The most underwhelming approach for me was LCY. I’ve only flown into LCY once, but was expecting a notably steep descent with great views over London. We landed and I thought “was that it?” Wind coming from the west gives mediocre views. Wind coming from the east will give great views on approach, ...
Jump to postTo those who think Smartwings is the worst thing ever .. the purpose of an airline is to fly people between airports. Not have an orgasm over branding. Smartwings achieves this aim. It may not be redolent of some ultra luxurious airline of the 1930s... but it takes people where they want to go at a ...
Jump to postLondon Heathrow on a sunny day, with wind coming from the west and a seat on the right hand side of the aircraft. Aircraft will fly right across London, just to the south of the city centre.. so you get a low altitude fly past of the city centre while flying alongside the river.
Jump to postErdogan's argument about Finland/Sweden is likely just a cover. Turkey has no intention of leaving NATO, and NATO has no intention of asking Turkey to leave. We are instead into a haggling phase. Turkey wants some favour in return for not vetoing new members. The question is whether Finland and Swed...
Jump to postComa993 wrote:Wizz Air seems to be working on Maltese AOC. I wonder what would it bring to the airline, as it's just another EU AOC?
https://wizzair.com/en-gb/information-a ... e-in-malta
Can Sri Lankan Air turn itself around to be profitable on its own within 3 years ? Are the management competent to achieve this, or are they stuffed full of political appointees and cronies ?
Jump to postFinland ahead of Sweden on trustworthiness, or the reverse ? Why ?
Jump to posthttps://mobile.twitter.com/AFP/status/1526251302459777025 I wonder what concessions NATO will offer to get Turkey to play ball ? If it were up to me I'd restore their F-35 orders in exchange for donating their S-400 missles to Ukraine. That was what really ruptured relations with the U.S. But then ...
Jump to postIt is worth remembering that Putin's state of mind may not be entirely rational - or may be moving back and forth between rational and irrational. While an individual in your local town who behaves irrationally can be locked up, this option is not readily available for a dictator of a sovereign stat...
Jump to postTaking a different viewpoint.... I hope we are not making the same mistakes that led to the war of 1914-1918 - namely 2 rival groupings of countries in Europe that were just waiting for the tiniest spark for the flames to erupt
Jump to postThe Aspire Lounge or even Finnair It seems unlikely that Finnair would want to accept SK passengers in their lounge at Helsinki. The question is then whether Aspire have capacity to host a large number of *A passengers in addition to their existing customer base, without the lounge feeling overcrow...
Jump to postRyanair flew between London Stansted and Skelleftea from March 2014 to October 2015. Many of the pax were residents of northern Sweden going for a long weekend or a week to London. The route was not a success It may be of interest that a UK travel agent, Discover the World, used to charter SAS fligh...
Jump to postWhich lounge operators are there at HEL who could accept a significant number of biz class pax at HEL for LH+SK+TK, and are willing to do it at the price *A airlines are willing to pay ?
Jump to postAre you vaccinated, and do you have the relevant QR codes ?
Have you looked at the Spanish Govt website for this ?
https://spth.gob.es/
SAS planned to launch a 2x weekly winter seasonal route Lulea-London Heathrow in winter 2020-21. Flights were cancelled, and SAS tried again in winter 2021-22. Again, flights were cancelled. It seems SAS have decided to have another attempt at the route. First flight is 09-Dec-2022, operated on Mond...
Jump to postOn the topic of strength, and assuming a confrontation won’t go nuclear, my money on a Sweden+Finland vs Russia is firmly on the former side. Should Russia be foolish enough to cross the border with Finland, the combined Swedish/Finnish forces would probably be knocking at the gates of Murmansk 14 ...
Jump to postWell done Finland and to all those involved in teaching this decision. It’s the right one. There is still a significant minority of the Finnish population who are against NATO membership - their opinions should be respected. This is a big deal for Finland - one should not underestimate its signific...
Jump to postMost EU states are militarily rather weak,especially when compared to Russia. In the EU, only France has nukes. The UK also has nukes. I'm wondering whether the UK is essentially trading its military capacity, in return for the EU taking a different approach on trade talks. Not saying this definitel...
Jump to postI realise that in May, it is a long time until winter. I notice that winter seasonal flights from Scandinavia to the Alps are on sale, but there seems to be nothing on sale yet to/from Salen-Trysil. Last winter the airport opened effectively 2 days per week (Thurs + Sun I think)... I'm wondering whe...
Jump to postPreparations for request for NATO admission, the UK Defence Minister has stated that the UK would directly aid Finland if attacked regardless of their NATO status at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNBPdFqb6fY Finland must have offered something substantial in return for a statement like ...
Jump to postThis is a trend that has been occurring since railways began almost 200 years ago... namely that smaller towns become increasingly marginalised and people gradually move to the big cities.
Jump to postQuite the reduction of frequency on long haul in peak summer. https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220509-bajun22lhrlh Is this related to cabin crew shortage, demand, both? If this were at least partly based on demand, I would expect other long haul airlines to cut service to London. I have not seen any repo...
Jump to postSee this a.net thread
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1415925
Does having those extra 6 seats in normal times really improve profit ?
Easyjet have the cost of the extra FA, pax lose 1 inch of legroom and you burn fuel to carry extra weight.
