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Re: Norse Atlantic cabin crew

How are Norse Atlantic getting away with crewing 7 out of 8 cabin crew on UK Florida routes with American (citizen's!) based crews? The JFK route also has a US crew base, and operates with 4 American and 4 Euro/UK crews! Norse also rosters US (citizen's)based crews on the LGW - barbados/Jamaica rou...

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Re: F-35 now and then

kitplane01 wrote:

How would you change the capabilities of the F-35, knowing that every capability you add means you can buy and operate fewer of them, and every capability you reduce means you get more?

* Maybe a bigger internal weapons bay

* Maybe the option of a two seater ....

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Re: What aircraft have you flown transpacific?

LAX-PPT: Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui PPT-LAX: Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui AKL-LAX: Boeing 777-300ER Air New Zealand LAX-RAR: Boeing 777-200ER Air New Zealand' IPC-SCL: Boeing 767-300ER Lan Chile SCL-IPC: Boeing 787-9 Lan Chile APW-LAX: Boeing 767-300ER Air New Zealand LAX-APW: Airbus 320-200 Air New...

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Airbus CFO: We're not happy with the issues at Boeing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ueJkZ8OcLo

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Re: Lufthansa and the Airbus A380

I believe Lufthansa also has some Airbus 340-300 and Airbus 340-600 stored that they can activate

Can anyone explain to me why they have an Airbus 350-900 stored ? Parked since 01/2024 Named Gelsenkirchen D-AIXS. was delivered in January 2024 ...

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Re: What aircraft have you flown transactlatic?

Between Europe and North / South America: KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD, Boeing 747-400, MD-11, Airbus 330-300 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Varig: MD-11, Boeing 777-200 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777-300 Air France: Airbus 380, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-200 SAS: Airbus 350-...

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Re: Northern Europe not interested in the Caribbean?

Looking at FR24 it appears only the UK is interested in flying to the caribbean, Barbabos Trinidad St Lucia and the like, I would have thought it would have been attractive to the likes of Sweden Norway Denmark Germany or Poland. Plenty of Norwegians go on cruise in the Caribbean, so we fly to Miam...

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Re: Aeromexico DC-10 flight - what version ?

RayHan040176 wrote:
This is almost certainly that you flown on a DC-10-15.
AMX got 2x DC-10-15 in 1981, but for DC-10-30 they did not got them until 1989
Since you mentioned you flown them in 1988, their was only -15 in their fleet at that time

Thank you so very much for your feedback

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Re: Updated: Korean Air orders 6 x A350-900 and 27 x A350-1000

I assume this will mean the end of the Airbus 380 with both airlines, even though some airlines have added them back into their fleets ?

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Aeromexico DC-10 flight - what version ?

What versio did I fly ?

AeroMexico0 Dc-10 between Mexico city and Cozumel in 1988 ?

was it the DC-10-15 or the Dc-10-30 ?

I imagine that it was the Dc-10-15 as it wa such a short flight and that it was taken off from Mexico city wich is an airport fairly high up ...

Any help appreciated

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Re: Your Flights On A "Four-Holer" (4-engine aircraft)

SAS Scandinavian Airlines: DC8 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD KLM: Boeing 747 400 KLM: Boeing 747-400M Thai airways: Boeing 747-300 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Airbus: 340-300 Air Tahiti Nui Lufthansa: Airbus 340-600 Air France: Ai...

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Re: Good price vs cool airplane

ExpatVet wrote:

Ah well, next time!

Hopefully you won't say "next time" continuesly and realise that there won't be any more Boeing 747-8 flying ...

I have always regretted not paying the price to fly the Concorde .... Always thought that it would fly some more years ...

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How many flights on a Boeing 767 do you have ?

The Boeing 767 is not as numorius in operation as it used to be ... Wich airlines and how many flights on a Boeing 767 do you have ? Me: 2 x Braathens S.A.F.E. Boeing 767-200 1 x SAS Boeing 767-300ER 1 x American Airlines Boeing 767-300 1 x Lan Chile Boeing 767-300ER 1 x Delta Airlines Boeing 767-30...

