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Jump to postWhat do you know about the FAA Air Route Traffic Control System? It is one of the most up todate system in the world. There is a brand spanking new flow control computer system in Washington DC. The FAA is doing their job. Now the airlines need to do theirs. There isn't an unlimited availability of ...
Jump to postThose are some rather aerodynamic bolds. Okay so they are temporary. No wonder Airbus keeps their laser welding technique under wraps. Blame the bolt shortage on the communists. Right, that will do it. Ramp up for the B787 has been several years in the running. I think they had years to figure out h...
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Jump to postIf A380 and B748 burn less fuel per pax, then how can the B777 be more fuel efficient? The logic of some ANetters never fail to amaze me! If you want to save the planet, quit smoking so many cigarettes, drinking so much carbonated beverages, eating beef, turning on your computer, watching tv.... Bac...
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Jump to postGo Purdue Boilermakers. That place has trained many good pilots and astronauts.
Jump to postI was one of them. One month later, my bag has showed up. I am going to the airport to pick it up because I don' t trust them to deliver the bag to my current location.
Jump to postThis is excellent work that you have done. It is best to compare airplane fuel figures within a single airline (LH A340 vs <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> B747), than to compare different airplanes of different airlines (LH A340 vs <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> B777...
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Jump to postThe A330 was built to replace the B767. I thought everyone knew that.
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Jump to postThe truth of the matter is the managers and directors are stealing the airline blind. With sky high fares and lower levels of service to boot, where is all that money going? I, too, have abandoned flying on Air Jamaica. Sure, their lease rates are high, but why jump back to ratty old Boeings? Maybe ...
Jump to postTo put a dollar figure on these numbers. Shortly after 9/11, A320's were being leased for $125,000/month. By 2005, A320's were being leased for $300,000/month. To blame Airbus is plausible. They built a product that became high in demand after 9/11 and thus sending lease rates up. Honestly though, i...
Jump to postThe air traffic controllers in the USA are the best in the world. I am saying this from experience. They handle the most traffic in the worst weather than anywhere else. Places like <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL...
Jump to postInstructors need to fail marginally skilled pilots instead of patting them on the back and promoting them to Captain. There are simulator training centers known for "guaranteed" passing of all students. This isn't done with additional training but by accepting poor performance in the simulator. A fo...
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Jump to postIndigo has the backing of the largest travel agency in India. Its a perfect way to funnel passengers onto your flights. They don't have a problem with distribution like some of the other new carriers. They are filling up their flights. My source on the inside tells me they still can't find/keep enou...
Jump to postThere are more people with billions of dollars looking to start an airline than there are experienced airline executives with the skills to accomplish just that. There are even more pariahs out there who claim they can walk on water and make you millions of dollars. Only a fool heeds the advice of a...
Jump to postThe title of this threat is misleading at best. Even if PIA purchases Airbus airplanes, their B747's and A310's will still be banned from flying into the EU. I believe you call this "baiting"? <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid...
Jump to postThere is a huge discussion about New York and Bombay being financial centers of their respective countries. Curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to know the market capitalization of different stock exchanges around the world. The currency is US Dollars. One trillion is equal to 1,000,000,000,...
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Jump to postChelsea is the name of Frank Lorenzo's daughter. Hmmmm.
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Jump to postThanks everyone for providing excellent numbers to satisfy my curiosity. There is no way Indian has 59 airframes up and flying. We are looking at 150% growth in 5 years. Can we say build? Infrastructure stocks anyone?
Jump to postEngines are only part of the story when talking about altitude capability. Wings are the other half of the story. An A320 is thrust limited in its ability to reach an altitude. The stretched A321, with the same wing, has more engine power, but is wing limited. The point Airbus was trying to make is,...
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Jump to postTaking the last two years growth numbers and using them to project out to 20 years is bad math no matter what business you are in. Its like the recent real estate boom we had in the USA. Everyone thought their $150,000 house would be worth $1 million in five years because of 30% price increase they ...
Jump to postList prices are meaningless in the air transport industry. In the last 20 years, only one customer has paid list price for an airplane and that was the United States Federal Government when they purchased the replacement presidential B747-400's. The size of discounts given is also irrelevant. I supp...
Jump to postAlthough the growth rate (percentage) of aviation in countries like India and China are high, the actual numbers hired are very low compared to the USA. Remember, in 2005, India had only 250 commercial airplanes of which about 100 were transport jets. By contrast, the largest airline in the USA alon...
Jump to postWow, my head is spinning. Optimum weight, target weight, contract weight, published weight, media weight, web site weight, and weight watchers. The list goes on and on. Personally I have never seen a purchase agreement for an airplane in development but I seriously doubt there are that many weights ...
Jump to postGentleman, I believe this discussion is getting out of hand. The only thing I can add is that I have flown Air India once and I will never fly them again. I can appreciate someone's frustration when their flag carrier is not up to standards. Remember the GOI is a republic and therefore it is a gover...
Jump to postAF has been widely expected to bid for <acronym title="Alitalia (Italy)">AZ</acronym>. Anything suggesting otherwise was pure speculation. <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> did a good job when they acquired and turned <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> around. Look at what...
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Jump to postIf I recall correctly, my friends at Airbus told me Kingfisher's A330's will start to arrive in April while the A340's start to arrive in September. Obviously the time frame quoted for the A350 is wrong because of the change in EIS of the airplane. Mallya has stated several times that if GOI does no...
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Jump to postHave they thrown any bones to the rest of us poor folks who have to fly in the back? I do have to say <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> just raised the bar another notch. Its too bad their A380 is delayed. Any company wanting to compete with <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acr...
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