Athens, Milan, Stockholm, Oslo, and Minsk immediately come to mind as cities of under 2 million that have the primary airport >30km away from the city center. What is your point? Minsk-2 International (the original name of the airport, before Minsk-1 was forced shut) has a distinction of being the ...
Jump to postAlmost 800 thousand residents live directly under the approach paths of ORD’s 4 parallel E-W runways, for comparison, only 140 thousand live under WAW’s 15/33. WAW’s immediate surroundings aren’t anywhere near as developed as ORD, directly to the south of WAW you’ve got essentially rural landscapes...
Jump to postFor non-compliant (if any make it out) airframes, is there a bridging check procedure, to bring the aircraft "up to speed" and make it compliant with worldwide rules and practices?
Jump to postI still don't understand what happened to the (one or two) million 155 cluster munitions that were supposedly being dropped from US stocks and given to Ukraine. In an artillery war, things get spent quickly. Let's count: a million shells a year is less than 3000 shots per day. The "hot" f...
Jump to post.... Unions have very detailed agreements on how to reduce headcount. They absolutely play a role in how experience flows in and out of the door. The willingness to strike also provides motivation for where work is placed. Again, management made bad decisions. The unions made bad decisions. Employe...
Jump to postEmployees don't become magically competent just because. Great manufacturing companies don't sprawl out of the ground spontaneously. It takes leadership, brains and guts -- to empower people, to find what needs to be done to figure it out, and how to do it well; and it takes time for that to coales...
Jump to postWhich part of " demoralized staff who not even necessarily know, what's "the right thing" or how to come about learning, how to do "the right thing" do you insist on missing? Of course workers who do poor quality work are no heroes. And of course "every quality issue t...
Jump to postWhich part of " demoralized staff who not even necessarily know, what's "the right thing" or how to come about learning, how to do "the right thing" do you insist on missing? Of course workers who do poor quality work are no heroes. And of course "every quality issue ti...
Jump to postThe problem is the adversity between workers and management has existed since the beginning. One reason is the early cycles of boom and bust that were very hurtful to workers. Blaming current dynamics on the merger, GE or something else recent ignores the complexity of the situation and underlying ...
Jump to postHence why Ukraine has changed their official message to literally, " Give us the damn Patriots " I will temper my frustration with this situation by noting that I do think once the Ukraine funding bill finally passes, there will be more Patriots, NASAMS, etc delivered. I just think it wil...
Jump to post... The recent hit on, ironically, a Russian factory making copies of the Iranian supplied ones, was a converted Ukrainian built utralight aircraft, available completed or in kit form. So cheap, easily sourced, no external supplier. Long range, big bang, we will likely be seeing more of these. http...
Jump to postThere's a video making circles on Telegram channels. A drone is playing music, before striking a target in Russia. An observer chuckles, saying that killer drones now play music to you (come with music) I guess this video has no chance of making it to youtube, it's a fairly famous song, so probably ...
Jump to postAdmittedly, it won't be LO paying for it and LO would benefit from greater freedom in pursuing scale, which is vital if it is to survive. But I agree that CPK is a risky project and PL should not walk into in blindly, there are strong arguments for keeping WAW in place and expanding its capacity, w...
Jump to postramp-up of A220 production rate is slower than anticipated -- and the working theory is that A220 program will continue to lose money, until higher rates are achieved. Now there's looming strike at (partially owned) subsidiary Airbus Canada, that could further hamper these plans. Engines trouble on ...
Jump to postHopefully those shells, and especially their propellant, are of good quality. Old propellants are known to have a risk of higher barrel wear. Otherwise, they can't arrive early enough! As Clausewitz said (not precisely), "Wars always expend iron and blood. The more you spend on the former, the ...
Jump to postIt's a very tight rope to walk, honestly. LOT is the last major airline from former Comecon countries, to stand on its feet and do fairly well. It's a great achievement, and better not to blow it on megalomaniac super-duper-mega-hub expansion (with relevant infrastructure costs involved). As mentio...
Jump to post.... but don't see the potential synergies between affiliated companies..... Very often, the gas turbine that pumps gas, and/or generates power from gas, is actually just a minor adjustment of an aircraft jet engine. I've heard of retired jet engines (actual ones, rather than off-the-production-lin...
