Re: Air France delays A380 cabin refit; future of fleet under study

Doesn't surprise me. IMHO, AF (along with BA and LH) really only ordered the A380 to support Airbus and they knew the aircraft had limited profit potential (i.e. - routes). Not true in the case of BA. They were privatised many years ago; meaning that political motives in sourcing decisions will be ...

Re: The Atlantic Tackles MH370 Final Conclusions

Assuming it is just the captain’s body in the cockpit, is there anything still to be learned if and when the aircraft is finally found?

Re: BA to use all retro 747s on a domestic flight

We'll never know now. But I seem to recall if im correct, that when BA flew their A380s to FRA they only sold a limited number of seats on it so any last minute tech issues it could be replaced with the usual equipment and no stranded pasengers. So possible this could have been managed the same way...

Re: LHR-CHS: How's it doing?

Not wrong, just unnecessarily argumentative!

Re: BA to use all retro 747s on a domestic flight

Does this mean that several intercontinental flights will switch to a 777? Although there must be a fair amount of slack in the 744 flying schedule, it probably wouldn’t take much to get at least one of the three out of position on the day: imagine the negative publicity that this would bring! Inte...

Re: BA to use all retro 747s on a domestic flight

Does this mean that several intercontinental flights will switch to a 777? Although there must be a fair amount of slack in the 744 flying schedule, it probably wouldn’t take much to get at least one of the three out of position on the day: imagine the negative publicity that this would bring! Inte...

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

seansasLCY wrote:

LCY have said that they will aim to get the A220-300 certificated for ops at LCY.

The advantage the A220 has is that BA could replace the A318 and operate direct to JFK and possibly other long haul routes.

Re: Emirates shelves plans to fly to MEX

LAX772LR wrote:

Spiderguy252 wrote:

Between a Boeing 777-300ER and an A340-600, I know which one I will choose.

"Uas too!"

~signed,
the airlines who choose one over the other by a factor of 9-to-1

Re: Brussels Airlines looks at wet-lease options for Sukhoi aircraft

Reliability issues aside, if SSJs are replaced with CRJs, that's not great from a customer viewpoint!

Re: Boeing Rolls out Static Test 777-9X

Varsity1 wrote:

Wow, Wings look huge!

Re: How will BA expand?

Other carriers have tried and failed to make BHX work. I do believe that maybe BA could try to make MAN work as a smaller secondary hub focused primarily on connections within the UK to North America (both mainline and CityFlyer), as well as some mid-haul, taking on DL (VS) from flying into the UK ...

Re: BA and DTW: What Went Wrong?

Could somebody shed some light on the 747-200 combi comment? Was it one of the leased MEA birds? I don't recall any of the -236s being combis. If only VV701 was around! Found this very old a.net thread- BA 742 Combi's G-BDXM / G-BDXN: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=321797 From anot...

Re: BA and DTW: What Went Wrong?

Could somebody shed some light on the 747-200 combi comment? Was it one of the leased MEA birds? I don't recall any of the -236s being combis. If only VV701 was around!

Re: BA A320neo registrations

skipness1E wrote:

Anyone know where BMI (now BA so on topic!) got G-DBC*’from?

Re: Rumour: British Airways - Big Aircraft Order soon

Gentlemen, may I do some nasty nitpicking? The IATA codes for Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 787-10 are 351 and 78J. The ICAO codes are B78X and A35K. There is no such thing as 78X or B78J or 35K. I know, there's no logic here, but that's what folks at IATA and ICAO have done. Sorry for that. :) Of co...

Re: Rumour: British Airways - Big Aircraft Order soon

The 18 High-J config (14F/86J/30W/145Y) can't be matched with anything realistic except possibly the B779X. They will almost certainly order it at some stage. They simply need the space for all those J seats especially as a new seat is coming next year with the A350 and then the B77W. This seat won...

Re: Rumour: British Airways - Big Aircraft Order soon

Additionally, if the last BA 744s to be replaced are those configured as Super Hi-J, consider which routes they are used on. The 'emiratisation' has given the 779 a range way in excess of BA's needs. Therefore, from a capital expenditure point of view, the 78X for example is likely to deliver a much...

Re: Rumour: British Airways - Big Aircraft Order soon

Remember that BA has already rejected the 779 once; has anything really changed since they chose the A35K instead? As others have stated, there is a small number of 744s for which replacements are not yet ordered. Then, added to this, factor in additional 77Es moving to LGW to take up some of the Mo...

Re: France re-opens MH370 investigation amid claims of a Malaysian coverup

Sorry, but this smacks of the French government being seen to do something to appease its citizens. Without finding the hull itself, the most compelling theory is that the captain set its course knowing how much fuel remained and, thus, sealing the sad fate of all those onboard!

Re: British Airways kicks 20 passengers off flight because heat wave made plane too heavy

Fox competing with the Daily Mail there, for sensationalist headlines. They weren't 'kicked' or 'booted' off; they were told they couldn't board!

Re: Is JL suspending flight JL416 between CDG and NRT?

eamondzhang wrote:

Seasonal means the flight won't be available in at least some period of the year, in this case the winter season, because JL416/7 only flies in Northern summer season.

Michael

Re: British Airways announces commitment for 3 more 77W's

When Willie Walsh made statements recently about the positive discussions he was having with Boeing and GE was this order what he was talking about one wonders Of course it was! It's only on a.net that people* were talking about shed loads of 779s! *chooses words carefully to avoid post being delet...

Re: Virgin Atlantic network going downhill?

Ah, yes - the shape of Virgin Atlantic's route map is more important to you than their financial statements. Don't blame you - the latter is much more sexy looking. axiom, your comment above could also be put to Sir Richard Branson! 'Four Engines for Longhaul' and ' No way AA/BA'. It's just as well...

Re: Rumor: Gulfstream to launch re-engined G650 before year end

G500Captain wrote:

...........but the customer advisory group wasn’t ready for it.

Re: 737-10MAX Landing gear

In simplistic terms, it reduces the likelihood of tailstrikes by positioning the wheels of the bogie further aft.

Re: BA W18 Austin 77W

If the rumoured extra 77Ws turn up it will be interesting to see if BA go 10-abreast on them. IMO, that is unlikely; the reason for purchasing or leasing them is to eliminate the sub-fleet of three 777-200s. BA will not want a sub-fleet of three 77Ws in a different configuration. At some point in t...

Re: BA W18 Austin 77W

The chance of the current 747 on the route to be upgraded with a new interior is nil. Actually, having completed the refurbishment of the Super Hi-J 747s, BA is now in the process of refurbishing the Mid-J 747s that are seen on the AUS route. I cannot recall the exact numbers but, some will have ne...

Re: What’s next for LEVEL?

Their main "growth" this summer is taking over the existing BA Openskies operation out of Paris, along with the AOC and the workforce, replacing the aircraft with new A330ceos and restructuring the schedule. At least it will stop people saying that Level has no AOC! After ORY, I think the...