Is it just the lighting in that photo or have VS got rid of the metallic red and gone for a cheaper paint job?
Jump to postIAG and Etihad have said they can be an ALTERNATIVE to OS should it collapse (by expanding Level in VIE in the case of IAG). They did not say they would take over OS so most of the posts in this thread are worthless...
Jump to postIf they are moving LGW routes to LHR, which LHR routes will be cut to free up the slots?
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/LandSweetLand" class="quote" target="_blank">LandSweetLand</a> (<a href="#146" class="quote">Reply 146</a>):<br/><i>Daytime images starting to c...
Jump to postI hope people aren't just using the rather poor quality photos in this thread to judge the livery. The off-white of the fuselage and the subtle changes to the red and green of the tail are only really clear in the photos in the database. These details make this a winner IMHO.... <a href="http://www....
Jump to postAccording to the article, it's a bomb threat on a Niki plane. Pax and crew all off the a/c and the suspect is in custody. They are searching for the bomb currently - the smoke may have been a controlled explosion, as it looks too white to have been from a burning a/c?
Jump to postBoth relatively dull TBH - as discussed on the other thread, they should have used the gradients they use in their marketing.
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Jump to postI think the most likely to order in the short/medium term are, in no particular order: <acronym title="Turkish Airlines">TK</acronym> <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> for <acronym title="Austrian Airlines">OS</acronym>/SN <...
Jump to postCould EK order RR for the A380 instead of having to pay them compensation for cancelling the RR powered A350s?
Jump to postSorry if I have missed something somewhere, but are these replacing all of the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 737s and therefore leading to a shorthaul fleet reduction at <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>, or are they planning on sourcing mor...
Jump to postFrom a branding POV, I like the refresh. But I do hope they don't mess with the livery too much, as it's one of the best around. Simplifying it too much leaves it in danger of being boring...
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/737tdi" class="quote" target="_blank">737tdi</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>this thing is an abomination</i></font></td>...
Jump to postVV701 asked in the last thread why <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> accept delivery of the aircraft at <acronym title="Toulouse - Blagnac (TLS / LFBO), France">TLS</acronym> rather than <acronym title="Hamburg - Finkenwerder (XFW / EDHI), Germany">XFW</acronym>. I would be interested to...
Jump to postThis seat seems to have a couple of up-sides from <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>'s POV as well: - as mentioned above, no mechanical workings which add weight and maintenance costs - it means <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> are able to move to the new industry J standard ...
Jump to postLooks interesting. Club World has definitely fallen behind the competition, but it's a shame they didn't update it with the introduction of the 787 and A380....
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/817Dreamliiner" class="quote" target="_blank">817Dreamliiner</a> (<a href="#75" class="quote">Reply 75</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> S...
Jump to postI do wonder if they've left it a bit late to transition to a full LCC. <acronym title="easyJet (United Kingdom) and United Feeder Service (USA)">U2</acronym> and <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym> are rapidly improving their service and image, and are both pretty entrenched. I wish ever...
Jump to postDo we think <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> may order <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym> engines for their latest tranche of A380s, or for the -10, if they order it, as compensation to them for cancelling the A350 order? Or will they have jus...
Jump to postBA's main maintenance base is indeed <acronym title="Cardiff (- Rhoose / Wales) (CWL / EGFF), United Kingdom">CWL</acronym>. But they are always going to need a large maintenance presence at their main hub to do the overnight/ non heavy regular checks, as well as to deal with a/c going tech. The siz...
Jump to postTrue. Though they have prioritised replacements of older a/c with their new deliveries, rather than using them to grow long haul.
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/VV701" class="quote" target="_blank">VV701</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That would make sen...
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/SelseyBill" class="quote" target="_blank">SelseyBill</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>4893 weekly slots @ <acronym ti...
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/1400mph" class="quote" target="_blank">1400mph</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>So Ryanair and Easyjet can have bases all ov...
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/BA0197" class="quote" target="_blank">BA0197</a> (<a href="#71" class="quote">Reply 71</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Good news indeed....
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/FlyingSicilian" class="quote" target="_blank">FlyingSicilian</a> (<a href="#46" class="quote">Reply 46</a>):<br/><i>I'd like to hear the LFs for...
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/hloutweg" class="quote" target="_blank">hloutweg</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> That's quite a ...
Jump to postSo <acronym title="Korean Air">KE</acronym> follows <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> down the Scoot route (and <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym>/JQ)... It will be interesting to see whether all of these long-haul LCCs within legacies end up being successful in their ow...
Jump to postThe 777X has already been renamed. To the 777 8 and 777 9. As to the original question, could we see an <acronym title="Niagara Falls - International (IAG / KIAG), USA - New York">IAG</acronym>/BA 777 9 order? Further orders for the 787 10? <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym> final...
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/sandyb123" class="quote" target="_blank">sandyb123</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Usually aircraft tests on the F- regis...
Jump to postGatwick Airport has reported a 4.8% rise in passenger numbers to a record high of nearly 36 million; profits are also up, to £147 million (from £116.4 million last year). Obviously, the airport management are using the opportunity to push their case for another runway; a solid set of results, we wil...
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/TC957" class="quote" target="_blank">TC957</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>in a modified livery</i></font></td></tr>...
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Jump to postIf DL doesn't start seasonal ORD-LHR, what will this slot be used for instead?
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/planemaker" class="quote" target="_blank">planemaker</a> (<a href="#61" class="quote">Reply 61</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Personall...
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/qqflyboy" class="quote" target="_blank">qqflyboy</a> (<a href="#140" class="quote">Reply 140</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Awesome, th...
Jump to postAll they need to do is redesign the tail logo. The rest is pretty good IMHO.
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/qqflyboy" class="quote" target="_blank">qqflyboy</a> (<a href="#133" class="quote">Reply 133</a>):<br/><i>If you saw the low A gates at <acronym...
Jump to postShared on FB. Suggest you all do the same. Maybe if this gains enough traction they will tighten up their IROPS procedures.
Jump to postThis should be a really good documentary - they have done a few of the "Inside..." programmes over the past few years, and they have been universally fascinating. Claridges and John Lewis are the two I remember off the top of my head, but I'm sure there have been others. Well worth a watch if you 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/TC957" class="quote" target="_blank">TC957</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> So long as <acronym...
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/brilondon" class="quote" target="_blank">brilondon</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Although I don't believe that the A330...
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/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Iberia might also announce an order for ...
Jump to postWill WX open further routes from LCY, or sell their slots to another carrier?
Jump to postIf Airbus drops the A319neo, what happens to the ACJ? Do they continue offering it with the old engine options or force customers to buy the A320neo?
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Jump to postBig news for Gatwick, and just shows the unbelievable demand the London area generates, to (hopefully) be able to sustain all of these seats on top of all the current operators.
Jump to postIDK, with the line between the white and grey being at the most bulbous part of the a/c (nose, wing root), I think it looks a little, ummmm, fat.
Jump to postThey are trying to move more upmarket, and their branding and advertising has certainly matured over the past couple of years, so it would not surprise me to see a revision. No way they will be dropping orange though!
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/VV701" class="quote" target="_blank">VV701</a> (<a href="#83" class="quote">Reply 83</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks for that! Se...
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