Re: UAE Air Force orders 80 Rafales from France

(and of course, France) Even if the Rafale was a complete crock compared to its competitors, the French armed forces would still buy them by the hundreds through government decree in order to protect French jobs and investment. Nothing really wrong with that; their money, their choice. But putting ...

Re: UAE Air Force orders 80 Rafales from France

80 examples for the UAE following closely on the heels of 12 (albeit used) for Croatia and 12 (also used) for Greece; so it appears that the Rafale's sales fortunes can be summed up as "nothing... nothing... nothing... and then everything"

Re: Brussels Airlines “New Chapter”

Reported to the mods for posting a photo of a Croatia Airlines aircraft on this thread about Brussels Airlines.;) Its artistic merits aside (I'll be the first to admit I couldn't design an effective paint scheme for the life of me), I too don't see the PR impact SN were trying to achieve. OU's squa...

Croatian Rafale News and Discussion Thread

According to a major local paper ( link ), the Croatian MoD has opted to go for second-hand Rafales to replace its fleet of ageing MiG-21s. The text goes on to say that the 12 jets + training + armaments totals up to slightly less than EUR 1.000.000.000. The oldest jet in the deal is 10 years old , ...

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

Yes but costs are not the same. For Windrose losses to ZAG might be manageable since the sector is short and a small plane operates the route. JFK-DBV is a whole different game. I could understand if this was a year-round service but like this it seems to me like they are taking a big risk hoping i...

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

Yeah but Windrose is not doing all that well in ZAG. They initially planned to boost it to three weekly and not only did they decide against it but they ended up canceling several flights in May. I believe all flights are cancelled until the 19th. That's precisely my point: the route's performing p...

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

simairlinenet wrote:

Croatia is building a new highway that avoids this necessity.

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

So, ideally, you fly into SPU, explore inland from there (Plitivice Falls), cruise the islands and end up in DBV, then fly out of there. Or you can go to ZAG with its more numerous European connections and then take a domestic flight to ZAD/PUY, SPU, DBV and even BWK once it starts. There are more ...

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

a lot of these flights probably cover marginal costs and if they do more thats good but if not and business travel returns these planes will get moved in a hurry Maybe; but business demand will not return instantly as if someone threw a switch. Given experiences so far, It'll develop very gradually...

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

rbavfan wrote:

You can drive along the coast without going through Bosnia.

Re: Delta to launch flights to Dubrovnik, Croatia from JFK this summer

I'm not too surprised. Delta has the capacity. Business travel isnt coming back, they will have the capacity. Personally, for what it's worth, I suspect this is a "get your foot in the door" maneuver; with enough underused planes (as you said) it may make sense to go for the service, acce...

Re: 19 seaters in Europe

debonair wrote:

I think the LET410 seems to have a revival in Europe.

debonair wrote:

SILVER AIR is also connecting Elba with Italy

Re: 19 seaters in Europe

There's also Van Air of Czechia: their L-410 OK-VAA nowadays operates internal routes in Croatia on behalf of Trade Air (ZAG-OSI + OSI-PUY-SPU + OSI-RJK-SPU-DBV). Before this whole corona mess, Silver Air used to fly Turbolet OK-SLD on the ZAG-LSZ run; a deal brokered by hotels on Lošinj Island to f...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

Do you know the PW150C specifications as compared to the A? Pratt's site says nothing. More power or more efficiency, or both? Some different materials in the core (nickel alloys) and an additional stage on the power turbine (up from two to three). There's also talk about an improved compressor (th...

Re: IAD - ASCOT 6368 emergency landing a few minutes ago?

estorilm wrote:

AWACSooner wrote:

A330MRTT

Is that considered a transport?

Re: Low QNH (!) cancels hundreds of flights in Norway

What nobody is mentioning is that a drop in air pressure also results in a restricted take off weight as engine performance is affected. When you take into account that 1013 hPA is viewed as average air pressure at sea level then 945 hPa is extremely low. In usual performance calculations each poin...

Re: Croatia selects Israeli F-16s to replace their Mig-21s.

CheckNorris wrote:

Did the Israelis got US approval this time? Did they backdate the the jets to their original configuration?

Re: Another Q400 nose-wheel collapse.

dinot wrote:

Too much assumptions, so let me steer you straight: aircraft was operated correctly and no prior abnormalities were observed.

Re: Another Q400 nose-wheel collapse.

The photo in the AvHerald link shows the forward nose wheel doors open; in the normal gear extension sequence, they close automatically once the nose wheel is down and locked. They do, however, remain open after a gravity release - and can also be opened on the ground using the same method (pulling ...

Re: A320-21 NEO Ground noise

On startup, both the CSeries and NEO sound like wailing elephants... you can always tell when one is lighting up, even on a noisy apron.

Re: Croatia selects Israeli F-16s to replace their Mig-21s.

mig21umd wrote:

What is so different this time?