Easyjet get revenue only if they hit above 96% seats sold. Thus on many flights, those 6 seats produce no revenue at all
She doesn't realize that relations between Russia and Europe right now have been shattered with no chance of being repaired until Putin leaves power. Considering that Putin will make sure that his successor shares the same ideology and hard line attitudes that he has, I don't see relations improvin...
Jump to postDepending on how Eurowings does in the coming winter from Dusseldorf, a winter route from London to somewhere like Lulea or Kiruna SAS were going to fly the route in December 2021 but dropped it - Covid was still around then and they are probably the wrong airline to try it. Would need to be Ryanair...
Jump to postIf you want really laid back security.... try a domestic flight in Iceland. There is no security screening... at all. Even for something as large as a 76 seat Dash 8 Q400.
Jump to postThe numbers I gave came from here - https://www.finavia.fi/en/about-finavia/about-air-traffic/traffic-statistics/traffic-statistics-year They are the number of domestic pax in April 2022. While not the same as HEL-centric statistics, I imagine the number of domestic pax that didn't involve Helsinki ...
Jump to postFLYR: Flyr needs more cash and has raised 250 MNOK in a share issue How many additional fundraisings have there been for Flyr ? I'm beginning to wonder how long they will survive... FINLAND - NATO Has there been any more news about what will happen aviation-wise if Finland applies to join NATO ? Ar...
Jump to postIf Boeing is doing so badly... what is Airbus doing right ?
Jump to postMoving a HQ to Washington just to be near the source of Govt cash makes it sound like Boeing has become corrupt and unable to stand on its own two feet in the corporate world. It's a bit like a former Olympic athlete who is now a drug addict moving home to live next door to their dealer, instead of ...
Jump to postThe flip side of that is that sometimes my work obligations finish earlier than I foresee and I have more time at the airport than I expect. If your work obligations finish much earlier than expected, I have a suggestion.... go out and enjoy yourself for a few hours in whichever city you happen to ...
Jump to postThe purpose of a lounge is to make more comfortable the time a person would normally be at an airport. If you buy an insurance policy, you are still expected to act as if uninsured - ie you still have to be careful and avoid risks. With an airline lounge, a similiar idea should apply - you are welco...
Jump to postThree hours is plenty, even if you are an avgeek and want to arrive early. True avgeeks don't necessarily go to the lounge. The hardcore amongst us arrive at an airport early, and spend the time exploring the airport.... not trying to see how much free food you can shovel down your throat as quickl...
Jump to postIt is a little surprising that Lyon even now cannot sustain a route to NYC. I know the TGV runs from the centre of Lyon straight to CDG, but there's plenty of money in Lyon and it seems strange that even a 4x weekly to NYC isn't sufficiently profitable to be worthwhile
Jump to postSlovenia still has Aero4M, a Slovenian airline which operates under the French Amelia brand
Jump to postMonacair / Heli Air Monaco is a commercial helicopter airline based in Monaco
Jump to postI flew on a Citation II from La Seu d'Urgell near Andorra to Madrid on a scheduled service (demand was very low, so carrier substituted in cheapest available aircraft to operate) as one of 3 passengers, followed by Ryanair to London Stansted. The experiences are different
Jump to postIs this a potential Chapter 11 style bankruptcy - namely wave a magic wand, creditors get told to forget about seeing their money, and company carries on ? Or is this a potential real shut-down type of bankruptcy for SAS ? I seem to recall about 7 years ago, negotiations between SAS and various labo...
Jump to postHow much of Avianca's traffic on Bogota-Buenos Aires is connecting and how much is O&D ? Is there a time of day when passengers are heavily weighted towards being local traffic ?
Jump to postLooks like the Finnish Govt decided to join NATO at least a few weeks ago and told the UK as much.
Jump to postewt340 wrote:You know what's crazy? They got 0 competition to LAX, JFK, MCO and FLL.
This did not come from airline CEOs in western countries having some great sympathy for Ukraine... it was about ensuring compliance with various laws and the difficulty of doing business while sanctions are in place. The moment sanctions are removed, S7 and SU will reappear in the marketing blurb as...
Jump to postPerhaps related to membership fees not being paid on a specific date ?
Jump to postThroughout the Cold War, NATO submarines would often be on patrol "off the coast of Norway". This was worded to make the mass public think NATO submarines were somewhere near Bergen or Stavanger and thus quite routine... those NATO submarines would far more often be found near the Soviet n...
Jump to postI never understood this, why would you go on flights wearing shoes that you would want to take off in the first place, wear something comfortable. Before I fly, I have to travel from my home to the airport. I need stout shoes to walk along the street... but I don't like wearing heavy shoes while se...
Jump to postProfessional advisors get a fee for a reason - namely the ability to not just list pieces of available land... but also to edit down that list to just those which are suitable and present all the relevant associated info - eg details of road links. If one particular estate agent is giving lousy serv...
Jump to postLightmac - where do you live and where do you typically fly ? If you live in (e.g.) Munich, then Star Alliance loyalty is worthwhile. I live in London, and the huge competition between airlines (I don't care which London airport I use) means I look only at price and schedule when choosing an airline...
Jump to postChina has a very large number of highly capable engineers. All engineers eventually die or retire. China is more than capable of overcoming the death of one (albeit senior) engineer
Jump to postCould Montenegro possibly put in some objection, under pressure from Serbia ? Would Greece, Bulgaria, or Hungary say anything ?
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