It's so funny to see some of you quibble over literally 1 foot (229' vs 230'). Good heavens, some people just have too much time on their hands.
I can't wait until Boeing launches the freighter. No matter what the final details/specs are, I'm sure it will be a home run long-term.
Very windy day here in the Metroplex. Both Takeoffs and Landings are happening on both 31L & 31R. I'm not saying it never happens, but from recollection, when in this configuration, DFW typically uses 31L for Takeoffs and 31R for Landings. I was a bit surprised to see planes taking off from 31R,...
Jump to postThe fact that the A320 has a feeling of more width has nothing to do with fuselage shape. The A320 has a feeling of more width because…it’s wider. ~8” is noticeable. The difference between the 787 and A330 cabins are similar and the 787 is also noticeably wider. The difference in width is 5-6”. Als...
Jump to postAgreed. The triangle that was created on a napkin is really struggling to keep it together. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You guys say this as if WN just became a large airline in 2020 and haven’t been a 500+ aircraft airline for over a decade now. And guess what? For the last decade, they hav...
Jump to postSo this is testing real world performance in EK's configuration? I don’t know for sure but it seems likely. EK might also be utilising the hot & high variation of the GE9X. So this might be verify all that. I could be wrong but that’s the only thing that makes sense at the moment 1. Dubai is at...
Jump to postWith Airbus recently out canvassing traditional Boeing freighter customers with their proposed A350F concept? I think Boeing had to move fast to head this off. Given Boeing's ratty financial condition, I'm sure they were hoping to wait until after the B777X passenger models were certified and in se...
Jump to postI just came across this and didn't see it posted. It looks like the NY City AirTrain project to LGA has been put on hold. I do not live in NY, so I don't have an opinion one way or the other on what should be done, but I'm sure some of you do. Cheers, https://www.newsmax.com/us/hochul-cuomo-airtrain...
Jump to post24Whiskey wrote:f4f3a wrote:Think air France has been pushing for a larger capacity 220 as well. I imagine they could get more profits rmargin on selling the larger a/c too
At this point I think every major A220 operator has been pushing for a -500 behind the scenes.
Can we all agree this is all posture and puffing out the chests? Boeing isn't gonna let this one get away, and of course Ryanair has the upper hand in this. Now. I would be shocked if Ryanair went with Airbus, but does anyone really think that is even a possibility? We have seen airlines snub from ...
Jump to postubeema wrote:Just arrived from ORD at terminal D. Noticed one QR 777 at remote stand and one 350 at the terminal. Is that normal ops?
Our Primary Reward Program is American Airlines, via daily spend on the Citi AA Executive MasterCard. We have also used sign up bonuses to accumulate a significant number of miles (well, to us at least) on Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and British Airways (for use booking American reward fligh...
Jump to postReminds me of this video of a technician climbing a radio tower to replace a light bulb on top of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbKYq0G9nU - all in a day's job... Thanks for posting that *sarcasm*. I watched it and think I nearly puked 8 times sitting here in my house. To me, that is some scary ...
Jump to postDidn't see this posted, but I think this is a great piece, and brave on the part of the F/A, Nicole Smith-Ludvik. As someone in marketing for 25 years, I love innovative efforts like this. Kudos. https://youtu.be/uQHhYRuaEtM <-spot. 1.3M views in 4 days https://twitter.com/emirates/status/142465726...
Jump to postThat problem is actually a big focus of this project; the addition of a handful (literally) of gates is only one goal. With the increased square footage, passenger circulation improvements are planned, as well as additional retail (revenue$$$) space for restaurants, etc. While I do think this proje...
Jump to postWell you can’t just rely on two commercial product lines even when the 787 comes back on line. Remember 747 deliveries will end soon and so far as I can tell 777 production is down to a dribble too. They really need to get to the bottom of the 777-9 hold up. Once those start deliveries I’m sure it ...
