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British Airways Open Day LHR, Inc. A350 Msn 002

Today I visited the British Airways Open Day at London Heathrow, in the East Engineering Base. What a great day...really glad I went despite having a very late night last night. I took the train from Clapham Junction to Feltham, then a bus to Hatton Cross, then walked to the event. Spread across 2 h...

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eg777er

RE: London To Doha On Qatar Airways Business

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EASTERN747" class="quote" target="_blank">EASTERN747</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>So let me guess this straight.......yo...

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eg777er

RE: London To Doha On Qatar Airways Business

Thanks for the nice comments. Passengers travelling in <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> Y with status (either Privilege Club or another <acronym title="Executive Airlines (USA)">OW</acronym> status) have to use the SkyTeam lounge I think. And, other <acronym title="Executive Airlines (USA...

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London To Doha On Qatar Airways Business

I recently flew from London to Doha on Qatar Airways, travelling in Business Class on a 777-300ER. As normal, I have produced a video trip report which you can watch here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrbkAD2WzT8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrbkAD2WzT8</a> In general...

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RE: Qatar Airways A350, Business, Doha To Frankfurt + Video

I use a small Panasonic HD camcorder I bought about 4 years ago. It records on a SD card which I put into my Macbook for editing with iMovie. I also use an iPhone 6 for some shots.

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eg777er

Qatar Airways A350, Business, Doha To Frankfurt + Video

Recently I had the opportunity to fly on Qatar Airways’ new A350 Business Class, from Doha to Frankfurt. The flight was operated by the second A350 to be delivered to Qatar, which at the time of flying was just less than a month old. <b>As usual, I have put together a video trip report which you can...

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eg777er

Air Berlin Business Class TXL-AUH A330

<a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/16022967037_e2f90967dd_c.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/16022967037_e2f90967dd_c.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/16022967037_e2f90967dd_c.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm8.s...

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eg777er

A Business Class Day In Frankfurt With BA

<img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/14793652398_a2a98e7c54.jpg" width="282" height="500" border="0"/> At 0430 the alarm clock on my iPhone 5 64gb sprung into life with “Sound Ascending >” and I jumped out of bed ready to face 12 hours in possibly Europe’s most boring city with a colleague ...

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eg777er

RE: British Airways Club World, LHR-HKG, A380

There was a full hot English breakfast available on the menu but I declined because I was still full from the previous evening!

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British Airways Club World, LHR-HKG, A380

My latest video trip report is available to view at <a href="http://youtu.be/iEGoBw3ceD8" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/iEGoBw3ceD8</a> . It covers Terminal 5, departure from London, onboard service including food and drink, and arrival into Hong Kong. I sat in 53K, a rear facing Club World seat a...

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eg777er

London To Hong Kong, British Airways A380, First

Hello all, My latest video trip report - London to Hong Kong on the new British Airways A380, in First - is now available at <a href="http://youtu.be/yRuVYkA8i1o" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/yRuVYkA8i1o</a> The report covers travel to Heathrow, the Concorde Room, lunch in the <acronym title="Con...

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eg777er

RE: London To Faro BA Club Europe Business

Ah yes, the pen of one's youth. How nice it is to be reminded that we were all young once!

Glad you enjoyed the report.

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eg777er

London To Faro BA Club Europe Business

Had one of those not very good but actually quite good i.e. variable <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> experiences yesterday. Due to fly on the 1600 <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Faro (FAO / LPFR), Portugal">FAO</acronym> so ...

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RE: BA A380 To Frankfurt In Club Europe

Nice report. I've done the A380 on this route and it's a great aircraft. Regarding the taxiways at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>, only certain ones are approved for A380 ops. Taxiway A & B, which loop around the central area, have a big section mis...

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eg777er

RE: BA B787 Dreamliner Flies Over Rolls Royce Factory

787-836, technically...

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Video TR: London City To New York On BA Business

My latest video trip report is now available to view at <a href="http://youtu.be/moGJY4reglU" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/moGJY4reglU</a> It covers a flight from London City to New York via Shannon, on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s 32-seat all-business class service on a specia...

