We need more info on the proposed operation. Is this for a same day round trip, or would the aircraft have to do two round trips to complete your one passenger round trip? If it's the latter, the amount sounds very reasonable. Is the operation later in the Summer? The fuel prices are going up and wi...
Jump to postTo those of you in and around MEL, the first SriLankan flight from CMB to MEL lands in MEL on 30th Oct at 1525L. The first flight is expected to operate with an A330-300 and is the first time a regular scheduled air service takes place between Sri Lanka and Australia after 16 years. It also marks UL...
Jump to postDoes anyone have confirmation whether A7- rec'd aircraft are allowed through Bahrain FIR? For any flying to happen, they must cross that and get to Iran. Also, A0812/17 NOTAMN Q) OMAE/QXXXX/IV/NBO/E/000/999/2500N05430E999 A) OMAE B) 1706060000 C) PERM E) ALL ACFT REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF QATAR ARE...
Jump to post- Concentration of population
- Lack of secondary airports
- Leisure vs Business
- Volume vs Yield
whichever way you look at it, the above words will give your answer.
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Jump to postWhat is the seat being used by CX on BC? Cirrus?
Jump to postI guess the use of 789 to CMB will be mostly to do with aircraft availability and aircraft performance. CMB is likely to have some good cargo demand ex/ into <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>. The 332 will likely be payload limited on this route, specially...
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/JBirdAV8r" class="quote" target="_blank">JBirdAV8r</a> (<a href="#114" class="quote">Reply 114</a>):<br/><i>I did some looking on Google Street ...
Jump to postGood to see MSN60. Any idea of positions of MSN52 and 55?
Jump to postSurprised to see that this has not been mentioned yet. An Emirates Airbus A380 operating EK413 <acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>-<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>-<a...
Jump to postI had the honour of getting to know Sir Maurice a few years back - and he was without a doubt a true visionary and one of the humblest leaders I ever knew. May he rest in peace. He defined the shape of aviation for many decades into future and created a phenomenal business model.
Jump to postWhile not operating all four - Mihin Lanka is probably the smallest sized airline to operate the most number of Airbus narrow-body subtypes. It has a fleet of four currently - comprising of one A319, one A320, and two A321s.
Jump to postAs many have mentioned, it was a humanitarian evac flight and was not Civil. I doubt Int'l <b>Civil</b> Aviation Authority (ICAO) will have anything to do with it. Plus, the plane was very likely below MTOW hence there was no safety threat. Good to see <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym> getting...
Jump to postThanks a lot LAXIntl for this very important information. Any info on A300F and 332 freighter variants?
Jump to postMattala still seems to be in op - http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/fz551/
Jump to postThis is tragic - but like many posters have mentioned this issue may not be entirely eliminated as long as the human nature is the same. No amount of background checks or rules may help it and this issue will only get more serious in an increasingly commercialized world. I think the best we could do...
Jump to postLooks like a fare war, and bloodbath of yields, waiting to happen!
Jump to postFully agreed with Udvar Hazy's views and LAXIntl re capturing market share. But hey, that's at least a nice livery! Anyone got more info about this carrier and its ownership?
Jump to postI trust a brand new 77W would come up to about USD1.3M in monthly rental - which is almost 1M over the747s (if they are leased). However if they are able to get hold of a 6+ yr old frame, I trust those would come up around USD800k - which, combined with fuel and mx savings, will offer an interesting...
Jump to postWith all due respect, let me add my two cents... I am skeptical whether this system could really serve the purpose of a real time tracking device. First of all, it is likely set to communicate only during an 'abnormal event'. What if the system that is responsible for the trigger itself fails? And w...
Jump to postOf course, <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> could have used it as an en-route alternate for its <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acro...
Jump to postThe aircraft you have mentioned is a <acronym title="Precision Air Services (United Rep. of Tanzania)">PW</acronym> powered version. I am not sure whether that is louder than the other variants, but the experts should be able to shed some light. No offense - but it could also be physchological to so...
Jump to postJust thought of adding my thoughts... Generally you can hear an aircraft at 37k feet if the surroundings are not too loud - but often once the aircraft passes you overhead and not before. But it is very difficult to imagine you will hear it so loud as if it will frighten you. Transaero has all three...
