Re: Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights over airspace safety.

Seems mad that it’s safe to fly there until March 14th but not after. Purely about ensuring they give at least 14 days notice and avoid EU261 liability for cancelled or delayed flights. I imagine when EU261 was being drafted and debated, nobody thought much about a possible coup d'état Funny thing ...

Re: Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights over airspace safety.

seansasLCY wrote:

They learnt the hard way with 4 of their aircraft being stuck in Ukraine at one point.

Re: Differences in US vs. European Airline Operating Practices

The outsourcing of ground staff by many, if not most, European airlines has always bugged me... I thought Western European and EU countries had fairer labor practices and protections than here in the US? I work for an airline, and there is no way I would work for a contractor/third party company fo...

Re: Could Ryanair be the provider and enabler of more connecting fligts in Europe than any other airline.

Havent they done it officially a few years back? I think it was from two bases in Italy but I dont know how that experiment went.

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/connecting-flights-service-from-milan-and-rome-extended-with-27-more-routes/

Re: Greek Aviation Thread - 2022

As for ATH-SOF, SkyExpress is launching this route with the ATR so Aegean will have some sort of competition. SkyExpress has so far managed to compete quite efficiently with Aegean. I believe the Greek market is big enough to have two local carriers especially since neither Wizz Air nor Ryanair hav...

Re: Greek Aviation Thread - 2022

Ryanair closing the Athens base due to "dysfunctional charging structure". https://news.gtp.gr/2022/09/01/ryanair-to-close-base-at-athens-airport-for-winter/ Nothing to do of course with a strong A3 rebound ;) The more competition the better for the consumer. A route that is flown by Ryan...

Re: Greek Aviation Thread - 2022

Ryanair closing the Athens base due to "dysfunctional charging structure".

https://news.gtp.gr/2022/09/01/ryanair-to-close-base-at-athens-airport-for-winter/

Re: Antonov crash outside Kavala - Greece

Wondering how public opinion in Greece over the potentially even worse desaster will maybe lead to a EU-ban of such overflights (and maybe even denying landing in case of an emergency)? Just imagine if the routing had been closer to ATH or SKG and they would have tried to divert to a major airport ...

Re: Antonov crash outside Kavala - Greece

Doesnt look good.

8 people on board and 12t of "dangerous" cargo.

Firefighters are on the spot but they are waiting for army specialists to arrive so it could have been carrying military related cargo.

Antonov crash outside Kavala - Greece

A cargo plane flying from Serbia to Jordan seems to have crashed in Northern Greece. https://mobile.twitter.com/CotamFleet/status/1548415323765817344 Unclear yet what the cargo was. edit: Plane appears to be on fire prior to the crash https://mobile.twitter.com/MechDesignxyz/status/15484170051322716...

Re: Greece ready to send LOR for F35

Not an expert on the Greek Air Force but I believe Greece has two types of Mirages.The 2000-5 which have been modernised and will be flying until the 2030s and the EGM ones which are going to be retired. Also there has been a rumour recently that Greece might be interested in second hand 2000-9 (sim...

Re: Greece ready to send LOR for F35

I know that the Greeks are operating aircrafts from multiple countries for political reasons as well but in ~5 years time they will be operating Rafales, Mirages, F35, various versions of F16 plus F4s. Hardly economy of scale isnt it? Also are they the only country in the world operating Vipers, Raf...

Re: Car carrier ship fire in Atlantic Ocean with VW, Audi, Porsche cars

Not a good day for ferries in general. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60428292 Italian flagged Euroferry Olympia travelling between Greece and Italy caught fire just off Corfu. Thankfully conditions are calm and the majority of passengers and crew has been accounted for but there are around ~...

Re: Air Malta new livery and fight to survive

Air Malta has announced it will change it’s livery to a cheaper Eurowhite scheme (similar to the previous livery) and other changes as it fights to survive. It will drop plans for long haul flights and will operate only A320neo. They also plan to operate services from bases outside Malta. https://t...

Re: Covid19 - Vaccine News and discussion thread

There is a new variant detected in South Africa which is causing alarm. I hope we are not going to shut travel down again. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59427770 Sky News reporting that 61 passengers on a flight from SA to Netherlands have tested positive and are in isolation. 61 out of ~600?! Wow...

Re: Ryanair Group Airlines: Existing Aircraft Repaints?

So are we really suggesting Ryanair are going to be flying hundreds of daily flights in Malta Air livery that don't land in Malta? I know Ducksy loves to be different and pretend that marketing is unnecessary but this just seems senseless to me. Options 1) Use Malta Air and Buzz to keep group costs...

