Re: Japan Airlines is nearing an order for wide-body jets

More B78X is comimg............ Apparently not. A resounding message of loss of confidence to Boeing. Indeed. As a Seattle native this hurts, but they deserve it. I'm hoping they've finally learned enough to realize that compromising safety is not good for profits, but I'll believe it when I see it...

Re: Eric Braeden roasts quality of Air Canada staff

I've always had good/acceptable experiences with AC whenever I fly them from YYZ to anywhere.....some people will keep whining about service because it gets them attention.....

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

Last Tri: GF L-1011, BOM - MCT, Nov 1993
Last Quad: BA 744, BOM-LHR, Feb 2014

Re: Highest altitude you know you've ever been?

August 2011, Westjet 737-600 Halifax - YYZ, flying at 42,000 feet part of the way....

Re: Le figaro "The 10 most beautiful airports in the world"

#7 should read as "Mumbai" and not Bombay....the name of the city was officially changed 27 years ago.....also, this should be called a list of "beautiful terminals" not airports....

As mentioned by some, a very subjective issue so should be taken with a bucketful of salt

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

Air India also used to name their aircraft when it was still operated by Tata. A310s were named after rivers 747s (upto 300s) were named after emperors 747-400s after heritage locations throughout India 777s after the states of India The A320 family and B787s aren't named. But after Tata acquired A...

Re: Specific aircraft that got you into aviation

Boeing 707 - AI

Re: Best livery on each aircraft

707: The Air-India 707 livery was one of the best for that plane.....there were many others that looked really good on the 707 such as SQ, the old BOAC, QA, LH, TWA., Kuwait Airways, and a host of others....

Re: Report: AI to order 435 single aisle and 70 widebody aircraft

SteelChair wrote:

Is there any worse airline in the world? Didn't they order and place into service and then almost immediately scrap 787s, or am I mistaken?

Re: Your most exciting aircraft swaps

Several years ago I was to fly on an EY flight from BOM to YYZ via AUH.....the BOM-AUH sector was supposed to be an A330 and I blocked a window seat in the second last row from the back of the plane... boarding was at night time at BOM, I reached my seat and was confounded to see that the cabin stil...

Re: Airlines that have model numbers on aircraft

Air-India used to have the model number for the 707s painted to the upper right of the rear boarding door back in the day.....on the 747-200s the model number used to be painted to the lower right side of the L1 door on the metallic surface....

Re: Airlines You've Flown Exactly Once

Qantas
Kingfisher
Go Air
Gulf Air

Re: Media reports: Air India may order 50 A350

With Tata House (Bombay House) based in Mumbai, housing all the Tata companies head offices in the financial capital, I won't be surprised if AI makes BOM the hub again, alongside DEL. Almost all Tata companies have their registered offices in one small room in Bombay House, located in Mumbai.....h...

Re: Media reports: Air India may order 50 A350

I am wondering, will the future Air India focus on only DEL as a hub and end the point to point european non-hub routes? Or will secondary cities in India still have long haul routes? Just wondering what Tata is planning to make Air India profitable again. I read that at some recent conference AI o...

Re: Media reports: Air India may odrer 50 a350

I seem to recall AI canabolizing new 787s for parts to keep the others flying. A lessor's nightmare trying to keep serial numbered planes back together. Not to mention the shody service records. Any link to your 'claims', or is it just your personal opinion? I think he's one of those several whose ...

Re: Have you flown the same exact aircraft on the same exact route before?

1977: BOM-MRU-BOM: VT-DPM outbound and VT-DNY inbound, both AI B-707s
1979: exactly same as above

1980: BOM-JFK-BOM, VT-EGA outbound and VT-EGC inbound, both AI B-742s
1983: exactly same as above

Re: VIDEO: landing gear from roll to retraction, from inside bay

Interesting to see how the wheels stop spinning seconds before retraction....I always thought that they continue spinning for a while even after fully retracted....

