BBC has picked it up:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-460 ... ws_central
GoSteelers wrote:https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=14686.0;attach=10010
According to AllAfrica.com, guards for King Mswati III of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have been fined for leaking photos of his new A340. Honestly, I am surprised it took this long for them to surface. I know when I was still in the country several months ago, pictures were circulating among what...
Jump to postJAGflyer wrote:The guards were fined 29 cattle. Is that the official currency of Swaziland?
According to AllAfrica.com, guards for King Mswati III of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have been fined for leaking photos of his new A340. Honestly, I am surprised it took this long for them to surface. I know when I was still in the country several months ago, pictures were circulating among what...
Jump to postAccording to AllAfrica.com, guards for King Mswati III of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have been fined for leaking photos of his new A340. Honestly, I am surprised it took this long for them to surface. I know when I was still in the country several months ago, pictures were circulating among whats...
Jump to post...A British passenger was stuck at Dalaman airport in Turkey for 3 days as he lost his ticket... That doesn't seem to add up. Getting a replacement ticket isn't a problem at all. In fact, at many airports they insist on issuing replacement tickets if a codeshare airline printed the original (at le...
Jump to postWhat would be the point? They're not going to be converted into freighters, and who's buying used A340s? The King of Swaziland. His was just delivered officially last month for his 50th birthday. That was a gift from the Republic Of China (ex China Airlines aircraft), no? Swaziland is one of the fe...
Jump to postLAX772LR wrote:What would be the point?
They're not going to be converted into freighters, and who's buying used A340s?
You could count Swazi Airlink, but it only has one route that it flies several times a day and the plane always overnights in JNB.
Jump to postSo, i recently acquired these seats. they were manufactured for an airplane, but never put in an airplane. the automotive company Spyker got them before they made it to a plane, and used them as a display for their "airplane like cars". they are a little old, as they have ashtrays on them...
Jump to postOk thanks. I was wondering why no airlines try to do this before. As for instance on A380 there loads of space available on the cargo for instance. Crew rests are there for a reason. As the name says they are for the crew to rest. The crew rest is not unused space that could be used otherwise. The ...
Jump to postDon't know why, but this thread is fascinating to me. I look forward to seeing the answer and also what might be possible to get the electronics working again. Very cool.
Jump to postSurprised there isn't more discussion this. Even BBC has it on their front page.
Jump to postreadytotaxi wrote:Hands up who wants to join their FF programe
Qatar did a Barcelona themed one during their sponsorship. Was clever and football and their players are well known. It is interesting the first time.... but the Qatar safety video is way too long. I guess you want to get your money's worth if you are going to be pulling in high-dollar athletes, bu...
Jump to postAs per the article you linked to, 1 in every 1800 flights is a medical diversion. Now, the fact that this happened on 2 flights to South Africa is nothing special. You would think it just as "odd" if it was 2 flights from, say, Spain to Argentina, right? So, what we are looking for is sim...
Jump to postInteresting analysis but one flight was going to Jo'burg and the other Cape Town so I would suggest the probability calculations need to be adapted to take into account perhaps all the flights to SA from LHR, or maybe all flights to SA from the UK or chose any route analysis you like until you get ...
Jump to postBy "odd" I don't think anyone is implying it is nefarious or anything more than a coincidence. However, I would agree that it is odd in terms of being statistically unlikely and thus "interesting." According to this article , 1 out of 604 flights experience a medical emergency wi...
Jump to postSome of the youtube videos of planes flying during the totality are incredible!
Jump to postOn long haul I always get an aisle seat so that I can walk around whenever I want to. However, on short-haul I usually get a window seat. While I do enjoy looking out the window, the main reason I get a window seat on short haul is because I don't want to be bothered by anyone else, and it is nice t...
Jump to postIf I were doing a SWOT analysis on the ME3, terrorism and general instability in the southern ME would be the most significant issue to watch out for. If the UAE were to experience a rash of attacks or a turkey airport style attack, I could see a huge and sudden decrease in demand.
Jump to postThis article is one of the headlines on The Onion today: http://www.theonion.com/article/family- ... nt-o-56384
Jump to postI have been following this thread with great interest and what is abundantly clear is that a MAJOR accident could have happened, but didn't. This is absolutely the time to evaluate the situation and contributing factors just as if it had happened. What I can say is that it seems the emphasis on situ...
Jump to postAirlineCritic wrote:Scary situation. Is there ATC audio available?
CriticalPoint wrote:When I got checked out on the 787 the LCA told me the 787 has a footprint of a full acre. Really brings into perspective taxing around an entire acre.
As was noted in the recent ET thread, I think they are an example of a fleet without direction, especially with their wide bodies.
Jump to postWhen I first saw this story, I was slightly amused with the picture. Then I read the articles and it made a lot of sense why the passengers were upset. I don't want TSA parading around my belongs, and the issue with how they were packed is valid. Heck, I am still upset about TSA taking a bag of Dori...
Jump to postberari wrote:
The article was re: amnesty. You can lookup the flights by using any online tools including FlightRadar.
