Re: Larger airports without jetways/ small ones with….

Some of the Mediterranean holiday hotspots have very busy airports during the summer season with not a jet bridge in sight (HER, CFU, MLA, FNC etc.)

Re: Why did Royal Jordanian choose to fly to Stansted over Gatwick?

Could also be that STN is further away from LHR than LGW is (and on the other side of London / the M25), therefore capturing a slightly different market

Are airlines less bothered by Flight Mode?

Are airlines giving up insisting that devices are in flight mode? On my last two flights (Ryanair and Wizz) various passengers have been chatting away on voice and video calls right the way through take off until the point when the signal cuts out. Makes me wonder - now that lots of passengers have ...

BA short of A32X?

Are BA short of Airbus narrowbodies? I’ve seen that they have an old DAT A321 operating for them at the moment - and that’s on top of the various Finnair-operated BA flights. Is a shortage of planes a problem that BA are trying to fix, or is it more cost-effective for them to operate all these lease...

Re: SMS Survey

The link seems to work fine for me - though “SMS in private aviation” still sounds like a dodgy workaround to me

Re: BA destinations from multiple LON airports

Are there many more examples of this from around the world? ie. An airline flying from one destination to three or four airports serving the same city?

BA destinations from multiple LON airports

I’ve noticed that from May 2024, BA will serve NCE from London Heathrow, Gatwick, City and Stansted.

Are there any other BA destinations served from three or four different London airports?

Re: Widebodies with ‘human rated’ lower galley elevators flying today ?

jetwet1 wrote:

I would say the LH 340-600's would be the last of them.

Re: Who is airline start up with widebody only?

Highland Express

Re: Ryanair booking issue?

Well, as of today it seems their flights are bookable again - some right up until the end of March 2025! Not sure what that was all about… must have been a lot of changes to the schedules.

Re: Ryanair booking issue?

I just found it strange because bookings for after October 2024 have been available for a while now (back in December I made a Ryanair booking for late November 2024) - which shows as a perfectly fine booking in the Ryanair app but is no longer a bookable flight.

Ryanair booking issue?

I have been looking at various flights to different destinations for January 2025 on the Ryanair site / app over the past few days but now there are no flights showing after the end of October 2024 (to seemingly any destination). Is something wrong with the site?

Re: Why did Southwest change flight numbers are the same routes?

I get what is being asked here. For lots of other airlines, flight “FR1005” (example) is always a morning flight from London Stansted to Bucharest. For Southwest, flight “WN100” could be a flight from anywhere to anywhere on any given day. It definitely feels strange to someone like me, based in Eur...

Luxair inflight service

Just booked myself onto a short Luxair hop later in the year (LCY to LUX and return).

Wondering - what’s the inflight service like? Couldn’t seem to find a definitive answer as to what we can expect.

Thanks!

Re: Rare types in service 2024

How rare are Dornier 328s? I think BA/Sunair are still flying some in Europe.

Re: Is Europe the cheapest place to fly?

1p wasn’t the cheapest. You could get it for €0.01 also. But they always tried to get you with credit Card fees at that time, before it was made illegal . The only card they’d take for payment without a fee was a Halifax Electron iirc. Needless to say, opened a Halifax Electron account with £10 in ...

Is Europe the cheapest place to fly?

I hop all over Europe and pay very little for the vast majority of my flights (rarely over £50 return per adult ticket and often for as little as £20 return - sometimes even less). I know that this comes without baggage fees etc but I usually make day trips or short overnight visits so don’t end up ...

Re: Which airline will you give most of your business toward in 2024?

I live in London, the city with the most commercial air passenger traffic in Europe. Competition between airlines is brutal here. I will probably give most of my business to a mix of Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizzair. Same in 2024 as for the last 10 years Price and schedule are what matter... and I see ...

Re: Singapore Airlines launch London Gatwick

But I was told that LGW is only for union jacks with fat beer bellies who only want to head to an unlimited alcohol resort in CUN or Spain…. Based on this information I predict the service will flop! Then you are rather foolish for listening to such rubbish. Gatwick is a thriving airport with a wid...

