Re: Is Aegean making a mistake not taking any RJs?

I think Aegean has a very specific market. They make good cash in the summer on domestic flights (ATH-JMK can be 300 eur return for a 20 minute flight!), and print money on the LHR route where all the affluent Greeks fly them and BA simply is awful. Don't forget, Greece has a huge expat population d...

Re: Aegean Airlines future of wide-body fleet and long-range routes

Well to be honest with A3 charging billionaire fares everyday to London and back, they can afford to have a high density A330 on this route!

I remember the 'good old days' on this route with Olympics A340! Really good days!

Re: Turkish Aviation October 2018

TK787 wrote:

On THY website, it is strange to see (Istanbul all 3 airports)
Just looking at midweek, mid day, November; one way fares:
-ISL-AYT $10
-IST-AYT $24
-SAW-AYT $21

Re: KLM Started Phase Out Of The 747-400

boeing767300 wrote:

From Radar 24 it looks like you are on the KL695 to YYZ??? Hopefully you are enjoying the ride as I write this and I look forward to seeing some pictures when you have time. Meanwhile congratulations.

Re: KLM Started Phase Out Of Thguya it was an amazing flight worth e 747-400

Guys it was an amazing flight with beautiful views of Greenland. The 747 is such a glorious bird I loved it, it handles so smoothly and the landing and take off felt so graceful. I will really miss her when she is gone, it feels far superior to the 777 and A380. I was chatting with the cabin purser ...

Re: KLM Started Phase Out Of The 747-400

Currently at AMS soon going to board PH-BFI. I’m so happy I’m about to fly on the old lady, there aren’t many 747-400’s left!

Re: Lufthansa Pilots Use Autopilot less?

I was getting worried about reading all these articles where pilot ability is degraded because they simply 'do not fly the plane anymore'!, and with some airlines, are even told off for not using the autopilot!

Re: Lufthansa Pilots Use Autopilot less?

Well on the approach the plane is usually pretty quiet and you can distinctly hear the three ‘clicks’ on the Airbus and the ‘horn’ on the Boeing ! I would have to sit first front 4 rows to hear it.

Lufthansa Pilots Use Autopilot less?

I must say I was impressed. When you sit in the first few rows of a plane, you can actually hear the autopilot being disengaged if you do not have earphones on. I also noticed the plane turning in a way that the autopilot would not do either, as in in and out in stages not all at once. By my reckoni...

Re: Pegasus 737 runway landing excursion in Trabzon

Best ever photos of an aviation incident since that floating Boeing in... Asia somewhere. Good thing nobody died. REALLY want to know how in the world they did it. On a side note, I didn't know Boeing 737's emergency exits open up and stay attached to the fuselage. Interesting. I saw that for the f...

Re: Has Greece disappeared as a transatlantic destination?

GR is quite reasonable if you know how to deal with the locals and not get ripped off, which I guess you can say about many tourist destinations. In Mykonos and Santorini prices are insane, but thats becuase their packed season is only 2 months (July, August), so they try to take as much as they can...

Re: British Airways and the 767

I will miss them when they are gone! My main BA route ATH-LHR-ATH is so much more comfortable in the 767 than the cramped A320's. I love the 2-3-2 seating in Y, with only one seatmate next to me it is so easy to go for a walk whenever one pleases! I thought you ditched BA for A3? Or was that last m...

Re: British Airways and the 767

I will miss them when they are gone! My main BA route ATH-LHR-ATH is so much more comfortable in the 767 than the cramped A320's. I love the 2-3-2 seating in Y, with only one seatmate next to me it is so easy to go for a walk whenever one pleases!

Re: Norwegian adds frequencies on London to Buenos Aires route

This is great news as before BA had the monopoly on direct flights to Buenos Aires.

Re: Ryanair in row after woman, 74, had to sleep on luggage conveyor belt

If the only airline that flies from A to B is Ryanair then its quite simple, dont fly from A to B.! People didnt fly on many routes before Ryanair existed and started these routes. Most people only now fly from A to B because Ryanair created that route, not because its essential for punters to use ...

Re: BA IROPS Handling In Recent Snow Storm

Many major airlines around atleast in Europe are outsourcing their ground handling to the lowest bidder...when situations like the one in LHR or AMS for that matter happens, the handling agents pulls out the drawer "and look at the appropiate airlines procedure how to deal with the situation&q...

Re: BA IROPS Handling In Recent Snow Storm

The 'elf and safety nonsense here in the UK when it comes to bad weather is a constant source of embarrassment to us. Didnt Lhr invest in more snow clearing equipment the last time a couple of inches of the white stuff caused gridlock?? This wasn't the issue this time, this was the lack of De-Icing...

Re: BA IROPS Handling In Recent Snow Storm

It seems these days BA and other airlines are leaving people to fend for themselves during IRROPS. They expect you to book your own hotel, pay for it and also arrange your own transportation and food, keep the reciepts and then claim the money back on the website, saves them the hassle of dealing w...

Re: BA IROPS Handling In Recent Snow Storm

It seems these days BA and other airlines are leaving people to fend for themselves during IRROPS. They expect you to book your own hotel, pay for it and also arrange your own transportation and food, keep the reciepts and then claim the money back on the website, saves them the hassle of dealing w...

Re: BA IROPS Handling In Recent Snow Storm

Hello I had the “pleasure” of traveling with BA via LHR through the recent snow and weather-related IROPs. The whole experience was totally miserable, but it seems that BA operations were even worse than one could expect from a major carrier with decent reputation. I was traveling in CW from TLV to...

Re: Alitalia Files For Bankruptcy

Transport Minister Graziano Delrio says “interesting offers” had been received for AZ Some "interesting" brown envelopes coming across his desk most likely. It wouldn't be Italy otherwise... The very fact that the transport minister is deciding on the fate of AZ shows that no matter what ...

