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Jayafe

Re: Spain Aviation - 2023

Not that there’s a bias os certain posts and twisted statistics, comparing with the poster nickname :_) Rail times from VGO will not be less than 4 hours for next decades, even Renfe’s management always talk of the AVRILs in Galicia as “induced demand” discoverers, not going after the plains. Betwee...

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Jayafe

Re: Spanish Aviation Thread - 2022

A route Air Nostrum could test is ACE-SCQ in peak summer. I really doubt a village like Santiago can artificially handle more passengers that it currently does, as the dozens of millions of € every year almost every public regional administrations and “tourism foundations” have dumped for decades (...

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Jayafe

Re: A350 Dimmable Windows will be standard from next Year

I'd love to see exterior cameras giving passengers the ability to see various views from their PEDs. Joke? A350 already have three HD exterior cameras acessible to passengers. I did not know that! I have not been on a a350 - do 787s have these cameras? Some carriers equip them on the A380s as well...

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Jayafe

Re: IAG to buy Air Europa for €1 billion

Nice deal for IAG i guess. Looking at Air Europas fleet is it just me that thinks IAG acquiring the max is even more likely. Air Europa coming in sort of breaks their monopoly on Airbus narrow bodies It's just you. The main target of the company is LH. IB will likely use its national SH fleet to fe...

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Jayafe

Re: Brexit part XI: 2021

Brexit is always presented as a one impact, UK. Take the nurses from Portugal or Spain, what are those countries using to balance the remittance payments? In general, people take a job in another country only if it is the best offer. Shameless and baseless comment. Spain and Portugal (or Greece or ...

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Jayafe

Re: Brexit Part X: dark days before Christmas

Gibraltar citizens will in practice become EU / Schengen Citizen. Will they get EHIC cards as well? So now I see a future where a UK citizen can become resident in Gibraltar and get Schengen citizen and freedom of movement inside EU. Prices of Gibraltar properties increased today? Unrelated topics....

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Jayafe

Re: Brexit Part X: dark days before Christmas

The “initial implementention” is to last maximum 6 months, using Schengen comprehensive policies for these situations (gbt. Dixit). The whole current fence will be gone during that period. After that, full passpoport/visa checks for uk visitors during at least 4 years of Frontex control (reporting t...

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Jayafe

Re: Spanish Aviation Thread - 2020

As for Barcelona indeed BCN will stay there. But MAD and VGO are basically Madrid and Barcelona and pretty much nothing else. And Vueling has a base in LCG because of subsidies. And VGO subsidises anything that wants to fly there. You seem to forget that Binter established and keeps a good schedule...

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Jayafe

Re: Brexit Part 8: the UK government saying what I want is full access and divergence

UK seeks access to EU health cooperation in light of coronavirus The British government is quietly seeking access to the European Union’s pandemic warning system, despite early reluctance to cooperate on health after Brexit, the Guardian has learned. The UK is seeking “something akin to membership”...

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Jayafe

Re: ALAFCO Sues Boeing Over Max

This is probably the first of many to come if the outcome is fair and get the money back.

Time for Boeing to take responsibility of their developments and show some respect for their customers. They´ll receive taxpayers money anyway to bail them out, and start the circle again.

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Jayafe

Re: Final(?) flight of a LH A380

vhtje wrote:
What about LH's 747-8s? Presumably they will also be parked, but will they return to service?

How you dare?!

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Jayafe

Re: Air Europa flight UX965 MAD to IAD

https://fr24.com/AEA964/243e5d02

Jayafe

Re: Report: GE may offer engine for a330neo

Are all the undelivered A330NEO to date firmed that they will be all powered by RR? Will any of the airline that currently has an order for the NEO switch if GE engine becomes an option? I don’t see the business case for GE, maybe they got some extra money to burn? I don’t think the A330neo market ...

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Jayafe

Re: IAG to buy Air Europa for €1 billion

Do you have evidence for your claim that "once a competitor enters the market, IAG will lower prices dramatically, dumping capacity to make sure their competition is short lived"? Are you thinking of a precedent? That’s actually already common practice by VY in the Spanish market, special...

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Jayafe

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, January 2020

Oh ok. So bad pilots and bad maintenance are a fact of life we must deal with but it is unacceptable to have a flawed aircraft design. Got it. Bad pilots (which is not the case) dont crash planes. Poor maintenance (which is not the case, not ideal as most) doesnt crash planes. Flawed designs do cra...

