Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

For those who believe the groundings were justified; do you likewise believe that turning planes around mid-flight was justified, given that the main known commonality between the two crashes is that they occurred shortly after takeoff (and the vague "control problems")? Turning around ai...

Re: Should airline regulators consider grounding B737 MAX series

I find the argument for grounding persuasive. I'm tempted to think that, the crash of two new aircraft of the same type in this short of a time period is so improbable that, almost, but not quite, on its own, it's enough to justify the grounding. But I am moved by 2 issues: 1.) Boeing has not yet de...

Re: Reason for horrifyingly inconvenient timing

c933103 wrote:

For MIAT I believe they don't have much planes

Re: Why is the A321 not popular in India?

Among the major airports, only DEL and BLR have space for any significant addition of frequencies, everybody else is nearing the brim. How much is significant? I got the impression that DEL does have room for additional frequencies, but during some times of the day not many. It's not difficult to b...

When/why did US immigration stop having a separate line for citizens and green card holders?

I remember in the past US airports had a separate faster line for US citizens and permanent residents. Does anyone remember when they stopped this practice and why?

Re: Indian aviation thread 2018 part 2

I would like to know if someone here knows people at Indian Express. If so kindly convey to their CEO to sack idiot journalists like the one who has written this awful article. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/apr/16/bengalurus-kempegowda-international-airport-gets-nod-to-fly-i...

Re: Is this Airbus' way of making the A330 sell better?

I kind of imagined it could be used like this: *It's not intended for first or business class passengers already in seats which can lie flat. *But you could offer it as an upgrade to economy class passengers between takeoff and landing (where they otherwise have to be in their seats.) *If there's mo...

Re: First flight in 7 decades overflies Saudi Arabia to Israel

As for the Israelis, I am guessing their tourist numbers (per capita) to the northern India would be similar to any other western country. Hence you will be lucky to see a handful of tourists onboard. Israelis come to India at a far higher rate than you'd think. It is a common destination for them ...

Re: Air India Privatization by June

Also, no one can age an 8 month old aircraft into a seemingly 20 year old one quite like AI. Heh. I like this. It's true. And yet, I choose AI. The A321 interiors and seating are old, but so roomy and comfortable in comparison to (for example) 6E. 180 economy in 6E's A320, 12/170 in AI's A321. I do...

Re: Ryanair protecting itself from a hard Brexit

This point is the one I am the most curious about, can a disclaimer be so legally binding? As an example - Qatar Airways starts selling flights to Sicily before they actually reach an agreement with the Italian government and then talks collapse. Can they just simply point at a disclaimer they migh...

Re: Is New Delhi airport that good ?

Delhi won best in the world... for airports that handle 40 million or more passengers . So a lot of competition is removed, and much of the remaining airports are old airports or large overloaded hubs that have no chance of winning. Second, BOM also won, tying with DEL. They are quite similar to eac...

Re: Ryanair protecting itself from a hard Brexit

If an airline has good reason to believe that it may not be able to operate the routes...then there is an obligation that they tell people buying tickets that the flight may not occur. Ryanair announcing it this early (and publicly) is a reflection of Ryanair's politics. But other airlines will foll...

Re: WOW Air adds KEF-CVG, STL, DTW & CLE!

So right now, Cleveland may well be over 200. With this new service, and the good fares, we'll see stimulated traffic to both Iceland and Europe. The new fare level is a big change for this market. Yeah, CLE has not had the Europe traffic for a metro area of its size. But at a fare level where it's...

Re: BBC: Will Circular Runways Ever Take Off?

It helps to imagine taking a box of 4 straight runways, with length of 8200 feet/2500 meters per side/runway. What you're doing is taking that box and gently curving and banking it so it's one big runway of circumference 9500m. The curving/banking is not that severe. In exchange you get some intrigu...