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Re: Boeing’s Troubles

I realise this might be an extremely dumb question but with a simple explanation, why doesn't the US government step in to help the commercial division like, like funding a new airliner for example. Is Boeing commercial just not that useful for US to bother having? That would be socialism, borderli...

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Re: What aircraft have you flown transactlatic?

Between Europe and North / South America: KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD, Boeing 747-400, MD-11, Airbus 330-300 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Varig: MD-11, Boeing 777-200 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400 Air France: Airbus 380, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-200 SAS: Airbus 350-00 Delta: Boeing ...

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Re: Sweden officially joins NATO

the Gripen (Which I think most people will agrere is Sweden's greatest military asset and contribution to NATO) will plug a very important hole in NATO aircraft doctrine. According to Mover, the US never really paid much attention to fighter operations in austere environments because the expectatio...

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Re: Sweden officially joins NATO

Sweden officially joined NATO at 07 March 2024, see : https://www.state.gov/nato-sweden-entry-into-force-march-7-2024 Curious how this will effect the total strength of the Swedish Air Force and possible new orders for the Gripen E-series, as replacement for some C- series, to be transferred to Ukr...

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Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2024

Any new plans for Tuvalu ? At the moment it's only Fiji airways that flies between Nadi / Suva and Funafuti. No other destinations. Anyone know of any plans ? And wasn't there plans for a new airport at Tuvalu ? Speaking of Tuvalu, FJ's flights there have been forced to carry fuel for the return le...

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New SAS MEDEVAC aircraft

In cooperation with the Norwegian Armed Forces, SAS has transported injured people from various disasters in Thailand, Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria and recently injured people from Ukraine. It was also this service that helped bring His Majesty the King of Norway home from illness in Malaysia, earlier...

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Re: Why are Air france's A380s parked at CDG if they were lsd and not in use anymore.

:checkmark: To sum up: Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft back, which seems reasonable, in the near future that may be slightly more than half. By contrast, more than 85% of all 77Ws are curren...

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Re: Why are Air france's A380s parked at CDG if they were lsd and not in use anymore.

Look at planespotters.net for the type and see the fraction parked, stored or scrapped. For contrast, look at 77Ws of the same vintage. :checkmark: To sum up: Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft...

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Re: Why are Air france's A380s parked at CDG if they were lsd and not in use anymore.

Several Air France Airbus 380 at Airplane Graveyard - Storage Retirment - Tarmac Aerosave, Scrapping, at Tarbes 2024 too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWpsu5hTKZU R.I.P Thank you for the video. Sad. Are these airplanes furbished or are they empty inside. My gosh so many of them. Music is intense ...

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Re: Why are Air france's A380s parked at CDG if they were lsd and not in use anymore.

Look at planespotters.net for the type and see the fraction parked, stored or scrapped. For contrast, look at 77Ws of the same vintage. Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft back, which seems reas...

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Re: Why are Air france's A380s parked at CDG if they were lsd and not in use anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWpsu5hTKZU

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Re: SAS LN-RPJ

98.428 people tracked this flight at one point on flightradar. The number one worldwide. His Majesty is now back in Oslo.

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Re: SAS LN-RPJ

Facts about the plane 18 hospital beds and 39 regular seats with current configuration. The configuration can be changed, depending on the nature of the assignment. These MEDEVAC operations have been ongoing for over 25 years, with missions such as the tsunami in Thailand, the terrorist attack in In...

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Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2024

Any new plans for Tuvalu ?

At the moment it's only Fiji airways that flies between Nadi / Suva and Funafuti. No other destinations. Anyone know of any plans ? And wasn't there plans for a new airport at Tuvalu ?

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Any replacement for the C-17 ?

Is there any US replacement for the C-17 in the works ?

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Re: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

So Prince William, Prince Edward and Princess Ann is gonna be busy ... Maybe Duchess Sophie too ? I have always had a lot of respect for duchess Sophie.

and then there is Harry .... not so much respect for him ...

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Re: What was the largest airline operation to go bankrupt?

How big was Varig when they gave up ? I am talking about the one that lasted to 2006.

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Re: Boeing’s Troubles

Because of a newer base aircraft there are probably one ot two major iterations ahead of the competing A320 series. . I do not believe that. Personally I believe any A320 interation following the NEO would need a new engine AND a new wing to remain competitive with whatever the Boeing 737 replaceme...

