How are Norse Atlantic getting away with crewing 7 out of 8 cabin crew on UK Florida routes with American (citizen's!) based crews? The JFK route also has a US crew base, and operates with 4 American and 4 Euro/UK crews! Norse also rosters US (citizen's)based crews on the LGW - barbados/Jamaica rou...
Jump to postkitplane01 wrote:
How would you change the capabilities of the F-35, knowing that every capability you add means you can buy and operate fewer of them, and every capability you reduce means you get more?
LAX-PPT: Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui PPT-LAX: Boeing 787-9 Air Tahiti Nui AKL-LAX: Boeing 777-300ER Air New Zealand LAX-RAR: Boeing 777-200ER Air New Zealand' IPC-SCL: Boeing 767-300ER Lan Chile SCL-IPC: Boeing 787-9 Lan Chile APW-LAX: Boeing 767-300ER Air New Zealand LAX-APW: Airbus 320-200 Air New...
Jump to postA very professional response from Airbus
Airbus CFO: We're not happy with the issues at Boeing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ueJkZ8OcLo
I believe Lufthansa also has some Airbus 340-300 and Airbus 340-600 stored that they can activate
Can anyone explain to me why they have an Airbus 350-900 stored ? Parked since 01/2024 Named Gelsenkirchen D-AIXS. was delivered in January 2024 ...
Between Europe and North / South America: KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD, Boeing 747-400, MD-11, Airbus 330-300 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Varig: MD-11, Boeing 777-200 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777-300 Air France: Airbus 380, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-200 SAS: Airbus 350-...
Jump to postLooking at FR24 it appears only the UK is interested in flying to the caribbean, Barbabos Trinidad St Lucia and the like, I would have thought it would have been attractive to the likes of Sweden Norway Denmark Germany or Poland. Plenty of Norwegians go on cruise in the Caribbean, so we fly to Miam...
Jump to postRayHan040176 wrote:This is almost certainly that you flown on a DC-10-15.
AMX got 2x DC-10-15 in 1981, but for DC-10-30 they did not got them until 1989
Since you mentioned you flown them in 1988, their was only -15 in their fleet at that time
I assume this will mean the end of the Airbus 380 with both airlines, even though some airlines have added them back into their fleets ?
Jump to postWhat versio did I fly ?
AeroMexico0 Dc-10 between Mexico city and Cozumel in 1988 ?
was it the DC-10-15 or the Dc-10-30 ?
I imagine that it was the Dc-10-15 as it wa such a short flight and that it was taken off from Mexico city wich is an airport fairly high up ...
Any help appreciated
SAS Scandinavian Airlines: DC8 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD KLM: Boeing 747 400 KLM: Boeing 747-400M Thai airways: Boeing 747-300 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Airbus: 340-300 Air Tahiti Nui Lufthansa: Airbus 340-600 Air France: Ai...
Jump to postExpatVet wrote:
Ah well, next time!
The Boeing 767 is not as numorius in operation as it used to be ... Wich airlines and how many flights on a Boeing 767 do you have ? Me: 2 x Braathens S.A.F.E. Boeing 767-200 1 x SAS Boeing 767-300ER 1 x American Airlines Boeing 767-300 1 x Lan Chile Boeing 767-300ER 1 x Delta Airlines Boeing 767-30...
Jump to postI realise this might be an extremely dumb question but with a simple explanation, why doesn't the US government step in to help the commercial division like, like funding a new airliner for example. Is Boeing commercial just not that useful for US to bother having? That would be socialism, borderli...
Jump to postBetween Europe and North / South America: KLM: Boeing 747-200SUD, Boeing 747-400, MD-11, Airbus 330-300 Pan Am: Boeing 747-100 Lufthansa: Boeing 747-8 Varig: MD-11, Boeing 777-200 Air New Zealand: Boeing 747-400 Air France: Airbus 380, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-200 SAS: Airbus 350-00 Delta: Boeing ...
Jump to postthe Gripen (Which I think most people will agrere is Sweden's greatest military asset and contribution to NATO) will plug a very important hole in NATO aircraft doctrine. According to Mover, the US never really paid much attention to fighter operations in austere environments because the expectatio...
Jump to postSweden officially joined NATO at 07 March 2024, see : https://www.state.gov/nato-sweden-entry-into-force-march-7-2024 Curious how this will effect the total strength of the Swedish Air Force and possible new orders for the Gripen E-series, as replacement for some C- series, to be transferred to Ukr...
Jump to postAny new plans for Tuvalu ? At the moment it's only Fiji airways that flies between Nadi / Suva and Funafuti. No other destinations. Anyone know of any plans ? And wasn't there plans for a new airport at Tuvalu ? Speaking of Tuvalu, FJ's flights there have been forced to carry fuel for the return le...
Jump to postIn cooperation with the Norwegian Armed Forces, SAS has transported injured people from various disasters in Thailand, Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria and recently injured people from Ukraine. It was also this service that helped bring His Majesty the King of Norway home from illness in Malaysia, earlier...
Jump to post:checkmark: To sum up: Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft back, which seems reasonable, in the near future that may be slightly more than half. By contrast, more than 85% of all 77Ws are curren...
Jump to postLook at planespotters.net for the type and see the fraction parked, stored or scrapped. For contrast, look at 77Ws of the same vintage. :checkmark: To sum up: Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft...
