Re: BA short of A32X?

BA utilize 20 E190 under CityFlyer from London City airport to serve short haul business travelers across Europe.

This probably damp the need for more A32X for their Heathrow operations. Besides, they also got EuroFlyer in Gatwick to cater to more holiday friendly destinations.

Re: What’s the supply prospect of US-China non-stop flights in 2024?

In terms of tourism demand, it's probably isn't gonna be as high as Japan or South Korea for East Asian destinations. So I doubt we would be getting more non-stop flights from Mainland China.

Re: A220 in Europe’s Airlines strategy

Anyone got some numbers that may give some idea on just how ahead the 223 is in terms of lower operating costs vs 31N or 7M7? Must be some pretty good numbers that despite the lower range and being a completely new fleet, it's the best seller in its category. Some article (simpleflying for this ins...

Re: A220 in Europe’s Airlines strategy

Anyone got some numbers that may give some idea on just how ahead the 223 is in terms of lower operating costs vs 31N or 7M7? Must be some pretty good numbers that despite the lower range and being a completely new fleet, it's the best seller in its category. Some article (simpleflying for this ins...

Re: A220 in Europe’s Airlines strategy

To be fair, airBaltic order 80 of them, Swiss have 30, and Air France order 60 of them. In terms of numbers, it's quite big, it suggested that A220 would be part of their main short haul operations rather than substitute for their A320neo. As of ITA, many decisions they made in the last few years ha...

Re: Brazilian government looking into 3 way Azul/Gol/LATAM merger

Wait, is it the whole LATAM or just LATAM Brasil?

GOL is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. So basically, it's not really a merger, more like LATAM and Azul merger + buying assets at discounted price from GOL.

Re: Updated: JAL orders 21 x A350 and 10 x 787

I wonder if they would ever cancel their MAX8 order and just go with all A321neo for narrowbody operation. Doesn't really makes sense to operate just 11 Standard A321neo and 21 MAX8. They could easily order MAX10 instead if they want the capacity, but they decide to order A321neo. Makes no sense at ...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

Hmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with ...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

Hmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with ...

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

Ok, I missed the part when he said Condit married his first cousin. I know it's unrelated to Boeing, but clearly the man isn't good at making the right decision....

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

Hmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with o...

Re: The hydrogen A380 concept discussion

The only way A380 could work is if they replaced all 4 engines with CFM RISE. Then it might be efficient enough to operate.

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

zkojq wrote:

I for one was not aware of that detail about Phil Condit's personal life.

Re: Same Sex Marriage Legalized in Greece

art wrote:

PlymSpotter wrote:

Excellent news, and about time too!

I mean the Greeks pretty much invented homosexuality... /satire

Did they recognise homosexual marriage a couple of thousand years ago?

Re: What diet do you follow?

I follow the flavor diet. It's when you optimize seasoning to make food taste flavourful. It's not an easy diet to follow, many people are allergic to it.

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Who has these "fantasies"? I've heard people argue 787 v 350, 330 v 777, and more. But pick one variant out of the bunch? If Boeing has done anything right the last score, it's how they have positioned the 787 in the market. From reply #130 of this thread: In 2040 the 787-10 will be the h...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

But this doesn't explain the A330, which trails the 77E miserably in performance, but it soldiered on long after 77E sails dried up. Probably one thing is that after 77W Boeing pushed customers away from the 77E to simplify production but that doesn't account for the whole picture. One thing is acq...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Lack of range is one of the main reason. It's similar to what happen to B777-200 and B777-300 back in the day. Their ER siblings outsold them by hefty numbers. A350-900 and B787-10 have very similar seat counts. But one is more successful than the other. We see many airlines who operate B787 and A3...

Re: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

Why is that troubling? What business is it of ours (the general public) to know anybody’s personal health information? The palace has said he’s got an unspecified cancer, he’ll be limited in his public appearances for a while, other royals will step up and fill in, that’s all we need to know. It’s ...

