Re: [CNN interview 12/8] Emirates wants Airbus to build a new version of A380

Read between the lines: "... and we haven't had a (free) seat on any of them since" = EK did not give away any free seats on this sector.

Re: Travel demand on Qatar between Doha and LAX

No 10J + 118Y isn't enough (even with all the cargo in the world) to justify operating the second flight- if, in theory, that was the average pax load. However, the 2nd flight maybe provides all the required connections on the return journey that the first flight can't due to the schedule arrival/de...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - August 2022

I find it quite interesting that it seems like pay and benefits for cabin crew are becoming less and less enticing, however, in QFs defence I believe they have actually increased their benefits for new customer service agents. A friend of mine recently started in PER and received staff travel benef...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - August 2022

Have you ever travelled on standby… Yes the perks of being eligible to travel in J/C are appealing but leading up to that upgrade is no walk in the park… Even once upgraded your treated like a 3rd class citizen & let me tell you better off travelling Y/C… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Uh y...

Re: Why are there daytime flights from North America to Europe?

@chonetsao, A 90 min turn for a wide body is easily doable at LHR for AA. They choose not to do it, but it IS achievable . Achievable only in certain situations and as commented by others above- only if everything goes according to plan. I can tell you TG experimented with a 90 minute turn on some ...

Re: Why are there daytime flights from North America to Europe?

A lot of talk of connections but London is one of the biggest O&D destinations in the world, it’s not Charlotte or Abu Dhabi. That said these flights are great if you’re flying from the west coast of the Americas, take a red eye out of California into New York at dawn (or from BC to YYZ) and ta...

Re: Why are there daytime flights from North America to Europe?

One VERY unusual daylight flight in the 1970s was Seaboard World JFK-FRA, using the bubble of their 747-200Fs. Passengers checked in at the AA terminal, and were bussed to the cargo terminal. This flight was pretty innovative, because it used space in the otherwise empty upper deck; the only expens...

Re: Why are there daytime flights from North America to Europe?

IIRC AF tried a morning JFK-CDG flight twice and both were suspended very quickly. The last time the flight was also aimed at African connection traffic. Because of time zone differences (remember Europe is an extra hour ahead of UK) most morning transatlantic flights don't work- you need to depart ...

Re: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar -sources

Below the line it is not good to estrange from a key customer like this. Both side's CEOs should be able to negotiate anything instead of parting ways. The red line for Airbus seems to have been to be called flight safety compromised in public. I agree that Qatar might have ordered too many A350s. ...

Re: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar -sources

That's a good way of putting it. Another factor that hasn't been discussed is how much did QR pay for the aircraft. I'm willing to bet if it was near list price Airbus would be more tolerant of AAB's rantings, however if deep discounts were involved then patience is a lot thinner. I can imagine the ...

Re: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar -sources

I'm sure Airbus has weighed up the opportunity cost of getting rid of QR and decided that was the better opportunity.

The comment upthread about Airbus failing to keep the customer and margin cost- oh please - get real!

Re: Your 5th-freedom flights - Where did you go?

AI: JFK-LHR
AZ: SYD-MEL-BKK, SYD-SIN
BA: SYD-BKK, SYD-SIN, SYD-SIN-BAH, DEL-BKK, HKG-CMB-SEZ
BI: LHR-DXB-SIN
EK: SIN-BNE, BNE-AKL, CMB-MLE
IW: SYD-CMB
KL: SYD-SIN
KU: JFK-LHR, JFK-FRA
NG: SYD-KUL
NZ: LAX-PPT, SYD-LAX
OD: BNE-DPS
TG: NRT-TPE

Re: Ryanair Strike Pax Re-accommodation

Hi Philip- I hope your experience will be the same for me! I have a mid morning flight coming up from Italy to Spain (the route isn't daily and re-routing isn't an option via any other Ryanair served connection point). In Italy it's illegal to strike in August, but the aircraft and crew arrive earli...

Ryanair Strike Pax Re-accommodation

Grateful if anyone can advise how FR handled all the affected pax impacted by the recent crew strikes. Were pax re-routed (if possible) or date changed? Many thanks for the replies!

Re: Cities Pilots and Flight Crews like best/don't like to travel to

Also heard AR crew weren't enthusiastic about AKL flights. Man hard to believe an AKL layover would be undesirable, I wonder why that is? On the flip side, a 767 pilot I knew at my old airline got a 96 hour layover in MUC that crew scheduling somehow built. He raved about it until the day he retire...

