Re: Higher-Resolution Displays

It depends on the browser you use. If you use Safari, it understands retina and non-retina elements. If a photo is "non-retina," it will get a 2x scaling. It might look a little softer, but it won't be blocky as it's not nearest-neighbor. This is the system-level scaling algorithm, it's t...

Re: Higher-Resolution Displays

I am not sure if this is the right thread for my observation, but searched the forum and couldn't find another thread. Please let me know if there is another ongoing discussion for the issue. The photos on Airliners.net look pretty terrible on Retina display Macs. I have observed this for all photos...

Re: Experiencing Malaysia Airlines’ brand new A350-900 Business Class

Interesting that MH put First Class in the aircraft considering their position in the market. Would be nice to be doing the SIN-PEN run on a A350 next week, but alas, it's A320s for us. Yep, it is kinda surprising. Most airlines have a two class (J + Y) or a three class (J + PY + Y) configuration o...

Experiencing Malaysia Airlines’ brand new A350-900 Business Class

Experiencing Malaysia Airlines’ brand new A350-900 Business Class BACKGROUND Malaysia Airlines (MH) recently took delivery of its first brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The aircraft is slated to take over the airline’s long haul routes that were formerly operated by the now retired Boeing 777s a...

Re: BOM-KUL - Business Class on Malaysia Airlines Retro Boeing 737

Lovely TR and Pics ... lucky you got to fly the retro livery on MH. Good to see a well executed service by MH and the satay indeed did look yummy! Thanks for sharing. Thanks Ojas. Yes, the MH retro 737 was a stroke of luck. The satay on MH is something to experience. Really delicious! :-) Thanks fo...

Re: BOM-KUL - Business Class on Malaysia Airlines Retro Boeing 737

Fantastic trip report! Thanks for sharing your experience. Excited to see if MH will improve their regional Business class once the 737max start arriving. Thanks again. Thank you. Yes, i surely hope so, although I doubt if they will go for full flat beds in J similar to say Qatar Airways. BTW, MH i...

BOM-KUL - Business Class on Malaysia Airlines Retro Boeing 737

BOM-KUL - Business Class on Malaysia Airlines Retro Boeing 737 INTRODUCTION I was heading back to Kuala Lumpur after a short visit to my hometown, Mumbai for the Chinese New Year holiday. At the time, there were only two airline options between BOM & KUL – Malaysia Airlines (which operated two ...

Re: Airlines to join Oneworld

Oneworld doesn't have any Indian or Chinese airline. Is there any Indian airline planning to join OW and does Hainan Airlines plan to join the alliance anymore? There are three full service carriers in India at the moment. 1) Air India is already part of Star Alliance. 2) Jet Airways is inching clo...

Re: SQ Premium Economy Experience BOM-SIN A380

Enjoyed that,good pictures. the food looked good for the flight time. Did you notice more noise being so close to the engines? Last time I flew Y was over 20yrs ago, too old and need my creature comforts so its J or F for me. That said I have the greatest respect for those able to do that type of j...

Re: SQ Premium Economy Experience BOM-SIN A380

Great report thanks!! Meals service looks closer to Y than Y+, surprised not to see china dinner-wear and silver cutlery, even BA and AC provide this. Correct. Although there is "Book the Cook" option available, the overall quality and presentation of the standard meals is similar to Y. T...

Re: SQ Premium Economy Experience BOM-SIN A380

Nice report! Thank you! How were the headphones? Decent quality? How about the effectiveness of their noise cancellation? Yes, the sound quality was good (much better than the cheap headphones/earphones airlines hand out in Y class) although I felt they lacked the punch (bass) one finds on high-end...

SQ Premium Economy Experience BOM-SIN A380

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss57/vivekman777/SQ-PY_zpsub3wsghn.jpg BACKGROUND Singapore Airlines had started retrofitting its A380s with its brand new Premium Economy Class (PY) product. During the retrofitting exercise, the usual A380 service to BOM had been temporarily downgraded to a 777-...

Re: Thai Airways TG686 BKK-PEK diverted back to BKK

MD80MKE wrote:

Just kinda have a guess here. PEK is a mess right now because of the super serious haze situation. This might be related to that.