Re: Croatia selects Israeli F-16s to replace their Mig-21s.

mig21umd wrote:

Imagine the Israelis offer the Baraks again

Re: Il-114-300 Prototype

When looking at the linked video one feature catched my eyes: the IL-114 has huge flaps spanning over a very large part of the wings. Caught my eye too; not just the span, but also the total area and extension angle. Almost looks like they designed the flaps and then added the rest of the wing as a...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

If a route consistently goes to 50 people then you need to get the 150 seat jet off of it unless the return trip is consistently worth a 150 seater. To do so at the last moment will cost you more than sending the 150 seater. Nobody said anything about last minute changes. On the contrary, as noted ...

Re: Fokker 100 Crashes in Kazakstan

Slightly off topic but back in February I flew on a reputed airline A330 from Europe to Chicago. Temperature was just above freezing at take off and we did not de-ice. However on climb out a sheet of ice of around 2sqm (20sqf) developed on the trailing edge above the flaps and started to break off ...

Re: 2019-2020 Active Gulfstream G-II and G-III (G-1159) Tracking Thread

ERAU1 wrote:

TC957 wrote:

Haven't these old noisy Spey-engined aircraft been banned from the EU ?

I believe so. Even with t he hush kits

Re: Chemtrails Turbobprop

crownvic wrote:

and now for something completely different and violating my own rule of "do not stray from the topic posts"..A ground contrail...

Re: Chemtrails Turbobprop

What's more, there's quite a bit photo and video proof online... here's some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaKBZLEBgK4 https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/e23f7d961e604d0d11e78128c24aadb4-jpg.15819/ https://live.staticflickr.com/2848/11608893625_d97dc53a50_c.jpg First Air ATR72 by Jason Pineau ,...

Re: Chemtrails Turbobprop

A380MSN004 wrote:

Can a turboprop such as ATR72 or Dash8-400 can create chemtrails contrails on certain flights ?

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

So run slower in winter, with less flights during the day. Run flat out in summer, more flights during day. During the winter, there's more overall slack in the network (not just ours, but also of our codeshare partners), so there's not need to fly at 340-350 knots to squeeze in every last flight p...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

So better to park an aircraft during a quiet time of year than keep all flying and reduce the number of sectors per day (and run those you keep a bit more fuel efficiently)? What makes you think the aircraft will be parked? Our machines do not sleep during the winter; if anything, they take up lowe...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

Do you not vary it through the day? At peak time, its obvious you wanna get as many flights as possible. So between ~6am and ~10am, if that extra speed enables another sector to squeeze in at "peak time" - you gun it. Same for ~5pm to ~9pm. But outside of that, are load factors not typica...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

Would probably need to be in the hundreds to justify it. If hundreds are needed to justify it, please find where this is done... 'cause I'm moving there ASAP, since somebody is obviously giving fuel away for free! I've done tankering flights with a profit as low as USD 5. Was below Maximum Landing ...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

If yes maybe airlines should have calculations made if flying more fuel is actually the answer to saving money if it’s minimal cost difference at another airport. One other detail: airlines don't fly on the "YOLO LOL" model... the ops staff don't wake up in the morning and then randomly t...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

I hope they are also calculating the stress to the airplane of landing heavy. Not overweight, of course, but I'd love to know how they calculate "wear and tear" per flight. If it's within manufacturer limits, it's a non issue. And after all, what's the difference between landing with a pa...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

Ah ok thank you, I guess I read the article too fast, but rereading it doesn’t explain that the savings are after all the costs of carrying the extra fuel, especially to explain to non aviation crowd. Likely because the author doesn't understand it him/herself, and merely jumped on the very fashion...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

I have not heard of this term before for commercial airlines, but of course knew it has been a common practice for a while now to save money. As an aside, direct savings are not the only point of tankering. In short haul and regional ops, for example, not needing to refuel at the destination can sh...

Re: Cost of “fuel tankering”?

SRQLOT wrote:

Based on distance and time wouldn’t it be more then $51?

Re: Delhi air so polluted planes diverting

ATRs and Q400s are only CAT II. If visibility gets too bad, they can't land. The Q400 is capable of CAT III, although don’t know about SpiceJet’s. https://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.1450-bombardier-q400-crj700-fleet-at-horizon-air-certified-for-cat-iii-weather-limits.bombardiercom...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

Can be both fully loaded which lead to 1563kg total (i.e 20kg max per pax on a 78 Pax version Q400 fully loaded) or is there any limitation? If payload and fuel allow (that is, if there's room until MTOM/MRM - Maximum Ramp Mass) - and the floor loading is within limits - here's no problem. I rememb...

Re: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies

A380MSN004 wrote:

The maximum bagage capacity in the actual Q400 (78 pax) is 1150kg overall ?

Re: Updated: Adria Airways grounded