Jump to postWell you can’t just rely on two commercial product lines even when the 787 comes back on line. Remember 747 deliveries will end soon and so far as I can tell 777 production is down to a dribble too. They really need to get to the bottom of the 777-9 hold up. Once those start deliveries I’m sure it ...
Jump to postNoticed that Delta has scheduled the B739 on LGA-DEN over the past while...UA has it in the schedule as well, and has historically. I was under the impression (from a.net) that the 739 is too field performance-limited to be able to do a 4 hour flight from the 7000 foot runways at LGA. Is this just ...
Jump to postNot sure if this is exactly the right way to ask this, but I’m trying to figure out if my lack of comfort level booking MAX flights is irrational. I fly a fair amount (+/- 80k a year) and like to think of myself as rational (don’t freak out in turbulence etc). But I don’t know what to make of the M...
Jump to postI was being facetious. The OP meant 5,000 ft runway as 5.000 ft is equivalent to 5 ft. With all that said, the short answer is 'No'. It would not be able to operate such a flight from a runway less than a mile long.
Jump to postkiwi.com displays a flight from the Hilton Head Island airport to China. 13 hour flight time from a 5.000 feet runway. https://www.linkpicture.com/q/Polish_20210715_102412936.png https://www.kiwi.com/us/search/results/united-states/shanghai-china/anytime/no-return?sortBy=price Is it a bug? Or is a ...
Jump to postReally? Please share your experiences. Thanks I would flip the question around. Please share your experiences or why you think AA is more premium than United. Simply because of the free food on domestic flights? Hey, I fly AA probably 80% of the time and they get me from point A to point B; however...
Jump to postSo the NG is higher vs the ground than the classic? Interesting. Still nowhere near enough to accommodate the Max engines. Why would the NG need the MAX engines? The MAX accommodates the MAX engines, so there is no issue there. Of course the NG doesn't need the Max engines. I just wondered if the l...
Jump to postBut when designing the NG, with the need to fit bigger engines and airstairs being discontinued because of weight, why didn't Boeing lengthen a bit the main gear by moving it 15-20cm outboard of each wing. That's exactly what they did. The NG main gear is located 24.5cm outboard relative to the ear...
Jump to postSo have the weights actually increased? Passengers have got fatter over the pandemic? Or is this purely the extra weight of the extra fuel that's required to be loaded based on the passenger weights, if so then can it really have that much impact tankering a bit of extra fuel? Even the 50seat plane...
Jump to postThe -10 is not 'well over a decade' old. It's the latest and newest version of the 787 family and extremely efficient. It just came out not too long ago. There have been incremental enhancements over the years, like there are with any plane. Simply put, there is no reason to do a 'full scale makeove...
Jump to postFrom a mileage perspective, it is impressive. However, given that it was flying Eastbound, the flight time isn't all that extraordinary.
Jump to postI don’t think so. EK has the money pit of government funding, and thus will be able to always undercut any fares an American carrier puts on sale. Except that isn’t how it works. You are spreading a complete falsehood and fabrication. Why don’t you tell us all how it works then, instead of just usi...
Jump to postMaxTrimm wrote:I don’t think so. EK has the money pit of government funding, and thus will be able to always undercut any fares an American carrier puts on sale.
United857 wrote:The DL A321s don't have aux tanks installed, unlike the AA ones that have two of them installed to allow transcontinental ops. Without them, the A321 range would be at around just 4 hours.
I noted the following from the Reuters report. While the jet had been expected to go to Satys, which is repainting other jets for the 2022 tournament, it ended up on the forecourt of Airbus amid a standoff over who was to blame for exposing metal mesh on the aircraft's skin , they said. https://www...
Jump to postThat's superb news. I'm glad to hear Southwest is doing well in COS and have added flights to HOU and SAT for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Jump to postIt is very likely it will be painted in the current Kennedy era livery. It also looks like Boeing wants to change the contract to get the govt to cough up an additional $500 million dollars. What if they refused and insisted Boeing cover any cost overruns ? No idea what happens if the government re...
Jump to postInsertnamehere wrote:Has the paint job for them been finalized, or is it still up in the air?
