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Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

They need to fly where leisure passengers are going in the winter. Filling the planes (to get max ancillary revenue) should be first priority if they can't find anywhere with yields high enough to cover operating costs on fares alone (which seems to strongly be the case). Problem is, where is that?...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

I was on a BA LGW-MCO flight last week that was a gate next to a Norse flight operating the same route that they were offering $99 one way fares on the week before. Only 50 or so passengers boarded before the gate was quickly closed, that’s during peak UK spring school holiday time when Florida is ...

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Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

I saw on the T7 departure boards that Norse had a flight JFK - RZE late last night 30 or 31 March depending on departure time. Guessing it was a charter or a special flight - anyone have any ideas? It was a charter by a religious organisation, and was chartered to operate in both directions, JFK-RZ...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic cabin crew

For clarity, the temporary LAX base isn’t about anymore. Point stands though.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic cabin crew

I believe I can answer this one. Norse opened up a crew base in FLL(now MIA), LAX, JFK. US crews offer greater flexibility as they can operate on both G-reg and LN-reg aircraft. Theoretically, a JFK based crew member can cover last minute sickness and operate on the JFK-LGW with LGW crew, deadhead t...

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mattyfitzg

Re: What aircraft have you flown transactlatic?

737-700 - Privatair 737-800 - Globespan(WORST!) 737MAX8 - Norwegian (A very close, second worst) 747-400 - BA 757-200 - Jet2, United 767-300 - American, Delta, United 767-400 - United 777-200 - Alitalia, American, BA, Delta, United 777-300 - Air France, Air New Zealand, American, BA, Emirates, KLM, ...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion - 2024

TC957 wrote:
Why the planned tech stop at LGW on QR's SFO - DOH flight today, and also again a couple of weeks ago ?

Both flights, the 20th Jan, and last nights flight, departed Gatwick with delay code 95 - CREW ROTATION.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Is Qatar doing DOH-AKL with 327 Passengers or do they block seats?

Neither sector blocks seats. Although the flights rarely operate at full capacity anyway, it can do, and has done so previously, in both directions.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Just flew them MIA-LGW and LGW-MCO. I know it's February, but the flights were only 50% full and I paid 419 all in with carryons. I really want them to succeed but I’m not hopeful. I was looking to travel to London in the next month and I am seeing $116 one-way for MIA-LGW. I’ve flown UA, LH and LX...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

More TUI work for Norse this weekend, with Cancun, Bridgetown, St Lucia and Cape Verde (today) flights all operated by Norse UK out of Gatwick.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

TC957 wrote:
Norse flying for two months for a dodgy airline based in a corrupt country ? What can possiby go wrong ?

Absolutely agree.

However, Smartlynx and few other eastern bloc ACMI outfits seem to be making some decent money down there, so who knows. Fingers crossed for Norse on this one.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Seems like they are increasing their charter/ACMI work dramatically in the recent weeks.
Perhaps their saving grace would be to drop scheduled work and turn themselves into a Smartlynx-esque long haul ACMI airline

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mattyfitzg

Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion - 2024

planemanofnz wrote:
Does anyone know which routes QR is payload restricted on, e.g. AKL-DOH?

I believe KTM might be load restricted.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like G-CKOF will fly the Real Madrid Academy/Youth? Team to Riyadh tomorrow, then into DWC for what I suppose is the crew layover. Returning 5 days later

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Just flew them MIA-LGW and LGW-MCO. I know it's February, but the flights were only 50% full and I paid 419 all in with carryons. Not great. On cruise ship “changeover” days, the flights are usually packed to the rafters though. Elsewhere, it seems Air Peace want to piggy back some slots from Norse...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Norse B789 LN-FNB is operating for TUI Netherlands this week: - 21 Feb 2024 OSL 16.49 - AMS 18.15 TFL970P B789 LN-FNB Landed - 22 Feb 2024 AMS 10.11 - VRA 14.09 OR225 B789 LN-FNB Delayed - 22 Feb 2024 VRA 13.40 - CUN 15.40 OR225 B789 LN-FNB Scheduled - 22 Feb 2024 CUN 16.40 - AMS 08.40 OR225 B789 L...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