Jump to postPilot Scope Clauses. Flame me as you wish, but this was definitely a factor in the decision, for the stillborn MRJ. It has also been a factor that has hindered the E2 jets from entering the U.S. market and is a deterrent for other new project developments. Pilots dictating what aircraft are going t...
Jump to postIt's a very tight rope to walk, honestly. LOT is the last major airline from former Comecon countries, to stand on its feet and do fairly well. It's a great achievement, and better not to blow it on megalomaniac super-duper-mega-hub expansion (with relevant infrastructure costs involved). As mention...
Jump to postI'm somewhat surprised 787 LN4 wasn't used for this purpose, rather than scrapping it. I'm sure Boeing could scrounge up another of the TerribleTeens to try, they'd at least be a touch closer to production spec. Maybe the Crystal Cruises one? In any case, I think the time is almost right to look in...
Jump to postThe A350-1000F and the 777-8X are near identical in overall size, and have very similar payload and range capabilities. These freighters are designed for long haul, heavy cargo operations. I think conversations of A330 and 777 will fill the remaining demand for dedicated cargo aircraft. I can't see...
Jump to postIt's printing money since the conflict began and E.U / U.S. airlines withdrew, it would be a poor business decision to withdraw. We'll see how the damage to a frame on the ground in Domodedovo will square with this https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492335 And there was no hos...
Jump to postImagine one airline flying the same route, CGH-SDU 45 times a day with no competition. That’s ridiculous. Well, you could launch something like that legendary "holiday version" of the Eastern Shuttle -- when there was no schedule, they would just pull a fresh plane to the gate, it would f...
Jump to postWhat about the whole "composite planes aren't as easy to incorporate cargo doors into, vs. metal ones"? I tend to remember that was one of the factors, back in the day, when 787 was being born, that lead analysts to say that "market now decouples -- 787 will be flying pax, and 767 wil...
Jump to post.... It should be blatently obvious to everyone by now that Ukraine does not have the troops on the ground to beat back the Russians. They never did have and they certainly don't now. ... Oh. but we don't need "troops on the ground to beat back the Russians". We need Russians to die of hu...
Jump to posthttps://i.postimg.cc/59DxC5rb/335c37432c65e6de.jpg Incredible amounts of 777 ，the rumors lasted for nearly two years Could you help me out with what I'm looking at here? Suparna fleet forecast, replacement of 744F's with 777F's ? Am I the only one to see nothing, but word "image" there? T...
Jump to postA6-EDM has apparently been damaged at Moscow according to FR24 on twitter, this means there's now a shortage of A380s that are permitted to fly there (I think the Russia Ukraine situation meant Emirates now only fly 4 of their A380s to Russia). A6-EUM is back on Moscow duties today (probably coveri...
Jump to postDo they have a choice? New generation of planes is more efficient, but is not available new in their existing fleet types (777 pax aren't available newbuild for now; and A380 aren't available newbuild, period). If they are to keep adding planes, and of the new generation, they'll inevitably have to ...
Jump to postProbably Bristol Brabazon would qualify, however I wonder whether it was a failure of marketing, rather than product itself. From what I have read in various other places, the Bristol Brabazon was designed for an era when the Royals, the very wealthy, or government VIPs were the only ones flying lo...
Jump to postIndeed. Crazy. yet another Great European White Elephant! What are some other GEWEs? I'm asking out of curiosity, not be be sarcastic or anything. Milano Malpensa airport, according to some. Too far to be convenient, too big to close, not making money for the owners, and making sure no airline hubb...
Jump to postThere is a difficult article here detailing the situation for some of the men in the "Zenit" area south of Avdiivka. This gives a remarkable amount of clarity on the reports of men being left behind during the withdrawal, although it seems perhaps fewer than my previous impression had bee...
Jump to postBoeing is unlikely interested in taking on all of Spirit. The parts they are going to want is the Wichita plant that makes 737 and 787 components. They will have no interest in the divisions making parts for Airbus and would want to sell those off to help reduce the debt load they will incur in buy...
Jump to postGiven the production deadline for the 767, will anyone else pick up those options? Based on this here https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24214227#p24214227 It's only 36 commercial orders outstanding. there's plenty of open slots/opportunities to sell commercial 767 before cutoff 1.1.20...
Jump to postThere are suggestions in the press that Boeing is looking to cut Spirit's ties with Airbus, if it takes over Spirit. How would that work? Spirit is a major supplier to Airbus and It would take Airbus a long time to establish replacement production lines elsewhere. Boeing is unlikely interested in t...
