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I think that Lula's proposition of Ukraine ceding Crimea to Russia to end the war is realistic. (...).
Some clarity from Justice Thomas in a statement today. (...) this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable," Thomas said.(...) This statement is really amusing. "Did not have business before the Court". T...
Jump to postBilaterals with frequency limits in developed countries are a thing of the past.
Jump to postThis applies to any US airline: They can add a flight to LGW. Whenever they move the flight to LHR, it makes more money. So financially it does not make sense to flight to LGW. There may be another reason to fly LGW - competitive or market coverage. But the reality above keeps TA service at LGW limi...
Jump to postD L X wrote:Examples:
DEL-SEA = 7061 mi.
DEL-SIN-SEA = 2571 + 8070 = 10649 mi (50% longer)
(...).
Did you read the fine print to make sure you are allowed to post this in a public forum? Just asking. No one likes lawsuits.
Jump to postcount me amongst the "Nays". SYD-LHR is so uniquely important to Qantas, not so to any others, including BA. Being viable, is one thing, being important (enough), is quite another. Too much crew, too many aircraft... for one market. And why would the US3 bother, when they already reach SY...
Jump to postThey got a real good deal on the A350s since they were sitting around.. I agree they don't need the range but if the price is right I don't see any harm in taking them.. I wonder will they start flying to LAX or deeper into Europe. It brings operational complexity: A whole new set of spare parts, t...
Jump to postI really don't understand the 359s... does the complexity of an additional fleet type really justify the small fleet? Does the revenue from the 30 extra seats that *sometimes* can be filled cover the extra lease costs? For me, they are trying to be too much to too many customers. There is no focus....
Jump to postA lot of comments about potential injuries. If FA’s are not “paid” while passengers are boarding, what is considered an on the job injury? When does that clock start? They're on duty, and therefore on the job. That doesn’t answer my question. When does duty time begin? Your question is a distractio...
Jump to post(...) I guess the proposal was written for Azul and to keep others (AA) away... Just consider how the recent AA cuts played out and how they would reverse: CNF is not at the top of AA considerations in Brazil. It would go back to MAO and BSB first. My opinion is that AA will go back to neither unti...
Jump to postAt this point wouldn’t a NEO 767 be the best option. (...) The cross section of the 767 is too inefficient. You add a whole lot of cross section area (60% more!) for 1 more seat per row, plus some extra cargo space. The larger cross section results in bigger drag and more structural weight. 7-abrea...
Jump to postAfter years of reading hundreds of MOM posts, I'm convinced that the market will be chipped at from below (by Airbus) and nothing else is going to happen in the MOM space. But it creates good long threads on a.net! That is very funny! You might have noticed the regular threads on small widebodies t...
Jump to postAlready made that reference once, so here it is again:
MoM is tough to crack. Look at cars. We have 2-seaters and we have 4-5 seaters. Logically, a 3-seater seems a great idea. MoM is like the 3-seater.
By population and GDP, Russia is similar size to a single Chinese province - Guangdong. But Russia's economy is shrinking and Russia's population is shrinking fast with war casualties and mass emigration. Russia is headed to being more like Shandong. There is no chance this can be a relationship of ...
Jump to postThe 777-300s have a high degree of automation. Question: Can they be flown indefinitely without any type of software update? As the airspace evolves, both in Russia and out of it, I assume pilots might have to rely less and less on automation and fly on their own.
Jump to post1. American only serves MVD from NOV-MAR. Between APR-OCT Uruguay has no nonstop or direct plane service to the US I was curious on how/why AA can't make MVD work year-round, while both IB and UX can from MAD. Is MAD that much of a larger market from MVD? Also, why does AA leave the 788 on the grou...
Jump to postSo Russia was able to close the door before too many of their military age males fled the country? Based on news at the time of the last conscription, the outlets made it appear as if the numbers fleeing were significant. Russia has a limited number of cards to play: One is a large increase in the ...
Jump to postThere is a great book about the Boeing 707 in Brazil:
https://www.cavok.com.br/livro-boeing-7 ... -no-brasil
Varig was by far the most important 707 operator in Brazil so that is the buik of the book. I highly recommend it.
