Re: Flights leaving before scheduled departure time?

In my airline and my home base, we have a dedicated holding room for passengers. With load factors the way they are today, if passengers have been preboarded into the holding room, check in closed on time and the gate closed at the specified T-20, we could have doors closed at T-20 as well. Shame it...

Re: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announces first destinations from AUH base

I know many people who prefer manufacturing their own self connections with the backup of a proper travel insurance rather than paying €100 more for a legacy airline with connection. And that's just within Europe. Does a travel insurance work in case of self-connection? I don't think mine does. The...

Re: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announces first destinations from AUH base

And how many people would go through all that trouble and hassle in order to save €111? What happens if there is a delay, how much will it cost you then? You will be surprised - Skyscanner now gives you options for self made connections with combinations of legacy and LCCs. I know dozens of non avi...

Re: Dominant language on Brussels Airlines - French or Flemish_

It would certainly be Dutch. Every time I have flown SN and TUI Belgium I have noticed the crews are mostly Flemish-speaking (e.g. they always speak Dutch among them) and speak French with their strong accent and with a certain disdain to their co-citizens Belgian French-native speakers (Belgian Fr...

Re: Dominant language on Brussels Airlines - French or Flemish_

It would certainly be Dutch. Every time I have flown SN and TUI Belgium I have noticed the crews are mostly Flemish-speaking (e.g. they always speak Dutch among them) and speak French with their strong accent and with a certain disdain to their co-citizens Belgian French-native speakers (Belgian Fr...

Re: 3 inflight crew members instead of 4? Will airlines remove seats?

My airline is researching blocking the last row of seats on our A319's to make it a 150-seater, so they'd be able to use them with reduced crew (3cc instead of 4). Might not see the day of light now that 90% of the fleet is down anyway. It’s how many seats they were certified with. Blocking seats d...

Re: 3 inflight crew members instead of 4? Will airlines remove seats?

My airline is researching blocking the last row of seats on our A319's to make it a 150-seater, so they'd be able to use them with reduced crew (3cc instead of 4). Might not see the day of light now that 90% of the fleet is down anyway.

Re: Not allowed to film or take photos in flight

The way I always explain to my Cabin Manager if they don't agree with me asking people to not take pictures of me is as follows. I'm not coming into your place of work filming you do your duties, do I? If someone was filming a supermarket cashier the discussion would be way different, way less accep...

Re: Which airlines that will go down next in 2020?

Please just let Alitalia finally die

Re: A220 seat comfort

There's no picture so I don't know which seats you're talking about. I do know Air Baltic's are very acceptable for 5h night flights.

Re: EWR and Foreign Carriers

Just for me as a low budget tourist with (recently found and moved) family and friends in Brooklyn and Queens, EWR just seems like a pain in the behind. I'd rather fly into SWF and take a bus to Manhattan and make my way from there than have to deal with the clusterfuck of combined road/rail/whateve...

Re: Undisclosed customer orders 40 A330 NEO aircraft

Can't help but hope it's something we'd never expect. Like an EU (U)LCC jumping into either high capacity short haul or even medium haul. On short haul especially in the current market where upgauging in frequency is getting more and more prohibitive due to constrained airports. One can't stop dream...

Re: Cebu Pacific order 194 seat A320neo & 460 seat A330neo

Anybody has any clue as of yet what the A320's layout will be? Cram in 2 extra rows and delete some seats around the overwing exits to have open space for exit just like the mid cabin doors on the A321N I guess?

Re: France on strike again (5 Dec)

Seen on my airline's intranet that the strike is expected to last until 8/12 0500Z

Re: Situation @Schiphol

Pier D is partially evacuated at Schiphol. An arrest-team is on its way. Situation still developing. What is an "arrest-team"? Are ordinary police not allowed to make arrests? They sent a special squad of the Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Interventions Unit), not just a regular po...

Re: Situation @Schiphol

The nu.nl liveblog states that Air Europa replied that a warning was accidentally sent out which triggered the response.

Flight duration classifications

Hello! I've been wondering given the development in airplanes and routes flown, if the current classification of flight durations shouldn't be amended. Usual classifications I've seen is the following (All times block times): 0-3 hours short haul 3-6 hours medium haul 6+ hours long haul. Since the A...

