Boeing was probably not interested in getting just a handful 787 on order. From 5 A332 to 4 A339, this probably ends-up with the same capacity but less flexibility? I guess MEA will keep the most recent A332 (OD-MEE) in parallel of the A330
Jump to postDoes anybody know when MEA will receive first A320 NEOs. Any status on the Widebody renewal plans. Also, I had heard they were interested in E-jets, any news on this?
Jump to postGreat move as Costa Rica is becoming a hot tourism destination in France, with service through a hub in the US leading to a long journey as a stop in <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> or <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfiel...
Jump to postTo all people having good insights, what is the production planning for A330s for say, the next 6 months? Will we have the chance to see A330 NEOs?
Jump to postDoes anyone know when the next (and last) A330 will be due for MEA? I thought I had read May16 but not sure anymore?
Jump to postUsing the 320 on this route is a wise move as this frees up a 330 to do large passenger traffic on short busy routes (<acronym title="Larnaca - International (LCA / LCLK), Cyprus">LCA</acronym>-<acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh -...
Jump to postMEA 211 BEY-PAR MEA 212 PAR-CDG The route was flown in 707s starting the 60's, 747s in the 70's, then A310 & A330. The second daily flight used A320/A321, upgraded to A332 in 2008. On top of AF's 565/566 daily heavy A310, A330, A340 and now B77W. (btw, one of AF's Top5 money making route) Next s...
Jump to postBefore turning this forum into a sterile political discussion serving the propaganda of any side, the MIGs will come in handy to firstly protect Lebanon from assaults inside the territory... We had the Nahr Al Bared event where some good weaponery would have made it easier to nail the terrorist hidi...
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Jump to postWell look at the example of Europe, in France, the TGV (high-speed train) has pushed away the plane on < 3h by train rides... EZY dropped Paris-Marseille when the high-speed link opened and looking closely at Ryanair's Map of France, they don't serve any destination in the North and NE with Eurostar...
Jump to postGreat to see they kept the lovely 77W on the <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> route! Had the chance to fly this aircraft twice in J and once in Y, impeccable...
Jump to postDespite the bad situation in Lebanon, I think <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym> is doing the right thing by slowly adding more planes... the A320's , as OD720 pointed out (no more A319) will be excellent to solidify the ME/Gulf network and add more european destinations (Germ...
Jump to postThey could still have an A319ER DEDICATE on the <acronym title="Abu Dhabi - (Nadia) International (AUH / OMAA), United Arab Emirates">AUH</acronym> route just like <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>... I've flown many times on A319ER of <acro...
Jump to postI was wondering why Air France doesn't fly to Abu Dhabi (<acronym title="Abu Dhabi - (Nadia) International (AUH / OMAA), United Arab Emirates">AUH</acronym>)... Etihad (EY) is only having a single daily frequency to <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acrony...
Jump to postIt happened to me on a <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym> A321 <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>... The 31 J seats were full whil...
Jump to postApparently, an A330-243 from Middle East Airlines (ME) flying <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> was delayed 1 hour in the air as the crew had an electrical failure and...
Jump to postToo bad!!! I will miss <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s 747's... I discovered them on the <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> route last summer and...
Jump to postyeah, totally agree with Raffik, I dont see why they went for the A320 instead of the A319... the difference between the A321 and A320 is not big and the A320 would still be large for small routes (<acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym>-<acronym title="OLD:...
Jump to postI must also add that it probably makes more sense to send narrowbodies to <acronym title="Tel Aviv (-Jaffa) - Ben Gurion (Lod) (TLV / LLBG), Israel">TLV</acronym> because I believe they send the aircraft and crew to sleep in PFO on one of the flights, dramatically increasing downtime (for security r...
Jump to postI've been on a <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> on this aircraft. It'...
Jump to postWhat about BEY ?
Will BA take over BMED routes? They typically serve the route with a mix of A319,320 and 321.
Any info about that?
Even though San Francisco is not considered a "premium" destination by <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> (despite the Silicon Valley being close), <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> loads on <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> have...
Jump to postTaken from AME info: "Qatar Airways will start flights to Washington DC this year, after having already announced it will fly to New York from 28 June, The Peninsula reported. Washington flights will begin sometime this summer." They will probably use the A340-642X, or will they have their B77W deli...