I guess I understand the principle, although the application seems a bit odd. Pepper spray has the capsaicin liquidified and then modified for easy distribution. Many things have capsaicin in them. Could I bring on Tony's cajun seasoning? What about black pepper? Dried whole chili peppers? I mean ET...
Jump to postThere's currently a big airlift occurring from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia. The Saudi government granted a 90-day amnesty to residency, labor violators in Saudi Arabia, an amnesty that runs out on June 29. An estimated 750,000 Ethiopian migrants live in Saudi Arabia, among which a significant majority...
Jump to postEarlier in the month I visited Addis for some consulting work. On my return, I was planning on bringing back several kilos of Ethiopia's best culinary items: home grown and roasted coffee, shiro (powdered chickpeas), and berebere spice. I was unsure the legality of it, and the coffee had a strong sm...
Jump to postET has great planes, and it seems with the current and expected investments, that is only going to improve. The problem is that the further you get away from those planes the bigger the problems. ADD has some major issues and isn't even close to being on par with other major hubs in the area. Theore...
Jump to postEthiopia has strong ties with the Chinese and it seems they are really investing in that connection. I see some European expansion as being tied to actually connecting China to Europe. As for their fleet, it seems all over the place. I regularly fly between JNB and ADD and have been on 767, 772, 773...
Jump to postI could do a direct 15 hour flight, but have no problem 8hr + 14hr (often with a long layover) for the price and experience I get with Qatar and that is even with kids in tow. May I ask what the price difference is? It would have to be significant for me to go from non stop 15 hrs to a 24 hr + trip...
Jump to postThe way I see it, the biggest loss will be large number of regional routes that QR flies. Obviously those are lost as long as these restrictions are in place and I assume that would probably lead to a few of their narrowbodies being parked for a bit while they regroup (or wait for a reversal). I don...
Jump to postQantas has announced that Qatari citizens wishing to board flights to Dubai will not be able to do so. This means a Qatari passenger wishing to travel from SYD to LHR, for example, would not be able to do so on a Qantas flight. "UAE have banned Qatari nationals from transiting through UAE, so ...
Jump to postThe 77L can have payload restrictions on JNB-ATL (westbound sector). The challenge with the 77L on the sector is that there is a speed restriction on the tyres which can limit the payload. This is how it was explained to me... the runway is long enough to allow allow twin-engines to reach a safe V2...
Jump to postI was just through SJU and not only didn't have to remove anything (including liquids and laptop) from my bag, we also didn't have to remove shoes, and went through the metal detector instead of the body scan. This was just the normal TSA line. I had the same thing happened to me at JFK a few weeks...
Jump to postI was going to say JNB with the 748 from LH, but I am thinking BA has a less than weekly 747 in addition to the daily A380 they send.
Jump to postIt is telling that in laying out their (incomplete) website, they have already identified "REFUNDS" as one of the main tabs.
Jump to postADD really needs a whole new airport probably far from the centre so it can be at a lower altitude. The Chinese are renovating and expanding ADD's terminal at the moment but ADD's bathrooms are still something from a horror movie. While I have not personally traveled through ADD, colleagues of mine...
Jump to postI have flown with ET quite a bit the last few years and in my opinion they are all over the place. On their widebodies, their hard product is very good (not ME3 quality, but nothing to complain about in the region). Then on these fancy new planes, they show the most outdated safety video I have ever...
Jump to postWhen traveling -- especially internationally -- it isn't always easy to print your boarding pass. I personally prefer to check in early and then use a kiosk to print my boarding pass when I get to the airport, but I can completely understand situations where having a printed boarding pass isn't alwa...
Jump to postWhy would they not land in Istanbul?
Jump to postI can see the theoretical advantage to a gas-n-go approach, but it seems the time to make it a full stop before continuing on isn't that big of a deal and has many advantages. I think of the JNB > IAD flights that either stop in DKR or ACC. Those stops are only scheduled for an hour and SAA is able ...
Jump to post1. The passenger was supposed to travel to France and ended up remain in USA. Different countries have different rules for security of inbounding flights. While most of them are usually held to same high standard and differences among them do not usually matter, but there are also cases that for in...
Jump to postManzini in Swaziland (formerly MTS, now SHO) only has Airlink flights to JNB. It's the only commercial airport in the country. There are plans for the new Swazi Airways to also serve SHO. They have two 737s, one of which is already in the livery. But, like the launch of SHO itself, it is experienci...
Jump to postSure, there are still some issues with the new format, but things have largely been resolved and/or improved. Anyone who prefers the old user interface to this one obviously doesn't visit other forums... the old A.net was a snapshot of the way things were on the internet at the turn of the millenniu...
Jump to postI recently had a quick exchange on Swazi Airways Facebook page. A couple things that I learned: "ZS-SPU is the one with Swazi Airways Livery and not ZS-VDP. Both aircraft are not in storage and are actually flying. I can assure you that we will share more details in due course." (I previou...
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