Re: 19 seaters in Europe

Olympic Airlines in Greece operated a bunch of interesting ones. Namely Dornier 228 and Skyvans to smaller regional (island usually) airports. You can find some interested photos in the db. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Olympic/Dornier-228-201/411455 https://www.airliners.net/photo/Olympic/Short-S...

Re: EU Preparing Airline Eco-Label system

That chart is comparing apples to oranges: shorter intra-european flights keep the CO2 within European airspaces. However, a long-haul flight (say, Europe to Japan) will spread the CO2 over several continents. Saying that all the CO2 produced on a long-haul flight is concentrated in Europe, and the...

Re: EU Preparing Airline Eco-Label system

There are indeed only a few countries within EU where proper HST services are available and even less countries which have good HST connections with other countries. Most of the time, traveling by train across Europe is not much faster than traveling by bus (which is also very energy efficient). On...

Re: EU Preparing Airline Eco-Label system

. Reportedly, the labels will use high-speed trains as a benchmark for consumer which seems to me to be short-sighted as rail travel not always an option for many city pairs, and also becomes less optimal when distances start getting over 500km (~300miles) There are indeed only a few countries with...

Re: Sriwijaya Air 737-500 (SJ182 CGK-PNK) crashes shortly after takeoff

That graph is crazy, the aircraft is climbing but then loses altitude and loses speed in 10 seconds? Extremely odd. If I had to take guess, high AOA stall. Icing maybe? ... Icing was involved in the Saratov Airlines flight, and could be a contributing factor here as well. ... Icing after 4 mins of ...

Re: Does THY own gates at the new Istanbul IST airport?

AFAIK, TK does not own the gates, but pretty much owns the airport :) Joking aside, TK is so dominant that you hardly see any other airlines, let alone alliances. With the pandemic, big wings of the airport is closed now. When/if things go back to normal you would see TK in all parts of the complex...

Re: Beirut Airport damaged by downtown explosion

Would not be surprised. It's just around the corner and not far in a direct line. I fly there often and always had a soft spot for the people and place. Such a beautiful approach. Whatever caused this I hope many are safe. Agree I feel the same been numerous times and shocked seeing the videos. Sad...

Re: Is 10 Tanker Air Carrier going to add more DC-10s?

No they can convert as many as they can afford. Just monitor the airport at Oscoda, the conversions were done there. And how much Bussiness they can attract outside of the USA. The Aussies are more than happy to contract heavy tankers. Same with various South American countries. Let’s+see what the ...

Re: Emirates Retires First A380

I still wonder why no airline has managed to make the A380 work as a low-cost cattle class plane? An all-economy seating A380 can host 853 passengers. Around $30 per km in fuel. ATH to SIN is about 5621km, making fuel costs around $168630. Divided by 853 it would mean $197 as a minimum ticket price...

Re: First electrical airplane in the world certified !

It will be a hit with all the flying schools out there and it will drop the costs I guess.

I know it is far fetched but do we know the minimum charging times from 0% to 100%.

Edit: To reply my question on the max charger of 20 kW a bit more than 1h to fully charge them.

Re: Qatar Airways cabin crew to wear hazmat suits

I wonder what happened here... So basically a flight arrived and 12 out of 91 were tested positive. All of them will quarantine in hotels on the expense of the Greek government. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-greece-quarantines-all-passengers-from-qatar-flight A few hours la...

Re: Qatar Airways cabin crew to wear hazmat suits

I wonder what happened here... So basically a flight arrived and 12 out of 91 were tested positive. All of them will quarantine in hotels on the expense of the Greek government. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-greece-quarantines-all-passengers-from-qatar-flight A few hours lat...

Re: Wizz Air (finally) announces LCA base.

The Emirates route to Larnaca is shared with Malta. I very much doubt that Larnaca is able to support a 777 to Dubai on its own There used to be a 2x weekly (if I remember correctly) Malta - Paphos Ryanair flights as well before the recent developments so I guess there is some traffic between the t...

Re: PIA A320 (flight PK8303) crashes in Karachi

Out of curiosity if the gear was not down and the plane did impact the runway wouldnt: a. We have pics of the runway itself (especially seeing that the passenger list already leaked)? b. Have some more damage on the fuselage especially towards the rear of the plane (potentially tail strike as it tr...

Re: PIA A320 (flight PK8303) crashes in Karachi

Out of curiosity if the gear was not down and the plane did impact the runway wouldnt: a. We have pics of the runway itself (especially seeing that the passenger list already leaked)? b. Have some more damage on the fuselage especially towards the rear of the plane (potentially tail strike as it tri...

Re: PIA A320 (flight PK8303) crashes in Karachi

ATC recording has pilot saying he lost an engine: https://twitter.com/breakingavnews/status/1263793483141218304 Dont know how genuine the recording is and I am not really good with accents but I get the impression the pilot says: "We lost engine s " not engine (which is pretty important d...

