Re: How to find Tail Number from old Flight Thread

Lowcountryflyer wrote:

As always, THANK YOU! Are there similar websites for AA, UA, and BA?

Re: Opinion: Top 5 saddest retirements caused by the virus

Any and all A340 retirements for me, I have flown all major types except the A340 (in any guise) and the A350, I figure I'll get to go on an A350 one day but time/opportunity is running out for the A340. Fred IB and LH will keep flying A346 for some time, although not much, better to hurry up. IB m...

Re: Corsair 747 fly by over Kemble.

Aesma wrote:

Thanks.

Is there a way to find out which bird I flew in 2002 ? My only 747 flights so far.

Re: BA, LH and KLM surviving crisis better than others?

Current operations by the three airlines: BA - May 6, 2020 - in air at the time, so more scheduled: BA 18 - Seoul/Incheon BA 55 - Johannesburg BA 87 - Beijing BA 97 - Toronto BA 159 - Shanghai BA 167 - Shanghai BA 191 - Dallas BA 207 - Miami BA 225 - Atlanta BA 281 - Los Angeles BA 283 - San Franci...

Re: S7 Airlines gives people 100 free miles for every day they stay at home

reltney wrote:

S7.... been a pilot for 40 years and an airline pilot 30 and never heard of s7 airlines.

Re: Where is SAS flying the A350 to?

They only have one or two. They need to maximize the flying time to train crews and somehow distribute them on routes where they can standardize the aircraft. Los Angeles and San Francisco are just a bit too long to do a return flight in 24 hours, so they'd have to fly the A330/340 on every other r...

Re: Who will buy Air Italy aircraft?

I think all the aircraft but the 738s are owned by QR, so presumably they can take on the A330s themselves (given they already operate the type), or perhaps retire them considering their age... and as to the MAXes, can't really see what QR would do with them - perhaps lease them out to another airl...

Re: IB/Iberia Express questions

What is the difference between IB and IB Express on European routes? Is the cabin service the same (buy on board) Is IBExpress a dedicated cabin crew? Do Iberia cabin crew work on both longhaul and shorthaul as BA mixed fleet does? Thanks IB and IB Express are going to give you basically the same e...

Re: Looking for a Turkish A321 reg in TXL

Looks like a TK 321 suffered a hard landing few days ago in Berlin TXL and the aircraft is not able to fly back home. Does anyone have information on the reg and the exact date that happened ? Thank you There is currently no Turkish Airlines planes at TXL. And not sure what you’re referring to as a...

Re: Interjet Now Cannibalizing Its Airbus Fleet according to Bloomberg

The worrying part is the A321NEO, with the slot constrained MEX being the principal operating airport of Interjet, it doesn't make any sense grounding an A321 Three of the planes Interjet has grounded are 18 years old on average, while the A321neo is one and a half years old. This is the A321N grou...

Re: British Airways 787-10

First destination Atlanta has been delayed from March 10th to later in the month Daniel Hill Will it do some European crew training flights b4, like MAD? I would be extremely surprised. It’s just a 787 with slightly different performance, smoothed over by the FMCs. Identical cockpit, procedures, ha...

Re: The A220 and LCY - JFK (BA001)

The consensus amongst UK watchers is that they wouldn't replace it at all, because by then the much delayed east-west heavy rail link across Central London will siphon off enough passengers from East London and parts of the business district in the direction of the much more frequent BA/AA services...

Re: The Boeing 787-10 range: how far can it stretch its wings ?

At the moment, UA has the lowest seat count on the B787-10 with 318 seats. SQ,EY,BR,KL have 331-344 seats in their B787-10. Soon, BA will introduce the B787-10 with only 256 seats (F/J/Y+/Y) which is 60-90 seats less than the other operators (5-8 tonnes less pax and baggage). We keep hearing that t...

Re: Have you landed at the alphabet?

Filled out a bit this year (Bold 2019). Completed “O” twice! Still missing H, Q, W and X. (H perhaps the most surprising!) ACE, AEY , AMS, ARK, ARN , ASP, AUH, AYQ BCN, BHX, BIQ, BKK, BLQ, BOS, BRE , BRS CAG, CDG , CNS, CNX, CPH , CXH DAR, DOH, DRW, DUB, DXB EDI FCO, FLR, FRA GCM, GIB, GNB, GVA -- H...

Re: Boeing 777 Production/Delivery Thread 2019

Is the one for BOC the first of the 4 new frames for BA ? BA are expecting to receive 3 from BOC with deliveries starting next year BA are expecting delivery of 4 in 2020, probably through Novus. I’m guessing the BOC frames are for China Southern. Geoff Correct. BA are expecting 4. It’s the Novus f...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines names a B787-9 "Tel Aviv"

chunhimlai wrote:

Blerg wrote:

The real question is does ET even deploy the 787 to any Arab countries? From what I know most flights are operated with the 737.

