Ziyulu wrote:Are intersecting runways common in foreign countries? I'm noticing that US airports tend to have more intersecting runways as compared to many foreign airports. Is it safer if the runways are not intersecting?
zuckie13 wrote:Am I the only one who read the title and thought - OK, they are going to give the flights cool names like "Hochfliegender Adler".
Last night (26/10), a LATAM A320 (CC-BAZ) operating flight LA1325 SCL-ASU had to divert to IGU because of thunderstorms around ASU. After staying for three hours on the ground at IGU, the captain decided to complete the flight to ASU, trying to avoid crew mandatory rest time. Despite deviating north...
Jump to postI've been researching ITA's fleet wearing the new livery, and it turns out they've been repainting their planes at an astounding speed, considering the livery was introduced in October 2021, less than ten months ago! Out of a fleet of 57, 31 aircraft are already wearing the sleek blue livery, meanin...
Jump to postDoubt insurance or lessors matter. Airlines operate out of war/chaos zones (look at recent Afghan flights) regularly. Heck up the road Somalia largely a no man's land has had ongoing air service for years, while fractious locations like Libya receive air service also. That's a good point. If I reme...
Jump to postLast month I transited through GRU while on my way to ASU, and I was pleasantly surprised to see almost the big majority of the fleet with the new livery. During my whole trip I only saw one B763 still with the JJ livery. So I've decided to update the post I made in January 2020 (see above in the th...
Jump to postWhile it could be a much needed extra income, this is really unnecessary and pointless from an environmental point of view. Absoluetly not! Brillant. Pilots do need flight hours to keep the type rating and licence and the aircraft itself needs to be flown to stay ready... It is far more expansive f...
Jump to postWhile it could be a much needed extra income, this is really unnecessary and pointless from an environmental point of view.
Jump to postWell, I flew LIM-MCO (4500 km/2800 mi) on a LA A319 back in 2016.
Jump to postToday, the airline published an statement confirming the rumours that had been circulating the last few days in Argentina, expressing they would not resume the GRU-EZE leg of the DOH-GRU-EZE route. After NZ and EK, QR becomes the third airline to leave EZE since the pandemic started. The uncertainit...
Jump to postThe first smell I remember from my early childhood is from the cabin of the TAM Fokker 100s I flew back in the mid-2000s. It was basically a very strong leather-like odor, as the seats had grey leather upholstery. Much to my dismay, they changed it to fabric later on.
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:I've flown on WN 737s that have squarish windows.
I have noticed a while ago that airports in Alaska and Hawaii have their ICAO codes start with "P" instead of "K", as in the rest of the U.S.. For example; Anchorage is PANC instead of KANC. Is there a specific reason for this?
Jump to postAR was owned by IB back in the 90s, hence the similar livery.
Jump to postvinaixa wrote:Is uruguay served from EZE? Last time I checked you could only fly from AEP. Which is not ideal for Uruguayans looking to connect to long-Haul flights as there is quite a stretch across Buenos Aires at the moment.
Yesterday, I spent my time investigating how much of the LATAM fleet has been repainted so far, as we are approaching the 4th anniversary of the LATAM brand. I gathered this data combining the fleet list from Airfleets.net with the latest pictures of JetPhotos.com. As of January 5th, 2020, the LATAM...
Jump to postOn Tuesday afternoon, a part of the soon to be inaugurated new departures hall of Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport collapsed at 16:20 local time. A tube-shaped structure was damaged because of mishandling by construction vehicles. According to the newspaper Página 12, thirteen people were injured, and on...
Jump to postTwenty years ago, August 31st, 1999, the 737-200 registered LV-WRZ crashed near the Costanera avenue in Buenos Aires, after failing to take-off from Aeroparque (SABE/AEP). The accident was caused because the pilots literally forgot to deploy the flaps on the correct configuration for take-off. Inste...
Jump to postAs we all may have noted, every two months or so we get new stories on how an airplane faced overtly extreme turbulence and left passengers and crew injured after hitting the ceiling or cabin objects (see the recent Evelop MRU-MAD case). This has provided me a lot of food for thought on why is this ...
Jump to postYesterday afternoon, a passenger tried to open a door on a LATAM A320 operating flight LA1325 from SCL to ASU. The flight was already descending when the passenger suddenly jumped off his seat and tried to open one of the doors (which one exactly is not known.) With the help of other passengers, the...
Jump to postI know there hasn't been much activity on this thread, but does anybody has an updated list of the repaints? I was wondering how much has LATAM advanced on the process.
Jump to postBeginning October 15th, LATAM will start flying from BSB to SCL, LIM and ASU. The first route will be BSB-SCL, starting October 15th with 3x weekly. On November 14th, BSB-LIM will start with 3x weekly also. Finally, BSB-ASU will start on December 15th with a daily frequence. https://aeronauticapy.co...
