Re: Georgian Airways flight attendant standing in aisle during landing

It is more about confirming if what I saw was indeed a protocol 'violation' @Airontario, not about 'accomplishing' anything

Re: Georgian Airways flight attendant standing in aisle during landing

In fact people did indeed get up before parking at the gate, but he was clearly not standing in the aisle with the goal of preventing this. As said above, I have never seen anything like this before.

Georgian Airways flight attendant standing in aisle during landing

Today I returned home from a 3 week round trip of beautiful Georgia. On the flight home from Tbilisi to Amsterdam (A9651), one of the flight attendants remained standing in the aisle during final approach and touch down(!) in AMS. This happened while holding something like an ice pack on the head of...

Vienna New Low-cost Heaven?

With the recent opening of a base at Vienna by both Wizzair and Level it seems Vienna is 'hot' for LCCs. Am I right in seeing this and ,if so, what makes Vienna so desirable for LCCs? I, as a non-Austrian, always thought nearby Bratislava Airport was the LCC alternative for Vienna/Austria.

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2019

According to wikipedia( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways#Current_fleet ), SAA has apparently managed to get their hand on 2 A359s. Does anybody know more about where these frames, if true, come from and when they will be delivered? Would mean the end is near for their beautiful...

Re: Air France, Norwegian Air and Lufthansa Intend to Start Flights for Pakistan - Aviation Minister

Why would Norwegian want to fly to Pakistan? Are they planning to operate from LGW?

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2019

According to wikipedia( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways#Current_fleet ), SAA has apparently managed to get their hand on 2 A359s. Does anybody know more about where these frames, if true, come from and when they will be delivered? Would mean the end is near for their beautiful ...

Re: MRJ - Flight Test & Production Thread

First ever visit by an MRJ to the Netherlands occurred yesterday, visiting Maastricht Aachen Airport: https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/sites/default/files/styles/artikel/public/website_633x300/slider-technologie/mrj-maastrichtcmaa-900.png?itok=Yvx-5X9p Source: https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/c...

Cabo Verde Airlines new livery

Cabo Verde Airlines (former TACV) has revealed their new colour scheme on this Boeing 757 christened 'Praia de Santa Maria': https://www.eturbonews.com/251836/praia-de-santa-maria-cabo-verde-new-livery-landed https://www.eturbonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/JPK8755-e1557633493365.jpg https://ww...

Re: First Delta A330neo & Etihad A350-1000 Spotted Flying

I predict the EY A350-1000 is going to be a frequent visitor at AMS

Re: Airline in Romania to Receive 3 A330-200 (Ex-Etihad)

Could this be a 'frontal company' for an Iranian airline? I know that Mahan Air got A310s via an Armenian airline in the past

Re: BeNeLux Aviation Thread - 2019

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/03/phase-out-amsterdam-to-brussels-flights-dutch-mps-say/ Both Dutch and Belgian (Flemish) left-wing green parties want KLM to stop their up to 5 daily flights to Brussels, mostly used by connecting passengers. Main argument is that the already existing highspeed-...

Re: Confirmed: Airbus signs MoU with Taiwan's Starlux Airlines

Tail logo reminds me of the flag of Panama, coincidence I guess

Re: First 787-9 for EgyptAir rolls out of final assembly

directorguy wrote:

Will be used to DXB, LHR, HKG, BKK, JFK, YYZ, BCN, PEK, FRA, KWI, and NRT in 2019.
Configured in 30 J+ 279 Y seats. Can't wait!

Re: KLM 100th Anniversary Plans?

OA940 wrote:

I don't think they'll do more than stickers to be honest. A retro would be great though.

However I'm hoping for some pretty good sales to celebrate the big event!

Re: Why does Portugal have so 'many' charter airlines?

EuroAtlantic and HiFly are originally Portuguese scheduled carriers (Air Zarco/Air Madeira and Air Luxor) that had to change their business in order to survive in this complicated industry. White, IIRC, was created as a charter airline by TAP and Portuguese travel agency Abreu. Nowadays owned by OM...

