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Re: Thai Airways News and Discussion - 2023

My guess will be A339 and B789 for inter asian flying.
A350-1000 and B779 for Europe
Then A350 ULR and B778 for USA.
All of them with big business class and smaller first class

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Re: What Have been the Best Airports In Attracting New Airlines and Routes?

What about BLL

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Re: Nordic Aviation - 2023

The last 3 remaining A321ceo aircraft in SK are being phased out. Last scheduled flight is currently planned as SK586 30JUN. Should SK arrange a special fare well flight? Are you sure? From what I can see they are in the schedule to at least October 30 Although always subject to change Also they ar...

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Re: Nordic Aviation - 2023

How about for the AAL service? That one still comes as a surprise to many of us. I don't think it should be a surprice. Wen crossing the pond our journey is often more than a couple of days, and then parking the car at CPH becomes a substantial expenditure. While parking at AAL is free of charge. (...

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Re: A380- why F on first deck?

EKs 2 class A380 have a huge lavatory for Economy class on the front part of the upper deck, its where they usually have the shower for firstclass

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Re: Singapore Airlines Group News and Discussion - 2023

SQ001 wrote:
Any news when they are resuming fifth freedom routes out of HKG?

Not sure they will do that.
The range and economy of the A350 makes me more possible to make 1 stops to USA

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Re: Your longest Discontinued flights

TG BKK to LAX

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Re: Europe moving to LCC from Full Service Legacy carriers

Well apparently according to Simon Calder continental Europeans cannot be bothered to get passports because they ‘only’ travel within the EU so their I.d cards suffice. Have you ever heard such a ridiculous statement from a supposed travel expert. If you hold citizenship of an EU country, live in S...

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Re: Le figaro "The 10 most beautiful airports in the world"

When i think of beautiful airports its USM, THS, BLL, TDX
All small but really beautiful

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Re: AMS to introduce a night curfew and ban private jets

SEAorPWM wrote:
We mentioned 747's and 777's, but what about 767 and 757 freighters? The NG's I've heard overhead also seem louder on the outside than the 757's I've heard.

What criteria are they using for "noisy" aircraft?

I know the 77W is in some countries counted as noisy.

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Re: Your Most Disappointing Aircraft Swaps.

QATAR from 330-300 to an 787-8

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Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion - 2023

I wonder when we will see them in BLL, like 3 or 4 weekly.

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Re: Air India new destinations after new aircraft order

I would recommend Denmark,
In summer the weather can be good, the beaches are ok, and the country is so small that everything can be done as a 1 day trip

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Re: QR Possibly taking MAX 8s?

QRs A319/A320/A321 fleet peaked at 39 aircraft in 2017 and has been shrinking since. In June 2017 they lost access to a big chunk of the regional market due to political events. Then COVID hit in 2020 and even with the recovery there has been a shift in some routes to widebodies due to cargo demand...

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Re: Singapore Airlines exits Canada; SIN-YVR axed from Oct 2023

Strange that Cathay Pacific can do three times daily and Air Canada daily HKG-YVR-HKG Singapore Airlines cannot even do 3 weeks SIN-YVR-SIN But again there are so many Hong Kong people in Vancouver. A lot more than singaporeans 3 times weekly is maybe not enough and then the business travelers choo...

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Re: Sweden's Novair folds its wings

APOLLO is not a part of Kuoni anymore, it's a part of the German REWE group. And the A321Neo will not go to SAS as they have their own flest. You are correct on Apollo, thanks. Regarding the aircraft, from the article I linked: "Enligt Travel News källor är tanken att återlämna de två flygplan...

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Re: Sweden's Novair folds its wings

This deserves its own thread. Once the third largest charter airline in the Swedish market, Novair folds and lets go of 137 staff after losing its main contract with tour operator Apollo (one of Scandinavia's leading tour operators, part of Kuoni Group). The airline was originally launched in 1997 ...

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Re: Sweden's Novair folds its wings

This deserves its own thread. Once the third largest charter airline in the Swedish market, Novair folds and lets go of 137 staff after losing its main contract with tour operator Apollo (one of Scandinavia's leading tour operators, part of Kuoni Group). The airline was originally launched in 1997 ...