Jump to postThe plane, an A343, has already landed safely in Isfahan and will leave for BOM in a short time.
https://twitter.com/flightradar24/statu ... 15520?s=19
I recently noted that PTY is a rather evident absence in LATAM's huge network. It isn't served from neither LIM, BOG or SCL. I figured that maybe they find it impossible to compete with CM, but still baffles me that the biggest market in Central America isn't served by such a big airline like LATAM.
Jump to postAs many people here knows, LPB (La Paz, Bolivia) is the second-highest commercial airport in the world, at 13,325 feet over sea level. I've been wondering if flights between LPB and Europe (for example, LPB-MAD or LPB-CDG) are technically possible, considering the limitations high altitude imposes i...
Jump to postBack in the 1970's, ASU (Asunción, Paraguay) received regular LH and IB DC-10 services. The old and rather antiquated terminal had no jetways. Affortunately, this problem was solutionated with the inauguration of the new terminal in 1980.
Jump to postEffective from February 1st, AR will stop flying its 3x week service to Barcelona. In a dispatch released this morning, CEO Marcelo DellAcqua argumentated "reasons linked to profitability and competitiveness". Several rumours anticipated this in recent weeks because of the conflict with un...
Jump to postOne of the biggest regrets I have is to not haven't written down registrations from flights that I made in the past. So i'll be needing a little help with finding out the regs. of the following flights: G37470 ASU-EZE 21Jan2010 G37471 EZE-ASU 26Jan2010 G37470 ASU-EZE 17Jan2012 G37471 EZE-ASU 24Jan20...
Jump to postGiven this Friday events in Catalonia (unilateral declaration of independence), it would be fair to ask ourselves how a hypothetical Catalan independence would affect BCN and the whole aviation industry. It's important to remember that airlines like VY, DY and IAG group (Level) have established hubs...
Jump to postI know it's no longer operated, but around 2009-10 Conviasa and Iran Air operated CCS-DAM-IKA with their A342 and 747SP respectively. The real purpose of the route was never known (there was clearly no market), but the motive was most probably political (Chávez and Ahmadinejad were good friends). Th...
Jump to postStarting from December 17th, Avianca Brazil (O6) will become the fifth airline operating in the Sao Paulo - New York segment (besides JJ, AA and DL to/from JFK, and UA to/from EWR) with daily frequencies and using A330-200 aircraft. I'm impressed of the growth O6 is going through this year, with the...
Jump to postMine was on a TAM F100 in the ASU-EZE route, in October 2002.
Jump to postFrom ASU (Asunción, Paraguay):
- MIA (operated by AA from 1990 to 2005, and again from 2012-2015, nowadays ASU is the only capital city in South America without a direct link with the US).
- BOG on AV
- GIG on PZ/JJ or G3
What is the criteria applied by airlines when assigning a flight's number? (Like the number 1 to flagship services and impair numbers to north and westbound flights)
Jump to postCan we break this down into three questions for better/more interesting results- 1) Oldest airplane operating on scheduled commercial passenger flight aka anyone can go buy a ticket and hop on it tomorrow? 2) Oldest airplane operating scheduled cargo flights? 3) Oldest airplane operating charter fl...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Wouldn't it be a DC-3/4 somewhere near the Arctic Circle?
This is a question that surged in me some days ago. According to an older forum in this site, as of 2012, the oldest one was 5Y-XXB, a DC-9 that flew for Fly540. I checked its fleet detabase in FR24, and they retired this aircraft. So, currently, which is the oldest airliner in commercial service?
Jump to postThis is really good news. According to what I had read in some FRs, flying in AR's A343 in such a long fight is a real nightmare. The planes have in average 15-20 years old, and have obsolete overhead bins instead of personal IFEs. In a 13 hours flight, flying without IFEs makes the flight very unpl...
Jump to postIn terms of long-haul flights, EK, EY, TK and QR schedules from South America (GRU and GIG) to IST, DXB, AUH and DOH are horrible. They depart on the early morning (3-4AM) and arrive to their respective hubs in the evening (8-10PM). Don't you think it would be better to depart from South America in ...
Jump to postAs someone said before, the 788 it's more likely to be a replacement for the 763 (its production will not last for more that 10 years from now). Boeing intended the 739 to be a replacement for the 757 (someone please correct me if im wrong) in terms of capacity. Now, in terms of range, the A321neo i...
Jump to postFokker 100: ASU-EZE (PZ)
Boeing 737-800: ASU-CWB (G3)
Embraer E190: ASU-LIM (AV)
Airbus A320: MDE-CTG (AV)
Boeing 737-700: ASU-EZE (AR)
Airbus A319: LIM-MCO (LA)
Boeing 767-300ER: MIA-LIM (LA)
According to what I know, FRA-EZE is a profitable route for LH, with such high occupation rates, and they're even thinking about opening MUC-EZE (MUC-GRU was discontinued months ago). Also there's a big German community in Argentina (like in other South American countries)
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