From LH Experts (LH Agents Portal) 1 hr ago The labor union ver.di has announced a strike by security personnel at several German airports (Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe/Baden Baden) for Thursday, 14 March 2024. Security checks for transit areas will be closed. Acc...
Jump to postEVs need to pay their fair share for road usage not being funded by duties/taxes on fuel ICE vehicles pay, but how? Higher annual registration fee? As much as I hate the idea, I think pay per mile/km is coming whether we like it or not.
Jump to postNot sure what equipment a 38Q is. AlpAvia only lists 2 x ERJ145 in their fleet. 38Q is Ryanair’s internal code for the Max 8-200. Ryanair’s website says it’s operated by Malta Air. I think whatever you are looking at is misinterpreting the Malta Air code as AlpAvia (Malta Air and AlpAvia both seem ...
Jump to postSeems to be Russian oriented https://lppairport.fi/en/ajankohtaista/ryanair-starts-new-route-lappeenranta-milan-bergamo Did they stop with their flights Lappeenranta-Athens? Seems so. TTLPPATH 17OCT23-13NOV23 MTWTFSS LAPPEENRANTA/ATHENS -------------------------------------------------- NO FLIGHT I...
Jump to postFR 3498 Y 06NOV BGYLPP ZK1 0650 1100 OPERATED BY ALPAVIA BRD TIME T D/I OFF TIME T D/I FLY/GROUND EQP BGY 0650 I LPP 1100 I 3:10 38Q Not sure what equipment a 38Q is. AlpAvia only lists 2 x ERJ145 in their fleet.
Jump to posthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-wants-to-eradicate-homelessness-here-s-how-finland-is-doing-it-1.6728398#:~:text=Since%20several%20years%2C%20homelessness%20has,our%20own%20housing%2Dfirst%20model. I assume the "London" referred to here is the one in Ontario, but the article ...
Jump to postI wonder if they will ever resume LIS? I understood pre - Covid they were interested in a second PT destination but now we don't even have one.
Jump to postThere are no restrictions when driving across the border, nor forms to fill in. Apart from random checks, there are no formal boarder controls (Schegnen area).
Assuming you're crossing in the Algarve, the Guadiana bridge repair works are finished, so no roadworks either.
(Source: I live here.)
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned this thread which happened several months BEFORE September 11 - https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60625 Did the FBI investigate this website because of this? I forgot how the story went. This has been asked before, and recall the answer being that t...
Jump to postI was on a golf course in the Algarve, Portugal. It was Gala Week and we'd sponsored a hole in one. I was handing out towels and golf balls with our logo on whatever tee it was as the players went past. The weather wasn't great, overcast and windy and no one was getting their balls anywhere near the...
Jump to postFrom VS Flying Hub (Trade) Bagpipes to Barbados Virgin Atlantic has a new home in Scotland. Launching on 5 December, Edinburgh’s new Caribbean flights will operate twice weekly on an Airbus A330. We’ll also fly twice weekly to Orlando, Florida from April 2022. Barbados offers easy onward connections...
Jump to postCan't have a thread on misheard lyrics without quoting Billy Connolly "Gladly the cross-eyed bear (Gladly the cross I bear)" or this very talented lady on Bulgarian Idol singing "Ken Lee"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Y9eQT8kD4
Apart from the unfortunate journalist, the rest of the passengers and crew got to go home. The Ryanair captain made the correct decision to land as instructed by Minsk. Any suggestion that he should've made a run for the border is ludicrous. This isn't Smokey and the Bandit, it's real life. Would th...
Jump to postThe Tories do not want oust Boris. He's popular, especially compared to Cameron and May, and way ahead of Starmer in the polls. The vaccine roll out has been a success, so people are already forgetting the less than stellar start the UK made at the beginning of the crisis. People actually have very ...
Jump to postDoesn't "a velo" mean "by bike" in French?
Jump to postOne for BA and 747 enthusiasts perhaps. Don't know what I'd do with a drinks trolley. Perhaps it would be worth buying if it was fully stocked with wine, whisky and champers though. :D I know Qantas did something similar when they recently retired their 747's. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55...
