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Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

The European Media are quick to explain how the 737 MAX is getting a bad name. French newspaper Le Figaro calls it "Boeing's cursed aircraft" - https://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/fuselage-detache-crashs-interdiction-de-vol-le-737-max-l-avion-maudit-de-boeing-20240107 The BBC calls it "A...

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A380 experimental flight between TLS and NCE on a cooking oil mix

Airbus has been working for some time with Total to test out SAF - Sustainable Aviation Fuel. On Tuesday they tested it out on an A380 between TLS and NCE, testing several go-arounds before landing, each time collecting full data about the aircraft's performance. Article (in French) in local paper: ...

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Re: British Airways tilts against reclining seats

Not many people on this thread have picked up on the fact that BA are also adding more rows & seats to each A319/320/321. BA call it "Densification" program.... More and More seats....less and less space. The densification of 2014 has already made a mess of aircraft. On full flights o...

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Re: BA applies to use Qatari aircraft to cover strike

The aircraft swap has caused a bit of a problem for Club pax since the QR A320s only have 12 business class seats (3 rows) whilst the BA A320 often have more. I've been on one such flight from NCE & ended up being seated in an emergency exit that was completely blocked off for me, plus unlimited...

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Re: Sunday Times Article: ‘Anyone but British Airways’: turbulent times at the nation’s flag carrier

The Sunday Times article is spot on. And if you think BA's in trouble only at the front of the aircraft, look at the back too. Their economy product, especially in short haul, is below Easyjet both on seat pitch, food to purchase, and how to purchase it - they only accept payment by credit card &...

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Re: Boeing officially launches 737 MAX 10

Of course a "new" aircraft launch is exciting. But I am getting increasingly concerned about the race towards fitting more and more seats into a single aisle aircraft. As passenger in Europe, I am seeing more and more legacy airlines removing toilets to add more seats and reducing seat pit...

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Re: EK To Deploy A380 To NCE

NCE has reached its design capacity of 12M. Last time I visited I saw some work being done at T2 (possibly extending the check-in area). But nothing I'm aware of regarding T1 which is becoming totally inadequate given the traffic growth. They are well aware of the problem. T1 has completed a major ...

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Re: EK To Deploy A380 To NCE

I suppose this means a change of terminal for EK that operates from T1. Only T2 has A380 compatible gate. I am told they're switching temrinals in June. It's about time because T1 gets really overcrowded in the summer. In the past months, there's also been a lot of work around that gate (Gate 54) i...

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RE: Swiss: 22 New EU Routes And Major Cabin Overhaul

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LXLucien" class="quote" target="_blank">LXLucien</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>What's the difference of adding 16 seats...

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RE: BA Patent - New Long Haul J Seats?

I feel nervous about this design already. Ideally on a flight, I'd like my head and face to go on a part of the seat that usually has heads & faces resting on it. Looking at the diagram, it looks like my head could be resting on the seat itself, hence where bums & feet have gone (the diagram...

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RE: Flight Global: When Will We Drop The Pilot?

8 years ago I worked on the pilotless aircraft scenario for one of the major aircraft manufacturers. We concluded that a pilotless aircraft was absolutely possible but that it would take time for pax to adapt to the idea of being in a pilotless aircraft. There was an old joke going around: rather th...

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RE: Boeing Confirms SWISS' 777 Order

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DALCE" class="quote" target="_blank">DALCE</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>99% of the Y-class pax do not even know what t...

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RE: Boeing Confirms SWISS' 777 Order

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/817Dreamliiner" class="quote" target="_blank">817Dreamliiner</a> (<a href="#30" class="quote">Reply 30</a>):<br/><i>From previous threads, it wa...

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Emirates Getting Rid Of Two A330s

In order to keep a clean looking interior, upholstery (seats + carpets) have to be renewed around every 6 years. Having flown much on <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> recently, I spoke to FAs regarding the retirement of A332s and it's clear that with the current sustaine...

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RE: John Leahy And Fabrice Brégier Tour QR's 787

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TriniA340" class="quote" target="_blank">TriniA340</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i>I believe this touring of each other's...

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RE: L-1011 Entered Service 40 Years Ago

My first trip across the Big Pond was on a TWA L1011 and several after that. I recall they appeared to often have issues with the tail engine. One of my worst delays was on a <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> L1011 from Nice where we sat in the aircraft for 6 hours, all doors open (they ...

