I think that they decided then and there that they have acquired the know-how to build, certify and sell aircraft and that actually delivering aircraft would not be a meanigful endeavor anymore. I wasn't happy about it back then, but in retrospect, if it means that they can become a leader in the n...
Jump to postThis reminds me of the time a plane made an emergency landing in Iran due to mechanical issues and it was really tough to get it out of there, even on a ferry, due to the sanctions. Can't remember the airline but I think it was a Boeing if that helps trigger someone's memory. I think it was in the ...
Jump to postNot expecting insider info as I don't think those who work for Shenzhen Airlines would lurk on this form. But they've been running an A330-300 between Shenzhen (SZX) and Heathrow (LHR) and Barcelona (BCN) regularly on their A330-300 with 300+ seats. Surely there needs to be some sort of payload res...
Jump to postThere are a million things that could have caused this, and “events” like this happen every day and have always been a part of the business. The only difference today is we have social media & 24 hour news sites that need to attract viewers to protect their phony-baloney jobs. Case in point, AA...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:zakuivcustom wrote:CX finally turn a profit last year, and is having highest profit since 2010.
Is this genuinely good strategic decision-making by CX, or them riding the general post-Covid travel boom wave?
I know not related to the incident but not a good look for the airline as apparently the same aircraft and the media will be all over it - see the picture halfway through the story. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/latam-horror-plunge-new-photos-show-heavily-taped-wing-fresh-theory-emerges-about...
Jump to postB747forever wrote:Lamp1009 wrote:So it looks like the last flights will be in the upcoming days to CTS?
What I could find from looking at their schedule, it seems that a ICN-TPE rotation on March 25 will be the last flights.
CRJ900 wrote:KE's A223s fly 40-minute flights all day but have a cabin equipped for 5-hour flights with huge galleys, doesn't make sense to me.
Have seen this in India in the 90s. At many smaller airports back then one or 2 gates were marked as "A320 compatible" with the others assumed to be 737. There were similar markings at even smaller airports saying "JET". This had more to do with apron parking issues IMO than the...
Jump to postMitsubishi, did fail with the MRJ and please correct me if I'm wrong, they built a technically capable aircraft but failed to adhere to international certification processes, which is something that Embraer could address. However having been burned badly by their last effort they may be very cautio...
Jump to postThe high demand to the UK being students for term time isn't exactly enough to justify opening a new station ot even 5 x daily slots out of LHR. Indeed they remain at 4 x daily, Hong Kong isn't coming back to pre COVID regardless of the spin from Swire HQ. They also have major crewing issues so how...
Jump to postLol, In what part of the United States is any company able to avoid a lawsuit? The US is in the top 5 of the most litigious countries in the world. If AS gave each customer 1mil, there would still be a class action to get 2mil. We are Americans! We've come to believe that we are owed money by every...
Jump to post4th C919 delivered to China Eastern https://simpleflying.com/china-eastern-introduces-4th-comac-c919/ Did I miss it, or is this the first delivery of 2024 for the C919? Aircraft are like automobiles, they are only economical when built in vast quantities. I obsess over this as vendors must be paid ...
Jump to postYikes on my take? Does the CEO of Boeing sign the airworthiness certificate of each Max off the assembly line, or does the FAA? News flash: it's the FAA who signs it. Does the CEO of Boeing sign off on task cards during assembly, or does a technician? News flash: it's the technician. In campus, I h...
Jump to postflyaa757 wrote:GBA finally seems to be growing. 5th tail arrived in December, with a 6th now showing imminent. Both from Donghai. Anyone know when the first 7M9 arrives?
I didn't see where they said they had bad bolts specifically? Just a "mistake," presumably not ruling out that they weren't installed properly. It says supply chain which would insinuate a part and not a installation error Sort of. The article said in part: A company source told CNN that ...
Jump to post:checkmark: yes that would be a great way forward. The max has already had too many issues imho. In my opinion, Boeing should direct all airlines with the affected aircraft to perform an unscheduled D check. Do you even know what a "D check" is? Each airline has their own mx program appro...
