Re: Airbus CFO: We're not happy with the issues at Boeing

It's not just about volume anyway. Rather than ramping up production quickly, with all the risks that entails, a slow increase while keeping good profit margins makes far more sense.

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

And even at 3-4-3, the 744s are more comfortable than 3-4-3 on the 777s (and the aisles were also passable without having to walk sideways). 3-4-3 747 typically has 17.2" seatwidth - similar to 3-3-3 787. 3-4-3 777 typically has 17.0" seatwidth, so the difference is just marginal. The rea...

Re: Boeing and Airbus in discussions with Spirit Aerosystems About Buying Spirit or Parts of it

Many A380 structures were transported by ship as they were too large for the Beluga. I'm not sure if that applies to the A350 as well.

Re: COMAC C929 discussion thread

Their biggest problem is the fact that they gotta compete directly with a more established B787-9, A350-900 and A330-900neo. Which at this point is almost impossible to do. It's similar to what happened with Japanese Cars. They already have extensive market shares, spareparts, trained mechanics, af...

Re: Last time you flew on a tri-/quad-jet

A major source of regret that I never flew in any of the wide bodied tri jets. My only trijet was in 2003, an Aero Continente 727-100 from LIM-AQP. Lots of quad jet flights though, 39 flights including 146s/Avro, 747-400s, A343s, A346s and A380s. Surprisingly (as I live in London where the A380 is s...

Re: Why MH and GA failed flying to Europe

I'm sure MH must make money from the LHR route, seeing that they are the only direct option.

Re: Adults-Only Section to be tested by Corendon

Yeah, why can't parents be reasonable and either stay at home 52 weeks a year, or leave their kids there while they go on holiday? They're so selfish. I never said parents are selfish for bringing their kids. Obviously if they're moving somewhere, or it's a vacation for the kids (for example Disney...

Re: AMS to introduce a night curfew and ban private jets

Some of the negative reactions on this thread are insane. I get that this is a civil aviation website (mostly) and that anything that constrains such would draw criticism among aviation enthusiasts, but if I read nothing but the replies I'd swear AMS was closing down altogether... It's just a curfe...

Re: AMS to introduce a night curfew and ban private jets

CALMSP wrote:

this guy is a lunatic. Unreal how much some of these European airports/governments continue to kill aviation.

Re: Status of London Heathrow's 3rd Runway

Is there really the demand for internal flights apart from transfers?. It’s something popular with MPs ( both shades) and particularly in constituencies neighbouring certain regional airports; however rather less so by airline operators ( Sans massive subsidies ! ) MPs have different opinions depen...

Re: Status of London Heathrow's 3rd Runway

If there is a will, there is a way. A law was passed recently in France to accelerate the building of new nuclear reactors, reducing the number of appeals, commissions, environmental studies, etc. (environmental studies are a moot point as the reactors will be built at existing sites). There is no ...

Re: A330's maiden flight 30 years ago today... Nov 2nd.

I would suggest that the A330 and A340 are more alike than the B777A and the B777-9 or the 737-300 and 737-Max8 but the Boeing fanboys always include all variants in the numbers count. If the A330 had been called the A330-200 and the A340 had been called the A330-400 I don't think anyone would have...

Re: London City wants to open Saturday 1230-1830

LCY is most unpleasant for the residential area along the Thames, in Woolwich and Thamesmead. There's constant noise from planes coming in to land, or taking off, right over the river. Of course the airport might want to expand, but there's no justification for it when there's plenty of capacity fo...

Re: London City wants to open Saturday 1230-1830

LCY is most unpleasant for the residential area along the Thames, in Woolwich and Thamesmead. There's constant noise from planes coming in to land, or taking off, right over the river. Of course the airport might want to expand, but there's no justification for it when there's plenty of capacity fo...

Re: London City wants to open Saturday 1230-1830

LCY is most unpleasant for the residential area along the Thames, in Woolwich and Thamesmead. There's constant noise from planes coming in to land, or taking off, right over the river. Of course the airport might want to expand, but there's no justification for it when there's plenty of capacity for...

Re: Doncaster Sheffield airport to close on 31 October 2022

England is geographically a small country, it's not hard to get to other, bigger airports in the general area, so it's not as if locals will suddenly be stranded because they don't have their own airport. Indeed many residents may much prefer to not have the noise and pollution near them, and consid...

