Jet2 is in a very good place. They too have been undertaking both rationalisation and expansion by making sure they make calculated moves. The Stansted operation is growing from strength to strength and that's great to see; and the Leeds/Manchester/Newcastle businesses appear solid. I don't think th...
Jump to postI think we have already made our points, correctly identified how sad a day this is and can only feel sorry a bit for the passengers but mostly for the staff. After such pomp and ceremony with the 737MAX family coming in to make the place more profitable as they went further towards a low-cost and m...
Jump to postQantas and the operators of Perth Airport are poised to strike a deal within days to allow the first non-stop flights from Australia to Europe through the airline’s domestic terminal. With Qantas boss Alan Joyce set to fly to WA tomorrow to make an announcement alongside airport chiefs and Premier ...
Jump to postTo be. The Government is staying silent as it constructs all of the necessary cases and documentation to make any legal challenge futile. Equally, Boris has now been muzzled on his views. He no longer puts references to being against a 3rd runway - and Zac Goldsmith has also not put such comments on...
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/bennett123" class="quote" target="_blank">bennett123</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Wrong. Pe...
Jump to postAnd the chances that they would buy brand new A35Ks for leisure? Stupid idea, if ever I saw one. The 747s have legs in them yet; the A340s don't and the A330s are more likely to move to leisure as the first batch are due to join "Virgin Atlantic Airways International" this Summer for Caribbean route...
Jump to postVirgin are extremely happy with their 787s. The problem is that they simply can't carry enough people on some routes where flights are only daily. Los Angeles and Miami both have to swap between 1 and 2 daily because of the lack of slots at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United King...
Jump to postIf United can just refine their Global First and Business First and attach it to a <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym>-style Y+ then great. A 10-abreast Y I suppose would make sense as they can pack a few more people in down the back and make the space for that "tr...
Jump to postJust booked a Business Class flight from ZRH to LHR for February 12th. Can't wait!
Jump to postI'm not convinced. I think the 777-9 is the right choice to supersede the 77W eventually. I don't imagine they'd want the A35K when they will want the highest available capacity per slot in the future on some key markets like <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acron...
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/MrHMSH" class="quote" target="_blank">MrHMSH</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I suppose "Yes and ...
Jump to postWell the 787-10s have the range to do Europe, Africa and Australia. There's nothing to say they couldn't be integrated. At the end of the day if the A359 has a "High J" configuration, the 787-10 could happily find itself a niche within the company on thinner routes or to upscale thin routes like Man...
Jump to postSo, at this moment in time, <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> is expecting to keep a fair few A346s in service from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> until all B789s are delivered. As well as that, there's the issue sur...
Jump to postTAAG using their own B77W equipment from <acronym title="Luanda - 4 de Fevereiro (Belas) (LAD / FNLU), Angola">LAD</acronym> to <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym>... I'll believe it when I see it. Doubt any Oil Barons from either side of t...
Jump to postIf I were an airline such as Lufthansa, I would have taken the Space Flex option for the customer's benefit and then used the new seating capacity available to bring the seat pitch in the cabin down. As a full-service carrier then you would expect the A320neo to not just be about reducing cost per s...
Jump to postAccording to media, a United Airlines B738 has slid off the end of an extremely icy runway at Spokane.
The aircraft is N38268 on flight UA812.
Runway seemingly now blocked.
Put the A333 on the domestic flights to <acronym title="Cape Town - International (D.F. Malan) (CPT / FACT), South Africa">CPT</acronym> to free up the A346s and on some more regional routes; slide the A346s on more routes like <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acr...
Jump to postIn my mind, Air Serbia is doing it properly. Yes, you lose the flexibility of having "normal" seats; but if you're paying the extra dollar to do work or for whatever other reason I would expect more than a blocked middle seat. When I flew Delta First Class on the B738 and compared it to <acronym tit...
Jump to postRealistically, where could an A380 fill up for ANA into the 90+% loading figures? Will the rebrand promised in 2015 move towards a different product that can be launched onto an A380 for their best performing international routes as well as Hawaii? Is the A380 right for Hawaii at all when a two-clas...
Jump to postAnother non-story related to aviation as it seems to drive traffic where everyone thinks they're a bloody FlightRadar expert or about to watch a gruesome crash.
