Looks like Jet2 are laying on extra aircraft to rescue passengers from other airlines, according to the statement from the CEO. This must be very costly for the company, but for a company as well run as this, this must be a play for the long run where they can attract future customers. This must al...
Jump to postIf Airbus management knew in 2000 what they know now would they have gone forward with the program? If given a chance for a do over would they make the same decision? I doubt it. If Airbus did announce an A380 program now the world airlines would probably still say they want 1000 of the craft. It c...
Jump to postAirlineCritic wrote:What? What is that fire from the right side of the video? I'm confused...
I've had enough of this site. Links in posts quit and they won't let you see what's wrong or edit or delete anything. I can see why so many of the posters who made the old site good are gone. Micromanagement is the worst of incompetence. Not sure what this has to do with SpaceX, but there we go! An...
Jump to postI’m sure Ryanair had their last 2 800s delivered a few weeks ago?! The next batch will be MAXs in March. Can anyone correct me if I’m wrong.
Jump to postStill unpainted in Stall A7 with Boeing temp reg applied. My guess is it will fly unpainted to BFI. As the Renton paint hangers are now undergoing the same maintenance that the abFai hangars did over the last few months. Do you know when will it be delivered to FR? FR have the first batch due in Ma...
Jump to postNot sure if it’s just me thinking this but why 739max aircraft. Would it be more cost effective to stay with the a321neo for the long haul? It’s more suited and forgiving aircraft for these particular missions!
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I think Ethiopian chose to launch Manchester instead. As for the new China flights, is it not the Air China service to Chengdu, which has been announced? I’m shocked MAG didn’t try and get Ethiopian into STN. With a terminal that’s at bursting point they seem very keen on getting new airlines in! E...
Jump to postI still can’t understand why choose a livery that looks like many other airlines liveries. Can anyone answer this then? Big opportunity to design something different and unique wasted in my opinion!
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And probably one of the busiest days over Easter. I bet that was fun!
Jump to postRegarding TUIs decision to pull long haul flights from STN.
Has anyone heard any reasoning behind this? They did seem popular.
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Yes it is a symphony where every minute counts. Just for interest, we used to turn our A300's around in 60 minutes and the B737's in 45 minutes, and it was very tight. At STN we manage to turn Ryanair’s in 25 mins which I think is their shortest, and a must agree that’s definitely "organized c...
Jump to postdebonair wrote:Maybe Ryanair will offer self-connecting flights to the EK service...
With all due respect STN is far from a 'small' airport. The cargo division is the third largest in the UK, handling 250,000 tonnes in 2016, and no doubt even more this year. Varied cargo travels through due to close road infrastructure. FedEx have also recently applied to increase the size of their ...
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Sometimes it's good to have 4 engines. If this had happened to a twin, the single good engine would have still enabled the plane to land safely. Unfortunately I think a twin would have sustained far worse damage due to the engine being closer to the fuselage etc. It would be interesting if anyone a...
Jump to postThis is a smart move by Boeing to try and make the venerable '73 as competitive to the A32x as possible. The 10MAX my not be quite as good as the 321NEO but it's good enough for current/future MAX operators. I don't think you'll see many airlines switching to or ordering the 10MAX instead of the 321...
Jump to postSo what happens if a controller needs to look at something through binoculars? It does happen from time to time! Can they zoom in a particular area of the screen?
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Cancun and MCO next. (Speculation) Considering Thomson are pulling their long haul from STN after this summer there's going to be plenty of demand from there from 2018 (unless Thomas Cook decide to jump in their place of course :-) ). Trent. But if there was huge profitable lucrative demand, TOM wo...
Jump to postArion640 wrote:Cancun and MCO next. (Speculation)
Seems a bit 'Stone Age' to me. For FR the dispatcher usually plots the w&b info on the load sheet while at the gate, before passing that onto the pilot. Any discrepancies (if any) can then be found before pushback.
Jump to postSVJ77W wrote:Any links to live streaming? I am suprised airbus doesnt have one on their website like they did for the A359.
With TCX in there second season at STN with the long haul routes, does any one know how well they are doing with regards to passenger numbers? One of the days last week they had three A330s operating and most days they have two flights a day to MCO. Is this due to demand of Orlando or just to make ...
