Re: Gulf states demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

santi319 wrote:

Isolate them all!! Obviously! But this thread is specific to the gulf countries.

Re: Gulf states demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

If Netflix tells them to buzz off, maybe I'll subscribe to their service for a while. Netflix should begin, then everybody else. The worst thing you can do to the Gulf countries is isolate them and treat them like they are irrelevant and backwards… Imagine the triggering if Ferrari or Fendi were to...

Re: CRAIC 929 First Flight in 2030.

2030? Have the Chinese got the engine for this bird? if so, which one.

The Russian derivative of the PD-14 is far away in the future - no way they can have it ready by 2030. How is their C-2000 project coming along? Doubt if that can be ready by 2030!

So which RR/PW engine do they intend to use?

Re: Russia Swearing Off Boeing, Airbus Products

They will simply reverse engineer the planes they seized. Good luck with that. Like seriously, how many countries actually successfully reverse engineer parts of aircraft successfully without the access to the materials or blueprint of those technology they try to copy? If countries like India and ...

Re: Any good U.S. domestic first/business products?

There is a difference between international first/business and the domestic one. You should try European "first" on shorter flights. All it is is a regular seat with the middle seat blocked off. Havent flown in Euro Business after 2017, but pre COVID we got lounge access, priority boardin...

Re: Russia Swearing Off Boeing, Airbus Products

7. IL-86–an attempt at a wide-body aircraft to challenge the 747. 106 built. The Il-86 was never meant to challenge the 747. Their attempt was to build a domestic airliner somewhat mirroring the Airbus A300. Indeed, the aircraft was explicitly called "Airbus" in initial Russian documents ...

Re: Fox News working hard to villainize sex & LGTBQ information

In my experience, the most homophobic/transphobic unkils are the ones who are deeply closeted! Fox News and the Republican Party is full of this hypocritical lot. Go to "G-Parties" in the suburbs, secret trips to Fire Island with their "Business Associates" but take a strident an...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Singapore-India gets a new route ...Sin-PNQ Vistara has applied to start flights on the sector. Smart call this one. PNQ -Sin traffic+PNQ - SE Asia/USA will get on ths one rather than go to mumbai. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-will-soon-get-direct-air-connectivity-with-singapo...

Re: KSA to launch ‘RIA’, a new national carrier.

The sooner the KSA becomes "one" with the rest of the modern world, the better all around. If spending all this money is what it will take the rulers to wake up, so be it! "One with the rest of the world"? Saudi Arabia and the Middle East is much more safer for women travellers ...

Re: Farnborough Air Show 2022 - Boeing Orders and General Discussion Thread

Opus99 wrote:

Air India wants the MAX, Boeing wants to sell the max. There’s a deal.

Re: Boris Johnson done as Prime Minister?

What is the option now? RSS Trojan Horse Rishi Sunak becoming British PM?

I feel sorry for Brits! A thriving nation let down by its politicians!

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

I'm pretty sure that upthread someone pointed out that actually 300 aircraft is what their current fleets amount to, and most of them are getting quite old, so by and large they seem to be doing a one for one replacement with a standardised fleet. Just checked the respective fleets (AI,UK, IX, I5) ...

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

yes, because the 340 was low hanging fruit. 787? not so much you want them to replace an aircraft (in a different size category) with the same generation of aircraft, based on what? the 350 lease rate will still be more expensive, the 787 rate can be re-negotiated. That would have been true if Air ...

Re: Media reports: Air India may order 50 A350

That assumption holds well for an operator for whom the 777 has worked out well so far, which has not happened in case of Air India. Incorrect. The 77W has worked superbly for Air India. The right capacity for North American routes and could carry a lot of cargo in addition to passengers. So a repl...

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

They should return 777s and 787s and order 350s? WOW. I’ve never seen such business happen before, but I guess there’s a first time for everything Never seen such a deal happen before? Boeing did it with Air Canada, Singapore Airlines just to name 2. Both these airlines swapped out their A340s for ...

787 MRTT

How much effort and $$$ would it take for Boeing to offer a MRTT conversion for 787-8 aircraft? Should be able to offer Airborne refuelling as well as troop transport capabilities. Potential market for such a variant? Or does Boeing want to continue flogging their old 767 based workhorse for this ro...

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

Is there a program to convert the 787-8 into an airborne refueller cum troop transport? Something like the MRTT? If one were to become available, the 6 owned 787-8 could be converted to that use - after all the Indian Air Force is looking to expand Airborne Refueling capacity! The remaining 21 787, ...

