...regarding the rear facing seats, all BEA variants of the Trident had them. The Trident 1 had three rows in the main coach cabin after door 2L, the Trident 2 had up to 5 or 6 rows, and the Trident 3 only had them in the first row. Up front, I only remember the Trident 1 and 2, they had a pair of r...
Jump to post...and here is another thought to take LH's statement "that these aircraft will be used to replace A340 aircraft" literally: There are 5 A340-300 in the fleet of LX. Why not replace them? Especially since in another pre Covid-19 LH statement about the replacement of the longhaul equipment ...
Jump to postI fly Swiss several times a month and I fully agree, their A220 are awesome. Actually I avoid flying the Swiss A320 family whenever possible and there is a chance to pick a flight on the A220 to the destination I have to go to, even if timing is less convenient. Usually I fly business class and I fu...
Jump to postAwesome topic but in spite of the general header 'Boeing 377 cabin question' all posts are about Pan American and Northwest only, no one mentions BOAC or United, both operating the Stratocruiser, too. I understand that the topic author related his question to the PAA configuration, but his header is...
Jump to postThis thread brings back wonderful memories - I flew as a child on Swissair, Austrian, Iberia, TAP Caravelles in the 60s, on Air France and SATA Caravelles in the 70s, and finally on CTA Caravelles in the 80s. There are two awesome videos starring the Caravelle on YouTube, however both are not in Eng...
Jump to postGrowing up in the 60s, to me as a small boy the DC-9 (and BAC 1-11) was the very first modern shorthaul jet plane. I was used to flying Viscounts, Convair Metropolitans, Comets and Caravelles, etc - but often the windows, though quite big, were misaligned, which was a challenge for me as a small boy...
Jump to postThe U.S. deregulated first, and legacy carriers adapted to fly leisure travelers, too. (It took a lot of bankruptcies, but it got done.) And prior to the U.S. deregulation there were some U.S. leisure airlines like - Transamerica Airlines, resp. Trans International Airlines (TIA) - Overseas Nationa...
Jump to postWhich airlines operate intra-European flights with a true business class seat? SU and some TK flights (I believe TK has a proper c class seat on the 737 only, but a320 is “eurobusiness”, am I correct???? Not sure...) Though not intra-European, but from Europe to Tel Aviv, El Al operates their 738 a...
Jump to postAs someone living in Switzerland and spending a lot of time in Israel, prices in Eilat are moderate from a Swiss perspective. Sure, tourist destinations in other Mediterreanen countries are cheaper, but there are many reasons why Swiss - and Central European tourists - may choose flying to Eilat, be...
Jump to post...what about the Fokker F-28?
Jump to postIn 1985 HA leased 5 L-1011s that had been traded to Boeing by All Nippon Airlines. In 1994 HA leased DC-10s from AA to replace the L-1011s. HA started with the L-1011s their scheduled mainland service on June 12, 1985, initially to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. In order to get it...
Jump to postI fly several times a year from Europe to Israel, mostly on Swiss (LX) because of their wide-body equipment used on the ZRH-TLV segment, but from time to time also with El Al. I mostly had very friendly FAs on LY, on average better than on Swiss - and I fly mostly business class - food is definitely...
Jump to post...since the Topic Author's question is not only about shabbats but also Jewish holidays, it's worth mentioning Yom Kippur because the airport closes completely and shuts down all services - as does the rest of Israel. As a frequent flyer between Europe and Israel I also prefer flights during Shabba...
Jump to postIn the 1930s, many passenger aircraft had their passenger doors on the right side, e.g. the DC-2, the Curtiss AT-32C Condor. Even shortly after WW II, some aircrafts like the Convair CV-240 had its passenger door on the right side, e.g. American Airlines. Though Convair offered a variety of door con...
Jump to post...indeed, the windows were much bigger than those of the Boeing 707, however they only were nicely aligned with the seat rows when there was a quite comfortable seat pitch also in Coach. In later high density cabin configurations there were many rows basically without a window, similar to today's E...
Jump to postThank you so much for sharing your Viscount experiences and activating some of my own memories flying the Viscount in the 60s and 70s, mostly on Arkia Israel Domestic Airlines, Austrian Airlines, BEA and later also British Airways. It was one of my favorite planes as a kid, the windows being bigger ...
Jump to postAnother Israeli city - Tel Aviv with Ben Gurion Airport and Sde Dov Airport.
