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Re: Condor launch new livery

Good to see some people still have originality, vision and a sense of humour...there are no generally accepted principles in respect of what airliner liveries ought to be...thank God some people still remember that they are free... Hope this is the first of many black eyes to come for the dreaded Eu...

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Re: Volume of Transatlantic A321 Routes Today

Anybody want to pull the data for 2011 and see how many were operating with 757s? Many more I suspect. But the point was not to compare with 757. It was that, in 2011, A32x series aircraft were just not flying TATL (except maybe a few flight from Halifax and then there was the flight from London Ci...

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Re: Volume of Transatlantic A321 Routes Today

I recently flew LIS-YYZ on TP's A320NXLR and was surprised to see that TP also operate the type to BOS and IAD. I was wondering what is today the total volume of A320Neo Transatlantic traffic operating on a scheduled basis or announced for launch in 2022. Faro How was the XLR? It’s pretty special t...

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Volume of Transatlantic A321 Routes Today

I recently flew LIS-YYZ on TP's A320NXLR and was surprised to see that TP also operate the type to BOS and IAD.

I was wondering what is today the total volume of A320Neo Transatlantic traffic operating on a scheduled basis or announced for launch in 2022.

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Re: Stockholm-Zürich flight: unruly passenger attacks crew, bites police woman

There are plenty of Florida thinking pandemic folks in Sweden - lots of the antimask/antivaccine BS comes out of a few social media loudmouths there with the Netherlands right behind on that too (again isolated people who just get a large audience of gullibles to believe their nonsense) :checkmark:...

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Re: Brawl on F9 flight after landing in MIA

It’s not F9 or ULCC’s or ‘lower-class’ travellers...it’s Florida.

That place should never have been developed from the humid, festering swamps of the 19th century. Florida is trying to get back at the humans who did that to it...and largely succeeding...

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing/Production Thread - 2021

Does it make sense to keep the 777F line at low rate without the 777-9 at high rate? Hopefully. Could more 777-300ER be built to keep waiting 777-9-customers happy? No-one wants 777s right now. The deserts are full of them, along with brand new (smaller) 787s. I doubt STC, U-turn and other customer...

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Re: 737 with new wing, landing gear potential

The 737 is a true aviation icon but it is already one iteration too many. Sure it will continue to sell at discounted prices especially to airlines wishing to retain more commonality then the alternative offering. The A 320 perhaps has a remaining viable iteration left but old technologies do in fa...

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Re: Bloomberg: Qatar Airways Is in a Mystery Spat with Airbus

Agreed. It's the 777XF launch order. How solvent is QR. If Airbus really were to press for immediate delivery, will QR survive? I'm not saying it is; like everyone here all I can present is a WAG based on a article of unknown accuracy, ascribed to a person with a penchant for flowery wording, innue...

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Re: Boeing offers 777X Freighter to QR. Eyeing Order for 30

The 77X freighter will easily be the most expensive freighter around...I wonder how its overall cost --ie, cost of ownership + running costs-- will stack up against acquiring 77F's or converted 777-300ER freighters... QR's papa has very very deep pockets, yes...but is it really that worthwhile to do...

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Re: New A330 Wingtips?

First of all, the airline is aiming to reduce fuel consumption by "up to 2%", not 2%...so God knows what that means... Second, this claim is emanating from a Portuguese charter airline, not Airbus itself... Third, this quaint excerpt from the article: "up to 40% of the total air resis...

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Re: Pratt & Whitney GTF Engines Now Power More Than 1,000 Aircraft

I would love to know the GTF vs LEAP engine figures on the A320neo family…

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Re: Seaplane company to launch Passenger Drone service in Hong Kong by the end of 2021

Four lift fans and you multiply the risk of failure by four compared to a single-engined light aircraft...and a failure of any one of these lift fans is in itself catastrophic...

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Re: RR begins building worlds largest jet engine

Nothing about CMC's, variable turbine cooling, etc...just that they've begun building it...good luck to them...difficult times ahead...

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Re: Modern Turbofan Engine Efficiency

In layman terms, where did the efficiency improvements come from in modern turbo fans? Let’s say JT9D vs RR Trent XWB. I guess I'll give this a try. :( JT9D -> Boeing 747-100 => 30% overall efficiency (~64% propulsive, ~48% motor thermodynamic) RR Trent XWB -> Airbus A350 => 40% overall efficiency ...

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Re: UA328 engine explosion at DEN

Jon O reports: Boeing recommends an operational suspension of PW4000-powered 777s (aka grounding) “until the FAA identifies the appropriate inspection protocol.” Says 69 are currently in service and 59 are in storage. Ref: https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/1363687160830775301 Does this mean mo...