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

#1: your putting all the eggs in Airbus' basket. I think this would be a long shot because of a) insufficient available production-slots with Airbus, b) the Tatas may want to hedge, and c) given the scale of the order, God only knows how much political pressure will be brought to bear. There is pre...

Re: Air India considering order for 300 narrow-body planes : Reports

As I understood the full "leak", plan is for 300 total aircraft for delivery from 2024 onwards, 70% of which will be narrowbody - thats 210 narrowbodies and 70-80 widebodies. AI operates 49 widebodies as of now so 80 widebodies will completely replace the current widebody fleet and account...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Adani Group's networth is 26k crore INR but their loans are today 2.2 trillion rupees. This was published in the Hindu just a couple of months ago and even came today with the latest figures mentioned. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/corporate-file/can-the-adani-group-digest-its-debt/...

Re: Transcontinental Economy Free Meal Service Gone?

There is an obsession with the American public to have food in a plane. Can you really not go 6 hours without eating? Most of the world do, why not the US? Also, the food in planes is generally meh at best, and your taste buds are numb anyway; so, you're much better off with food from somewhere els...

Re: Embraer New Turboprop Aircraft News and Discussion Thread

Reuters came up with a small note on a potential partnership between Embraer and a partner from India (which one ?), for their new TPNG. Launch has been delayed to 2023. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/embraer-india-partnership-talks-potential-new-turboprop-2022-05-10/ DUBLIN, Ma...

Re: More than 100 Orthodox Jews are barred from boarding connecting flight in Germany

https://nypost.com/2022/05/09/airline-kicks-over-100-nyc-orthodox-jews-off-flight-over-masks/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10799895/Orthodox-Jews-NYC-barred-boarding-connecting-flight-refused-wear-masks.html What a messy incident. Airlines really should stop being so strict with mask us...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Some poor airline staff at Ranchi will lose their job because of entitled Karens who cant look after their kids! As someone who has a neighbour with Autism and seeing the parent of the child struggle managing them sometimes despite all their best efforts, calling them "Karens" with no con...

Re: Have you flown the same exact aircraft on the same exact route before?

In the 90s, I used to always get VT-EHD when I booked Indian Airlines on DEL-BOM and DEL/BOM-CCU or BLKR-BOM! IC had 15 A300s including 4 B4s in the 90s. Routes done on VT-EHD- DEL BOM & vv - Dozens of flights. BLR-BOM & vv - 3/4 BOM-MAA-SIN - 1x 6511385 1907583 The only other IC A300 i have...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

I have travelled on flights where there were special children on board. The kids were very well behaved on the ground and throughout a 16 hour flight. The parents handled the kids well pre boarding and the airline crew handled the kids on the long flight so the parents could get some rest! Special C...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

The child did have an incident but was calm by the time boarding was to start. When other passengers(including doctors at the scene) too came to their support I am sure armchair critics like us are the better judge. "Other passengers including doctors came to their support". Sure! When an...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Outrage as teen with disability stopped from boarding IndiGo flight at Ranchi airport source : https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/outrage-as-child-with-disability-stopped-from-boarding-indigo-flight-at-ranchi-airport-8473661.html Glad to see other passenger stand up for...

Re: EasyJet to take out seats so it can fly with fewer crew.

So a 50 seat DH8-300 can operate with a single FA, based on the installed seat count. Meanwhile it’s possible for say a 737-400 with 156 installed seats to operate with as few as two Flight Attendants, provided the load is no more than 80 passengers in the cabin. I dont think this is accurate? I re...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

The 77W is a very reliable and great performing aircraft, and has been serving Air India well on load factor and economics. I don't understand what the problem with it is. I think it's more so the falling apart interiors, which is mostly a lack of maintenance, and a retrofit can solve this issue. W...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Is 12-13 years "old"? Depends. Some airlines operate 40 year DC9s. Others cycle their fleet out every 6 years. Air India would fall in the middle. 15-20 years is good time frame. Airplanes can run for 30-40 years of properly maintained, and I don't think they have a need to replace anythi...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

The Sunrise announcement today has to have AI seriously thinking about placing orders for a mix of A359/A35K soon, perhaps by even trying to get some of the QR and SU frames if they're not already spoken for. The Tatas can certainly afford it and there's a unique opportunity here that would give AI...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - 2022

Speaking of which, what do you guys think the future of the TATA Group's airlines, namely Air India, Vistara, Air India Express, and Air Asia India are? I personally think that there needs to be some changes in the market. First of all, I think we need a consolidated LCC carrier owned by the Tata G...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Military Aviation News and Discussion Thread

Germany arming Ukraine against Mother Russia!

