The UK should get back Calais. I don't know why but I just like Calais. Be better if we could use UK£ there.
Jump to postHey, I really enjoyed reading that. It's a route I do myself quite often. Well done. Thanks for sharing with us. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/countvis" class="quote" target=...
Jump to postI remember on one of <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s Open days the lead guy of the operation giving us a long briefing about how well the route was doing and how it was a Concorde substitute. 5 people on a plane is not successful really. It's no Concorde. I wouldn't be surprised to f...
Jump to postHonesty is always the best policy. We have to trust each other to do the right thing. Why didn't you ask a member of staff if it was ok to move to those seats? They would probably have said yes anyway. It smacks of selfishness. You might as well have gone all the way and upgraded yourself to J class...
Jump to postIs it possible to close Manston? I thought it had of the role of being an emergency runway? I've used for an emergency once.
I guessed KLM wouldn't have the muscle to make such an odd route work. It might have worked for a low cost carrier, but even then I'm not so sure.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kaitak" class="quote" target="_blank">kaitak</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Will many of these be built in Tianjin. What k...
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/davidho1985" class="quote" target="_blank">davidho1985</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Should be Airbus is trying their bes...
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/photopilot" class="quote" target="_blank">photopilot</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Well I'm still on the older version of...
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/jumpjets" class="quote" target="_blank">jumpjets</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i> I flew <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong...
Jump to postI get the feeling with the Lockerbie investigation and finger pointing that they just use it as an excuse to bash a country.
I can't believe after all this time they still can't make up their minds who did and why. Maybe time to close the case completely.
I don't know about many parts of the UK, or Europe even, but I was under the impression travel agents didn't exist anymore. I wouldn't know where to find one in South London even if I tried. By travel agents do they mean those business booking companies like Wagon Lits? With his very reasonable pric...
Jump to postI found the article on the Pope getting a fanzine more interesting. The lady is there to do a job. She is not there to air her own views. We all have to do or say things we don't like in the name of the company. She should have kept her job and her income rather than throwing this silly, pointless t...
Jump to postThat interior designer will get his knuckles rapped. There are seats for people to sit down in. Sitting passengers don't consume anything, they need to be in the shops or food outlets. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" bord...
Jump to postFlying across the Atlantic isn't cheap these days. For the money I'd expect at least one big (free) meal and a couple of free drinks rounds on a 7 hour flight. Basically the airlines are charging you £450 return and spending less that £10 of that on catering. That to me is a rip off. I avoid US carr...
Jump to postThe Middle East currently has a high risk of terrorism according to the UK <acronym title="Rome - Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) (FCO / LIRF), Italy">FCO</acronym>. Someone may look western but they don't have to be. Someone may have a Dutch passport but their political loyalties could be elsewhere. ...
Jump to postFour days in Tokyo and Kyoto is long enough. Remember with your train pass you will be using some of those days to travel out to other places like Nara, Hiroshima and Osaka. I would recommend you research some places of interest like museums and regional cultural centres so you can make a full itine...
Jump to postWe all get carried away talking about drugs. It's 2014 now and most people have a drug of choice. Most kids seem to be on drugs these days, even company CEOs Alcohol is by far the most dangerous drug as it is still socially acceptable and readily available. We push booze on people the way some peopl...
Jump to postI don't think the UK, or even Europe, has any pre-clearance facilities around the globe so why does the US need them?
Maybe the UAE should have pre-clearance offices in US airports?
Wonder what caused that to happen? Shame it was Baku where I guess visa restrictions mean passengers can't be accommodated locally.
How long does it take to put all those oxygen masks back into their original position?
I think a lot of us would be happy to have set legal timeframes for selling special seasonal items. Easter in January is a bit sick. 'Back to school' before the kids have even broken up for the summer and Christmas in September is also sick, if not satanically perverted in some way. Once I had to bu...
Jump to postIt's Christmas Day. Of course it should be closed to traffic. If you want to fly to see your girlfriend or family you should fly on either side of that date. It's not like Christmas is a surprise to anyone, it comes every year on the same date. Airport workers have family too, they need to be at home.
Jump to postThis would be a great opportunity to paint over the new livery and maybe return and adapt the old one.
I'm not sure what emotion the new livery is supposed to evoke in a passenger.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MIAspotter" class="quote" target="_blank">MIAspotter</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>That if they are not already taken.....
