Re: Airlines that are in trouble.

KlimaBXsst wrote:

I would not call JetBlue in trouble by any means though.

Re: Would you rather...

Oooh, some tough ones here for sure!

A: DC-8, but probably the CV-990 from the extended set of options.
B: L-1011
C: Tu-144
D: VC-10

Re: Bird Logos on Asian Airlines

NZPM wrote:

Kangaroos are marsupials, not mammals.

Re: Bird Logos on Asian Airlines

questions wrote:

According to this site, wings were on from 1947-1984.

Re: Bird Logos on Asian Airlines

questions wrote:

Well Qantas tried to put an end to all this bird on a plane craziness!

Re: Update - Punch List of Bugs, Errors, Requests

Hi, not sure if this has already been mentioned but it seems when sorting a photo search by year ascending the approximately-dated photos appear before those with more-precise dates. This search ( https://www.airliners.net/search?airline=45547&sortBy=datePhotographedYear&sortOrder=asc&pe...

Re: Qantas BNE-LAX-JFK flight question

behramjee wrote:

I checked on sabre and SYD-LAX-JFK is not a same plane service ... It is actually a same plane 789 service from BNE with the flight numbers changing in LAX for the LAX-JFK leg.

Re: Qantas BNE-LAX-JFK flight question

All inbound passengers to the US clear customs and immigration at their first US or pre-clearance port.

Note as well, though it's not overly important, that it's technically a connection in LAX (QF15 to QF11) as the direct QF11 service is SYD-LAX-JFK.

Re: Multi-Airport-Cities: Which have you landed/departed at more than one airport?

Why ICAO codes, which is the aviation, as opposed to airline, standard. Airlines don’t even file flight plans usin*gIATA codes. 45 years of flying I never used an IATA code except when they tagged my bags. ... When poster states “Las Vegas” for an airport that doesn’t have commercial service, why w...

Re: Multi-Airport-Cities: Which have you landed/departed at more than one airport?

SoCalPilot wrote:

PatrickZ80 wrote:

SoCalPilot wrote:

Las Vegas: LAS, VGT, HND

How is Haneda suddenly a Las Vegas airport?

It's not. Henderson is though.

Re: Was it possible to build the MAX on 757 Platform instead of 737

Cube dwellers don't think much about that 10% like they used to, so we get performance turds. The closest a recent aircraft has come to a 757 in terms of airfield performance was the 787-3. It was 6,400-feet of runway sea level/hot day at MTOW (7,200' at altitude). Man that would have been a ride. ...

Re: Icelandair / Air Iceland Connect using Dash 8 "transatlantic"

Can you quit putting periods in US numerals you post cause otherwise you just show us the slowest plane ever. I doubt the Q400 flying 1.037 miles =2:15 min. Now I can can see the Q400 flying 1037 miles =2:15. In German, we always divide the numbers into blocks of three in a row to improve the reada...

Re: What comes after the B797 ??

Wasn't the 787 originally called the 7E7? So it's possible Boeing move to using middle letters once they run out of numbers e.g. 7A7, 7B7 Except that they'll overlap on more than just that - 7E7 was indeed the project name for what became the 787, but they've also used 7N7 for the concept study tha...

Re: Is SQ still interested to start SIN-SYD-LAX/SIN-AKL-LAX?

Heard that it was doing very well. They were forced to stop. Why? The grant of fifth-freedom rights to NW for service between OSA and SYD limited them to no more than 50% non-connecting capacity - the other 50% had to be connecting traffic between the US and Australia, or empty. Since nobody really...

Re: Is Iberia a short haul "no-service" legacy carrier?

You hear a lot about how crummy US carriers are but I think they're leaps and bounds ahead of intra European, including th AFs, LHs and BAs of the world. Having come to Europe from a long and happy relationship with QF I similarly found that Euro short-haul can be a bit weak on service - but at lea...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

I think it's rather telling that a great deal of the support for this livery seems to be based not on its aesthetic merits but rather on the fact that it looks "less Continental". In my mind it's a major step backwards. Billboard titles can work but they need to be larger - this design is ...

Re: Why are UA´s 777-300ER designated as 777-322ERs?

So was Pan Am's 21 since the initial 747-100s were the 747-121? For the benefit of people who can't be bothered to read the whole thread before posting: Read about it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_customer_codes We don't really need to go down this rabbit hole again, there are p...

