Three come to mind for me:
QR LHR-DOH 388 to 77W
TG LHR-BKK 359 to 77W
TG BNE-BKK 788 to 772
Whilst not exactly bad swaps, the 359 and 788 would at the time been my first experience on both types. Thankfully, both have since been ticked off.
HND and ITM are two of the best I've come across.
ITM has a mini-park, kids fountains, a café and not to mention great view of the apron. HND T1/T2 is also fantastic.
https://www.osaka-airport.co.jp/en/shop ... /view.html
Air Mauritius are expected to take two A330-200 aircraft on a 3-year lease from Carlyle Aviation Partners. Both aircraft are former 9W/EY aircraft and have also operated for HM, GF and WY on temporary leases. Airbus A330-243 751 VP-CPJ Carlyle Aviation Partners ex DQ-FJO of Fiji Airways Airbus A330-...
Jump to postCA also returning to LGW with daily services from PEK in April, served by A330-300.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230316-calgw
BA systems are down again, causing a fair bit of chaos at LHR. Also causing a knock-on to IB/QR in Terminal 5. A7-APJ has been sat on the ground for 1hr 15m since landing, other aircraft holding across taxiways and T3.
Jump to postIt was rumoured that a US video game company (Riot games I believe) is celebrating their annual convention in Barcelona this week. They have their HQ in West LA.
Jump to post'British Airways has revealed the initial destinations for its new Gatwick Airport subsidiary, which will start flying from March 2022. Tickets to 35 short-haul destinations will also be on sale from Tuesday 14 December' https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/news/14122021/british-airways-announces...
Jump to postAre there any used 787 around that are ready for pick up? The 300ERs are definetely faster available (as of next month) and new 787s could not have been delivered at all anyway. So the only Boeing option was the 77Ws. Also they use them for cargo if pax operation is prohibited and the 77W will lift...
Jump to post'Flybe announces Birmingham Airport as new headquarters'
Expected new routes to be announced in the coming months.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-b ... m-59306994
A380-800 Etihad Airways - A6-APJ; LHR-AUH Etihad Airways - A6-APJ; AUH-SYD Etihad Airways - A6-APG; AUH-LHR Thai Airways - HS-TUF; LHR-BKK Thai Airways - HS-TUA; BKK-LHR Thai Airways - HS-TUD; BKK-LHR Was also due to fly QR on LHR-DOH, but last minute equipment change to 77W. Due to fly 4x EK 388s i...
Jump to postAirbus A300-600R:
American Airlines - N11060; MIA-JFK
American Airlines - Nxxxx; JFK-LHR
Thai Airways - HS-xxx; BKK-HKT
A340-300:
Air France - F-GLZO; BKK-SGN
Air France - F-GLZN; SGN-BKK
A340-600
Qatar Airways - A7-AGB; DOH-LHR
Rumours circulating online of EY bringing back the A380, we shall see.
Jump to postSeems 5 of 12 A380's are coming back into operation from 8NOV, initially to FRA and MAD. Long haul routes to commence from 3DEC Miami to launch 3rd December Dubai to launch 5th December Dallas Fort Worth to launch 7th December Los Angeles to launch 9th December Source: https://www.headforpoints.com/...
Jump to postDon't suppose anyone is able to help with a few holes in my flight logs please? 2017-09-07/TG475/BKK/SYD/19:20/07:20/744 2016-10-18/U25476/MAD/LGW/11:35/13:00/A319 2016-10-15/U25475/LGW/MAD/07:25/11:20/A319 2015-03-14/QR1047/AUH/DOH/15:00/15:05/A320 2015-03-08/QR1040/DOH/AUH/02:25/04:30/A320 2013-10...
Jump to postLooks like 16 aircraft leases were terminated. Also, they plan to remain as a smaller airline, with 85 aircraft in the fleet by 2025. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/thai-airways-wins-court-approval-restructuring-plan-2021-06-15/ Do we know which 16 leases were terminated? Accord...
Jump to postDoes anyone have details of the plan for the remaining 10 SQ A330-300s? I think 2 more are due to be removed by March 2020 leaving 8. When are these due to go back to lessors?
Jump to postThe same question applies to LHR-JFK if anyone is able to advise?
Jump to postA lot of UK media reporting that Thomas Cook has agreed a rescue deal with shareholder Fosun.
In particular Fosun will invest £450m into the business in exchange for 25% of the airline. (75% for the operator).
https://www.ft.com/content/15ecdab8-c96 ... 69401ba76f
VS Airbus order expected shortly, I would suspect A330neo.
EDIT - Now official 14 A330-900neo plus 6 options. Deliveries between 2021-24
Virgin Atlantic have announced a return to Mumbai from 27OCT with daily 787-9 operations from LHR.
Fills the gap slightly which was left by the demise of 9W.
https://blog.virginatlantic.com/virgin- ... to-mumbai/
LGWGate49 wrote:Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VYOU Positions to London Gatwick
http://thevssource.com/virgin-atlantic- ... n-gatwick/
According to thevssource 'Fleet status is unconfirmed'
Airlineroute just tweeted that Hainan has re-opened reservations as of today from 01SEP on wards:
https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/status ... 9062248449
greg85 wrote:Besides Allegiant and Volotea, who are the active used A319 buyers?
Lightsaber
I noticed that 9H-PGS (formally A6-EHK) has been flying a number of BOH-NQY-NQY-BOH flights today. Planespotters.net suggests that Maleth-Aero is the operator on a lease from European Aviation Group. 9H-PSI (formally A6-EHJ) is also due to be taken up by Maleth-Aero. https://www.flightradar24.com/da...
