Well if they want something which is available now, probably not crazy expensive, derived from something in service a quarter century already, powered by a reliable engine. They can go to their former colony, Taiwan, and get the AIDC T6 Brave Eagle which seems to be a 2 seat trainer version of the T...
Jump to postAnyone know why one of the A350s VN-A888 has been parked since last Sept??? Engine maintenance? I think that VN also called the A350's name when talking about its engine crisis (PW grounding). https://tuoitre.vn/thieu-may-bay-do-bao-duong-di-lai-ra-sao-20240321084856329.htm The Trent XWB on the A 3...
Jump to postAnyone know why one of the A350s VN-A888 has been parked since last Sept???
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Seems like an unusually slow quarter for 787 deliveries.
789: 26J/21W/238Y 781: 34J/28W/254Y (definitely a better cabin configuration than 359 for YVR as there's way more Economy pax than Business) Thanks. Bit of a hit in capacity from the A333 with 30/277 (307) or 36/277 (313) to 285 total in the 789. Hopefully the PE seat revenue makes up. Also will al...
Jump to postCI has no addition frame to operate so this route will stay 5x weekly for the duration until they get 789s delivered mid 2025. JX on the other hand will have more 359s coming in this year so they can make this daily within months. I wouldnt hold my breath that whatever timeline Boeing told CI when ...
Jump to postso why would a 737 operator with MAXs choose the competitor for a small NB order, that leaves only 1 sane explanation BA can't guarantee the 737-10s delivery earlier than Airbus can for a321neos I think you hit it on the nail, lets face it between the narrowbodies and even the widebodies comparing ...
Jump to postso why would a 737 operator with MAXs choose the competitor for a small NB order, that leaves only 1 sane explanation BA can't guarantee the 737-10s delivery earlier than Airbus can for a321neos I think you hit it on the nail, lets face it between the narrowbodies and even the widebodies comparing ...
Jump to postThey made a loss of USD30million from the transaction, selling all the five airframes at lower than market value. In another way: true market value appeared to be 6 million less on average than expected from estimated value. Or is market value less than their value on their books. At least 2 of the...
Jump to postThanks RoyalBrunei757! For some reason when I've searched Flightradar24 for B-18919, it shows nothing but if I search the flight number to FCO or SIN etc and click on the scheduled plane registration it works!!! Maybe it wont show the usual way till a flight at a present date if there were none befo...
Jump to postOnly once went to FL430 in a light 767-200ER and one pilot was on oxygen the whole time which was a pita No one would disregard that regulation at my airline so except for that one occasion we didn’t go above FL410 We routinely go up to FL410. On the A350-900 sometimes even to FL430 but more rarely...
Jump to postArent there still several dozen A321 delivery slots in teh next year or two Jet Blue and Spirit have which they say they don't need?? If the terms are agreeable to all parties when added to these leased ones it will help mitigate the United Max10 crunch.
Jump to postwhy doesnt any Taiwan carriers fly to BOS or Washington DC area????
If TSMC ever finish their Phoenix plants I see CI turning their present PHX chartered flights to regular scheduled ones.
CI said last year they would lease at least one A350, possibly more. Ex SAS SE-RSA (ln 358 delivered Nov 2019) arrived TPE Dec 30 as OE-IEA, supposedly to be registered B18919 per Planespotters. On Flightradar24 its transponder had activity Jan 11 and none since. Seems its been parked for 10 weeks ...
Jump to postCI said last year they would lease at least one A350, possibly more. Ex SAS SE-RSA (ln 358 delivered Nov 2019) arrived TPE Dec 30 as OE-IEA, supposedly to be registered B18919 per Planespotters. On Flightradar24 its transponder had activity Jan 11 and none since. Seems its been parked for 10 weeks a...
Jump to postEX- China Airlines B-18212/B-18215(last B744P) are scrapped in Feb at TPE Is scrapping of these two PAX 744s actually done already or stored awaiting dismantling in Taipei or further movement to VCV ? planespotters and airfleets show they were last at TPE stored, not sure how quickly they update th...
