I may well be wrong but I believe there is still a business case for this aircraft, I also believe that air terminals missed the boat and should have had double deck gate lounges with double deck air bridges and load the aircraft as two separate aircraft. Thats an infrastructure error and would have...
Jump to postWe need to be very careful in what we would like to see here because we have seen some horrific rebranding that the airlines call liveries. I do wonder though if they could do a euro blue but paler tip to tail with an oversize ying yang logo and simple Korean titles in silver but larger.
Jump to postBoeing massively underestimated the A350-1000 when they launched the 777X in November 2013 -- as this video from Boeing in the link below demonstrates: ..one airplane to go as far as its competition more efficiently, while carrying tons more cargo, literally; or with just passengers and luggage go ...
Jump to postOn the radio news this morning (June 4th) was a short tail end story that Qantas is "Working" with Airbus to see if SYD-LHR could be achieved. At this time I'd have to assume that they were talking about optimising the A359ULR for such duty. QF seemed very interested when the A350-1000 cam...
Jump to postI only took an out and back trip once in my life just to fly certain types, in my case it was to fly SYD-MEL-SYD first with the then new 767 with Ansett and then with TAA to fly their A300. Other trips I always look at options to try different carriers with my type list near complete I'd look at the...
Jump to postDue to my age and very high flight mileage my bucket list is rather small, the TU144, Handley page herald, DC-2, Grumman Goose and on a Convair 880 or 990 whichever one I missed. I've had my share of business jets but I'd love to take a really long trip on one like a G5 or Global Express although th...
Jump to postOnly 13 airline CEO's opinions matter and we hear no negativity from the other 12 at all, even Malaysian who had difficult times has now found the aircraft does fulfil its role rather well. Only SQ has parked a few of their early build and leased aircraft and they were replaced with new builds. We'l...
Jump to postWhen Fed EX and UPS ordered the A380F they both seemed perfectly happy with the proposed aircraft, it was bigger, flew further carried more than anything else on the horizon. Airbus had problems to solve with the pax version of the aircraft and chose to allocate its resources to the pax version and ...
Jump to postWhen posing these type of questions, every one is right and wrong at the same time and at the end of the day nothing said makes any difference. To see where Ansett is today some of its history needs to be eliminated. Personally I believe the sale of the company by sir Reg Ansett was the wrong thing ...
Jump to postInteresting question. Well I'm old so yeah my first ever flight was on a DC-3, My first 737 was a 200 delivered new to Ansett while they were in the process of retiring the DC-9s, And I had it on the return flight to Sydney from Melbourne. Funny enough my first ever A320 was also with Ansett and too...
Jump to postI live in Sydney's northwest and this flew over my house after take off. Its sounded to be struggling and low for where it was, (should have been much higher and its rare for aircraft to take off in this direction). I told my wife that it didn't sound right and turned on the flight tracker and follo...
Jump to postSo I have a somewhat unique one given the time frame, I first visited the USA in the early 1970's and while most of the domestic trips we took were on Western Airlines we took a trip from SFO-LAS-LAX with one of the sectors being on a DC-9 of Hughes Airwest, This was my first ever trip on the DC-9 a...
Jump to postNo Qantas were not even close to ordering the 77W, Way back I was fortunate enough to sit in on the sales pitch by both Airbus and Boeing when QF invited submissions for A: replace the 767 fleet with a growth model (larger aircraft) and B: replace the ageing 747 fleet. At the time there were still 7...
Jump to postI do find these posts quite interesting both from the content of the article its implications to the airline, the perception of the public and the opinions of A Netters that are sometimes rather odd. So okay I have never flown with Allegiant although as a semi regular visitor to LAS its a carrier I'...
Jump to postIn Australia as mentioned you can easily pass security and go to a gate in a domestic terminal without a ticket, after all you have passed security so are considered safe however you can not board an aircraft without a boarding pass, same as everywhere. I remember being in Cairns in 2002 with securi...
Jump to postI'm always happy to fly any airline that I have never been on before, however I do hold grudges for decades. I have a never again list due to personal experience. Top of my list is Turkish, whom I flew as THY way back in the 70's and without a doubt was the single worst airline experience of my life...
Jump to postI wish I could add something constructive, but alas there are no words.
Jump to postIn the opening post was a quote stating that Boeing notes its rival is outselling its 737 series by 4 to 1. Any success with a potential Max10 would hardly change that defecit. The neo appears to be exceeding its projected fuel savings while we understand that the Max has a way to go to match this. ...
Jump to postGuess we will have to wait and see but it will be either a military based 742 or a freighter, or perhaps a preserved aircraft returns to the air in 20 years or so, no one knows.
Jump to postInteresting Question! So If Boeing never built the 747 in its line up and another manufacturer did build it but with another name would it still be the success it was? Well I could only see it being built in the USA, So if it was a Lockheed, a McDouglas or a Convair, probably yes it would have been ...
Jump to postSo a quick Question a little off topic, with this connection would it now be possible to fly regular passenger flights on the B737 around the world? I know you can get from Asia to Australia, then Fiji, Hawaii and from there obviously make your way to YTT and <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / ...
Jump to postWhen the A380 was first proposed it was designed to be a better 744, a bit bigger, a bit more economical and a bit more range. It was then targeted at any 744 operator as a replacement, if you make money with your older 744 you'll make more money with an A380. This is basically true unless your 744 ...
