Oly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6225 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 1438 times:
Quoting Aruba (Thread starter): 3)And I'm just wondering, how come there is no photos of any SA A340-600's in IAD? There are only the photos of the first flight with the 747.
Vasu From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 3772 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 1413 times:
Quoting Aruba (Thread starter): And I'm just wondering, how come there is no photos of any SA A340-600's in IAD? There are only the photos of the first flight with the 747
I guess its just that none of the photos are recent enough... SA haven't had any 744s for a while now
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 1393 times:
Quoting Aruba (Thread starter): 1)Why does SA have to stop in DKR on their flights from JFK - JNB and from JNB - IAD?
2)Why DKR, why not Lagos or Luanda?
SA flies IAD to JNB nonstop and stops in Dakar on the return. Why winds which make to difficult to have a full load on the way from JNB to IAD.
Why Dakar instead of Lagos? SA did try Lagos, but there were apparently issues with the codeshare I believe with Nigerian Airlines, several times a week. Poor perception on Lagos. So they moved.
Luanda? It would be difficult to get frequencies and would have perception issues.
Aruba From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 128 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 1388 times:
And why when I was on the flight from JFK-JNB, right when we were taxing to the runway in DKR the Flight Attendents sprayed this spray around the whole cabin. They held it above there heads and just walked through the whole aircraft. But they didn't do this in JFK. They did it on my return flight to IAD also in DKR.
What was this stuff. It smelled sort of good. But it made the whole cabin foggy for a few minutes.
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Signol From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2007, 2953 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 1333 times:
Quoting Aruba (Thread starter): 1)Why does SA have to stop in DKR on their flights from JFK - JNB and from JNB - IAD?
I think this is because JNB is at a high altitude, so they schedule a fuel stop to reduce the fuel load in order to take off in the thin air. The aircraft are capable of doing USA-JNB non-stop, but I'm not sure that they do - they stop in Dakar southbound to provide a connecting service there. It's also closest to halfway. A sea level airport (eg CPT) wouldn't need the stop.
Ansett767 From Australia, joined May 1999, 1021 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1280 times:
Quoting Aruba (Reply 5): What was this stuff. It smelled sort of good. But it made the whole cabin foggy for a few minutes.
It's weird, as on my VS flight from LHR to SYD.. on the HKG to SYD sector they sprayed it... but not when I have taken the QF flight form HK to SYD odd!
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 10, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1264 times:
Quoting Ansett767 (Reply 9): It's weird, as on my VS flight from LHR to SYD.. on the HKG to SYD sector they sprayed it... but not when I have taken the QF flight form HK to SYD odd!
that is because all QF ( and NZ ) aircraft are treated with a residual insecticide from time to time and so there is no longer any need to spray on arrival into New Zealand or Australia , for other carriers it is not worth the hassle of having all their a/c treated for the occassional rotation into Australia or New Zealand so they just get sprayed on arrival ( or , more usually , at top of descent )
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Speedbird128 From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 1151 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 1253 times:
Quoting Signol (Reply 8): The aircraft are capable of doing USA-JNB non-stop, but I'm not sure that they do - they stop in Dakar southbound to provide a connecting service there
They do fly non-stop, the A343 and A346 fly in non-stop from KIAD, and I think it's in the order of around 15 to 16 hours flying. Outbound is a stop in GOOY due to range issues with cargo, high altitude at JNB and winds.
N383PA From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2007, 104 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 1232 times:
Quoting Speedbird128 (Reply 11): They do fly non-stop, the A343 and A346 fly in non-stop from KIAD, and I think it's in the order of around 15 to 16 hours flying. Outbound is a stop in GOOY due to range issues with cargo, high altitude at JNB and winds.
I doubt that SA fly the A343 nonstop from IAD to JNB as the A346 just about manage to do this and they have to
leave about 20 seats empty due to weight restrictions. As far as I know the A343 has less range than the
A346.
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 1179 times:
Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 6): This is an anti-insect spray. I have heard of it being used on flights from Africa and the Caribean where insects/disease may be a problem.
So insects are a problem in the US, which explains the spraying before landing in Sydney?
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 14, posted (5 years 5 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1059 times:
Quoting 787KQ (Reply 13): Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 6):
This is an anti-insect spray. I have heard of it being used on flights from Africa and the Caribean where insects/disease may be a problem.
So insects are a problem in the US, which explains the spraying before landing in Sydney?
Chalk it up to paranoia put into regs.
A species of insect pest unknown in Australia could easily arrive on an aircraft and potentially cause problems for their agriculture industry. Why not be on the safe side if they perceive a problem? They've been spraying aircraft arriving in Australia as long as I can remember. I think it's partly because Australia is so isolated geographically and many of its animal (and plant) species are found nowhere else.
AFGMEL From Australia, joined Jul 2007, 735 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 5 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1015 times:
Indeed, as stated above, Australia is an Island. We have a fragile (and declining) eco system. Plenty of insects could cause devastation. It's not only the states, any country could cause a problem.
Aviateur From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1348 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (5 years 5 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1009 times:
Quoting Aruba (Thread starter): 1)Why does SA have to stop in DKR on their flights from JFK - JNB and from JNB - IAD?
One reason: JNB is a high-elevation airport, which makes max weight takeoffs (i.e. full fuel) difficult on the westbound legs, particularly when en route winds are less than favorable.
SAA flew nonstop JFK-JNB for many years using the 747-SP and 747-400, but the reverse direction has always been a challenge.
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SAA201 From South Africa, joined May 2001, 505 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (5 years 5 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 906 times:
Quoting Aviateur (Reply 16): SAA flew nonstop JFK-JNB for many years using the 747-SP and 747-400, but the reverse direction has always been a challenge.
SAA did not ever operate B747SP's from JFK to JNB non-stop, only B747-400's (and A340-300E's for a short while just after they were delivered)
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