CX747 wrote:Kalitta says goodbye to the 727.
https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/04/08/kal ... oeing-727/
737-300Fs/400Fs now take over the complete mantle there.
Former Surinam Airways A343 PZ-TCW flew to FJR for return-to-lessor flight back to V2 Aviation https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pz-tcw#34b275e3 I fear although a late build 340, at 16 years old , that’s probably the end of its life for this ship. Unless it jumps across the Hormuz Straits...
Jump to postIs the gate where the VS 789 was parked the same as the gate with the VS aircraft to the left in this photo (next to an AA aircraft): https://www.flickr.com/photos/69514786@N05/18625924502 If so, how is the aircraft supposed to be properly towed out? 1. Back out of gate, rotate aircraft 90 degrees ...
Jump to postAlways thought these tight pushbacks at the bottom of an alley would benefit from utilizing towbarless tugs more as they give you better turning precision. Nah, not really, tug and bar always preferred to a TBL. No skill involved in TBL driving. TBL may require less "skill" but ultimately...
Jump to postWho handles Virgin nowadays? It used to be Cobalt but the offending tug isn't blue and I am hearing DNATA? Think it’s still Cobalt, but they have a load of lsd tugs nowadays, not all are blue. Apparently, it was a tow off, VS / handling company usually do 4 man tow. One riding the breaks One on the...
Jump to postPolicy for wing walkers is pretty much “what it says on the tin” You’re expected to be at that wingtip whilst the aircraft is moving, either backwards or forwards. Only when the aircraft has come to a complete stop to you leave that position to head to the nose gear to disconnect the bar & lead....
Jump to postWho handles Virgin nowadays? It used to be Cobalt but the offending tug isn't blue and I am hearing DNATA? Think it’s still Cobalt, but they have a load of lsd tugs nowadays, not all are blue. Apparently, it was a tow off, VS / handling company usually do 4 man tow. One riding the breaks One on the...
Jump to postalasizon wrote:Always thought these tight pushbacks at the bottom of an alley would benefit from utilizing towbarless tugs more as they give you better turning precision.
[quote="skipness1E"]Pushing out of 323, the end of the cul-de-sac and pretty tight as you need to push one way then swing the other to face North.[/yquote] Pushing off of 323 is bread and butter stuff ,piece of piss really . Its not a hard push if you know what you're doing. You can even s...
Jump to postAfternoon BealineV953,
Blimey O'Reily, the devil is really in the detail.
Thank you for the comprehensive breakdown of BA's London ops.
personally..... would rather still see the Transavia 732's taxing past a lsd EA L1011 from the Queens Building.
I suspect HND & CPT require 2 aircraft, bringing it up to 17.., with one rotational spare.
Jump to postBelieve the AY ships went back.
Now using DAT 320’s and their 321.
All summer long.
FLYFIRSTCLASS wrote:The A220 is still not popular in the US, had it had a common type rating with the A32X series it may have been a home run.
xwb777 wrote:Flightradar24 notification: A6-EDM is flying back to DXB as EK2508.
So to summarise… The only aircraft still in pax service with a human rated lift is the Cubana IL96. For 'Human' rated, read: small human. I remember taking a trip to the lower level on an Aeroflot Il-96 - I barely fitted in the thing, and I'm not *that* big! Hey mate…. I had to squeeze a bit to be ...
Jump to postSo to summarise…
The only aircraft still in pax service with a human rated lift is the Cubana IL96.
Absolutely a spares ship for one of the Mexican auto parts carriers.
Jump to postRyanairGuru wrote:Not lower level, but doesn’t the A380 have an elevator/left for handicapped passengers?
Thread title say Galley Elevators
If the Cubans il96 is still flying. ( believe it is) then , it has a “human rated” lift that goes to the lower front hold where all the food carts are held.
If EK go back to DOH.. then think QR will be back upto speed with 18 a day, or whatever they had….