JED and DOH

Re: IAG Capital Markets Day 2019

Strange they have F in their 787-9 and 787-10 but not in their A350s? That's because the A350 has the Club Suites. The 787s do not (yet?). Since BA's current First really isn't anything to write home about, you either go Super First Class like SQ and EK, or you drop it altogether. 787-10 will have ...

Re: Lufthansa Catering Reductions in economy and premium economy

I think they are first Legacy in Europe to make this move when it comes to long haul. BA did it last year. They did not. In fact quite the opposite. BA announced and rolled out new Catering in Premium Economy, main service being hot full meal with business class food. Also upgraded the second servi...

Re: Aer Lingus A321NEO LR No Window Rows

sk736 wrote:

It looks like the new Aer Lingus A321NEO LR has a couple of blank panels instead of windows towards the rear of the aircraft. Does anyone know which row numbers do not have windows?

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

Arion640 wrote:

Any news on the first BA -10? Delivery is noted as Q1 2020 on flyertalk which could be as early as January 1st.

Re: Thomas Cook Gatwick Slots - Willie Walsh

If IAG get some of the slots at LGW, how soon after are they required to use them or loose them? It is legal to just sit on them or run phantom flights. They’ll use Vueling (or possibly LEVEL) to use them. Then can transfer as many to BA as they like when they get the aircarft/crew. I wouldn’t have...

Re: JT8Ds in Europe? (particularly EGLL/EGSS/EGKK)

Greetings, first post! I last flew on a JT8D-powered airliner in 2000 (Finnair MD-82 or -83). I miss them to bits and endlessly scour YouTube footage of them, mainly for that glorious sound. Do they (732, 727, MDxx, DC9) ever pass through EGLL/EGSS/EGKK anymore? If so, I'd love to see them or even ...

Re: Boeing 777 Production/Delivery Thread 2019

UAEflyer wrote:

So who will have the last built 77W ?

Re: Your 2019 Booked/Flown Flights List

Some additions. Got my A318 and 737-900 (non-ER). Missed out on the 737-600 though. (Swap to 737-700) Some good flying this year, with new airlines and aircraft. Up to 35 airlines and 50 types on the official log since recording. 230 total flights. 9 more booked. Possibly all for 2019 except some m...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_iY0qTF3eA look at 1:25 in the video on the slide Whether it was said or not, it’s not true. They expect 4 A350-1000 at BA by the years end. 18 in total on order. From your response, I take it you didn't even look at it. But it was Alex Cruz presenting the info. I w...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

According to the presentation before the inaugural BA a350-1000 flight, they expect to have a whopping 18 frames by the end of the year. The end of 2019? Yeah I think you misread that. Their current order total for the A351 is 18 frames, no way they are going to get 18 A350s in 4 months. https://ww...

Re: Boeing 787 Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

Any new customers this year or was TK the last new customer for the year? This was from January with 2019 Summary from qf789: New operators of the 787 WestJet 787-9 Surparna 787-9 Egyptair 787-9 Turkish 787-9 Hong Kong Airlines 787-9 Existing operaters operating a new type ANA 787-10 Eva Air 787-10...

Re: American extending life of some 757s, A320s, and 737s

Could a 7M8 make DFW-KEF? A 788 would be too much aircraft for that route. I suppose if anything AA could move it from DFW to PHL and assign it to the 7M8 if they want to keep KEF as a destination long term. Also, to the OP, note that I read the fleet plan as saying the 763 fleet will be retired in...

Re: IB announces 4th destination for its A350: Bogota

Still, the A346 remains the main workhorse for IB. The loads that lift in HH airports, for the time been, can not be lifted by any 2 engine's airframe. Not even by the mighty GE90-113 Absolutely. I have spoken to a couple of IB pilots recently. (1 A340, 2 A330). The A350 from the likes of Bogota, Q...

Re: looking for old registrations of flights

Seeing as others are requesting, it would be awesome if I could get some assistance in finding some flights of my own. BA 116 JFK-LHR on June 28, 2007 (B744) EK 202 JFK-DXB on July 9, 2009 (B77W) EK 544 DXB-MAA on July 11, 2009 (B773 or B77W) 9W 015 SIN-MAA on September 18, 2009 (almost definitely ...

Re: Austrian to get 6 of the planned 10 A320s earlier than announced

Blerg What would happen where you come from?. How on earth am I supposed to know when I don't work in the aviation industry, that's why I asked. However I hope that any airline that no longer needs pilots can freely fire them. Why on earth would you hope people can be freely fired?!?! To answer you...

Re: Is Iberia the first "no-service" legacy carrier?

So I've been doing a lot of work in Spain and Portugal the last month and work managed to book me on multiple Iberia flights, both mainline and Air Nostrum, within Spain and to and from Portugal. In economy, there's exactly zero service on the 7 flights to date. Apparently there's wifi streaming en...

Re: A220 dispatch reliablility?

eirflot wrote:

Intetesting how SWISS can be quoted as having higher reliability on other aircraft namely rhe A380 and B787, when they operate neither aircraft! And the A320NEO has only just been delivered!
Fake news or alternate facts????