Knowing very close to nothing about tanks, how many MBTs does Ukraine currently have, and what capability does Leopard 2 bring that Ukraine currently does not have? I am with you. I know close to nothing about tanks. But I know that recently the biggest supplier of tanks to Ukraine has been the Rus...
Jump to post(...) I do not consider iRussia a major power anymore. Russia is now like North Korea, annoying and dangerous, but not worthy of the big leagues anymore. Lightsaber Just look at how scared they are that Ukraine is going to destroy their bombers. They have about a total 100 Tu-22s and Tu-95s. Both s...
Jump to postIf it is underwear, it has to be made down under! Aussiebums.
Jump to postWell, Iran Air has not had any crashes lately especially given how old aircrafts they have to fly. Silver lining here is that those A340s got an extension on their lives. Who knows, may be Swiss may end up sending their A340s to Iran down the line! Iran Air has not had any crashes lately because it...
Jump to postIs there any news about more planes being parked? It's been 9 months since the crisis and most planes must have started to need maintenance by now. I'm guessing that there will have some components stored within Russia that they've been able to use, and the major winding back of international opera...
Jump to postEff 26MAR23 Lufthansa reduces MUC-GIG from 5 to 3x w flights, A359 https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221215-lhns23inc It seems another indication that Rio is not doing well as an international destination. Part of it is the lack of domestic connectivity. While service can be had from SDU, I never thou...
Jump to postAnyone know why LH doesn’t fly from MUC to GRU? Figured there’s more than enough demand for dual op. Coming out of the COVID crisis, with softer corporate demand, a MUC-GRU flight ends up cannibalizing the FRA-GRU one. Same happened at Mexico City, where the MUC-MEX flight, that relied heavily on t...
Jump to post(...) The case for expanding DAL beyond the current 20 gates would not be there if WN didn't have a hub at DAL. If WN weren't serving smaller Texas markets such as AMA/LBB/MAF nonstop from DAL, WN would have more room at DAL to accommodate nonstop service to bigger markets such as BOS/CVG/CLE/BDL t...
Jump to postThere is an article titled "It’s time to add capacity at Love Field", which was published on the Dallas Morning News website last Saturday, and that article can be found at https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2022/11/20/its-time-to-add-capacity-at-love-field/. In my opinion, per...
Jump to postSwitzerland's neutrality is founded on reducing the risk of being attacked Switzerland's neutrality is founded on the principle of playing both ends against the middle as they did in WW2. Switzerland has no ethics, they never have had ethics. Switzerland is also in a privileged geographical positio...
Jump to postIt is like having a 1,000kg compact car and a 2,000kg large car and then saying there is no demand for a 1,500kg medium sized car. It is very obvious. It is not like we live in a world where 50% of the routes are over 6,000nm, the other 50% are below 1,000nm and there are no routes between 1,000nm ...
Jump to postI agree with this assessment, as of what we know now; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A/community?lb=UgkxZWKb7VeHNDzpPDhEDxIWnrTvbjKiX4sI I agree as well. One of the mooted responses is more weapons to Ukraine. Why don't we throw all weapons we are prepared to supply now inst...
Jump to post(...) In the current situation Russia is also the aggressor, and they are being made to pay for it. There were all kinds of non-lethal ways to address their concerns with Ukraine, but, nope, they chose to invade. IMO the main reason for the invasion was the Russian economy was going to go into rece...
Jump to postReporting from Ukraine explains why the next Ukranian target will probably be the Kinburn peninsula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmv0PPj-1Gg&ab_channel=ReportingfromUkraine I find the Russians asking to negotiate entertaining. They cannot win in the battlefield. They will then try to win at...
Jump to postNo, the UN General Assembly should give Germany that spot on the Security Council. That would really irritate Putin and a lot of Russians. No, Germany will come to the Security Council when Scotland and Northern Ireland secede, leading to the dissolution of the United Kingdom. Same process as the d...