Jump to postL/N 1762 C/N xxxxx B777F AIR CHINA CARGO (WF388) L/N 1763 C/N 68064 B777F A7-BTB QATAR CARGO (WF298) L/N 1764 C/N xxxxx B777F EVA AIR CARGO (WF229) L/N 1765 C/N xxxxx B777F ATLAS AIR (TITAN LEASING) - AIR CANADA ntu C-GYLQ) - (WF421) L/N 1766 C/N xxxxx B777F CHINA AIRLINES (WF318), FEBRUARY 2024 L/N...
Jump to postIs VCV the real scrapping destination for China Airlines or does TPE have boneyards too? Just wonder why go to USA to scrap if TPE saves fuel. There are no boneyards as such in Taiwan though seems TPE and TSA have enough ramp space to park a big chunk of CI and BRs fleet during covid. I'm only awar...
Jump to postaudidudi wrote:One of the China Airlines B744F, B-18708, was ferried to VCV last week:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/b-18708#
EX- China Airlines B-18212/B-18215(last B744P) are scrapped in Feb at TPE yanzistart do you know if China Air will recycle the engines for the freighter fleet? Are there any photos of the scrapping in Taipei? They are only running between 6 and 7 of their 744Fs in the last year with similar number ...
Jump to postOkay first drops of official news for what Fighter they would have https://news.tv5.com.ph/articles-you-might-like/read/multi-role-fighters-philippines-sweden-discuss-multi-role-fighter-acquisition (February 16, 2024) – The Philippines is close to sealing a deal with Sweden to acquire a squadron of...
Jump to postjimmy9irons wrote:Was that the last production passenger 747?
How agile are the 70mm rockets using the APKWS laser seeker? Would putting an IR or other imaging seeker with a proximity fuse do the trick???
Jump to post777-200 ln 1, MSN 27116 was test flown by Boeing with Pratt engines and then delivered 6 years later to CX with RR.
Jump to postEverything is possible with right amount of money. But realistically I don't believe there was single instance of such swap for Airbus or Boeing planes. There is no approved procedures for such. There were idea to make engines easily swappable on 787, but got nowhere with all the delays and other i...
Jump to postFWIW my wife who is a doc when I told her the story thought this was probably an alcoholic with liver disease and varices , went on a trip to BKK, drank too much, liver got worse, and you will bleed liters in no time from a varice, weakened large blood vessel in your esophagus due to back pressure f...
Jump to postWhile the "takeover' of Boeing by MDC in 97 certainly helped get us to where we are today, Boeings issues started even before the merger in 97 as the production issues going from Classic to NG were baked in already by the time of the merger.
Jump to postA common narrative is that Boeing's troubles started with the McDonnell Douglass merger and the "takeover" by bean counter management. However, didn't the trouble really begin earlier than that when they decided to produce the 737 NG to replace the Classic instead of either a new narrowbo...
Jump to postWould Lockheed or Northrop want to buy Boeing Commerical Airplanes division?? Defense and Space will be kept with Boeing or sold off to someone else. Can't see what anti trust issues that would raise. Keeps Boeing facilities/jobs in the US, the new owner will have to clear out house in management a...
Jump to postWould Lockheed or Northrop want to buy Boeing Commerical Airplanes division?? Defense and Space will be kept with Boeing or sold off to someone else. Can't see what anti trust issues that would raise. Keeps Boeing facilities/jobs in the US, the new owner will have to clear out house in management an...
Jump to postThe Kunsan F16s just had an upgrade with the APG89 radar and some other things though not the full block 70 upgrade but some of the earlier elements of the planned PoBIT upgrade. Hopefully these crashes are not related to anything from that recent work the planes had done.
Jump to postConference call just ended. Calhoun started the call right off the bat talking about the Alaska incident. He said the right words and explained the removing of the exemption after talking to the Senator who is an airline pilot. Who's an airline pilot?? Duckworth was National Guard Blakhawk pilot Ke...
Jump to post"Boeing is undertaking design modification of the 737 Max engine inlet after discovering that use of engine anti-ice in certain operating conditions can result in failure of the inlet’s inner barrel and substantial cowl damage." "Use of the engine anti-ice system in dry air for more t...
