A bit of a waste of seats to have a reporter, a cameraman, a minister etc. on board when they had to leave people behind in Yemen.
Jump to postFeel free to point out if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it with a search. What are the best cities to live in if what you value most is number of destinations reachable with a non-stop flight? My guess is that the non-overlapping nature of <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR...
Jump to postInterfax is saying Putin's plane crossed the route of the crashed Malaysian plane near Warsaw and that it could have been targeted at him? (i.e. by Ukrainian military)
He was flying back from a BRICS summit in Brazil today.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gabrielchew" class="quote" target="_blank">gabrielchew</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="London - Heat...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Schweigend" class="quote" target="_blank">Schweigend</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Most people in Houston simply refer to...
Jump to postPlus final DC-10 scenic flights in February from BHX... <a href="http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/news?id=46e17663-312b-46ba-93d6-3d7e508f36b8" target="_blank">http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/...e17663-312b-46ba-93d6-3d7e508f36b8</a> Very interesting indeed! Just like the Monarch A300 flight ...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/anstar" class="quote" target="_blank">anstar</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Tell that to Bill...
Jump to postIn the UK at least, the front cover of this week's Economist is headlined 'Heathrow - Our Solution'. <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21574486-expanding-heathrow-westwards-could-give-london-airport-capacity-it-needs-reasonable" target="_blank">http://www.economist.com/news/leader...rpo...
Jump to postI was surprised to see this company operates an E190. I haven't seen a European charter airline operating regional aircraft before. Then I saw this: Jetairfly chairman Elie Bruyninckx said, “With the E-190, we can reduce the number of costly triangle and intermediate-stop flights that are necessary ...
Jump to postSo Richard Quest kept badgering the Latam guy for an alliance hint. Well he can discount Star because one of the conditions of the Latam merger was that the new entity cannot join the same alliance as Avianca-Taca, who have announced their intent to join Star. Anybody think it could be Skyteam, or i...
Jump to postIs there anyone on this forum who has actually ever taken part in this "survey"?
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ltbewr" class="quote" target="_blank">ltbewr</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>As noted in an earlier post, those not of the ...
Jump to postI flew in 4K-AZ66 Azerbaijan Airlines GYD-SIP return last year. 3.8 years old and still not in the database. Get photoging Azeri spotters!!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Speedbird128" class="quote" target="_blank">Speedbird128</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Its africa. Having lived in africa...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/s4popo" class="quote" target="_blank">s4popo</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Eh, how many people are actually booking that ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seabosdca" class="quote" target="_blank">seabosdca</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>No, they're correct. ZA001 has finished ...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/business/boeing/article/Google-spots-Boeing-s-first-787-in-retirement-3395187.php" target="_blank">http://www.seattlepi.com/business/bo...irst-787-in-retirement-3395187.php</a> Pretty misleading headline if you ask me. I assume it was there for flight testing, but t...
Jump to postIf you are giving them written instructions then I'm not surprised they don't understand you!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/audidudi" class="quote" target="_blank">audidudi</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Vijay Mallya is a billionaire, so if he ca...
Jump to postThe 'C' satellite at STN does not have piers, and is used exclusively by Ryanair.
Jump to postAir France - A321, A380 Air Mauritius - A319, A332, A343 Air China - A319, A320, A321, A332, A343, B738, B763, B77E ANA - B763, B77E, B77W Asiana Airlines - A320, A321, A333, B77E, B744 bmi - A319 British Airways - A319, A320, B763 Cathay Pacific - B744 China Airlines - A333, A343, B744 China Southe...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RyanairGuru" class="quote" target="_blank">RyanairGuru</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Unless, however, are you referring t...
Jump to postI was thinking lately, is there any route that Emirates flies where a competitor airline regularly sends a larger aircraft/higher seat capacity than <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>? Since they only operate widebodies I don't see that happening much. How about other airl...