Jump to postBA is looking for a simple code share to offer UK to China passengers connecting flights to several Chinese cities, something it can't justify on its own metal. This would allow check in at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> to your final destination in a d...
Jump to postBoeing customer codes used to be pretty much concrete and remained with the airframe for life but these days its a little more fluid. When Qantas took delivery of 737-800s originally ordered by <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> they were delivered as 838's despite the first few b...
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Jump to postI understand that this is illegal there which is why its news worthy, I wonder if the pilot had been a cab driver or worked at a grocery store we'd never hear about it. I grew up in a society where prostitution was both legal and regulated, working girls pay tax, claim tax deductions and earn supera...
Jump to postIts true that since the neo was launched the A321 seems to be the stellar seller of the family indicating airlines are sizing up their fleets. Given the gap between the A321 and the next size aircraft A332 or A338 or 788 it would be tempting to be the only player in that gap. However airlines can an...
Jump to postThe point of view from "Someone of considerable size" is something I had never even thought of as far a flying is concerned although I had encountered a very large man in the USA on an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 flight. This ...
Jump to postOk this one does make me feel old, but of course I am. These questions are a lot of fun for me as they bring back loads of memories. My first DC-9 flight should have been in Australia as both domestic carriers had a dozen in the fleets at the time of the regulated two airline policy however I only f...
Jump to postIran Air just gets more and more interesting doesn't it? Looking at their current fleet and destinations it's completely impossible to absorb the Airbus order without a substantial expansion program. We can assume the current fleet will for the most part or perhaps completely be scrapped fairly quic...
Jump to postYeah sorry maybe a bad translation, I received a message from QR stating, "We look forward to serving Sydney daily" which to me sounded future.
Jump to postQR inaugural flight to <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> over flew the airport at 2000 feet heading north to the city and took a sightseeing tour of the harbour before heading south again, probably to join the reg...
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/ckfred" class="quote" target="_blank">ckfred</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>Does the E2 have any customers, yet?</i></fo...
Jump to postI wouldn't be too quick to say the A380 was a mistake, it's still in service with all the original operators, not one has been scrapped, none have been sold on in the 2nd hand market and we know <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> would probably snap them up if they were. Even <acronym tit...
Jump to postI was looking around for Information on Qatar Airways and their services to Sydney commencing March 1st and what equipment they will use. It seems the regular services will be with the 77W however the inaugural on the 1st is currently subject to "Equipment Change" and I heard they intend to send an ...
Jump to postSYD- <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> is a very busy and well served pair of cities. Both <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> fly fast direct routes with one stop. Then there are the ME2 Yes 2...
Jump to postAny airline that has operated the 747 in a profitable mode could do exactly the same with the A380. No you don't need a massive fleet of them, some airlines did just fine with a single 747 in the fleet some had 2. If and its a big <acronym title="Great China Airlines and Italy First">IF</acronym> Ib...
Jump to postWell this is a very pleasant surprise. And while this my not be to every ones taste it could have been oh so much worse, China Eastern anyone?
They can be proud of this one, it keeps the main elements and a modern clean look with some colour.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CARST" class="quote" target="_blank">CARST</a> (<a href="#85" class="quote">Reply 85</a>):<br/><i>I don't think so. I read you can get a visa va...
Jump to postWell you can get to most places from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> just not with <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, I mean sure fly to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewil...
Jump to postOk just to throw in my 2cents worth, I flew Thai International in 1975 at a time when they had 2 leased DC-10's and a handful of DC-8's some of which were still in the old SAS style livery, Returning from Amsterdam to <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</...
Jump to postI think in 1984 or 85 I was on a lengthy round the world trip with my last leg on <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>-<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), A...
Jump to postET to SYD with 77L whilst awaiting their A380's, grow balistically and show the ME3 that there are alternatives.
Jump to postSince we have all the BAC1-11 fans looking at this, does anyone have a decent photo of the 1-11 in Air Pacific colours? I think they had just 2 in the fleet but I don't recall if they got them new or used.
I only flew from Suva back to Nadi but for me it was my only 1-11 flight.
N720AN has departed LAX on its way to SYD, Welcome back American Airlines.
Jump to postAs I have this weird disorder called a love of flying, it's very hard for me to pick a worst aircraft, however I can say that way back in the 1970's I was unfortunate enough to sit in a DC-10 operated by THY Turkish Airlines, which was by far the worst flying experience of my life, and to this date ...
Jump to postI have had two such flights, way back in the 70"s I enjoyed my first trip on a UTA DC-10 but in my notes I was annoyed the aircraft carried a US registration rather than a French one, sadly this aircraft was the subject of a mid air bombing over Africa. The second one was when I was bumped off an ov...
Jump to postThe A380 is always an interesting topic, always has been ever since I saw the first posts about its proposal the doom and gloomers were out in force. I was very fortunate to have been able to sit in on an original sales presentation before the aircraft was launched, I believe they had 42 speculative...
Jump to postIts just a statistic, and you can tweak statistics to quantify any point you need to make, for example "Southwest carries more passengers on Boeing 737's than any other aircraft type and hence has no need for a 779!
Jump to postWay back in 1972 I had my first trip on a DC-9, it was with Hughes Airwest out of <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and I think we flew to Las Vegas, some 40 years later I flew from <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDT...
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