Thai Airways TG686 BKK-PEK diverted back to BKK

Hi Folks, I see on FR24 that last night's TG 686 from BKK to PEK was turned back to BKK after reaching close to its destination! The normal flight time is around 4 hours, and the aircraft turned back to BKK from a point north-west of Cangzhou City in the Hebei province of northern China. Here is the...

Re: SQ 368 engine catches fire

That looks like a pretty serious fire, with extensive damage to the wing!

This bird is going to be out of action for quite some time. Even I wonder why the pax were not evacuated; or maybe they were?

Vivek

RE: MH Not Carrying Bags On Flights To EU

The advisory seems to have been lifted now! <a href="http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/au/en/travel_advisory/checked_in_baggage_uplifted.html" target="_blank">http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/au/e...y/checked_in_baggage_uplifted.html</a> This is what the page says: <table border="0" align="CENTER" widt...

RE: Star Alliance Launches Connecting Partners

So, this essentially talks about taking on low-cost carriers as "semi-members" if I may use this term in order to provide better connectivity with existing "full members". This is not really adding subsidiaries of existing Star full members to the fold, am I correct? Example 1: Air India Express is ...

RE: Different Shades Of Green: CX Premium Y To AKL

Neat report, Karan along with some really cool photos. The view out of your seat on the A340 was pretty cool! There was a world of difference in the <acronym title="Surinam Airways">PY</acronym> service on the two legs. It looks like they packed the exact same meals for Y and <acronym title="Surinam...

RE: MH333 Engine Fire - Melbourne

Any more info on this incident?

It may not have been an actual "engine fire" but a fire "warning". The aircraft - 9M-MTE (Oneworld livery) looks okay from the photo in the article above.

RE: LH To Send A380 To HKG; 748 To JNB & 744 To BOM

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/theaviator380" class="quote" target="_blank">theaviator380</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i> Surprising that gates are not...

RE: Air India VT-ANI To Fly Again Soon, Was Stripped

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Karadion" class="quote" target="_blank">Karadion</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Unfortunately yes. Even the latest one com...

RE: Air India Selling Two 747-400

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/boefan" class="quote" target="_blank">boefan</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Air Tahiti (French Polynesia)"...

RE: Report The Bugs Here (Part 8)

None of my photos accepted in the past 2 days are showing up. Instead - the blue "default image" place-holder appears. The photos don't show up either in the thumbnail view (while the photos accepted more than 3-4 days ago show up fine) or the medium/large size views. Also, the Top 5 photos on the f...

RE: Report The Bugs Here (Part 8)

OK folks, there seems to be a problem with my photo views. Currently, I have one photo in the Top 5 of the day. The front page shows that my photo of the <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> 772 has 1645 views (these views were updated at the stroke of the past hour) However...

RE: LH To DEL And BOM With A380

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VTORD" class="quote" target="_blank">VTORD</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>How many A380 gates does <acronym title="Lotus A...

RE: LH To DEL And BOM With A380

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/blrBird" class="quote" target="_blank">blrBird</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Does <acronym title="Bangalore - Kempegowda ...

RE: LH To DEL And BOM With A380

Great news! The <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Mumbai (Bombay) - Chhatrapati Shivaji International (Sahar / Santa Cruz) (BOM / VABB), India">BOM</acronym>-<acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF...

RE: Time To Kill The App Ad

Yes, please get rid of that app ad. It is extremely irritating to have it pop up every time you open the site on a mobile device!

RE: Swiss A330 To Sunshine State: ZRH-MIA In Business

Lovely report PlaneHunter! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlaneHunter" class="quote" target="_blank">PlaneHunter</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I was cur...

RE: New Etihad Airways 777-200LR Operations

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Qantas744ER" class="quote" target="_blank">Qantas744ER</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Small AFT cargo door on these -200...

RE: The New AI 787 Dreamliner: SIN-DEL In J

Nice trip report Squeeze... As you and the others have said, <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym>'s food presentation and IFE needs improvement. <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym>'s food has always been delicious. Rarely ever have I experienced less than tasty stuff while flying on them - ei...

