Re: Air India Express 737 gets massive gash on belly on take off

And you're telling me that out of 136 passengers, not one speaks English?

Re: Air India Express 737 gets massive gash on belly on take off

I don't get how the media got the 4hrs figure? A flight to BOM would ideally take about 1.5-2hrs. Unless, they flew past BOM across the Arabian Sea and then came back. :eek: Anyways, more than the pilots realising this, I wonder how any pax sitting at the centre back of the plane didn't feel this j...

Re: Windows in the 787

Please check your spelling. Frlight, intened, atcually, gold, platic... But I believe you anyway. I stay away from the 787 because of its dimmable windows. Sometimes the sun can shine on your window for nine hours straight. For example when you fly from Seattle or Vancoucer to Europe during summer....

Re: US Pre-clearance in LHR?

No room. Period. And too complicated.

Re: First plane painted in Sun Country’s new livery

Horrid.

Re: LGW L1011 Timetable services

British Airways would regularly put -500s on the LHR-CDG route in the late 1970s/80s. Absolutely full.

Re: Primera Air bankruptcy

skipness1E wrote:

Useful excuse, the APD tax is the cost of doing business. Same rubbish Ryanair spout

Re: Primera Air bankruptcy

Several things to me do not add up: - why would the Director of Flight Ops (someone ranked quite high in such a small company) would leak such dramatic information, where he admitted to not be allowed to do so but asked to keep it secret? - Primera Air being headquartered in Denmark, why would the ...

Re: Air Astana looking at Madrid flights

Not convinced of the demand here though, BCN feels a better fit and less vanity orientated. I don't see why BCN would be a better fit. Less vanity oriented? BCN-TSE would mostly serve rich Kazakhs going to the Mediterranean. MAD-TSE would strengthen business links and potentially provide Spanish pa...

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

One can hope and dream that this becomes the new livery. I aint a fan off the current one and always love the green spirit livery and thought, you take the rugby players off the side and tweak it a bit it would make an amazing livery. Would really set Aer Lingus apart from the rest of the boring ai...

Re: Plane Crash at TKK (Chuuk, FSM) - Air Niugini

I think crash is a bit of overkill. The aircraft according to news reports the aircraft overshoot the runway during a landing attempt at 09.30am local this morning. No reports of weather at the time Airplane in the water = crash. Not complicated. Any time an airplane is not a) in the air, b) standi...

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

'Blue and Green should never be seen'. Remember that?

Re: EK's EDI flight not performing to expectation ?

APD is a UK airport wide tax yet seems to getting bandied about by various airlines as an excuse for shutting down routes, particularly in Scotland where Ryanair have slashed the number of GLA routes for next summer (but have just announced reinstating at least some of them), now Norwegian and Emir...

Re: EK's EDI flight not performing to expectation ?

Well Norwegian are closing their EDI base. Any possible connection? Perhaps the city is too small to have this number of route choices...?

Re: Potential impacts of Hurricane Florence on East Coast ops

Just seen on BBC Weather Bulletin (10am London Time) that Florence has now changed track again, albeit only slightly. Now anticipated to hit Myrtle Beach - as per original tracking a few days ago. The intense rainfall + storm surge + slow movement of hurricane = disastrous. Especially for the many p...

Re: Boeing Rolls out Static Test 777-9X

WIederling wrote:

Varsity1 wrote:

Wow, Wings look huge!

A whiff of Brabazon is in the air

Re: Last BA 767 Flights

:checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: So to be clear, the shocking state of the interior of the 767 is a reflection on the a/c and its OEM, absolutely nothing to do with the owner and operator of the a/c.? ...and folks wonder why BA service is going into the crapper..... No. It reflects old aircraft t...

Re: QF9 PER-LHR (8 Sep) returns to PER due to disruptive passenger

I really hope that QF takes legal action against the passenger in question of which the passenger should pay for any expenses occurred including fuel and hotel expenses that have arisen to the return to PER. That's a little harsh, given we do not yet know the circumstances that caused the passenger...

Re: 100 passengers fall ill on EK203 DXB-JFK

JFKCMILAXFLL wrote:

Hmm, let's see if Jack Stryker could land an A-380 "It's an entirely different type of flying altogether!"