Re: Return of “Ryanair Sun”?

Confusing! But thank you… and there was me hoping for another FR-group livery!

Return of “Ryanair Sun”?

I know that Ryanair rebranded Ryanair Sun to “Buzz” a few years ago, but whilst clicking through some random flights for next year I’ve spotted some that are labelled as “operated by Ryanair Sun”. Others say “operated by Buzz”. Is this a mistake? (And if so, why would it only be on some Buzz-operate...

Re: Uzbekistan Airways dual Airbus A320neo liveries

I guess that if a brand refresh is coming, it just didn’t make sense to paint brand new aircraft in the full, old colourscheme. Sort of like BA did many years ago when they introduced the first version of World Tails.

Re: Uzbekistan Airways dual Airbus A320neo liveries

It’s interesting that the white “temporary livery” adds the word ‘Airways’.

Re: Volcanic activity near Keflavik airport - possible effect on Iceland's air traffic

There must be some nice aerial views from approaching aircraft right now.

Re: Manchester (UK) Aviation - 2023

Have the liquid restrictions been dropped in Manchester security yet? If not then is there any idea when they will be? The last article I saw (a few weeks ago) suggested that all major U.K. airports should have scrapped the rule “by 2024”… but not sure if that really means “by 2024” or “by the end ...

Re: Why "contactless payments" required onboard?

Any idea why Wizz Air specifically announces that they don’t take payments from cards like Monzo / Revolut? Loads of Europeans (or maybe just Brits?) use those for their travels these days.

Re: Tatty TUI Dreamliners

I’ve noticed that some of the TUI 787s are looking more and more ropey on the outside - patchwork paint jobs that in some cases still show the painting over of “Thomson” with TUI, and colours that are ever more faded. Is TUI planning a livery refresh at some point, or have they just prioritised the...

Re: Tatty TUI Dreamliners

I just think it can’t look good to passengers boarding these aircraft.

Any other major airlines at the moment whose fleet generally looks tatty from the outside?

Re: Tatty TUI Dreamliners

So my initial questions from 10 months ago remain… are they letting these slip because there’s a brand refresh coming, or do they not have the cash to paint them at the moment? I noticed this summer season that TUI U.K. even had at least one 737 flying around in a very faded rendition of the OLD TUI...

Can some 737s not have winglets fitted?

Sitting onboard Jet2’s G-GDFJ ready to depart and it made me wonder - are some 737s not able to have winglets fitted for some reason? I assumed Jet2 had them on all of their -800s, but apparently not this one. Why might that be? Considering there are -300s out there with winglets fitted, I would ass...

Re: Rare Connections

I have a feeling there must be plenty of these oddities at Istanbul - not that I can think of any specific examples off the top of my head!

Re: Mystery Antonov at BHX?

rutankrd wrote:

Probably UR-CQE an AN26 semi resident used for adhoc cargo related to the automotive industry

Re: New boarding process for United flights

The last few flights I've been on (not UA admittedly, I'm in Euope) have had boarding efficiently managed by the passengers themselves... Most people seem to have realised that with assigned seats they no longer need to stand in a queue at the gate. So sit down and play 'chicken'. Try to be the last...

Mystery Antonov at BHX?

Hi all, Just looking out of the window of the Travelodge Birmingham Airport (amazing hotel for spotting if you call ahead and ask for floor 6 facing the airport) and there is a mystery Antonov nose poking out from behind one of the cargo buildings. I want to say it's an Antonov 24 but not 100% sure....

Re: Dortmund (DTM) Gates 5-12 layout

Why would they choose to reverse in and drive out though? Surely that takes up the same amount of ramp space as the more conventional nose-in parking?

Re: Best time of year to book discounted flights from UK?

Immediately after Christmas is a time that springs to mind? Well, that’s when all the package holiday adverts start springing up anyway…

I also find the best summer deals tend to be as far in advance as possible (a whole year in advance if possible).

Re: Adults-Only Section to be tested by Corendon

How long before some prat tries to pay for them and their partner to upgrade to this area of the plane even though their kids are also on the booking…?

Re: Monarch Airlines possible making a comeback