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RE: Heathrow Immigration Delays, The Saga Continues

The issue is peak times. I am a Euro citizen and fly in and out of <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> regularly and whilst there have been times I have gone through <acronym title="Turkmenistan Airlines">T5</acronym> immigration in less than 5 minutes, last...

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RE: Bad Positioned Hubs?

MAD is a hub of choice for all Europeans flying to South and Central America. Every Iberia flight I have recently taken to Latin American destinations have been very busy indeed. In particular for Central America, it allows avoiding a tedious transfer in a US hub like <acronym title="Miami - Interna...

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RE: SAS To Install New Short-haul Seats

There are two flavors of these seats. I have experienced them regularly on Air France (lightest, worst version) and Lufthansa (better but the back doesn't go high enough so they are really uncomfortable to rest your head). Either way, IMO, they are *not* an improvement. <img src="http://cdn-ww...

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RE: Greatest 'overkill' On A Route

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/robso2" class="quote" target="_blank">robso2</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirat...

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RE: Easyjet Delays

It might be due to backlog caused by the French ATC strikes yesterday. I flew <acronym title="Evergreen International Airlines (USA)">EZ</acronym> today and a cabin crew told me most of their flights today were running at 100% capacity due to yesterday's cancelled flights, and they had had problems ...

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RE: Engine MRO And Its Development In Todays Market

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RE: Engine MRO And Its Development In Todays Market

Largest problem MROs are facing is the incoming wave of "DER" maintenance companies.
DER = Designated Engineering Representative.

A DER is to an MRO what a PMA spare is to an OEM spare.

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RE: Question About BA Flights LHR-FCO

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RE: Do All Of BA's B757's Have The New Seats?

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RE: Do All Of BA's B757's Have The New Seats?

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RE: BA B763 Stranded At ATH

This reminds me of the times when <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> used to have L1011 Tristars. The last few years of commercial service, those poor birds frequently went AOG & the insides were falling apart. <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> has a habit of letting their air...

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RE: British Airways A320 Flight Diverted To Luton?

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RE: Flightblogger: A380 Production Update

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RE: Street Crossing The Runway?

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RE: Boeing To Decide On 737 Replacement By 2010

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RE: Street Crossing The Runway?

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RE: 3 Concorde's Visited Stavanger, Norway In One Day

That must have been an awesome day. Magic. Thanks for the link.

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RE: AF Fined For Forcing 175 Kg Pax To Buy 2 Seats

The gentleman was interviewed on French <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym>. He mentioned that he was pleased with the outcome of the court, and would now push the government to make it mandatory for French airlines to have at least 1 or 2 seats per aircraft that could be widened ...

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RE: Airports And Their Runways.

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RE: Depressurisation Incident - MK 332 At TOU

One depressurisation incident that killed all onboard was the Helios Jet on 14 Aug 2005.

For a dramatic, heartbreaking sequence of events, see:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050814-0

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RE: Airbus Ground Test Accident

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RE: Visiting The Grand Opening Of LHR T5

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RE: Airbus Ground Test Accident

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RE: The Mysterious A380 VIP Customer..revealed

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RE: The Mysterious A380 VIP Customer..revealed

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RE: Concorde - Remembering You!

Fantastic video. Thank you.
I flew once on it. It was the most amazing experience of my life and I shall remember it forever.

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RE: How Are The A380's Dispatch Ratings Doing?

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RE: Airport With Tugless Pushback System?

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RE: Airport With Tugless Pushback System?

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RE: FAA May Block New BA Euro Flights To JFK

This whole talk of "congestion", "limited slots", "veto any increase of air traffic" and the like, smells of A380. Might <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> "sacrifice" frequency with <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> to <acronym title="New York ...

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RE: ATR Also Looking At Larger Turboprop

Expect some technology transfer regarding composites (Alenia) & Higher capacity (both Alenia + A400M Airbus) leading to higher power engines ( P&W ). When you've got it, why not use it?

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RE: Private Aviation At London Heathrow (EGLL)

I thought that apart from the occasional Middle Eastern 747, biz jets were banned from <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> and asked to land at <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>, <acronym title="London - Luton (LTN ...

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RE: Why No 747 Super Rainmaker In Socal?

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RE: Why No 747 Super Rainmaker In Socal?

Does anybody know how many aircraft / helicopters are currently used to fight the fires in California? I checked on CNN and it looks to me that for the number of fires and the huge size of the areas concerned, there is a real lack of resources. Just looking at the Wikipedia page on the <acronym titl...

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