Re: Honolulu woman sentenced after intentionally severing FAA communication lines

Can't read it, being located in Europe. But the author should know that the plural of aircraft is aircraft.

Re: ELAL temporarily ceases ops

I would think there are at least some air cargo demand to sustain cargo flights? Which can be covered by UPS, FedEx etc. Maybe for the boxes, but the actual freight, not really. Airlines aren’t flying cargo in the cabin because it’s fun. You must not be too familiar with the operations and capabili...

Re: Garuda A330 runs off runway

Funny how even in these times, when air traffic is so limited, Indonesia always pops up with issues.

Re: ELAL temporarily ceases ops

raylee67 wrote:

I would think there are at least some air cargo demand to sustain cargo flights?

Re: LaudaMotion management threatens work force with shutdown

Nobody forced these guys to sign up to work for this airline. Hardly surprising that a subsidy of an LCC would be forced to take paycuts before the parent company.

Re: 3-6hr delays ORD

Last time I flew through ORD, I got to my final destination 11 hours late. But that was due to flying with AA.

Re: LH Group's German domestic network is massive

Both FR and EZ fly domestically in Germany.

Re: Holiday patterns of Russians and flights

The food is also way better in Asia...
And keep in mind that flight times are shorter.

Re: Qatar airways expansion today

I really wish QR would serve DUS instead of TXL...

Re: Washington Nationals Charter MLB World Series

As an Expos fan, I will claim this victory for the great city of Montréal. How about a small tech stop in YUL on the way back?

Re: FR today DUB-BGR

''What's a Ryanair flight without a bus ride that costs more than the flight?'' I don't know ''What's a Ryanair flight without a bus ride that costs more than the flight''? Are you making a comment or trying to make a joke or are you just asking a question seeing you have added a ''question mark'' ...

Re: History behind idiosyncratic IATA airline shortcodes

71Zulu wrote:

STLflyer wrote:

Always wondered where WN comes from, anyone know?

The reverse of Northwest?


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Re: Second Hand 787

I read a headline (behind a paywall) that Royal Brunei aren't happy with their 787-8's and they just refitted them with crew bunks. Not sure what the issue is but they leased a Wamos Air A332 for the BWN-DXB route and now a HiFly A330 neo replaced it. Not sure what the issue is or if these leases a...

Re: Norwegian to increase flights next S20 to USA.

Will DEN still be on Wamos?

Re: TAP starts LIS-IAD with A321LR today

"Just out of curiosity, how much does the TAP business class seating weigh compared to Air Transats? TAP has not only more business seats, but quite a bit bigger ones too." If these are the same seats that they use in the A332 then they excellent. They go fully flat. TS's are more like ol...

Re: TAP starts LIS-IAD with A321LR today (Oct 7)

I am flying JFK-MAD-LIS and the JFK-MAD sector on an IB A-340, MAD-LIS sector an A320/321 and the return MAD-JFK on IB is on an A330. UA and other airlines on that route use narrowbodies. I am not a big guy (5'4"/164 cm) but for sure prefer widebodies for the ride, easier access to the loo's. ...

Re: Is LO operating 787 into LHR?

I saw one holding over London on a Sunday in late July. Filling the gaps for the grounded MAXes. I should think they could use the space, use of E195 to LHR seems like a waste of slots, especially given the size of the Polish community in UK and growing business ties. Both of which will soon decrea...

Re: Direct Flights from PVG to RGN

Looks like fares to RGN from Europe and the US are about to drop.

Re: KLM, Lufthansa & Finnair using North Korean airspace!?

hooverman wrote:

I think it is stupid. KL should know better. The dutch have a traumatic experience with the MH17 shot down above Ukraine which cost many Dutch and other lives.
This could cause quit a stir in the media if they found out.

Re: Pakistan to end its 'open skies' policy

seabosdca wrote:

Aircraft age restrictions are hardly confidence-inspiring when from countries with spotty maintenance histories. The Lion Air crash was partly because of willful disregard of necessary repairs and the aircraft was months old.

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

Did you ask him if any of his colleagues have faced the nose down fault yet? The odds are they won't have of course And does he agree that the planes should be grounded until the software issues are fixed? He said that they personally never did but he knows of at least one crew that had it happen a...

Re: BA A380 LGW to MNL

seems its due to need for UK overnight departure time planned for restricted Manila maintenance arrival slot for MRO company. Shame BA couldn't have sold a few tickets for the hop from LHR to LGW , that would have been something, one of the shortest A380 revenue flights ever... But oh well.. How is...

Re: Delta submits binding offer for Alitalia

PlanesNTrains wrote:

Well, they use the refinery as a hedge against rising fuel prices. Maybe they’ll use Alitalia as a hedge against increased earnings.

Re: Icelandair cockpit window "shattered", emergency landing at CFB Bagotville

The diversion airport is noteworthy.
Does not show up often.

Re: Thai Airways pilot on ZRH-BKK refuses to fly because his friends couldn't get First Class seats

Isn't this where airlines are different from most other businesses? The customer should always come first. They pay for everything. They are number 1 above all else. Forget all this "if you didn't have pilots you wouldn't have an airline" crap. It's true, but customers drive the demand ab...