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eg777er

RE: South African SA 280: FEB/12: JNB-PER: J Cabin

Nice report, especially with the airside shots from <acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAJS), South Africa">JNB</acronym>. Are you sure you were on an A340-300 though? The interior overhead bin design, length of the J cabin and the exterior shots from the fin ca...

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eg777er

BA Club Europe Business Class, LCY-FAO

I made a brief video <acronym title="Transbrasil SA Linhas Aereas">TR</acronym> of my recent British Airways Club Europe (Business Class) flight from London City to Faro, Portugal. I would have been more liberal with the filming after engine start (e.g. it would have been very nice to get the RTO th...

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eg777er

RE: BA/Virgin/BMI C1989

These videos are part of the 'Airline' documentary from the BBC in 1990. This episode is 4 of 4. 1 of 4 is 'Jet Jockeys' which you can also find on Youtube. Episode 3 was "Kings Way" about Lord King, and episode 4 was "Mission to Sell" about product and service.

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eg777er

RE: MAN-LIS-MAN On TP (or So I Thought!)

With 'Business UK' on your boarding pass <acronym title="TAP Air Portugal">TP</acronym> must have booked you into full Y for <acronym title="Lisbon (- Portela de Sacavem) (LIS / LPPT), Portugal">LIS</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym titl...

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eg777er

RE: British Airways Concorde Advert

It's here - just been uploaded:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXfExg0paSM

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RE: Speedbird One: The Movie [BA001 LCY-JFK On Video]

Some people on YouTube have asked about the pilots on these flights. The flight crew are 'based' at London Gatwick, where they report for duty. They are then bussed to a hotel in London and stay a night. They then operate operate <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acron...

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RE: Speedbird One: The Movie [BA001 LCY-JFK On Video]

They do a second safety demo (manual, as there are no video screens) in Shannon, yes. I doubt they would consider picking up passengers in Shannon. It would alter the service routines on board for a start and I doubt very much that there is any demand. Also, passengers on the return would have to go...

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eg777er

RE: Speedbird One: The Movie [BA001 LCY-JFK On Video]

OK, so the seat is a bit like the <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> J seat to look at, but it's all white and goes fully flat. Configuration is 2-2. The meal set up is very similar to normal Club World (i.e. appetiser, main, dessert or cheese, followed by afternoon tea of s...

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RE: Speedbird One: The Movie [BA001 LCY-JFK On Video]

OK, so in answer to your questions - 3 flight attendants in total on Club World London City flights (BA1,2,3,4). One cabin manager and two flight attendants. Although, the A318 is certified for two in case of emergency (e.g. sick crew member). Clearing immigration and customs in Shannon is a breeze....

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Speedbird One: The Movie [BA001 LCY-JFK On Video]

Hi all Well, here it is - 30 minutes of footage from BA001 for your viewing pleasure. Some points 1 - the vast majority of footage is taken out of the window. I tried to limit what was taken in the cabin to protect the privacy of my fellow passengers 2 - it's a bit jerky, but it's the first time I h...

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eg777er

RE: Bias At The BBC.

The Telegraph? Isn't that the one that used to be owned by Conrad Black, the media-criminal-in-chief? They have 0 credibility now.

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eg777er

RE: UK Govt. Bows To Irrationality Over Night Flights

Well, I live in Clapham and moved here on the understanding that yes, there is aircraft noise, but it varies by time of day and is limited between 11pm-6am. I'd be very pissed off if the latter in particular were to change.

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eg777er

RE: Great British Airways Ad

I think that the Flower Duet was one of Lord King's favourite peices of music which is one of the reasons it was chosen.

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eg777er

Non-Rev To BAH For US Emp?

BAH served by BA from LHR and KLM from AMS, both daily.

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eg777er

A340 Enhanced To Take On 773ER/772LR

http://www.flightinternational.com/A...Enhanced+A340+to+take+on+777+.html

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RE: Dubai To Become Busiest Airport In The World

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RE: BA's Broughton Attacks US "effrontery"!

As has been said <b>time and time again</b>, the proportion of slots that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> has at Heathrow is <b>far lower</b> than that held by <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> at <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acro...