Re: Etihad mulling taking stake in Lufthansa - Air Berlin to merge with Lufthansa, Alitalia might be next

MXP is very far from Milan and inconvenient. It's actually closer to Turin. Driving from MXP to central Milan is 31 miles (46 minutes); driving instead to Turin is 83 miles (96 minutes). MXP is far from the city it serves, but it's about the same distance as DEN is from Denver (although the drive t...

RE: ORD Tells Passengers To Arrive 3 Hrs Before Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/a380787" class="quote" target="_blank">a380787</a> (<a href="#68" class="quote">Reply 68</a>):<br/><i>That's one method to sneakily trick custom...

RE: Senators: Drop Bag Fees To Shorten TSA Lines

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/airbazar" class="quote" target="_blank">airbazar</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Make <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan ...

RE: MIA: TSA Precheck Lines Extremely Long

Current pre-check enrollment is 5 million. <a href="https://skift.com/2016/02/15/167139/" target="_blank"><acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> wants to up that to 25 million.</a> The article says that the <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA<...

RE: Irish 2/16: It's A New Dawn

I came through <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym> the other day and have a question. After choosing the correct customs line, you walk through a little room designed so that you're enclosed by two automatic doors at some point, with instructions on the floor ...

RE: Can BOM Change The State Of AI & Indian Aviation?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BarfBag" class="quote" target="_blank">BarfBag</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Deadlines being met is also increasingly c...

RE: Air India Seeks 3,300+ Crore

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aklrno" class="quote" target="_blank">aklrno</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Just saying crore does not always refer to mon...

RE: Air India Seeks 3,300+ Crore

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/indcwby" class="quote" target="_blank">indcwby</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>For those not familiar with Indian Currency,...

RE: No More TSA "Opt Out"

The strange thing is that Congress is sitting on a report which says <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/airport-security-price-for-tsa-failed-body-scanners-160-million-121385" target="_blank">the machines are really bad at what they do.</a> "Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson ...

RE: The Skybus Model

People forget this but Aloha and ATA failed the same week that Skybus did. (March 31, April 3 and April 5, 2008 respectively.) The two reasons all three shut at the same time: 1.) Oil prices hit over $110 a barrel. 2.) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308" targe...

RE: Air Canada A-319 At LHR, Where To?

The thing that surprises me about the <acronym title="St. John's - International (YYT / CYYT), Canada - Newfoundland">YYT</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> route is that <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> has (presumably) come to the conclu...

RE: Is The Better Air On The 787 Making A Difference

A friend of mine is a flight attendant for Saudia.

She says that she and her fellow attendants feel better after being on the 77W than the 772s because of the higher pressure in the 77W. (After that I had to look up and confirm that, yes, there is a pressure difference.)

RE: Computer Security Guy Pulled Off Flight By FBI

The <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/" target="_blank">wired.com article on the GAO report</a> says something I wasn't aware of: "Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, as well as Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft, have Wi-Fi passenger networks that use the same n...

RE: TSA: Precheck To Be More Selective

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/glbltrvlr" class="quote" target="_blank">glbltrvlr</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>As to getting into another government ...

RE: TSA: Precheck To Be More Selective

Huh, I never thought about it before, but when a person gets upgraded to precheck when they didn't enroll, it's basically a reverse form of being a selectee. Now, you're an un-selectee. Haha. DHS/ <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> doesn't really have a vision on ...

RE: Air Force One Replacement Thread

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ordell" class="quote" target="_blank">ordell</a> (<a href="#127" class="quote">Reply 127</a>):<br/><i>Translation: your tax dollars funneled to ...

RE: Why Do Airlines Re-use Flight Numbers?

I thought that this practice also inflated on-time statistics. If <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> 2075 is <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson Int (The William B Hartsfield / Municipal / Candler Field) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="Kansas City...

RE: Why Did SkyBus Fail?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/knope2001" class="quote" target="_blank">knope2001</a> (<a href="#39" class="quote">Reply 39</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Thanks for ...

RE: Why Did SkyBus Fail?

I attended a lecture at Ohio state (fisher college of business) regarding this issue. Everything about Skybus worked, loads were excellent and yields were ok and met business plan expectations, <acronym title="Columbus - Port Columbus International (CMH / KCMH), USA - Ohio">CMH</acronym> was a fine ...