Jump to postSpent a couple of hours at Bilbao the other day prior to dep . Saw nothing but boring A32s & B738’s
Depressing really
audidudi wrote:Latest movements from skyliner-
Airbus A340-642 1017 G-ECLJ European Aviation ferried 15 March 2024 CQM-JNB, ex EC-KZI
InnsbruckFlyer wrote:Here's something out of left field, Discover has rolled out an A320 with seatback IFE. Looks great, wonder if this may make it across all LHG airlines.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/ur ... 023246850/
Someone83 wrote:BRA reports they have completed their financial reconstruction, and is out of the Swedish equivalent to ch.11
In Swedish:
https://press.flygbra.se/posts/pressrel ... truktionen
On the LH thread, details of the LH domestic runs in April
Jump to postAfternoon, does anybody have the dates for 359 MUC-HAM/HAJ flights...? HAJ 20. April 2024: LH 2096 | München MUC – Hannover HAJ LH 2097 | Hannover HAJ – München MUC 22. April 2024: LH 2094 | München MUC – Hannover HAJ LH 2095 | Hannover HAJ – München MUC 27. April 2024: LH 2090 | München MUC – Hann...
Jump to postAfternoon, does anybody have the dates for 359 MUC-HAM/HAJ flights...?
Jump to postFokker 50’s in Sweden. Amapolaflyg I think.
Jet 2 in the UK still flying some 733’s IIRC,
Pretty sure the bot has soles on the Avro in Europe
Good hunting WN732
Hmmm, so all of you English bashers on here now realise the offending passengers were indeed Polish right..? Not so many apologies coming up. I was once at a departure gate with “ Cedarjet” who replied above, and the Police had to be called for two young ladies who couldn’t even stand up. They were ...
Jump to postGreat informative TR mate.. and superb photos.
Bravo……
Good catch…
41 yr old frame , and has been working most of its life.
Think the boat has sailed on LCY- Westbound, with the introduction of The Elizabeth line.
Jump to postpjc747 wrote:I'm amazed they found crew qualified enough to fly a 743, or were the crew in Argentina for 20 months as well ?
How many did AZ have in the end..? 40-50 max..?
What’s their London Future, just LCY.?
I can’t see EI doing AMS. The 2 321 in Shannon are fully occupied. They need down time for line checks as well in Shannon. Also SNN-CDG is 2 weekly. KL embraer 195 would be a good fit for SNN AMS Just some SNN-AMS history for those interested. Does anyone remember SKYNET........read all about it on...
Jump to postOA260 wrote:
€1 plastic water bottles at Dublin and Cork airports replaced with €2 ‘eco-friendly’ cartons
Wow… Seat 2A… What a report so far.. Have unfortunately been awake 3+ hours now, and still only 06:15 here… But my time flew by reading the start of your fantastic report. What a joy. And I agree, International Firat Class really is the only way to travel when you can, however, Business is slowly ca...
Jump to postI don’t see any damage,
Just a regular Air France A320 devoid of titles.
Think he may have just got the info from FR24 Arrivals & Departures board on the respective airports…
A lot of work trawling thru what’s “relative” and what’s junk info.
Good luck.
Edited to add…
Yesterday this EY 789 A6-BNF.flew VCV-CHS
https://fr24.com/data/flights/boe492#33dbf23e
eta unknown wrote:Also when ATA took some DL Tristar 500's the FAA required an extra emergency exit to be installed.
Everything GDB says is spot on. SRB has moaned and whined about anything and everything for far too long.Time he was put out to pasture. BTW, FWIW, I knew of no BA Concorde engineer who would even consider moving over to VS Engineering at the time. He had absolutely no chance of running a Concorde ,...
Jump to postJetBlue 01,
Fantastic report again.
Any news on when #7 will be published..??
ba319-131 wrote:I believe the A380 fleet was stored in MAD during the COVID shutdown period?
And being parked in an airport in France at the beginning didn’t help either… the name escapes me at the mo, but want to say Chateraux.??
On a small taxiway, with wings over grass , all the problems with the constant dew etc.
Storage wasn’t good for BA’s 380’s