Hi all. I see that recently the Arn-Bkk run has been flown by one of Hi-fly's A330's. Is this is a temporary measure until <acronym title="Continental Micronesia (USA)">CS</acronym>-TQZ is flying or will it be a permanent fixture? Does anyone know what <acronym title="Continental Micronesia (USA)">C...
Jump to postG-CELW 737-300SF. It is permanently based at EXT and runs the mail to EMA on behalf of the royalmail.
Jump to postAny ideas as to when <acronym title="Norwegian Air Shuttle AND Air Djibouti">DY</acronym> will take delivery of their first 787 and whether they will utilise it on the <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> or <acronym title="B...
Jump to postThanks for that Darren. Its nice to know refunds were offered. Looking forward to the break away, the summer season is already taking its toll on me, busy summer flying programme ahead.
I am on the 196/197, are they usually on a 76W?
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Will be flying from Man to Cancun on the 27th, does anybody know which 763 will most likely to be operating the flight? I have paid for an upgrade to the premium cabin, but have heard of people being 'downgraded' when a Thomson ship gets brought in to cover an ex-<acronym title="Kalispell - Glacier ...
Jump to postPlanning one last trip on the MD11 this coming winter (OCT/NOV). Looking at flying into <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> and out of <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</...
Jump to postOk I should have said due to CLK's position a relation to Lan tau
Either way, the runways are not in the greatest position in relation to the prevailing winds lol
In terms of A330's Northwest /Delta U.S. Airways (RR is their choice of the -200's though) Malaysian (200's and 300's) Air Caraibes Korean Thai Austrian TAP Air Portugal Swiss LTU / Air Berlin TAM (although have operated with <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> on leased aircra...
Jump to postMy one regret in aviation is never being able to ride in an L1011. A wonderful aircraft in every respect. I grew up watching them flying in and out of EGCC and miss the sound of the <acronym title="Syrian Arab Airlines">RB</acronym>-211's starting up on a cold day. Modern day twins are a technologic...
Jump to postI've flown with a number of guys who flew into Kai tak on a regular basis, in various different types of aircraft (C130, A340,747 etc) One Captain said that it was not such a big deal to fly the IGS 13 in his ac type, as the approach was essentially designed for the final turn to be made by a 747 do...
Jump to postMEL I've not had that pleasure yet lol <img src="/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> (hope I never do) The main culprit is the map light situated just in front of the <acronym title="Scot Airways (United Kingdom)">CB</acronym> panel...... its a nightmare for me. Love ...
Jump to postInteresting debate <img src="/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> I personally have no Airbus experience, however I do have 1300hrs flying the 737 classic. Flying the 737 you feel almost part of the aircraft, as you are actively involved with most areas of the airliners op...
Jump to postThe Let, ALWAYS runs on the <acronym title="Blackpool - Squires Gate (BLK / EGNH), United Kingdom">BLK</acronym>-<acronym title="Isle of Man - Ronaldsway (IOM / EGNS), United Kingdom">IOM</acronym> run basically. I see it everyday I go to work <img src="/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/biggrin...
Jump to postI've operated some long ones on the 737-300 / 500, including <acronym title="Riga - International (Skulte) (RIX / RSC / EVRA), Latvia">RIX</acronym>-<acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym>. <acronym title="Riga - International (Skulte) (RIX / RSC / EV...
Jump to post$500,000 usd on the 737 as a retro-fit. Expensive option, but can reduce fuel burn, creating a saving of approx 1,000KG per 6 block hours.
Jump to postDamn I have to go to the Tiger Temple, it looks an amazing place and the monks are doing great work. As cute as that Tiger looks, I would rather cuddle up to one of his/her sons/daughters <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> What is the best way to get to the tem...
Jump to postIt is sad to see these once great birds leaving the JAL fleet, I was lucky enough to have a <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong -...
Jump to postI am hoping to travel standby on the 26th <acronym title="Copenhagen - Kastrup (CPH / EKCH), Denmark">CPH</acronym>-<acronym title="Birmingham - International (Elmdon) (BHX / EGBB), United Kingdom">BHX</acronym> in the pm. I know this is normally a Dash 8 route and from looking at SAS website it sti...
Jump to postAs per last Winter <acronym title="Air Baltic (Latvia)">BT</acronym> will be going down to Egypt and that is a long trek in the 737 classics ( in terms of performance). Again a route I would like to try once, but 12hrs flight time in one day is enough for anyone. It would be great to see the 757/767...
Jump to postThey have a nice flightdeck setup with some elements found in NG´s and have acars etc just in nice condition really.
Jump to postBT also have YL-BBQ ex-United and Canjet. YL-BBA / D / E - 18.5K YL-BBF / G / H / M / N / P / Q - 20K D and E are very nice planes with good levels of equipment, from a flying perspective you can not beat K and L as they have the top equipment for the period installed. Easyjet spared no expense.
