Things are getting downright weird https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/emirates-ethiopian-edge-towards-airbus-deals-after-dubai-talks-2023-11-15/ Emirates moved closer on Wednesday towards a potential agreement to buy dozens of Airbus (AIR.PA) A350-1000 jets after narrowing differenc...
Jump to postAm I missing something against all the other costs that putting on flight: Plane lease costs Fuel Landing charges staffing costs etc These are tiny sums - £17 per flight extra. Yes the SNAFU was inexcusable and their system should not of collapsed based on bad data but airlines should have other thi...
Jump to postReminiscent of this one - once the fire jumps from car to car it's a runaway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-46290095
Brexits are not that easy... :duck: Seriously, thanks for the link. Didn't know they use Cornwall Airport Newquay for the take-off of the 747. I visited that airport in 2012 and thought it's just a rather small domestic airport... It used to be one of the bases for the RAF Nimrods which needed a go...
Jump to post"The former A380 production facility at the Broughton West Factory will become a new single aisle production facility." https://www.deeside.com/hundreds-of-new-jobs-expected-for-broughton-as-airbus-confirms-a320-production-ramp-up/ Plenty of space for the FAL. I'd love to know the plans f...
Jump to postBruntingthorpe was also used by car makers and journalists to test cars - a nice pic of some McLaren's under the tail of the Tristars is in the article - https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/nothing-left-prove-farewell-bruntingthorpe
Jump to postIIRC wasn't the last 744 Pax version similarly stored for ever before being scrapped - i think it may of done initial test flights but was NTU and never resold
Jump to postMAN - Belfast City went out this morning https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/flight-information/departures/itinerary/?flightCode=BE%20470&airline=Flybe&arrivalTime=08:00&destination=Belfast&flightDate=13/01/2020&departureTime=07:00&airportCode=BHD&flightType=departures&am...
Jump to postFrancoflier wrote:Amazing to see exactly how thick that wing is at the root.
CarbonFibre wrote:Remy89 wrote:Does anyone know where this was headed? I work at Gatwick and would have loved to spot it out the window from my desk.
Manchester.
Just listened to some entitled prat on BBC R5 who had a flight only with TC tomorrow whining at the BBC travel expert about the airline not phoning him to tell him that they hadn’t gone bust yet and how was he going to get home from his yachting trip. He’s the epitome of the problem in that we all a...
Jump to postOfficial account is tweeting that they are still trading
https://twitter.com/thomascookuk/status ... 67074?s=21
I really find it fascinating how so many foreign nations are able to deliver great infrastructure projects in a short time, while it can take us a decade to simply renovate a few terminals. While I doubt I will ever get to pilot a plane into IST, I would look forward to using it as a passenger. Kud...
Jump to post"OTOH, what is Pratt going to do?"
After the recent SNAFUs by Pratt will an OEM trust them to provide launch engines in the near future?
Wonder if they will rename it into the A series as specualted above.
If it starts A2xx there was almost another one in the series a few years ago:
http://bloga350.blogspot.com/2012/10/ju ... -a280.html
Momo1435 wrote:And to be complete the break down of the May orders from Airbus
15x A350-900 - UNDISCLOSED
1x A330-200 - AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE, S.A.U
3x A320ceo & 6x A320neo - LUFTHANSA
No cancellations.
http://www.airbus.com/aircraft/market/o ... eries.html
As @vhtje says.. the third runway at LHR is a long way off.. The Goverment accepted the recommendations of the Airports Commission for the third runway at LHR, but seems to be proceeding at a snails pace.. The Airports Commission report was a major exercise in gathering information, it took three y...
Jump to postRalXWB wrote:The title "Emirates starts storing the A380" is beyond misleading because it also includes 777 etc.
azz767 wrote:My question then, if it’s only a subsidiary and not a separate airline why do they need to transfer aircraft from the Irish to polish register
Noted the line in the Brexit page "IAG is a Spanish company" always though it had "dual nationality" with HQ in UK and Spain does that mean this has been changed?