Why does Portugal have so 'many' charter airlines?

Portugal has, apart from flag carrier TAP, several other airlines around. Most of them are charter airlines, i.e. EuroAtlantic, Everjets, Hi Fly, NetJets Europe and White Airways. Why are there so many Portugese charter airlines? Is it due to favorable labour conditions or favorable tax regulations?

Re: Germania ceases operations

cedars747 wrote:

Germania ARN-BEY was very popular, I wonder who wil take over the route?

Re: EASA bans Turkmenistan Airlines (T5) from EU airspace

sonicruiser wrote:

Don’t they still fly to JFK?

Re: First KLM A 330 in New livery

Looks like a very nicely done and much needed revamp of their 332! Too bad some of these have 18J and one of the worst hard products on TATL. They should learn a thing or two from DL... I thought all KLM 330s were 1-2-1 lie flat now. No? Not to my knowledge. They're all 2-2-2 and technically flat b...

Re: China Airlines ends codeshare with Air France on CDG-TPE

Could be that CI is going to use AMS as main gateway to Europe? They will upgauge their 4x A359 a week to 4x 77W from TPE to AMS coming summer.

Re: Airbus A330neo Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

First A330neo for Air Senegal performed its first test flight:
https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/airbus-a330neo-voor-air-senegal-maakt-eerste-vlucht
Their livery reminds me of Ethiopian Airlines, especially the font.

Re: Boeing 737MAX Delivery/Production Thread - 2019

MIAT rebranding looks like a mix between the rebranding of LH, EI and FI

Re: American Airlines 767-300ER Routes/Replacement

What about the 763 used from Philadelphia to AMS?

Re: Multi-engine type fleet of same aircraft

What airlines switched engine types for new builds of the same basic variant of a plane (i.e. not one where they were forced to switch because a variant was only offered with a particular engine)? I know BA switched from GE to RR for later batches of 777-200ERs (was that due to unhappiness with the...

Re: Multi-engine type fleet of same aircraft

Mergers are an obvious cause indeed. However, in TK's case, the first batch of A330-300s they ordered are RR equipped with later deliveries fitted with GE engines. Any particular reason for this? Is it similar to the reason EK ordered RR engines now since they were unsatisfied with the fuel economic...

Multi-engine type fleet of same aircraft

Why dome some airlines operate multi-engine types of the same aircraft? Look for example at TK's A330 fleet. They operate every engine type available on the A330. Their A330-300s are equipped with both GE and RR engines and their A330-200s are equipped with GE, PW and RR (Turkish Cargo). Why is that...

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2019

eastafspot wrote:

3BNBE wrote:

According to wikipedia, both MK and KLM are linking AMS to MRU!

787-10 first ever revenue flight to Europe

Etihad performed the first ever revenue flight operated by a 787-10 to Europe today: flight EY77 from AUH to AMS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAtYyz4-X9w

Re: Air France will half it's A380 fleet

Perhaps Turkish is interested in operating these 2nd hand A380s from Istanbul New Airport?

Re: Etihad and Skyteam

KLM already codeshares with Cathay, Malaysian, Singapore, Erhiad and Qantas to Australia. Besides Garuda, CZ, Korean and Jetstar. So it doesnt seem needed for EY to join Skyteam. Valid point, though KLM is an airline and Skyteam is an airline alliance consisting of several airlines ;) KLM in itself...

Re: Etihad and Skyteam

ScottB wrote:

I think SkyTeam would be quite happy to see EY continue to struggle and ultimately remove some capacity from the market.

Re: Etihad and Skyteam

You got VN@SGN, KE@ICN, MU@PVG, CI@TPE and GA@CGK (admittedly not much for the latter two) for various roles between Australia/NZ and Asia/Europe/ME. And if you are looking into some connection possibilities in Africa, you have KQ@NBO. I would say it's pretty well covered already. Michael True, but...