They've sourced crews from JFK, MIA, and presumably LGW and CDG in addition to OSL (not 100% sure if N0's flight/cabin crews can roster flights between both the Norwegian (N0) and British (Z0) operating certificates, but I recall cross-rostering was something DY was looking to do if not was already...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Any ideas as to why Norse UK are selling a single outbound flight to IAD on the 7th April, with a single inbound flight to LGW on 21st April?
The aircraft is going to sit in IAD for 2 weeks? Seems very strange.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

I wonder if Indigo Partners is interested? Norse could be used to join the dots between Indi-Go, Wizzair, Wizzair Dubai, Frontier and Volaris. This would provide feed at both ends in many cases. That might make sense, however since it’s only a “minor” stake in Norse, they might not have much say in...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

The Head for Points website cites a report that Norse has appointed an advisor to sell a stake in the airline: https://www.headforpoints.com/2024/01/31/norse-atlantic-to-sell-a-material-ownership-stake As announced in November 2023, Seabury Securities (Seabury), was appointed as strategic advisor t...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2024

With the addition of LGW-LAS it seems they’re looking to move away from the “traditional” routes, and with them potentially looking east to hit Dubai, the leisure routes must have some potential in them.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Glad to see Norse still picking up charters. Looks like G-CKOF will operate LGW-NCE tonight, followed by sectors to Copenhagen and Stockholm tomorrow.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Play Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Not sure how they make profit from ATH given they keep an aircraft and crew there overnight, which can’t be cheap

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2023

On the BOS thread the discussion of late is how ‘low’ the loads are to/from London. The key question is who, if anyone, will blink and give up? Norse is entering the market in the midst of this, and they’re doing it at the end of the high season. And some say DL might launch BOS-LGW service themsel...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Play Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Anybody have an idea why there are THREE Play flights between Keflavík and Split, Croatia today? Could it be they have some sort of maintenance function there? This is not the first time I’ve seen random KEF-SPU flights from them. Potentially! Although all 3 aircraft only spent an hour on the groun...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Play Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

arcticcruiser wrote:
Lets see if they return to KEF. Those 3 are the initial 3 A321s in the fleet.

They’re all returning to KEF this evening.

I assume it’s some kind of charter, just wondering what on earth could require x3 A321neos from Iceland to Croatia

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mattyfitzg

Re: Play Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Anybody have an idea why there are THREE Play flights between Keflavík and Split, Croatia today?

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mattyfitzg

Re: Planes on fire at Khartoum after coup attempt

https://twitter.com/svmedia_center/stat ... 1MaPDt8m2g

mattyfitzg

Re: Planes on fire at Khartoum after coup attempt

Saudia has slides deployed, indicating possibly had pax on at the time of attack

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2023

I know it means nothing in terms of profitability, but Z0701 LGW-JFK departed with just 7 empty seats this afternoon. Unless it’s a one off, load factors must be fairly good.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Atlantic Airways coming to SWF, Newburgh, NY

For what it’s worth, PLAY crew don’t stay near SWF, they stay at the same well known chain hotel as most international airline crew do in Manhattan.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Looks like Norse U.K. will operate their first flight today. G-CKOF penned in for LGW JFK this afternoon

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mattyfitzg

Re: Turkmenistan Airlines at EXT UK

Private charter shuttling students to/from Exeter university. It’s a fairly regular occurrence.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Any updates on their U.K. operation? They hired lots of cabin crew and pilots back in January but now it’s all gone very quiet, no update with all of them just sitting in a holding pool waiting start dates

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mattyfitzg

Re: Question of Emirates Aircraft Scheduling

A quick check on FlightRadar shows pretty good on time performance of this flight, the only days with significant delays were last week during a period of rough weather and flooding in AKL. Also as mentioned above, AKL is operated by one of the handful of the EK 380s which is equipped with the new 4...

