TAP2.jpg TAp1.jpg TAP3.jpg Flew TAP from MAD to LIS on June 23rd. Brand new and gorgeous Airbus 321 vintage livery. Flight was almost 2 hours late. 100% full 99,9% Spaniards on connecting flights. Many to Cancun as it was the cheapest option. No onboard service, paid or free. Rude crew (strange bec...
Jump to postshamrock321 wrote:EasyJet have never served DUB…just ORK, SNN and NOC.
There have been dozens of threads on airliners.net about how good a match the Airbus 321LR was for FI. But I had lost hope it would actually happen. I believe that one day the 737MAx will be mostly seen on existing and new european routes that don't need the range nor the capacity, or offering aditi...
Jump to postIf listened to, what kind of measures could we expect? Probably none since it is very likely that full mobilisation will be starting next week and that means closed borders for almost all men, making the Aeroflot complaints moot. Really? You have a source for this rather dramatic development? The &...
Jump to postJust read on the other russian aggression thread that Aeroflot are complaining about unfair competition by Emirates and Turkish, and want the government to "protect" the russian aviation. If listened to, what kind of measures could we expect? A reduction/limitation on the number of seats t...
Jump to postFor those of you who care about champagne, give yourselves a treat and try Spanish Cava, great bubbly with less reputation than its french equivalent. Way cheaper but in my opinion, much better.
Jump to postIs there any news about more planes being parked? It's been 9 months since the crisis and most planes must have started to need maintenance by now. I'm guessing that there will have some components stored within Russia that they've been able to use, and the major winding back of international opera...
Jump to postIs there any news about more planes being parked? It's been 9 months since the crisis and most planes must have started to need maintenance by now.
Jump to postJust read on the other russian aggression thread that Aeroflot will no longer offer inflight entertainment. Could someone please elaborate? Can´t they fill it with russian films and series? Or continue to offer the western films they were showing until a few days ago? Or do they self-erase themselve...
Jump to postThe portuguese government have said over and over again that they will never allow TAP to be bought by either IAG or IBERIA because their theory is that most international connections (particularly Brazil) would be transfered to MAD, while LIS would be turned into an O&D point to point base, of ...
Jump to postIt's a temporary thing while they receive their "new" Business class seats.
This plane is going to be used on flights to Caracas as from tomorrow.
IBERIA have fantasized in the past with a small-ish fleet of five or six 380s to fly to Buenos Aires, Mexico and Bogotá. While IB do not offer First Class, these planes only have 8 of such seats that occupy relatively litte real estate, so maybe they can just leave those seats as they are and overse...
Jump to postPTY is another strange route choice. COPA already fly PTY-SDQ 3 times per day, with convenient schedules spread out throughout the day. Passengers originating in PTY don't need to be offered connections to any of the ARAJET destinations as their home airline offers a wider choice of nonstop flights....
Jump to postYou still need to have been charged to have your passport taken from you, and this has to be approved by a judge. If there are no charges against you, you are 100% innocent and guilty of nothing. Sure, police investigations can carry on until they find something. But they can't take your passport fr...
Jump to postCorrect me if I’m wrong, but Red Air compromised the last operational regularly scheduled pax Mad Dog service in North America , if I’m not mistaken. (Only charters and freighters remaining). This will be an unfortunate end to the MD’s service history if this is indeed it. As you say, in North Amer...
Jump to postWhat do you mean they did not try to enter Argentina? 13 Venezuelan men (all members of the military) plus one female crew member and 5 Iranians, one of which is the CEO of an airline suspected of being the logistic arm of a known terrorist organization descended in Buenos Aires. A few hours later,...
Jump to postHere's what I think happened... Yes, but what's the deal with those 19 crew? They did not try to enter Argentina, at least there is no reports of that. So what could they been doing? Andes sightseeing trip? Looks unlikely What do you mean they did not try to enter Argentina? 13 Venezuelan men (all ...
Jump to postAs I recall from statement during El Al's shutdown in 2020 virtually the entire European network except London and Paris was loss making. In the particular case of flights TLV-MAD, LY are consistently the most expensive option. IBERIA fly an Airbus 330 and AIR EUROPA fly a 787, while LY fly twice d...
Jump to postWhat’s the use keeping crews current on planes that have no future in Russia? You are not thinking like a Russian... True. Distribute bribes to enact a law that supports an airliner pilot reserve through the crisis, report big reserve pilot pool to the gouvernement, fire them, cash in the paychecks...
Jump to postAre there any viable parked MD-80s that can be sourced to backfill the capacity for Red Air or will this result in a permanent reduction in lieu of fleet replacement? (Which may not be realistically feasible). RED AIR's other 3 MDs have been parked since the accident and the company is sending thei...
Jump to postSo in an emergency like this, how/when do pax clear CBP? Can imagine quite a few pax left their passports onboard. I want to believe that US Immigration and CBP are human beings with common sense and made things easy for these passengers. US Citizens- Very Easy Venezuelan citizens with a Green Card...
Jump to postWhich airlines are getting these? Is selection, by lottery, or some other methodology? LHR authorities have three lists: LIST A: Top priority. This list is NOT too long and these are airlines that currently DO NOT fly into LHR but have actively and recently expressed their interest, and have met an...
Jump to postStrato2 wrote:phugoid1982 wrote:Break up the boring Airbus/Boeing duopoly.
The potential customers for this are North Korea, Belarus, Eritrea and Syria and that's it.
Spain must be located in a completely different planet or galaxy. Unemployment, while decreasing slowly, is still above 13%, mostly amongst young people. Organise a massive hiring here, pay them 1500 euros per month, give them some training, and problem solved in a few months. Their Dutch language s...
