Re: What's TUI Airways' rule when it comes to using jetbridges? Do they try to avoid?

That's specifically more of a European phenomenon. In other parts of the world such as the Americas or Asia, LCCs tend to use jetbridges often (frequent because it's required in many airports there). Yeah, I'd seen jetbridges connected to regional aircraft from CRJs to ERJs and even ATR72s. That is...

Re: Frustration With UAL/Turkish/Star Alliance (Opinions Needed)

Well, yeah. Everything has been said about flying during a global pandemic. But I somewhat get the point. I’m a client that has been loyal for all this years and I want this loyalty to be rewarded. I’m even bringing them money they so desperately need to keep the boat afloat. I expect them to treat ...

Re: Burger Wars!

M564038 wrote:

But the single best one I ever had was in, of all places, a place I can’t recall the name of .
In Hamburg.

Re: Burger Wars!

You are some lucky guys on the other side of the pond! When it comes to burgers for take away, we have the big two here in Germany: McD and BB. We sure have restaurants and bistros that also offer burgers but not on national level. I do appreciate that we have a diverse offer of Turkish and Arabic k...

Re: Do you think I did anything wrong with this or was unprofessional?

I find it disgraceful when people can’t just be happy for others. Envy is such a bad human characteristic. I don’t find it unusual when a company rewards its employees with benefits. Typically, that goes alongside with what the company does. When your company sells cars you will get a nice additiona...

Re: What is happening to Lufthansa?

DL and UA, before the pandemic, had profit making domestic operations. their competition is other airlines aside of few routes. Lufthansa has Rail and Car as competition, putting a fairly hard ceiling on domestic prices. best regards Thomas That’s absolutely true. However, on the typical business r...

Re: Northwest 1990's World Planes

Just wanted to add two pictures of planes that came to my mind that have a similar design. Not similar but it goes in the same direction: Condor 757: https://aviation.startbilder.de/bild/Flugzeuge~Boeing~B+757-300/78084/eine-boeing-757-300-der-condor-in.html LH 321: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/luf...

Re: Is the USA a banana republic without the bananas?

Look at the global reaction to the first presidential debate. We are a laughing stock, a complete and total embarrassment. I could care less. Most of these countries look down on us anyway because we will never embrace their doctrine of high tax nanny state socialist economy in addition to not liki...

Re: If you fly a certain route more than 5 times a year, would you be more likely to fly a low cost or a legacy airline?

The airport closest to my home is pretty small so typically I would go for the legacy carriers, in my case AF, KL, LX and LH. Also, their schedules and flexibility make my life easier. However, just recently, Wizz started offering a direct route to VIE, which otherwise is a flight through one of the...

Re: Until when will the tiller be used?

Many thanks! I’m a bit less stupid now

Regards from Germany!

Until when will the tiller be used?

Hi! I know the tiller is used on the ground for steering the aircraft. Until which speed will it be used on the runway for corrections? Or will the takeoff be aborted when, at low speed, the aircraft doesn’t follow the centerline? Or will the pilots wait until the rudder has enough command? Vice-ver...

Re: Best. Flight. Ever! Business class on a Swiss Airbus A220 (my first time) from Zurich to Dublin

I have been on a short Swiss Business Class flight on a C-Series from Zurich to Hamburg - and I second your statement: it was a superb service. It was an evening flight after an exhausting day and the crew instantly made me forget about the day. The maître de cabine welcomed me saying: we have a ver...

Re: The good old times: old commercials on YouTube

Here in Brazil, we had some fantastic ads in the past, specially from Varig, VASP and Transbrasil. These are in Portuguese, but they are my absolute favorite ones: Varig 60 years (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz1u1KUSsOU VASP mid 80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aswaRTO3z4 VASP early 9...

Re: The good old times: old commercials on YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtIAeqdoiU A Ju-52 and a 737 over the Frankfurt skyline. That's definitely not Frankfurt nor Boston as the video description implies. Frankfurt is not near the sea or surrounded by mountains and Boston has no snow covered peaks anywhere near it. That is Seattle's skyl...

