America's been dictating to the world for years. Now for once the EU is saying clean up or pack up.. the US doesnt like it. I have to admit teaching a bear to dance is a bit of a challenge.. but if the EU doesnt tell the US to clean up.. we'll all be covered in dirt. It's not as if its unfair compei...
Jump to postAny idea when Air India will actually become a member ?.. usual 12-18month delay ?
Jump to postLO is actually expanding in the US, with regional routes from <acronym title="Rzeszow - Jasionka (RZE / EPRZ), Poland">RZE</acronym> and rumoured Gdansk as well. <acronym title="LOT Polish Airlines">LO</acronym> uses 767s. No one who doesnt travel often likes to connect in a hub located in a far awa...
Jump to postWhen the chinese learn to make aircraft... then Boeing and Airbus should be worried. At the end of the day, the Chinese are more efficient and cheaper at producing stuff than the west, and once they have a pattern, they just keep turning the handle. we'll all be owning private jets and buying a new ...
Jump to postreminds me of <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> flying from <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> to <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> with 3 engines.... who's call was it t...
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Jump to postI don't care.
Which ever Star Alliance carrier starts any London airport direct to any New York airport gets my business.
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Jump to postSQ Owns 49% of <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym>. Given <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>'s desire to shed itself of <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym>.. they could retain some <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Air...
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Jump to postGo on strike... there's never anyone doing any work anyway, so what difference does it make. At BAA it'd be better if they fired all the staff and let the passengers take care of themselves. Funny.. ever since <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> was taken ov...
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Jump to postyouve obviously never flown Ryanair... The only airline never to have had a technical problem, staff problem, resource problem or planning problem. Even when their aircraft blew it's tires blocking the entire <acronym title="Cracow - Balice / John Paul II International (KRK / EPKK), Poland">KRK</acr...
Jump to postEveryones raving about <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym>... what about the falling down shed that is <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acronym> ? If your not flying <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>... (basically <acronym title="American Airlines (US...
Jump to postThis may affect far more than just <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> flights to Tehran.... <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> and <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> flights to Europe and America use Iranian Airspace as an alternative to over flying Iraq....
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Jump to postI think there's worse things than this going on at <acronym title="Sao Paulo - Congonhas (CGH / SBSP), Brazil">CGH</acronym>.... I flew on a plane there a few months ago.. without showing any identification at all or even providing a boarding pass... I still have the boarding pass with me ! I had co...
Jump to postHas <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / KBMI), USA - Illinois">BMI</acronym> continued this route ? Addis Ababa was an extension of the Alexandria service from BMED, but <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / KBMI), USA - Illinois"...
Jump to postHavent <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> just removed the ability to earn status miles on any <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> flight ?? I knew previously you couldnt earn miles crossing the Atlantic, but not even status miles on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</...
Jump to postMaybe thats what <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> is negotiating... lets face it.. Negatives Old Staff with old world stuuborn attitudes An aging air fleet Positives Brand Name Potential Route network. so <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> buys the the positives from ...
Jump to postWhat actually scares me....
is it takes 3 hours to navigate LHR security screening now with 1 bag... whats it going to be like with more ?
Maybe we're finally seeing passengers vote with their feet.. Heathrow is a dump to put it mildly and how they treat people is disgusting. In the US Immigration treats everyone as a criminal and gives them a kicking on entry... And as the currency is starting big declines.. Americans cant afford to t...
Jump to postI'm not sure but I thought I saw an SAS one of these at <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acronym> Yesterday ? Did I ? or was it someone elses ? Eitherway I dont think ive seen too many of these at <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acrony...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.wheeltug.gi/" target=_blank>http://www.wheeltug.gi/</a> It looks like a rubber band with a 12v motor attached <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> Are they going to carry this thing around with them inflight ? What happens if the rubber band break...
Jump to postThat airport is going to be fantastic. Are those "loop backs" at the end of the airport designed so that the plane can continue off the end of the runway and loop round to the terminal without the need for that all to often "waiting for something to take off" delay ?.. if so thats a very clever idea...
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Jump to postI thought EL-AL used a 737 for ZRH flights.. I saw this the other week, not a 767.
https://www.airliners.net/uf/536883765/1192054756v1xgqT.jpg
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Jump to postHow is a Frequent Flyer program worth Billions ? It's a list of peoples addresses at the end of the day. Mailshots ? wow-wee more junk mail. Credit Card schemes... already been done. Magazine subscriptions.. nowt exciting here. Parting United from it's Frequent Flyers will see the airline lose it's ...
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Jump to postI thought the <acronym title="Modesto - Modesto City-County / Harry Sham Field (MOD / KMOD), USA - California">MOD</acronym> was buying the 767's for tanker conversion or did they buy new A330's instead ? I think in the next few years there's going to be a glut of 767's on the second hand market. I ...
Jump to postTry <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / KBMI), USA - Illinois">BMI</acronym>... theres a bit a of a Joke. I was quoted £160 in taxes for a LOT flight from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> - <acronym title="Cracow - Bali...
Jump to postWhat concerns me is the impact on Boeing and Airbus once China learns how to mass produce aircraft.
As soon as it's Made in china, those margins on sale for A & B will dissapear to $10 a day employees mass producing ChinaJets at half price !!!
SQ is pretty good at getting early landing slots as well.
There's a number of times ive been on an SQ flight landing at LHR between 5am -5.30am
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Jump to postFor once, I think Boeing has made the right decision. At the original schedule the first 787 ever flight would have been AN1 from <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> to <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH...
Jump to postI remember Bush landing in London. Quite why they didnt goto the more secure, less obvious RAF military base or even one of the less busy London Airports is anyones guess. For some "ego massaging" reason he flew into London Heathrow at 8pm at night.. shutting the whole airport down at it's busiest p...
Jump to postHmm for the ultra revolutionary... How about an airport which replaces tugs altogether.. you could have a system of underground cables and a "grip" that the aircraft uses to grab the cable and pull the plane round the airport... no need for extra taxi ways to move the tug out of the way.. or staff o...
Jump to postLets hope for a Krakow hub now instead of Katowice !!!
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