Just trying to get to grips with <acronym title="Lina Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)">GC</acronym> for the first time after 15 years, my God its brutal. I suppose its not the traditional <acronym title="Tower Air (USA)">FF</acronym> program. Would anyone know what a European one-way would earn on a Plus ...
Jump to post<a href="http://fireplanes.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/just-in-evergreen-international-aviation-statement-concerning-the-supertanker/" target="_blank">http://fireplanes.wordpress.com/2012...tement-concerning-the-supertanker/</a> Evergreen statement on supertanker use or lack thereof. Going on the offen...
Jump to postI thought from the original pic that it was fire we could see across the top of the hangar, but it seems they're just lights. The hangar itself seems undamaged, could just have been the plane itself that caught fire.
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/AmricanShamrok" class="quote" target="_blank">AmricanShamrok</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Happy New Year to all. For t...
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Jump to postIf this strike goes ahead, I think it'll change the face of Aer Lingus. <acronym title="Molde - Aro (MOL / ENML), Norway">MOL</acronym> didn't pick up up an extra few percent of Aer Lingus over the last few days by accident. Shareholders stood up against <acronym title="Molde - Aro (MOL / ENML), Nor...
Jump to postFrom breakingnews.ie... <i>Meanwhile, Malev Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian Airways are teaming up to offer a new service from Cork Airort to Amman in Jordan. The service, which goes via Budapest, will operate twice weekly and comes into effect this Saturday.</i> How's this one working? Malev...
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Jump to postMOL runs a business, and a huge factor for his profitability is the efficiency of the airports through which they pass. He's dead right to be taking on the DAA if he has concerns, given his business is the biggest user of the airport. <acronym title="Cork (ORK / EICK), Ireland">ORK</acronym> is a fi...
Jump to postWeight and Balance, not weight imbalance. When the plane is empty they keep everyone is the middle, meaning less fuel due to better trim.
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Jump to postThanks for that Brian. Each time I need to go somewhere I trawl thru all the airlines websites and end up going thru Shannon/Dublin because the connection/time is far better than anywhere out of Cork. <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> is prob the only opti...
Jump to postGod Las Vegas would be class. Pity its a mistake! On another note, the lack of flights from Cork is a real pity, over 75% of the time I must go through Shannon or Dublin to get in or out of Cork. Cork doesn't have any great link to a major hub, only one flight a day to Paris, a few to London but onl...
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Jump to post...and apparently there isn't a snowballs chance in hell <acronym title="Toulouse - Blagnac (TLS / LFBO), France">TLS</acronym>-<acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> will be re-instated as a winter route. It started off as a winter only route, then they found ou...
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Jump to post100+ flights with <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym> and very few complaints. Cabin crew have greatly improved over the last few years and are way above <acronym title="Aer Lingus (Ireland)">EI</acronym> or <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> (so are EZY crew for that matter)....
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Jump to postAs mentioned above its usually considered bad PR when you must cancel a PR flight!
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He meant the SARS outbreak was in Toronto, not Montreal.
Jump to postHaving flown on a brand new Ryanair 737-800 yesterday followed by a brand new Easyjet A319, I was amazed by the advances in engine noise reduction and handling on both of them. My own perception however was that the A319 was a slight cut above the 737-800. Both of them went through the same average ...
Jump to postTwo points; A) Ryanair are charging passengers for a checked bag which would usually have been hand luggage even if the ticket was purchased before the current requirements. Same everywhere. B) I once paid a 260 euro overweight baggage charge with <acronym title="Aer Lingus (Ireland)">EI</acronym>. ...
Jump to postI gotta hand it to him he's excellent. One point is very true and highlights the fact that all is not as it seems; there is a shortage of pilots around the world, there would be a huge exodus of pilots from Ryanair if this fatigure issue were true.
Jump to postEZY pulled out of <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Cork (ORK / EICK), Ireland">ORK</acronym> because of competition from Ryanair, as soon as they announced their intentions, Ryanair cut back the <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK)...
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Jump to post$50,000 to repair?! Is he mad? Add a few zeros!
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Jump to postRandy's blog is <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> and nothing else. And it's good <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> given the attitudes and statements of those high up in Airbus. HOWEVER, taking a <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> exercise as 'the atti...
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Jump to postAny update on the above? Looking to check-in for a flight today but no link from anywhere on the Ryanair site..........
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Jump to postI've seen first hand one system which was directly affected by mobile phone interference. On the ground we could could reproduce it by dialling, and then watching the interference (not going to tell you what!). I've also been at a conference where the subject was discussed and the number of incident...
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Jump to postThe main problem is that phones are getting stronger, especially the new 3G ones. Plus 99% of cases of interference are random, very difficult to pinpoint the specifics.
Jump to postThe number of changes made over the years are too numerous to list, though I'm not sure what you would define as major. In terms of bargaining power, Boeing have more because the 737 broke even many years before the A320. A rumoured price war is expected sometime this year, instigated by Boeing to d...
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Jump to postThis thread has been hijacked by armchair CEO's. Those that work in the industry can give you multiple examples of everything referred to on the C4 program. From the airport passes to crew comments to vomit, I've personally seen it all before and so have many others out there. If you don't like what...
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