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- Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: AY E170 Gone For Scrapping
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6697
RE: AY E170 Gone For Scrapping
That's a shame. Flew on her twice last year from <acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK), Finland">HEL</acronym>-<acronym title="Vilnius - International (VNO / EYVI), Lithuania">VNO</acronym>. Lovely aircraft <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/frown....
Jump to post- Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:14 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: David Bowie Dies At The Age Of 69
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3002
RE: David Bowie Dies At The Age Of 69
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the death of my absolute icon, my hero, both musically and otherwise.
RIP you beautiful man, I’ll never forget you.
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:15 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Unboxing The New KLM Boeing 787 Dreamliner
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14088
RE: Unboxing The New KLM Boeing 787 Dreamliner
What a cool video <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> Off topic, but I noticed again when they showed the seat recline - Damn, I really don't like those fixed IFE units. Having flown on the Norwegian 787 a coupl...
Jump to post- Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Wizz Air Receives First A321
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4999
RE: Wizz Air Receives First A321
Christ there are some complainers around here. It's low cost, of course it's going to be less than perfect. It's perfectly fine for a 3 hour flight or even 4. When you can pay over €70/80 less than the competition and also fly direct on some routes as opposed to having to stop at one of the mainline...
Jump to post- Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:04 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: What's The Most "exotic" Airline You've Flown On?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5147
RE: What's The Most "exotic" Airline You've Flown
Same as 777Jet for me, probably NOK. Maybe Flyby Nordic as a close second.
Jump to post- Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:38 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turkish Airlines Launches Miami
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5612
RE: Turkish Airlines Launches Miami
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ASA" class="quote" target="_blank">ASA</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> And <acronym title="Fin...
Jump to post- Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:34 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Easyjet To Cease All Moscow Flights
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18821
RE: Easyjet To Cease All Moscow Flights
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/factsonly" class="quote" target="_blank">factsonly</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> <acronym ti...
Jump to post- Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: United New Seats - Fake Leather
- Replies: 57
- Views: 18176
RE: United New Seats - Fake Leather
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ABpositive" class="quote" target="_blank">ABpositive</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Fake leather = happier animals - a w...
Jump to post- Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:45 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Passenger Sues Etihad Over Obese Passenger
- Replies: 41
- Views: 11371
RE: Passenger Sues Etihad Over Obese Passenger
I can see where he's coming from. I was sat next to a very, very overweight man on a flight from <acronym title="Frankfurt am Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Vilnius - International (VNO / EYVI), Lithuania">VNO</acronym> some time ago. I'm talking morb...
Jump to post- Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: CX884 Diverts To US Air Base On Shemya Island
- Replies: 61
- Views: 31164
RE: CX884 Diverts To US Air Base On Shemya Island
As per CX's latest tweet, smoke detected in the aircraft.
[Edited 2015-07-29 07:49:33]
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:21 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Qatar Airways A350 In Economy - Solid Product
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22729
RE: Qatar Airways A350 In Economy - Solid Product
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AA737-823" class="quote" target="_blank">AA737-823</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> So, 0.8 inches is your idea of the diff...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:01 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Wizz Air Buying 110 A321neos
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20769
RE: Wizz Air Buying 110 A321neos
Great news for W6! Really happy for them. Great no frills airline. Comfy enough seats for anything under 4 hours, and space isn't a problem at all for regular sized people 
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: This Is How Helsinki Airport Will Look In 2020
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6773
RE: This Is How Helsinki Airport Will Look In 2020
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/HELyes" class="quote" target="_blank">HELyes</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EF...
Jump to post- Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: This Is How Helsinki Airport Will Look In 2020
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6773
This Is How Helsinki Airport Will Look In 2020
<a href="http://www.finavia.fi/en/news-room/news/2015/this-is-how-helsinki-airport-will-look-like-in-2020/" target="_blank">http://www.finavia.fi/en/news-room/n...ki-airport-will-look-like-in-2020/</a> Helsinki airport has posted some renders of what the new development, which includes expanding sou...
Jump to post- Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Finnair Inaugural HEL-ORD Today June 13
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6596
RE: Finnair Inaugural HEL-ORD Today June 13
Good to see AY expanding, hope it's a successful venture.
Lovely airline, and HEL is a fantastic airport so any opportunity to transit through there I will take.
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:25 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Flying With Out Of Service APU's
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8307
Flying With Out Of Service APU's
Hello. Yesterday I flew back to the UK from Bangkok, with <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. EK375 and EK3. First was on A6-EDL and second on A6-EDK. Slightly disappointed I didn't get a chance to try the new cabin stuff fro EEF onwards. Oh well. So something quite odd ha...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Seat Anxiety
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3876
RE: Seat Anxiety
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Rugger" class="quote" target="_blank">Rugger</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i> A phobia is a problem if the person who has...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:31 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Alitalia Livery: This Thursday 4 June!
