That lounge looks pretty funky - very 1970s chic - https://travelupdate.com/psa-lockheed-tristar-lounge/ Shame they were in service such a short time with PSA. Hardly anyone would have got to experience it really. They built five aircraft in that configuration and they were difficult to sell on. I ...
Jump to postHello all! I recently came across a picture of a Pan Am Express ATR-72 doing pre-delivery test flights at TLS in 1991: https://www.flickr.com/photos/146519169@N03/49890198962 Obviously, the delivery was cancelled in the wake of Pan Am‘s death throes. Can anybody shed more lights into the very brief ...
Jump to postLH operated the A306 on DUS-EWR-DUS for a while in the late 1990‘s and/ of early 2000‘s.
Jump to postTo my mind, some DC-9's were operated as freighters without a SCD in the US, Emery Air being one of those operators.
Jump to postklwright69 wrote:I flew EWR-FRA-EWR roundtrip in the fall of 92. It was the DC10, I recall pretty clearly the 747 had just been taken off that route.
Another new SAA A350 Destination is FRA. I just found out that the aircraft type on my SA260 trip next July has changed from A346 to A359.
P.S.: Sorry, just saw that someone else already found out about this.
andz wrote:TriStar500 wrote:MUC continues to be served.
Not according to my source, and if you try to book JNB-MUC on flysaa.com it is via FRA.
When Eurowings was formed (...) it got the NS code from Nürnberger Flugdienst. However, NS was unsatisfactory to say the least with memories of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) (...) Dutch Railways today are known as NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen). Nobody in the Netherlands ha...
Jump to postcedarjet wrote:OS for Austrian, literal spelling of their first syllable
IIRC, PanAm’s originally ordered Tristar 500s went to United with the Pacific route sale in 1986. They didn’t linger long, and all went to Delta in 1988. Pan Am ordered 12 L1011-500 direct from Lockheed with the first example entering the fleet in 1980, they had all left the fleet by 1986. Six exam...
Jump to postIndependent company operating under franchise.
Jump to postDUS was initially flown with DC10-30, but switched to B762 by the early 1990's.
Jump to postHate to correct you, but the top photo is a standard longbody TriStar.
Jump to postI flew DFW-FRA in an L1011-500 in April 1992 and FRA-DFW- FRA on B767-300ER in April 1993.
Jump to postHi all, I am trying to complete my flight logbook of over 1.400 segments. Fortunately, only 32 of my entries are missing the aircraft's registration, among these are the following <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> flights: 1992: 1992/03/31 <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-M...
Jump to postYou get what you pay for (Skytrax). No pay, no stars. It is really that simple.
Jump to postS4 operates almost daily <acronym title="Lisbon (- Portela de Sacavem / AT1 / AB1) (LIS / LPPT), Portugal">LIS</acronym>-<acronym title="Ponta Delgada - Joao Paulo II (Nordela) (PDL / LPPD), Portugal - Azores">PDL</acronym>-<acronym title="Lisbon (- Portela de Sacavem / AT1 / AB1) (LIS / LPPT), Port...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Eurowings will start long-haul flig...
Jump to postThe A310 have to keep sticking around until at least mid-July, when I have completed the <acronym title="Ponta Delgada - Joao Paulo II (Nordela) (PDL / LPPD), Portugal - Azores">PDL</acronym>-<acronym title="Lisbon (- Portela de Sacavem / AT1 / AB1) (LIS / LPPT), Portugal">LIS</acronym>-<acronym tit...
Jump to postI am commuting a lot between <acronym title="Dusseldorf - International (Rhein-Ruhr / Lohausen) (DUS / EDDL), Germany">DUS</acronym> and <acronym title="Vienna - Schwechat (VIE / LOWW), Austria">VIE</acronym>, so: OE-IHA 20 OE-LEZ 18 OE-<acronym title="Learmonth (LEA / YPLM), Australia - Western Aus...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mozart" class="quote" target="_blank">mozart</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>What I don't know, and I'd be grateful for s...
Jump to postBy the way - you only pay 200€/rt if take the bare-bone product without checked-in baggage, meals, catering, IFE, seat reservation and bonsu miles. If you add these extras, you will pay around the pice as you pay for carriers with an integrated product like <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emir...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LZ129" class="quote" target="_blank">LZ129</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Count me as one of the clueless. What is it us...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/CRJ900" class="quote" target="_blank">CRJ900</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>How come Air Berlin was unable to get decent e...
Jump to postNo, Augsbrug Airways plainly went out off business.
Jump to postMaybe some scope clause being in effect.
Jump to postWVB has a paved runway. I flew from it a couple of years ago.
Maybe the airport does not have CAT 8 or 9 firefighting abilities.
Hello everyone, I have noticed that there are at least to different cockpit center column configurations for the L1011 TriStar. One with old-school conventional round gauges for the engine performance indicators: <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/p...
Jump to postThey also stopped the quite exotic <acronym title="Paderborn / Lippstadt (PAD / EDLP), Germany">PAD</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom AND Nampa - Municipal (Ritchey Field) (MAN), USA - Idaho">MAN</acronym>- and <acronym title="Paderborn / Lip...
Jump to postWhat is the matter with -40 Version and Delta Airlines? I haven't seen any other original customer of Lockheed purchasing this version?
Jump to postHello everyone! Delta Airlines once operated the largest fleet of L1011 TriStars, counting 56 ships at the very same time. Among this fleet were 17 L1011-500 6 L1011-250 (converted -1's) 32 L1011-1 (or -40, according to some sources) but only one L1011-200, c/n 193C-1151 (for her history, see here <...
Jump to postCheck out this list for the oldest active B757's... http://www.airfleets.net/listing/b757-1.htm
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MesaFlyGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">MesaFlyGuy</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>I had no idea they were getting rid of...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MSS658" class="quote" target="_blank">MSS658</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Any Idea when the 788's will arrive?</i></font...
Jump to postIt's a charter flight - just like many more "exotic" (for Lufthansa) weekend-only destinations from DUS.
Jump to postFunny new colorscheme, they look like Japanese-registered aircraft now.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/photoshooter" class="quote" target="_blank">photoshooter</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Quoting TriStar500 (Reply 1): For ...
Jump to postFor obvious reasons, German regional carrier Eurowings changed from NS to EW.
Jump to postAfter Contact Air, this time it is Augsburg Airways' turn - cooperation is to end after summer scheduke 2013. <a href="http://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/jobs/Augsburg_Airways" target="_blank">http://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/jobs/Augsburg_Airways</a> (see red annotations) This will only leave fully int...
Jump to postA recent glance at Airlfeet's statistics for <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> left me a little bit intrigued. Why does virtually the entire former Airbus fleet remain stored and has not found a new lease of life with other carriers (be it a cargo haulers or in pax service) or in...
Jump to postSince JK hasn't operated DC-9's since the early 1990's, I suppose you have seen an MD-80.
Jump to postTNT has been flying Belgian charter passengers for years on their B737QC now, so that would not be a deterrent. Lack of windows might be the bigger obstacle though.
Jump to postPilot shortage due to the transfer of operations from OS to VO certificate plus due to the phase-out of the B737NG fleet in favor of more A32X.
Jump to postNo, that would be <acronym title="Hanover (- Langenhagen) (HAJ / EDDV), Germany">HAJ</acronym>. But still quite a few garrisons in the general area (southern Lower Saxony and northern and eastern parts of Westphalia) plus some demand from local businesses and for city trips. Until a few years ago, t...
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