Jump to postNo surprise, seen the parcel (cargo) market forecast. FedEx removes seven (7x) 767-300F options. Ordered and to be delivered FedEx 767-300F are 15 , accoring the Boeing unfilled orders page. See : https://cargofacts.com/allposts/air-express/fedex-removes-767-300f-options/ Given the production deadl...
Jump to postWhat about someone from Lockheed Martin who has run the operations in Georgia? Plenty of heavy metal made there that seems pretty well screwed together. I can only imagine how hard it would be -- to fish out someone high-caliber and competent -- and lure them from safety and stability of LM, onto t...
Jump to postIt's good to see Ukraine continuing degrading the command and logistics of Russia in Crimea, but to what end? Do you expect any tangible results in the short to medium term? ... And here you have the answers. Today's attack on Kyiv was done by heavy missiles, launched from VLS. These could be eithe...
Jump to postIt's not true that the combis have no demand. Apparently, in a very limited, but highly lucrative, trade of flying horses, 747-combis are a perfect solution. With combis gone, they'll have to look for (very suboptimal) alternatives. I worked pretty closely with many of the horse shipping operations...
Jump to postListening to the radio this morning ( BBC ), the question was raised ' If it was ISIS, why now ?' I wondered whether the question is the answer. Ukraine, Gaza and the Houthis Red Sea exploits occupy the media spotlight. ISIS-K in Syria is, at most, a sideshow. Might this attack be ISIS trying to sh...
Jump to postBut it’s only been less than a year!!??? Boeing's focus is more on shareholder value than keeping a line that was producing 0.5 frames per month. No one at the top was interested in keeping a 50 year game changing legacy to continue. Their focus was more on increasing their own stock options before...
Jump to postMost of those sold back A380s got damaged pretty badly in a hail storm. Lufthansa had to write off 46 million in damage for that. And there is basically no chance that they will ever carry pax again. Trying to model things. How feasible it is to accurately take out the interiors, and re-install the...
Jump to postThe Black Sea fleet surface ships and submarines continue to launch missile strikes at Ukrainian cities. Surface assets, that ruskies have in Crimea, are also seen to launch missile strikes at Ukrainian cities. Destruction of these capabilities saves lives. The fact that there is a mainland link, th...
Jump to postLH doesn’t buy used. Even if they did, taking over someone’s discarded A380 does not make financial sense. By the time you’ve bought it, reconfigured it, brought it up-to-date with SBs on airframe, wings and engines, the price and time to completion would be impossible to justify. That is all true....
Jump to postJust a quick observation but it looks like a lot of the "slack" in Atlas' 744 capacity is getting utilized this weekend on CAMBER flights from US east coast to RZE. I've counted at least 8 in the past 36 hours landing there likely heavy with munitions. All the aid $$$ dropped, we're not t...
Jump to postThe remaining six frames were sold back to Airbus and AFAIK won't fly again but will be used for spare parts. I wonder if there's an (larger) economic case for Airbus (and/or other owners) to lease these (parked birds) cheaply to good operators, as in to increase the fleet size, and improve viabili...
Jump to postThere is a certified -8 freighter with the side cargo door and the cargo floor available. There is not much technical trouble to develop or certify things left so the costs and risks are under control. Cargo conversion in 747-8I fleet? Into a Converted Freighter? On this forum, it's been discussed....
Jump to postI somehow have missed these good news from January: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1746897267179610258 explosions at "Kombinat Kamensky". One of key producers of rocket fuels and other important chemistries for the enemy. Good start, but the site is huge, and very widely dispersed, wi...
Jump to postrefineries and terminals. I'm surprised that the crude oil export terminals haven't been targets Refineries are higher value targets and harder to repair. They would be higher value targets for the limited number of long range drones. bt Indeed. There's a noted change in tactic in refineries attack...
Jump to postFun fact....the simulator scenes at the end were all conducted by US AIRWAYS Check Airmen. They were not actors. The extras in the N90 scenes were all actual controllers as well at Atlanta TRACON. 3) the ATC controller who tried to help 1549 land is relieved of the duty and is told by his boss that...
Jump to postI fear you are wrong. The line is gone and its supply chain as well. This. Thriumph was still busy shipping last shipsets from stock, while the factory, that was making those panels, was being auctioned off. Plus the FAL building has been gutted from 747-related items, and is used for other things....
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