Re: 100 passengers fall ill on EK203 DXB-JFK

tjwgrr wrote:

NearMiss wrote:

100°F? Surely you can't be serious

It is serious, and don't call me Shirley.

Re: Hamburg - just one US flight satisfying the demand?

Wow, even more interesting! I had no idea PanAm flew TATL with an A310 in those days..you live and learn. They started flying the A310 transatlantic in late 1985, even with the -200 model. They had to take a VERY northern route because there was only ETOPS 60 or 90 - not sure - these days which too...

Re: Strange noise coming from a Boeing 777-200 during flight?

zeke wrote:

Just probably something it ate, will pass in a few hours.

Re: Hamburg - just one US flight satisfying the demand?

I flew JFK - HAM in 1986. PanAm 747 SP. I was in J. The plane was less than half full. And for an SP that was a miniscule load. Always wondered why they put an SP on that route, now I know..... Wow interesting! Pan Am in 1986 flew 5 weekly JFK-HAM on "A310/B-747" - says the schedule - and...

Re: Hamburg - just one US flight satisfying the demand?

I flew JFK - HAM in 1986. PanAm 747 SP. I was in J. The plane was less than half full. And for an SP that was a miniscule load. Always wondered why they put an SP on that route, now I know.....

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

It's pretty cool how their spectacular livery really brings back the A380 into headline mode already. That's the way to do it. A bit like Lufthansa and their retrojet 747-8. I think we could use way more creative aircraft liveries. Not only leasing white. And bring back high art on planes please. W...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

I wonder why ANA did not go for a whale motif. I think it's very Japanese. The airplane's huge tail would be a perfect canvas for a whale tail (not that whale tail) or a harpoon. HARPOON???!!!!! Are you mad? I hope you're being ironic.. EXACTLY 'londonistan' ...Maybe some people here should google ...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

I'm under the impression that they are to be used on flights from Japan mainly Tokyo Narita to Hawaii and not on domestic flights. Thanks for that. The Liveries look rather cool - unless the Usual Suspects start moaning about not enough Eurowhite, and "I just want to see the friggin' plane&quo...

Re: Air Belgium operating for BA

BA will be using an A340 on a couple of Cairo services next week. Bit of a novelty hearing "Speedbird" and seeing an A340. https://www.britishairways.com/travel/booking/public/en_gb/#/flightList?origin=LHR&destination=CAI&outboundDate=2018-09-03&adultCount=1&youngAdultCoun...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

Confuscius wrote:

I wonder why ANA did not go for a whale motif. I think it's very Japanese. The airplane's huge tail would be a perfect canvas for a whale tail (not that whale tail) or a harpoon.

Re: BA Cityflyer adding four E190

Crossrail from the City to Heathrow wont be fully operational for a while yet... also cant see why it would make a difference to London City.. The beauty of London City is that you can get off the DLR [Docklands Light Railway] and be in the departure lounge in 10 minutes... plus the aircraft is jus...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

SpaceshipDC10 wrote:

qf789 wrote:

and the liveries the A388's will wear

Cool looking birds. Can't wait to see them in real. Anyone get a Braniff impression when seeing that illustration or am I alone?

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

Alright! Looking beautiful already. Can't wait to see J and F inside. Agreed. But are they getting J&F or are they going to be a packed-to-the-gills Intra Japan Y only, like the 747 Ds? I'm under the impression that they are to be used on flights from Japan mainly Tokyo Narita to Hawaii and not...

Re: First ANA A380 rolls out of final assembly

Pellegrine wrote:

Alright! Looking beautiful already. Can't wait to see J and F inside.

Re: Primera Air Transatlantic Service Stopping in Iceland for Refueling

Such a long trip on a 737 sound like a nightmare. You've obviously never flown from London to one of the Red Sea resorts.nearly 6 hours on....an EasyJet A320! Shock horror!!!! Absolute purgatory! You can actually die...!. As I mentioned before, in the 1950s people used to fly 15+ hours TATL on a no...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

Well this country is not getting any larger. Do you want one giant city then? There’s nothing Xenophobic about wanting controlled immigration. Do you call the Australians Xenophobic for using a points based entry system? Speaking of a “flood” of people is clearly xenophobic. Speaking of it when it ...

