Re: Turkish Aviation August 2022

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, one more set of data points. In the past 24 hours, for TK longhaul: Sunday: TK164 - Hanoi - left 5 hours late TK070 - Hongkong - left 5 hours late TK068 - Bangkok - left 3.5 hours late TK024 - Taipei - left 4.5 hours late TK084 - Manila - left 5.5 hours...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

I find it comical to hear some of these responses. It wasn't too long ago there was a thread on A.net about a town asking for a replacement of their EAS ca derrier due to reliability and I bet some of the people here saying Ghana is acting irrational were the same ones cheering on the town in the U...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

I think the first A330's will be hitting 20 soon, so on the first instance of one going tech on JFK-ACC they'll go right back to this "old plane" bullshit. I can see why they want to investigate this particular frame, but it seems like only a brand new NEO or 350 would shut these idiots u...

Re: Qantas announces 3 weekly AKL-JFK

Initial sale fares are pretty attractive at around $6700 in J. Once sale ends, prices become less compelling with restricted J increasing to over $9K and fully flexible J nearly $12K. This compares with airlines such as JL which offers a one-stop from SYD that only takes 2.5 hours longer than QF3 a...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

Around 2013, American Airlines had an international flight (AA 203) that would do an odd trip starting in MIA, stopping in CWB, going to POA and then all the way back to MIA (MIA-CWB-POA-MIA). They had a very old 767 for the time that would break all the time. One time, it was delayed 4 hours due t...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Atlantic Airways will add a 4th aircraft to its fleet next year Doesn't say what type, but would assume either A320 or A320neo? https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/atlantic-airways/atlantic-airways-adds-fourth-aircraft-to-its-fleet/ And they will start flights from FAE to New York in the summer of 2...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Atlantic Airways will add a 4th aircraft to its fleet next year Doesn't say what type, but would assume either A320 or A320neo? https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/atlantic-airways/atlantic-airways-adds-fourth-aircraft-to-its-fleet/ They published job ads yesterday here in the Faroe Islands for firs...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Atlantic Airways will add a 4th aircraft to its fleet next year Doesn't say what type, but would assume either A320 or A320neo? https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/atlantic-airways/atlantic-airways-adds-fourth-aircraft-to-its-fleet/ And they will start flights from FAE to New York in the summer of 2...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

Bit of a difference between Ghana and Burundi. Burundi is the poorest country in Africa by GDP per capita. Ghana's not a wealthy place either as a whole, but there's a fair amount of money in Accra and the country has offshore oil and gas that are in an active development phase. Absolutely, but, sa...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

GlobalAirways wrote:

Aren't they trying to restart Ghana airways with 787's and old Ghana Airways staff?

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

That's interesting. Is N195DN known as a hangar queen? Easy to understand that they don't want an aircraft that goes tech all the time on a route that important. Is it common for airlines to schedule the most worn out or outdated aircraft for developing nation destinations? No, but DL often sticks ...

Re: Ghana bans N195DN (767-332 operated by Delta)

Ghana seem to moan about other airlines a lot. First they complained when British Airways changed the aircraft on the Accra route from a 747 to a 777. Then they complained to the British High Commision when BA were going to move the London flight from Heathrow to Gatwick, and got this reversed. Why...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

And where exactly would they be earning money during those 8 to 10 hours per day? In what markets and how would they fight off competition for their own piece of the market? Also I don't see how their hub in ATH would be competitive with IST less than hour away offering a better airport and onboard...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

And what would these narrowbodies do while the widebodies are busy flying to Asia? Would they sit idle in Athens or would they be employed somehow? If you are to launch flights to London, Paris, Rome, Madrid... from ATH then you would be going up against Aegean and other well established carriers. ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

This will never work. First of all, at this point Athens lacks enough non-Schengen gate space for AY to set up a hub there. Second of all, by launching key European markets they would go against Aegean which has a superior product and a stronger brand. Then add to that all the foreign airlines that...

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

Of the 22 777-300ERs in Aeroflot's fleet, three seem to be parked or going through maintenance. RA73140, serial number 41679 assembled in 2012 RA73139, serial number 41680 assembled in 2013 RA73134, serial number 41689 assembled in 2014 flew last on August 15. The 777s have become a critical airpla...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

It was a rhetorical question. As for Finnair, one - temporary(?) - solution would be to partially abandon HEL and set up a second base at ATH, for example, if they can get temporary traffic rights to key Asian markets from there. Since South Korea, Japan and Singapore are on the sanctions bandwagon...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Lufthansa has announced more cuts to its September network, here are the Nordic ones. You can see the full list by following the link below: Frankfurt – Bergen 42 > 40 Frankfurt – Billund 120 > 93 Frankfurt – Copenhagen 150 > 116 Frankfurt – Gothenburg 120 > 91 Frankfurt – Helsinki 90 > 65 Frankfur...