Jump to postthere are no weapons being procured in the Greek announcement https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/greece-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-conventional-take-and-landing-ctol Turkey is buying a huge amount of weapons with their deal https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/turkiye-f-16...
Jump to postWhy at all JL chose 359R, whereas 78X is lighter and can accomodate more passengers in typical 3-3-3 layout? 359R has obvious edge over 78X with the new widened cabin and 3-4-3 layout (which is OK for short intra-Japan hops). It seems like JL ordered them too early, when only "old" cabin ...
Jump to postI am deeply confused. So quality issues going on, and the FAA is going to look more into it. What has me confused if the 737-9 is the one grounded, why aren't the other variants, namely 737-8 also grounded, as they came out of the same factory and line, which according to FAA needs to be fully audi...
Jump to postI wonder how many a330 operators have ordered 787 due to lack of engine choice . If you operated a cf6 or pw powered a330 are you less likely to order an a330 neo? Thats really not a major issue with most airlines as engines nowdays are very often under power by the hour contracts with the OEM so t...
Jump to postOT but why does Airbus certify the H Force weapons package on the H145 and H125 but not the H135?? Iraq has a bespoke system on their H135 but seems Airbus should make it available across its range, it also puts it on the H225.
Jump to postCI are running up to 15 widebody freighters since covid, they have 13 running right now. They will have 10 77Fs in fleet by second half 24. May need a few more still. Just offered 5 2001-2003 build 744Fs on the market. One 744F just flew to VCV before xmas, 2 parked over a year at TPE, 4 more parked...
Jump to postHeres an article with rather good arguments for the pros and cons
https://epsilonaviation.wordpress.com/2 ... e-a330neo/
I havent walked the "park" for 2 years but at that time some sections of the eastern trail right by the lake ,almost an ocean breakwater, was pretty overgrown and not paved, if they paved it so you could walk/run around the entire area it would be a real nice trail. But maybe the sea gets ...
Jump to postP8 is an anti submarine warfare/maritime patrol aircraft which will replace the P3 Orion in many services. . E7 is an airborne early warning aircraft which will replace the E3 AWACs. While both probably have significant sigint/elint/comint capabilities to varying degrees the E7 is not for submarine ...
Jump to postNow Planespotters is showing a recently active SAS A359 (in service till end Oct )SE-RSA msn 358 as going to CI, and the two previously parked (since late last year) ones which a few months ago shown as going to CI now with -RSB going to MH, RSC no longer listed as going to CI but still not spoken f...
Jump to post[ I still think BR will order the 779 as they need to replace their remaining 77Ws and unlike QF (who has never flown any 777 variants) they already have the 77F so integrating the 779 would be easy. BR operates 77W/77F which are essentially the same thing, certainly for the flight crew and mainten...
Jump to postI dont see any Taiwan carrier needing a 779, not with Starlux in the picture. Pre covid, BR had far more RPKs than CI running those 77Ws across pacific etc to more destinations and more frequencies, yet their revenue from pax was not proportionately that much greater and with CIs huge cargo revenues...
Jump to postUA857 wrote:I was expecting CI to go for the A35K and BR to go for the 779 similar to how JL went for the A35K and NH went for the 779.
anyone have any idea when the 2 cancelled AC freighters were supposedly due for delivery in '24? The firing line in an earlier post in April goes into 24Q1 with no AC aircraft listed though there seems to be far fewer plane listed in 2nd half 23 than first half also with some gaps in line numbers
Jump to postDoes anyone know if the new NG SABR AGP83 Aesa radar used in block 70 F16s (and the upgrades for many F16 users ) has a continuous wave capability? Asking as the Taiwan Block 20s had a unique APG66V3 radar for use with AIM7M Sparrows as US wouldn't release the AIM120 to Taiwan when the Peace Fenghua...
Jump to postThey could have installed the wrong wing??? Other than that I can't imagine how the entire wing has to be changed. As I remembered from the ACAP the 787-9/-10 has different engine seperations so I tried this. I overlapped -9 and -10 wing root and pylons over the photo of XA-SSS and surprisingly the...
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