City population of Tel Aviv is 432,900 (2015), though with a metro population (called Gusch Dan) of ca. 4m
Great report, though regarding your comment "More importantly though, it’s one of only two seats – the other is 62A – that gives you access to the aisle without having to climb over your neighbour on the aisle seat." This is only half of the truth, the two other seats are 64A and 64K, both...
Jump to postBOAC flew also the Constellation (049 and 749), DC-7 (C) and Stratocruiser as Pan Am did. Though they did not fly the DC-4 and DC-6, but the Argonaut - basically a re-engined DC-4 with a different window and passenger door configuration similar to the DC-6, the Britannia (102 and 312).
Jump to postThere were 301 fatalities of Saudia L1011 flight 163 on 19 August 1980, when the flight returned safely to Riyadh after a fire broke out in the rear cargo hold. The captain choose not to evacuate the plane immediately after they came to a stop after even leaving correctly the runway. It took 23 minu...
Jump to post[Now that all the European carriers only offer narrowbody cramped seating to TLV, for J class pax Aeroflot arguably offers the fastest and most comfortable journey from DEL] -> WRONG - SU is NOT the only European airline offering wide-body aircrafts. Other European carriers offering DAILY wide-body ...
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Jump to postI had recently the same meal issue as full fare business class passenger on the Swiss flight <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym> - <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>. There were many upgrades and stand-by p...
Jump to postMay I remind you that Swiss no longer operates RJ85s, but only RJ100s. Regarding the comfort, there is no difference, besides that the RJ100 has 3 row more and there fore the ratio passenger per flight attendant and toilet is higher, since from both there are only two on board... Having flown both, ...
Jump to postI really get jealous seeing this product, when I compare it to what I have experienced on the regular first class domestic product of United I just have experienced on a <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> - <acronym title="Kahului (OGG / PHOG), ...
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Jump to postIn addition what has been already said above, you have to consider, that on both main variants of the the 727, the front cabin had the similar layout as the 707/720 with a larger, three person flight-deck, more stowage space for electronic equipment, and the front lavatory opposite 1L. There was no ...
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Jump to postThe second overwing exit is clearly deactivated, like some carriers used to do it with the B-747-100/200 overwing exits, e.g. <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym>, or the Swiss (Private Jet) BBJ2 with only one overwing exit....
Jump to postAmerican Airlines had on the B-707 first class lavatories windows, many Caravelle had windows, the Tu-134 has, but all theses windows are more a ceiling type window. The same style of window was used on many other aircrafts like the DC-3, DC-6, L-188 Electra, etc. On the other hand, the Saab 340 has...
Jump to postNot only the 737, but also the 727, DC-8 and B-707 of several US carriers had a five abreast seating in the late 60s, early 70s. Besides the already mentioned United and Piedmont, I remember both Continental and Eastern had a five abreast configuration on the B-727 during these years. Looking some y...
Jump to postThere were two routes to London, each once a week: Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro - Recife - Dakar - Madrid - Paris - London and Buenos Aires - Rio de Janeiro - Recife - Dakar - Madrid - Frankfurt - London The other routes were: Buenos Aires - Santiago de Chile (5 times per week) Buenos - Aires - Rio...
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Jump to postNice report, but in the second TR it's the backside of a KL 332 and not a KL 777...
Jump to postGreat job by jetBlue I was on flight <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> 334 <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> - <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> this afternoon and w...
Jump to postI do have all three of them. Each book serves different needs. The second and third do have a lot of pictures, but almost no text. The third books is more selective in the choosen examples, e.g. a specific cabin of an airline is presented with several pictures. The second book has just a huge overvi...
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Jump to postDepending on the hour and day of the week, the demand for business class seats varies, e.g. on a weekend flight you might have only two rows of <acronym title="Nationwide Airlines (South Africa)">CE</acronym>, but the same flight during the week has a <acronym title="Nationwide Airlines (South Afric...
Jump to postAbout once a month I have the pleasure to clear U.S. passport and custom control and I have to tell you, that in my case, travelling with a Swiss passport with stamps from all over the world, it usually takes a lot of time. There are not many international flights at Memphis, this might be your chan...
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Jump to postYour flight will leave from dock A, just check the departure on <a href="http://www.zurich-airport.com" target=_blank>www.zurich-airport.com</a> It gives you also an idea what to expect during the time you will be at <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>. And yes...
Jump to postTwo weeks ago, I was on a <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> ERJ-145 from <acronym title="Washington - Ronald Reagan National (DCA / KDCA), USA - Virginia">DCA</acronym> to <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>. Before boar...
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