RE: An African Milk Run - African Express MD-82/DC9-32

What a report, Sam! The landing into Mogadishu was kinda scary - with the tailwind and the fear of drawing fire from the ground even though your approach was from the sea. Great to see the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-82 captain encouraging aviation enthusiasts. The DC-9 cockpit look...

RE: JAL Japan Airlines First Class Tokyo - London

Lovely report Sam, and the JAL food looks simply yummy!

Thanks for sharing...

Vivek

RE: SAA Severe Turbulence To HKG - 25 Injured

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/L0VE2FLY" class="quote" target="_blank">L0VE2FLY</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i> It's a matter of time before one of the...

RE: "A Tale Of Two Classes" 9W 332 J & Y Class Report

This was a nice read Karan. Sad to see the A330s withdrawn from <acronym title="Mumbai (Bombay) - Chhatrapati Shivaji International (Sahar / Santa Cruz) (BOM / VABB), India">BOM</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>. The JetChildren are no surprise - doi...

RE: Why Was The 757-300 Not That Popular?

Flew on a <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> (ex Continental) 753 from <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> to <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> in October last year. The ...

MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 5

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pilotaydin" class="quote" target="_blank">pilotaydin</a> (<a href="#183" class="quote">Reply 183</a>):<br/><i>Quoting Coal (Reply 182): Yellow? ...

RE: Tata-SIA To Lease 20 A320

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/newhaven" class="quote" target="_blank">newhaven</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>there really needs to be ANOTHER airline f...

RE: Air India A320 Skids Off Runway And Damages Wing - Jaipur

I think this was a wing-tip strike while landing. If this was a skidding incident + tree strike, the aircraft would have been in the mud, and passengers would have been evacuated through slides. It would have taken at least a few hours to tow the aircraft back on to a paved surface. From the photo i...

RE: Lufthansa A380 To PEK, SFO, JFK-FRA

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/flydeltajets" class="quote" target="_blank">flydeltajets</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i> Quoting a380787 (Reply 2): <acron...

RE: Which Carriers Affected By Kathmandu Widebody Ban

TG operates the 777 on <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> 319 from <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym> to <acronym title="Kathmandu - Tribhuvan International (KTM / VNKT), Nepal">KTM</acronym>. I know <acronym title="Qat...

RE: Lufthansa747 From Sunny Frankfurt To Nightly Dubai

Loved the video report, especially the evening ambience and the shot of the moon!  <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> Can you please let me know the exact section/URL on the <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">...

Monarch A300 Retirement Schedule

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MonarchA321" class="quote" target="_blank">MonarchA321</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>G-MAJS - January 2014</i></fo...

Fire At Nairobi (NBO) Airport

OK guys, here are some photos I received of the fire at the <acronym title="Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta (Embakasi) (NBO / HKJK), Kenya">NBO</acronym> airport terminal from my wife. <center><table align="center" border="0" width="614" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=3648...

Fire At Nairobi (NBO) Airport

My wife's friend who stays near <acronym title="Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta (Embakasi) (NBO / HKJK), Kenya">NBO</acronym> airport just forwarded some photos to her on Whatsapp, and from what I saw it looks like a major fire! The entire terminal building seems to be engulfed in flames. Let me try and see...

RE: SQ Flight Hits Heavy Turbulence En Route To LHR

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/757Guy" class="quote" target="_blank">757Guy</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i> What was the equipment type?</i></font></td><...

RE: Singapore Airlines In C Class - A380: ZRH To SIN

Great report and some neat photos. The food on SQ looks quite delicious!

Thanks for sharing!

Vivek

RE: The Emirates Expansion Part 2 MUC-DXB-BOM

Neat report. Congratulations on getting the 1000th 777! Really pathetic crew especially on the <acronym title="CURRENT: Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany AND OLD: Munich - Riem (MUC / EDDM) (closed), Germany">MUC</acronym>-<acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United...

RE: The Emirates Expansion Part 1 BOM-DXB-FRA

Good TR Karan. So you finally got the A340-500 in you log!  

Going to read Part 2 now!

Cheers,
Vivek

RE: Full Pic British Airways 787- Blue Engines

So, <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> will be the first airline to have both the 787 and the A380 in service. When is <acronym title="China Southern Airlines">CZ</acronym> getting delivery of their 787s? The <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 787 looks superb with the blue eng...