Hi all ! Does anyone have an explanation for why there is such an extreme number of flights from Mainland China to <acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / VTBD), Thailand">BKK</acronym> in the early hours of 17APR ? In what looks like an invasion, there are 21 China Eastern flight...
Jump to postHello, according to the SABRE computer reservation system and the local Mahan Air representative, they now operate at least one Lockheed Tristar between Teheran and Bangkok, among others. The aircraft is said to be ex Saudia. Does anyone have more details ? 1W5 5059 <acronym title="Cirrus Airlines (...
Jump to postThank you for the link ! "...becoming the GSA for Click Airways, which operates four <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-76s and three An-12s." Does anyone have registrations for these ? <acronym title="Tirana - Rinas International (Mother Theresa) (TIA / LATI), Albania">TIA</ac...
Jump to postHello, Sharjah Airport's arrivals and departures pages list lots of flights (mostly to/from Kabul and Baghdad) by an operator called "Click Airways". For example: 18-May 07:45 Kabul Click airways <acronym title="Jakarta - International / Soekarno-Hatta (CGK / WIII), Indonesia">CGK</acronym> 1102 No ...
Jump to postHong Kong Kai Tak.
Terminal was being torn down FEB/MAR05
The new terminal building was built by FRAPORT and its local partner PIATCO. FRAPORT owns a 30% share in PIATCO. Lufthansa was not involved. The terminal has now been sitting empty for over 2 years. The argument between the Philippine Gvmnt. and PIATCO/FRAPORT was over questionable parts of the cont...
Jump to postAccording to their schedule starting 01.FEB.05, ASIAN SPIRIT will use BA146s to several destinations within the Philippines. Does anyone have any details regarding the identities of these aircraft ? Judging from their schedule, ASIAN SPIRIT should be operating 2 BA146s starting 01.MAR.05. <acronym t...
Jump to postHello, does anybody know what happened to the following CEBU PACIFIC DC9s ?: <acronym title="Chautauqua Airlines/US Airways Express (USA)">RP</acronym>-C1503 <acronym title="Chautauqua Airlines/US Airways Express (USA)">RP</acronym>-C1504 <acronym title="Chautauqua Airlines/US Airways Express (USA)"...
Jump to postHello ! Does anyone know wht is going on with this commuter airline in the Philippines (oerating since 1947) ? The web address http://www.pacificair.com.ph/ is listed as "For Sale", their last larger aircraft (a DHC-6), still listed in the <acronym title="Adria Airways (Slovenia)">JP</acronym> Airli...
Jump to postI think South Africa also has several prefixes, while others (like Venezuela) have different suffixes, such as 'P' for private or 'C' for commercial.
Heinz
Another slight correction has to be made: The central American routings are as follows (according to SABRE as of 10SEP04): IB6311 Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday <acronym title="Madrid - Barajas (MAD / LEMD), Spain">MAD</acronym>-<acronym title="Guatemala - La Aurora (GUA / MGGT), Guatemala">GUA</acro...
Jump to postIt will be parked on RWY 14R overnight.
Loading will start after 06.00 o'clock on ramp.
STD is 21.00 LT on 30JUL04.
Heinz
Come to Cologne tonight at 18.00 o'clock LT.
The AN225 is due to arrive ! (leaving tomorrow night...)
Heinz
There is one 744 that's regd. RP-C8168 (formerly C-FGHZ of Canadian / Air Canada).
Heinz
@Jwenting Of course I know about <acronym title="Aeroflot (Russian Federation)">SU</acronym> in the old Soviet days, but the IL96s that Aeroflot operate are all from 1991 and later, thus post-US<acronym title="Swissair">SR</acronym>, and they operate to Western destinations that overflow with compet...
Jump to post@Tasha: Maybe that's why they operate the IL96s to HAVANA, but not to the U.S... They do, however, also operate them into places such as Bangkok, and considering that they charge EUR 478.00 + tax as their lowest Y-class fare from Frankfurt (via <acronym title="Moscow - Sheremetyevo (SVO / UUEE), Rus...
Jump to postHave a look at Aeroflot's IL96 seat map:
http://www.aeroflot.com/about/il86.shtml
What's the difference in seating comfort
between business and economy class ?
I can't see any.
Heinz
Question: Is it true that the Convair <acronym title="Flight West Airlines (Australia)">YC</acronym>-131C was the US<acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>'s first turboprop aircraft, as claimed by the seller of a <acronym title="Flight West Airlines (Australia)">YC</acronym>-131C Service Test Manu...
Jump to post@backfire: that is obviously the aircraft in question, but according to AndersNilsson's list above it should be a CV580 with that registration (and as probably everyone would agree it is...). So again: what made it different in looks in its <acronym title="Cargolux (Luxembourg) and Air Chathams (New...
Jump to postFrom what I have found out there must have been at least one aircraft that was designated a <acronym title="Cargolux (Luxembourg) and Air Chathams (New Zealand)">CV</acronym>-770 (N600AB). Later this aircraft seems to have been (re?-)converted to a <acronym title="Cargolux (Luxembourg) and Air Chath...
Jump to postHello,
does anyone know anything about the CV-770 transport ? How many built ? What did it look like ?
TIA
Heinz
Question to our Brazilian friends:
Are Campinas (CPQ) and Campinas-Viracopos (VCP) the same airport ?
Photos in airliners net carry both airport codes.
Thank you !
Heinz
If you are interested, you can check their daily flightplans (both Atlasjet and Thaijet) under this URL: http://occ.atlasjet.net/ Aircraft OGB is erroneously listed twice. Correctly, Thaijet's OGB is actually <acronym title="Highland Air (Sweden)">HS</acronym>-OGC. At the bottom of the page is a dat...