Jump to postYes 18.5K refers to the thrust rating, anything around 3hrs in length with around 100 or so pax and you are already looking to improve the performance for takeoff, either improved climb or bleeds off take-off.
The 500´s are a mix of 18.5 and 20K´s, whilst the 300´s are 22K´s.
That <acronym title="Tashkent - Yuzhny (TAS / UTTT), Uzbekistan">TAS</acronym> flight is going to be a long one, even longer than the <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> service. Looking at the great circle planner it will be at least 4.5 hrs and ...
Jump to postNice to hear from a <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 flight crew perspective, would love to get my hands on one, but I´m happy learning my trade on the 737. In comparison, on our 737´s, normal ecom climb would be around 280-300Kts and with a light load 37,000 can be done in around 14m...
Jump to postIn my eyes it looks like an A380, those wings are massive in relation to the fuselage and the engines appear to be too wide apart to be a 747.
Could be an SP, but A380 gets my vote.
DAMN.................! I was flying into <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> yesterday but I was too busy flying the ILS to look outside at the fields. Which runway do you have to be operating on in order to see this? <img src="/discussions/graphics/smil...
Jump to post'What about if you just did <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> to DAM with <acronym title="Syrian Arab Airlines">RB</acronym> and then DAM-<acronym title="Caracas - Simon Bolivar International / Maiquetia (CCS / SVMI), Venezuela">CCS</acronym> with <acronym...
Jump to postI wish I could take a trip like this, 747SP, IL18,IL96 etc fantastic <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> The cost though from the UK-<acronym title="Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII), Iran">THR</acronym>-<acronym title="Caracas - Simon Bolivar Interna...
Jump to postSounds like an amazing trip! I found myself to be so lucky the other day driving from <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> to the midlands. Passing <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> on the M25 I had been looking out ...
Jump to postI may be wrong, but I believe that China Yunnan had 767's with RB211's.
Jump to postI flew <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> on B-HKD in March / ...
Jump to postMD-11, simply the most beautiful plane in the sky.
Long may she continue to deliver passengers and freight safely across the world.
Awesome video which matches those 747 pilot's skills. It is just another nail in the coffin of the jet 'golden age,' where planes were 'interesting' and that is coming from a guy who is just about to do a 737 rating. Don't get me wrong, our modern day creations are fantastic, reliable, economical an...
Jump to postIt is also possible on the DC-30 and (I believe) MD-11 to retract the centre gear unit, baring in mind certain weight restrictions.
Jump to postSorry if I didn't quite make it clear, I was half asleep whilst writing lol
Obviously it was an A330 and the check-in agent was just making up an excuse as to why they won't be getting their chosen seats
Cheers
On the way back <acronym title="Montreal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (Dorval) (YUL / CYUL), Canada - Quebec">YUL</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> it was a much older plane (interior wise) so I guess a 767. They must have just flown ou...
Jump to postThe timetable showed the flight as an A330 before they left and did not change, indeed it still shows the flight as a A330.
They said they had loads of leg room on the way out, but on the way back it was different and also a much older looking plane on the inside.
Thanks for all the replies. They said that there were spaces for PTV's but they were filled in with seat cussion (ala the A330). However, at check-in they stated there had been a type swap for this flight, so they could not have the seats they had pre-booked. My friends are frequent flyers and gener...
Jump to postMy pal flew Air Canada on the above mentioned route on the 22nd July, he says that there was a plane change and he flew on something brand new. He says he thinks it was a 777, but the plane was in full <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> colours, did not have PTV's etc but both he and his famil...
Jump to postOnly one person has mentioned possible engine choices as far as I can see. Will Rolls Royce get the nod for the A333's and A350's? Fingers crossed they do <img border=0 src="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border=0> (big <acronym title="Royal ...
Jump to postAfter speaking to some CX flight crew at VHHH, it would appear that windshear is something to keep your eye out for. Not surprising really considering the topography of the area.
Jump to postI'm lucky in that I can only pay 10% of the full fare, eg <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), Ch...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 is simply the most beautiful aircraft in the skies today (now that Concorde has said goodbye.) In many ways the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 was quite advanced.I read somewhere that flightcrew that have gone from flying the <acro...
Jump to postWhen I was spending sometime in Hong Kong last month, I used to always look forward to watching the <acronym title="Biman Bangladesh">BG</acronym> DC10 rotation. It was always on time arriving and pretty much the same departing.Indeed I love seeing the <acronym title="Biman Bangladesh">BG</acronym> ...
Jump to postA340 with Korean? It would be a pretty bird indeed but hasn't happened yet.
As far as I know JAL do not cross the Atlantic.
LGW-<acronym title="Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT / KCLT), USA - North Carolina">CLT</acronym> and <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> are scheduled as A330'...
Jump to postHi guys and gals, I'm flying stand-by on <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> on Tues from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: ...
Jump to postThe A346's are showing up quite frequently on the <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> timetables for the <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China ...
Jump to postThanks Eric again for all the information. I'm off down to LHR now, so Hong Kong here we come
Cheers