Re: Is the 787-10 failure or underestimated

Lack of range is one of the main reason. It's similar to what happen to B777-200 and B777-300 back in the day. Their ER siblings outsold them by hefty numbers. A350-900 and B787-10 have very similar seat counts. But one is more successful than the other. We see many airlines who operate B787 and A350.

Re: Airbus ramps up work on clean sheet A320 successor

I think some people here forgot that sometimes it could took a decade for aircraft manufacturer to design and start delivering the first brand new aircraft. We are currently in 2024. If Airbus wanted to launch a brand new narrowbody aircraft in early 2023s. They need to start designing and experimen...

Re: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

My best wishes to him, and hope it's been caught early. I'd agree with the better medical care part. I'm not so sure about the genetics part... His Dad lived to 101, Mum to 96, Gran went past a century too... I used to think this was an indicator of how long offspring may live - my grandparents and...

Re: King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says

I think the writing is on the wall already. He is 75 years old, and life expectancy for male in the UK is 80.

Re: Could Embraer build a larger jet to compete with MAX and NEO

No, cause by the time they launch the program, and delivered the first aircraft, there's gonna be enough time for Airbus to streamline the production of A220 and came up with the stretch A220-500.

Then Embraer would fine themself being the 3rd players on a market segment dominated by Airbus.

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

Some1Somewhere wrote:

I think it's actually the sixth stretch, depending on whether you could the -200 as a stretch.
-100
-200, -500, -600
-300, 700, -7
-400
-800, -8
-900, -900ER, -9
-10

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

There are frequent mentions of how Frankenstein the MAX is, but all derivatives are Frankensteins to a degree. The A330 is almost a newer A300. Also the 737 has a much newer wing than the A320. The problems with the 737 are less about the hardware and much more about Boeing's failures in management...

Re: Firearms detected by TSA reaches new levels

Too many people think that they have THE RIGHTS to be an irresponsible gun owner.....

Re: COMAC C929 discussion thread

Their biggest problem is the fact that they gotta compete directly with a more established B787-9, A350-900 and A330-900neo. Which at this point is almost impossible to do. It's similar to what happened with Japanese Cars. They already have extensive market shares, spareparts, trained mechanics, aft...

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

More seats than AF's A359 despite economy comfort seats on KL (which AF does not have), and more seats on the A35K than KL's 77W can only mean 10 abreast Y on KL's A350. You won't see me inside this aircraft that's for sure :banghead: No, looking at Airbus official LOPAS of A350-1000. It could carr...

Re: Singapore Airlines launch London Gatwick

I'm surprised how long it took them to launch operation in Gatwick.

Re: Thai Airways Explores Major Aircraft Order, Focusing on Boeing 787 Widebodies

I wonder how fast they could get their hands on these new plane. Looking at the backlogs of B787, seems like they gonna have to wait for a very long time.

But I see Thai going all in with B787-9, A321neo and A350-900. Sound the most logical for airlines with less than 100 aircraft in their fleet.

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

More seats than AF's A359 despite economy comfort seats on KL (which AF does not have), and more seats on the A35K than KL's 77W can only mean 10 abreast Y on KL's A350. You won't see me inside this aircraft that's for sure :banghead: No, looking at Airbus official LOPAS of A350-1000. It could carr...

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

Not sure if this was covered, but couldn't current a380s have the more aerodynamic winglets retrofitted for more fuel savings? There already were more aerodynamic winglets created for the a380 "plus". When Emirates a380s go through C-checks, these could be retrofitted. https://i.insider.c...

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

My background is mathematics and IT, I am not an "Engineer or Ingeniere". I read countless posts about the advent of the 2-engined wide bodies killing off the 4-engined varieties. I just wonder on the basis of that! In order to generate thrust to get a certain weight airborne, a certain a...

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways and the Norwegian Polarinstitute landing in Antarctica with Boeing 787-9

Higher speed = shallower approach = less impact on the soft runway. Is that really correct? Did you just make it up, or is this an established pilot technique. I’ve never heard of this before. No, it’s not correct. A higher speed will result in a lower AoA but a higher RoD (rate of descent) in orde...