Re: Airport you have flown on the most carriers from

From YYZ: AC, 9W, BA, EY, LH, WG, WS, AA, DL, UA, US = Total 11 carriers

Re: Airports you’ve flown into on one airline and out on another

2010: HKG - landed on SQ; departed on IT
2013: STT - landed on AA; departed on US
2015: ORD - landed on AC; departed on AA
2015: BOS - landed on AA; departed on DL
2017: SEA - landed on AC; departed on DL
2017: YYC - landed on DL; departed on WS

Re: Are airlines happy with their 737MAXs?

I flew on an AC 737 MAX8.....it was extremely comfortable, smooth and quite in the cabin.....was very impressed....

Re: One a time landed or Took off airport you've flown to

EWR: only landed there; no T/O. Departed from LGA.
KL: only landed; no T/O. traveled by road to SIN and took the return flight home from there.

Re: Do non-passenger flights avoid bad weather as much?

I think the practice of avoiding bad weather, irrespective of severity, is more related to safety than the comfort of passengers (not saying that comfort is not a criteria at all).....applies equally to passenger as well as cargo planes...

Re: Why has Emirates decided not to fly to Nepal even tho they fly to so many South Asian destinations?

I see EK (along with Fly Dubai) flying to places like Cochin, Trivandrum too and it just makes me even more confused since I just can't imagine those places being more suitable or profitable for Emirates due to how much lower their overall capacity from UAE and Middle East in general is in comparis...

Re: JFK Old IAB Layout

You could access the airline's lobby from curbside, but once inside, you could not access another "storefront" or airline lobby. To do so, you had to go back outside and walk to that other lobby. I don't remember this part. I seem to recall being able to walk inside between carrier counte...

Re: Is it dangerous when aircraft carry fuel in a center tank beneath the passenger cabin?

Questions about the horizontal stabilizer tank: 1) on planes that had/have the horizontal stabilizer tank, is that used primarily for feeding the APU? ; 2) How do they fill the tail tank? Is it through the ports on the wings or is there a separate filling point? Thanks for any responses to these que...

Re: what's so wrong about eurowhihte/simple livery?

Not the branding though. The logo looks better in the booking engines, the lounges look better, the check-in counters look better, the website looks much better and the whole branding just works. Who cares about the livery? I think back in the day (meaning, up to the 80s or so), a lot of airports a...

Re: Airbus A320 - Who's have you flown

A320: Indian Airlines, Go Air, Air Canada, United, Delta, US Airways, American Airlines
A319: Air-India, Air Canada (mainline + Rouge)
A321: Air Canada

Re: Boeing 737 - Who’s have you flown?

Jet Airways: 700/800
American: 800
Sunwing: 800
WestJet: 600/700/800
Air Canada: MAX8

Re: Why didn't IL-62's leading edge design become popular in commercial jets?

Have You seen any il62 take off on longhaul? They needed every pound of power and every feet of runway...also approach speed was really high. True....back in the 70s I lived close to Mumbai airport (BOM) and used to see Aeroflot and CSA IL-62s take off......compared to the 707s, DC-8s and even the ...

Re: Why didn't IL-62's leading edge design become popular in commercial jets?

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Re: Do you take off your shoes when flying?

Is it good or bad manners? Its definitely bad manners when passengers put up their bare feet such that they are visible to others or come close to the face of the passenger immediately in front....if you keep your feet out if sight/socks on, nothing bad about it....you are entitled to whatever make...

Re: Emirates at the beginning

Thanks for the information, was there a predecessor to Emirates that may have operated turboprops or another operator out of Dubai in that era perhaps? It may not have been Dubai, the operator did have the name ‘Emirates’ something and I’m pretty sure it was Twin Otters they operated ? The predeces...

Re: Feeling nostalgic about 747s. Who’s have you flown?

AI - Type: 200, 300, 400 / Class: 1st, Business and Economy BA - Type: 400 / Class: Economy LH: 400 / Class: Economy AI: All three classes I flew in were reasonable and good considering the era that I flew them in.... BA: The economy seat was excellent. LH: The economy seats were dreadful....I conne...

