The replacement of the 744F @KLM with A350F may open the door for more A350 in KLM livery in the future. Except they aren't really at KLM, they are at Martinair. I don't think this really changes things for KLM and the A350. A few years ago KLM ditched the order for 7 A350 in favor of the B787, bec...
Jump to postAny updates on the CVR? I think it was being flown to France? Any updates from the airline? ... I would assume both FDR that have been recovered will be sent to France, however they could easily end up in Singapore or Australia which have the technical capability tp read them out. Whoever reads the...
Jump to postI guess the Tatas really want to make a go of this "becoming millionaire" thing. They've over 900k employees, more than 100 billion in turnover, and they've been around for a very long time. For once, we may have a company that knows what it is doing. Or, they may repeat the Jaguar Land R...
Jump to postI do wonder what SQ will do with their now oddball A359ULRs with the sealed inop cargo hold. New deliveries are more capable than their ULR models while having lower OEW. Will SQ convert the ULRs to a standard spec and use new builds with enhanced capability? They have super low cycles so I suspect...
Jump to postYeti Airlines has a horrendous record. Between them and their subsidiary Tara they’ve had, in the last 18 years, a fatal loss of control crash on a DHC-6 suffering a stall after a go around, 5 fatal CFIT crashes, 4 runway overruns on landing and 1 runway excursion on takeoff?! This from a combined ...
Jump to postPlanes4you wrote:I can’t explain the Japan one, for South Korea chances are this is in retaliation due how Chinese citizens were treated on arrival in Seoul
KLM operated helicopters from 1965 till 1998 for North Sea operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Helikopters
Self driving cars don’t work in blizzards, these self driving ploughs will have to. Self driving trucks and snow plows can work perfectly in blizzards. Depends on their steering and guiding system. They can drive blind much better than any human driver. Differential GPS (or take GLONAS as backup) w...
Jump to postI reckon this is ploy to get a better price from Airbus. Their fleet is too small and SIN slots are too precious. Whats the smallest aircraft regularly scheduled into SIN? Anything smaller than A319? It would be interesting if these aircraft will operate from Seletar Airport (XSP). At the moment, t...
Jump to postSIA is banning the emotional support dogs from 1 Apr 2023. Trained assistance dogs are stil allowed. After 1 Apr, emotional support dogs need to go in the cargo hold. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-airlines-emotional-support-dogs-not-allowed-april-2023-3138721 This was after a w...
Jump to postChina Aviation Supplies to buy 140 Airbus jets worth about $17 billion: total 132 A32x and 8 A350. All for the Chinese market.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... on-3044461
https://simpleflying.com/china-southern-hints-boeing-737-max-return/ I looked it up on the China Southern website just to see this for myself, and yes, they have flights scheduled with the B38M, domestic flights mainly. The website has been updated and the flights are cancelled. https://www.channel...
Jump to postTata and SIA are discussing merger between Air India and Vistara
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... ia-3006181
Is CX845 (JFK-HKG) now officially the longest A35K flight in the world? :cheerful: 8800 miles, the flight on Monday was in fact 18h33m, wondering what the payload restrictions looks like on that flight, assuming little to no cargo carried? I don't think that is correct. Flight times on FR24 are on ...
Jump to postLocal Chinese media is expecting C919 certification on 19 September.
https://www.airdatanews.com/c919-airlin ... -in-china/
I'm saying that you misunderstand. I don't want SpaceX to make the SLS (though I'd be my house they would do a better job than NASA). I'm saying I want SpaceX to make Starship, or Falcon Heavy ... and if you really want to go to the moon with fragile humans to use Starship. or Falcon Heavy. Don't t...
Jump to postWhile this is not Qantas itself, it is still the Qantas group (7 hours old article) https://www.travelweekly.com.au/article/hundreds-of-aussies-left-stranded-in-bali-following-jetstar-cancellations/ Another article on Qantas in general (and why they will stay a mess for a while) https://theconversat...
Jump to postI reckon its possible that the YVR Route actually depends more on feed to/from Indian destinations and local P2P hence SQ finds this timing works for them. Sarcasm rules :) OR I think you need a lesson or two in geography. Honestly, one of the most off the planet comments I've read this year. Let's...