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Re: AY check-in at SIN

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airpor ... orage.html

fessor

Re: Transfer of MBT from US, UK, Germany etc to Ukraine

Does Germany have the capability to build more Leopard 2 tanks. Yes, but only at relatively low rates and with long lead times. Hungary has ordered 44 new Leopard 2A7 five years ago, the first ones are expected to arrive this year. The Germany army is currently getting their order of 2A7 delivered ...

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Re: Nordic Aviation - 2023

Play is starting flights from KEF to AAL, AAR and BLL this summer. All three routes will start in June and be 2x weekly each. Don't get the logic behind this at all as all three airports are within a hour and a half from each other. Surely choosing one to consolidate costs and going 4-6x weekly mak...

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Re: Airlines serving Gothenburg airport

The airport lists 31 airlines, 6 of them is holiday charter airlines serving seasonal routes. Then there are some low frequency routes.

To compare BLL has 26 airlines serving the airport not including the charter airlines for holiday destinations

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Re: Your Most Disappointing Aircraft Swaps.

The worst i Ever had was A380 to 77W on EK from DBX to BKK

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Would BLL be a bit too easy to reach from CPH by train ? No its not easier there are no trains in BLL But 6 out of the 10 biggest cities in Denmark has BLL as the obvious choice I agree BLL airport doesn't have train service. However many of the urban areas near BLL do have fairly good train servic...

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

davidjohnson6 wrote:
Would BLL be a bit too easy to reach from CPH by train ?

No its not easier there are no trains in BLL

But 6 out of the 10 biggest cities in Denmark has BLL as the obvious choice

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

https://check-in.dk/sas-aabner-rute-fra ... -new-york/

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Mini1000 wrote:
How trippy would it be if the direct EWR route went to BLL

(seriously tho, big catchment area, potential for family summer travel to LEGOLAND... it sounds crazy but it isn't crazy)

BLL is working on more longhaul.

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Now when SK is launching CPH-JFK, rumours has it that they will cancel the second CPH-EWR flight operated by the A321LR, and finally launch EWR from a regional Scandinavian airport. Any one have more information regarding this? Ofcourse my hopes are that GOT will finally get a New York service, but...

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Now when SK is launching CPH-JFK, rumours has it that they will cancel the second CPH-EWR flight operated by the A321LR, and finally launch EWR from a regional Scandinavian airport. Any one have more information regarding this? Ofcourse my hopes are that GOT will finally get a New York service, but...

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Re: Bangkok Airways looking to replace an aging A319 fleet

Samui should be able to handle an A320 no problem. It's a 7000' runway, standard hard stands next to the terminal building. It’s not the physical layout of the airport that is the problem. It’s the short runway in hot and humid conditions. And the runway is 6890ft. You want a bit more runway than t...

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Re: Most impressive looking widebody aircraft

What is your ranking of the most impressive looking widebody aircraft ? Mine: Airbus 380 Airbus 340-300/500/600 Boeing 747-400/8I Boeing 777-200/300/X Airbus 350-800/900/1000 Lockheed L1011 tristar MD-11 Boeing 767-300/400 Airbus 330 Boeing 787 Airbus 300 Il-96 Nothing beats the A340-500 On that li...

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Karup / Midtjyllands airport (no, not Kastrup) airport hinting there may be a new airline on the route to CPH after DAT drops the route on 9 Dec. I'm struggling to think who this could be - Norwegian and SAS seem unlikely, and I don't recall seeing any announcements of PSO subsidy money. Maybe Alsi...

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Re: SAS files for chapter 11

In Denmark yes because the depth is mostly to foreign companies, the only thing the court cant change is the ownership

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Re: Cebu's 459-seat A330-900

jfk777 wrote:
3-3-3 seating on an Airbus A330 should be illegal, it was designed for 2-4-2. Airbus should be ashamed it ever allowed the concept to become reality.

So the same can be said about the 787 it was also a 2-4-2 design.

The 777 was not intended to be a 3-4-3 design.

So should that be illegal too

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Re: What decides whether a Ryanair base is Irish, Maltese or Polish?

They're all Ryanair really, they were split into 3 EU AOCs to break up one pilot group into 3 as a union busting measure. Only a handful of new MAXs carry Malta Air or Buzz livery, all the NGs got a flag swap and a new reg and all recent MAXs are Ryanair branded. Just wondering why Billund, Denmark...

