Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - May 2020

zkncj wrote:

NTLDaz wrote:

zkncj wrote:

Then again people used to fly Auckland to Sydney on an flying boat, and some how be willing to get on the return trip.

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - May 2020

FWIW, N. American airline analysts are predicting that business travel will never recover. Many corporations were moving toward virtual teams and meetings before COVID and have begun creating increasingly sophisticated networks since COVID. Same with government - Canada has discovered that governmen...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - April 2020

I wouldn't be surprised if YVR restarts before SFO, ORD, IAH. Canada has handled COVID much better than the US and infection / hospitalization rates are much lower, and now declining. 80% of the deaths were in long-term care facilities. The US-Canada border is closed to all but essential services, s...

RE: Private Plane Crash In The Magdalen Islands (YGR)

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RE: New Zealand Aviation Thread Part 173

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RE: MH370 New Report Likely Confirms Flameout

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RE: Will We Ever See A Boeing Sidestick?

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RE: MH370 New Report Likely Confirms Flameout

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RE: Which Airline Transporting Refugees To YUL & YYZ?

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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Air Asia Crash: Final Report Released - Part 1

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RE: 4 Deplaned After Woman Sees Text Saying Dynamite

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RE: Unintentional International Passengers

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RE: 4 Deplaned After Woman Sees Text Saying Dynamite

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RE: 4 Deplaned After Woman Sees Text Saying Dynamite

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RE: Unintentional International Passengers

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RE: 4 Deplaned After Woman Sees Text Saying Dynamite

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RE: Turkey: Russia Spat: Effect On TK?

This is all speculation based on a single Facebook post. If true, it would have been reported in mainstream media by now.

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 5

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RE: Flight Cancellation Due To ATC Restrictions

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RE: Paris Terror Attacks, French Borders Closed

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RE: Oldest Active Boeing /Douglas/Airbus Jets?

Air Chathams operates ZK-AWP, a DC-3 built in 1944, on scheduled seasonal routes in New Zealand. They also operate a ZK-CIB, a Convair 580 built in 1956, on scheduled services.

RE: Foreign Languages In Airports

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Airontario" class="quote" target="_blank">Airontario</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>Every airport in Canada has English/...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 5

Despite all the prattling on here about intelligence, ISIS, etc, let's not forget that an investigation has only one objective. <i>Convention on International Civil Aviation, Annex 13,</i> article 3.1 "The sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of acci...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 4

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Lowbank" class="quote" target="_blank">Lowbank</a> (<a href="#277" class="quote">Reply 277</a>):<br/><i>i am regitered with Monarch and fly with...

RE: New Zealand Aviation Thread Part 166

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RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 4

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/prebennorholm" class="quote" target="_blank">prebennorholm</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>Quoting wjcandee (Reply 47): W...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wjcandee" class="quote" target="_blank">wjcandee</a> (<a href="#149" class="quote">Reply 149</a>):<br/><i> Egypt doesn't have much of a dog in t...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KELPkid" class="quote" target="_blank">KELPkid</a> (<a href="#144" class="quote">Reply 144</a>):<br/><i>So by this criteria, the US should also ...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AIRWALK" class="quote" target="_blank">AIRWALK</a> (<a href="#142" class="quote">Reply 142</a>):<br/><i>The AAIU also sent a team</i></font></td...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/wjcandee" class="quote" target="_blank">wjcandee</a> (<a href="#130" class="quote">Reply 130</a>):<br/><i>The BEA is in it, but they are doing t...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KELPkid" class="quote" target="_blank">KELPkid</a> (<a href="#126" class="quote">Reply 126</a>):<br/><i>I hope France is a party to the accident...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/suseJ772" class="quote" target="_blank">suseJ772</a> (<a href="#282" class="quote">Reply 282</a>):<br/><i>Yet there is nothing behind it. Indica...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/pvjin" class="quote" target="_blank">pvjin</a> (<a href="#280" class="quote">Reply 280</a>):<br/><i>Would an aerodynamic stall cause high enough...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/spacecadet" class="quote" target="_blank">spacecadet</a> (<a href="#259" class="quote">Reply 259</a>):<br/><i>Often when airliners are put into ...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

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RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/garpd" class="quote" target="_blank">garpd</a> (<a href="#231" class="quote">Reply 231</a>):<br/><i>This looks like a stall and stall induced fl...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

Update on composition of the investigation team - Germany, as the state of manufacture, is included separately from France, as the state of design. No mention of Ireland (state of registration). From the BEA website: <i>" In accordance with international provisions the BEA, representing the State of...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tu204" class="quote" target="_blank">tu204</a> (<a href="#145" class="quote">Reply 145</a>):<br/><i>From what I can gather, the investigation wi...

RE: Kolavia A321 Crashes In Sinai / Egypt - Part 2

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tu204" class="quote" target="_blank">tu204</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Would assume they will be taken to Moscow for ...

Kolavia A321 crashes in Sinai / Egypt - Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#143" class="quote">Reply 143</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks. It's ra...