with a properly aligned window. I'm actually doing LHR-PKX-CAN-MEL-CAN-PKX-LHR, and your pics and review gives me some hope on the food/service/IFE ...
Jump to postA couple of people upthread have mentioned SYD-BER as a Sunrise possibility. That seems unlikely given for some reason Berlin can barely support year round daily flights to the US (see UA’s recent axing of BER-IAD after IIRC just one season). So I don’t think it would have the yields to support a SY...
Jump to postFrom an aviation safety perspective I don’t see how this is any different from the previous wars/flare ups/exchanges of fire between Israel and militant groups in Gaza – there are no indications that there are now rockets that have better aim or range, merely the quantity used has increased. If Hezb...
Jump to postIt probably can be called Western Sydney, I think it’s just standard convention to have the city name first, then the point of difference second. Western Sydney will be the most logical name in terms of domestic flyers. Internationally, though, it is unusual (I can’t immediately think of another ai...
Jump to postGreat news! Surprising that LX didn't already serve IAD/YYZ. Will be interesting to see if DL retaliates on MSP-FRA like they did after EI announced DUB. I have a tough time seeing a metro area like MSP having enough demand for 2x daily MSP-FRA/DUB. MSP has a large number of fortune 500 operations....
Jump to postGreat to see MU back at BNE, and year round as well. Are you sure about them making BNE seasonal pre-Covid? That’s not my recollection. Surely as the Chinese carriers return we are going to see pressure on yields and fares? Decent capacity - again, no need for QR when capacity is organically coming...
Jump to postOn a more interesting one - add on linked in today - for an Iran Air Engineer in SYD Check out this job at IranAir: https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/aircraft-maintenance-engineer-at-iranair-3709894266 Can’t think of any other reason for the add unless they plan to start services here. Does Austral...
Jump to postYeah Israel’s share of the coast is so tiny that there are only a few small beaches around Eilat and none of them particularly appealing. Those wanting to go to the Sinai can just fly into Sharm.
Jump to postdabc wrote:ALG-LED 3xweekly starting July 27
THis is 2nd russian route for AH after SVO (3xweekly)
Yes, there have been close calls. However, what a lot of people fail to realize is, we have come a long long ways in aviation. If we had not learned from prior disasters and continued to operate without changes, today would be horrific in aviation. If we take these close calls and learn from them, ...
Jump to postHonestly with the look of that hard product, this trip report could have been from 2012!
Jump to postThanks for the very detailed report! The approach into Beirut looks stunning.
Jump to postCZ have announced CAN to MEL/SYD moving to triple daily from 18 Nov, combination of A350s and B787s Thank you for posting this! Decided on a whim to look up prices around Christmas time and indeed CZ had very low (for Xmas) fares for LHR-PKX-CAN-MEL vv, for the same price I paid for return flights ...
Jump to postI’m not American, and was under the impression that Tijuana was a popular holiday spot for Americans – is that incorrect? Or does everyone just go through the land border via SAN?
Jump to postSo the Turkish Airlines chair's visit to Melbourne has apparently come and gone without an announcement about starting MEL. Meanwhile Executive Traveller has deleted the second paragraph of their article, which said: Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat will fly to Australia this week to join a ‘ga...
Jump to postI flew on SunExpress last year AYT-BER and they are definitely LCC. From memory it’s completely BoB, however the prices must have been ok as I remember buying something. Also there were lots of complaints online about the legroom so I paid extra for a bulkhead seat (not very much extra though) and r...
Jump to postVA have loaded their first domestic MAX 8 routes. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230327-va7m8 Any idea on the product / livery these planes will feature? I'd guess VA would probably install the J recliners and Y seats currently trialled on two of the ex-SilkAir/SQ 738 units onto the 737-8 MAX fleet...
Jump to postHello Charlotters. I am excited to visit CLT for the first time this week en route from MEL to LHR (the long way round) with QF/AA. Maybe you can help with a question I've long had about CLT – why do the apron areas between A & B and C & D not have any taxiway markings from the gates to the ...
Jump to postTonight's (UK time) QF2 has been delayed almost 13 hours until 0900 tomorrow, although QF1 operated in as normal this morning (VH-OQH). Anyone know the reason? LHR has been messy the last two days due to mist, but I wouldn't think that's the reason for this, and also it's pretty much cleared I think.
Jump to postI lived in Israel for almost three years and never experienced air raid sirens once, so you're kind of "lucky" to get that experience! (Not so lucky for the Gazans..) Totally get the frustration when a window seat is yanked from you, the arrival into TLV is usually pretty cool too. We shou...
Jump to postThanks very much for this report as I'm flying on an AA 77W LHR-LAX soon and was looking for detailed reviews. I had to swap out a BA A380 for the 77W in order to have a safe connection in LAX but you're certainly lowering my expectations for the flight.. 11 hours with that legroom isn't particularl...
Jump to postChinese airlines ramping up services to Australia: China Eastern: - SYD-PVG increases to x3 weekly 77W service from 20JAN - MEL-PVG resumes x3 weekly 789 service from 24JAN China Southern: - SYD-CAN increase to daily A359 service from 01FEB - MEL-CAN resumes x3 weekly from 25JAN then daily A359 ser...