Jump to postBooked ABQ-SFO mid-April in F; no meal, just a snack. 890 miles, 2h 50m Just to compare. I travelled from Amsterdam Schiphol to Helsinki Vantaa in business class recently. Finnair served a full hot meal, bread and plenty of drinks on the two hour flight. hot meal services is standard in Asia even o...
Jump to postI have never speculated in one of these threads, generally preferring to wait for the final report. However, based on everything I have seen and read my guess is the four primary bolts of the door plug were not secured properly. As final assembly of the door plug happens at Boeing, I would assume t...
Jump to postWhen the MAX finally returned to skies, many here claimed it was now the safest aircraft out there. I wouldn't be so sure about that. It was always a very disingenuous argument to justify the MAX as the 'safest plane flying' based on being 'the most scrutinized plane in history'. It went through th...
Jump to postNo one demand the evacuation to begin immediately after the 350 comes to complete stop, BUT it is not acceptable asking passqngers sitting in the cabin for 6 more minutes after hitting another plane and fire burning you fuselage. Not so difficult to decide which slides to be open？ In my opinion, th...
Jump to postExactly. This is why I find laughable the criticisms about it taking too long to initiate the evacuation. As I remember it, the fire in the SQ incident was substantially worse (had engulfed the whole wing at one point) yet they managed to get it under control and extinguish it with all the passenge...
Jump to postFor those saying don't ground the -9s, isn't that what they said about the Max after the first MCAS problem where the pilots landed successfully? And after the first crash? By itself, this looks serious. But combine it with the MAX problems history, and the 787 manufacturing issues, and the rear bu...
Jump to postJCG has a large facility in the northwest corner of the airport, the crew would be familiar and aircraft is based there. While JAL’s preferred runway in HND is 16R/34L instead of the runway 34R used today. Nobody has 'preferred' runways in modern HND ops - it is simply a matter of which direction a...
Jump to postWould the JCG Dash 8 be a regular visitor to Haneda or not, was it based there ? Could situational awareness be questioned ? JCG has a large facility in the northwest corner of the airport, the crew would be familiar and aircraft is based there. While JAL’s preferred runway in HND is 16R/34L instea...
Jump to postYYZSpeedbird939 wrote:Expanding outside of the US:
Osaka Itami, Japan (only served by EMB’s)
The meal is so disappointed. I got better food on CX HKG<>CAN (also a super short flight) in Y.
Jump to postDelta to TPE will be the beginning of an even bigger increase to Asia on Delta. Seattle is an amazing hub for Delta and they are committed to the market and growing their service across the Pacific. Delta to TPE will do great from SEA. I know if I had to fly to TPE, I would definitely choose Delta ...
Jump to postIt was actually PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK, a heck of a trip on any aircraft. It initially started as PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK with the L-1011 500, but when the MD-11s came online, they started nonstop PDX-TPE, and the route continued onto BKK. PDX-SEL operated independently of TPE for a while. Then after some time, t...
Jump to postMost airline brand names in the U.S. have zero meaning for the general public. I keep reading this trope. So if the airline brand has zero meaning for the general public, why do airlines spend enormous amounts of money on marketing and branding and doing just about anything they can to ensure that ...
Jump to postIn 10-20 years those HSR stations in the middle of no where will become part of the urban areas China is experiencing demographic decline. "in China the phenomenon is so acute that last year the population shrank by 850,000, the first decline in more than 50 years, as the birthrate fell to a r...
Jump to postDon't forget you get a proper meal on domestic flights in China. Usually no meals are provided on trains unless you pay or ride in business class. No prpoer meal on domestic flights in PRC nowaday excep some “key routes” You obviously haven't flown domestic PRC flights for ages. Or flew the wrong a...
Jump to postIts a given thing to use the trains in China. They are a much better product and virtually every expat (and local) use them. I have yet to see any expat in my company ask to fly between pairs on routes where there are HSR lines. Trains have, like in all other places where HSR is built out-competed ...
