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Re: SSJ100 with new winglets

Is this needed for LCY for CityJet?

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Re: Irish 12/17: Ag eitilt gan teo

Irish Air Letter’s December edition lists the exQatar Airways A330-200 c/n 441 as joining the Aer Lingus fleet in May 2018. This will be the second A330 to start operating next year, GCF being the other one. Quite an old frame as far as A330's go. Delivered new in 2003. Although, looking at airflee...

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Re: Irish 12/17: Ag eitilt gan teo

Ryanair has agreed to recognise pilot unions for the first time in its 32-year history in a bid to stop the first pilot strike in its history from taking place. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/1215/927552-ryanair-industrial-action/ Seismic shift - shows how they're growing up as an organisati...

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Re: Irish 12/17: Ag eitilt gan teo

Ryanair has agreed to recognise pilot unions for the first time in its 32-year history in a bid to stop the first pilot strike in its history from taking place. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/1215/927552-ryanair-industrial-action/ Seismic shift - shows how they're growing up as an organisati...

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Re: [Hindsight] GE90 powered A330

I wonder was there an implicit exclusivity deal from GE e.g. they would be sole supplier of engines to the A330/A340 programme. That would have been a mistake.

But limited to the A340 line...sure, would have been a good idea

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Re: Eric Schulz to become new Airbus sales chief

European Idea, American Drive

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Re: New EK First Suite TV advert with Jeremy Clarkson

He is a funny choice, not because he's divise marmite like character, but because I never really got the impression he cared about vulgar displays of wealth. Even seeing him wear a tux with a bowtie seems "off". Last time I recall him on TV in a tux, it was at some evening backslapping eve...

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Re: Virgin Atlantic A330-300 and Egyptair 777 clip wing tips at JFK

From looking at the FR image above, it appears the Virgin was "over-taking" the Egypt Air on to the runway - why would that happen?

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Re: UA flight diverts to LHR, several pax become unwell.

https://twitter.com/pteoh/status/934744634550517760

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Re: Irish 11/17 - China in our hands ...

I note that Dublin Airport's website has a Gaelic option, but Aer Lingus' website does not. Aer Lingus does fly to some Gaeltacht areas, such as CFN (albeit through Aer Lingus Regional) and frequently uses Gaelic announcements (albeit short ones) on-board. Is there merit in Aer Lingus offering a Ga...

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Re: Aer Lingus announce Dublin - Seattle

FLLflyboy wrote:
Congrats to Seattle. Love watching this airport grow. On a related note: am I the only one that finds the irony in EI referencing Boeing in their announcement-while using an Airbus on the route?

I noticed it too - they had to deal with the topic in a gentle way I suspect!

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Re: Irish 11/17 - China in our hands ...

According to Shannon boss, it is all the fault of Dublin that SNN is not doing well. http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/shannon-ceo-hits-out-at-dublin-airport-dominance-814002.html We could, of course, attempt to move the bulk of the population away from the East coast. IIRC there w...

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Re: Aer Lingus - any thoughts about potential new USA destinations?

787Driver wrote:
I'd guess SEA could be a likely candidate

Definitely, with Microsoft & Amazon having a large presence there

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Re: LH buys Air Berlin

Shocked, I am, shocked!

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Re: Airbus A330neo Production And Delivery Thread

Maybe there is some aerodynamic parameter they wanted to observe at the speed before a RTO?

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Re: Airbus A330neo Production And Delivery Thread

So what is this paint for - is it a defined pattern that you can photograph air against? Or is the paint more a type of gel that moves with airflow?

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Re: Irish 10/17: Philadelphia here we come (again!) ...

In Mike Rutters presentation he said Aer Lingus were looking at a base/flights outside of Ireland to set up routes from USA- Mainland Europe. I wonder which city pairs would be a good fit for them. Of course many will remember the MAD-IAD but that was axed. Although slightly different in terms of t...

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Re: Irish 10/17: Philadelphia here we come (again!) ...

I wonder could EI pick up connecting traffic if they were to launch any routes to (the northern part of) South America or the Caribbean? It's the next possible TATL region where they could have a geographical "feasability", considering the distance flown: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=lin-d...

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Re: Irish 10/17: Philadelphia here we come (again!) ...

I think it would be a mistake for Dublin, to segregate it's airports - inter-connectivity and a critical mass of services are strengths - if this is diluted by another airport, it could end up being worse overall. Dublin would be far better addressing the fundamental issues at DUB (optimising ground...

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Re: BA F/A canned over snapchat remarks about Nigerians

I wonder what she has been smoking before her flight ;-) The gist of her rant is that Nigerian men have big c*cks. Maybe its more a question of what she wanted to be "smoking" before her flight ;-) Hahahahaha brilliant. Best thing I've heard all day. On a more serious note, I do agree wit...

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Re: Lufthansa to operate 63 Boeing 747-400 roundtrips between Frankfurt and Berlin in November

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade

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Re: BA maintenance in Dublin.

Isn't it painting?

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Re: A340-300 BLADE makes first flight

I think this is pretty big news.I wonder what (assuming its successful) the timeline would be before this technology sees commercial use,As stated above it's clearly a radical change considering the wingsweep relative to conventional wings. One must assume Boeing is also researching this (with NASA...

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Re: MRJ - Flight Test & Production Part 1

Sounds a bit like the criticism of non technical award project managers:
1 woman can have a child in 9 months, but try as they might 9 when can our have a child in 1 month.

I wonder are they leaving enough time to learn what ever they need to learn during the test campaign

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Re: IAG's plans for Aer Lingus

Weakening sterling vs euro might be hurting pricing of TATL connections for outside London UK passengers...

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Re: Irish 9/17 - Hong Kong hootenanny!

