Re: Japan Airlines outlines A350 strategy

Sightseer wrote:

So JL will retire its 77Ws before its 763s. You don't see that every day.

Re: Airlines to join Oneworld

OW badly needs an African based airline. There is none except BA South African domestic flights operated by Comair.
Star has got 3; South African, Ethiopian and Egyptair. Skyteam has Kenya. So the obvious candidates are all gone.
May be Royal Air Maroc and Rwandair? But please not Nigerian.

Operating Costs Of Wide Bodies

I am working on a project that requires a comparison of operating costs of the following aircraft. I am looking for operating costs per flight hour with both fixed and variable components. (They are available from very expensive commercial databases which are beyond my budget). A340-300/-500/-600 A3...

RE: Lack Of Asian Airlines At LAS

JAL operated <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>-<acronym tit...

RE: WestJet Goes Wide-body

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VCEflyboy" class="quote" target="_blank">VCEflyboy</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i>Japanese airlines are known for their ...

RE: Air Canada's First 787 To Be Handed Over...

On finals, passing by my apartment,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

RE: Air Canada's First 787 To Be Handed Over...

AC 7008 just landed on 15L.

RE: MH370 Malaysia Airlines B772 Missing Enroute KUL-PEK Part 12

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/s5daw" class="quote" target="_blank">s5daw</a> (<a href="#145" class="quote">Reply 145</a>):<br/><i>I'm not sure if Soviet Union ever shot down ...

RE: London To Singapore In 8 Days! (Imperial Airwa

There is an excellent book on this subject called "Beyond the Blue Horizon" by Alexander Frater. He follows the same route of Imperial Airways planes. I read it in mid-1980s. It is still available at Amazon.

RE: Goodbye Singapore Airlines A340!

Last SQ 22 just flew over Toronto and will be landing at EWR around 1730 EST.

RE: ATL24: Inside The World's Busiest Airport

That is going to be similar to this program which aired on Discovery Chanel in 2011 <a href="http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/nerve-center/season-1/nerve-center-atlanta-international-airport/#clip478716" target="_blank">http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/ner...-international-airport/#clip478716</a> or...

RE: How Do They Deliver Q400's To Europe?

This article covers Q400 ferrying across the pacific.
http://www.wingsmagazine.com/content/view/1927/

RE: Which Airlines Last To Retire Pax 747 Classic?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FreshSide3" class="quote" target="_blank">FreshSide3</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i> I was on a JAL flight <acronym titl...

RE: Snow Storm Nemo - Feb/8 - Northeast Impact

Diversions from Toronto within the last hour <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 883 to North Bay <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> 879 / <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> 356 / German Cargo 3141 to Detroit <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> 241 to Washi...

RE: CIA Director Petraeus Resigns.

From Jay Leno: The head of the <acronym title="Rome - Ciampino (CIA / LIRA), Italy">CIA</acronym> and former General David Petraeus has resigned because of an extramarital affair. So guys, let that be a lesson for you. If the <acronym title="Rome - Ciampino (CIA / LIRA), Italy">CIA</acronym> directo...

RE: Fall 2012 Aircraft Values And Lease Pricing

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Stitch" class="quote" target="_blank">Stitch</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>747 Classics are at scrap values nowadays, s...

RE: Fall 2012 Aircraft Values And Lease Pricing

Your post is very timely for me as I have just started a very preliminary feasibility study for a 747 dry leasing project on behalf of a friend.

Do you have any figures for 747 pax dry leasing rates for both 747 classic and 744 ?

Thank you very much.

Ethiopian 787 To Toronto

Ethiopian Airlines is switching to B787 for their twice weekly <acronym title="Addis Ababa - Bole International (ADD / HAAB), Ethiopia">ADD</acronym>-<acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> flights from Nov. 9th making the firs...

RE: Sleeping Pax Didn't Deplane, Flights Back CDG-LHE!

French woman going back to LaHore. I am sure there is a joke here but I am not going there.

RE: Man Jumps Off Taxiing AirAsia Aircraft‎

He probably realized that he has to pay for the food.

RE: Ethiopian Inaugural Flight To YYZ On July 16th

The Ethiopian Airlines inaugural flight to <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> (<acronym title="Eilat - J. Hozman (ETH / LLET), Israel">ETH</acronym> 502) is on the way from <acronym title="Rome - Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vin...

RE: Has Every 747 (Of 1400) Been To JFK?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/airbuseric" class="quote" target="_blank">airbuseric</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>JA8161, 8162 and 8169 had temporary ...

Emirates 380 Diverted To Ottawa On June 1

I just realized that all this excitement happened on the 3rd anniversary of the first Emirates A380 flight to Toronto.

Emirates 380 Diverted To Ottawa On June 1

EK 241 just landed on R/W 15R. Long long day for the crew and the pax. Luckily this is the long layover for the crew; 3 nights instead of the 2 nights on MON/WED flights.

Emirates 380 Diverted To Ottawa On June 1

Return flight to <acronym title="Toronto - Lester B. Pearson International (Malton) (YYZ / CYYZ), Canada - Ontario">YYZ</acronym> came on the Toronto East Radar frequency and was told to hold again at Imeba fix near Lake Simcoe. But the hold was cancelled after one orbit and now being given radar ve...

