I'm wondering if Nauru got a better offer from Air Vanuatu ? The NF service seems to be all over the place at the moment relying on the Solomons Airlines agreement. Of course though, if ON have dumped the contract at short notice, then that may well indicate dissatisfaction with Bonza and possibly p...
Jump to postThen what? The students who complete training using the T-7 eventually graduate and will presumably move onto the USAF's fleet of fighters, Question about this. After graduating from T-7A training. Does a pilot necessarily go to fighter? What training aircrafts do Tankers or C-17or B-21 train on? b...
Jump to postWhat? Ban overflights over russia? That is how it is. Banning all planes from Europe/US that have overflown russian territory should not be allowed into European/US airports and this policy should have been done yesterday. Isn’t suggesting that aircraft that have flown over Russian airspace at any ...
Jump to postLet's be realistic here, Japan will never buy a Korean developed weapons system, nor will Korea buy a Japanese system. There are some things in history that would take extraordinary events to occur, to erase past occurrences which prejudice modern opinions. Japan and South Korea have common foes and...
Jump to postWhen the A350s come on line, their competitors will have been running the type for up to and more than 10 years already. Your point ? Will the competitors be running them nonstop to LHR from SYD/MEL/PER, or to JFK from SYD ? That will be the primary focus of the earlier deliveries, routes that no o...
Jump to postWhen the A350s come on line, their competitors will have been running the type for up to and more than 10 years already. Your point ? Will the competitors be running them nonstop to LHR from SYD/MEL/PER, or to JFK from SYD ? That will be the primary focus of the earlier deliveries, routes that no o...
Jump to postWhen the A350's come on line, they will free up 789's. It will take a while, but the extra 789's, plus the freed up aircraft, will allow an increase in frequencies to existing destinations and any new destinations.
Jump to postOne excuse, we have to be ready for China, seems to not take into account there is one thing certain to encourage serious aggression by the PRC, to the extent of US direct involvement, that is allowing Putin to prevail, even partially, if the West is seen to lose patience, or interest, resolve, tha...
Jump to postInitial hearing today has been a bit of a farce. TWU started asking about compensation for itself to cover lost members' fees. The judge was not impressed I’m a paid up union member but this is the sort of garbage that makes me want to bang my head against the wall and/or cut up my membership card....
Jump to postModerators, please shut this thread down now. It's already borderline stupidity, don't allow it to get any worse please.
Jump to postA long time lurker on this thread, I have a question. The Malaysia Airport Berhad, the main operator of KLIA, is reporting they are courting Qantas in resuming SYD-KUL with rumoured 4x weekly flight in 2025. Anyone have heard anything about this? Qantas suspended its flights to Kuala Lumpur in 1999...
Jump to postHow long will Aircalin using metal from Amelia? I was spotting at SYD today and it appears I just missed them after I left. Would like to get out there again to capture a rare A319 (to SYD at least). It operated in November December, wasn’t aware it had come back again. It's back due to the PW engi...
Jump to postI came through Mel international on the weekend, lines of at least 200 metres to get through immigration (for those who know, it was past the old Cathay Lounge) and no staff providing any direction. Lucky for me I knew to walk past them and that there are kiosks on the far side of duty free. This i...
Jump to postFrom the last thread re Rex’s HY results REX announced its results to the ASX for the December half-year today and they were not great. Passenger revenue has only increased by 6% YoY which is surprising given their larger jet fleet. Whilst they reported a reduced loss of $3.2M, this was after a non...
Jump to postCarrier will cooperate on building partnerships with other carriers to broaden its network reach in the early years. I note this quote: “We want to be friends with everyone. It’s better to be United Nations than to be oneworld,” said COO Peter Bellew when asked if the airline has plans to join an a...
Jump to postI remember before the merger Us airways expressed early interest in the A350. US was the launch customer for the A350. But then few other airlines wanted it, and Airbus completely changed the A350 specification such that it was way too much plane for US. I don't think US's interest decades ago matt...
