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Re: Swiss grounded all its A220 after an engine problem

Not sure if it’s relevant - on Saturday 12th October I was on an A220 LX390 and it was cruising at FL280. Found it a little strange that as the flight was half full. I went on FR24 later that day and noticed that the plane has never gone above this FL when it went to and came back from Madrid the sa...

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Departures at Heathrow stopped due to suspected drone sightings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46803713

Just in the news guys - hope it’s resolved ASAP.

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Re: Why does Swiss not use E Gates in ZRH for narrowbodies?

I've been on delayed LX327s before (scheduled arrival from LHR 21:30), that have gone to E gates to enable transfers on the departures around 22:40 to SIN, GRU, BKK, HKG and TLV - with the 23:00 curfew, transiting from D Gates would have been pushing it time wise, otherwise. But with the inbound Ai...

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Re: Media reports: CX 216 delayed for 51 hours

I understand what you meant - but I thought CX being well represented in Europe and mostly by 350 and 77W, will have some maintenance contract in place to make sure they minimise the AOG time. The news is reported in Chinese media, link below: http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20180722/bkn-20180722114...

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Media reports: CX 216 delayed for 51 hours

It was reported widely reported on the media in Hong Kong that this flight scheduled to depart Manchester on 20th July is some 51 hours delayed. Due to the fact that it is bank holiday in the UK, most passengers could not be rebooked to other flights. The reason for the long delay was due to the wai...

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Re: DLH9921

DLH9922 also on the move.

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LH797 - nose gear steering broken during tow?

Hello
An airbus A380 operated by LH was reportedly delayed at HKG due to nose gear steering being broken. Is there any news about this?
Regards
William

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Re: Indigo set an altitude limit of 30,000 ft for the A320NEO fleet

Those 5 (D-AINA - D-AINE) A320NEO with Lufthansa seems to be happily flying!

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HKG to Europe flights tonight (15th June)

Most if not all of them are heavily delayed. I know there is thunderstorm around HKG area but seems only flights to Europe are very late. They are doing some funny routes too, with CX383, CX293 etc flying south west and over Thailand (!) rather than the usual north and cross china. CX233 is heading ...

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Re: BA ground staff LHR T5 last night

So guys, by 600 grams overweight, does it mean that the bag was 23.6kg? If you really want to be difficult with the ground staff, ask for the calibration certificate of the scale. I find these scale not that accurate anyway! I have heard that airlines tend to give you 1 or 2 kg slack only because th...

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Re: BBC: BA Boss Alex Cruz "Won't Resign" Over IT Fiasco

... I've heard one authoritative statement that already says that they're losing more in compensation payments than this outsourcing was projected to save through 2019.,,, No authoritative information stands before creativity of bean counters. BA Engineering used to be world class, now they cannot ...

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Re: BA experiencing computer problems.

I wonder are they able to rebook passengers onto other airlines? Because this procedure relies on the IT system too?

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Re: Airports in desperate need of more gates

I will add in HKG on the list. Remember when they were planning to build the third runway, there were campaigns saying that they actually needed more gates than runways?

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Re: Swiss Aviation Thread 41

Hello,
Anyone have any idea why the HB-JNE operated the LX180 from ZRH to BKK on 20th Feb has diverted to Baku? Seems a very strange place to divert a 77W?
It stayed there for some 24 hours before continuing.
Regards
William

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Asiana's 767-300

Hello

I would like to find out if there is any information on Asiana's 767-300, as I know they are circa 20 years old but I heard that the cabin has never been retrofitted. Is this true?

Regards
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Re: First Bombardier CS100 commercial flight: Swiss ZRH-CDG on 15/07/2016

The Miss Switzerland 2013 is truly very pretty

Hope I have a chance to fly on this aircraft soon between MAN and ZRH.

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BA7 return to LHR due to ATC / Fight Plan issues!

