SAS23 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1231 times:
Welcome to Africa - and count the errors!
Nairobi Airways Strives to Improve Service Quality
New Vision (Kampala)
July 5, 2002
Posted to the web July 5, 2002
Ben Ilakut
Kenya Airways has taken a steady path to improve the quality of their services by introducing a new international standard 216- seater aircraft.
The aircraft, Boeing 737-700 wingless series, was launched recently. It cruises the skies between Nairobi, and Johannesburg in South Africa.
"The new aircraft is absolutely relaxing and homely. It is faster, it has more baggage room, it is big and yet it consumes less fuel compared to our other aircrafts," Kenya Airways, Kampala sales executive, Robert Musoke, said on Monday.
He said the aircraft is called wingless, not because it has no wings, but because the wings are curved.
It also has radar transmitter television screens for every three seats on both sides of the corridor.
The screens show the take off time at the airport as well as at the destination.
Last week Kenya Airways flew a delegation of 17 tour and travel operators and corporate representatives from Uganda to Johannesburg to tour facilities that could be of interest to travellers. They had the opportunity to experience the 737-700 series.
"The aircraft gives the airline its real image. It puts them where they belong. I think the 737-700 is so far the best the airlines has on the skies," said Alexis Jubilee, a travel consultant in Kampala.
Officials said the aircraft flies from Nairobi to Johannesburg because it is a more competitive route. ENDS
777236ER From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1177 times:
"Metro" is the greatest thing since sliced bread. On a dodgy wooden-floored tube train from south kensington at 8am while still half asleep and dreading the day ahead, "Metro" ALWAYS cheers me up.
Donder10 From Canada, joined Oct 2001, 6659 posts, RR: 23 Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1170 times:
He said the aircraft is called wingless, not because it has no wings, but because the wings are curved
Immediately me feeling like saying ''no sh*t sherlock'' but it was too great for it.Robert Musoke you rock.
QatarAirways From Qatar, joined Sep 2008, 0 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1161 times:
Maybe Robert Musoke has a pronounciation problem and pronounces "winglets" as "wingless". Or the reporter could've miss-heard "winglets".
As you know the media aren't exactly the experts when they talk about Aviation. I remember when PIA anounced the flights to Kabul there was a newspaper article here in Qatar that said something along the lines of "PIA will use thier modern F-27 aircraft on the route".
Donder10 From Canada, joined Oct 2001, 6659 posts, RR: 23 Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1148 times:
''Metro" is the greatest thing since sliced bread. On a dodgy wooden-floored tube train from south kensington at 8am while still half asleep and dreading the day ahead, "Metro" ALWAYS cheers me up
Metro is so bad its actually quite good.I'm more of a second-hand-Sun-left-behind-by-Big-Dave-builder man myself(no,not in the Matt D sense)
LMP737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1133 times:
Even if this "wingless" 737-700 were able to get off the ground I'm quite sure it would be very uncomfortable being packed in with 216 other passengers.
Concorde1518 From United States of America, joined May 2001, 746 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1104 times:
BR715-A1-30 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1097 times:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The day a 737-700 carries 216 people is the day the 717 becomes a double decker. I sure would like to fly on this wingless aircraft. On Second thought, we might run out of runway. I told you Africa is unsafe.
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