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Jayafe

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, January 2020

Seems like everyone in Boeing knew, and colluded to swap lifes for bucks, even tweaking simulators: *Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. in Internal Messages* “... Several lawmakers expressed dismay at the language used in the messages, saying they reflected a disregard for safety and broader problems wi...

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Jayafe

Re: TAP Portugal cuts 3 routes in north Spain

I am not surprised. Those slots are too precious for half-empty ATRs on fire-sale connecting fares. TAP's strategy in that area had no sense. If no other international carrier serves LCG or VGO, it is for a reason. I assume you are mistaking international with legacy , unless you consider TAP and R...

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Jayafe

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

Miami wrote:
It's a livery. Stop whining.

It's a design. Be professional.

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Jayafe

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

Miami wrote:
I like this:

On a 787 model? Really?

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Jayafe

Re: £80 million investment plan for Edinburgh Airport

I flew from the new EDI facilities last weekend and I can confirm: - The feeling is like entering a warehouse half-built. Even the finished parts look cheap and unfinished. Kind of MAD T1 (but 40 years later) - The seating is even more uncomfortable than it looks - Even the 3G signal struggles insid...

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Jayafe

Re: Rolls identifies 787 Trent engine fix; cites air pollution cause

Air pollution, especially in large Asian cities , is believed to be one cause of reliability issues that have affected a large portion of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787 fleet. But the manufacturer says it is close to fielding a final fix to the problems. Dozens of 787s have been sitt...

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Jayafe

Re: British Airways axes entire Hong Kong crew ahead of closure of base in city next month in Oct

Alex Cruz back on tracks again: cut, save, then cut again, then save again...

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Jayafe

Re: Indiana aviation thread - 2018

Any new rumour about a LON interest for next summer?

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Jayafe

Re: Airbus is considering A350-1000ULR

BawliBooch wrote:
The A350-1000ULR could just kill of the 777-8.

It seems it will indeed. Not that its life was quite healthy already tho...

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Jayafe

Re: Genghis Khan Airlines gearing up to take to skies on wings of ARJ21s in early 2019

Best airline name EVER.

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Jayafe

Re: Britiah Airways - Big Aircraft Order soon

No professional in his right mind is falling for this Brexit panic mongering. I’m sorry to burst your bubble but I can tell you first hand that 99% of big players in London (banks, insurances, investment funds and trading houses) have spent the last 6 months dumping millions of £s in preparations f...

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Jayafe

Re: Hi Fly A380 operations thread 2018

As mentioned by a poster above, lack of capacity (willing) for handling the plane by JFK. No that anyone can be surprised by the attitude.

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Jayafe

Tarmac increases A380 capacity at Teruel TEV

As the second hand market keeps showing activity signs, the plans were already announced in January are progressing: http://www.tarmacaerosave.aero/news/index/after-having-redelivered-73-aircraft-in-2017-tarmac-aerosave-launches-2-hangars-a380-at-teruel/0/21 Now moving it forward, with the first the...

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Jayafe

Re: Air Europa adds Madrid-Panamá

https://centreforaviation.com/news/ryan ... ces-675503

Jayafe

Re: Air Nostrum and Cityjet to merge

One of the still legacy soft products merging with one of the worst airlines in Spain. I will miss Cityjet as much as I avoid AirNostrum. I assume AirNostrum's dirty policies will be mirrored by CityJet. Curious about this affecting codeshares with IB. Their customers wanted London city airport comp...

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Jayafe

Re: Volga-Dnepr Group Purchases 5 747-8F, commits to 29 777F's

Doesn't this belong to the air show dedicated topic?

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Jayafe

Re: Farnborough Air Show 2018 - Other Manufacturers/Engine Order Thread

https://twitter.com/AvGeekJames/status/ ... 1269474304

Jayafe

Re: Politics spill over to the cockpit: one Argentinian union is asking its members to read this to paxs

It's pure politics. Unions using the cockpit to spread its message and propaganda to the passengers. Crying and non sense. That'd actually make not fly in such companies again.

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Jayafe

Re: Breaking: Boeing and Embraer announce merger

...I'm expecting Bombardier to fully exit the commercial aircraft scene within the next two years. I hope that's a joke, or a statement as brave as your "Embraer to still compete for the JetBlue order, wait for it" the day before the A220 order was announced. Happy to see a trend of poor ...

