Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain has chartered a Salam Air A320 to bring the first batch of 1,500 citizens stranded in the Islamic Republic of Iran, of which with the Kingdom has no diplomatic relations. No idea about route, if the aircraft stopped in Oman or entered Omani airspace b...

Re: Corona Virus outbreak - Aviation related News and Discussion Thread

Bahrain CAA extends suspension of all flights BAH-DXB/SHJ through to February 28, effecting GF, EK, FZ, G9.

Bahrain CAA suspends all flights to Lebanon and Iraq, effecting GF and IA.

Bahrain CAA orders frequency reduction on regional routes effecting various airlines.

Re: BA to launch LHR-DMM daily from 01DEC

The actual flight time between BAH -DMM is more akin to 20 minutes. These are very generous flight times.

Re: Saudia mulls new wide body order plus expansion plans.

Can someone explain why Saudia doesn't fly non-stop from Dammam to London. I mean Gulf Air flies daily from Bahrain to London. BA, I believe also fly daily from Bahrain to London. I know these flights take up the load since Bahrain and DMM are very close. But one has to drive though the causeway an...

Re: CBP now checking documents on some domestic flights

scbriml wrote:

FabDiva wrote:

BA do not require ID for domestic flights at all!

I've always been required to show id on BA domestic flights when checking in a bag.

Re: Smoking Ban, when was it implemented?

For GF, 1998 on BAH-SIN-SYD, and 1999 fleetwide.

RE: Speedbird Dreamliner To Boston: VIE-LHR-PHL-BOS

Thanks for a lovely review. As luck would have it, I am booked to fly on the BA69 to PHL in 26K on the 787, having returned on the BA68 a few weeks ago in 26A.

RE: Ireland To The Big AApple | Part 1: DUB-JFK

Thanks for sharing what was a good review, enjoyable to read and gave a good overview of what you experienced. I have one transatlantic experience on the 757, <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / E...

RE: SWA Flight Delayed Because Pax Spoke Arabic

This is getting really, really stupid now. People's ignorance and racist attitudes really do stink. I am due to be in the USA for a month next December. I am perhaps unnecessarily a little bit apprehensive being an Arab, but I have enough faith in America to hope that people whom profess such attitu...

RE: Crystal Cruises Acquires 777LR BBJ

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/braniff2hav" class="quote" target="_blank">braniff2hav</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That is...

RE: Crystal Cruises Acquires 777LR BBJ

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

RE: Paris Terrorist Attacks - 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/WIederling" class="quote" target="_blank">WIederling</a> (<a href="#38" class="quote">Reply 38</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> What I me...

RE: Paris Terrorist Attacks - 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/einsteinboricua" class="quote" target="_blank">einsteinboricua</a> (<a href="#34" class="quote">Reply 34</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table>...

RE: Paris Terrorist Attacks - Part 2

The problem of defeating ISIS is I cannot see a reasonable way of doing it without killing thousands of civilians. An Afghanistan/Vietnam/Iraq after removal of Saddam style war simply cannot result in a victory for anyone. As an individual born a Muslim, I do see a lot of the seeds of what could tur...

RE: Your 2015 Booked/flown Flights

FLOWN Jan 2015 <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> TG2066 Y A320-...

RE: Worst Pain You've Felt

When I dislocated my ankle bone and cut all ligaments in my left foot the pain was bad, but not agony. They botched the operation afterwords, however, and I was overdosed on anaesthetics. They had to resuscitate me and I wound up in hospital under observation for 5 weeks. I've never felt weaker in m...

Problems At ABZ?

I was just outside here in Dundee and noticed what appeared to be a jet above, decided to check flight radar and the following aircraft are in holding patterns just north of the city. U2873 <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>-<acronym title="Aberdeen - Dyce (...

RE: Ryanair Wants To Be Nicer And New Interior

They are heading in the right direction because this costs them nothing. While their 'mean' image might work with the once a year flyer, if your a regular passenger you can't really bear with <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym>. Last week I flew <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI...

RE: Not What Airbus Is Built For, But Still Damn Great

Well, luckily for them they planned the formation during the Swiss Air Force's working hours!

RE: Aircraft That Just Didn't Work Out

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bmacleod" class="quote" target="_blank">bmacleod</a> (<a href="#55" class="quote">Reply 55</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I also have a...

RE: Aircraft That Just Didn't Work Out

A340-500 for everybody A340-600 for <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> B757-300 B767-400 B737-600 A318-100 <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 Saab 2000 Dornier 328 Jet Gulf Air's A340-300s were a disaster. The aircraft were unable to serve the route they were...

RE: Airbus Cancels Only Vvip 380 Order

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AA777223" class="quote" target="_blank">AA777223</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Indeed, thoug...

RE: Falcon 8X Carries Out Maiden Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gordonsmall" class="quote" target="_blank">gordonsmall</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thank y...

RE: Airbus Cancels Only Vvip 380 Order

I once asked a man whom had just acquired a BBJ747-400 to add to his already substantial fleet why he hadn't ordered an A380-800 instead.

His reply:

''My son, I don't intend to play football when I fly!!''

Priceless.

[Edited 2015-02-10 06:55:39]

RE: North Korean Travel To JFK (UN Headquarters)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfk777" class="quote" target="_blank">jfk777</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Exactly. They could...

RE: American/Israeli Files Suit Against Kuwait Airways

I would like to look at this from a non-passionate point of view. As far as the State of Kuwait is concerned, the State of Israel does not exist. If an individual attempted to board a <acronym title="Aeroflot (Russian Federation)">SU</acronym> flight on a Kosovo passport, they would almost certainly...