Jump to postWonder how quickly they can get a replacement crew to ATH. And can a 380 fly direct to SYD or will they still stop in SIN? The same crew and aircraft will continue on to LHR once crew have rested, and they won’t need to position the aircraft back to SYD, it will operate QF2 from LHR. Ah thanks, for...
Jump to postQF1 SIN-LHR on VHOQJ 3rd of January has diverted ATH due to medical reasons not engineering issues according to news reports. It was due to a critical medical issue with a passenger. Crew hours timed out unfortunately. A very unfortunate event where hopefully the passengers health improves It notes...
Jump to postAs mentioned South Africa is not party to US or EU sanctions on Iran, so there was no legal reason to stop this. You’d think though that at some point people in the relevant authorities would have twigged to what was going on and run it up the chain, and somewhere a decision may have been made not t...
Jump to postThanks for the TR. That was quite the feast in the LAX Flagship lounge. Interesting that the menu featured British terms ("chips" for fries and "rocket" for arugula). That's because it is a Qantas lounge and Australian English generally uses the same terminology as British Engli...
Jump to postI was just perusing FR24 and it struck me that Ryanair does not serve Tirana, and thought it was interesting as there is a large Albanian diaspora across Western Europe and in key Ryanair markets like the UK and Italy. But then looking at Ryanair’s Wikipedia, I see they also don’t serve nearby North...
Jump to postNice and unique report! Thanks! Very nice and interesting trip report, thanks for sharing! For your first trip report, it turned out great. I'm blushing I love trip reports like this. Cool to see parts of the world you don't normally get to experience. Too bad about the seatmate. Cheers! Loved your...
Jump to postInterestingly, this has happened exactly on the 22-year anniversary of a hypoxia event in Australia which saw an aircraft cross almost the entire country before running out of fuel and crashing: https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20000904-0
Jump to post**new post with visible pics – thanks to classicjets and atcsundevil for the help!** Hello, Welcome to my first ever trip report! I've been reading this forum since I was a teen and have often planned on doing trip reports but then once the flight rolled around, was too lazy to take photos. I forgot...
Jump to postB777LRF wrote:strfyr51 wrote:Laker was he last LCC that flew widebodies in any large extent in scheduled service.
You mean apart from Norwegian, Scoot, Air Asia X and Air Canada Rouge?
Thanks for this review. I love reviews of extinct airlines, especially US.
What were they like to fly with, service-wise?
Wizzair seems to have suspended its flights from Budapest to Nur-Sultan until May 31, when they are scheduled to recommence at twice weekly. Since the war in Ukraine started the flight seems to have been operating once every two weeks or less, and via Kutaisi in Georgia. But now the Wizzair schedule...
Jump to postEmirates has now announced this route will commence on June 23. Same aircraft and basically the same timing. The release emphasises the cargo capacity as well. I don't believe there are any dedicated freighters on the route currently, and the other airlines are flying narrowbodies AFAIK. http://wam....
Jump to postCongrats on your first trip report.
An interesting airline.
I also used Tegel's terminal C just before the pandemic, it is an extremely underwhelming experience. Or was.
Sad though that the main terminal is out of use, it was very overcrowded but also unique.
Great report, looks like an amazing place for a holiday.
Good to see the luggage trailer set up. It was like that in Launceston up until maybe 2006/7ish and I miss the fun of everyone scrambling over the trailers to get their bags.
Not sure that TK will hurt as much. They still carry quite a bit of traffic from North America to Israel, and presumably some from Israel to Europe. EK will not compete for those passengers. The India and Southeast Asia routes is where they will compete. What about Israel to Australia and New Zeala...
Jump to postIf indeed there was no issue with the flight during the first approach and the pilot flying had some sort of fixation with landing despite the unstable approach, it reminds me a bit of Garuda Flight 200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_200 The key NTSC finding is that the aircr...
Jump to postFor those of u who may think that Iranian government took part in this sad crash, Can you tell me why they hit a plane from a foreign country with a lot of Iranian pax on ir, and a country with no issues against them? It could be plausible If the plane were American,Saudi Arabian.... The most impor...
Jump to postDoes anyone know why China Eastern/Shanghai Airlines MU738 was nine hours late departing MEL yesterday?
It taxied, on time, almost to the threshold of the runway before going back to the gate and sitting there until 9pm.
sevenair wrote:Would ElAl ever do connections? Could this be another kangaroo route option?
Weird that they’re not launching Sydney flights as they have more tourist and business potential. Is the Jewish population higher in MEL versus SYD!? Yes the Jewish community in Melbourne is larger. Also LY codeshare with QF, an agreement I assume will be updated to include some QF domestic legs fr...
Jump to postEl Al is apparently going to test flights from TLV to MEL early in the new year, subject to regulatory approvals. Presumably with a 789 (the article doesn't specify the variant). They say it's about 16hr 45m to MEL and 17hr 45m return. I imagine slightly longer for having to scoot down the Red Sea (...
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