We all want to laugh at this kind of news, perhaps with good reason. But let's remember that when the pioneers of aviation began to talk about the possibility of making flight possible for large numbers of passengers and goods, they were first mocked and jeered by their public, before gaining respec...
Jump to postDutch government won a legal battle to cut flights at Amsterdam airport. https://www.ft.com/content/16597642-2ec2-4c3f-9264-7f51b8b96701 An appeals court on Friday ruled that the airport can reduce the number of flights starting later this year, over-ruling a previous local court decision. The gove...
Jump to postVDemerest wrote:The biggest quirk of the “Boeing 717” is that it is actually the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, renamed and re-branded illogically as a Boeing product.
There is NOTHING remotely Boeing on the airplane.
“The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.”
This is the only thing we know yet.
All the rest are speculations.
Heinkel wrote:They are talking about 5-seaters with 250 km range. Not what I would call an "airliner".
Air France Hop pilot union is lobbying for a relaxed scope clause to operate aircraft up to 135 seats to allow for A220-100 operations. Currently, under 20-year agreement, Hop is limited to operating aircraft under 110 seats. Earlier this year it was reported Air France was in talks to order 35-50 ...
Jump to postro1960 wrote:Transavia France and KLM to operate A320s from 2023 ? According to this article, TO will get 10 A320s neo for the Summer of 2023. The illustration shows A320s in KLM livery too.
Air France Hop pilot union is lobbying for a relaxed scope clause to operate aircraft up to 135 seats to allow for A220-100 operations. Currently, under 20-year agreement, Hop is limited to operating aircraft under 110 seats. Earlier this year it was reported Air France was in talks to order 35-50 ...
Jump to postThese graphs are worth nothing. Only good for people with an agenda...
Jump to postWhy daytime flights?....... Huh.....Why not ?
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that with the mainland tightening the screws on HK, that the days of CX's heyday are in the past and it'll die a slow, lingering death?
Aviation Herald shows a slightly different, yet slightly less sensationalistic reality: http://avherald.com/h?article=4e39ad41&opt=0 "Flight plan data show the aircraft was scheduled to land in Sheremetyevo. Radar data show the aircraft remained at cruise FL until top of descent about 140nm...
Jump to postWe have a few "exit doors" like Lajes and Bermuda. Other than that, engines are better be turning
On a side note, ETOPS is not much better on North Siberian routes....
the Boost projet has never been a Long Haul Low Cost project to compete with Level or Norwegian. Never. It's been wrongly reported by some medias but the goal of Boost was simply to tend to reduce cost on a Europe to Asia axis, in order to regain market share against the ME3. In clear: all the AF pr...
Jump to postSNPL represented pilots have voted 58.1% in favor to authorize union to enter discussions with company reference "Boost" proposed lower cost model. Correction: This is 58,1% of ALL Air France pilots, not only the ones represented by SNPL. This makes a BIG difference. This is trully a kick...
Jump to postI dont know how things work in your countries, but in lawful nation like France a company cannot just impose or make adjustment to labor contracts at its own whim. Labor in France already took down big companies by refusing any compromise and keeping their contrats for eternally granted. France has...
Jump to postOdd corporate governance. There is an executive committee and a board in place for this kind of decision. The pilots are represented on the board. Asking the pilots to vote for this proposal is like asking turkey to vote for Christmas. But quite normal at Air France, a company run too often for the...
Jump to postAir France has currently 40 773 ER in their fleet. AF seems to prefer Boeing over Airbus for its long-haul fleet (the 28 A350 ordered will replace 15 A332 and 13 A343). Will they buy 779 or 778 to replace older 773 ER in the near future, maybe next year ? What do you think ? AF is NOT replacing its...
Jump to postA couple years ago, CDG-YUL was one of their first A380 routes. Is the 789 in addition to another aircraft rotation? Seems that would be a lot of capacity reduction in a once very busy route. Would love to see them open up CDG-DEN with a 789 for summer seasonal. The A380 CDG-YUL flight has been wit...
Jump to postFirst routes announced: CDG-CAI, CDG-YUL, CDG-YYZ and CDG-ATL (oct 2017)... I wonder why those cities, specifically. CAI could be served by smaller aircraft at greater frequency - yet sees a 787 which is great! ATL is a SkyTeam hub, and could more easily support another airframe (even at higher cos...
Jump to postFirst routes announced: CDG-CAI, CDG-YUL, CDG-YYZ and CDG-ATL (oct 2017) and some CDG-BCN for crew training purposes in Feb and Mar 2017 (source: Routes Online) plus the CDG-LHR.
Cheers,
Dave
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boof" class="quote" target="_blank">Boof</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Hi Airproxx, thanks for this additional insight....
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/Boof" class="quote" target="_blank">Boof</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Because the nose gear is steered by the tech crew ...
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/321neo" class="quote" target="_blank">321neo</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Unlikely. Perhaps if they stuck with 77Ws they...
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/tortugamon" class="quote" target="_blank">tortugamon</a> (<a href="#40" class="quote">Reply 40</a>):<br/><i>Thank you for this first hand accoun...
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/seabosdca" class="quote" target="_blank">seabosdca</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i>I think <acronym title="Air France">AF...
Jump to postFrom a personal prospective, as an insider, I got the opportunity to carry our CEO, Mr Gagey, a few month back. We've been in quick talks as he made a visit inside the flight deck, and the 77X was one of numerous subjects. From what I remember, he clearly told us that the 77X was highly awaited by t...
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"AF converts 2 A380 in option to 3 A350" sounds more appropriate to me.
Cheers
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/747megatop" class="quote" target="_blank">747megatop</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>The ME3 seems to be in a mad rush to k...
Jump to postSo if higher charges are to be expected, is <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> gonna leave <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acronym>? <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/confused.gif" width="15" height="22" border="...
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/usxguy" class="quote" target="_blank">usxguy</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Reading this, I w...
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/Mir" class="quote" target="_blank">Mir</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>No, they should just reject it and get it over wit...
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Jump to postAirbus painted the A350 nose with this black false screen around the cockpit windows to make it look less ugly. The 737 nose is still pretty IMO, no need to make it look "up to date".
Jump to postHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!
What are they gonna do with all this, particularly A380s?? Accomodate flying mosquees??? Pure joke!!
On a side note, friends I have @ EasyJet and Emirates reported me that the initial policies of both airlines was first to rely as much as possible on automation. Flight was almost completely done <acronym title="Air One (Italy)">AP</acronym> <acronym title="Air Nauru">ON</acronym>. But reccurent tra...
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/FredrikHAD" class="quote" target="_blank">FredrikHAD</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i> Why would an unmanned ...
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Jump to postSo while <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> staff unions have endless arguments with <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> management, <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym> is comfortly setling in <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acrony...
Jump to postSimply love it !! I just find this livery furiously trendy! Great job! I love the way American carriers show their pride in legacy and history.
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/Lesfalls" class="quote" target="_blank">Lesfalls</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i> It is rumored that Norwegian air w...
Jump to postAnother "new" livery that looks like it's been around for the past two decades.... Congrats to some so-called brand agency for making a fantastic job of making our environment as boring as possible.
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/747megatop" class="quote" target="_blank">747megatop</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i>French expert claims it is most like...
Jump to postI think the main title is misleading as nobody's able yet to say if this is an aircraft flap or any other part...
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