RE: Falcon 8X Carries Out Maiden Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gordonsmall" class="quote" target="_blank">gordonsmall</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I suppo...

RE: Why Did Gulf Air Stop JFK Operations?

The entire procurement of the A340 aircraft was an infamous mess. <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym> were invited to France and the executives were waited on hand and foot, given jewellery and extremely expensive timepieces, etcetera, and signed the deal to open a route ...

RE: EY "Residence", Your Thoughts

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/delta777jet" class="quote" target="_blank">delta777jet</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> With al...

RE: EDI To DXB Via DOH With QR

Thanks for the report, doing this flight in reverse in 10 days !  

[Edited 2014-07-19 20:12:50]

RE: Malaysian Airlines MH17 Crashes In Ukraine Part 3

I am amazed to see the man in this photograph wearing what appears to be the Union Flag on his uniform.

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/drugo...84155/9521232/9521232_original.jpg

RE: Cathay Pacific Airline Of The Year

My favourite airline, very, very well deserved.

RE: Desert Duels Pt.1 - Etihad Airways A346: AUH-BAH

I hope you had an enjoyable trip. It definitely looked nice! I really don't understand why <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym> and <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> send the A346 and B77W to Bahrain respectively. Seems rather pointless! On the other hand I h...

RE: Dundee Airport To Lose Only Scheduled Service.

As a Dundee resident and someone who flies regularly out of the airport in general aviation aircraft, it was always only a matter of time. In the past two years alone I have travelled more than seventy times between Dundee and London. I only used the CityJet service once, in an emergency situation w...

RE: Pro-Boeing Ad In Seattle Times Uses Airbus Photo

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EGCC777LR" class="quote" target="_blank">EGCC777LR</a> (<a href="#39" class="quote">Reply 39</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I believe t...

RE: BA To Lease 10 A320 For LGW

For the sake of nostalgia, it will be sad to see the Boeing 737-436s go. I have had many a flight on them, from when I was a wee lad when they were new up to the present day. On the other hand, my girlfriend was stuck in one of those awful middle seats that would usually have been blocked off for Cl...

RE: Qatar To Edinburgh Official

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/skipness1E" class="quote" target="_blank">skipness1E</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I wouldn'...

RE: Qatar To Edinburgh Official

@skipness1E

Perhaps, but the difference in travel time using a train is a negligible 15 minutes.

RE: Qatar To Edinburgh Official

This is great news, and very good for <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym> as well as the whole east coast of Scotland. Being a <acronym title="Executive Airlines (USA)">OW</acronym> flyer going down to the Gulf 4-5 times a year, this also makes for very ...

RE: Most Well Designed Hub Airport

People may think I'm crazy, but I've generally found <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> to be a very pleasant experience. Then again save for the odd occasion I have usually transited <acronym title="Edinb...

RE: First ATR 72-600 For Japanese Airline Link Airs

Just curious, what route would that ATR take on it's way from TLS to Japan?

RE: Hainan Airlines - 5 Star Carrier? Of Course Not!

While I'd imagine there are things airlines can do to help them obtain the accolade, I flew <acronym title="Hainan Airlines (China)">HU</acronym> in J on their A346 prior to them receiving the rating and was very impressed with how things went on that flight. It was however, in 2010, so things may h...

Longest UK Domestic Flight

I was recently pondering the longest domestic flight in the UK. For the sake of this comparison I am including the United Kingdom and British Crown Dependencies- no Overseas Territories, as you need to go through passport control if you land, say in <acronym title="Gibraltar - North Front (GIB / LXG...

RE: Flybe Or BA For Jersey Trip?

Thank you everyone for your advise. I just thought I'd tell you I decided on <acronym title="Aircompany Tavria-Mac (Ukraine)">BE</acronym>. I booked the New Economy tickets which made it ever so slightly more expensive than <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> but the added flexibility, etc...

RE: Your 2013-2014 Flown/Booked Flights

Commercial Flights Flown, 2013: BA124 <acronym title="Bahrain (Manama) - International (Muharraq) (BAH / OBBI), Bahrain">BAH</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> British Airways B772 BA1441 <acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United ...

Flybe Or BA For Jersey Trip?

I am planning another trip to <acronym title="Jersey (- States) (JER / EGJJ), Jersey">JER</acronym> well in advance, seeking to go in the April of 2014. I have been eying two different airlines- British Airways and Flybe. I couldn't make up my mind on which to pick, so thought to ask for your opinio...

RE: Emirates Want 11 Across Seats On A380

As others have stated, as long as the travelling public wants the absolute rock-bottom fare for any route they wish to fly, the airlines will continue to find ways to make the Economy Class experience barer, and less comfortable. Nonetheless, flying is cheaper today than it ever has been before (whe...

RE: Evergreen Cargo To Shutdown

An iconic airline. The one image that always strikes me in regards to <acronym title="Atlantic Southeast Airlines (USA)">EV</acronym> is HIM Empress Farah Pahlavi peering out of the aircraft while the aeroplane was detained in The Bahamas, carrying her and HIM Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's passport a...

RE: MiddleEast Part 1:The Golden Falcon GF FRA-BAH-DXB

Hi Luxair747SP, I am really glad you enjoyed your flight with <acronym title="Gulf Air (Bahrain/UAE/Oman/Qatar)">GF</acronym>, Bahrain Airport and Bahrain in particular. Bahrain can be a great place to spend a week or so if you have someone with you that knows the country inside out and can help you...

RE: Trying Israir's New Fleet On A Hop To Jordan

Thanks for a very interesting trip report.

I have always wanted to visit Israel. Just don't know how to go about it, especially with my passport.