Re: Thai Airways pilot on ZRH-BKK refuses to fly because his friends couldn't get First Class seats

I doubt that anyone who got an upgrade to F was flying for "free" or hasn't given the airline 10's of thousands of Francs, Euros or Dollars in business in 2018.

Re: Small Planet Germany

If you look at the German leisure market and see what an all-inclusive holiday in Egypt will cost you, and you see that Small Planet is doing a lot of the flying, it's not surprising to see them fold. The same applies to other charter operations.

Re: LGW - Emergency RWY could add 20% capacity

Don't worry. A hard Brexit will make all expansion needs obsolete...

Re: Lufthansa CityLine to fly the A319

LxBsl wrote:

Now that Lh Cityline only operates Crj‘s and A319‘s I am wondering with what aircraft type they will operate the flights to Lcy, as their whole fleet is not capable of doing so.

Re: Pope Jean Paul II African Trip On Concorde 1989

I'm guessing that this was the image in question... seen it over time: https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/pope-john-paul-ii-waves-to-wellwishers-02-may-1989-as-he-disembarks-picture-id93251178 The ship was F-BTSC, the aircraft that would tragically crash in July 2000. The Pope also caught a ton o...

Re: What was 1st type of aircraft to offer regular Non Stop passenger service across the Atlantic?

I'm with you on that, the first fixed wing aircraft on a regular schedule were Pan American from 1939 onwards. " an American’s B-314 Yankee Clipper departed Port Washington, New York for the first scheduled mail service across the Atlantic. ... The ship flew the southern route across the Atlan...

Re: Is it required that all Exit Row seats be filled?

I have been on several flights with completely empty exit rows (European and Asian LCCs).

Re: Ryanair - Guy chases missed plane onto the tarmac

downtown273 wrote:

Most importantly, the flight departed 21 minutes late and arrived ontime in Amsterdam!

Re: Stobart Air drops Southend - BUD, GLA, MAN, MXP, PRG, VIE. Anyone know why?

I flew CGN-SEN return two weeks ago. Outbound the LF was about 60%, the return flight was close to full.
SEN as such is a nice airport, but I don't see a lot of demand from the inbound side. I believe I was the only non-local on either flight.

Re: Drunk passenger causes diversion after headbutting FA

Planes are going to be camera’d up for evidence purposes soon enough and should be equipped with a holding area in the belly of the plane. I flew China Southern recently, long haul. They announced a not tolerance policy to misbehaviour during pre-flight announcements, and stated that there would be...

Re: Korean Air announces Boston

Ziyulu wrote:

Yuck. 3-3-3 seating. I would rather route through another city and fly with their 777 or 747.

Re: Cities known mainly for Airports

Keflavik would be my best guess...

Re: What the heck happened to United 1935 today?

Hardly shocking.

Re: Why is Delta ending MIA-MCO?

DL757NYC wrote:

They are ending it because it doesn’t go through ATL

Re: HU's latest 5th-generation flight attendant uniforms introduced system-wide on June 6

One of the worst uniforms I have ever seen.

Re: New Airline in Belgium: Air Belgium

So their wet-lease to AF has ended?

Re: Unbearable stench from passenger causes emergency landing

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2106420/toestel-transavia-maakt-tussenlanding-om-stinkende-passagier Only in Dutch unfortunately. The flight was from Las Palmas to Amsterdam. Passengers climbed over seats to get away from the Russian passenger who apparently had his pants full with excrements. Pass...

Re: How far out of the way will people connect?

The Chinese carriers tend to be the low price leaders for LAX-Australia services, and thus, transport single digit percentages of LAX-Australia traffic. I've seen fare differences of USD400-500 for LAX-SYD r/t via China versus nonstop options. All of the common routings connecting at either CAN, PE...

Re: Major Airline New Livery Photo posted on A350? Possibly United. Airline tbc Monday. Any ideas?

If AF were to receive their A350s in 2018, I would say AF. For a hot second I was thinking it might be PR. Who knows. Monday should be interesting.

Re: Major Airline New Livery Photo posted on A350? Possibly United. Airline tbc Monday. Any ideas?

george77300 wrote:

PlaneBoo wrote:

SQ325 wrote:

COPA or JOON

Joon seems like a good shout.

I agree JOON is a good shout although they only just started in their current livery so maybe not?

Re: No security, immigration, or customs for connecting International flights at ATL?

For DL flights, at least, you don't have to pick up and recheck your bags if you're connecting to another international flight - so maybe that's what the F/A was referring to, but mistakenly mentioned not having to go through immigration as well. When did this change? Last May I connected in ATL co...

Re: April Fools 2018 - Airlines

Will this thread also get deleted?

Re: Hand Propping a Dash 8

Hi All, A few days ago I was on a Dash 8 (I won't say the airline in case it gets them in trouble) in Europe. I noticed that while doing the walk around, the First Officer hand propped both propellers. My flight instructor says that this is a complete no-no. Is it okay to do this on a Dash 8? Is it...

Re: Delta sued by SEA woman who claims sex assault on flight

So if a person gets groped on the street, are people going to sue the city?

Re: UPS sues EU over failed TNT deal

Or as some would say: DHL paid some people quite well...