Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

The effect of the wavy flag looks a bit like a mismatched rudder from the distance...

Re: The fall of Etihad Airways

Is the new AUH terminal ever going to open? That would give EY a much better ground product than the current one, which lags far behind DXB and DOH.

Re: Antonov crash outside Kavala - Greece

Wondering how public opinion in Greece over the potentially even worse desaster will maybe lead to a EU-ban of such overflights (and maybe even denying landing in case of an emergency)? Just imagine if the routing had been closer to ATH or SKG and they would have tried to divert to a major airport n...

Re: Priority Screening Inconsistency

Just a little remark, last night I added a photo of Emirates' new "50 years of UAE" livery on A6-EVG - a special livery that noone had even heard about - and after a (IMHO) petty rejection for being dark, it is now sitting in the queue for 12 hours... I think the website is missing an oppo...

Re: Reupload function still available?

Thanks Jehan, I found the button, but to search through this list of more than 15,000 photos in my case and find the one to reupload will be "fun"...

Reupload function still available?

I'm currently reediting my old slide collection and would like to replace older images in the database with higher-quality re-edits. However, the reupload page (airliners.net/reupload) redirects me to my photo corner - is this function currently not available?

Re: History behind idiosyncratic IATA airline shortcodes

Any idea why…
...the K in EK?
...Y in EY?
...Q in SQ?
...X in CX?

For SK, I guess because Scandinavian is spelled with K in Nordic languages?

Re: Avianca painting airplane to commemorate 100 years!

pipeafcr wrote:

I never thought I would see the day that Avianca went for a retrofit livery! The 747 does seem like the freshest option

Re: Updated: SAS to present new livery by September 19th, 2019

I could see it 10 minutes ago, but not now anymore, I guess they pulled it again...

Re: Should Gulfstream make regional jets?

I'm not an aerospace engineer, but possibly the long-range, high cruise speed and high altitude Gulfstream business jets are not the ideal base for a lightweight regional jet. They would probably have to start from scratch.
On the other hand, Canadair did it with the Challenger.

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

I’m not going to express an opinion on whether I like the suggested options of the globe being expanded over the rear fuselage. My only observation is based on decades of seeing the Qantas livery, which has design similarities to the proposal. The complexity of the rear fuselage shapes quickly dist...

Re: Iranian 747 tail tips in Doha

According to FR24, it flew back to THR this morning. Also according to FR24, it was a regular between THR and DAM in the past weeks...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

If United reintroduced the tulip as a secondary logo, it would be a bit like Turkish...

Re: New Istanbul Airport a fiasco?

I have heard the concerns regarding the location (a former mine) and weather from a local expert as well.

Re: Soviet L1011 TriStars.

Hey guys, In the current edition of Airliner World, there's an article on Ilyushin's wide bodied jets. In the article, the author mentions that Lockheed sent a TriStar to Moscow in March 1974 to demonstrate it to the Soviets. According to the author, the Soviets were impressed and wanted to order 3...

Re: Soviet L1011 TriStars.

I've actually read in some old Air International magazines that I came across that the Soviets were interested in several western models. But the U.S boycotted these deals primarily out of concern that the engine technology could be used for military purposes. Hence, no sale. One of my professors a...

Re: HiFly takes delivery of first A380

jepece wrote:

In some portuguese forums there are rumours that the first client is Air Austral.

Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

Looking at a zoomed-in version of this picture: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU8qPezU0AA-No7.jpg It looks like the font on the fuselage will remain Helvetica. Of course, Lufthansa may use a different font in advertising and other applications, but it does still look like Helvetica on the fuselage. H...

Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

i’m satisfied. my main concern was that helvetica would be ditched for a “trendier” font. also no surprise that they put their best foot forward by debuting it on the beautiful 748i (assuming ausbt’s image was taken from LH’s intranet and not his/her own photoshop). In fact the font has changed sli...

Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

i’m satisfied. my main concern was that helvetica would be ditched for a “trendier” font. also no surprise that they put their best foot forward by debuting it on the beautiful 748i (assuming ausbt’s image was taken from LH’s intranet and not his/her own photoshop). In fact the font has changed sli...

Re: Meridiana to be renamed Air Italy

Keeping in mind that Air Italy was integrated into Meridiana some years ago... I hope they don't return to the same (AF-like) brand.

Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

I still have this problem, but I can narrow it down to those cases where the Image is in a certain category, e.g. airport overview. Then it only becomes visible 24 hours after acceptance, which is a shame as normally this Image category receives a lot of views, but now it completely drops out of th...

Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site

Update: now it seems to be back all ok! All the photos are visible. Good to hear! :) I still have this problem, but I can narrow it down to those cases where the Image is in a certain category, e.g. airport overview. Then it only becomes visible 24 hours after acceptance, which is a shame as normal...

Re: Photographer(s) Feedback on the new site