Re: Korean Air A330 crash lands in Cebu

Boof02671 wrote:

An overrun is not a crash landing

Re: Return to Hong Kong

Only thing that changed is the mandatory arrival quarantine. Per notice I saw, visitors including crews are still required to perform a PCR test on arrival followed by medical monitoring via a government app, and unable to visit public places like bars, restaurants, and shopping malls during first ...

Re: US Regional airlines implication to small Chinese airports

China has a well built out high speed rail system. And the rest is the rail system is as impressive. That is going to have a big effect on Chinese aviation. https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=Awr91VlPuEJj4aMoYcxXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZANMT0NVSTA1M18xBHNlYwNzYw--?p=map%3A...

Re: China certifies C919 jet to compete with Airbus and Boeing

I thought max was certified in China last year? https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1240498.shtml In December, CAAC announced its intention to recertify the MAX, which normally is a 30 to 60 day process to finalize. That was done in response to US trade complaints. Since then, there has been no ...

Re: China certifies C919 jet to compete with Airbus and Boeing

No C919, no 737MAX. Depends on who need who more. For C919, it doesn't aim at earning profit, but for Boeing, you know the consequence of losing the entire Chinese market (and not limited to 737MAX as none of Boeing's products had no replacement product from Airbus). I think this highlights the pol...

Re: China certifies C919 jet to compete with Airbus and Boeing

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/china-certifies-c919-jet-compete-with-airbus-boeing-photos-2022-09-29/ I can see how this plays out, the African and other smaller countries that China has been moving in and investing will be coaxed to order this. India will be next. Of course Rus...

Re: Why Is Emirates still flying to Moscow?

The short answer is: Because they can. I want to avoid getting into politics, but the simple fact is that not every country has piled on to the "sanction Russia" bandwagon. The U.S. and other western countries can't tell Emirates or any other airline where they can and cannot fly, except ...

Re: Why Is Emirates still flying to Moscow?

tonytifao wrote:

The title says it all. Why is Emirates still flying to DME? Can anyone fly there these days? What other major airlines still flying to Russia?

Re: Qatar reopened the old Doha International airport

cskok8 wrote:

Are cruise ships part of the accommodation plan?

Re: Dual front and rear passenger jetway boarding in CVG

There is a big difference from dual loading bridges on widebodies that use L1 & L2 from a common gate headhouse. Airstair and ground loading in the USA is generally persona non grata because of the increased need for security/safety/staffing measures from having to need to have ground crew supe...

Re: Does Korean Air have a hub at LAX or SFO

no traffic right

Re: Boeing to resell MAX aircraft that can't be delivered to Chinese Airlines

Did Boeing standardize the airplanes with the Max? I know the NG 737s may have had a few custom items in the flight deck per customer number. For instance AA customer number "23" may have had a specific layout in the flight deck different from other customers. I know Boeing was doing away...

Re: Boeing to resell MAX aircraft that can't be delivered to Chinese Airlines

texl1649 wrote:

Wow, that is a dramatic step. I’m not aware of another big western industrial company essentially…walking away from doing business in China. Do they really not want these aircraft at this point?

Re: Boeing to resell MAX aircraft that can't be delivered to Chinese Airlines

I wonder how the cabins look like? Are they equipped with the customised cabins already? So they would have to remove all that (and get the suppliers to supply the new cabin). I guess worth it as opposed to have them sitting around. Depends on how the deal is. Cheaper if you accept those original c...

Re: Queen's funeral: Heathrow cancels flights on Monday

744SPX wrote:

Because someone's flight being on time is more important than a once-in-a-century historic event. Welcome to the world of the self absorbed.

Re: Triple-Simultaneous Landings

I think CDG can theoretically allow it, not sure if it's actually done. The only European airports that can theoretically allow triple simultaneous arrivals are IST and AMS. CDG has parallel landings, but not triple - the runways are too close together on the north and south complexes. I know tripl...

Re: Cathay Pacific fleet renewal plans?

Will China even let CX continue to exist? Only a matter of time until the CCP nationalizes it. Agree with this and the last three posts - CX is on life support, I question if HKG will be allowed to function as a hub without Beijings political influence/meddling. I’d suggest CX being part owned by S...

Re: TP1492 collides with motorcycle on landing at CKY

Did the bodies injected into the engine?

Re: TP1492 collides with motorcycle on landing at CKY

It’s Africa, among the less developed countries at that. I’ve seen passengers walking across taxiways, animals on the runway there. "Well it's Africa" is always the go to response for you guys when any strange incident occurs, as if things never happen anywhere else in the world. I wonder...

Re: Harry Potter star fumes at Air Canada for kicking him out of first class

Refund the difference plus compensation. The only time I've seen anyone moved out of first was a non rev being moved to economy to make way for a revenue customer. Sometimes the calculation is quiet unfair, some airlines use full fare Y ticket price to calculate the difference of your discounted J ...

Re: Differently-sized exit doors on narrowbodies vs. widebodies?

Another interesting point is that the modern rules require exits both in front and behind a passenger seat, and the 747 would not be certified under the current rules due to this as there is no exit forward of doors 1L/R. The A380 gets away with it on the upper deck as they counted the forward/aft ...

Re: What makes Japan not able to produce a successful civilian airliner program?

Japan is able to manufacture aircraft, they never ceased after WW2 either (they were just never at the scale as Europe, the US, or USSR/Russia). In addition to being a large supplier recent examples include the Kawasaki C-2 (first flight 2010) and Kawasaki P-1 (2007). The MRJ/SpaceJet also despite ...

Re: What makes Japan not able to produce a successful civilian airliner program?

That the US, Western European countries and (for a while) Russia are/ were able to manufacture airliners is partially due to their robust defense industries that never ceased after WW2, unlike the Japanese. Japan is able to manufacture aircraft, they never ceased after WW2 either (they were just ne...

Re: LH A343 Low Level Go Around FRA

LH779 wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcxhQYSzRo

Your flight is at 20 minutes 20 seconds

edit: There's also a similar go around of a 748 at 2:18:40

Re: Replacing the 717 for Hawaiian

seat1a wrote:

Maybe HA says enough to inter-island flying - they become long haul carrier, and spin off short haul to a new company that will fly the props at frequency.

Re: What makes Japan not able to produce a successful civilian airliner program?

But why can’t Japanese do the certification by themselves according to their standards then other regulators just follow and approve it? Like what FAA and rest of the world did for Boeing’s model. Given the relationship between Japan and USA, I don’t think they will face the “ Mutual consent problem...

Re: ANA Ordera 2x 7778F

oh they switch back from 32Xneo again

Re: Tight Scheduling at Congested Airports

In a lot of the world, particularly busy European and Asian airports, this problem is solved by having overflow hard stands that can be used when contact stands are full and then bussing pax too and from the terminal. Sure it’s not as pleasant for pax as walking straight off the plane through a jet...

Re: Hong Kong Airport 3rd runway start operation on 08JUN

But HKIA know when they got the licenses; when the third runway is ready for operation; whether the regulating parties and airlines have all the procedures ready before issuing the press release claiming the new runway will become operational today 8 July, instead, you claimed in the pervious posts...

Re: Hong Kong Airport 3rd runway start operation on 08JUN

It is amazed that someone think that the press release (which proved all the information mentioned are correct) issued by the authority who actually responsible for managing the airport is considered unreliable. The airport authority is no different to the highways department, they are responsible ...