- Replies: 235
- Views: 47569
RE: New Alitalia Livery: This Thursday 4 June!
Makes you wonder if these designers ever actually took a design class. So boring and uninspired. Expected so much more.
Jump to post- Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:14 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Seat Anxiety
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3876
RE: Seat Anxiety
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Rugger" class="quote" target="_blank">Rugger</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>And don't be so neurotic about things such as ...
Jump to post- Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:09 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: HEL To Become A Silent Airport
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14852
RE: HEL To Become A Silent Airport
HEL was already fairly quiet to be honest, certainly better than ARN from my experience. Welcome news nonetheless.
Jump to post- Sat May 30, 2015 2:08 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Rumor: EK Has Plans For DXB-LHR-USA
- Replies: 110
- Views: 22529
RE: Rumor: EK Has Plans For DXB-LHR-USA
Would love it to be true, but unfortunately can't see it happening. Would be lovely to fly an actually good airline between the UK and US without having to first go east and flying back on yourself.
Jump to post- Wed May 27, 2015 1:04 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1719
RE: Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
Sweet, thank you both! Yeah I realised it was <acronym title="Congo Airlines (Democratic Rep. of Congo) and Express One International (USA)">EO</acronym>, I think I need to visit the opticians <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="...
Jump to post- Wed May 27, 2015 11:09 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1719
RE: Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
Ok, thank you. From the last week or two of flights it seems to be an even mix of ED and EE/EQ. Fingers crossed.
Jump to post- Wed May 27, 2015 7:48 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1719
Which Emirates 380's Use The New ICE System?
Hello. I'm flying EK375 and EK3 in a week or so. Both sectors are operated by the 388 in the <acronym title="Virgin Sun (United Kingdom)">V2</acronym> config (economy starts row 41). I've noticed from pictures of the Y cabin that some 380's seem to have the newer ICE system with the sleek black bord...
Jump to post- Sat May 23, 2015 4:28 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Lituanica In Trouble? All Flights Cancelled!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6276
RE: Air Lituanica In Trouble? All Flights Cancelled!
It's a real shame, but like Shamrock said, it was inevitable really. Hopefully now Air Baltic expand and start offering a lot more from Vilnius and maybe a service or two from Kaunas too.
Jump to post- Thu May 07, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: WizzAir Introduces New Livery
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28469
RE: WizzAir Introduces New Livery
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N766UA" class="quote" target="_blank">N766UA</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i> It looks the same to me, except now the let...
Jump to post- Thu May 07, 2015 10:31 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: WizzAir Introduces New Livery
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28469
RE: WizzAir Introduces New Livery
I love it! Good job Wizz. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aeroflot777" class="quote" target="_blank">Aeroflot777</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>I love i...
Jump to post- Sun May 03, 2015 11:44 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Out Of The Way Routing On DY7205
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1272
Out Of The Way Routing On DY7205
Hello all. I'll be flying DY7205 (<acronym title="Stockholm - Arlanda (ARN / ESSA), Sweden">ARN</acronym>-<acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym>) in a week or so, so I've been looking up the recent flight path's for that flight. I was surprised to ...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Saudi Airlines To Buy More Than 100 Aircraft
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22725
RE: Saudi Airlines To Buy More Than 100 Aircraft
I think the 350 is pretty well suited to their network. But I imagine they'll be ordering the 777X due to the close US ties they have.
Jump to post- Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:11 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Best Vegetarian Inflight Meals?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2874
RE: Best Vegetarian Inflight Meals?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ytraveller" class="quote" target="_blank">Ytraveller</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i> Actually, you don't have to say any...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:55 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Best Vegetarian Inflight Meals?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2874
RE: Best Vegetarian Inflight Meals?
This thread is of interest to me. Best I ever had was on MH3 from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KUL</acronym>. Chickpea curry. Incredibly tasty. Vegan options are severely la...
Jump to post- Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:15 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Longest Flight
- Replies: 109
- Views: 7874
RE: Longest Flight
LHR-<acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KUL</acronym> with <acronym title="Malaysia Airlines">MH</acronym>. the 13 and a half hours absolutely flew by on the A380, especially considering I had all three seats on the left side of the cabin to myself! <acronym...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:51 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Transaero Livery
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38513
RE: New Transaero Livery
Better than the current one, but not very good to be honest. Very basic, and flat, and not in a good way.
Awful typeface too.