Jump to postI wonder what QF's take on this is- QLD AAIF is offering subsidies to carriers to compete against us on an existing route! I’m interested in understanding this as well. Is this even legal, when there are no slot restrictions at either airport? Or am I missing something here? Qantas Group has invest...
Jump to postCouldn't they have put something under leak to catch the fuel rather than having it flow onto the snow? :D What, get a little bucket, some Tupperware? This kind of event is so rare, that it's no economic justification for anybody to keep suck equipment on hand. Then do what with the contaminated fu...
Jump to postqf789 wrote:Qantas A330 freighter to start 2 weekly SYD-HKG from 2 June
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240220-qfcns24hkg
Am I imagining it or did they also discuss doing this with the A350? Someone mentioned that the gear can retract sooner after takeoff. Isn’t that fully dependent on the crew moving the gear lever? The A350 can vary the flaps in flight for CG management. Not sure it has variable settings for takeoff...
Jump to postMust be boring for the tech crew same rotations day in day out! But they A320 crew would also be operating the A321, the 744 tech crew operating the freighters and the 763 tech also would be operating the 763F's that they have. The 747 and 767 cabin crew would likely be crossed trained on the 777's...
Jump to postDo they fly these on a single route? Or are they spread across the network? I wonder if the meter has blocked fleet sales for them somehow? HL7772, the lone A320, seems to fly: GMP-GJU-GMP-CJU-KWJ-CJU-GMP most days HL7428, the lone B744, seems to fly: ICN-CTS-ICN most days HL7528, the lone B763, se...
Jump to postIt must be MUCH more expensive to create the super reliable systems needed to replace two pro pilots. One day it will not work out and then we will have some interesting debate. I've seen figures suggesting there are maybe 350,000 active commercial airline pilots in the world. Let's say the average...
Jump to postWas in Miami in the 90's and a friend and I went to see the Chalks Turbo Mallards. We ended up flying to Bimini for a few hours in the Bahamas, just to fly on one.
Jump to postbikerthai wrote:The problem with jets is you have to fly low to avoid radar. But then people can hear you.
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LAXdenizen wrote:Could this be just a repair to the nose, and what we are seeing in the image provided is protective film taped to the fuselage?
The smoke in the sky from the alleged missile hit is very low and close to the crash site. Surely a missile launched by Ukraine would not have been able to hit the aircraft that low and that far into Russian territory. Looks more like another friendly fire mishap again to me.
Jump to postIt was mentioned earlier that the cargo terminal at SYD could be redeveloped in the next decade, quite possible, but a replacement would still be needed at SYD. The vast majority of freight comes in on passenger flights and it will still need to be processed at SYD. Fedex, UPS and DHL will likely mo...
Jump to postWSI will serve cargo carriers, LCC's (some longhaul) and whoever wants to arrive/depart during SYD curfew times due to network operational scheduling conflicts. As for hourly BNE/MEL flights- I disagree- it would cannibalize SYD loads too much. It's not cannibalizing loads if it's the same airline ...
Jump to postSchedule for Turkish Airlines Melbourne flights: TK168 IST1700 – 0845+1SIN1015+1 – 1940+1MEL 359 257 TK169 MEL2120 – 0250+1SIN0430+1 – 1040+1IST 359 136 Ouch no thanks 2:50am into Singers and out at 4:30am....lol Melbourne can have that. Not a good start. If you look at it as MEL time, it's not tha...
Jump to postUPS had the opportunity to purchase the last four 747-8F aircraft from the production line, but decided not to take them Finally Atlas Air decided to take the last four. With these two Qatar Cargo 747-8F aircraft UPS gets one late built aircraft ( A7-BGB ), with approx the same performance as the r...
Jump to postUPS had the opportunity to purchase the last four 747-8F aircraft from the production line, but decided not to take them Finally Atlas Air decided to take the last four. With these two Qatar Cargo 747-8F aircraft UPS gets one late built aircraft ( A7-BGB ), with approx the same performance as the r...
Jump to postSimilar topic, when did the VA code become available? Virgin Blue was DJ and they didn’t assume VA until the rebrand in 2011. Not sure of the exact date the switching of codes occurred. I assume the code had been previously allocated at some point as I’d assume Virgin Atlantic would have taken it i...