We have indeed come a full circle.

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

YVR-JFK & vv - CX SIN-BKK - IC - Only experience connecting at international station on IC. MAA-BKK flight overbooked. Was put on MAA-SIN (A300) connecting to SIN-BKK(A320). SIN-JKT - AI. I think that was my last flight on an A310! FRA-JFK - SQ - Transferred over after overbooking fracas at FRA....

Re: Seat Guru Not Accurate Anymore?

Seat Guru has been inaccurate for a very long time. Their info on Air India A320 fleet is totally outdated. A320 layout 2 https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Air_India/Air_India_Airbus_A320_V2.php https://cdn.seatguru.com/en_US/img/20210813153726/seatguru/airlines_new/Air_India/Air_India_Airbus_A320_V...

Re: Possibility of coup in Moscow to oust Putin?

Unlikely. For those hoping that sanctions will cripple Russian economy and get ordinary Russians to rise up in revolt - it doesnt work that way! Russia, Turkey, India are not like the West. People are conditioned to "fall in line". To crawl when asked to bend. That is the culture. Anyone w...

Re: Imminent collapse of the Russian economy

Putin is not stupid. Dont y'all think his team has worked out the figures before launching the invasion? Their huge pile of reserves will keep them going for atleast 3 years even without the significant revenues accruing from sale of weapons, oil and rare earths. They also have a large local market....

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - Q1 2022

edealinfo wrote:

It would be great if there is research on the reasons for this. Dirty air? As in dust in the air that settles on the seta and over time just seeps into the materials?

Re: How about the west ultra rich and corporations step up

Rich people don't finance wars against neo-Fascist dictators. Not until you can build a business case to provide solid returns. Right now the lure of profits to be made from neo-Fascist dictators outweighs the business case of removing such people from power. That is why you see so many neo-Fascist ...

Re: Your shortest flight on a widebody and longest flight on a narrowbody

Shortest Widebody
CCJ-COK - 64nm - Indian Airlines A300B2/B4

Longest Narrowbody
BOS-CPH - 3300nm - SAS 737 (all business class)

Re: Pakistan to buy J-10 form China

China and Pakistan are allies, for sure, but I doubt the Pakistani military are putting faith in China joining any war with India. Unless the Indians are stupid enough to encroach on Chinese territory and thereby expressly draw them into the battle, I don't think there will be any joint action. Tha...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - Q1 2022

subramak1 wrote:

First of all India does not have 10K stations. So what the heck are you talking about?

Best, Subramanian

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - Q1 2022

1. How was your Vistara trip? 2. I travelled on Air India domestic "executive class". The cloth seats "looked" soiled/dirty that really put me off as I didn't feel "executive". I wonder if the economy seat was cleaner. It was ok! But overall felt slightly letdown. Seat...

Re: Pakistan to buy J-10 form China

The J-10 is a much better fighter than the JF-17. And Pakistan knows this. The J-10 buy seems to be Pakistan doing what's best for the Pakistan Air Force. The J-10C is seen in Pakistan as the "Rafale Killer" - effectively neutralizing the Indian acquisition of the Rafale. The Pakistani es...

Re: New Western Outsize Cargo Transporter Needed?

The only civilian Western Outside Cargo Transporter available right now is the A300-600ST (a.k.a. Beluga)./quote] And the A330 Beluga XL, if I am not mistaken. Airbus seems to be planning to use those increasingly for its own use and offer the A300 version for the commercial market. Can the A330 Be...

Re: Royal Jordanian announces Toronto and increases Detroit

stl07 wrote:

They don't fly to India

787 service JFK-AMM-IST was very good when I did it. AMM-IST was the only time I had a full meal in economy on a regional jet

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - Q1 2022

Dont know why everyone thinks poorly of AI, I travelled on AI on the return and have no complaints, not exceptional service but adequate.. I will give you one reason why people think poorly of AI - Dirty, unhygienic interiors! I prefer the meals and service on Indian carriers, but atleast the UA/AA...

Re: Royal Jordanian announces Toronto and increases Detroit

Nice! One more ultra-cheap way to get to India if we schlep all the way to YYZ! Flew them once 2 decades ago on an ancient A310 and never again! I didn't think it was possible to get any rattier interiors than Air India, but RJ proved it was possible! Are they still as bad though? Their A320 layout ...

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread

Been following this discussion with interest. I would add that discussing Russian actions in Ukraine while deflecting questions about NATO’s actions in the Balkans in the 90s without clarifying why NATO were there is tantamount to genocide denial! Its been 30+ years? Why the denial? Can you expect t...