Also, looping back around to tpla350's post, I am really curious to know what will happen to the A380s which are now also listed as sold out. If any airlines are going to take these A380s, I would think BA could be a potential buyer if the price is cheap enough. The TG A380s have not been maintaine...
Jump to postQatar Airways will reveal the Q Suite 2.0 as per the CEO in an interview with CNBC.
Jump to postMaVerick9523 wrote:9V-OFN was delivered in November 2023.
As per the H1 September 2023 update slides released in November 2023, Scoot was meant to take 1 B788 before 31 March 2024 (slide 22: https://www.singaporeair.com/saar5/pdf/ ... fy2324.pdf)
Also, what is happening with 9V-SCQ ?
Probably, CAAV's notification that the operators should "report" to the authorities by Feb 15th (in 2 weeks). Each carrier may have different situation and officially this is not a straightforward command for grounding. Thanks. Also to correct myself I saw 6 x A321neo and 20 x A321ceos fl...
Jump to posthttps://english.vov.vn/en/society/two-vietnamese-airlines-ground-40-aircraft-due-to-engine-inspection-post1075076.vov The PW GTF crisis is coming to Vietnam and slap Vietnamese carriers pretty hard when PW's recent Alert Service Bulletin resulted in the compulsory grounding and inspection of 44 air...
Jump to postLatest movements for 22 January 2024: MSN 235 Thai Airways International (ex-HongKong Airlines) A359 F-WZHJ/B-LGE/F-WJKO/HS-xxx, ferried LDE->DUB after painting: https://aviation.flights/aib/A350/235 I think this should actually be for a lessor. Any idea as to who the lessor could actually be ?
Jump to postPepeTheFrog wrote:A350 MSN 235 is also joining the TG fleet: https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb. ... av4&page=2
smi0006 wrote:Also - MOU agreed between Türkiye and Vietnam and AU for increase in capacity.
So where are all these 80 or so B787s going to be flown ? That's a lot from their current fleet. I am pretty sure there is a lot of white spots in the route map. Regarding Europe for example Manchester, Hamburg and Madrid are the largest unserved markets from Bangkok, with 100.000 and more passenge...
Jump to postI knew about this addition but I got a little excited when you described it as a A359 LH and thought we'd finally get Y+ back and I'd missed something - sadly no, just another Regional Config A359 with the terribly uncomfortable Y seats! Where do you see the new flight as a A359MH instead of a A359...
Jump to postSo where are all these 80 or so B787s going to be flown ? That's a lot from their current fleet.
Jump to postSingapore Airlines will increase BNE with an additional 4x weekly services operated by an A359LH from 28 November 2023.
SQ 265 departs SIN T3 0705 and arrives BNE 1655.
SQ 266 departs BNE 1810 and arrives SIN 0015 +1.
This is significant fleet expansion. It would be interesting to discuss what are the target markets for the deployment. Thailand is aiming for 40 million tourists (i.e. back to pre-COVID levels) which infers a very large O&D market. Does anyone know what the split for TG between O&D versus T...
Jump to postAnd also, MH will also be getting their first Max 8 this week as well which is 9M-MVA. Delivery flight of MH 1st B737-8 (9M-MVA) BFI-HNL-GUM-KUL BFI STD 13/11/23 18:20 UTC KUL ETA 16/11/23 10:55LT GMT+8 This is supposedly followed by 9M-MVD sometime in December. This seems to be a very long flight ...
Jump to postI also appreciate the clear and very regular updates. Thanks for doing this QF789.
Jump to postI note from a recent article that they will be using the HiFly air operator certificate at first before getting their own UK one.
Jump to postI am glad that Singapore Airlines has implemented a new rule to reverse this stupid policy from 01 April 2023.
Jump to postThis also may be 'just' a memorandum of understanding (MoU) instead of firm order. Let's see.
Jump to postWhat was the point of pursuing this? The US carriers should concentrate their capacity on more friendly markets such as Latin America, Europe, Japan / Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia etc...
Jump to postYou are fully correct, the firing order has now also been adapted by Matt Cawby L/N 1783 C/N xxxxx B777-9 LUFTHANSA (WH128), JULY 2024 L/N 1787 C/N xxxxx B777-9 SINGAPORE (WH290), AUGUST 2024 L/N 1790 C/N xxxxx B777-9 QATAR (WH195), SEPTEMBER 2024 L/N 1796 C/N xxxxx B777-9 SINGAPORE (WH291), NOVEMB...