Jump to postAlgarve, southern Portugal here. Very few cases, but for 5 days covering this forthcoming long weekend plus day either side of it, movement outside your county (conselho) is restricted. This is a national restriction. Apart from that, bars (must serve food if you want to sit outside) and restaurants...
Jump to postThey are interlining. Example: AC 58 K 16JAN YYZDOH HS1 2010 #1640 QR 604 O 17JAN DOHKHI HS1 2125 #0150 QR 605 O 04FEB KHIDOH HS1 0355 0510 AC 59 K 04FEB DOHYYZ HS1 0840 1505 PSGR QUOTE BASIS FARE TAXES TOTAL FQG 1 KNA00NCS CAD 379.00 740.31 1119.31
Jump to postThe event will go ahead in Portimao as planned this weekend, but with a max crowd of 27,500. New restrictions only came into place last weekend, so there is some level of chaos going on right now as 46,000 tickets have been sold. Although Covid cases have been rising in Portugal, there have been ver...
Jump to postProbably shouldn't admit on Anet that I was wandering what a/c WG uses to get to West Africa..... (the other Liberia!)
Jump to postFirst came across it a few years ago. I believe their is a major sewer line running under the road which is why they can't lower the road. It still amazes me that even with the new OVERHEIGHT signs flashing, people still drive into it. Obviously a lot of rental trucks, but what looks like commercial...
Jump to postAddis Ababa would be a good destination, they have their partner Ethiopian Airlines from their alliance with Star Alliance In ADD they would have many connections to destinations in Portuguese colonies such as Angola or Mozambique, even popular destinations to South Africa I thought Ethiopian alrea...
Jump to postAccording to Simple Flying “Emirates takes its regulatory compliance responsibilities extremely seriously, and we regret that due to an inadvertent oversight, we had operated a small number of flights in July 2019 which did not comply with the FAA NOTAM. When alerted to the matter, we took prompt co...
Jump to postkaitak wrote:- Taoiseach says restrictions on foreign travel to continue until mid 2021
Airlines need to be creative to survive. For many airlines operating these flights to nowhere (e.g. SQ, BR, etc.), their countries have effectively shut off all real air travel. Ridership on SQ is -99% from same time last year. So if they can do anything to get it up to -98% from -99%, they will do...
Jump to post[quote=" And, if OPO did so amazingly well, the hub would be at OPO ... to all of us outside Portugal, LIS is the economic and cultural capital, and whether people elsewhere like it or not. Saludos, Alex[/quote] You are quite correct that the distance OPO/LIS is hardly equivalent to MAD/BCN or ...
Jump to postNot everyone is thrilled with TP dumping OPO, and I'm not sure why they can't make it work. Porto metropolitan area population 1.7m vs. Lisbon's 2.8m "The Mayor of Valongo, José Manuel Ribeiro, this Tuesday called on the Government to “put a brake on” the current administration of TAP, accusing...
Jump to postLow bypass of Hifly A380 only 240m off ground caused panic at Portugal beaches - video included: https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/video--aviao-a380-da-hi-fly-sobrevoa-litoral-algarvio-veja-as-imagens Panic! What panic? Do you work for the Sun newspaper? :D Correio da Manhã is a Portuguese t...
Jump to post€1.50/L for 95 unleaded / €1.30 for diesel here in the south Portugal, or approx US$6.57/gall and $5.70/gall respectively.Went down by about 20c/L during lockdown so a good opportunity to fill up and go nowhere, and strangely right back up again as restrictions eased.
Jump to postFrom ECTAA: "Dear Members, The airline Level Europe filed for insolvency and on 19 June 2020 insolvency proceedings were opened in relation to Level Europe GmbH https://cms.flyleveleurope.com/en/leveleurope This affects only Level Europe with Vienna and Amsterdam operations, while Level still o...
Jump to postStarting every statement with ‘so’ Agreed. Same as using 'backstory' instead of 'history behind' Both unwelcome Americanisms that have spread. I also hate idiots who use their phone to film stuff in portrait mode instead of landscape. We then have to work out what the little slit down the TV/PC scr...