Re: Servivensa - why?

I read some time ago that venezuelan president made the business hard for Avensa due its support to other party. For me, it's sad to see venezuelan aviation on the knees. Great airlines like Avensa, VIASA and Aeropostal were suberb. VIASA was a powerhouse among VARIG and Aerolíneas Argentinas. VIAS...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

How long will it take to fly from HEL to Asia via DEL, and will they be able to compete with the ME3 that offer one stop options from most major European cities. Have you tried gcmap.com ? Maybe use way-points of airports like DEB or TBS to ensure avoidance of Russian airspace It was a rhetorical q...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Do we know if Finnair have the 275T+ MTOW A359s ? If yes then they can actually fly to Japan avoiding Russian airspace. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=hel-anc-nrt is around 7500nm. Alternatively, they can do a tech stop at DEL for their other Asian flights. Huh? Finnair have been flying HEL-NRT and b...

Re: Salmon company buys 757 to fly fish

Will Amazon or others be wanting to get favorable rates shipping from the US to the Faroes? Alternately might some companies there set up an import business. There has to be a fairly good value in that otherwise empty space flying back to the Faroes. I would not be surprised if that has been part o...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Flying on the 5th, my company uses Egencia, the Egencia booking system does not show a flight from Molde to Hamburg on the 5th with Norwegian. I see. On the 5th you have Norwegian to Oslo, and Eurowings from there to Hamburg. Leave Molde at 09:45, arrive Hamburg 13:55. Total flying time is 4:10. I ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

LucaDiMontanari wrote:

MalevTU134 wrote:

TUGMASTER wrote:

my guess……
Faroe Islands..!

Anyone else..?

Yes!!

Suðuroy then, to be more precise?

Sorry for off topic

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

I'm going to Hamburg in 3 weeks, leave at 9:25 in the morning, arrive at 17:15, still so many flights missing from the schedule. Returning home is even worse, leave at 07:30 arrive home at 18:30 Pre covid I could get to Hamburg before 12:00 I don't know which date you fly, of course, but... Looking...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Flyr has quietly removed OSL-HAM, that was supposed to start this week I'm going to Hamburg in 3 weeks, leave at 9:25 in the morning, arrive at 17:15, still so many flights missing from the schedule. Returning home is even worse, leave at 07:30 arrive home at 18:30 Pre covid I could get to Hamburg ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

It takes 60 minutes to drive to Kristiansund and about 80 minutes to drive to Alesund, that's not hours, Molde Kommune has 32,000 people, if you include a 30 minute radius from Molde Årø it's closer to 60,000, bump that to 60 minutes and you could add another 30,000 from Kristiansund, many of whome...

Re: American Airlines orders Boom Overture aircraft

Probably helpful to note that the projected range is 4200 nmi so these would not be used for transpacific. West coast-HNL-HND/NRT. Lots of Japan tourism to Hawaii & 1 stop would not be bad at that speed. LAX-HNL-NRT, with even just a one-hour turnaround time at HNL, would save you practically n...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Part of the high propensity to fly in Norway or northern Sweden is because ground transport is slow due to long distances and sometimes mountainous terrain. If there were a fast train from Andalsnes to Oslo that took 4 hours instead of 6 hours... or even if Molde had its own train station... then d...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

CPH is the long haul hub, KLM mange to fill multiple daily flights to AMS from Stavanger, Bergen, Alesund, Trondheim & Kristiansand. Rumour has it that they will start flying to Molde next year. From Molde I can only fly to Oslo with SK and Bergen with WF. Just so that people understand what we...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

TUGMASTER wrote:

my guess……
Faroe Islands..!

Anyone else..?

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Of those flying from MOL... how many have a destination in Norway, and how many are trying to reach somewhere outside Norway which cannot be flown non-stop from OSL ? I'm dubious as to whether there really is enough demand from pax to have a 70 seat aircraft from MOL to Copenhagen on a daily basis ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Of those flying from MOL... how many have a destination in Norway, and how many are trying to reach somewhere outside Norway which cannot be flown non-stop from OSL ? I'm dubious as to whether there really is enough demand from pax to have a 70 seat aircraft from MOL to Copenhagen on a daily basis ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Its hard for SK to make any intercontinental route work. CPH in itself is not large enough of a destination (same goes for ARN) and it cant rely on Scandinavian transfers since Norwegians and most Swedes (excl Scania province) see no point in connecting at CPH. So SK either has to get transfers fro...