Re: Future of DET (Detroit City Airport)

KICT wrote:

I agree. All runways within 50 mi. of downtown Detroit need nonstops to Tokyo and LAX.

Air Zena / Georgian Airways

Hey y'all! I haven't seen any commercials or whatever but it has come to my mind that Georgian Airways has expanded quite a bit apart from their KL/PS partnerships, offering direct flights to CGN and other places. Does anybody have some more insight? I love Georgia and I'd love to fly Georgian Airwa...

Re: 2 Fired United FAs awarded $800k+ (Possibly 1.5mil) From Jury

For f***'* sake you're at work. You dress in your work uniform and don't slack off watching iPads during the boss's time. Is it really that hard?

Is it harsh to fire them over this? Yes, it is. Just some disciplining would've been enough (in my point of view). But well, here we are.

Re: Air Italy - poised to become Italy's new flag carrier?

Serious question: Is there any EU law stopping Turkish, Pegasus, or Air Baltic from filling the gap? Well, given that Turkish and Pegasus aren't part of the ECAA, only gap they'll be able to fill is Italy-Turkey. AirBaltic as a Latvian airline and thus member of the ECAA is free to do whatever they...

Re: Spare aircraft on the spot

Had it once with Ryanair. My flight HHN-VLC had a hydraulic failure over southern France. Instead of pressing on we diverted to CRL because that's where Ryanair keeps a spare aircraft and probably a huge maintenance base, even though it was just as far as going on to VLC. Unfortunately my flight cre...

Re: BeNeLux aviation - 2018

An internal NS document states that there's plans towards changing the twice a day Thalys Amsterdam-Lille to Amsterdam-AMS-Rotterdam-Antwerp-Brussels-CDG-Marne la Vallee Chessy / Disney. Though not directly aviation related, it will bring some highly needed other fast travel options from NL to CDG i...

Re: Mexico City new Airport

That does look beautiful, and way more spacious than the current MEX.

Just too bad that I'd rather avoid Aeromexico unless they have another dirt cheap error fare, so probably I'll never get the chance to connect in the new MEX

Re: How long does it take to deboard an A319

Not sure about A319. Will most definitely be quicker than a 738. I have seen full Ryanair 738's be on the ground for only 20 minutes from standstill until pushback, but I've also seen instances where boarding the same full Ryanair 738 took about 50 minutes to board (although on MAD only from jetway,...

Re: Narrow-body Airbus Range

For still air brochure ranges a quick Wikipedia search should have your answers.

Re: LHR, CDG, AMS, FRA: Which is the best for connections?

I have only used CDG to transfer, and hated it. Luggage not making the connection, having to exit the sterile zone and having to reclear security again (intra-Schengen transfer). "Terminal 2" is a huge 6-terminal mess with atrocious walking time between the several (sub-)terminals and not ...

A321Neo flying KEF- LAX

WOW air subbed an A321Neo for an A330. Flight time was 8:40h westbound, 8:15 eastbound. Probably a one-off situation, I have taken a look and have only seen the A333 scheduled to LAX. I had no clue the A321neo could fly this far. Will this really be stretching it or could it be used it to fly even f...

Re: Air Seychelles to axe flights to Paris, announces business transformation plan

Oh haha, I also posted this but you were ahead of me. It's a shame to see them go, I really enjoyed flying them and the free 14 hour daytime layovers to explore the main island on my way to Mumbai and back. I was seriously considering going out of my way to fly this route again, but sadly this won't...

Air Seychelles (HM) to restructure network

Air Seychelles will be returning their A330's (to Etihad I assume?) to get out of long haul flying and return to domestic and regional only. This due to new influx of European carriers (British Airways, Air France, Edelweiss) rendering their 3x weekly Paris service unprofitable. In addition to Paris...

Re: 737-700ER LCY-JFK

As far as I know, the 737 is not allowed into LCY due to it not being certified for steep descend procedures. The A318 is the largest plane certified for LCY.

The rest I don't know, other people will definitely be more knowledgeable than I am.

Re: Big mess at WOW schedule again

[*]1) can we please for the love of all aviation gods stop reopening year old threads? Just link to an older similar thread in the opening post. 2) @F27500 and all other biased sceptics, we are in an economic upturn right now. LH(U)LCC's like Norwegian and Wow are using plenty financing opportunitie...