Jump to postMSN 76 QR #17 on the move today. https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8795/28152337723_61ce1ebef8_z.jpg Msn76 4/8/2016 by A380_TLS_A350 , on Flickr One thing that instantly jumped out at me was the China Airlines birds in that photo. One of the flowers is more red then the other, or is the light playing t...
Jump to postThanks Pe@rson, I did wonder. We're now all wondering here at <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS), United Kingdom">STN</acronym> when this is all going to kick off. First we've heard of the idea, especially for this summer. Have RYR started taking bookings for these flights with connectio...
Jump to postDoes anyone have a link to the article in flightglobal? I've searched without success. As far as I'm aware there's no area at <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS), United Kingdom">STN</acronym> where connecting passengers can be re-screened, but a lot of build/referb work is going on at th...
Jump to postCan anyone please explain why aircraft types are covered in these contracts and not aircraft categories? To me (and probably many others) any type of 737 is the same as any other etc. obviously an A320 would fall in this category as well so you would fly either on or the other on the same pay scale....
Jump to postQuoting PEK777 (Reply 5): long legs. big tits. nice nose. what is not to love Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 12): Perhaps the lack of respect for our female members? -Dave How's about 'Long legs, big balls, nice nose' for our female members <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/...
Jump to postSo do these restrictions still apply after a 30min spin for example? Surly the engine would still hold enough temperature to counteract these 3 minutes (is it upto the pilots to wait for a certain temp?).
Jump to postThe main probable cause for me at the moment is a bulkhead failure, but that still doesn't answer the question as to why the found fan module ( picture in reply 54) is covered in soot and burn marks. There must have been a fairly fierce fire during the breakup for it to get in this state.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BerenErchamion" class="quote" target="_blank">BerenErchamion</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i> Quoting falstaff (Reply 4):...
Jump to postIt's interesting this topic has popped up now and not been mentioned before. Work is due to start on a new hotel near the terminal this July. Local rumours are that it will be run by a major airline brand (Emirates). This works co-inside with a complete revamp of all airside facilities etc. <a href=...
Jump to postStarting to look interesting at <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS), United Kingdom">STN</acronym> finally! I've tried to get an operating period for these flights but it's still a bit too early. TCX are starting their long haul for a 6 week period this July and there are rumours they wil...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BOAC1966" class="quote" target="_blank">BOAC1966</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>Welcome to London QR3350! </i></font></t...
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Jump to postPhilae has finally run out of power. Lets hope it can slowly recharge over time and wake again. We must remember the mission is still not over!
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/15/our-landers-asleep
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Heavierthanair" class="quote" target="_blank">Heavierthanair</a> (<a href="#94" class="quote">Reply 94</a>):<br/><i>I have just noticed that the...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aquila3" class="quote" target="_blank">Aquila3</a> (<a href="#98" class="quote">Reply 98</a>):<br/><i>This line of reasoning does not apply if c...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aquila3" class="quote" target="_blank">Aquila3</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>Not sure I will spend 20K for being forced...
Jump to postRegarding how 'safe' the MAX will be, I haven't been able to find how many hours certification will be required but assume it'll be the same number of hours for each variant as the NEOs approx 3000hrs for six variants?
If this is the case then the MAX will be just as safe as the NEO!
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CX definitely had seat back PTVs in their 744s in 1995. I remember mine wasn't working so moved to a different seat, screen was no more then 2.5 inches square as far as I can remember!
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[Edited 2014-11-05 00:26:17]
With regard to the terminal revamp at <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS), United Kingdom">STN</acronym>, here's a bit more info from the local newspaper. <a href="http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Stansted-Airport-unveils-flagship-World-Duty-Free/story-23015773-detail/story.html" ta...
Jump to postNice, easy to read report. Thank you. Issue with the pictures though, None are shown and it say 'sorry, this person moved or deleted this image'. Not sure what the problem is there <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/confused.gif" width="15" height="22" bord...
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Jump to postBang goes their 25 minute spins. It's difficult enough at the moment with a full compliment of 189!
Anyone guesstimate delivery year?
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tortugamon" class="quote" target="_blank">tortugamon</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>I thought this was an interesting quot...
Jump to postRunway damage. All repaired within a few hours and aircraft back at base.
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What a waist. I bet the insurance companies love these people! I'm sure I'm not the only one here who things the world would be better off without these dim wits.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/speedbored" class="quote" target="_blank">speedbored</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>His team nitpicks every detail so as...
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