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- Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:07 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turbulence Injures 4 Thomson Crews MAN-LCA
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1511
Turbulence Injures 4 Thomson Crews MAN-LCA
Two are reported severely injured when the flight hit turbulence. Guess most passengers had their belts tight. <a href="http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/07/four-crew-hurt-as-england-cyprus-flight-hits-turbulence/" target="_blank">http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/...and-cyprus-flight-hits-turbu...
Jump to post- Sat May 23, 2015 6:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: MEA Retro A-321
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7365
RE: MEA Retro A-321
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FOMEA" class="quote" target="_blank">FOMEA</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Also is it true <acronym title="Macae (MEA / S...
Jump to post- Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:54 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Aegean Airlines Launches LCA-TLV As Time Ticks @CY
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5420
RE: Aegean Airlines Launches LCA-TLV As Time Ticks @CY
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/andy33" class="quote" target="_blank">andy33</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Like 3 years ago,...
Jump to post- Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:33 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air France Strike 15-22 September Part 1
- Replies: 217
- Views: 25386
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:00 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: MEA Flight Forced To Turn Around
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5175
RE: MEA Flight Forced To Turn Around
MEA was the only flight affected by the so called cleaning <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/><table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" col...
Jump to post- Wed Oct 30, 2013 5:51 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armenia Liberalizes Sector, Air Armenia Launches
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2950
RE: Armenia Liberalizes Sector, Air Armenia Launches
Some photos of the A320 here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60000048@N05/10482692713
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:08 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armenia Liberalizes Sector, Air Armenia Launches
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2950
Armenia Liberalizes Sector, Air Armenia Launches
After month's of discussions, Armenia has decided to liberalize the airline sector thus granting several airlines licenses to operate flights from Armenia <a href="http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/23/armenia-liberalizes-the-air-traffic/" target="_blank">http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/23...menia-...
Jump to post- Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:10 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: JAT To Relaunch Beirut & 9 Other Destinations
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6407
RE: JAT To Relaunch Beirut & 9 Other Destinations
Are they leasing 10 A319s? Where are they coming from? And when is the 1st expected?
Jump to post- Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:20 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: TLV Emergency
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5132
TLV Emergency
It seems that there has been an emergency at <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> with a Greek carrier. <a href="http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/90194-greek-plane-lands-safely-in-israel-after-emergency" target="_blank">http://www.naharnet.com/st...
Jump to post- Tue May 21, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: MEA Launch Al Najaf & Yerevan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3145
RE: MEA Launch Al Najaf & Yerevan
Just checked again and the EVN service is 2x weekly, Mondays and Fridays. Perfect for a weekend escape!
Jump to post- Tue May 21, 2013 10:19 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: MEA Launch Al Najaf & Yerevan
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3145
RE: MEA Launch Al Najaf & Yerevan
The Yerevan (EVN) flight shows on Kayak and Expedia. Departs Fridays at 6:30 pm and back to Beirut at 10:15 pm.
Interestingly, it doesn't appear yet on MEA's own website.
- Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:48 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
- Replies: 253
- Views: 18930
RE: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VCy" class="quote" target="_blank">VCy</a> (<a href="#236" class="quote">Reply 236</a>):<br/><i>Does anyone have any idea what <acronym title="M...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:12 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
- Replies: 253
- Views: 18930
RE: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JU068" class="quote" target="_blank">JU068</a> (<a href="#234" class="quote">Reply 234</a>):<br/><i>Would also appreciate it if someone that und...
Jump to post- Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:28 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
- Replies: 253
- Views: 18930
RE: Cyprus Airways: Investor Or Close Down
According to reports, the talks with <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym> are at a very early stage. Probably both parties exchanged some ideas and shared their views. Such deals usually take some time. <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym> is a well managed ...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:02 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armavia Bankrupt; Halt Flights
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11914
RE: Armavia Bankrupt; Halt Flights
A very short but interesting read about Armavia and the future of Armenian aviation in general.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24958412.html
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armenia's New Airline Krunk Air?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8138
RE: Armenia's New Airline Krunk Air?
Some bold statement by Krunk director: <i>“We are ready to invest EUR 750 million in case of having no obstacle,” Armenpress quoted Poghosyan, underlining they were ready to bring 8 planes to Yerevan. </i> <a href="http://armenpress.am/eng/news/714867/%E2%80%9Ckrunk-air%E2%80%9D-ready-to-replace-%E2...