Re: BA advert embroiled in sexism row.

sk736 wrote:

Some of us boys are disappointed too

Re: First Joon A320 emerged from paint

Ugh this is hideous.

Re: Witch side of the plane to sit on.

For whatever reason I prefer the left side. I only pick the right side if there's no left side window seat available. And on a widebody, sitting in the middle part is simply not an option for me. I always manage to find an available seat in the window portions (or I already prebook my seats if the f...

Re: Favorite two airliners currently in service

A330 and A320. I'd fly those over some cramped 787 or 737 anyday.

Re: Shortest red-eye flight

Wizzair has some pretty brutal ±3h redeyes from Central Europe to the Caucasus. BUD-KUT, BUD-GYD. The Poland-Georgia rotations have been changed now so they're not that painful anymore.

Re: Meridiana retires last MD-80

F*CK there goes my last chance to fly an MD8x here in Europe... ):

Anybody know how long the Volotea 717 will be around?

FA's not speaking English

Hello! I'm pretty sure this isn't the most intelligent question on here. But earlier in October I've had 4 flights with AeroMexico (2 long haul, 2 short). On half of those flights, flight attendants did not speak or refused to speak English. When I addressed them in Spanish, they weren't pretty resp...

Re: 10th Anniversary of the A380

This Airbus VLA projection crap is getting tired. They admitted that they projected it to include ALL 400+ seat aircraft. Including higher density 777 (Air Canada slaveship 777 seating 458, anyone? And this projection being made in a time when practically every 777 was 9 abreast), A350, and even ult...

Re: LCC's on India-Europe Sector

Wasn't Wizzair granted traffic rights BUD-India a few years ago?
Would be interesting to see if they'll push even farther east than Kazakhstan once they receive the A321 NEO. BUD-DEL is only 38nm further than KEF-TLV. Might be pushing it, but not impossible.

Re: AirBridge Cargo loses Schiphol slots

AMS isn't slot constrained due to the runway situation, only on particularly windy days for which every once in a while a new east-west runway comes into discussion. It's capped at 500k movements due to noise regulations. It will be renegotiated for after 2020 and there seems to be room for expansio...

Re: DI (Norwegian UK) begins LGW-SIN

Tickets start at £149 one way, so £298 retour if you're really lucky. Not sure what SQ's cheapest fare is.

Re: Airports you've only connected at... but you haven't visited the city.

HHN, MXP, TLS (Thanks FR for offering easy quick selfconnects for €50 less than a direct flight, if given direct flight actually exists). Also OSL though I've been there as a kid, by car, and ARN though I've been to Stockholm but flew into NYO. I have been lucky enough to have a transfer in SEZ that...

Re: Seasonal LCC Flights Between Europe and Hawaii?

If you're an Aussie or Kiwi I imagine after your 12th trip to Fiji, Bali, etc, you're ready for some new scenery and a new adventure. 77H On the subject of Bali (which i love) im surprised there is no seasonal Europe-Bali direct service? Would DY ever be interested? If not even for someone like TUI...

Re: Seasonal LCC Flights Between Europe and Hawaii?

LCC to Hawaii? No, Hawaii is an expensive destination compared to nearly every other possible destination, People who fly there won´t fancy a LCC, and people who fancy the LCC won´t be able to pay Hawaii. Apart from that most people I know who have been there have usually done Hawaii in combination...

Re: First 737-700BDSF being delivered

I'm sorry, but what does BDSF stand for?

Re: Westbound “Redeyes”

I think some late night TATL flights ex-Europe could be classified as red eyes (the new 05:30 LGW-JFK by Norwegian for example). But an EU-MEX flight definitely isn't. I'm booked on one myself. AMS 2225 - MEX 0400 (0300 when it's DST). It's 12:35h so that leaves enough time to actually fall asleep a...

Re: Possible KLM cabin crew strikes

Threatens to strike would be my guess. Would love to be corrected if there's a more suitable option haha. Anyway, KL staff should stop whining about removing 1 staff member from the overstaffed A33x planes. If I'm right they're still one more even two persons over the legal lower limit (1 FA per 50 ...

Re: Etihad latest airline to release alternative safety video

This thing made me dizzy. Totally not my style.