Jump to postThat really is wonderful news for Gatwick. And Emirates need a pat on the back for being so loyal to the airport.
That North terminal gets pretty full most days so having an A380 on top of that is going to be even more manic.
Basically, the BAA have never wanted to encourage plane spotters at LHR. If they are opening up some space it must have some commercial gain.
When I was a kid we used to plane spot from the top of Terminal 3 car park.
Just from a customer point of view, and as someone who lived in Finland for many years, it doesn't make sense to needlessly break your journey in <acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK), Finland">HEL</acronym> when flying to the Far East as the cost is negligible if not more expensive. Also F...
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/blink182" class="quote" target="_blank">blink182</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>At risk of hijacking this thread, does any...
Jump to postIt would be good to know which devices are allowed and which ones are not. On most leisure flights you see people with their own DVD players and no staff seem to worry about it. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#...
Jump to postWhat we all forget is it is currently possible to stay connected on the phone on flights. Apart from those short intra-European flights most long haul aircraft have phones on them. I had to use one once to arrange a lift home and it wasn't that hideously expensive. There is no need to make or receiv...
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/migair54" class="quote" target="_blank">migair54</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>You´d be surprise to know how many peopl...
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/txlbased" class="quote" target="_blank">txlbased</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i> IMHO, nonstop flights between Oz and Euro...
Jump to postLAX and <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> I understand but <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia...
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/xkorpyoh" class="quote" target="_blank">xkorpyoh</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>they used thaT airport in an Almodovar fil...
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/YVRLTN" class="quote" target="_blank">YVRLTN</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>The road access is very good from <acronym t...
Jump to postWe all seem to have done mostly the same..... United Arab Emirates | Done Dubai, but not Abu Dhabi Australia I Done Sydney, Melbourne and even Tasmania, but not to Canberra China I Done Hong Kong, Guangiou and Macau, but not to Beijing Switzerland I Done Geneva, Zurich and loads others but not Bern ...
Jump to postI like the way the article makes it sound like some fledgling airline 'major international expansion plan' when in fact the airline has shrunk considerably. I like Air Seychelles. It's a good airline. I've flown it and worked with it. It would be great to see it able to fly profitably to London agai...
Jump to postI can't imagine what you can do with Manston. It might be close to London but it is difficult to get to via any transport.
How can they tempt people south of the Thames to use it? If it took some of the cargo flights out of Heathrow that could be a good place to start.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/anstar" class="quote" target="_blank">anstar</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Or younger demotivated crew. Alot of crew at c...
Jump to postI wonder would a Lufthansa or British Airways pilot have landed it like that? All looks a bit clumsy.
Can an autopilot handle a cross wind landing? If so, it might have been the safer option.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/avroarrow" class="quote" target="_blank">avroarrow</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>From an admittedly long distance, Little...
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/BA0197" class="quote" target="_blank">BA0197</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Cannot be called “London” Britannia. It is p...
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/VV701" class="quote" target="_blank">VV701</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>As a member of the EU it would be illegal for th...
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/TSS" class="quote" target="_blank">TSS</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>inflated slide whacking against the outside of the...
Jump to postI don't normally read a whole <acronym title="Transbrasil SA Linhas Aereas">TR</acronym> but I read every word of this. Very interesting. Well done. I love all your pics too. What camera have you got? <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helv...
Jump to postIt seems he thought his rights were being violated. In some ways he's right, if you're allowed guns in your home why not on a plane? <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> It is lucky no A380s were damaged in the sh...
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/skipness1E" class="quote" target="_blank">skipness1E</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>The term "cartwheeling fireball" is ne...
Jump to postA very interesting read and I loved all your photos. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mfc" class="quote" target="_blank">mfc</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i...
Jump to postI'm not sure if it happened at the same time but <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s <acronym title="Tower Air (USA)">FF</acronym> programme also took a nose dive when it introduced a ' bronze' level. I'm getting the feeling that airlines are getting allergic to people actually using 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/astuteman" class="quote" target="_blank">astuteman</a> (<a href="#91" class="quote">Reply 91</a>):<br/><i>There will always be many of course fo...
Jump to postCouldn't she just have a helicopter with helicopter pad to get her quickly to LAX?
How often does she fly that she thinks she needs an exclusive runway?