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

Im surprised that they cancel Krabi in winterseason. Finnair's Krabi especially has relied heavily on package tours, the market is still not what it used to be. Bangkok shows 11x weekly in mid winter, Phuket 3x weekly. Not correct, packed tours is already on level with 2019 at least from Denmark an...

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Re: Nordic Aviation Thread - 2022

This winter Finnair is suspending all long haul flights from Stockholm ARN as well as Chicago and Krabi from Helsinki. https://twitter.com/LondonAirTravel/status/1564152057073893377?s=20&t=2BGDe8lVUwWUtx6bFuyqbw Does anyone know about the loads and yields on their ARN services? That they cancel...

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Re: Airline seats too small? The FAA may soon change that

And THIS is where the issue of "fairness" kicks in. I'm 6'4", but I exercise nearly every day and eat as healthy as I can, so I can fit into coach seats without making those around me uncomfortable. For environmental reasons, I buy as few clothes as possible, which means I can fit my...

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Re: 777-200ERs Keep Soldiering On

Airlines will operate aircraft for as long as they plan on doing so. The 777-200ER isn't going away anytime soon. Yes it may be old, but it's still reliable. In the future of course airlines will phase it out, but there is nothing wrong with it for right now. Nothing suprising. You are absolutely r...

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Re: JAL Vs KAL Vs QTR to Bangkok

I would avoid QR, food is bad, the seatings is bad with low comfort, unless you fly business class.
The in-flight entertainment system is specially in the 787 not stabil and will often need restart
The airport in Doha is OK.

I would any given day take JAL

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Re: Your Favourite Airport to City Link (Rail, Bus etc.)

Bangkok Airport Rail Link (Suvarnabhumi) - See above Only problem with that one is that it doesn't go further than Phaya Thai station, which is in the business district of Bangkok but not really in the heart of it. Try getting to Bangkok Central Station from Suvarnabhumi, it's not that easy. And th...

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Re: SAS pilots go on strike

I’ve read through at least most of this thread and there’s one thing I don’t see: reference to the effects of the U.S. filed bankruptcy. Under U.S. Bankruptcy laws, to which SAS has acquiesced, the creditors COULD reject any reorganization and then SAS COULD actually be liquidated if there isn’t an...

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Re: What airlines need a livery update?

Really think LH, SK, AY

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Re: SAS files for chapter 11

Right now, my perception is that the pilots are loosing the battle for the minds and hearts of the people and that is pretty rare in Scandinavia. I disagree. It actually seems that the pilots have quite a lot of support this time. On difference from the SAS management In Denmark most people disagre...

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Re: SAS files for chapter 11

What everyone suspected. The sad part for everyone is that the restart won’t be succesfull either. The leadership of SAS gambles everything because of their badly informed, short sighted ideas. Most of SAS customers are Scandinavians. Can anyone tell me how long Wizz air lasted in Norway after thei...

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Re: SAS files for chapter 11

Knowing nothing about how this legal process works, why is it filled in the United States when the company is based in Sweden? I wondered the same. The first thought that came to mind is that U.S. bankruptcy courts have a history of allowing companies to default on obligations to the workers. Europ...

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Re: SAS files for chapter 11

The scandi-countries doesn’t have an equivalent to chapter 11. If you declare bankrupcy, it is over. Why do foriegn companies declare bankruptcy in the US? What does the United states offer that something in Europe can't? Other international airlines (like LATAM) have done the same thing, but it do...

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Re: The status of the Airbus A380 fleet worldwide

Sopwith wrote:
CRJ900 wrote:
Nice to see that EK are using their 615-seat A388s on LHR, MAN, BKK flights - wonder if they are able to sell all the seats...?

Who would want to be on those flights??

I like to, been on these from CPH Dubai BKK.
Some Even full and absolutely wonderful flights, especially economy upstairs was nice

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Re: SAS stock plummets as around 1000 SAS pilots go on strike

SAS laid off pilots during the pandemic, and rather than re-hiring, they made the pilots apply for new jobs in new companies under very different contracts. SAS has gotten away with a lot of stuff, being the proud scandinavian flag-carrier over the years. But there is one thing a lot more scandinav...

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Re: Underrated and overrated airliners?

Underrated A340 all models

Overrated B787 B77W B747-400

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