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

I just think that in the future, they probably gonna pay premium for extra slots at slot-congested airports like Heathrow or JFK and spam the routes with B777-9.

It's basically killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Buy all the slots and prevent Riyad Air, Etihad and Qatar from expanding there.

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways and the Norwegian Polarinstitute landing in Antarctica with Boeing 787-9

I’ve seen lots of social media about this flight. Sounds like they are advertising with this flight I wonder, with the arrival of A321XLR in the near future. Could it be the perfect plane to reach research stations in Antarctica. Or are we still gonna see widebodies going in and out of these statio...

Re: Southwest Airlines orders 108 additional 737-7s From Boeing

I'm surprised that they didn't just went ahed and upgrade to MAX8.

Re: Argentine president-elect reiterates plans to "hand over" Aerolíneas Argentinas to the workers

Can he get majority to finalize this decision though?

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

Just ask Boeing for a 777-10, they can probably actually give it to EK, it'll probably be more fuel efficient than any double decker, and and they'll definitely build it if you offer them a 100 frame order. The large quad is likely gone for good. A 777-10 is definitely far more likely than any larg...

Re: Norse Atlantic Airways and the Norwegian Polarinstitute landing in Antarctica with Boeing 787-9

I wonder, with the arrival of A321XLR in the near future. Could it be the perfect plane to reach research stations in Antarctica. Or are we still gonna see widebodies going in and out of these stations.

Re: Emirates Tim Clark proposed to Airbus an A380 replacement

Realistically speaking, the only thing Airbus could offer for the next 20-30 years is a NEO version of a stretched A350-2000 with 10-abreast seating to Emirates.

Other than that, it's just unrealistic.

Re: EVA Air plans to order A350-1000 and A321neo

Ey, I didn't know that they would be fitting their A350 with 10-abreast configuration.

Re: A350-1000 take-off weight hiked to 322t

With 10 abreast the A350 will have a 17" seat width versus 18" the 779. The comfort advantage is lost. History suggests neither the airlines nor the majority of their customers will care. You may be right. I for one am very curious to see if EK will opt for 10 across for their A350's. Man...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Personally speaking, it's the price of these EV that prevented people from adopting such tech. All these companies forgot that most people can't just buy a brand new $50k car.

Re: Where will you move to as the Climate Crisis Worsens?

The majority of Americans now recognize the climate crisis as having huge impacts on people and where they live. We will see climate migration increase this century with these statistics. People really need to take into account climate change when they decide where to live. https://www.cnn.com/2023...

Re: A350-1000 take-off weight hiked to 322t

I posted in the Dubai Air Show thread a purely speculative thought that a large EK order may be enough for Airbus to launch a stretch. Still pure speculation but perhaps a bit closer? I think Emirates would probably fitted 10-abreast on A350 instead of asking for a stretch. Many of their Europe/Asi...

Re: A350-1000 take-off weight hiked to 322t

TC957 wrote:

Unless AF have intentions of a service to PPT nonstop from CDG, I don't think such a ULR version of the 35K is needed. But perhaps SQ may be tempted for the nonstop EWR / JFK flights.

Re: Where will you move to as the Climate Crisis Worsens?

Anyway, I gotta say, the weather in Jakarta has been horrible in recent 2 weeks. El Nino is currently wreaking havoc, this is the first time I feel like I was about to pass out every 5 minutes standing outdoor. The weather forecast kept saying that it's gonna rain for 2 weeks now and not a single dr...

Re: Where will you move to as the Climate Crisis Worsens?

I'm the opposite - I love the heat. There's a difference between dry heat (southwest US) and wet heat (the southeast). The dry heat in Socal is great, but new orleans or miami are horrible, the bugs and the swamp is no bueno. Where in SoCal, big difference from Death Valley and San Diego. The one w...