Jump to post- Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:27 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armenia's New Airline Krunk Air?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8138
- Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:03 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armenia's New Airline Krunk Air?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8138
Armenia's New Airline Krunk Air?
This news just surfaced that a certain Krunk Air of Armenia may be taking over Armavia's role claiming to be getting an A340 soon! <a href="http://news.am/eng/news/147462.html" target="_blank">http://news.am/eng/news/147462.html</a> However, according to Armenia's Civil Aviation authorities, no such...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:27 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: MEA Staff Racist Incident At BEY 6th October 2012
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11260
RE: MEA Staff Racist Incident At BEY 6th October 2012
The sad part is that she probably still doesn't realize that there was anything wrong in her behavior.
Jump to post- Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:42 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: AF Flight To Beirut Diverted To Damascus
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12163
RE: AF Flight To Beirut Diverted To Damascus
Still, I don't understant why it didn't land at BEY, as all other ailines did that night except AF!
Jump to post- Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:04 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: How Many Times Have Pax Been Asked To Pay For Fuel?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6157
How Many Times Have Pax Been Asked To Pay For Fuel?
Right after the colapse of teh Soviet Union, this became routine practice and I remember pilots used to carry cash and paid for fuel at the spot. The situation at the time was chaotic and probably the airport gas providers didn't trust the owners of the newly born airlines which were so many and in ...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:20 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: AF Flight To Beirut Diverted To Damascus
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12163
RE: AF Flight To Beirut Diverted To Damascus
It's strange that the plane was diverted in the first place.
Protestors had blocked the road leading to the airport and not the runways of the airport so it could have landed and waited. Unless they had worries about the delays of the outbound flight.
- Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:27 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armavia Cancels Second SSJ Order
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5237
RE: Armavia Cancels Second SSJ Order
After checking some news about the airline, it appears that they are having some financial issues. Here's a story from earlier this month: <a href="http://armenianow.com/news/39131/armavia_company_sale_baghdasarov" target="_blank">http://armenianow.com/news/39131/armavia_company_sale_baghdasarov</a>
Jump to post- Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:02 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Armavia Cancels Second SSJ Order
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5237
RE: Armavia Cancels Second SSJ Order
Now they say that they have put an order for 1 A320, 2 B737-700 and 1 B737-800. Are these just claims or real orders? <a href="http://armenpress.am/eng/news/687967/%E2%80%9Carmavia%E2%80%9D-to-obtain-%E2%80%9Cairbus%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cboeing%E2%80%9D-types-of-aircraft.html" target="_blank">http:/...
Jump to post- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:34 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Middle Eastern Airlines Aircraft Purchasing Habits
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3851
Middle Eastern Airlines Aircraft Purchasing Habits
It would be better if the thread was called "Middle Eastern Airlines" instead of "Middle East Airlines" which is MEA., Lebanon's carrier.
Jump to post- Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:56 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: F-16s For Oman
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10489
RE: F-16s For Oman
Not good news for the Eurofighter Typhoon as they were hoping to get the sale themselves.
Jump to post- Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:33 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Migs In Armenia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4152
RE: Migs In Armenia
I lived in Armenia for about 10 years and I know the place quite well. My question is, how close to the border do they usually get? The road leading to the Zvartnots airport and to Echmiadzin should be a good location or else if they go further south, drive towards the town of Ararat. I won't be sur...
Jump to post- Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:48 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
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Jump to post- Sat May 30, 2009 9:31 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Dear friends, As you can see, Hunterson's death was a big loss even to this thread that he always somehow liked to keep it fresh and alive. Going to the real stories in the past few months, the air force recieved a Cessna 208 Caravan from the US last month armed with Hellfire missiles. This can be c...
Jump to post- Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
This is very sad indeed. He loved this thread so much and wanted to keep it alive with news and developments.
He was a believer and a great patriot.
All the followers of this thread will miss him dearly.
RIP Hunterson.