Re: Why has Air Malta decided to fly to London Southend?

As long as it's not a god-knows-what- time departure. I've flown from Gatwick (around 9pm) and Stansted (around 1am!) and both are utterly painful. It's a fairly long flight (3 1/2 hours+) and arriving in Malta in the early hours means that if you're on, say, a 7 day package, you've effectively lost...

Re: Aer Lingus partner with Cityjet for LCY

tonystan wrote:

That’ll be the end of the free food so!

Re: “Someday jetBlue will be in Europe”

Galwayman wrote:

They'll do BOS > DUB first probably , its low risk and almost domestic ...

Re: “Someday jetBlue will be in Europe”

LuxuryTravelled wrote:

Jetblue has been talking to Birmingham (BHX), which was in a recent Travel Weekly article with the airport after Primera pulled out on the transatlantic. They also looked around Luton about 3 1/2 years ago.

Re: “Someday jetBlue will be in Europe”

They need to get their domestic operation under control first. It’s truly a mess. It is a mess, sorry to say. I know a couple guys that fly there and it's a circus all the time. I personally just don't see how Europe could be good for jetBlue. Can't be any worse than the current TATL mess. Who's ne...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

Because you can't make someone with a veto right go? Best regards Thomas One would have thought that being developed countries with superior intellect they would have done so voluntarily to avoid a major imbalance in such a major world body, but.... we digress. The old adage ' you couldn't organise...

Re: “Someday jetBlue will be in Europe”

BlueberryWheats wrote:

londonistan wrote:

A220?

The Airbus A220.

The aircraft formally known as C-series.

Re: “Someday jetBlue will be in Europe”

I don't see it happening anytime soon. With all the capacity by the LLC's and majors, yields have to be thin. What might work is using the A220's for second tier cities in Europe that do not a present have N/S service and would match the planes capacity. These fares could be slightly higher by elim...

Re: KLM Started Phase Out Of The 747-400

Well, some of you know that all their 744 will phased out by 2019 or 2020. Spring 2021. Just flip back one page: Most recent KLM 744 phase-out schedule (subject to change) : PH-BFC 7 Mar-18 PH-BFB Nov-18 PH-BFU Dec-18 PH-BFG Nov-19 PH-BFH Mar-20 PH-BFI May-20 PH-BFS Jun-20 PH-BFT Oct-20 PH-BFL Nov-...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

Again to Brexiters, agreements for most of these problems are possible. But braindead Brexiters did not do their homework. Plans for the various sectors of the economy and political implications should have been worked out - sector by sector before the vote, and certainly before triggering exit. Do...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

The Brexit vote was rigged in so many ways, based on lies and manipulated by interest groups and foreign governments. It can not be taken seriously. The same circles that are in favor of Brexit would never accept the so-called referendum as valid. I am really shocked how far the British political s...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

: Galileo is a EU project, since the UK is leaving the group they can no longer receive the benefits of the project, if they made financial commitments they have to continue to meet those obligations/ . Wouldn't that be a perfect example of cherry picking by the EU? Something that the UK (possibly r...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

I know it's slightly off topic, but it's still something that flies...I'm talking about Galileo. The EU have no business expelling us (the Brits) from this project. Galileo is a EU project, since the UK is leaving the group they can no longer receive the benefits of the project, if they made financ...

Re: What is the aviation impact of a no-deal Brexit?

I know it's slightly off topic, but it's still something that flies...I'm talking about Galileo. The EU have no business expelling us (the Brits) from this project. We put in the majority of the expertise and have paid a vast amount of money to finance it. I voted Remain but when the EU use politics...

Re: New airline, two new destinations for SBA

Not much room - look for yourself......... Courtesy: Google Maps SBA Terminal Overhead https://www.google.com/maps/place/Santa+Barbara+Airport/@34.4249112,-119.8369629,297a,35y,90h/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80e93f7e7d5bbf27:0xa0a72682fda9415c!8m2!3d34.4271935!4d-119.8398835 What's all that muck on ...