Re: Cities Pilots and Flight Crews like best/don't like to travel to

Would QR be as much of a target in Pakistan as BA ? No target as DOH-Pakistan-DOH is an immediate turnaround whereas LON-Pakistan requires an overnight. Many years ago SQ crew had a high call in sick rate for SIN-BOM/DEL (demanding and condescending pax that strangely isn't prevalent on AI flights)...

Re: Air Serbia to launch ORD, boost JFK to daily

That KLM story came from the mouth of the last Australian based country manager before they pulled the plug on SYD- apparently the flight had been under the microscope in AMS for a few years before they finally decided to suspend flights. Also heard it from their biggest agent, A-Tour Travel, who sa...

Re: Air Serbia to launch ORD, boost JFK to daily

I don't think 2nd & 3rd generation Serbians will rush to BEG every year. I'm reminded of the KLM decision to cease SYD flights- one important reason was their pax base of Dutch immigrants literally died off and their children weren't interested in going to Holland.

Re: USA Immigration Foreign Country Pre-Clearance Staffing

The CBP agnets must be US citizens. Although I'm happy to be proven wrong, I'd be very surprised if the foreign airport and/or govt. picked up the tab for US Govt. employees. I'd imagine it's similar to foreign service postings- you're given a rental allowance (possibly also an educational allowance...

Re: Best US service pre-deregulation

I was fortunate to do a lot of travel in first and economy pre deregulation, mostly on AA, UA and PA. Pre-deregulation everything was great in terms of service.

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022

So are you advocating that a well disciplined carrier like ET (without deep pockets like the ME3) should launch an ULH route to Australia to carry pax beyond Africa? And compete on the kangaroo route??

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022

VA doing fuel stop at Darwin on Bali flights QF Adelaide for Indian flights One would also imagine that there would be a cost saving doing a fuel stop en route VA fuel stop in Darwin on Bali flights is a temporary measure due to temporary unavailability of alternates due to runway works. This isn't...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022

With all this blahblah about ET and SYD/MEL- is there really enough traffic between eastern Australia and that part of Africa to warrant a service? If traffic rights could be obtained an ADD-JNB-SYD option would make more sense.

Re: Updated: Garuda forced into Court debt restructuring process

I believe Garuda's management does not really know itself in what direction to take airline. With only about 30 percent of its fleet active, and even that will very low utilization, the airline is definitely the very last of the pack in Indonesia, with the likes of Citilink, Lion Air and Batik oper...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022

Batik Air Malaysia/Malindo has quietly switched over to operating MAX 8’s on their BNE and MEL flights which operate via DPS on both legs, these early MAX’s are still flying around in a Y180 Lion Air configuration. It’s hard to believe that 9M-LRC, which operated the world’s first 737 MAX flight is...

Re: Havana Airport Operation Question

LAX: go to Northside Pkwy (just off Westchester Pkwy) whenever El Al departs. You'll see a big black SUV with 3-4 goons inside that goes up and down the road when the aircraft is taking and on the runway.

Re: Memorable Meals in Airports Question/Poll.

1. Sending my steak back to the kitchen (airside) dinnertime at SLC when I was given a plastic knife to cut it. 2. Losing my appetite after seeing the food on offer in the main restaurant at HNL. 3. Not leaving a tip at Encounter LAX after eating absolutely wonderful food, but enduring the worst ser...

Re: French airline Air Austral is up for sale

How did that SYD route work? Was it a weekly service? Twice weekly with a 777-300 (IIRC route started with a 777-200). Completely illogical routing for reasons posted above- there is no traffic between RUN - NOU sectors. Also, initially UU didn't have traffic rights on the SYD-NOU sector, but they ...

Re: Air Serbia to launch ORD, boost JFK to daily

What other tricky connections did JU offer at the time other then BEY? When the Beirut flight was intended, the tickets would read Amman on a specific flight number, then the coupon would be lifted & poof, they went to Beirut. I can not recall all the hidden city ticketing we did, but all on JA...

Re: Heathrow Airport to limit departing passengers numbers until September 11th.

In other words, if you don't agree to cut your pax numbers, then don't expect your aircraft to be given clearance to return to DXB... Simples!!!

Re: How to Quantify Origin & Destination Traffic?

In reality, unless the entire journey is on the one ticket, it can't be quantified. Case in point: a few years ago my carrier had a system-wide schedule change and my reservations manager told me many BKK pax were especially angry. We couldn't figure out why as the new BKK arrival time was only 30 m...