British Airways Boeing 777-336ER G-STBH operating BA7 London Heathrow – Tokyo Haneda was delayed entering Russian airspace due to a flight plan issue and made a loop over Joensuu in Finland. The aircraft then entered Russian airspace and flew for two and a half hours when it turned back close to Sid...

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Re: Push-back while cabin not prepared

I have experienced this with LH in DME before. Aircraft arrived a few mins behind schedule and the pilot came on the speakers, welcomed the passengers and said he will endeavour to turn the aircraft round as quickly and as safely as possible. We pushed back when people were still sorting the overhea...

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CX255 HKG-LHR Diverted to Chongqing

Hi guys

Please see below:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4974d064&opt=0

regards
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CX255 HKG-LHR Diverted to Chongqing

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eugegall" class="quote" target="_blank">eugegall</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> Thanks. Do you know why? </i></font></td>...

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CX255 HKG-LHR Diverted to Chongqing

For information, the aircraft has landed in CKG.

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RE: Austrian To Drop Tokyo

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mats01776" class="quote" target="_blank">mats01776</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i>If I flew <acronym title="Finnair (Fin...

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RE: Why 7478s And 737MAX, Don't Have Bright Strobes

Do you mean the LED strobes? If so, 748 has it.

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RE: 26 Year Old LH A320 Looking Brand New

It is amazing though how <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> keeps and maintains their plane in a good condition. They have not changed the panels etc as D-AIPL still have the old style fastening seat belt / reading light panels, but they just focus on maintaining so that the cabin doe...

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RE: BA 747 Lands Without Wing Gear, LHR Runway Blocked

This news article will surely make all of us laugh. <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ba-pilot-praised-after-carrying-out-emergency-landing-at-heathrow-after-plane-loses-two-sets-of-wheels/ar-BBoVmDw?ocid=spartanntp" target="_blank">http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews...-wheels/ar-BBoVm...

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RE: 40 Minutes Transfer At Doha, Possible?

The journey is from LHR to HND. Scheduled arrival from London is 0615 and departure to Tokyo is 0655.

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RE: 40 Minutes Transfer At Doha, Possible?

Thanks to all your responses! Yes these are all booked under one ticket but when I made the booking, connection was 60 mins, but since then the schedule has changed resulting connection time of only 40 mins, which is less than the <acronym title="Muscat - International (Seeb) (MCT / OOMS), Oman">MCT...

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RE: HKG-TPE-HKG Recommendation For C-Class

I flown with Eva and they were good. Their catering was quite good in both Y and C. Enjoy your flight!

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40 Minutes Transfer At Doha, Possible?

Originally, the connection time was 60 minutes which I thought was tight but doable. Now they have moved the flights and the connection time is now 40 minutes. Is this still doable? Whats the <acronym title="Muscat - International (Seeb) (MCT / OOMS), Oman">MCT</acronym> in <acronym title="Doha - Ha...

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RE: UA99 MEL-LAX On 1/16 Capped At FL350

Could it be to do with the low temperature at higher altitudes? Maybe they have Jet A rather than Jet A-1 on board?

Please see this: http://avherald.com/h?article=49277d93&opt=0

[Edited 2016-01-18 12:40:43]

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RE: Turkish Aviation January 2016

I was on TK1993 a few days ago when the aircraft suffered a technical problem and delayed for 90 minutes. It looks like the APU was not working and they need to start one engine at the stand We were kept on board for the 90 minutes with minimal air conditioning, rather warm in the cabin. After take ...

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RE: Swiss Aviation Thread 40

HB-JMB is on the ground in <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> and the LX139 back to Zurich has been either delayed or cancelled. Anybody k...

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RE: LX 77W Delivery Schedule?

Am I right to say that <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NEW: Swiss International Airlines (Switzerland)">LX</acronym>'s decision to go for 77W, and get their Swiss Global Airlines guys to fly them, upset quite some of the airbus pilots within <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), ...