Jump to postThe UN General Assembly should boot Russia out of the Security Council. Offer that spot to India. China would veto such a proposal. The UN would have to be terminated and re-created in order to take away Russia's veto. Russia is not a founding member of the UN. The USSR is. Getting Russia out of th...
Jump to postList of Azul destinations that are served only by Azul Conecta: Labrea AM Maues AM Manicore AM Borba AM Barcelos AM Santa Isabel Rio Negro AM Apui AM Sao Benedito CE Iguatu CE Aracati CE Crateus CE Barreirinhas MA Patos de Minas MG Teofilo Otoni MG Varginha MG Aripuana MT Barra do Garcas MT Agua Boa...
Jump to postI agree that this would be the case in an ideal world, but as another old saying goes, "might makes right". (...) The might in this case might just not be there. Beyond Russia's untested nuclear capability, its military might has disappointed everyone. By some reports, Russia has consumed...
Jump to postOwen Mathews, Moscow correspondent and historian. This is a very dispassionate and sober analysis of the war from the Russian perspective and ends with the view that sooner or later Ukraine will see themselves betrayed by the West because they will be pressured to concede land to Russia in the Donb...
Jump to postSad and possibly avoidable. The countries in favour of Ukraine remaining independent could have equipped Ukraine with the weapons likely to deter a Russian attack. (...).. Let's go back to February 2022. The United States went public with top secret intelligence saying that Russia was going to inva...
Jump to postI realize I may not have a popular opinion but Rio only needs one airport. GIG has the best runway in all of Latin America. If all terminal space that already exists is renovated and used, it can take 30 million pax per year. It has room to double that capacity with more terminal construction. SDU's...
Jump to postOne big change Azul did in the Brazil market is Azul Conecta, which has been flying with the Azul brand for two years. Different sources quote different fleet sizes, but it appears Azul Conecta is now up to 22 Cessna 208 Caravans. They seat 9 passengers. The impressive part is how Azul built capilla...
Jump to postWonder if these will all go to LIM/BOG. FOR/REC/MAO sound like perfect locations for the XLR. I don't expect the XLR at these destinations. MAO in particular, could be served with an A319 and American chose to close the station. FOR and REC have no premium demand. American can leave those markets f...
Jump to postThe partial mobilization in Russia appears to have started working: The number of daily casualties among Russian soldiers seems to have at least doubled on average. We all talk about Russia destroying Ukraine. Russia is destroying Russia too.
Jump to postWell, I have to feel for Ukraine's position. They are now stuck in a proxy war. (...) https://www.axios.com/2022/11/02/north-korea-russia-artillery-shells-ukraine-war For Ukrainians this is a war for their homeland well above being a proxy war. The solution for this war is not in between Washington...
Jump to postWould be interesting to see any very recent OAG data. I think even domestic aviation has taken a hit very recently, though I suspect its because of Putin's mobilization order. It might be sequestering commercial pilots and/or hitting the economy broadly. Tomorrow - there are 173 domestic departures...
Jump to postBraybuddy wrote:Leave it to Denys! Hopefully the Russians won't learn any lessons from this.
(...) As for trade the UK internal market is significant larger than trade with member nations in the EU. Also Scottish internal trade with England is larger than the rUK & EU combined (...) Of course you and many others would like the money train to come back again Scotland is a little more th...
Jump to postKeep the parliaments for NI, Wales and Scotland. Split English regions up into assemblies with limited powers (not as much as the countries). This is a lost cause. Scotland should dash for the EXIT and take Northern Ireland with it: The Republic of Scotland and Northern Ireland. They join the EU un...
Jump to postGOL will open a new route, albeit a seasonal one: GIG - MVD, between 24DEC22 and 31JAN23, 3x w. I don't believe Rio and Montevideo are currently connected with nonstop flights, so this would not only be a first for GOL but a first for MVD. G39456 GIG 23:00 MVD 02:05+1 737 136 G39457 MVD 04:15 GIG 0...
Jump to post(...)Russia knows that it needs more military equipment, we have already seen them using commercial off-the shelf items, so if nothing changes with Putin, expect him to start channeling the Russian economy into producing military equipment for his new soldiers. We can always question the capability...
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