Jump to postIt could vary highly dependent on the configuration used. But it is always a significant sum and higher than the seat share occupied by J+F pax.
Jump to postLHR Spotters, the first A330-300 of <acronym title="Sri Lankan Airlines">UL</acronym>, sporting a special livery, is operating its first revenue flight to <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> today (09NOV14) as UL505. Flight is currently ETA0830L. A good oppo...
Jump to postAnd this aircraft features a major improvement of the on-board product - with all aisle access seats on Business Class, HD IFE displays on all classes and in-flight Wi Fi.
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Are you referring to DOT Transtats? http://www.transtats.bts.gov/
Jump to postDifficult to believe - but will certainly be a good choice. All the best to MH and Mueller!
Jump to postGiven that this is actually a commercial air crew (that is probably used to flying on this route) that reported this - I'm inclined to think that this debris field might likely be the real one. However let's be hopeful.
Jump to postStarlionblue, I think this was all led by a mistake from the <acronym title="Malaysia Airlines">MH</acronym> <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> team (and we cannot blame them, for they must have been under so much pressure). The plane only flew under contact for 40 mins it seems. It w...
Jump to postMH press conference just confirmed the last known location as being closer to the area reported by flightradar24.
Jump to postDo we have really clarified the location where the a/c went missing? As per FR24 data, this would be around 40 mins from <acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KUL</acronym>, likely somewhere near waypoint IGARI. But multiple news reports indicate this was two ...
Jump to postAm I mistaken or are they really attempting to go for 40 min turnarounds (as per the published schedule) ?
Jump to postThere was, and will never be, anything like the 747. The most gorgeous aircraft ever to fly, IMHO.
Jump to postSeems <acronym title="Great Lakes Aviation (USA)">ZK</acronym>-<acronym title="Salta - General Belgrano (SLA / GBL), Argentina">SLA</acronym> was their only pax 733 - unless this was a freighter. Edit: Only later found out that Toll is a freighter operator, hence this has to be one of the frieghter ...
Jump to postAlso IIRC CSA used to fly a weekly or twice weekly PRG-DXB-CMB service on board A310, till around 2004.
Jump to postGoing by the level of damage seen on the aircraft, kudos to the crew for coming to a safe stop. Does anyone know whether more of belly is damaged?
Jump to postIt depends on the airline and the basis used. But in general, overheads are allocated to routes in terms of block hours. Transfer passengers' revenues are pro-rated to both routes, unless you use the beyond profitability method which uses a different basis. Crew accommodation costs are often allocat...
Jump to postIf you're referring to Yield per RPK, generally the currency impact is not considered. There should be a seperate item reported as Currency Gain/(Loss), but this is generally minor and would not have a considerable impact on the revenue.
Jump to postMany thanks mate! Always appreciate your valued contributions. Keep it up.
Jump to postEdelweiss is a subsidiary of SWISS, predominantly operating to leisure destinations. Not sure what they were doing in <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> though, unless their A330 was subbed for a <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NE...
Jump to postA company being sold for a symbolic amount often has huge debt or other liabilities. Does anybody know whether the 74F was owned by the airline ?
Jump to postTiger simply does not have a strong foundation like AirAsia to overtake the latter. While the Tigerair rebranding sounds promising and they keep launching more JVs, their country unit performance is still not as robust as AirAsia's. It still has a long way to go to overtake AirAsia and jetStar is in...
Jump to postI have just noted that yesterday's BA2043 <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Male - International (MLE / VRMM), Maldives">MLE</acronym>-CMB is yet to depart, and is delayed by 20.5hrs. (STD - 1930/7JUN ETD - 1600/8JUN) The flight usually ops ...
Jump to postLet me begin by saying that I have no knowledge about this particular market, but I can make a few guesses based on experience... 1. Lower per seat costs with A319 = Fare stimulation 2. Connecting traffic 3. The <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 'brand effect' 4. Product stimulation 5. P...
Jump to postWell, May - July is the peak for DXB and rest of the Middle East. Hence, this shall certainly have a negative impact on quite a few airlines .
Jump to postLAXIntl, very helpful - many thanks. But you seem to have forgotten to include one of the presently most in demand aircraft - A330-300. Any possibility to include same?
Jump to post+1 for PA. Two other timeless liveries are the current SQ and current EK ones.
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