Jump to postThoise rumours are a non-sense, LIM ahead of BOG or EZE? CPT ahead of JNB? MCO and CUN ahead of MEX or LAX or IAH? Wil believe it when see it If I remember correctly, TP used to serve both BOG and PTY in a triangular route but they stopped it after a few years. Probably wasn't the best strategy to ...
Jump to postBOG didn't work so they canx it a few years back. Back to South Africa maybe? LIS is still high on the list for missed connections and delays, hopefully to be much improved when Montijo comes on line.
Jump to postRelying on the good will of people also won´t work. People need to be hit where it hurts. Lots of votes to the candidate who puts, “Hit ‘em Where It’s Hurts” on his bumper stickers. I know the first line isn't yours GF, but I'm not sure whom you quoted. Whoever did suggest hitting people where it h...
Jump to postNot loaded yet I'm afraid.... Well it is but it isn't. You can have a timetable 01JUN20-28JUN20 MTWTFSS HALIFAX /MANCHESTER 05JUN 1.3.5.7 YHZ MAN 2245# 0812 WS 57 73W*C END OF DISPLAY 01JUN20-28JUN20 MTWTFSS MANCHESTER /HALIFAX 06JUN 12.4.6. MAN YHZ 0945 1152 WS 58 73W*C END OF DISPLAY but you can'...
Jump to postWon't FlyBe go into the same problem... in the future as new HS trains and routes are deployed, motorways updated,... etc etc etc... regional flyings is just a thing from the last decade. That's an interesting point. but to give where I live (Portugal) as an example, if I want to to get from FAO to...
Jump to postnoviorbis77 wrote:The best motorways are in France
The M40 is better. No speed cameras or much of a presence of police. I agree. I was on it a couple of weeks ago and after dawdling along at 50mph on the M25 smart motorway at 1.30am due to invisible road workers for miles on end, it was a relief to finally hit the M40. At that time in the morning w...
Jump to postHow do El Al handle their additional (and sadly necessary) security during diversions like this? Well the bad guys would have to organise themselves very quickly to get up to YHZ and cause mayhem. I'm quite sure existing security would be entirely adequate to keep the Nova Scotia Popular Liberation...
Jump to postThe more "toys" a car is equipped with, the more money it will make the manufacturer in spare parts during it's lifetime.
Jump to postI have no idea about KE, but I'm really struggling with the idea that somehow WS/VS/AF/KL are cheap(er) labour. There was a thread some months ago on pay rates for AF employees and some of the non-pilot salaries seemed staggeringly high. It would be interesting to see a chart of DL v JV partners rem...
Jump to postWe have one in FAO. Reg 9Q-CMC. It's owner, Jean-Pierre Bemba was arrested in Belgium on war crimes charges by the ICC, although he was released last year. Strangely, he's never been back to pick it up. I have no idea of the daily charges in FAO, but I would imagine the costs have exceeded the value...
Jump to postBirmingham, AL: BirmingHAM
Birmingham, UK: Birmingum
When you've finished discussing Worcester, you can move on to Gloucester.
I hope Little Purple lasts longer than Little Red.
I don't think anyone is in any doubt that something had to happen at BE in order to survive, so I wish them luck. It must finally be the end of routes likes SOU FAO/AGP though?
Selling it for $384,000 as in the case of Portugal is wrong IMHO. If they are going to sell it then it should be at least EUR2.5 million. That way it is more of an exception to the rule and less would be sold but at least money would be invested into the country. Also full background checks and any...
Jump to postIt's TP... The only difference after the flight, vs a widebody, is how many buses you need to wait for after you land and are forced to walk down stairs with a heavy bag, in the rain. You will still get the same miserable airport experience, still get to miss your connecting flight, etc. Jeez, bias...
Jump to post"Just out of curiosity, how much does the TAP business class seating weigh compared to Air Transats? TAP has not only more business seats, but quite a bit bigger ones too." If these are the same seats that they use in the A332 then they excellent. They go fully flat. TS's are more like old...
Jump to postFAO. 2x weekly thru the winter with EZY from BSL.
Jump to postHere in Portugal, they aren't legal unfortunately. Strange. What's the rationale given for this ban? It seems oddly specific. Privacy laws, I believe. You can't randomly film people here. Even security cameras must follow strict guidelines, eg they can cover your property, but not your neighbour's....
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