Unfortunately, it looks like the new Air Force One planes (x2) will be delayed about a year and now enter serve in 2025. I can't wait to see these beauties take to the skies.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/boeing-air-f ... d/1024499/
It looks like Southwest (WN) has 'exercised' an additional 34 737 MAX aircraft. These options will be for the -7MAX.
Love it and I'm very happy to hear it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/southwe ... plane.html
I think business/corporate travel in the United States starts to really shoot up here any week now. After California reopens on the 16th I believe, that leaves only a small quantity of states with any restrictions remaining. Most states have fully reopened, and the case trends continue to move down...
Jump to postWhile I doubt it, I'd sure like to be proven wrong. I'd really like to see 1 or 2 of the US3 fly nonstop to DXB (and Doha/Abu Dhabi for that matter).
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:Can’t have two driver’s licenses and most rental car companies have your filed credit card info.
Thanks for the video. So it is just extending on rotation. Correct, but should have a pretty significant impact (in a good way) on takeoff performance. No, it will never be a 757, but it should be drastically improved over what the -10MAX performance would have been like had they not done the gear ...
Jump to postAnecdotally, United is now able to fly the 737-9MAX out of OGG to the west coast off of a 7,000 ft runway. I know it’s not an apples to apples comparison (i.e. it’s often windy in Maui), but it shows you that even the -9MAX is able to do things that the -900/-900ER were not. With the new gear, I wou...
Jump to postThe MAX 10 could not. Based on what? The aircraft hasn't even completed testing, and yet you're already making definitive statements on what it can and cannot do....? . MAX 10 needs 8202 ft for takeoff and 5577 feet for landing -- John Wayne and Midway don't cut it -- apparently neither does LaGuar...
Jump to posthttps://www.swamedia.com/releases/southwest-airlines-adds-100-firm-orders-for-the-boeing-737-max-7?lang=en-US So, these were the plans, as of the last order. Interestingly, we have not yet discussed upgauging MAX 7s and 8s, further to 9s and/or 10s. A move in that direction might also assist in red...
Jump to postJust uploaded for my wife and I. Pretty sure it's pointless and useless, but nevertheless, I did it.
Jump to posthttps://simpleflying.com/southwest-transit-passengers/ 1. Denver 2, Baltimore 3. Chicago Midway 4, Dallas Love 5, Las Vegas 6. Houston Hobby 7. Phoenix 8. Nashville 9. Atlanta 10. St Louis Ran across a relatively informative article on Simple Flying (yes, I know) that has some other interesting sta...
Jump to postI don’t have an opinion one way or the other on the new size, but the one thing that absolutely bugs me is not putting the appropriate spacing between Air and France. It’s two separate words, but the way it’s written makes it look like it’s all one word. Such a shame and doesn’t look professional.
Jump to postAbsolutely not. I do not wear them now here, there nor anywhere I go and never have. Like others, I got the china plague, my immune system did its job like it does with any other virus, fought it off and on I go. That's the case with nearly everyone. I went to Central Market this weekend and the guy...
Jump to postI am not sure if this has already been discussed in the other threads, but just posting it here. I just noticed yesterday, the Qatar is operating twice daily to DFW. Its interesting to see that the new service arrives at DFW in the morning and wont depart until late evening. Trying to understand, w...
Jump to postIt was incorporated and can be done, but the ease of which it was supposed to be able to be done originally didn’t live on.
It’s much more complex than originally envisioned. Therefore, it is not cost effective to do so.
The best way forward for Boeing would be to de-list their stock, getting out of the grips of short-sighted Wall Street vultures and their perpetual desire for ever improving quarterlies. Secondly they need to recognise that they're an engineering company first, second and last. Their mission should...
Jump to postIssues here as well. Many shipments give a delivery day, then move to pending for a day or two and end up being delivered 1-2 days late, typically.
I had a pool pump that was supposed to be delivered Monday and it got delivered today.
I’m located in the DFW Metroplex.