Re: Virgin Atlantic Moscow/Tokyo 1980's/90's

flyjay123 wrote:

I was surprised they launched NRT ahead of LAX (1990)

I believe 1989 was the height of Japan's asset price bubble--and no bubble ever seems like one at the time, it's just great times all around until the bubble bursts. So it probably seemed like a shrewd move in 1989--by 1992 not so much.

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Re: Your Hotel Experience: The Ritz-Carlton

I have stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida--it is tremendous--and also their property in Sarasota, Florida. The Sarasota property is extremely disappointing--while the service is up to par, the facilities definitely are not. It's like a nice Hampton Inn rather than a luxury hotel. There is...

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Re: McDonnell Douglas Model 188 STOL

I realize it was probably the result of an internal numbering system that some very smart engineers had a hand in creating and enforcing, but didn't it seem odd to anyone at McDonnell that the number "188" had been used just a few years before by Lockheed for their Electra II?

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Re: BA could make up to 12.000 employees redundant

"Balpa's general secretary Brian Strutton said: 'This has come as a bolt out of the blue from an airline that said it was wealthy enough to weather the Covid storm and declined any government support. 'Balpa does not accept that a case has been made for these job losses and we will be fighting ...

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Re: If you could visit any country tomorrow, what country would it be?

Italy.

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Re: Landing Cycles for an 787 Vs A330

strfyr51 wrote:

Some of them had NEVER ever seen full tanks! EVER!

Out of curiosity, how could you tell?

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Re: United 772 being washed at gate

How does one clean an aircraft without water?

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Re: Aircraft types with "spotless" safety record?

I would argue the Vickers VC-10 had a sterling safety record that should be included on this list. There were several high-profile crashes but they were not related to the aircraft design: the Nigeria Airways crash was caused by pilots losing altitude awareness; the East African Airways crash was ca...

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Re: Ethiopian Ailrlines Boeing 767 suffered uncontained engine failure

JAAlbert wrote:

And on a side note, isn't the 767 a good looking plane?

At least it doesn't look... plain....

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Delta ends NWA toll-free numbers

According to the automated recordings played at the beginning of calls, Delta is planning to discontinue use of the two Northwest Airlines toll-free telephone numbers that date back decades: 800-225-2525 and 800-447-4747. Originally, NW used the 2525 number for domestic reservations and 4747 for int...

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Re: Why didn't the B753 sell better?

seabosdca wrote:

Wouldn't be surprised to see a United sub buy it as a parts bird.

Serious question: how many parts are unique to the -300?

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Re: Suspected drunk DL pilot arrested just before flight

Arrested, held for a few hours and released. No charges yet. If he is found to not exceed limits then I expect a full apology for releasing his name . I’m sure that would happen... carrying an empty bottle is not proof of anything, and smells are not anything but a step in discovery. That's the maj...

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Did N398AN experience a technical problem?

I notice that N398AN operated AA131 PHL-BLQ (Bologna, Italy) on July 30 (arriving on schedule the following morning). But, the return flight AA131 on July 31 was cancelled, as was a flight, AA9241, that had been scheduled for August 1. Is N398AN still at BLQ with a technical issue, or did something ...

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Re: Pan Am New York to Tehran flights

More like reverted back to PA110. In NS 1971 PA110 was JFK-FCO-IST-ESB-THR. PA515 I'm not 100% certain, but I believe that PA110 in 1971 was a 707 all the way from JFK. When PA started taking deliveries of 747s, they went to the London and Paris routes first. I believe PA extended 114 to Rome in or...

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Re: History of AA intercontinental flying at ORD

In summer 2000, AA's ORD intercontinental schedule included the following: Chicago – Birmingham – daily 763 Chicago – Brussels – daily 763 Chicago – Frankfurt – daily 763 Chicago – Glasgow – daily 762 Chicago – London Heathrow – thrice daily 777, as well as 12 762 rotations per week Chicago – Manche...

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Re: Website with historical database for airlines' airport/equipment type?