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mattyfitzg

Post Brexit Flying for Airlines

Good day all, Since the rules once again changed on 01/01/23, I was looking for some clarification on a few things; A U.K. airline flying a G reg aircraft can no longer operate a flight from an EU airport, to any other Non-U.K. airport. For example, a G reg aircraft cannot operate from the EU to the...

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mattyfitzg

Re: British Start-Ups 2023 Update

FlyPOP although still to launch scheduled flights seems to be doing rather well in the ACMI side - they recently subbed for Icelandair from LHR and have seen them appear in a variety of locations mostly operating on behalf of Hi-Fly - maybe scheduled flights will just fade away if ACMI works for th...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion - 2023

I'm also questioning the statement about no-layover, has it been confirmed by the airline or anyone with the confirmed information? It would be a change of strategy for Wizz but they can easily negotiate hotel rates for a few crew members in AUH given the support they receive from AUH airport and l...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion - 2023

Wizz Air is quietly entering the long-haul low-cost game with new routes from Abu Dhabi to Rome and Milan. Flights are more than 6 hours long with the Abu Dhabi - Milan sector coming in at almost 7.5 hours. Quite a long time to sit on a non-reclining seat! With crew operating both sectors. No layov...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion - 2023

I've just had a look at London Luton on FR24... and Wizz's flights don't seem at all bad... the odd delay but nothing particularly terrible. Is it the case that Wizz have a bad habit of cancelling flights just over 2 weeks ahead of departure.... or is there a real problem with crew availability on ...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion - 2023

For the wizzers out there, when wizz was early in its operations, did it have problems with flight cancellations last minute or disruptions, coupled with passenger complaints? like, a plane has some mechanical issue or the crew doesn't show, and flights are cancelled? Or has Wizz been a strong oper...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion - 2023

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... 939252.amp

CWL base officially closed, and ceasing all operations into CWL from Europe from end of January.

mattyfitzg

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Civil Aviation Related Discussion Thread

In other Russian aviation news, passengers from Magan had a breezy flight when the rear cargo door of their AN-26 opened up in flight. News from multiple sources online but i can't seem to find the airline involved. Link with video taken onboard: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11614685/Te...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Can flight crew operate across 2 different AOCs?

Yes it is possible, it does require some training like safety training to be done under multiple AOCs. European carriers that have the same brand under different AOCs have their training streamlined so the assessments are performed for multiple AOCs at the same time, and procedures are the same. Th...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Ryanair route cull ?

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mattyfitzg wrote:
Noshow wrote:
No it sounds to me like they can keep their EI-regs.

No, they'll be moving aircraft onto the G- reg too - EI-ELA and EDY are being moved over.

Those are Aer Lingus frames !

I'm aware, the post I was replying too asked about EI.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Ryanair route cull ?

Noshow wrote:
No it sounds to me like they can keep their EI-regs.

No, they'll be moving aircraft onto the G- reg too - EI-ELA and EDY are being moved over.

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mattyfitzg

Re: Wizz Air News and Discussion Thread

Wow so that means easyJet is operating only 2% of their last November's flights? Wizz Air at 5%? That's really bad, I can only imagine the losses right now. I would imagine alot of this is due to one of their larger markets, the U.K, being on a full scale national lockdown. Nobody can travel. Novem...

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mattyfitzg

Re: Do you see airlines changing crew rostering strategies in future?

Forgive me for taking this topic somewhat off course, but im both interested and confused by some of the above posts. Lets take for example UA, with their London Crew base, this was originally established to reduce HOTAC costs, correct? Nowadays, how much are UA actually benefitting from having crew...

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mattyfitzg

Re: JetBlue Secures Slots For BOS-STN, JFK-LGW

I don't know why people think if an airline flying out of LHR went into administration that JetBlue could swoop in and snap up the slots overnight. ACL would look to re-allocate the slots of course, however, it very much depends on the administration/administrator. Take for example when Monarch when...

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mattyfitzg

Re: JetBlue Network Thread - 2020

Blerg wrote:

Interesting, was it Primera or someone else?

It was indeed. I believe it was a intended to be a Summer seasonal route, but shortly after they announced it, they went into administration so we never got to see the real capabilities of the 21N.

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