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:10 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: R.I.P. Hunterson (Kassem Jaafar)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4944
R.I.P. Hunterson (Kassem Jaafar)
Dear friends, It is with deep regret to inform you the death of Dr Kassem Jaafar, aka Hunterson in these forums, which happened yesterday of a "massive heartattack". According to an email I recieved from his family today, Kassem "collapsed at home and was declared dead at the hospital some forty min...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:07 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: In 1970 Who Was The Top 4 Largest Airlines
- Replies: 29
- Views: 32074
RE: In 1970 Who Was The Top 4 Largest Airlines
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Jump to post- Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:43 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: In 1970 Who Was The Top 4 Largest Airlines
- Replies: 29
- Views: 32074
RE: In 1970 Who Was The Top 4 Largest Airlines
Aeroflot?
Lebanon's TMA was one of the largest (if not the largest) cargo airline in the world. But that was around 1972-73.
[Edited 2009-02-07 13:08:40]
- Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:27 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
This MiG-29 anouncement took everyone by surprise here. It was quite unexpected. If this is fully excersized, it will be the first eastern made equipment entering service with our air force. What we need now are some propeller and advanced jet trainers and we can finally retire the long serving Hunt...
Jump to post- Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:30 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
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Jump to post- Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
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Jump to post- Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:23 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Rnzaf Aermacchis May Be Returned To Service
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7070
RE: Rnzaf Aermacchis May Be Returned To Service
If Lebanon can do it with the Hunters, sure New Zealand can as well. <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1429743/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1429743/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/3/4/7/...
Jump to post- Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:35 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Here's another one: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1429743/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1429743/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/3/4/7/1429743.jpg" alt="Click here for bigger photo!" b...
Jump to post- Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
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Jump to post- Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:27 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Dear friends, I'm also adding a few photos of the Hunters here on Airliners.net. Here are the first 2 and more are coming up soo. <br><table align=center border=0 width=500><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1428958/L/" target="_blank">...
Jump to post- Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:41 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
This is really exciting for both Lebanese Air Force and Hunter fans alike. The Hunters have been making different flying sorties over the capital for the past 10 days or so. Here's a short footage of the action posted by Zaher on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4yACJoGW-A" target=_...
Jump to post- Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:48 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Great post Hunterson about the recent activities in the air force. It is also worth adding that Gen. Samir Maalouly has recently been appointed the new commander of the air force replacing Gen. Nouhad Zebian. Maalouly, who has been a Hunter pilot himself, has been given the task to "resurrect" the a...
Jump to post- Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:51 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Jordan Receives First F-16AMs From Belgium
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
RE: Jordan Receives First F-16AMs From Belgium
Thanks for the link. Too many questions maybe but does anyone know how many F-16s does the RJAF plans to have? A large fleet costs a lot of money. Does the RJAF have the AMRAAM in its inventory or do they still rely on the AIM-7 Sparrow? I also would like to know about the <acronym title="American A...
Jump to post- Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:38 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Jordan Receives First F-16AMs From Belgium
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5619
RE: Jordan Receives First F-16AMs From Belgium
These are great shots and the even this early block F-16s look really sleek. Mabrouk!
So how many F-16s (including the MLUs) does the RJAF have now?
- Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:29 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
During a surprise vist to Beirut, U.S. Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Eric Edelman told reporters that the US will supply the Lebanese Air Force a number of utility helicopters. He didn't mention the type of the helicopters or anything about the number being considered. The stratement was mad...
Jump to post- Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:37 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
It's very true what Hunterson says about the political stalemate effecting many plans and projects in the country, including the modernization of the army. However, it seems that plans are being drawn in many areas and that includes the air force as well and I think these would be implemented as soo...
Jump to post- Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:46 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Dear <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and Hunterson, According to Globalsecurity.org, which is very reliabale, there were 32 UH-1H Hueys delivered but data on their website is not very clear and it dates back to 2000. The table says 32 UH-1s and 16 <acronym title="Air Berlin (Germany)">...
Jump to post- Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:41 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
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Jump to post- Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:05 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
I just replaced the text with a smaller and more reader friendly story which I think is enough not to bore anyone but is good enough for general info. Here's the link once again: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Air_Force" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Air_Force</...
Jump to post- Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:44 am
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: Lebanese Air Force
- Replies: 169
- Views: 39743
RE: Lebanese Air Force
Dear all, I'm currently in the process of updating the Lebanese Air Force page on Wikipedia. I already made a new and much more friendlier table of the aircraft inventory (current) and am in the process of writing a whole new text instead of the one appearing now. This text gives little info and con...
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