The good old times: old commercials on YouTube

Hi! I was watching a couple of YouTube videos today and I came across this old commercial for Lufthansa: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_perOWRtA74 That’s the cabin I grew up with. I then searched a bit more and found this precious thing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtIAeqdoiU A Ju-52 and a 737 ov...

Re: A319 - 25 Years since 1st Flight

That picture at the beginning of this thread of a 319 landing into Santos-Dumont SDU in Rio is stunning! You absolutely need a bit of perfomance there.
The 319 is the aircraft I’ve been flying the most with.
Many happy landings!

Re: Sleeper Trains U.S.

I don’t know if Europe is good example. There have been night trains for decades but with high-speed railway increasing plus relatively cheap (and less travel hours) by plane, this system has been run down with great efficiency. It’s true that one became aware of the fact that not everybody loves to...

Re: Your favorite airline liveries

Swiss - very classy.
The VARIG livery on the Electra
BA - Landor on the 757

Re: Airports with the most challenging ground operations

London City, LCY, is like the local Ikea on a Saturday.

Re: Opinion: Top 5 saddest retirements caused by the virus

A340. The best-looking aircraft in my opinion. These four small hairdryers on the long tube makes it a very nice sight.

Re: Flying Iceland: Icelandair B757-200 & B767-300ER J

One of the very few Business Class cabins for intra-European flights that deserve this name. Looking good!

Re: Last ERJ - Embraer Regional Jet Delivered: a end of an era and the history behind it !

BMI flew the 145 in Europe and I have fond memories of flying on them on the short hop from Bremen to Brussels. They had thick blue leather seats, and everything was a bit worn - but on the nice side.
Both BMI and the route don’t exist anymore.

Re: Lufthansa to create a new airline ‘Ocean’

I think I may never understand what LH's brand strategy is. Hopefully they use this to somehow clear up the mess they currently have. Seems like a weird moment to be trying something like this. This! But as stated here, it’s just another GmbH to avoid collective agreements they have elsewhere in th...

Re: The End of the A340-600: Iberia Business to the Holy Land

I always like your reports and how you pay attention to detail. Actually, your writing style is so consistent and specific one could give it to pupils at school to write an essay about the author. If there was a thread “Reveal Who You Are” I would be most curious to find out who you are. I hope this...

Re: Did people really fly all the way on flights like this?

I’m German but I grew up in Brazil, in Rio to be more precise. We would fly back to Germany for family visit once or twice a year. During the 80s we would always take Pan Am because my dad worked in American company in Brazil and they had special prices. I don’t recall it exactly and perhaps you guy...

Re: Airports where you’re most likely to wait for a gate

We had a similar thread a couple of months ago where I explained the London City, LCY, procedure from a passenger. I was in Frankfurt and we all had boarded on time only for the captain to tell us we would be running 30 minutes late due to a lack of gates in London City. He said we weren’t even allo...

Re: A Dream Journey to the Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle

That is some great and impressive stuff. Thank you very much for sharing!

Re: The most distant/inconvenient airports to their city

We know that this changed with Ryanair flying into Hamburg HAM or Frankfurt FRA, for example. Not entirely. In most cases they didn't move to the major airports, they added them. Only there have been a few cases where the minor airport closed and thus they had to move over to the major airport, for...

Re: The most distant/inconvenient airports to their city

Frankfurt Hahn. Or “Hamburg-Lübeck”. Or “Milano-Bergamo”. To be continued. This is specific to LCC. We know that this changed with Ryanair flying into Hamburg HAM or Frankfurt FRA, for example. My favorite airport in Germany is Munich, MUC. But when you go there to go downtown Munich - well, then t...

Re: Whatever happened to Air France Vacances?

VSMUT wrote:

SAS still does that on domestic flights in Denmark. Early morning flights there are bags with a croissant and yoghurt available, rest of the day they have those sealed water cups in a rack next to the gate.

Re: Who designed Swissair's '80s livery?

Brown is an important part of the today‘s Swiss livery. Uniforms and relevant parts of the cabin appear in a dark brown color. I find it classy, especially compared to LH‘s boring grey. You may use Google to find out what the German word „kackbraun“ means as it very well describes the color used by ...

Re: Airline or Aircraft due to Covid not usually not at you airport