Jump to postDoes Qantas have an ETOPS problem ? https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 8#315c0d13
Generally their international operations over the past few days have been a mess.
Well you wouldn't expect any honesty or transparency from those authorities would you ?
But as stated, the silence is deafening and I suppose we can deduce enough anyway.
More Pratt & Whitney ridiculousness. Is there even enough hangar / maintenance labour capacity to even handle the requirements across these 1,200 engines of which 200 of them apparently must be checked by September 2023 ? Presumably it is RTX who will be paying for this hence the reduction in fr...
Jump to postI am not fan of UA which I find to be a distinctly vile airline and I have nothing for or against Scott Kirby. I am also against private jets on environmental grounds. Having said that, he is merely one person and as people have said above, there's not much more the can do right there and then with ...
Jump to postGiven the launch of RX, does anyone know what the status is of the Australia / Saudi Arabia air services agreement ? As per this website, it is "in progress". https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/aviation/international-aviation/air-services-agreements-arrange...
Jump to postQantas has cancelled the Australian Financial Review: https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/qantas-financial-review-boycott-cuts-copies-from-lounges-in-flight-wi-fi-20230504-p5d5qf.html / https://twitter.com/mrjoeaston/status/1655030449469808640 Safe to say that QF has no need to worry about the...
Jump to postThe authors are suggesting that Joyce and current management have let fleet average age get older (to 15.4 years) in order to boost short term performance and outlook. Doesnt mention the A330 replacement program that will be announced sometime in the next couple of years but analysts are saying tha...
Jump to postThis would be a problem for Singapore Airlines Cargo given the A350F is only first arriving from Q4 2025: https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/be/m ... 222-220216.
Jump to postQF780 VH-VXB had to circle several times before landing in MEL due to an issue deploying the flaps.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 0#2fbbaf1b
On what basis would they "lose" slots ? I thought 'use it or lose it' was paused but even if not, shouldn't VN either be using them or selling them like any other rational airline ?
Jump to postDeltaB717 wrote:From what I've read, QF887 returned to ADL due to a passenger's medical episode.
QF887 ADL-PER turned back to ADL: https://twitter.com/search?q=QF887&f=live
Jump to postI would venture to guess that those are the lines 1144 and 1148, respectively just out of the FAL and currently in position 1 of the FAL, rather than any reworked frames, of which three (lines 1000, 1068 and 1080) are earmarked for SQ. Thanks - I and others were wondering what happened to 9V-SCP. h...
Jump to postAs per slide 22, Singapore Airlines is expecting to receive two x B78X before 31st March 2023: https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/slide-q2 ... eID=737717.
Jump to postAny ideas as to why today's JQ 116 / 02JAN23 PER-DPS is delayed from 1710PM today to 1000AM tomorrow ?
Jump to postAwful violation of sanctions. I hope whoever helped orchestrate this is punished severely.
Jump to postvegas005 wrote:I called this blackout of information early on and got flamed ... but it has indeed run exactly the course I expected to see, which is sadly a big black hole of information....
Given how dangerous COVID is, I would think it would have been better to continue (alone) with its zero-COVID policy and ensure its borders are closed.
Jump to postgzm wrote:What is the public opinion about this in China?
And people were lambasting me above for asking for a timeline....
Jump to postAre there any B787 deliveries expected next week commencing 24th October please ?
Jump to postThanks for the update. Looks like a strategy of trying to shrink to profitability. Big capacity loss too.
Jump to postboefan wrote:Singapore 78Xs are doing the same for some time now with other airlines to follow .
Thanks for the updates Antaras
Jump to postFrom what I've read on this thread, it doesn't look like a good ending then. Government support looks distant and if this is not forthcoming then you're looking at a full re-nationalisation and / or collapse of VN. Not sure how bankruptcy laws work in Vietnam or whether that is even able to be conte...
Jump to postAnother idea I would suggest is privatizing VN and decreasing the State's stakes in VN to at least 51% (currently more than 86%). Using private resources is always more acceptable in the opinions of the Vietnamese people. Without meaningful government support I don't think there is an attractive bu...
Jump to postThanks for highlighting. What is the actual expectation going forward ? One would think if VN was important enough to Vietnam (certainly from a domestic perspective) then the Government should be injecting further equity again but it seems like they are dragging their feet and it will just all come ...
Jump to postCongratulations to Airbus and Singapore Airlines on an order of 100+ A380neos.
Jump to postCathay Pacific pilots have to wear protective suits on flights to Chengdu: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... s-to-china
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