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Boeing defense biz reports $139M loss across three major programs

It seems that it's not only Boeing's civil sector that struggles with quality issues ... Boeing defense biz reports $139M loss across three major programs Boeing’s defense unit reported $139 million in total losses on three of its key fixed-price development programs in the last quarter of 2023, the...

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Re: German Foreign Minister stranded in Abu Dhabi

State officials and accompanying staff do not normally travel commercial to state visits due to security issues and they certainly wouldn’t book with potentially controversial parties like ME3/4. That would be really bad optics at home. State officials travel commercial on a daily basis in Europe. ...

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Re: What was the largest airline operation to go bankrupt?

Pan Am is one of the biggest. I believe they had 152 aircraft in the fleet when they went out of business.

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Re: Will you limit travel in the future to help make the world more sustainable?

No. This hysteria needs to end.

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Re: Favorite airline tail design?

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Re: SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

I would like to see more long haul from Oslo, but somehow I doubt that will happen

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Re: SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

I have problems to see Copenhagen/SK role in all of this to be frank. If Amsterdam/KL and Paris/AF are such wonderful hubs covering almost every corner of the planet with one stops from Scandinavia. Why then choose Copenhagen/SK from a Norwegian and Swedish perspective? In Norway for instance you f...

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Re: SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

Do Europeans often go on vacation to DFW or Houston? Or Chicago or Philly or Seattle, for that matter? Unclear why Atlanta in particular drives people nuts, amidst a field of American cities that generally don’t have much to offer vacationing Europeans (the top tier excluded). Whatever could it be?...

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Re: SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

Over 6 million people. The busiest airport in the world. Some of the world's biggest and most well-known companies. Not much for anyone. Europeans visiting the USA for leisure tend not to spend very long in Atlanta. Some do... but most don't. New York and Florida get lots of leisure visitors, but A...

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Re: SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

johns624 wrote:
How many of those blasting SAS now were DY customers before they went under and just don't like SAS?

The DY customers have now switched to Norse Atlantic

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Re: Airbus 380 and Boeing 747 routes for 2024

According to flightconnections.com: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: FRA-YVR FRA-IAH FRA-ORD FRA-IAD FRA-JFK FRA-YYZ FRA-DEL FRA-BOM FRA-BLR FRA-PVG FRA-ICN Air China: PEK-SZX PEK-CAN PEK-SHA Asiana: ICN-TPE ICN-NRT ICN-CTS Boeing 747-8i Air China: PEK-CAN PEK-FRA PEK-JFK PEK-SHA Lufthansa: FRA-IAD FRA-EW...

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Airbus 380 and Boeing 747 routes for 2024

Can anyone give me an overview of Airbus 380 and Boeing 747 routes for various airlines for 2024 ?

I'd be interested to know

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SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. Will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta

SAS opens a new USA route SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. From June 17, the company will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta, writes the website FinalCall. SAS itself has not presented the new flight route, but the new offer is advertised in SAS's own app. Atlanta is located in the state of G...

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Re: Volcanic activity near Keflavik airport - possible effect on Iceland's air traffic

I believe the Norwegian airforce is currently doing NATO air policing with F-35A's on Iceland ...

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Re: Why no US airline to Thailand ?

Thank you all for your feedback

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Why no US airline to Thailand ?

I was surprised to learn that no US airline fly to Thailand any longer. Why is this ? It's a major city in Asia and a major holiday destination in Asia.

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Re: All Nippon B737 with crack in cockpit window - Returns

Rudenko wrote:
Regularly!! Obviously any incident with the 737 at the moment sells news ……

Not sure this was a Max though ...

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All Nippon B737 with crack in cockpit window - Returns

Japan's All Nippon Airways on Saturday returned a domestic flight to its departure airport after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737 midair, Kyodo news reported. How frequently does such a thing happen ? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japans-ana-returned-boeing-737-112414864.h...

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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Not surprised in hearing this. I think this has been the problem for Boeing for a long time. Outsourcing work, you loose control....: Profit Over Safety: Boeing Supplier Ignored Safety Warnings Before Door Blowout, The Lever Reports Less than a month before a door plug on a Boeing aircraft blew off ...

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