Jump to postMSN, Airline, Frame, Reg, Status Beverage Cans 336 SriLankan Airlines A330-243 4R-ALE Written Off 341 SriLankan Airlines A330-243 4R-ALF Written Off Yeah, these two were taken out by the LTTE when they attacked Bandaranaike Intl. in July 2001. Not much remained of these very new birdies... :( Like ...
Jump to postchiad wrote:Amazing NEO sale for December. Does anyone know total sales? Should be just shy of 6000 frames me think.
Aero paint it also extensively used in the F1 industry - good F1 flowviz for some awesome pictures of F1 cars covered in lumo paint trails
Jump to postThis is the third time that an Airbus programme has been impacted by Pratt having issues with a new engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAE_SuperFan http://aviationweek.com/awin/airbus-a318-pw-engines-completes-first-flight Maybe that's precisely why they went for a minimum of 2 engines suppliers ...
Jump to postThat's what Skmark was trying to do but they went belly up as they expended too fast so we'll never know on that one No, that would have actually made a little sense. Skymark was going to heavy premium with the A380 and have J/Y+ only. The A330s were their first step towards premium (partially at t...
Jump to postThe A3XX project was all about packing 'em in... so then I never understood why *all* airlines used the A380 in low density configurations instead. For SQ et. al. the first aircraft were about prestige - I get that (like the piano bar in the early 747s) - but it mystified me that no-one subsequentl...
Jump to postseahawk wrote:Will we see any orders for the A330NEo and the A380? Seems unlikely.
I reckon an A380 will be there, may be for the backdrop of an order photo:
https://twitter.com/AlexInAir/status/864401274447462400
They may in fact be worth more as parts. [...] one day they're quietly dismantled. I don't know much, but what I know is that they day pictures of an A380 being dismanteld will be posted, a.net will go nuts... :stirthepot: Don't please anyone look at this image from the renowned A380spotter! https:...
Jump to postIf the bank angle of the runway were matched to the radius of the curve, maybe there would be no appreciable feeling of centripetal force in use... This would be the same idea as high speed car test tracks e.g. Nardo ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nard%C3%B2_Ring ) where each lane (bank angle) has...
Jump to postDutchy wrote:
The A338 probably will break even at 15 or 20 a/c, just the work for this derivative, so that is also a risk well taken, I think.
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LAX772LR wrote:kitplane01 wrote:An A380 with a wing designed in 2017 would have a wingspan greater than 80 meters.
Probably want to get that one signed quick whist Trump is still Pres Elect!
Jump to postThe old terminal at Liverpool John Lennon from the Speke days was refrubished as a hotel - it's really quite a nice piece of work too with some preserved planes on the apron:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowne_Pl ... port_Hotel
Some of the hangers are there also as business premises and a gym
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Jump to postApparently the whole airport has to be cleared and every passenger re-screened - that's going to be a mess! <a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/evacuation-liverpool-john-lennon-airport-11361523" target="_blank">http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...rpool-john-lennon-airport-...
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Jump to postI think that there's still one stored 744 that was never taken if someone was desperate for a 744F
Jump to postTK looking at VLA's is one of the longest running stories in the industry 
Feel it's never going to happen
A380 in <acronym title="Aer Lingus (Ireland)">EI</acronym> colours <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> One quote from the article amused me: "The A380 wouldn't work on every part of our network, so from that po...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rbavfan" class="quote" target="_blank">rbavfan</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>Like <acronym title="Precision Air Service...
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Jump to postSo i guess the only question remains is are they new builds or are the Skymark ones now free to be resold as the lead times are quite short and the Air Austral ones were never actually built to be picked up by EK for this order?
Jump to postSlightly disappointing if only from a variety point of view
Wonder if these are the two Skymark birds - would explain the long lead on the ANA ones
One of the A380 orders was cancelled and the other transferred to a holding company with little history so it may be a prelude to cancellation or someone trying to sell the orders on.
Think all the 748s are still on Boeing's books
This is a layout that I've seen on an A330 so not a huge suprise
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hz747300" class="quote" target="_blank">hz747300</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i> When <acronym title="Jebel Ali (Dubai) ...
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