Jump to postAs FlySSC has quoted, 4th A332 to boost <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> in the morning, <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>/<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saud...
Jump to postA research paper by an American University of Beirut (AUB) student on the privatization of Middle East Airlines (<acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym>), showed they signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase (lease) of: 4x A319 with premium config :24J/80Y 4x A330: same confi...
Jump to postWorking in KSA and commuting every week in the Middle East, I know quite well the scene <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> is much better suited for transit (in <acronym title="Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International (JED / OEJN), Saudi Arabia"...
Jump to postI often fly <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> (next March 6-10) on <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s A319 <acronym title="DHL Worldwide Express (...
Jump to postHB-IWC, FlySSC, any update about their strategy for <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>? With the current situation, I don't see any changes to the daily 77x and no additional 744 or 332 in the summer. In January, they cancelled the daily B77W fli...
Jump to postBritish Mediterranean (BMED) could be bought by a Lebanese Businessman, who would take a controlling stake in the company. BMED operates up to 8x weekly flights to <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> in peak season. <a href="http://www.dailystar.c...
Jump to postHaving flown more than 200 sectors, I can easily say the 744... I often fly on A321 (not so good in turbulence and difficult to land because it's long) and the A330 large wings makes it tricky especially landing in bad weather... my two recent 744 rides on <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> on...
Jump to postGreat news FlySSC! I presume ME should have similar figures on the <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> route. I flew <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri Inter...
Jump to postBD flies to <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> only 3x weekly on <acronym title="Polynesian Airlines (Samoa)">PH</acronym>-MCV, high premium config B763. and believe me, they'll drop anything but <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid Internati...
Jump to postAir France will be upgrading <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> from its current 4x weekly B773ER to a daily starting Saturday October 7, according to their website <a href="http://www.airfrance.com/lb" target=_blank>www.airfrance.com/lb</a> This...
Jump to postFlew today <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> on F-ORMJ straight without the stop in AMM ! Airport was very busy with 3 <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME...
Jump to postKnowing very well <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>, I can tell you <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> is indeed huge, just because runways are on both sides of the terminal. However,...
Jump to postKL's venue to Beirut didn't make sense as Skyteam's hub is well served by <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>... However, <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym>'s 737 were not that difficult to fill (they were even upgrading sometimes to 739) + <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Ai...
Jump to postHB-IWC, You forgot <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>'s flights to <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>, that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> will resume probably in September. 2x daily A332 ...
Jump to postI'm taking in 3 hours the 6h30 hour <acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> flight on <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s A319ER and yes, they spray the ...
Jump to postI used to fly each week the <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> sector and our travel agent informs us daily of what's happening. Basically, starting Mond...
Jump to postThanks FlySSC for the valuable info! I am going to try my luck or else, I'll have to fly <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> to <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> then wait for 11h hours to get a connection to <acronym ti...
Jump to postFlySSC, any update on the <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> situation and <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> returning... My return leg <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="...
Jump to postWindowSeat, I was on this flight 3 weeks ago. <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> was operated by F-GITH one of the 3 that has PTV in all Y. <acronym title="...
Jump to postExcellent thread FlySSC... I flew <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym...
Jump to postVS could do well on <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> on a seasonal basis... Having nothing smaller than the A343 it would be difficult to keep decent loads in the winter. Another important factor is that the route should be opened from <acronym...
Jump to postThis is great news! We have been able to get a meeting every year since 2004 thanks to OD720. Having a tour of the facilities should not be a problem, we'll see if we can revisit the 707. Meeting the CEO will also be a treat! Looking forward to seeing most of the BeirutSpotter community! GoMEA
Jump to postVery interesting deal... Maybe they'll extend the concept to Thalys for <acronym title="Brussels - National (Zaventem) / Melsbroek (BRU / EBBR / EBMB), Belgium">BRU</acronym> and <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> and Lyria (their swiss TGV service) to <acr...
Jump to postAny source? No idea about the delivery period?
Jump to postFlySSC, that's great to hear <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s DEDICATE service would go to daily on the <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="Riyadh - King Khalid International (RUH / OERK), Saudi Arabia">RUH</acronym> segmen...
Jump to postKaitak744, They serve <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> and <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> all year round with the 744 , the <acronym title="Washington - Dulle...
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