Re: Samaritan's Purse DC-8 flying GSO to Italy

Interesting plane. Does anyone know the config of it as it seems to be a combi with the seats on the back (?) Its been a few years but when I saw it it was a majority cargo configuration with about 30 seats in the front in a 3-3 config. Why would they have the windows in the back if the seating is ...

Re: Samaritan's Purse DC-8 flying GSO to Italy

Interesting plane. Does anyone know the config of it as it seems to be a combi with the seats on the back (?)

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020 - Part II

Malta is isolating completely as of Saturday. Only cargo, humanitarian and repatriation flights will be allowed effectively meaning that the island is isolated from the rest of the world with no one coming in or going out. https://news.yahoo.com/malta-stop-incoming-flights-saturday-085939181.html I ...

Re: US increases tariffs to 15%

I wonder what justification is being used for the hike? Probably that the current tariffs aren't working. Airbus hopes that USTR’s position will change, especially when the WTO will authorize the EU to impose tariffs on Boeing aircraft, including the 737Max, 787 and 777 aircraft in the May/June tim...

Re: Corona Virus outbreak - Aviation related News and Discussion Thread

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-flight-captain-we-were-a-lifeboat-for-people

A short interview of the captain of the Wamos Air 747 bringing Britons and Spaniards back to Europe.

Re: Undisclosed customer orders 40 A330 NEO aircraft

Congrats to Airbus. The A330 is an amazing aircraft from a passenger’s perspective. It’s also liked by flight attendants. Because I am genuinely curious can you please elaborate on the last part of your sentence as to why the neo is liked by flight crew? Is it the case for the 350 or 787 and if not...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

In the times that we live you have to triple check everything. The person behind the twitter account lives in California (if his profile and the TV news pics are to be trusted), the account was opened only recently and from a quick search I can find no trace of him on social media. I would take it ...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Someone on Twiiter posted a picture of a Surface-to-air missile wreck, claiming it was taken from the crash site. Reverse search did not find any other similar images that were previously posted, so the image may be recent, but it has not yet been confirmed that it was taken near the crash site. ht...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

How is Ethiopia less advanced than Iran? I believe Ethiopia had to send their MAX recorders to France for reading. The Ethiopian crash was much more violent and the black boxes were badly damaged. This might or might not be the case in this accident but at least from the first images it seems that ...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Hmm - an interesting state of affairs, not sure how accurate. There are reports of 63 Canadians having been being onboard. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/63-canadians-killed-in-plane-crash-near-tehran-ukrainian-official-1.4757783 Not really. It was mentioned earlier in the thread that there is a con...

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Thanks zeke and osiris30. Do we know the condition of them?

Does Iran have the capability of extracting the data?

In regards to weather I guess icing is excluded right?

Re: Reports of Ukrainian 737 Crash in Tehran,Iran

Two stupid questions but I guess the black box has not been recovered yet cause we would have heard news of it.

Also what was the weather at the time of the crash sub 0c? I know it is pretty chilly at the moment.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, January 2020

IMO not for all airlines. Ryaniar don't want to introduce the MAX in the summer, because it's their busiest season. And pushing back deliveries of the MAX200 for Ryanair frees up delivery capacity for other airlines. That would be an uncharacteristically strange move from MOL, or an extremely expen...

Re: Greek Aviation Thread - 2020

Any news on SKG airport "redevelopment". When is it planned to finish? The situation last time I passed by was awful. Overcrowded facilities. No place to sit etc. Topping my list of worst airports I have been to.

Re: Bushfires in Australia

This article discusses potential further aircraft that ‘could’ be utilised from overseas.. Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/firefighting-aircraft-in-mothballs-overseas-while-country-burns-20191228-p53naw.html From the article: “He said an aircraft worth testing was the Bombardier CL-415, a t...

Re: Ryanair UK Boeing 737-800 11 minute PUF-LDE flight

Once I was on a Ryanair flight which had a tech stop in Stansted and arrived to Luton around 45 mins late. We actually stayed on the plane and flew STN-LTN, pretty interesting.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019, Production suspended

How can you be so sure the MAX will fly again? Do you have information we don't? The problem the MAX faces is not that unheard off. You can always kill the additional lift at high AoA with some strakes or vortex generators to disturb the airflow on the lift creating parts. This comes with a full bu...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q4 2019

Workers can collect unemployment, take overdue vacations, possibly allowed to draw on sick leave, there may be a fair amount of training to catch up on. A lot of workers have second jobs they do or can do. Workers and Boeing are fairly sure at this time that work will resume. A lay-off which could ...