Jump to postRight now they seem to have 23 787s and 13 777s, for a total of 36 widebodies. So 50 new 350s would be a one for one replacement plus give them some interesting room for growth (14 planes). Interesting transition by the way, I believe the 3 types will coexist for some time...
Jump to postThe reality is, we've known this from the day sanctions were first imposed. As soon as they've gone through their stock of spares (of any part), they're done. Do we know how many "russian" planes have been parked, stored and cannibalised? Maybe it's too soon to see big numbers in these ca...
Jump to postIt's not the lack of equipment that's going to ground the fleets but lack of consumable parts like brakes and tyres. The reality is, we've known this from the day sanctions were first imposed. As soon as they've gone through their stock of spares (of any part), they're done. Do we know how many &qu...
Jump to postA polish friend flying Ryanair from London to Madrid was shown a card with a number written in Polish and asked what the number was in English. I believe it was 56 or 59. Easy peasy question for a polish person based in the UK. It was a one off and we thought it was REALLY weird.
Jump to postNot a theft, as in "I set out to steal these airplanes, it's THE goal of my life". Just "there's a way to get hold of a lot of airplanes for free, and my controlling shareholder is also writing laws, so they'll write a law for me and colleagues, to make it all legit". Semantics....
Jump to posthttps://www.newswire.lk/2022/06/02/russian-flight-detained-in-katunayake-after-court-order/ Aeroflot bought 8 frames (rest they stole). They thought that's enough to keep serving remaining international schedules. Now.. Russian forums are screaming "perfidious Sri Lanka was licking our boots, ...
Jump to postToday an SU A333 registration RA-73702 (previously registered VQ-BMY) was repossessed by the lessor at Colombo CMB in Sri Lanka. https://www.newswire.lk/2022/06/02/russian-flight-detained-in-katunayake-after-court-order/ I thought SU had stopped ALL international flights. What were they thinking wh...
Jump to postInteresting information. I just never realized LGW airport was subject to the bilateral as LHR was. I always thought of it as an easy access airport for carriers, but now I know that was not the case. But now I have another question. TW flew nonstop from JFK to Lisbon, Milan and Paris, but no Madri...
Jump to postIs this the follow up to that surprising order/LOI that IAG made at an airshow many years ago?
Jump to postLooks like they took one plane and based it somewhere else
Jump to postI suppose these planes can still be impounded -for different reasons- but at least is one problem less on Aeroflot CEO's desk. It was the right thing to do, but it begs the question: How did Aeroflot pay for them? Rubles? USD? Crypto currencies?
Jump to postCOPA are extremely strong and wealthy. They run a wonderful hub that offers not only convenience but reliability, something not that common in Latin America. My only questions/objections to their model are related to their fleet choice. I believe they would need something smaller than a 737-800 to f...
Jump to postMixed feelings about this news. On the one hand, the negative side is that russian officials are preparing for a long period of isolation. But the positive side is that they are predicting hard times ahead of them for their civil aviation industry. I believe the number of (stolen) western planes bec...
Jump to postDLPMMM wrote:Passengers on International flights to and from Europe on USA airlines are not required to wear masks.
Asiana Airlines has confirmed today it will be returning to Barcelona, as well as a handful of other European destinations by July. So as from September there'll be two airlines flying BCN-SEL (ASIANA 777, KOREAN 787) but zero airlines flying MAD-SEL KE used to fly to MAD before COVID, I believe da...
Jump to postSounds silly, but nothing surprises me nowadays: Do those tyres have any western-produced components? Have russian airlines been purchasing their tyres from them? Do the tyres require a western certification? And to elaborate a bit on the topic, do China have their own aircraft tyre factories as well?
Jump to postIs AEROMEXICO planing to restart the route MEX-BCN?
Jump to postI apologise in advance for sharing unconfirmed gossip, but I think it might be interesting to discuss: 1) IBERIA have a list of 170 cabin crews that were furloughed/their temporary contracts were not renewed during the pandemic and have not been called back. These are the people whose names are bein...
Jump to postYou're bang on the money with the supermarket comment - there's around 600 of us who left BA at the end of summer '20 working within the John Lewis/Waitrose, with 4 of us in my Waitrose branch alone, all part time & working hours to suit our own schedules. Not necessarily better pay, but far su...
Jump to postPay them more equals higher fares and I'm guessing the general public don't want to pay more for their tickets. The money has to come from somewhere. Yes, and paying people really poor wages so the rest of us can fly 30 annually times instead of 25 is no excuse at all. This has been a long time com...
Jump to postImho it’s a very sensible and very very temporary solution to the current labour issues exacerbated by post Brexit immigration rules on entry and work VISAs . These crew’s can fly some Spanish registered 320s and the Gatwick cheap fleet routes over the summer and then be released. Except that’s not...
Jump to postDo we know how many people they are hiring?
My rough estimate (Probably wrong):
30 cancelled flights= 15 return flights x 4 cabin crew= 60 people + days off, holidays, etc +/- 15 people= 75
Aeroflot's website can be accesed from Spain. Today, I was able to book a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg and return and made it all the way to the page where I had to give my credit card details. This is where the experiment ended LOL So I can't comment on payment processing. Anyway, I was thin...
Jump to postIt would have marginal impact. TK could still fly, but eastwards instead of over the Baltics. The Chinese airlines and the ME3 wouldn't be affected at all. Only Air Serbia and Conviasa (with a fortnightly flight that is as good as empty anyway) would be stopped, in essence, from flying to Russia. I...
Jump to postIf russia verifiably uses chemical weapons against Ukraine this overfly ban needs to be implemented among other measures. It would have marginal impact. TK could still fly, but eastwards instead of over the Baltics. The Chinese airlines and the ME3 wouldn't be affected at all. Only Air Serbia and C...
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