Re: Istanbul New Airport, Latest Pictures

I think it will be ready by the end of next year as they planned with the 2 runways!

Re: BA CityFlyer - Future Operations with Planned LCY Development

I would like to hear peoples thoughts on the future of BA CityFlyer operations at London City Airport now that we know the airport is undergoing a £400 million redevelopment that will include seven additional parking stands that will be large enough for Bombardier C-Series aircraft and a full lengt...

Re: Emirates sees value working with Etihad

Yes have a merger already!

Re: BA to implement 'class system' boarding method.

It's a joke anyway. Let's see how BA enforces it. As if anything about BA is high class anymore anyway. Paying 10,000 USD for awful service does not make you high class!

Re: Alitalia to JNB & NBO from 2018

nordikcam wrote:

ahmetdouas wrote:

Not bad for a 'bankrupt' airline!

But I would not put 1 € on a AZ ticket to Africa or elsewhere from April 30 next year !

Re: Alitalia to JNB & NBO from 2018

Not bad for a 'bankrupt' airline!

Re: Emirates new First class revealed, business and economy class refreshed

I think as more and more people fly and pay for J, the less important J class becomes? Really, J isn't that special anymore, given the amount of people flying and the increase of J class sections of planes. F is the new J = )

Re: Changes to BA Frequent Flier Programme?

Not really surprising, with the way loyalty programs have been going this was the next logical step. My only hope is that more reward seats are opened up. As it stands now, I have no loyalty to any airline (Though the majority of my flights are on DL/B6/WN) but the reality is, airlines devalued the...

Re: Alex Cruz " vows to make BA a premium carrier again "

Nothing too premium about charging paid J pax several additional hundred bucks just to choose a seat. A terribly obsolete seat at that. I once paid £48 to select a Economy window seat from LHR-LAX. The person I was travelling with who has no sense of money didn't stop pestering me because they want...

Re: Alex Cruz " vows to make BA a premium carrier again "

BA's premium product along with just being terrible is also just not visually appealing either, they need a whole make over. Why would they bother? With their arrogance, they keep on reducing service while most passengers just complain and get on with it! I don't see many people stopping flying BA,...

Re: Old tech is good for long haul LCC

No chance. You need brand new and fuel efficient planes, like DY with their 787's!

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

Ah yes, Alitalia, whose shareholders earlier this year voted unanimously to file for insolvency administration after workers rejected 1,600 job cuts linked to a 2 billion-euro refinancing plan. Doesn't look good, does it? When did it ever look good for Alitalia! I still see the brand surviving in o...

Re: British Airways HINT Islamabad airport for resumption flights

If BA can operate daily to ISB with a decent plane and a decently priced ticket, there will be no way for EK and PK to compete. PK no, but EK will definitely be able to compete, although if BA doesn't screw this up with a shitty plane and overpriced ticket, then it will have the nonstop advantage. ...

Re: Alex Cruz " vows to make BA a premium carrier again "

The moment you go BoB on shorthaul you can't call yourselve premium. If they'd gone the SAS route, serving only tea/water/coffee I'd understand, but this is sad, plain sad. Absolutely. This is the lesson the premium American carriers learned when they retracted on starving the passengers and at lea...

Re: China to order 300 Boeings

The Asian market, China specifically is the real future! Good for Boeing, I always prefered them over Airbus for some reason!

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

An important point is that an airline can burn cash at a terrifying rate when things go wrong. You acknowledge that Norwegian has overstretched itself, which is bad news because its reserves are limited. I would not be surprised to see Norwegian having to downsize significantly within a few years. ...

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

It should be pointed out that Norwegian has one of the weakest balance sheets of the LCCs, suffering a half-year operating loss of $356m in 2017. The only reason why a profit was declared was due to the sale of some of its shares in Bank Norwegian, its external finance company. Then there are losse...

Re: Alex Cruz " vows to make BA a premium carrier again "

He must be joking. BA Shorthaul is a disgrace, double the price as many competitors (Ryanair etc) and offering an even worse product from them. At least Ryanair has stock on board from its buy on board menu and takes less than 3 hours to serve the whole cabin. People should look at their skytrax rev...

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

Norwegian yield -8% year on year for October . Ouch. http://media.norwegian.com/uk/#/documents/traffic-figures-october-2017-72441 Shares down 6% today. ** "November and December traffic figures will probably be even worse. Also January and February will be bad," Molnes says https://m.time...

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

Why is this thread an attack on BA? You don't like them...don't fly them...simple! I never do but I don't attack them. I have multiple choice out of EDI or GLA, BA included. Id rather fly EK, EY, QR or TK anyday than BA but that's my choice. Overall, they certainly are not hurting! They may be quit...

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

BestWestern wrote:

“government-sponsored oligopoly “

How?

Re: airlines weighing passengers ?

I wish it worked like that as I am skinny, and I find it really annoying that the airline will charge me 30 EUR for being 1 kilo overweight on the suitcase while many passengers weight much more than 1 kg more than me = ) Taxes should be the same for everyone obviously, but the 'airfare portion' of ...

Re: Why is KLM the only Euro legacy to fly the 737?

RalXWB wrote:

Heaven forbid that the A320 is so succesfull because it is the better plane...No, no, no it is political pressure or timing or the ever so famous Airbus is giving them away for free...

Re: Does BA Have a Chance Competing in Norweigians Market

I am actually very happy DY is having BA shaking in its boots long haul. BA has a good model long haul if booked in advance, but for last minute or one way bookings, DY takes the cake. If you look at the LGW-JFK route of DY, it seems all their flights are 100% booked a few days before departure! If ...