Re: DL Offers $10,000 Each For 8 Volunteers To Leave Overbooked GRR-MSP Flight

Ryanair is overbooking although I think it's a fairly new problem- it could be an operational issue this summer, but it is happening.

Re: Air Serbia exploring legal actions against AMS quotas

From the text: The Serbian carrier has responded angrily to the request, noting it has asked for Schiphol to reconsider its decision and that it will explore legal action. But 'exploring' legal action is a very different thing from taking it, or even considering taking it. Exploring is merely a gen...

Re: Biman to Buenos Aires

I do not believe that the opening poster of the topic intended this to be serious discussion. I think it was more a satirical comment about another poster asking lots of questions in a very short time about some extremely unlikely long haul routes David you are 100% correct! I think the other posts...

Re: SAS files for chapter 11

How many airlines through out the years, that is an airline that represents 3 or more countries have ended up in failure, I can think of 3, East African, Air Afrique, MSA Malaysia Singapore Airlines, in today's world I am not surprised SAS is filing for Chapter 11 it must be next to impossible for ...

Re: EasyJet's chief operating officer has resigned.

Sure is code! Another code is "to spend more time with family."

Re: British Airways Boeing 747-200 M

Don't forget the 2 leased MEA 747 combis G-BLVE & F. I think all 5 aircraft (2 MEA + 3 BA) were all converted to pax configuration.
The only 747 freighter did't stay long either.

Re: Installing/ Uninstalling ETOPS On An Aircraft

Thought I'd share a story from many years ago. I flew STL-LAX on a TWA 757 flight that was continuing to HNL. 10 minutes before departure the pilot announced this aircraft is not authorised to go to HNL, so we need to disembark and board the 757 at the adjacent gate. The only difference was the seco...

Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion Thread - 2022

A number of Milan-USA pax were rerouted on BA this week due to LH flight cancellations.

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022

On the back of applying for rights to fly between Australia and Samoa, Qantas has now applied to operate to the neighbouring Pacific Islands of Tonga..... Could we see Qantas now pushing further into the South Pacific with flights to the Cook Islands and Tahiti? QANTAS "The New Spirit Of The P...

Biman to Buenos Aires

Thinking both inside and outside the trapezoid, what's the chance Biman could launch a 787 flight Dhaka - Buenos Aires. Optional stop in Nouakchott for Air Mauretania west African connection traffic. Initially once weekly. I think the route would be awesome- what are your thoughts?!?

Re: Dutch government to permanently further reduce AMS movement cap

There are plenty of third level European routes that KLM can cut that would have minimal effects on the longhaul network.

Re: French airline Air Austral is up for sale

I remember when they went a bit mad and started flying from Reunion to Sydney with 777-300ER. Presumably the idea was to carry some Kangaroo Route traffic from Europe. Lost an absolute fortune by all accounts The route never made sense. There is traffic between CDG - RUN and CDG -NOU. There is no t...

Re: Starting an airline career in the UK

Nepotism got me started (and that was when the conditions and salaries were half decent- not anymore), but if I had to do it all again I would chose a different career- I still kick myself for not choosing 2 other options I had at the time (one required a lot of studying for a selection exam, the ot...

Re: Information about net remit BSP

I can't see the files. The only thing I can tell you is if a consolidator issues the ticket for one of their sub agents, then the airline only sees the consolidator info on the BSP report.

Re: Potential EK relaunching 5th freedom Germany - USA? (HAM-JFK)

Let me rephrase my question from above: if HAM-JFK is such a golden market, then why not switch a DXB-MXP or ATH - NYC flight to via HAM?

Re: Southern African & Indian Ocean Aviation Thread - 2022

3D101CA wrote:

Why did TAAG Airlines serve Luanda-Havana? What market does this flight serve? This is quite odd to see operated in the past.

Re: Please solve this aircraft scheduling problem

1 extra 787 and cancel 1 FRA flight.

Re: Potential EK relaunching 5th freedom Germany - USA? (HAM-JFK)

So if HAM-JFK is such a golden opportunity, then why not relaunch?

Re: Inflight Magazines

Two magazines impressed me from ages ago: Lufthansa (all articles overly in depth- it read like a technical manual and could put you to sleep- maybe that was the purpose) and Royal Brunei's (light on content, but the production was the best I've ever seen)- it was produced in SIN as the quality coul...