Re: A330neo vs 767-300er fuel stats: Anyone have subscription to aircurrent?

Just wondering if anyone on the forum has a subscription to The Air Current that could summarise the figures in this article? They've apparently published fuel comparison figures on Delta's first route Seatle to Shanghai between the a330neo and the 767-300er. It's behind paywall though. Cheers! htt...

Re: Delta at LHR

lhrsfosyd91 wrote:

What is the busiest European airport by International passenger numbers not served by US3?

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

Firstly - a BACF order for either (E2 or A221 - A223 is completely off) will be a sole order for them. Very specific operations on a restricted airport (by size, park standards as well as BA Pilots Regulations). This means that, hypotetically, you could see, for example an order for 26 E2190s for B...

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

Firstly - a BACF order for either (E2 or A221 - A223 is completely off) will be a sole order for them. Very specific operations on a restricted airport (by size, park standards as well as BA Pilots Regulations). This means that, hypotetically, you could see, for example an order for 26 E2190s for B...

Re: IAG deciding between A220 and Embraer E2 for BA Cityflyer

Larger varients will be a bit of an issue. Any British Airways flying, anywhere in the UK, in aircraft purchased or leased with 100 seats or more, will be flown by mainline BA pilots. Removing seats from an aircraft normally fitted with 100+ seats will not qualify (hence why the A318 is flown by ma...

Re: Airbus A320neo Family Production/Delivery Thread - 2019

ShamrockBoi330 wrote:

Do we know how close Aer Lingus is to receiving their first LR? News has been quiet as of recently!

Re: Anyone flown all of a large fleet?

I think this is a very cool thread idea. The best I can do is about 20 of 60 of BAs A320s which is a bit pathetic compared to most on here!

Re: Euro Business Seats

So if the C and Y have exactly the same seat, then what is the selling point/advantage of paying much more money to fly in Euro-style C? Is it justified by the extra miles/better catering/lounge access? I'm genuinely asking and didn't mean to troll/start a war. Please explain it like I'm 5 :D Loung...

Re: Euro Business Seats

How often do narrow body planes flying in Europe change the number of business seats offered for different routes? Would the same A320 plane for BA LHR-FRA have more business seats than say LHR-AGP? If the seats are fluid and demand high, couple/would an airline sell 50 business seats on a short ha...

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

Does anyone know where the flight crew for the A350 will be drawn from? Will it be ex-Boeing 747/777 pilots or will ex A32x pilots be more suitable? Whoever wants to transfer. With seniority playing a large part in who’s accepted. A number of 747 conversions and also A320/A380. I’m sure some are co...

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

AFAIK, the 350 will be daily on the MAD route from 1st Aug, maybe a day or two earlier , then double daily prior to the YYZ and DXB services... I don't know where you heard that but that is 100% incorrect. The delivery is 26th July. There is then a few days for IFE and software updates and modifica...

Re: Your least favorite aircraft type ?

In my opinion, there is no such "least favourite aircraft type"! Only "least favourite airline" - a B767 can be wonderful, but if you have 3-4-3 seating it's a nightmare, same goes to the A330 with a 3-3-3 configuration. I don't think 3-4-3 is physically possible on the 767! :D ...

Re: Your 2019 Booked/Flown Flights List

No major additions, just a MAN hop, but a whole lot of equipment swaps... As always for the worst... :mad: :banghead: A35K > A332 A318 > A319 E175 > A319 Still got my 757-300 successfully, another time for the AF A318 no doubt. Some additions. Got my A318 and 737-900 (non-ER). Missed out on the 737...

Re: G-XWBA - First A350 for British Airways

I think they're starting off on LHR-MAD? Correct but nothing has been filed in there timetable. Assuming they will run from July to Sep? Not July. Delivery until 26th July. Then a few days for maintenance and IFE fit. Then Chateauroux training for just crew. Then MAD and other Euro/Domestic runs. L...

Re: United Fleet/Network Thread - 2019

Because Delta's domestic operation in Atlanta is almost as big as United's entire domestic operation there is a much higher chance of turning a passenger on a small jet from TINYTOWN into a connecting domestic flight or an interntional flight. domestic + intern. = total (millions of air passengers ...

Re: IAG sign LOI for 200 B737 Max

Wow, well this came as a shock. The likely price reductions probably gave IAG incentive to place this LOI. This order gives me more reason to believe that IAG have their eyes/plan set on a big European aviation shake up. Personally, I think that Vueling will be merged with LEVEL and potentially BA ...

Re: IAG sign LOI for 200 B737 Max

Am I being silly in thinking.. These can’t go to BA at Heathrow as they can’t take containers? You are correct. Mainly Vueling and Level. Also BA at LGW. It seems the smallish (all Airbus) Aer Lingus and Iberia won’t get them. Understandably. Level will go MAX in Europe. Possibly 787 longhaul optio...