The best site for that type of thing is DepartedFlights dot com. You can't see all data for all airports and every year, but there is a wealth of information and imagery there.

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Re: Comparing FedEx vs UPS air operations and fleet

My question has always been that with a more efficient operation, why isn't UPS cheaper than FedEx? Simply put, why should they be? The efficiencies in the UPS network may allow for greater margins but it is a duopoly. One raises rates then the other follows and vice versa. One adds a fuel surcharg...

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Re: SFO Help - Train to Plane

Not a damn thing wrong with SFO and the surrounding environs from many perspectives...it all depends on what interests one holds. OK, fine, but so many neighborhoods of San Francisco, from Chestnut Hill to the Presidio, the Embarcadero, Sea Cliff, Sunset District, etc., not to mention not-in-city-l...

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Re: Delta A220 in Chicago Today

I haven't been following the DL A220 scheduling adjustments/service expansion, but I was pleasantly surprised to see an A220 with her gorgeous canted winglets landing at DCA yesterday. It flew straight over my Yellow Line train on the Charles Fenwick Bridge across the Potomac.

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Re: SFO Help - Train to Plane

Number 1 sounds like the way to get to Oakland airport, not SFO. I recommend 3. Stay in a hotel in downtown San Francisco. More restaurants and things to do. Then take Bart to SFO when ready to leave. BART takes you to the international terminal. The hotels at the airport area are convenient for th...

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Re: How did Airlines Fill up Large Widebodies in the Old days?

I'm not sure if the DC-8 was doing much TATL. It may be worth pointing out that the DC-8 was used extensively on transatlantic service by Air Canada, KLM, SAS, Swissair, Iberia, Alitalia, and Pan Am. In fact, until the advent of the 747, it was the only transatlantic jet for AC, KL, SK, SR, IB, and...

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Re: UA167 LIS-IAD Divert DCA

N312RC wrote:

only international flights into DCA are from Canada

You're right about the preclearance of all international flights arriving at DCA, but there are also nonstop services to Bermuda and the Bahamas.

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Re: Best Airline Ads

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Re: Airline types developed specifically for one carrier

The Vickers VC-10 and Super VC-10 were tailored very closely to BOAC's then-stated requirements. So, too, was the de Havilland Trident tailored to a rather short-sighted specification from BEA.

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Re: Ironic DL Flight Number

OB1504 wrote:

The Delta flight is probably a coincidence, but Spirit Airlines commonly uses a city’s area codes as flight numbers. Some examples:

NK 202: DFW-BWI (202 is the DC area)

That can only be a coincidence, as the 202 area code is for the District of Columbia only.

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Re: TWA Ambassador Service Seat Charts (1971) L1011, 747 Question- K Class?

longhauler wrote:

...TWA would have been the only American carrier that operated a 747 both domestically and internationally

It's very unusual for Longhauler to be wrong, but Northwest Orient also operated the 747 on many U.S. domestic routes in addition to its international routes.

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Re: Qantas PER-LHR marks 1 year of operation, route exceeds expectations

Very neat, but one data point seems off to me...an average stay of 28 days in Perth? Doesn't that seem extremely high? (I am not criticizing Perth at all; I'm just saying it seems high for an average stay.)

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Re: Unknown airport-Eastern DC-9

To the posters who mentioned the grass as an identifying characteristic indicative of MIA: could you enlighten me exactly what's so distinctive about the grass in these historical photos? I'm just not seeing anything unique about it.

I do love these historical threads, however.

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Re: Atlas Air 3591 Down in Trinity Bay, Texas

Let me begin by saying that I am in no way an aviation safety expert, and this is rank speculation--but I am curious if the precipitating event wasn't turbulence, but a mistaken belief that collision with another aircraft was imminent--a belief caused by some sort of optical phenomenon giving the cr...

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Re: Official: Delta will postpone A220 operations

lightsaber wrote:

2200nm (DTW-FLL, in winter)

That is a *really* long flight between those airports.

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