Jump to postChina Eastern is expecting only one C919 to be delivered this year with the next 4 coming in 2023.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... ar-2914476
Latest movements for 18 August 2022: MSN 505 China Eastern Airlines A359 F-WZNU/B-005V/B-329E, delivered TSN>SHA. #1 in August…#34 in 2022…#493 total: Surely this is the third delivery in August after 506 (China Southern) and 569 (Singapore)? China Southern MSN 506 B-329S departed for Guangzhou on ...
Jump to postAA really does not have the cash to be throwing away on non refundable deposits. We don't know how big the deposit was, but I am a bit surprised that Boom finds themselves in a position to make such a demand. If I were an airline CEO, and especially having seen how even experienced OEMs like A and ...
Jump to postMH rumoured to announce purchase of 20x A330neo next Monday
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... es-2871646
I am wondering if they are going to get 6 of the older SQ 77W's which are still stored. SIA Engineering is servicing one AI 77W at the moment (what I heard no cabin refresh which was mentioned earlier in this forum) and would have the parts to maintain that cabin configuration. SQ and Tata group are...
Jump to postscbriml wrote:Politics will probably make this a decision in favour of the 787.
SIA reports second highest quarterly operating profit ever:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... es-2841921
There is nothing political about celebrating 75 years of Independence. Every brand, every corporate house will jump in. This is something thats true across the political spectrum, bar 1% fringe on either side. Front page Ads on 15th August will have sold at a huge premium, What better than house of...
Jump to postSingapore Changi is re-opening Terminal 4 on 13 September and Terminal 2 Departures in October (arrivals are already happening in T2).
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapo ... er-2828886
Hello! I have been wondering, does BA currently have a shortfall of wide body aircraft? When the pandemic struck they retired 30 plus B747-400’s. Most markets across the world are now seeing a return to 2019 level demand. Since then I believe that they have received maybe 6 or so A350’s. With this ...
Jump to postAs has been discussed on previous forums, this will drastically reduce flight times from TLV to India, Thailand, and will open up new markets such as SIN, MNL, and MEL. Oman has already opened up its airspace a few years ago, so this is a big deal. Not forgetting flights from TLV to SIN need approv...
Jump to postFreight load factors are much lower this year, does this take into account just the freighter fleet or does it include belly space on Pax fleet aswell? This includes both freighter and bellyhold cargo capacity. Singapore Airlines Cargo manages cargo capacity and sales across Singapore Airlines, Sin...
Jump to postZRH, CDG, AKL have all changed from showing A380 to 77W for the NW. CDG will be 2x daily 77W, ZRH 1x and AKL daily 77W plus 4 weekly A359. Overall A380 service looks like from what I can see a little light for 12 aircraft. LHR x14, 3 aircraft FRA-JFK x7, 3 aircraft SYD x7, 1 aircraft DEL x7, 1 airc...
Jump to postTop 3 longest domestic for 3 different countries:
1) BOS-SFO 2704mi 752 United
2) URC-PEK 1515mi 752 Xinjiang Airlines
3) ADL-PER 1317mi 733 Qantas
Top 3 shortest international
1) SIN-KUL 184mi A359 SIA
2) MUC-GRZ 195mi CRJ900 Lufthansa
2) LCY-AMS 209mi BAE146 Cityjet
There is an anomaly with the above route that I hope somebody can explain. Singapore Airlines staff seem unable to comprehend what I am asking them, and Manchester Airport seems impossible to contact by phone unless you want to book car parking. The SQ schedule shows that the current 5 times weekly...
Jump to postDouble your exceptionally low fuel cost then review your decision. It has been shown time and again that when fuel is cheap the Citizens of the U.S. buy larger vehicles. In Europe or Asia covering 350 miles often means traversing a mountain range or a large body of water. Driving 350 miles in Europ...