Emirates 380 Diverted To Ottawa On June 1

From liveatc: EK 241 just landed in Ottawa R/W 14 and many discussions on the taxi route, Is this the first A380 in CYOW?

RE: Lots Of Holdings At Cyyz

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kl692" class="quote" target="_blank">kl692</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>EK241 is now Climbing out of Cyyz after going ar...

Emirates 380 Diverted To Ottawa On June 1

Emirates A380 operating <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> 241 to Toronto just did a missed approach in Toronto due to wind shear and decided to divert to Ottawa. It commenced the diversion around 1630 local time. CYYZ 012000Z 09017G25KT 12SM VCSH OVC007 13/12 A2964 RMK SF...

RE: Where Did CX/SQ Fly Their B 747-200/300s To?

I will try to list all the scheduled and ad-hoc <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> B742/3 destinations. As I am doing this from my memory, apologize for any omissions,. Asia: <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>, <acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - Inter...

RE: Cathay Pacific AMS-HKG: An Upper Deck Experience

Great report and photos. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/akhmad" class="quote" target="_blank">akhmad</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>I was about to...

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

There is a couple of trivia facts for JAL flight to Boston if anyone is interested. Boston became the first new North American destination for JAL since Las Vegas came online in Oct. 1998 (then went offline in Sep 2001.) Flight number JAL 8 was used for the extra (in addition to <acronym title="Japa...

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

JAL facebook Boston flight photos :

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...48160.96023.195152223850783&type=3

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

Now on final approach 4R

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

From LiveATC : JAL 8 just contacted Boston Approach and was given R/W 4R

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vulindlela744" class="quote" target="_blank">vulindlela744</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>is the flight departing back t...

RE: Who's Going To BOS To See JAL 787 On 4/22?

JAL 8 just contacted Toronto Centre over Georgian Bay and was given direct routing to <acronym title="Albany - International (County) (ALB / KALB), USA - New York">ALB</acronym> (Albany) VOR and the name of standard arrival (STAR) to Boston. Will be over my neighborhood in 5 minutes but no visual co...

RE: 747-200 Cruise Speed

The usual cruising mach speeds for 747 family at JAL (when they used to operate 747s): -200 : .84 -300 : .85 -400 : .86 But sometimes the cruising speed is dependent on the happy hour schedule of the post-flight debriefing location at the destination <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviat...

RE: B737-300F And -400F

Thanks for the information.
The figures were very useful. While I couldn't find the mentioned article but found an useful article titled "Narrowbody freighter fuel burn & operating performance" while searching for it.

B737-300F And -400F

I am doing some performance computations on behalf of a friend who is evaluating B737-300 and -400 freighters for a leasing project. I have found some resources on the web but any expert opinions especially with operating costs comparisons will be much appreciated.

RE: TK Flight Crew Planning Question

If Monday to Friday : A330/340, Saturday : B777, Sunday: Back to A330/340, It will probably look like this: Airbus Crew Pattern 1 (Assume one night layover and go back next day) Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun : <acronym title="Istanbul - Ataturk (Yesilkoy) (IST / LTBA), Turkey">IST</acronym>-<acronym title...

RE: VS901 NRT-LHR Northerly Route Today

From what I have heard, routing between Far east and Europe is a balancing act. Airlines would like to fly on the northern route for shorter great circle distance as well as for lesser headwinds. But Russian air navigation fees for that route is very expensive. So the daily route planners weigh the ...

RE: Flight Engineer Really Needed?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mandala499" class="quote" target="_blank">mandala499</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>This video I think suits the above j...

RE: Flight Engineer Really Needed?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Max+Q" class="quote" target="_blank">Max Q</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i>The recent, tragic crash of the UPS 744 in Dub...

RE: Hot Brakes Delays Departure - Preventable?

<center><table align="center" border="0" width="650" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="/uf/view.file?id=5644&filename=phpgHnPTx.jpeg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/5644/middle/phpgHnPTx.jpeg" width="648" height="432" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table><t...

RE: First JL/NW Non-stops JFK-NRT?

JAL had 3 special 747-200s (JA8161/62/69) for <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> flight during pre-744 period. While they were not ...

RE: What Do Pilots Talk/do In Long-Haul Flights?

Bet on the what alphabet ATIS is going to be at the destination. Furthest one buys the beer,

Pilots talk about girls in the cockpit and talks about planes when with a girl.

RE: Spotting At CMB Colombo Sri Lanka

I agree with previous reply. Even though the threat from LTTE terrorists has gone away, the security forces are still very sensitive to the security around the airport. Also the airforce base shares the runway with the civilian traffic. You are not even allowed to take photographs from the terminal ...

RE: Singapore To London On SQ's A380

Good report. I had a similar experience to what you had with your Green tea request. Last year I was flying out of <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> 11 and wanted some reading materials. I was...

RE: Crew Service Door, 747/200's

On 747-300 / -400 (Stretched Upper deck) aircrafts, there are two entry doors around the mid point of the upper deck, making a crew service service door unnecessary. But 747s with a non-stretched upper deck such as -100/-200 series as well as freighter versions of -400 and -8 need a crew service doo...

RE: Crew Rotation On Long Flights And Layovers

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