Re: What’s the most famous airport in the world?

Very subjective issue, but I would say LHR would be close to the top of the list....

Re: What will be the next airline or to fly to Bangalore or the next destination?

RainerBoeing777 wrote:

Air Canada - Toronto

Re: Going out of your way to fly a special type

Did this way back in 2010 to get on the A380 (SQ)....so glad that I did it at that time....looks like the opportunities to fly on the 380 are diminishing rapidly by the minute.....that SQ flight remains my only 380 flight till today....

Re: Navigation in an old six-pack airliner

Starlionblue wrote:

Another way of correcting INS was via celestial navigation. This is the reason the VC-10 and 747 Classic had a sextant port in the cockpit ceiling.

Re: Two types of different surfaces for the same runway?

Would this be detrimental on breaking ? I'm not usually one to point out spelling and grammatical errors, but when launching such topics you need to pay special attention.....the last word in that sentence can have drastically different meanings in an aviation discussion, depending on how you spell...

Re: Airports where you’re most likely to wait for a gate

Has happened to me in the last few years at LHR (T5 BA 744), DAL (AA 738) and SEA (AC Q400)

Re: DOT now goes after India for impairing U.S airline rights

A friend of mine, who is an FA with AI, did quite a few of the repatriation flights....they have to wear extremely heavy PPE all through the long flights, work in extremely difficult conditions and with passengers who are also now increasingly difficult to deal with.....the flight crew are extremely...

Re: Airports named after people that died in plane crashes

In 1995 the airport of Kolkata was renamed after Subhas Chandra Bose. He was an Indian nationalist who cooperated with the Japanese gentlemen to get rid of the British barbarians. He died in a plane crash in August 1945. I find it strange to name an airport after somebody who died in a plane crash....

Re: Rare and Short Lived Airline/Aircraft Combinations

Re: easyJet to leave middle seats empty when flights resume.

All of them will/have to follow. With exceptions for families. Oil is now half the price it was at the beginning of 2020. Fewer pax also means more payload for freight. I think airlines will have to think long and hard about hiking fares in times of ultra weak demand... I'm sure it won't happen, bu...

Re: VERY Recent EWR Photo On Google Earth Shows Just 2 Planes At The Gates

N62NA wrote:

Ishrion wrote:

They never did filter out airplanes before.

Re: Different flights, unusual visitors.

AI planning a few special flights from DEL to LHR between April 4th and Apr 7th, to enable foreign nationals stuck in India to return to their respective countries.....
...sorry, I know this does not meet the criteria of the topic....realized after posting.....

Re: Moderators to enforce new Social Distancing guidelines

enilria wrote:

Airbus and Boeing fanboys need to be kept at least 2 posts apart

Re: Early retirement for flight crews

Uh, that all changed over the last week. No way we need that many new pilots anymore. For the next 3-6 months. What about when this is over? I hope you are right on the time frame, but I agree that when things do start to improve, we could be racing to catch up again. I’m not sure how valid a 9/11 ...

Re: Odds that other countries will buy will buy Russian aircraft? (Il-96-400M, SJ100, CR929, etc.)

By the way, I'm surprised that India, which used to be a staunch Soviet ally, didn't order any Soviet widebodies. Not just wide bodies.....carriers from India have never operated (other than possible short term leases) any Soviet/Russian built aircraft.....they've always gone with Boeing, Airbus an...

Re: What are advantages/ disadvantages of A330-200 versus B787-8?

No, you say that you think that 330s will be replaced by 787s. The logical answer is that they get replaced by 330neos. Air india, Royal Jordanian and Jetstar directly replaced their A330-200 with the 787-8. AI had a very small fleet of A330s.....the 787-8 was a replacement for their A310 fleet....

Re: Airbus - blended wing aircraft code name Maveric

They can make fake windows on the the inside, then camera's project the outside on the fake windows. You won't notice the difference. That's the strawman once used by Tim Clark but it's nonsense. Seeing something with my own eyes as opposed to watching it on a tv screen makes all the difference in ...