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:45 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: KLM To Replace Fokker 70 With Embraer E175
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15868
RE: KLM To Replace Fokker 70 With Embraer E175
Shame to see the Fokkers go, but like others said it was inevitable sooner or later. Glad to see the E175 chosen. All of the Embraer EJets are an absolute joy to fly on board.
Jump to post- Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: EasyJet To Change Cockpit Rules.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6449
RE: EasyJet To Change Cockpit Rules.
Lufthansa group will start too. Good to see. Should be mandatory now. It should've been before this incident too, but as always in aviation, it takes a disaster to force a change.
Jump to post- Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:02 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Thai Or Bankgok Airways?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2369
RE: Thai Or Bankgok Airways?
I'd say take <acronym title="Bangkok Airlines (Thailand)">PG</acronym>. Pretty much exactly the same in terms of comfort and services on those short flights. Same free baggage allowance, both give you complimentary snacks. Depends on if you want to get on some more interesting metal or not though. W...
Jump to post- Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:28 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A350 Production And Delivery Thread - Part 5
- Replies: 213
- Views: 89618
RE: A350 Production And Delivery Thread - Part 5
PVG then <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym>, <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym>, <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak In...
Jump to post- Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Ryanair Wants To Be Nicer And New Interior
- Replies: 53
- Views: 18891
RE: Ryanair Wants To Be Nicer And New Interior
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/icelander" class="quote" target="_blank">icelander</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i> For those who miss the old Ryanair ex...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:35 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Not A Big Fan Of The 787's Windows
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9752
RE: Not A Big Fan Of The 787's Windows
I don't *mind* them, but I'd probably not choose them over a conventional shade. The only 787 flight I've been on was the red eye from <acronym title="Oslo - Gardermoen (OSL / ENGM), Norway">OSL</acronym>-<acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym>, so ...
Jump to post- Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:46 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: London Luton - Expansion Plans Revealed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10603
RE: London Luton - Expansion Plans Revealed
Fantastic news. Luton is an airport that gets a really bad rap, but to be honest I quite like it. The only major issue for me is the difficulty of getting there. The slip road from the Motorway into the airport is always incredibly congested. Also, the car park and drop off areas are dreadful. Grave...
Jump to post- Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:56 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: What Is Your Favorite Wide Bodied Aircraft?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6033
RE: What Is Your Favorite Wide Bodied Aircraft?
Aesthetically, the 77W and A346. From a comfort and long haul standpoint, the A330/40 series hands down.
Jump to post- Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:44 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: A Vs B Pax Comfort
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4504
RE: A Vs B Pax Comfort
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i> The most comfortable flight I'v...
Jump to post- Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:54 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: TG Retiring A346 By End Of March
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17677
RE: TG Retiring A346 By End Of March
<img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/frown.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> That's a shame, my favourite aircraft to fly long haul, bar the 380. Will be sad to see them finally go from the <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> fl...
Jump to post- Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: What Is Your Favourite single aisle aircraft?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5571
What Is Your Favourite single aisle aircraft?
Hello all. Today I have been reading a lot about the new single aisle aircraft coming to the market in the next few years, and it got me thinking about which current SAA is my favourite to fly, and which I'm most looking forward to flying in the future. There's the E2's, obviously the 320Neo and 737...
Jump to post- Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:09 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Thai Airways To Introduce A380 LHR Service
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13575
RE: Thai Airways To Introduce A380 LHR Service
Glad to see this finally happen! About time too. Glad the 340-600 is staying as the 2nd daily though, as that flight is a much better time for arrivals into BKK.
Jump to post- Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:38 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: 12 Shot Dead In Paris Terrorist Attack - Part 1
- Replies: 238
- Views: 7131
12 Shot Dead In Paris Terrorist Attack - 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/pvjin" class="quote" target="_blank">pvjin</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i>Then we should get rid of all abrahamic religi...
Jump to post- Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: 12 Shot Dead In Paris Terrorist Attack - Part 1
- Replies: 238
- Views: 7131
12 Shot Dead In Paris Terrorist Attack - 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/ual777" class="quote" target="_blank">ual777</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Time to dust off the guillotine? </i></font>...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: How Would You Feel If You Saw This On Your Plane?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 30519
RE: How Would You Feel If You Saw This On Your Plane?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PBNZ" class="quote" target="_blank">PBNZ</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Wow, That's quite a shock. Seriously. Running shoe...
Jump to post- Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: First 737 Repainted Into New KLM Livery
- Replies: 70
- Views: 27641
RE: First 737 Repainted Into New KLM Livery
I think it looks great. Slightly updated and a little more modern livery. Good work KL
Jump to post- Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:51 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Lufthansa Strike
- Replies: 69
- Views: 13627