Re: Why are UA´s 777-300ER designated as 777-322ERs?

For the benefit of people who can't follow links: Unique, fixed customer codes were used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to denote the original customer for airframes produced as part of Boeing's 7x7 family of commercial aircraft between 1956, with the introduction of the 707, and 2016. ... In 2016, ...

Re: 767-300 (non-ER) Transatlantic

So what you are saying is that they were delivered as non ER's, and then converted to a ER spec. ER and ETOPS are not the same. ER (and LR, for the 772) is Boeing's way of indicating e xtended r ange (co-inciding with higher MTOW), but it has nothing to do with where that range takes it. It is poss...

Re: How come Cathay Dragon doesn't fly to Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei!?

x1234 wrote:

I find it interesting that they also don't fly to Vientiane Laos (VTE).

Re: Why Does LH Re-Name Aircraft?

The other prefixes they use are D-AExx for the (Cityline) Embraer fleet which could technically be expanded to 676 frames, just as the D-ACxx Cityline CRJ fleet. Looking back, the fleets of Augsburg Airways and Contact Air, who did most flying for Lufthansa, also followed that scheme with D-ADxx fo...

Re: Bad luck for AC's passengers out of GVA

Oh wow the raccoon mask works so damn well head-on!

Re: AS’s Airbus network post VX

AirbusA322 wrote:

I’m more surprised by the ...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

Guys, if y’all look at the top of the reference image, it seems like the title of it starts with “CON.” I have a feeling this is stock footage when Continental first started painting their aircraft. Plus, I can see a hint of yellow on the tail fin. It could also be CONFIDENTIAL, as another poster h...

Re: DC10 door operation

It did NOT require power to open, though it was electrically powered. Ah, sorry mate, I misunderstood you - yeah the doors could be manually operated, but the air tank was there to blow it open in an emergency. By contrast, the 767's doors used the counterweight both for manual ops and emergencies.

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

I can't help but get the impression that had UA adopted Rising Blue post-merger all we'd be reading here would be endless "bring back the globe!" :roll: Why would they petition to bring back CO’s logo? " had UA adopted Rising Blue post-merger all we'd be reading here would be endless...

Re: DC10 door operation

Actually, the door is "unplugged" manually by the action of using the Emergency Open handle, after which the air is discharged. If by some freak chance the aircraft was still pressurised, it wouldn't be possible for the person operating the handle to overcome the difference. You may be int...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

Galvan316 wrote:

Why do people have some kind of perverse psychological emotional attachment to the Tulip?

Re: DC10 door operation

... is this done by electrical power? If so, what happens in a crash situation where power is lost? the door can be opened and closed manually with or without power as they are counterweighted. This has been covered a here a few times in the past, but in short - yes, in normal operation the door is...

Re: Angola seeking US FAA CAT 1 rating to enable TAAG to start US services

Does anyone have more news about the VOA granted to 60ish countries including the 28-European Union state, the Portuguese-speaking countries bloc along with Argentina, Canada, Chile and the US? It's not visa-on-arrival in the strictest sense - it requires electronic pre-authorisation beforehand. ht...

Re: Why Does LH Re-Name Aircraft?

Also, I think the states only regulates the first letter of the reg right? Because AB used to have D-ABxx on their fleets, regardless of the aircraft type. As already posted - yes, the final three characters of the mark have no regulated meaning for the German civil register. Except that German reg...

Re: Why Does LH Re-Name Aircraft?

I always thought it was similar with the 3 letters registration format (first letter shows the airline, second letter represents the type, and third one is individual ID). How true this is ? This means that LH will have only 26 aircrafts of a certain type??? Except that German registration marks us...

Re: Boeing 737 replacement, back on the table in summer 2019?

Wonder if a LCC would be able to run 4/4 single aisle on something like that for high density? Not if it needs to comply with US law: 14 CFR § 25.817 - Maximum number of seats abreast On airplanes having only one passenger aisle, no more than three seats abreast may be placed on each side of the ai...

Re: Help! I'm on a leased plane. Is it as safe?

akb88 wrote:

Doesn't look like it has wifi dome or even winglets

Re: Question about Eastern Airlines Operating for Sunwing