Re: Airbus A350 Production / Deliveries - 2024

There was in thread, which I can unfortunately no longer find, discussing about ramping up the A350 production beyond the planed 10 frames per month. Since then I‘m asking myself what capacity the overall A350 production line has in theory or was planned for. In some articles about different produc...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

There is always another city that could be done Daily with a single 773. Has anyone considered AKL-PER with the 2nd leased 773 and then switch it to AKL-DPS during the peak times for DPS. School holidays etc. Just a thought TPE is a bit of a surprise, I thought some YVR flying would get some 77W ca...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

CI said AKL was difficult from an aircraft utilisation perspective, they park in SYD/MEL for the day to fly overnight both ways don’t they? I think this is one of those situations where we may have over-analysed a comment by an airline. Sure, it isn’t possible to achieve high utilisation and run ov...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

There's been a bit of chat about OKV and schedules. I can't share too much but it's won't be used on traditional 77W routes. There's a fast growing route which will see it for a period this year. Interesting - DPS perhaps, given how upbeat the airline was about it in the half year results and how i...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Currently Ci flies the A359 and BR flies the 77W. YVR-MNL is flown by PR 77W. Not sure if AC has widebody metals for both routes. Both probably require a minimum of B788 or B789 for the routes. I do not think the A333s have the legs for both routes. Probably not until we start seeing the 787-10s co...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

Auckland Airport has opened the Transport Hub ground floor today - the biggest change to AKL's roading system in 50 years. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/auckland-international-airport-limited_our-international-terminal-roading-system-activity-7178946236123656194-UUvr Is it still going to be ground...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

An HR link from Puhinui would only involve partial (for the most part) purchases of around 40 properties, the rest is farm land. The bridge over the inlet would be relatively simple and inexpensive, on the airport itself they’d be providing the land, surface running then a shalllow trench through p...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

The capacity issue with SFO isn't domestic, it's international. As it stands, G is not enough to handle current and future UA service and the service from its JV partners. With that rise in international traffic comes transit traffic, which is not going to be affected by O&D. SFO is simply the ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

A poorly researched article on NZ 77W has appeared on Simple Flying - Where do these people get their info?

Re: New Zealand Aviation - April 2024

I said, in last months thread, that (in part) I support some of the work going on at AIAL. I think that AKL as a whole, has been grossly neglected over at least the last decade, and that mistake is biting back hard now! I don’t agree with everything that AIAL is doing, and I certainly think they co...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Honestly, if OAK want a share of international traffic and more flights domestically, they would need to: Build a third terminal with CBP - so it can handle some international widebody a/c as well as narrowbody a/c. They would also need to extend the BART to a central place adjacent to the terminal...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Honestly, if OAK want a share of international traffic and more flights domestically, they would need to: Build a third terminal with CBP - so it can handle some international widebody a/c as well as narrowbody a/c. They would also need to extend the BART to a central place adjacent to the terminals...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

CHC will see the end of season services for CX, CZ and UA this weekend. I’ll presume they will all be back in late 2024 for NW24/25. Be interesting to see if they increase frequency or gauge and weather CHC can get any of the other airlines they have been talking about, an MH or KE? QF will increas...

Re: Starlux Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

What comes next? JFK? ORD?

Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2024

With all the strife at LH - I have no love for this airline btw; practically all my flights on LH have had interminable delays, off-loads, tech issues, strikes, operational issues, most of which were appallingly managed with little or no nod to customer service, how is LH in a position to acquire a ...

Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Purely, from an observer point of view, LH is getting too big for its boots and has too much on its plate.

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

Despite all the current niggles about NZ, in this forum, I recently flew NZ premium economy AKL-SIN (missed out again on using my upgrade voucher - flight was very full with NZ foreign minister etc on board), and one of the cabin crew serving my section was just terrific; she was very good at her jo...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

QF has just ordered a tonne of PW powered A321s. I wouldn't hold your breath on that. Just wait for the next round of mechanical issues arising from recent fixes in the design. This engine is fundamentally flawed. Just not durable looking at current stats. At this rate, how long can P&W last? K...

Re: Airbus CFO: We're not happy with the issues at Boeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWaTjYpczKQ (Airbus Happy BDday to Boeing a few years before the MAX issues) Just to put this out there, Airbus and Boeing NEED each other to not only survive but ideally thrive. I never got the whole sports mantra of BOEING VS AIRBUS as if they were sports teams and...

Re: Breeze starting BGR, DFW, LNS, LAN, PNS

But PVU is an underserved rocket...go Breeze!

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2024

WildcatYXU wrote:

What is the story with F-HTYH? It is still parked at YYZ. The tailstrike happened 2 months ago and it is till not repaired. Does anyone know the reason for this?

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

NZ shouldbe very worried....think this is just the start......QF will start to dominate trans-tasman. QF has just ordered a tonne of PW powered A321s. I wouldn't hold your breath on that. Just wait for the next round of mechanical issues arising from recent fixes in the design. This engine is funda...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

IMO, South America needs another connection - probably GRU . . . While an NZ 789 couldn't do GRU, presumably a lower-density QF 789 could? Can someone explain to me why AKL-GRU (7,484 miles, about the same as AKL-IAH) is not do-able by NZ, but AKL-JFK (8,828 miles) is feasible. That's almost three ...

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

3-4-3 747 typically has 17.2" seatwidth - similar to 3-3-3 787. 3-4-3 777 typically has 17.0" seatwidth, so the difference is just marginal. The real difference is in aisle width (and for 747 it is overly abundant), but you spend most of the flight seated, not walking through the aisles. ...

US-China Flights 2024

Hi folks
I see that airlines are once again announcing capacity increase between US and China. What's changed? Has there been a further relaxation of restrictions?

Re: Malaysia Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Their first A339 route will be KUL-MEL in Nov 2024, followed by KUL-AKL in March 2025 when more aircraft are delivered. KUL-MEL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240322-mhnov24339 KUL-AKL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240325-mhns25akl Of course, this is contingent on Airbus deliveries being made on t...

Re: Malaysia Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Their first A339 route will be KUL-MEL in Nov 2024, followed by KUL-AKL in March 2025 when more aircraft are delivered. KUL-MEL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240322-mhnov24339 KUL-AKL https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240325-mhns25akl Of course, this is contingent on Airbus deliveries being made on t...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024

What are some long haul markets badly needing a direct connection to NZ? From the Asian countries I'm guessing India? Phillipines? Vietnam? Thailand ? Or what would it be, from anywhere on the globe. I reckon BKK has to be near the top of the list, along with DEL. MNL seems likely, but low yield. D...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2024