Delta Leaves DAL 10/18 Due To No Gate Space

Could DL just do it the old fashioned way...with a set of stairs and/or a bus to the remote stand?

RE: Air India Lost Money On 57 Of 59 Intl Routes

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/abrelosojos" class="quote" target="_blank">abrelosojos</a> (<a href="#54" class="quote">Reply 54</a>):<br/><i>However, is this not reserved for ...

RE: Time For Laws Re: Taking Baggage During Evacuation

It was pointed out in another thread that sometimes there is an advantage to passengers taking their bags. If the emergency landing is hard and the overhead bins explode open, the aisles will be littered with bags. If the passengers who own the bags pick them up as they evacuate, they open the aisle...

RE: Air India Lost Money On 57 Of 59 Intl Routes

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Nimish" class="quote" target="_blank">Nimish</a> (<a href="#40" class="quote">Reply 40</a>):<br/><i>I personally doubt <acronym title="Air India...

RE: Air India Lost Money On 57 Of 59 Intl Routes

The article says that losses per passenger on <acronym title="Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (AMD / VAAH), India">AMD</acronym>-<acronym title="Mumbai (Bombay) - Chhatrapati Shivaji International (Sahar / Santa Cruz) (BOM / VABB), India">BOM</acronym>-<acronym title="Newark - Lib...

RE: TSA Agent: "District Of Columbia,....Where That?"

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/tortugamon" class="quote" target="_blank">tortugamon</a> (<a href="#30" class="quote">Reply 30</a>):<br/><i>I am personally surprised that DC do...

RE: TSA Agent: "District Of Columbia,....Where That?"

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/trex8" class="quote" target="_blank">trex8</a> (<a href="#73" class="quote">Reply 73</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table border="0" al...

RE: 5 Worst US Airlines Of All Time: Article

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jfklganyc" class="quote" target="_blank">jfklganyc</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i>Skybus was also a flawed business plan...

RE: Why GOI Never Encouraged New Mumbai Airport On Sea

There are, as I recall, fairly strict laws regarding land reclamation which have kept it as an unavailable choice for Mumbai generally. I've seen discussion here and there about changing those laws but it doesn't appear to be a priority for anyone.

RE: Could We Ever See HNL-Europe?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AS737MAX" class="quote" target="_blank">AS737MAX</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i> Florida Southern Europe Caribbean </i></f...

RE: Why Does Lockheed No Longer Build Airliners.

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/American+767" class="quote" target="_blank">American 767</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="British Airways"...

RE: SQ 61, Severe Turbulence Prediction, But....

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ChazPilot" class="quote" target="_blank">ChazPilot</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>This is probably a stretch, but perhap...

RE: Why Not A 737/A320 With More Range?

Long range 737s and A320s are on their way. Instead of purposefully working towards long range, long range is the side effect of keeping the fuel tanks the same size, but increasing the efficiency of the aircraft, like through new engines. The original 737-100 had a range of 1700 miles. Boeing could...

RE: During Cold War, Where Did Aeroflot Crews Stay?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/richcandy" class="quote" target="_blank">richcandy</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Totally a guess but if you used crew w...

RE: Iberia Introduces Print-at-home Baggage Tags

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mfc" class="quote" target="_blank">mfc</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Currently it is offered on domestic flights o...

RE: Livery Design Competition?

It should also be noted that design competitions are, understandably, <a href="http://www.aiga.org/what-is-aigas-response-to-the-neas-call-for-logos/" target="_blank">discouraged by the graphic design industry.</a> I can't blame them, it's their livelyhood, and you don't go into graphic design to ge...

RE: Immigration Procedures

The carry original passport vs carry photocopy of passport argument could go on ad nauseum. The US government tells people to carry their foreign passport when visiting the US. But paradoxically, they tell US citizens *not* to carry their passport when travelling out of the US, and to carry a photoc...