Jump to postSeveral Air France Airbus 380 at Airplane Graveyard - Storage Retirment - Tarmac Aerosave, Scrapping, at Tarbes 2024 too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWpsu5hTKZU R.I.P Thank you for the video. Sad. Are these airplanes furbished or are they empty inside. My gosh so many of them. Music is intense ...
Jump to postLook at planespotters.net for the type and see the fraction parked, stored or scrapped. For contrast, look at 77Ws of the same vintage. Fewer than half of A380s produced are currently in active service. If you assume that Emirates will eventually bring all its parked aircraft back, which seems reas...
Jump to postSeveral Air France Airbus 380 at Airplane Graveyard - Storage Retirment - Tarmac Aerosave, Scrapping, at Tarbes 2024 too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWpsu5hTKZU
98.428 people tracked this flight at one point on flightradar. The number one worldwide. His Majesty is now back in Oslo.
Jump to postFacts about the plane 18 hospital beds and 39 regular seats with current configuration. The configuration can be changed, depending on the nature of the assignment. These MEDEVAC operations have been ongoing for over 25 years, with missions such as the tsunami in Thailand, the terrorist attack in In...
Jump to postAny new plans for Tuvalu ?
At the moment it's only Fiji airways that flies between Nadi / Suva and Funafuti. No other destinations. Anyone know of any plans ? And wasn't there plans for a new airport at Tuvalu ?
So Prince William, Prince Edward and Princess Ann is gonna be busy ... Maybe Duchess Sophie too ? I have always had a lot of respect for duchess Sophie.
and then there is Harry .... not so much respect for him ...
How big was Varig when they gave up ? I am talking about the one that lasted to 2006.
Jump to postBecause of a newer base aircraft there are probably one ot two major iterations ahead of the competing A320 series. . I do not believe that. Personally I believe any A320 interation following the NEO would need a new engine AND a new wing to remain competitive with whatever the Boeing 737 replaceme...
Jump to postIt seems that it's not only Boeing's civil sector that struggles with quality issues ... Boeing defense biz reports $139M loss across three major programs Boeing’s defense unit reported $139 million in total losses on three of its key fixed-price development programs in the last quarter of 2023, the...
Jump to postState officials and accompanying staff do not normally travel commercial to state visits due to security issues and they certainly wouldn’t book with potentially controversial parties like ME3/4. That would be really bad optics at home. State officials travel commercial on a daily basis in Europe. ...
Jump to postPan Am is one of the biggest. I believe they had 152 aircraft in the fleet when they went out of business.
Jump to postNo. This hysteria needs to end.
Jump to postI would like to see more long haul from Oslo, but somehow I doubt that will happen
Jump to postI have problems to see Copenhagen/SK role in all of this to be frank. If Amsterdam/KL and Paris/AF are such wonderful hubs covering almost every corner of the planet with one stops from Scandinavia. Why then choose Copenhagen/SK from a Norwegian and Swedish perspective? In Norway for instance you f...
Jump to postDo Europeans often go on vacation to DFW or Houston? Or Chicago or Philly or Seattle, for that matter? Unclear why Atlanta in particular drives people nuts, amidst a field of American cities that generally don’t have much to offer vacationing Europeans (the top tier excluded). Whatever could it be?...
Jump to postOver 6 million people. The busiest airport in the world. Some of the world's biggest and most well-known companies. Not much for anyone. Europeans visiting the USA for leisure tend not to spend very long in Atlanta. Some do... but most don't. New York and Florida get lots of leisure visitors, but A...
Jump to postjohns624 wrote:How many of those blasting SAS now were DY customers before they went under and just don't like SAS?
According to flightconnections.com: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa: FRA-YVR FRA-IAH FRA-ORD FRA-IAD FRA-JFK FRA-YYZ FRA-DEL FRA-BOM FRA-BLR FRA-PVG FRA-ICN Air China: PEK-SZX PEK-CAN PEK-SHA Asiana: ICN-TPE ICN-NRT ICN-CTS Boeing 747-8i Air China: PEK-CAN PEK-FRA PEK-JFK PEK-SHA Lufthansa: FRA-IAD FRA-EW...
Jump to postCan anyone give me an overview of Airbus 380 and Boeing 747 routes for various airlines for 2024 ?
I'd be interested to know
SAS opens a new USA route SAS opens a new long-haul route to the USA. From June 17, the company will fly from Copenhagen to Atlanta, writes the website FinalCall. SAS itself has not presented the new flight route, but the new offer is advertised in SAS's own app. Atlanta is located in the state of G...
Jump to postI believe the Norwegian airforce is currently doing NATO air policing with F-35A's on Iceland ...
Jump to postI was surprised to learn that no US airline fly to Thailand any longer. Why is this ? It's a major city in Asia and a major holiday destination in Asia.
Jump to postRudenko wrote:Regularly!! Obviously any incident with the 737 at the moment sells news ……
Japan's All Nippon Airways on Saturday returned a domestic flight to its departure airport after a crack was found on the cockpit window of the Boeing 737 midair, Kyodo news reported. How frequently does such a thing happen ? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japans-ana-returned-boeing-737-112414864.h...
Jump to postNot surprised in hearing this. I think this has been the problem for Boeing for a long time. Outsourcing work, you loose control....: Profit Over Safety: Boeing Supplier Ignored Safety Warnings Before Door Blowout, The Lever Reports Less than a month before a door plug on a Boeing aircraft blew off ...
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