Re: Ryanair News and Discussion Thread - 2022

Orban's populism has its price. HU government is now trying to find another source of money to finance its populist adventures. Well, his latest election victory may have been visible from the moon, but it won't be from a Ryanair aircraft, if things keep going like this. Unless this is a form of Wi...

Re: Ryanair News and Discussion Thread - 2022

According to the link below, Ryanair is terminating 8 destinations out of Budapest this coming winter season. It comes after the Hungarian government imposed a €10 and €25 tax for flights out of BUD. Routes that are being terminated from BUD are Bordeaux, Bournemouth, Cologne, Kaunas, Krakow, Lappe...

Re: Il-96-400 News and Discussion Thread

United Aircraft Corporation stated that they are going to build 2-3 Il-96 per years. At some point, and if the Chinese withdraw from the CR-929, will they work on a twin version of the Il-96? I saw some drawing of a so called Il-98. Is that feasible? How much work will that be? Intentions to equip ...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

I disagree because then someone like Norse or Norwegian shows up and starts taking away their main market while they are left without a backup to rely upon. That is why I said they should put a greater focus on getting transfers from Germany, The Czech Republic and Poland. They are all large, rathe...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

And I think SAS are happy to fly to FRA and MUC from GOT (LH and SK has a metal neutral JV between Scandinavia and Germany) and make some money off of that, rather than flying those passengers GOT-CPH-MEX (for example) and lose a sh*tload. There are many years since the JV between SK and LH stopped...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

I disagree because then someone like Norse or Norwegian shows up and starts taking away their main market while they are left without a backup to rely upon. That is why I said they should put a greater focus on getting transfers from Germany, The Czech Republic and Poland. They are all large, rathe...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Unlike Slovenia and Croatia, SAS's home markets boast a significant amount of domestic traffic. SAS would do well to be the best option there, since that has been very lucrative for them for decades. And they should also serve European and select long-haul routes. But there's no point in serving lo...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

They might be covered in terms of flying there from CPH but at what frequency? How often did they fly to each long-haul destination in 2019 before covid? Scandinavia is not a very populous region so if they want to build a serious hub they will need to widen their reach. That's like saying BT did w...

Re: First Il-96-400 in final production

The year is 2022 and they’re still producing Boeing 737s and Hercules C-130. Your counterpoint would have been valid, if you spoke about 737-200Adv or at best 737-300 still in production, no? In my mind, the 737 airframe is old technology. It’s like having a new, but more efficient 1984 Toyota Coro...

Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Its hard for SK to make any intercontinental route work. CPH in itself is not large enough of a destination (same goes for ARN) and it cant rely on Scandinavian transfers since Norwegians and most Swedes (excl Scania province) see no point in connecting at CPH. So SK either has to get transfers fro...

Re: Venezuelan airline 747 cargo flight sets off alarms in Argentina

Maybe Iranian "marines" coming over to rescue their comrades, take them back to Brazil and set up a secret flight to get them all out like Rescue at Entebbe.... Netflix about to acquire rights to the story, hehe. Huh? They were Iraqi and they were trying to board a nonstop flight to Amste...

Re: Venezuelan airline 747 cargo flight sets off alarms in Argentina

That is probably just an attempt of illegal immigration. If so, why bother to cross into Argentina? It's not like there aren't flights to Europe from Brazil. If I had a fake passport, I would try to cross as few borders as possible with it. Maybe Iranian "marines" coming over to rescue th...

Re: Venezuelan airline 747 cargo flight sets off alarms in Argentina

And in a news development that may or may not be related to the Iranian plane saga, four Iraqi citizens, between 20 and 23 years of age, were apprehended on Monday trying to leave Argentina with fake passports on a KLM flight to Amsterdam. The new case has been referred to judge Federico Villena, w...

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

LH982 wrote:

MalevTU134 wrote:

Except Hungary, where WizzAir is based.

But the vast majority of their aircraft and customers are not.

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

https://www.ft.com/content/0e40bde4-67ca-4a44-abb3-912501b10ab5 This is going to go down well in eastern Europe Article linked is behind a pay wall, you may want to expand on what the topic's about. While the Ukrainians may be livid about it, I just don't see how Wizz Air Abu Dhabi can pass up such...

Re: Ryanair News and Discussion Thread - 2022

MOL is now saying that the era of 10 euro flights is over, although I’m seeing 15 euro flights this winter! https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62495846.amp I saw 5 euro flights MAD-BLL in the summer so not sure what he's trying to say! I agree. And MOL knows better than anyone that those fares were ...