Re: Airline seats too small? The FAA may soon change that

This sounds like a very sensible move. Someone has to set a minimum standard, whether for legroom or for seat width and aisle width which is more of an issue with widebodies, where we've seen 777s going to 10Y, and proposals to see a 10Y A350. It's a copout to blame the public for just buying the ch...

Re: Airbus reshapes A350 cabin to better accommodate 10 abreast

Yuk. Armrest width is a red herring, it's the available width divided by the number of seats that matters, Giving someone a slightly wider seat at the expense of a narrower armrest is no help, as the arms will still be clashing with the person next to them. Or overhanging into aisle. What's crazy wi...

Re: Airbus A340-500 to exit service this month with Azerbaijan Airlines

If I was a multi billionaire, I'd buy an A345 as my private jet!

Re: The perpetual failure of the smallest variant.

With the 737s and A320s, the initial shrink did well The A319CEO was a big seller, and the 737-500 (effectively a shrink of the 737-300 back to 737-200 size) was a good seller, but the market shifted, especially as the replacement 737-600 with its larger wing was heavier and less competitive at that...

Re: BA 757 retirement, 10 years ago now.

BA never needed the capabilities of the 757, as the routes it was used on within the UK or to mainland Europe weren't very long, hence they were able to replace them with the less capable but much more efficient A32X family aircraft

European Charter airlines used the long range capabilities far more

Re: Alex Cruz Steop down

The news does seem to be a complete surprise. Normally the press would have speculation about such a significant change, but for example there was nothing in the Sunday Times yesterday

Re: Bac 111. Successful start but why not a long term success?

There were plans for a stretched One-Eleven in the 70s, even a version powered by the CFM56, but instead the A320 was developed

Re: VS to start flights to Pakistan

It's going to be very difficult to make a profit selling an A330 full of VFR fares. Very little Business Class demand and underlying security risks that flare up frequently. This is an extremely price sensitive market, that is very well served by the ME3 with a product/experience that is far superi...

Re: Why did the Airbus a340 outsell the MD-11?

MD wanted to get away with minimum upgrades. It worked with the DC9-50 to MD80 upgrades, but once the A320 came along and started getting airline acceptance outside the usual Airbus operators, this approach (MD80 to MD90) wasn't good enough Similarly if Airbus hadn't been around, then MD would have ...

Re: The Airbus A380 Turns 15 Today (April 27)

I've always enjoyed my A380 flights (SQ, MH and EY), and have never felt the passenger numbers overwhelmed the airport infrastructure, as at busy airports you could have 3 744s or 77Ws arriving within 5 minutes anyway Great for the passenger, but not a looker and more seriously a commercial failure....

Re: LCY to pause terminal expansion plans

LCY isn't particularly loud. I live opposite the dock and there is more noise from cars with loud exhausts than the Ejets taking off from LCY. The A220 is quieter than the RJ100 and nothing much bigger is ever going to operate from there. Despite what Chunhimlai suggests. Hang on there, that’s not ...

Re: LCY to pause terminal expansion plans

Downturns are the perfect time to invest in infrastructure. Unlike just giving money away it teaches skills and provides those facilities needed for future economic growth. I personally see postponing this LCY expansion as very short sighted. Lightsaber Personally I think LCY is environmentally pre...

Re: Why did Boeing say that the 727 replacement was the 757?

Of course, for joint 757 launch customer British Airways the 757 wasn't a 727 replacement because BA never operated the type. But what it did replace at BA was the Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B. The Trident was blighted by being designed too bespoke for BEA, so it was never a huge seller but when it c...

Re: What is the future of LGW? What will it mean for the other hubs?

LGW IS the best connected London airport for rail connections, as uniquely of the London airports, it's actually located on the main railway line, rather than a branch or a separate rail service, thus it has far more direct trains or easy one change trains to far more connections. Of this doesn't me...

Re: IB announces the retirement of A346 fleet

I guess the A340-600 is also suffering from its lack of commonality with the A330, unlike the A340-300 which is very similar

Re: BBD ejection strategy: got lucky or sound decision-making?

If BBD HADN'T sold all those programmes, it would be in an appalling financial state at the moment...

Re: CNN: The Boeing 747 is playing a hero's role during Covid-19 crisis

A bit OTT to describe the 747 freighters as heroes! All sorts of freighters are delivering PPE and other essentials, none of which especially need the 747F's unique nose opening capabilities. Indeed, many passenger planes are currently performing such duties, including ones where the cargo is simply...