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Re: Refueling wide bodies

Along the same lines, do airlines strategically shop around for fuel at airports/states/countries with lower prices? Not only that, they buy large amounts of fuel futures in order to decrease exposure to price fluctuations. To decrease exposure to price fluctuations on the upside that is...you can ...

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Re: "Dry airspace"

FWIW, Kansas only repealed the prohibition of alcohol in 1948...the last state to do so...

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Re: Boeing 777X Testing/Production Thread - 2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emir ... AA0Y2?il=0

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Re: RR freezing development on the Ultrafan program

Ok, who is saying "this was inevitable from a commercial or technical perspective"? Please provide a quote in case I missed this, or admit you are exaggerating. It's really not fair to ask people to defend a point they are not making, yet I see this happening a lot on this site. I am sorr...

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Re: RR freezing development on the Ultrafan program

I don't understand all the arguments being made on why this was inevitable from a commercial or technical perspective...there really is only one factor at play here... ALL aviation-related development programs are at risk because of COVD-19...airframe, engine, equipment, upgrades, etc... No-one kno...

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Re: Malaysia Mulls Shutting Down or Selling MAS

anshabhi wrote:
Not happening. State carriers never close

Just like pandemics...

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Re: RR freezing development on the Ultrafan program

Covid 19 is happening. :checkmark: :checkmark: I don't understand all the arguments being made on why this was inevitable from a commercial or technical perspective...there really is only one factor at play here... ALL aviation-related development programs are at risk because of COVD-19...airframe,...

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Re: Avianca A319 strikes pyrotechnic balloon on approach to BOG

Wow!...is this a historic first?...

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Re: Emirates unveils new Premium Economy Class

xwb777 wrote:
Emirates today has unveiled its new Premium Economy seats onboard its lastest A380 that was delivered.

Seems like something so exotic now...like another age and another place...when an airline actually takes delivery of a new A380...

How low we have gone with COVID

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Re: The perpetual failure of the smallest variant.

The A318 (a double shrink) was a low development cost attempt to persuade airlines that it was better to complement existing A320 Family fleets than buy a different aircraft type. The A318 probably sold at decent prices to VIP customers and certainly won additional A320 Family business that would o...

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Re: BA 747 catches fire in Spain.

At what temperature does aviation-grade aluminium combust?

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Re: Why did HUDs come to airliners so late?

For those not old enough to remember, the Dassault Mercure had a HUD (captain's seat). And this was in the 70s!!! Air Inter, who pioneered cat III / autoland in the late 60s, got converted to the HUD when available and ordered them for their A320 (1988) and A330 (1994). :checkmark: :checkmark: Inde...

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Re: LHR is no longer Europe's biggest airport.

I think both Atlanta and Amsterdam grew to their current size and importance today, because of the vast area of available land set aside, great planning, and future-proofing for expansion. If London Airport was planned better in 1946, it would have been much further north and west of London, somewh...

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Re: Boeing CEO: NMA will "start with a clean sheet of paper again"

Boeing's cash situation must be quite strained...not to talk of its indebtedness...is the NMA project actually still an ongoing endeavour or is it surviving on a skeleton staff...one would think that project milestones have all been deferred out to a rather distant future... Anyone in the know?... ...

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Re: Boeing CEO: NMA will "start with a clean sheet of paper again"

Boeing's cash situation must be quite strained...not to talk of its indebtedness...is the NMA project actually still an ongoing endeavour or is it surviving on a skeleton staff...one would think that project milestones have all been deferred out to a rather distant future... Anyone in the know?... F...

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Re: Cathay delays 777-9 deliveries beyond 2025

At this rate of production/delivery, is the program in any danger of outright cancellation or is the commercial and testing momentum it has gained too high?

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Re: Few questions about the A310 (and A300)

Area ruling fascinates me. There's an interesting story in the evolution from the Delta Dagger into the Delta Dart. By "coke bottling" the fuselage, performance was massively increased due to a decrease in transonic drag. Area ruling can also be seen in canopy shapes, for example on the F...

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Re: GE9X Engine For Boeing 777X Earns FAA Certification

More CMCs in the turbine. Since I do not work for GE, I cannot tell you when or how much improvement, but eventually this will happen. Lightsaber More CMC in static parts is feasible and should happen relatively soon with the first couple of PiP's...the point however is to have rotating CMC parts i...

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Re: GE9X Engine For Boeing 777X Earns FAA Certification

I can’t see the wing reducing thrust required (read:drag) by 10% during cruise. My calculations put the L/D of the 779 at 3.5-3.8% higher than the 77W, I wouldn’t imagine that the reduction in fuselage length would take that up to 10%. Fred And the 777X wing has two more flap track fairings than th...