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/ryanair-is-hiring-cabin-crew-heres-how-to-apply-and-what-you-could-earn-36129020.html Ryanair are recruiting cabin staff! I am firmly in the "why would anyone even bother" camp. However, i'd love to hear from people who are cabin crew for ...

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Re: A Capella Fella--Drunk Singing Pax Choked Out By Another Pax On FR

Ryanair's statement at the end is a back-handed suggestion: “This is exactly why we are calling for significant changes to prohibit the sale of alcohol at airports, such as a two-drink limit per passenger and no alcohol sales before 10am. It’s incumbent on the airports to introduce these preventativ...

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Re: Delta A350 wing delamination during tire burst at HSV

Linking the incident to the Concorde crash is really a stretch, would you do that for the probably thousands of incidents where a tire burst and slightly damaged a wing ? In the case of Concorde the damage was massive, with a shockwave in the wing causing even more damage, something probably not po...

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Re: Airport Weighing Scales for Airliners

Commercial aircraft are required to be weighed every 4 years. All fuel(completely dump drained dry!), galley carts, in flight magazines etc are taken off, leaving only sick bags and safety cards. The aircraft is then pulled on to scales(not unlike bathroom scales) tow bar disconnected and flight de...

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Re: EK to study all-economy A380 to combat low cost carriers

Maybe they should consider...point to point flights, to counter LCC LH ? Not sure they'd get the rights, but for some routes (say Birmingham to Indian destinations)?

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Re: More of the same at BER

In short, a 3,5 Million plus surroundings City with a traffic potential of 40 Million p.a. will have totally inadequateairport capacity. Get more Popcorn and nachos...................... Just like London approving only 1 new runway which would like come online in 20 years if ever... This is governm...

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Re: Irish 9/17 - Hong Kong hootenanny!

No harm starting the flights at 5 - means a more useful time to get into Europe with time diff?

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Re: Ryanair to bid for Alitalias jet fleet (Short & Long haul)

Possibly the Airbus fleet would be moved over around the world via http://www.irelandiaaviation.ie/trackrecord , over time as the stabdard Ryanair product would be introduced. I've a gut feeling Ryanair are expressing genuine intent here with taking on AZ - but I wonder if FR's demands for expectati...

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Re: WOW Air KEF-MIA nonstop with A 321 - longest flight ever?

lavalampluva wrote:
I wonder what the odds are of it having to stop for refueling.

maybe on the return , if it was a recovery of passengers flight?

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Re: Irish Aviation 8/17 - Lunasa san aer

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=dub-hkg

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Re: Norwegian drops 3xdaily Barcelona-Bilbao after 15 months

May Norwegian can find more profitable use for the aircraft elsewhere?

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Re: Jazeera Airways A320 hits balloon cable in Kuwait

Lucky they were in a left turn at the time - if straight on it may have been less fortunate / greater moment of force on the wing for example

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Re: Passengers sue Boeing for EK 521 crash

Maybe it's time to rethink the purpose of the throttle (or thrust?) lever? Sounds like it is from an older time...

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Re: Passengers sue Boeing for EK 521 crash

How have other manufacturers solved the problem?
Purely subjectively, there appears to be two ways of getting thrust here (push the levers, press the buttons) - why have two when one could work (e.g. push the lever)

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Re: More range for A321LR?

Maybe instead of adding power & wing lift ability, they could reduce weight (to leave more fuel capacity)? One of the shortcomings I understand for CRFP in short haul jets is that the weight saving is not worth the fuel burn improvement on typical short haul missions. Perhaps in context of the m...

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Re: Unserved routes from Helsinki

Probably a stupid observation, but could there problems with fuel load to get to HEL from LCY, in winter etc.?

Technicalities aside, there doesn't seem to be as much finance traffic in helsinki as there would in say Stockholm...

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Re: Irish Aviation 8/17 - Lunasa san aer

Possibly cheaper than owning another aircraft

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Re: Unserved routes from Helsinki

mxaxai wrote:
In Europe, some smaller destinations should strengthen Finnair's hub. Lyon, Stuttgart, Birmingham, and others of similiar size would be good contenders.

Faro would be good - although for O&D rather than hub

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Re: Irish Aviation 8/17 - Lunasa san aer

It's a bit of a disingenuous "apology" - how can the IALPA pilots apologise on DAA's behalf - it feels like IALPA trying to remind people they exist...and possibly jump on the back of Willie Walsh's statement lately RE DUB

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Re: 737NG SFP spoiler question

In anticipation of a go around, so that they're not spoiling so much?

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Re: 5 DY 737's currently over the Atlantic

Agree. Too much compromise all the way around. I can save an hour going to PVD or BDL to fly to Europe vs JFK. What I am giving up is a blue chip aircraft with 4 turning (380, 747), a first line crew (no damp leases, no scabs), twin aisle room, amenities and comfort. To save me an hour and a couple...

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Re: 5 DY 737's currently over the Atlantic

They are currently blocking 30 seats per flight for the transatlantic flights being operated by the 737-800. 737max are not etops yet, but are expected to be in the near future. The engines require a set number of proving hours. The non-etops route adds only about 20-30 minutes extra to the flight....

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Re: Irish Aviation 7/17 Thread

We're much too capitalist in Ireland. Sure a free market's grand, but we've let go of the reins here. Too little regulation. Look at what's going to happen to Irish business. EI wants to outsource now? I am glad to see Norwegian fly TATL from ORK, but I prefer a wholly Irish company to do it. That ...

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Re: Irish Aviation 7/17 Thread

On another thread, the reason surmised for the northern routing was to build up ETOPS experience

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Re: 737 hard landing

Looks like the left wing dropped suddenly in comparison with the previous rate of descent

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