Re: IAG Post Covid Fleet Plan Summary

Apparently G-LCYJ, S, and T are all due to be flown from Norwich to London City today. LCY has been opened just for today to allow some ferry/maintenance/training flights. G-LCYE is going to Warsaw for maintenance and the crew are bringing back G-LCYO also. I think they are slowly bringing the flee...

Re: Potential for an 787-10ER ?

It is, however, possibly an aircraft that Boeing should have considered building . . . (although, the simple stretch 787-10 should have remained a part of the family regardless). History proves that that almost never happens. Whenever a more capable version of an extant airliner's frame enters serv...

Re: Which aircraft types have best advantage for social distancing?

Just blocking middle seats, you can seat 4 people in a 3-3 layout and 6 in a 3-3-3 layout, i.e. 2/3 of the Y seats. Every other layout seems less efficient, as with any bank of 2 or 4 seats, you have to block half of them. Being in the aisle seat is less attractive than the window seat though, as yo...

Re: IAG sign LOI for 200 B737 Max

Obviously, the current crisis will delay. We will see the purchase renegotiated later, the only question, is will Airbus negotiate seriously? But will IAG need that many new planes anyway? Aviation is likely to remain in a slump long after the current C19 crisis is over, and there won't be a shorta...

Re: LHR terminal moves?

Wow, that's pretty drastic but understandable. The number of people travelling next week will be minuscule, with people desperately trying to get home now, and then not going anywhere unless really necessary, especially as so many countries have closed their borders.

Re: Will Boeing and Airbus received new orders this year?

This massively different to 9/11, which was a shock to the airline world, but less so away from the US, hence the likes of Ryanair taking advantage Coronavirus will devastate the global economy for months, no country will be immune. Aircraft salesmen will be self isolating at home like everyone else...

Re: 25 Years of the RR Trent

I imagine the Ultrafan will move on to another name, another river presumably, to show it's a completely different generation of engine

And after the superb T700 and T800, the current problems have slightly tarnished the Trent name too...

Re: What in Your Opinion has been the Ugliest Commercial Jet?

Wednesdayite wrote:

The A318 just looks too short and plump for me.

Re: Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling

That is not a fair assumption as the main costs (for the UK HS2) stem from compensation and bad supervision. I know it does not count as HSR but still there are 200km/h+ possible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel 160km of tunnel with 115km of track build for $10B. For half the cos...

Re: Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling

PLEASE READ THE STORY This isn't about the impact on local residents, or whether we should expand at Stansted instead, it's about whether the 3rd runway is compatible with the UK's Climate Change promises. As the BBC's reporter said This judgement will fly round the globe quicker than a 747. More an...

Re: Environment campaigners win Heathrow runway ruling

To an extent I can see both sides of this, noting that this judgement isn't about the local residents or even air pollution, but rather about climate change IF Western governments (and society) see climate change as a massive problem which has to be taken very seriously, it seems inconsistent to be...

Re: Report: GE may offer engine for a330neo

Seems a bit odd to me, for what is a steady selling but hardly stellar product. Especially when the most successful CEO engine was the Trent 700 (with GE trailing) so many of the potential new buyers of the NEO will be existing RR customers anyway If "GE" airlines had such an issue with or...

Re: Ryanair submits offer to Boeing on new 737MAX order

Weren't the high profile crashes of the DC10 70s a reason why they renamed the DC9-80 the MD-80 to stop it being tarred with the "unsafe" DC name...

I'd be amazed if any airline still use the "Max" name

Re: Boeing CEO: NMA will "start with a clean sheet of paper again"

Even Boeing stopped talking about widebody comfort at narrowbody economics. So I would not bet on that to happen. Widebody dis comfort at narrowbody economics? How that? I was being slightly sarcastic, but the reality of flying nowadays is that the newer narrowbodies have more seat width and/or a w...

Re: Boeing CEO: NMA will "start with a clean sheet of paper again"

seahawk wrote:

Even Boeing stopped talking about widebody comfort at narrowbody economics. So I would not bet on that to happen.

Re: DL A220 "Whisperjet"?

ukoverlander wrote:

I seem to recall the BAe 146 was marketed as the Whipserjet.

Re: Key 747 Factories Shut Down

Sad news, though as a passenger the end of A380 production was even sadder, especially as that was a plane at the start of its life,

Either way, as an enthusiast the world of aviation is becoming a duller place.