Jump to postWith Jetstar's new foray into the Pacific with direct flights from Sydney to Rarotonga.. could we see additional Pacific destinations open up? Maybe Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti to complement the already popular Fiji flights? What about VLI, which is relatively close to Australia and doesn't have QF met...
Jump to postThai airways have confirmed Perth as of 28 March The on again/ off again service now has bookings open It’s resuming on 31 March not the 28th, also seems the schedule won’t be a split schedule as previously planned Interesting they have decided to use a 20 year old A340-300. Interesting so see that...
Jump to postIt is ENTIRELY acceptable to ask Passengers to FOLLOW Instructions... which in this case they did! Just because YOU are uncomfortable and YOU feel unsafe, does not mean YOU have all of the information needed to make a decision (that's why you're Passenger and not Crew). You are responding based on ...
Jump to postPraise to the passengers and the cabin crew for remaining so calm, just watching that for so long was excruciating. 5.30 before foam on that particular window, zero evidence of any fire suppression on the starboard side. The video confirms my initial thoughts that it took too long to get to the airc...
Jump to postAnd I bet some of that budget accomodation in Hawaii is more expensive than the premium accomodation in Cape Town. CPT is a cheap destination on the most part - sure you can spend up, but overall the cost of accomodation and food/wine is very cheap compared to say HNL. I was thinking the same thing...
Jump to postOne doesn't have to believe the media. It's a certification requirement. Any commercial aircraft certified to fly must be able to evacuate all occupants in 90 seconds or less with 50% of the emergency exits blocked. They literally and physically test this out on each aircraft. In one video that is ...
Jump to postCPT maybe a better suit to JQ once they have their refit? No, CPT really isn't a discount style destination. Neither is Honolulu and that isn’t stopping them. That being said I think JNB would come first, that and India. Others have pointed out LAS might be too far. You'll find a lot more budget ac...
Jump to postanstar wrote:planemanofnz wrote:Obzerva wrote:QF:
JNB to be flying out of PER by year end.
Could it be CPT over JNB?
CPT maybe a better suit to JQ once they have their refit?
Pcoder wrote:Plane looks intact, hopefully everyone is OK.
The love to PER continues, with TG resuming daily PER-BKK from 31 March 2024 using 788. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231221-tgns24int Also good to see the 2nd daily flight to Sydney re-starting again. With the absense of the daily EK418/419 DXB-BKK-SYD-BKK-DXB service. Surprised it’s taken TG thi...
Jump to postYou do not cut away a fishing net worth $20000 without some evidence of why you were forced too. An insurance claim would've required such evidence, nobody is going to discard something that valuable, without having recourse to get something back for it. He also claimed that in a previous emergency ...
Jump to postConvenient that he waited till all the rest of the crew had died :scratchchin: I guess you didn't bother to read the whole article. He reported it to the authorities as soon as he returned to shore (late 2014). Yes, and they gave him a plausible explanation. He takes it to the media now that there ...
Jump to postConvenient that he waited till all the rest of the crew had died
Jump to postThe problem is that the mainland is out of range of narrowbodies to fly into the region, and many of the ports we're talking about would be marginal and have smaller demand. Ex-HNL, a narrowbody could make it. Not only would a 737MAX or A321NEO be a more right-sized plane for many of these markets,...
Jump to postCould United make Honolulu its South Pacific hub with flights from HNL to SYD/BNE/MEL/NAN/APW/PPG.. Routes currently without any Star Alliance representation.. I doubt it as that brings double connections for many flyers, when they can just run services from current mainland U.S. hubs. The problem ...
Jump to postNF (Air Vanuatu) is supposedly plotting a transition to B737 MAXs in the late 2020s. After the A220 issues, I have my doubts. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/134273-air-vanuatu-plots-transition-to-b737-max-in-late-2020s Seriously, a pair of MAX's would make more sense than the A220 plan. I ...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:NF (Air Vanuatu) is supposedly plotting a transition to B737 MAXs in the late 2020s.
After the A220 issues, I have my doubts.
https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news ... late-2020s