Jump to postHello,
can anyone provide some information on spotting / viewing / photography conditions at K.L.I.A. (KUL) airport ?
Are the windows tinted ?
Thanks.
Heinz
Hello ! Does anyone know of any good sources about the "Foundation for Airborne Relief" that had (or operated ?) a couple of C97s and C133s in the early 70s ? (Registered N . . . <acronym title="Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentina)">AR</acronym> and based at <acronym title="Long Beach - Daugherty Field...
Jump to postI talked to a scrapman at MIA in the late 80s who was just working on a CV880.
He told me that he "liked the 880, because there was so much platinum in them".
Heinz
Here is the latest on this subject (with an appropriate amount of sceptisim to be applied) : Operations are now supposed to start 05.JUN with the revised routing <acronym title="Frankfurt - Hahn (HHN / EDFH), Germany">HHN</acronym> - BAH - <acronym title="Bangkok - International (Don Muang) (BKK / V...
Jump to postSiince no one has mentioned Bonn-Hangelar (EDKB): It's a general aviation field with an 800m runway (11/29). No scheduled services. Lots of glider activity on weekends. As a very rough estimate, about 60-80 light aircraft are present at any given time, most of them in the hangars. BGS (Bundesgrenzsc...
Jump to postI guess some scepticism is appropriate. The plan is to possibly operate this in cooperation with Oman Air and to also offer fares to African destinations, via Muscat. Royal Brunei also operated their <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AFB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> - <acro...
Jump to postSharjah Flight Information - Arrivals lists a Kyrghystan Airlines arrival from Oshkosh today at 22.30H. Seems kind of unlikely to me...
Does anyone know more ?
See: http://www.shj-airport.gov.ae/cgi-bin/fids/fids?33
Best regards
Heinz
Didn't they have civilian commuter flights, with a small pax terminal on the south side, quite a few years back ?
Heinz
I heard the following story from a flight attendant from a major German airline today: A citizen from a South Asian nation was sitting on an emergency exit seat that was assigned to someone else. When this person tried to claim her seat, he would not release it. When the pursor finally threatened to...
Jump to postBuenos Aires - Ezeiza (as opposed to Aeroparque, which is excellent)
Jump to postHey, why think small ?
Add a taxiway and connect MAD with Torrejon !
(See aerial photo by David Guil above...)
Hello ! In terms of variety, <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> is excellent, but photography is difficult. Outside of the terminal building you will have to find off-airport locations to shoot on approach. Angles are kind of steep, if you look at...
Jump to postHere is a repetition of some old routing from an older post a few years ago with the same subject plus some 'new' ones: The following all from 1971 /1972: AF186 <acronym title="Paris - Orly (ORY / LFPO), France">ORY</acronym> - <acronym title="OLD: Athens (- Hellinikon) (ATH / LGAT) (closed), Greece...
Jump to postThe Fiesta Route, according to a <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> timetable from 1972, had the following routing: <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> - BDA - <acronym title="San Diego - Miramar MCAS (NAS) / Mitscher Field (NKX / KNKX), USA - ...
Jump to postTR, thanks for the 744 info ! Though I first got to Kai Tak in 1986, I have never seen any <acronym title="Varig Brasil and Varig (Brazil)">RG</acronym> 744s there. ------------------------------------------- In my experience, the 'best' airlines for 'out of the ordinary' approaches were the followi...
Jump to postI have seen Varig's MD11s on numerous occasions at both Kai Tak and CLK between 1995 and 1998. Didn't know they operated 744s into <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China -...
Jump to postMost of the times... One of my favorites (from 1991): Batam - Palembang - Bandung on Merpati'S L.382 PAX (yes !) Hercules continueing on Bouraq's Viscounts from Bandung to Yogyakarta and back. Before that, Mandala's L.188 Electra from Jakarta to Medan. All of the above aircraft types disappeared fro...
Jump to postHi, as far as I know, the golf course between the runways isn't easily accessible for civilians. If anyone knows how to get there, that information would be much appreciated ! There are, however, two viewing decks behind glass in terminal 1, with only mildly tinted glass. They are on the forth floor...
Jump to postDoes anyone know at what airport exactly Newcal Aviation's planes are located (in the U.S., not Malta) ? Their address lists them as being locted at Little Ferry, New Jersey, which is very close to Teterboro / <acronym title="Vanguard Airlines (USA)">NJ</acronym>. However, I cannot remember to have ...
Jump to postA mysterious "Chieftain Air" is supposed to have operated in Africa in the eighties with some C123s (N677DG + N546S, at least).
Does anyone know anything about this "airline" ? From where did it operate and in whose favor ? For how long did operations go on ?
Thanks...Heinz
I remember to have seen this aircraft at Oostende in JUL90, still is basic Denver Ports-Of-Call c/s.
Heinz
According to <acronym title="Iberia (Spain)">IB</acronym>'s winter schedule of 1972/73 they operated the following flights to/via La Paz/Bolivia: IB983 (TUE) <acronym title="Madrid - Barajas (MAD / LEMD), Spain">MAD</acronym> - <acronym title="San Juan - Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU / TJSJ), ...
Jump to postThey had a fleet of 8 CV990As (as of 1974):
N5601
N5605
N5614
N5615
N5617
N5623
N5624
N5625
Must have gone out of business approximately 1975.
There are no immediate plans to resume the European routes. Emphasis is on regional services and North America.
Heinz
Hello,
I just checked SABRE reservation system, and in the month of February there are no flights from AMS to JKT between 02 and 16FEB04. What does this mean ?
Heinz