Jump to postSeems like a strange option. The <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> pilots for the A318 are extremely specialist lot and wouldn't suddenly be available to take over and do a couple of Glasgows on a Titan example out of <acronym title="London - City (LCY / EGLC), United Kingdom">LCY</acron...
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/jetblastdubai" class="quote" target="_blank">jetblastdubai</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> A ver...
Jump to postUnited Hubs: <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym> <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> <acronym title="San...
Jump to postSomeone else said it and I agree with them - if he is so bloody minted and above the rules and regulations of the commercial airlines that every other person has to put up with... Then he can charter a Jet and see if they like Lithium batteries. All of these celebrities think that a Tweet which flam...
Jump to postI'm sure people would like to see <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> to <acronym title="Shanghai - Pudong International (PVG / ZSPD), China">PVG</acronym> or <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym>; but perhaps...
Jump to post"my Austrian" - what a stupid move. Either make a low-cost arm or keep it as a premium point-point national carrier.
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/skipness1E" class="quote" target="_blank">skipness1E</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Why do you ...
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/gabrielchew" class="quote" target="_blank">gabrielchew</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> F on <acr...
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/finnishway" class="quote" target="_blank">finnishway</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Virg...
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="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I think the capacit...
Jump to postSo I'm looking at photos of the first A350-900 for Ethiopian wandering up and down at Toulouse. Airbus' press release cites that <acronym title="Ethiopian Airlines">ET</acronym> will use the A359 to open up new routes to the US and Asia. But the thing that I don't understand is why <acronym title="E...
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/33lspotter" class="quote" target="_blank">33lspotter</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> The ...
Jump to postI keep hearing that the B77W and, later, the B778 is sitting in the pipeline for <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kingdom)">VS</acronym> as they need something above the B789. In terms of the Beach Fleet, I am absolutely stunned that the A340-600s that <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic ...
Jump to postFirst time reading through this thread but, as we are in Star Wars mode still, I find the lack of Premium Economy disturbing. Even Delta is embracing Premium Economy as being a key bridge between Economy and Business and a lot of Business travellers fly Y+ these days. I would have expected, with som...
Jump to postOh do come along. Air Malta to go on top of Air Berlin, Alitalia, Air Serbia? This is getting rather irksome.
I don't even remotely understand how Air Malta will benefit Etihad.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetblue1965" class="quote" target="_blank">jetblue1965</a> (<a href="#48" class="quote">Reply 48</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> So beca...
Jump to postI don't understand how so many people can sit in their Armchairs and start making spurious claims that an airline like <acronym title="EVA Air (Taiwan)">BR</acronym> will fail at offering an <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> route. If the e...
Jump to postAs far as I'm aware, it's up to SkyTeam to invite them. <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> has a pleasant enough arrangement with the TATL co-operation and I doubt SkyTeam wants "yet another" carrier taking people across the water. <acronym title="Virgin Atlantic Airways (United Kin...
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="#227" class="quote">Reply 227</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Yes, Po...
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/flyby519" class="quote" target="_blank">flyby519</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Good job the ...
Jump to postI'm sure United will be very happy to take advantage of the low prices. The C Series is something of an unknown quantity to many people so perhaps the idea of 2 + 3 will make a lot of people happy. At the end of the day it comes down to product for the passenger and economics for the operator. Clear...
Jump to postI don't see how <acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL), USA - Florida">FLL</acronym> could be beneficial to <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>. They have <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acron...
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="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Supposedly <acronym...
Jump to postDid anybody notice the menu card slating <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> and not <acronym title="Orlando - Sanford International (Central Florida Regional) (SFB / KSFB), USA - Florida">SFB</acronym>...? Either way the product looks alright b...
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/flyinghippo" class="quote" target="_blank">flyinghippo</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> What I ...
Jump to postI would have expected that given <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym>'s upscale in capacity from B744 / A346 to A388 / B77W on the <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym> - <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), Unite...
Jump to postI appreciate the A330s are rather new but the B777s are approaching 15 years old. From a personal perspective, if Alitalia is to compete with other carriers moving forward it is likely that the best product for them is the 787-9 and 787-10 will make the difference. On routes like <acronym title="New...
Jump to postI'm interested to see how the A350, A330Neo and B787 are integrated into the fleet. I know the A330Neo is slated, along with the A350, to be more Pacific-centric. Perhaps Delta should invest in the A359ULR whilst they have the chance? Direct flights from <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne ...
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