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RE: Frankfurt Transit Times

I would give Lufthansa and Fraport the trust. You are talking about Germany here. Just ensure you try to sit near the front on the first flight and try to get into first bus. There will be more than one bus for a flight coming from Barcelona if you end up at a remote stand. Better still if they give...

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RE: SQ & LX: Geneva And London On 5 Aircaft Types

I personally prefer the concept used by <acronym title="OLD: Crossair (Switzerland), NEW: Swiss International Airlines (Switzerland)">LX</acronym> in this case, hurry up and get the meal service done. Then lights off and whole plane including me goes to bed! But to be fair I have yet to fly with <ac...

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RE: Meals For Sale On BA Economy Long Haul

Its good that BA is trying something new. Lets hope it is a popular feature for their passengers. Only drawback is will it make the whole meal service even slower? Remember most people wants to sleep in the flight when all lights in the cabin are off.

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RE: IAG: No 1 Airline Group In Europe?

Not too familiar with Air France-KLM Group I better not say anything about them, but <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> Group has been affected by strike actions which would have skewed the numbers for September. It is amazing to see such high load factors with all the three airline g...

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Crazy Turbulence Video

haha very interesting! I must admit I am lucky enough that I have never experienced anything like that. On a recent <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">H...

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RE: Speed Requests In Climb

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rlwynn" class="quote" target="_blank">rlwynn</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>I do not hink that is a valid reason. You se...

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RE: Virgin Atlantic Wants To Take Over Moscow From EZY

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LHRFlyer" class="quote" target="_blank">LHRFlyer</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>Sir Richard Branson has long had plenty ...

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RE: Cathay Pacific Considering New Routes

MUC is a star alliance hub, do you think <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> will have connections at <acronym title="CURRENT: Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany AND OLD: Munich - Riem (MUC / EDDM) (closed), Germany">MUC</acronym>? Wonder what <acronym ti...

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Two BA 787 Steering Issues In A Day

Hello all I noticed on <a href="http://www.thebasource.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thebasource.com/</a> today that there are two 787s delayed at least overnight in Chengdu and Montreal due to steering issue. They may be coincident but failing two of <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>...

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Dragon Air A330 Hard Landing In Penang, 16 Sept 15

Dear all Please see below where it described an accident with <acronym title="Dragonair (China)">KA</acronym> in Penang. <a href="http://avherald.com/h?article=48c9f93e&opt=0" target="_blank">http://avherald.com/h?article=48c9f93e&opt=0</a> It involved an old A330 and some suggested it maybe...

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RE: Sydney To Perth, Should I Go For Virgin Or Qan

Dear all Thank you for all your feedback and I have done exactly that - fly to <acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym> on VA in an 330 and back to <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</...

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RE: QR Serious Incident At MIA On Sept. 15

I may well be biased but I have really negative impression on <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> on a return flight between <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom AND Nampa - Municipal (Ritchey Field) (MAN), USA - Idaho">MAN</acronym> to <acronym t...

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RE: Long Cabin Announcements And Videos For All

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Cipango" class="quote" target="_blank">Cipango</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>My favourite announcements have been those f...

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RE: From Europe To Australia With CX

CX are undoubtedly having some morale problems with the cabin crew mainly to do with the cut of catering and in flight equipment like blanket etc. Have a look here: <a href="http://www.businesstraveller.com/discussion/topic/Hygiene-issues-on-Cathay-Pacific" target="_blank">http://www.businesstravell...

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RE: A320/1 CEO - US Mainland To Hawaii Flights

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gilesdavies" class="quote" target="_blank">gilesdavies</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>These flights do not seem to be re...

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RE: Sydney To Perth, Should I Go For Virgin Or Qan

I have both a Qantas and Singapore Airline membership card...........

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Sydney To Perth, Should I Go For Virgin Or Qantas?

Hello all This has been a very difficult decision for me..... The return flight quoted on Virgin was $458 whilst Qantas was $478 - which means price is similar. In terms of aircraft, it is the same for a mixture of A330-200 and a B737 on the return back to <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith In...

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