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Jump to postI have a tradition of having a beer whenever I arrive into Australia/NZ - it's a long way from London and the weary traveller needs to celebrate arrival!
Jump to post100% Oman Air. If you're in Y it is a little better, and MCT is a more interesting place to see/convenient airport to change at. If in J then the benefits of WY go so far beyond that....
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/123" class="quote" target="_blank">123</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>The nose sector in general is very nice, it´s extrem...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LGWGate49" class="quote" target="_blank">LGWGate49</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Totally agree, but is it true that HX do...
Jump to postAren't flight attendants meant to be there for safety above all? Some OAP is going to struggle with the physical aspects of the job, surely, and that must be a risk from a safety perspective?
Jump to postI will third the recommendation for flightmemory.com In addition, I keep a spreadsheet (266 flight entries so far!) of all my flights, with the following headings: date, to/from airports (IATA and ICAO), distance, duration, airline, a/c type, reg, a/c date of manufacture, a/c age at time of travel, ...
Jump to postI agree, there are some very interesting topics being left out of the front page snapshot which always seems to end up clogged with Americans discussing Delta for eternity!
Jump to postSo here are the ones I can think of so far: Kingfisher A332 <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Kingfisher-Airlines/Airbus-A330-223/1659146/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Kingfisher-Airlines/Airbus-A330-223/1659146/M/" targe...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAXdude1023" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXdude1023</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Quoting eastern023 (Reply 2): The ...
Jump to postThat Japanese airline (Air Do?) that ordered A380s might put cartoons on it? Korean have put stickers on their 747s, so perhaps them?
Jump to postIt would be interesting to compile a list of which airlines currently offer onboard bars in business/first class, and on which aircraft types. I am sheduled to fly Kingfisher A330 in F soon and I am looking forward to trying it out for the first time! I know there are various different levels of 'ba...
Jump to postI have extensive recent experience of most of the world's better airlines, including Oman Air in both classes, and I am sure you will be happy to hear that <acronym title="Oman Air">WY</acronym> blows them all away in terms of J product. The boutique ethos they are pursuing cannot be cheap (F-style ...
Jump to postThanks for the advice...it seems this is a complex place to spend a short amount of time. My layover has been trimmed to 7 hours now so I guess I'll just stay in the airport, go to the lounge and watch TV or something.
Cheers
Hey, I have 10 hours to kill at <acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAJS), South Africa">JNB</acronym>, during daylight hours mainly...is there anything I can do to pass the time? I hear the city can be a dangerous place but there must be some nice areas? After 7...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/sq_ek_freak" class="quote" target="_blank">sq_ek_freak</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>avoid <acronym title="Air China">CA<...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/alsberg" class="quote" target="_blank">alsberg</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>Doesn't <acronym title="Air France">AF</acro...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Birdwatching" class="quote" target="_blank">Birdwatching</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>The term "Monopoly" might be a bit...
Jump to postGo for <acronym title="Asiana Airlines (South Korea)">OZ</acronym>. I have flown both airlines in C recently, including the new Smartium seats. If you were to get the old product on <acronym title="Asiana Airlines (South Korea)">OZ</acronym> ex-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United ...
Jump to postSounds like fun. An interesting fact about me - I'm 22 and a frequent flyer : S A: <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>, AQG, <acronym title="Abu Dhabi - (Nadia) International (AUH / OMAA), United Arab Emirates">AUH</acronym> B: <acronym title="Bangkok - Suva...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Viscount724" class="quote" target="_blank">Viscount724</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>You also have to keep in mind that p...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BlatantEcho" class="quote" target="_blank">BlatantEcho</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>A painless flight all around<...
Jump to postI would appreciate some clarity on this whole issue of <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym>'s evil-sounding corporate culture. I have been hearing rumours of their poor treatment of cabin crew on and off for a while now - more so than for any other airline. I travel on <acronym title="Qatar A...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/akhmad" class="quote" target="_blank">akhmad</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>UN flies to Bali as well, you know. Hence my...
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