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RE: Concorde: Speed Vs Quality

Seat was perfectly comfortable, and a pitch of 38". Service was exceptional.

And the power to do a day trip to New York (in the pre-accident double-daily timetable) was unmatched.

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eg777er

RE: About Time: NCL-JFK On Sale...good Fares :)

The 757 is not 188Y, it's actually got a domestic F cabin that will be sold as a Y cabin, with F seats being given to Elites of the AAdvantage* program. So if you're a FFP with <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> you'll get a bigger seat but Y service. (I wonder if this includes <a...

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eg777er

RE: Jetblue A320 In Emergeny LGB

You can't fly higher than IIRC <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> 210 with the gear down on Airbus a/c. With that kind of altitude penalty, plus the increased drag of the gear, there's no way they'd have the range to fly to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild)...

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eg777er

RE: Gulf Traveller Adds Economy Plus

Um...

2-3-2 in a 767 is standard Y config. I don't see how they can get them "any wider".

Also, all those pics are of the refurbished A330 cabin.

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eg777er

RE: I Love The EU!

If you look very closely, it's a Lufthansa Cargo 747-200, with Lufthansa airbrushed out, and it's Hong Kong Kai Tak airport. <a href="http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/d-abyu/photo.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/d-abyu/photo.shtml</a> So, you could say it's equally "anti" Eur...

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RE: Heathrow Welcomes A380! (or Not...)

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RE: Heathrow Welcomes A380! (or Not...)

"What goes around, comes around" in British usage, at least, refers to concerns that are disproven and then retun in almost identical format at a later date, which is why I included it as a statement after the post. It's also not a "cliche", but I'll let that pass... <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WID...

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RE: 2nd SAA Flight Attendant Busted At Ypph For Drugs

A kilo of coke has a street value in the UK of between £4000 and £5000, if sold gram by gram.

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RE: Heathrow Welcomes A380! (or Not...)

<i>So, if you were to actually be honest with us and yourself, you'd have to admit that the situation with the A380 does not resemble the early days of the B747. Let me add that people can also question these things without being labeled as an Airbus critic...</i> What!? Do you even know any history...

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eg777er

RE: Emirates Crew In NYC

British Airways used to own an entire hotel in Manhattan for nightstopping crew....is this still the case?

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Heathrow Welcomes A380! (or Not...)

I found this on the BBC archive.....interesting to note some of the concerns! BBC: Heathrow welcomes first 'jumbo jet' The first jumbo jet carrying fare-paying passengers has arrived at Heathrow airport. The newly-constructed Boeing 747, Pan Am Flight Two, touched down at Heathrow at 1414GMT today -...

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RE: Did Concorde Ever Depressurize?

Now, <b>Bellerophon</b>, you've written that somewhere before...haven't you? <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> With regard to the technical illiteracy of some people who think that flying on Concorde was inherently unsafe, they have probably taken their information ...

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eg777er

RE: Gulf Air Breath Taking Airbus Stunts

I have heard that these aircraft were flown by Airbus training captains, and not ordinary GF line pilots....

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RE: RR Having Massiv Problems With Their 747 RB-211?

From Wikipedia: <b>Trent 8104 Originally designed for the 777-200LR and 777-300ER (both part of the 777X project), it comes in two thrust ratings, 104,000 and 114,000 lbf (463 to 507 kN) and has been tested up to 117,000 lbf (520 kN). Rolls-Royce offered the 8104 to Boeing earlier than other manufac...

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eg777er

RE: British Airways 757 Transatlanitc

Was there a special config on these aircraft? (EC and EE?)

I would imagine that in 1994 it was the pre-cradle era in J, with the old seats with seatback PTVs and 40inch pitch?

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eg777er

RE: RR Having Massiv Problems With Their 747 RB-211?

CXflyboy, Peter Sutch once said, the key to airline success was to buy an American aircraft, hang Rollers on the wings and paint the tail green.

Seems to have worked well so far.

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eg777er

RE: Is That A 741 With Winglets?

I thought that one of the reasons for putting the extended hump into the 747-300 was that it reduced drag and increased range/payload....so why not incorporate into the 744F?

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