Jump to postDon't forget you get a proper meal on domestic flights in China. Usually no meals are provided on trains unless you pay or ride in business class. No prpoer meal on domestic flights in PRC nowaday excep some “key routes” You obviously haven't flown domestic PRC flights for ages. Or flew the wrong a...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:Don't forget you get a proper meal on domestic flights in China. Usually no meals are provided on trains unless you pay or ride in business class.
Years ago, AF put a 747 into the lagoon next to the runway at PPT, it was salvaged, repaired and flew for years after. JL also put a DC8 into San Francisco bay, it was also recovered, repaired and flew for years after. So, whilst I fully agree that this frame will never fly again, it is not unheard...
Jump to postOnce an aluminium airframe takes in salt water, it's game over. Why go through the effort of salvaging the frame when Uncle Sam can print the money to build another zillion? Sure, you can salvage some of the equipment to keep as spares or for training. Years ago, AF put a 747 into the lagoon next t...
Jump to postB6 has the govt doing everything they can to break their merger which is attempting to create the 5th largest US carrier. Might as well use that to their advantage and get the govt use that same mentality towards more monopolistic markets in the industry. The key difference is that B6's merger stan...
Jump to postAUH T3 is a substantial building. Not as large as Terminal A, but still not small. Massively overcrowded at the moment at peak times (eg 1 am before the 2 am departure wave starts) but does Abu Dhabi really need all of T3 for a few US flights ? or not the terminal remain unused so why not keep all ...
Jump to postAs far as I know less remote positions will be needed when Terminal A opens next month. I heard that many airlines (also Wizz) will move to Terminal A. Maybe even all Airlines will move to Terminal A. Maybe the US preclearance facility will not move, and passengers that fly to the US need to move w...
Jump to postJust flown their Residence class on last sunday, the ground agent escorting me to the gate mentioned about that (opening in Nov) too.
All flights except those to USA will move.
Good news for COMAC... Wikipedia shows their total orderbook at 698 aircraft, that's impressive. I think competition for Airbus & Boeing is essential to maintaining a healthy aerospace sector. Curious to see how the Chinese domestic industry for many of the foreign-made (i.e. avionics, engines ...
Jump to postA woman traveling from MBJ to DTW has claimed that Spirit Airlines stole over $12,000 worth of luxury items from her checked luggage. Including a $5700 Rolex watch https://onemileatatime.com/news/spirit-airlines-stole-rolex/?utm_source=BoardingArea&utm_medium=facebook https://www.paddleyourownk...
Jump to postIt happens. If food is not properly chilled for a certain period it needs to be discarded. Remember that BA flight recently in the Carribean that served KFC due to catered meals having sat out and not being chilled? I doubt anyone wants to risk food poisoning. Unfortunately, QF had a tough choice t...
Jump to postI think small city to small city would serve as better examples… I remember as a kid flying PVD-ISP on Southwest. I’d assume weird southwest routes would take the cake in the states. Small city to small city with only one airline flying (and probably only one or less than one daily flight) will mor...
Jump to postHm, I don't really know what you mean. I just made a random dummy booking on LH's website. Searched for a random route, selected a flight time with the cheapest Y category without a seat on page 1, entered my name and mail address on the page 2 and then page 3 allows me to select extra services, in...
Jump to postThe "big drone hypothesis" is not yet confirmed, as per French Directorate General for Civil Aviation. https://www.varmatin.com/faits-divers/apres-un-incident-technique-un-a380-cloue-ce-week-end-au-sol-sur-le-tarmac-de-laeroport-de-nice-868074# The issue was detected by the crew on ground...
Jump to postThere are far too few photos published in the public domain for this to possibly succeed. It's hard enough to find the aircraft registration (tail) number of specific flights in the past... True, that is the exact problem I have, images are too few, I do not have tail numbers of old flights. On top...
Jump to postSuch facilities exist in many Chinese airpprts, usually require to have certain top tier bank accounts.
A dedicated van will drive you directly to the plane.
not surprise, once my trip was delayed 24 hours in FLL because their ground agents didn't trust the cancellation shown (finally) on UA's app (after multiple delays and de-planed because of the tech problems) thus not willing to rebook me to the last flight out until it was too late to do so.
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