I had an aborted take off once -- starting rolling and was probably more than 50kts when pilot breaked hard. Obviously people were a bit alarmed. He came on and said a warning light appeared about a door being open, checked, no problem, took off and that was that.
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Jump to postI somehow suspect it's a little more than just somebody getting a bruised arm.
Could it be because 4 FAs were injured enough so that they might not be able to perform their duties in case of an emergency, thus the plane needs to land and get a new crew?
The old livery is so bad..... no livery is probably an improvement!
And for those of you who think China is communist... you've never been to China recently, have you?
Except that maybe they have one big and one smaller bag. You can't stuff 40lb of stuff into a small bag.
Jump to postHi all, I know this is more of a Flyertalk kind of question, but I know there are some booking agents types here who might know something about this issue... Basically, I was ticketed on a U class fare to go to <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym> and back. Somehow, t...
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Jump to postI just got on Peter Max for the first time two days ago on 88 <acronym title="Beijing - Capital (PEK / ZBAA), China">PEK</acronym>-<acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>. Gotta say.... it's just another <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)"...
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Jump to postIf you can fly with an Asian carrier, I'd go that route, although PEK options are somewhat limited. Where are you flying from?
Jump to postI was thinking the same thing -- can any 767 fly that far?
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Jump to postHey, nice video. I love the part where the trucks are going through the town.
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Jump to postThe part about "why cooperate with the US if they're going to treat you as a terrorist anyway" is so true. UAE must feel snubbed because they're being painted as a terrorist country even though they're rather liberal by Gulf States standard. An order for the A350 might send the right message to Cong...
Jump to postYay! I like the toothpaste a lot more than this abomination
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Jump to postYeah, but that thing definitely was not in AF livery
Jump to postIs this really that impressive?
This only brings them up to the average level of current day J. While it is an improvement over what they've got right now, it is hardly very nice. By the time they're done with upgrading these their competition is probably going to upgrade their seats again.
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Jump to postI think CX cabin crew say something like "cabin crew, please prepare for crosscheck"
Jump to postIt's rather interesting to read through the last thread to not see a negative "why didn't you use the search engine" comment.
Oh well
I didn't know <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym>'s gap to the next largest airports are so large. Aren't they building a new terminal for th...
Jump to postInteresting summary, thanks Leo. I always think that the Boeing mistake with <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> is a big one, and it's funny how he admitted as much to Airbus that he was going to them just to knock the price down for the 737. I guess the Airbus salesmen did a good j...
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Jump to postI think all <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> has to be taken with a grain of salt, and if it is indeed 3.5 million a year per aircraft... who in their right mind will order the Airbus? Airbus will seriously need to give the plane away for anyone to take it if those numbers are true....
Jump to postI always remember the Dragonair 732s taking off on Runway 31 from Kaitak -- right over my school. Those were loud.
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Jump to postDo they have regular power ports on the 772s? Those are where you really need it -- for the 15 hour flights!
Jump to postI don't understand why they feel the need for a <acronym title="Lacsa (Costa Rica)">LR</acronym> when an <acronym title="DHL Worldwide Express (Belgium)">ER</acronym> will do the job perfectly fine? 14.5 hours flight time isn't anywhere close to the maximum range... <acronym title="Newark - Liberty ...
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Jump to postAC operates 762s to Beijing from YVR. I know it's not US, but it is North America
Jump to postI decided this year I am going to go find myself elite status with CO, since I know I will be doing a good deal of flying and will try to put them all in the CO basket
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Jump to postYou mean it's not going to take 20 years like the big dig? WOW
Seriously, Logan's got problems. Last time I was there to pick someone up, they ran out of basically all parking spaces
I love the typo in the article though
"Northwest, which filed for Chapter 11 in September, had total operating revenue of $2.92 billion in the fourth quarter, up 6 percent from $2.75 million a year earlier."
Hmmm
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Jump to postThey need to do joyrides for people!!!!! "Daily nonstop service to TPE!"
Jump to postYou know, a thread like this ought to be put somewhere as a FAQ or some such. It is quite useful. I always have a little trouble telling various variants of 737 apart.
Jump to postI know for sure in the heyday of the 90s that <acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym> was definitely one of the most profitable, if not the most profitable, route in the <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> network. I...
Jump to postMAS is in a tough spot, squeezed between <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> and <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> for the Asian routes, and basing out of a city with, I would think, less O/D traffic than either <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kon...
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Jump to postA friend of mine recently told me that there is a package deal for Americans wishing to travel to North Korea for the Arirang games. He got a promotion from it (through the Association of Asian Studies, an academic organization studying Asia). You get to fly Air Koryo on that, probably either on the...
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