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Jayafe

Re: US Inbound Int'l Flight Security Questioning - US vs. Foreign Airlines

I'll never understand how we are any safer answering these questions. Every pax going to the US has gone through the same security as the passengers heading elsewhere. Thus, regardless of the 'interview', they've been through security... Because they like feeling special and keep the public scared.

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Jayafe

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

Not really. The US Department of State considers Turkey as "Level 3: Reconsider Travel" "due to terrorism and arbitrary detentions". So on the same level as Pakistan, Venezuela, Congo, Sudan or most of Mexico. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladv...

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Jayafe

Re: easyJet Receive their First A321neo

The windscreen "mask" is a standard feature on the A350 and A330N but isn't offered on the A320 series, unless the airline makes it part of their livery (a la AC). I don't think that's correct, in fact you seem to be completely wrong about that: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/841/41473914...

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Jayafe

Re: IBERIA´s New Cabin and Ground Crew Uniform (2019)

SCQ83 wrote:
Not to mention it would be much cheaper to have only one type of uniform or a gender-fluid uniform.

Will guys be allowed to wear a skirt? Political correctness is getting out of shape, we deserve more and more becoming extinct...

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Jayafe

Re: Is A220 still a regional jet?

Metjetceo wrote:
Philosophical Question:
If you have more than 100 seats and you are branded as Airbus, are you still an RJ?

It was before, and now it's not cause a different label? That's not a philosophical question, it makes no sense at all.

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Jayafe

Re: JetBlue Orders 60 Airbus A220-300

SteelChair wrote:
The A319 was dead already. Dead on arrival. DOA.

The A319Neo. The A319 has sold a solid almost 1500 units, not quite calling that a DOA plane.

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Jayafe

Re: JetBlue Orders 60 Airbus A220-300

That reasoning only works if the 320 was in competition with the 220, which really doesn't seem to be the case. How can you say this when it clearly just happened? Are the facts of the matter that hard to comprehend? I guess you have missed that competition with the 737-7 (and for extension the A31...

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Jayafe

Re: Rumor: Jetblue E190 Decision imminent and Europe news?

ytz wrote:
Why? What passenger would want a less comfortable airplane?

Most of the ones who get a ticket in a 787 9Y do...

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Jayafe

Re: Airbus And Boeing 2018 Orders

With the addition of regional jets now a done deal it's time to look at the value of sales and delivery closer. Counting a A220 equally with an A380 when the latter costs five times more is just stupid. Considering that here so far a 737-7 and a 787-10 were dropped into the same bag, I’d say you lo...

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Jayafe

Re: JetBlue Orders 60 Airbus A220-300

Because of Airbus and Boeing’s financial power, it was impossible for bombardier to market the CS300, because of market trashing by 737 and A319. This was deemed a credible threat and the CSeries program financially died. Then Airbus suddenly sells the CS300 no problem and may even make big profit ...

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Jayafe

Re: Airbus rebrands C-Series to A220

sergegva wrote:
I thought it was the first narrowbody aircraft with composite parts, a la 787/A350.

The A380 is a wide body that had composite parts before those two.

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Jayafe

Re: Canada is perfect and never does anything wrong.

...Our system is so f-ed up, people have no idea what anything costs. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/ Not just the system, the whole country.... Huh? I know what things cost in just about every aspect of my life. I feel sad about...

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Jayafe

Re: Brexit EU position Phase 2

Arion640 wrote:
N14AZ wrote:
What a mess... that’s why I am not a fan of public ballots.

So not a fan of democracy of then?

Democracy is a system to elect representatives. The dictatorship of the opinion of 50%+1 is far from democracy. But hey, it's an easy flag to throw, isn't it?

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Jayafe

Re: Canada is perfect and never does anything wrong.

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/cha ... countries/

Jayafe

Re: EU attitude on death penalty.

You and your stupid human rights bullshit, some people simply don’t deserve to live.... So, according to your logic, if I for any reason decide that you don't deserve to live, I'm allowed to kill you? :duck: Ro me it really is a question of: Why are a woman's reason to terminate a baby superior to ...

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Jayafe

Re: Saudi Arabian Airlines in Boeing 777X Order Talks

Strato2 wrote:
The US/SA symbiosis make this order a foregone conclusion.

Indeed, political pressure seems to be the strongest argument for this deal. There it goes then.

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