Jump to postDoes anyone know of anywhere where I can find SYD and BNE backdated movements? In the UK we have www.lhr-lgw.co.uk
Jump to postAirAsia's first A330-900neo rolls out from the paint shop:
https://twitter.com/Airbus/status/1118843555072622592
Further images via AirAsia: https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/2019/ ... us-a330neo
China Eastern have been granted rights for an additional 7 weekly flights between Shanghai Pudong London - at present they have 10 (7LHR and 3 LGW) so this will total 17 from September 2019 Air China have been granted rights for 4 weekly flights between Shanghai Pudong and London from September 201...
Jump to postKLM fly:
KL809/810 AMS-KUL-CGK-KUL-AMS with 772/77W.
KL807/808 AMS-TPE-MNL-TPE-AMS with 772/77W (although no local rights)
KL835/836 AMS-SIN-DPS-SIN-AMS with 772/77W
Reuters confirmed today that Taiwanese start-up carrier StarLux has ordered 17 Airbus A350s. 12 A350-1000 9 A350-900 Plans to operate them from Taipei to Europe/North America as well as Asia-Pacific destinations. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-starlux-orders-airbus/airbus-to-sell-17-a350s-to-tai...
Jump to postSeanM1997 wrote:From 1 December 2019, British Airways London Heathrow - Bahrain will be extended to Dammam on B777-200:
https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/11 ... 3574523904
On QF, they have 2 unused slots at LHR that they own but which are currently leased to BA. Out of curiosity, what were these slots previously used for? Can anyone enlighten me on the history of the LHR historic routes as part of the BA partnership before EK - I know we had SYD-BKK-LHR and SYD-SIN-L...
Jump to postBA should be announcing Islamabad or Lahore soon perhaps? Do you have a source or is this a personal view? This comes up every couple of weeks here for the last few years now, always by the same members. It hasn’t happened and won’t as BA will not let their crew overnight in Pakistan as of now I ha...
Jump to postTimings announced on Routes Online twitter.
BA261 LHR2115 - 0925+1ISB 788 247
BA260 ISB1110 - 1600LHR 788 135
Resumes 02JUN19 with 787-8.
Garuda has now opened reservations for non-stop CGK-LHR-CGK flights re-commencing 27th November 2018.
GA086 CGK1205 – 2000LHR 773 246
GA087 LHR2155 – 1910+1CGK 773 246
Source: Airline Route
I've done this in 24hrs before:
BOS-CLE-MCI-ORD-(LHR) > all with United
Air India’s inaugural Delhi-Tel Aviv flights is the first commercial flight in 7 decades to fly over Saudi Arabia en route to Israel. AI139 is being operated by VT-ANX 787-8. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DY6DaEdXUAEo8l9.jpg:large Source: FlightRadar24 https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/97686269...
Jump to postneomax wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with BA pulling out of DOH.
Hopefully BA have read your post TC957 and will now be prepared... Sounds like a Daily Mail headline.
Jump to postI will be taking a domestic flights in Australia in September and having never flown any of the airlines mentioned, I'd be grateful for tips of the best offering:
Flying from Sydney to Cairns:
Jetstar
Virgin Australia
Tiger Air
Currently swaying towards VA. QF is far too expensive.
I noticed that British Airway's A318, G-EUNB has been ferried from Cambridge to Shannon on 20th May ready for transfer to Titan Airways in all-white leaving only G-EUNA in operation with BA. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-eunb Is this deal long term or a short lease? I guess reducing ...
Jump to postI flew a few domestic routes on TG earlier this month and you really never know what you might end up with. In terms of the A330; there are two remaining P&W powered 300s left in the fleet which only fly Domestic routes (KBV/CNX/HKT) and have the old seats. These are HS-TEL/TEJ. The newer 300s a...
Jump to postBritish Airways is to introduce the 777-200ER on London Heathrow - Madrid ops from March 2017. BA458 LHR0720 MAD1050 772 D BA459 MAD1055 LHR1350 772 D The 767 will also operate the earlier flight with a mix of A321/320/319 throughout the day. Nice to have another wide body on the route. IB operate t...
Jump to postWhich would you pick and why?
I'm planning a last minute trip to either Ao Nang, Krabi or Kata/Karon in Phuket. I like semi-busy areas but not the seedy touristy areas.
Planning on travelling to Thailand next month, some great fares from London to Phuket/Krabi on the following airlines: My options are In economy for: Emirates 388 and 77W Qatar Airways 388/788/359 and 332 Etihad 388 and 77W Thai 388/77W and 333 I've flown all airlines except EY before, but have been...
Jump to postA nice addition; JFK. TPA, MCO and now FLL will be all served from LGW.
Will be flown 4x weekly with 3-class 777-200ER
BA2169 LGW0925 - 1345FLL 772 x135
BA2168 FLL1700 - 0630+1LGW 772 x135
I think that this has been fairly evident for quite some time. As soon as the 737-300s are gone then it will become all Airbus and with NEOs on the way, I don't expect things to change.
Jump to postVery impressive - looks as if CI has stepped up the game.
Jump to postdubaiamman243 wrote:Starting from 30OCT16, Etihad will launch daily flights to Venice with the A319.
Alitalia currently serves the route with an A332 on a daily basis.
9 flights a day, frequency without a narrow body in sight. Wonder which of QR / EK makes the most profit QR with 19 x NB or EK with 9 x WB A lot of QR's flights are actually flown by widebodies. For example taking 06SEP as a random sample: QR1015 DXB-DOH 00:30 77W QR1003 DXB-DOH 05:30 359 QR1259 DW...
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