EtihadAirways From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2006, 140 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 7889 times:
Etihad Airways the National career of the United Arab Emirates has received a new A340.600. This brand new airplane will be the second A346 in Etihads fleet. It's registered as A6-EHF.
As of now Etihad airways fleet is
1 A320
13 A330.200 (tow will leave the fleet soon A6-EYV/W to Air One)
1 A340.300
4 A340.500
2 A340.600
1 B767.300ER
5 B777.300ER
The total of the fleet is 27 Airplanes. Also there are 3 A300.600 for Etihad Crystal Cargo division.
UPPERDECKFAN From Spain, joined Jun 2007, 992 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 7698 times:
What's the deal of these middle east carriers having a "widebody only" fleet? can't believe there is a slot shortage in middle east hubs like in Japan.........
When most of the business is looking for flexibility (i.e more frequencies) while keeping capacity (i.e. smaller a/c) these people are going the opposite way
I've never been to that part of the world but I understand there are a lot of routes well within the reach of modern, efficient and proven narrowbodies like A32S or B73NG, I can see the arabic peninsula itself, east africa, pakistan and india, southeast europe, etc.
Ronerone From Jordan, joined Aug 2004, 1550 posts, RR: 54 Reply 3, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 7475 times:
Quoting UPPERDECKFAN (Reply 2): What's the deal of these middle east carriers having a "widebody only" fleet?
Well Etihad have veered away from this business model and will now also operate narrowbodies, which makes perfect sense given that next door neighbour, a well-established EK, still successfully maintains a widebody only fleet.
Regards,
Roni
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YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4788 posts, RR: 17 Reply 10, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 6995 times:
Hopefully EY have more luck with this 346 than QR with theirs. A QR 346 has gone tech on me 2 out of 3 times I've been scheduled to fly on one.
Quoting UPPERDECKFAN (Reply 2): What's the deal of these middle east carriers having a "widebody only" fleet?
QR, EY, IY, G9, SV, KU, WY, GF all operate narrow bodies so I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Maybe you're blanketing the entire region based on the fact that EK don't operate any narrows.
Quoting UPPERDECKFAN (Reply 2):
When most of the business is looking for flexibility (i.e more frequencies) while keeping capacity (i.e. smaller a/c) these people are going the opposite way Yeah sure
The shift of industries in the region is the main reason for high usage of wide bodies. Diversifying from traditional stream of income the governments in the area are developing, finance, technology and tourism. To make these viable and appealing there needs to be a cost incentive to draw people there. Dumping capacity, lowers prices and stimulates growth. The reason EK is so big and getting bigger is that it is fueling Dubai (and the region), not the other way round which is how most of us aviation enthusiasts see it.
CHRISBA777ER From UK - England, joined Mar 2001, 5964 posts, RR: 63 Reply 13, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 6700 times:
Quoting OceansWorld (Reply 11): Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Reply 7):
Are these going on the LHR run?
I don't know about LHR, but it was seen at YYZ four days ago.
Awthompson From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 361 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 6509 times:
I saw A6-EHE overfly my home just north of Belfast in Northern Ireland at 21:19 local time on 28th August. It had just crossed the Atlantic and was approx halfway through flight ETD140 from JFK to AUH and routing MIMKU-REMSI. Through binoculars it did look beautiful at dusk.
Planesavvy From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2007, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 5961 times:
They have just started the 346 flying into Heathrow recently. One thing peculiar about EY's 346 is that it has no "hold 5". This is the same as their 345. I understood the "hold 5" on a 345 was used up by crew rest area. But it is strange that would be the same on the 346. I must admit their scheme does look good on these longer 340s as well!
United787 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2352 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 5291 times:
TreeHillRavens From Malaysia, joined Jun 2007, 351 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 5066 times:
Quoting Planesavvy (Reply 15): One thing peculiar about EY's 346 is that it has no "hold 5". This is the same as their 345. I understood the "hold 5" on a 345 was used up by crew rest area.
Thorben From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4476 times:
Quoting United787 (Reply 16): Why does Eithad have the 773ER and the A346?
I know I'll get flamed for this, but imo they only took the 77W, because they could get it earlier. Their recent additional order of 4 A346, while operating 77Ws, speaks for itself.
LXA340 From Switzerland, joined Nov 2006, 2107 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 4170 times:
When will the rest of the B763S and A340-300 leave, I gues when the 2 A332's leave all other A332's that will remain then will be the ones that were directly ordered by Ethidad and feature their interior, no?
Scotland1979 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 546 posts, RR: 13 Reply 24, posted (5 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3799 times:
Yeah! It was nice plane I saw at YYZ on Sept 1st with Parr Yonemoto and among with other spotters out there. A6-EHF is new registration as well, it is A340-642X according to ATDB. Do not forget to add "X" which is the correct one.
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25 OceansWorld: From what I know, all A346s produced now are -642X (High Gross Weight).
26 Musapapaya: Did you know what actually went wrong with the plane?
27 YOWza: Not specifically no, but as you can imagine I asked an FA what the reason for the sub was and got the usual "equipment problem" spiel. In fact I flew
28 Musapapaya: Is it possible that it was due to the lower loads on the flights so there was a sub? I mean this is also possible per your observation.....
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