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GE9X is FAA-Certified: Where are the Fuel Consumption Figures?

The news in this week that the GE9X has earned its FAA certification: https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/aircraft-propulsion/ge9x-engine-boeing-777x-earns-faa-certification Does anyone know if the certification data would include effective fuel consumption figures, and where these may be accessed? T...

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Re: EasyJet 'hanging by a thread'.

This also has to be looked at on a subsidiary by subsidiary basis...EZS only has 29 aircraft and activity in GVA seems to be quite regular...EZS accounts for over 40% of GVA passenger volume...they may be sustainable on their own...as for EZU, they run 126 aircraft so there may be a problem there i...

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Re: Boeing Considers Closing 787 Production in WA

So short, in the US technical insolvency is no problem... Yes. Accounting terms have different meaning in different countries: -Cash flow is an important number in US accounting. It doesn't mean the same in other countries. For a long time I was wondering why Americans on a.net always spoke of cash...

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Re: EasyJet 'hanging by a thread'.

Isn’t it a bit ironic how some EU government’s have quickly supported their flag carriers? when they have spent the past two decades decrying Boeing for state aid, and any competitive airlines being propped up by their government. Free markets are anything but a watertight dogma...if it weren’t for...

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Re: EasyJet 'hanging by a thread'.

This also has to be looked at on a subsidiary by subsidiary basis...EZS only has 29 aircraft and activity in GVA seems to be quite regular...EZS accounts for over 40% of GVA passenger volume...they may be sustainable on their own...as for EZU, they run 126 aircraft so there may be a problem there i...

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Re: EasyJet 'hanging by a thread'.

This also has to be looked at on a subsidiary by subsidiary basis...EZS only has 29 aircraft and activity in GVA seems to be quite regular...EZS accounts for over 40% of GVA passenger volume...they may be sustainable on their own...as for EZU, they run 126 aircraft so there may be a problem there if...

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Re: Airbus studing aircraft flying in formation

What's the bottom line?...how much fuel burn can you save with formation flying?... Faro This would be cruise only but IIRC migratory birds increase their range by up to 30% when flying in formation*. They swap lead bird position while flying in order to ensure everyone gets the benefits, which wou...

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Re: Airbus studing aircraft flying in formation

What's the bottom line?...how much fuel burn can you save with formation flying?...

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Re: Updated: Airbus unveils three hydrogen concepts

And what do you do with a hard, a very hard landing like BA38...with the landing gear struts going straight through the fuel tanks?... Faro Fairly simple answer - no more wing tanks as both pressure vessels and cryogenic vessels are not suitable for wing install. Back of the fuselage is windowless ...

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Re: Updated: Airbus unveils three hydrogen concepts

And what do you do with a hard, a very hard landing like BA38...with the landing gear struts going straight through the fuel tanks?...

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Re: Ethiopian has its eyes on the 777X

PW1200G: Only modern engine. Because this is a frankenstein engine, a new design conventional (non-GTF) could compete, but no market. PW1500G, no real competition for its size. Its one big advantage is all the other new engines/platforms are too optimized fir longer flights. This 90 minute optimiza...

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Re: Rolls Royce loses £5.4bn, closing two factories, looking to sell assets

RR will not fail, the Chancellor will find the money to bail it out/nationalise it if the worst case scenario comes to fruition If only for the basic reason that the UK government cannot afford to have the maker of a sizable chunk of the world's civil turbine engine fleet simply die off and cease o...

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Re: Rolls Royce loses £5.4bn, closing two factories, looking to sell assets

33,1 billion assets versus 41,3 billions liabilities. That would mean they are bankrupt and living on some form of undertaking of financial support from a third-party...where do these figures come from?...are they consolidated or for the holding company stand-alone?... Faro 2020 half year results. ...

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Re: Rolls Royce loses £5.4bn, closing two factories, looking to sell assets

Sokes wrote:
33,1 billion assets versus 41,3 billions liabilities.

That would mean they are bankrupt and living on some form of undertaking of financial support from a third-party...where do these figures come from?...are they consolidated or for the holding company stand-alone?...

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Re: Emirates seeking loans on top of government bailout

It’s a perfect storm in Dubai. Some of the big hitters, EMAAR, DAMAC, Jumeirah Hotel Group & of course EK - amongst many others, are bleeding heavily. White elephants aplenty; The World Islands, DWC, Palm Jebel Ali & Deira, QE2. yada yada...ego decisions that ignored common sense. That said...

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