Jump to posthttps://www.aviacionline.com/2022/07/airbus-leads-the-race-against-boeing-for-malaysia-airlines-orders/ Airbus in pole position for a 30x A330neo order from Malaysia Airlines. This would be a sensible choice: MAS is broke, operates an existing A330 fleet but needs new aircraft. This is cheapest opt...
Jump to postA lot of people talk about SAS having large pension obligations, but don't low cost carriers in Europe such as Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Wizz Air and Norwegian also have to provide pensions for their employees? Theres just no comparison. Older airlines like SAS have extremely expensive pension requiremen...
Jump to postCr929 relaunch without western components: https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/06/para-evitar-sanciones-china-y-rusia-relanzan-el-cr929-sin-componentes-occidentales/ I was shocked when I read this. It would be prudent for the Chinese to wait a few more months to see how this war plays out before maki...
Jump to postNow it is official: As reported by aero.de, Deutsche Bahn will become a Star Alliance member . Good luck and have fun with nose picking or something else after missing your onward connecting flight! Deutsche Bahn DB, or better OjeDB, is the European record holder in delaying trains... :mrgreen: I h...
Jump to postPeople do not realise that banning or restriction do not work effectively as they forget the alternatives. A full 737 to NCE from AMS is a lot more environment friendly than those families taking their cars and drive all the way.[...] Yes, irrational gut feelings and fearful emotions dominate the w...
Jump to postthank you for this, you know when people just say anything like SQ, still has refused to order the 350-1000, 777 being replaced by 777X, they've said this multiple times SQ is always going to have a dual sourcing strategy. They will never go all Airbus or all Boeing. That said, the 777X will primar...
Jump to postFolks on these boards seem to focus almost exclusively on economic issues and seeing as many flights packed into one airport as possible. The Dutch have a different view. The reductions aren't horrific but may result in up gauging to transport folks out of AMS. Europe has a lot more options than sa...
Jump to postIt seems to be a little late for the manufacturer to come up with an idea like this now. So many years they ignored this most promising conversion in order to not affect the factory build 777F. Only now that several aftermarket companies market successful conversions they wake up finally? Boeing be...
Jump to postJL is planning to replace the 767 and regional jet fleets. The 767 will have the 787 and the A321neo as replacement candidates. For the regional fleet, the A220 and E2 are candidates.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busines ... ve-2760121
Before Schiphol wasn't the most expensive, or the cheapest. With this increase in costs it will move to the expensive side, without any added service to offer. But where does that money go? It's looks like it isn't a case of having a more realistic cost structure, but a more realistic pay structure...
Jump to postMy thoughts: 1) Merge Air India Express with Air Asia. 2) Break up Air India by moving major routes to Vistara, and low yield routes to the airline formed in 1) above. 3) Call the low cost division "Air India" (without Express). Vistara would be the other brand - for full service. I just ...
Jump to postThe jobs can be open, but the population must be willing to work. If not, someone from another country will. That is what happens already. The accent of most Ryanair Cabin Crew and Pilots is more often than not Irish but they have rights to be gainfully employed in another E.U. country. It is a cor...
Jump to postYour Sunday long-haul scheduled service line up which is a bit funny for the lowest yielding airport in the world (according to airliners.net folklore) 0620 Virgin VS110 Atlanta 0625 Aer Lingus UK EI44 New York 0650 Qatar QR21 Doha 0715 Gulf Air GF5 Bahrain 0725 Etihad EY15 Abu Dhabi 0740 Virgin VS...
Jump to postSomething is wrong with the media reports. Sure, the FO could have been on a rest break, but what about the relief FO who should have been in the right seat? I don't know the Italian rules well, but I cannot believe that any airline would let a working pilot do a "controlled rest" in the ...
Jump to postIs LHR still bad? A couple of months ago that was also a complete disaster with an hours long queues for immigration on arrival. But for me it is not only airports. European airlines have also made a mess of the rebound in travel. On flights to SIN especially with connections to Australia and New Ze...
Jump to postSomething doesn't add-up in this story. Most people buy tickets well in advance of their travels, like months in advance. A few business travelers may buy last minute tickets. I can't imaging that stopping ticket sales for a couple of days will have much of an immediate impact on the flow of passen...
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