Re: Antonov makes first aircraft without russian components.

Good news. But it also means that Antonov cannot sell to Iran or other markets that the US doesn't want its parts to go to. Granted that these are relatively small markets but they are also the niche that companies like Antonov and others can play in without worrying about the competition.

Re: Rumour: De Havilland stopping work?

I heard an unsubstantiated rumor that De Havilland is stopping the Q400 line? Can any one confirm? I heard their backlog is very weak. Is there anyone close to the program who can confirm? I really hope not. It will be sad to see such an iconic name bite the dust. De Havilland have been such an imp...

Re: Purpose built missionary aircraft

Getting back to the topic, what specifically would make a plane purpose designed for missionary work? I guess availability, economy, ruggedness and ability to access remote locations are prime considerations. Although aircraft MSF had used in the past ran the gamut from Eurocopter , L-410 s, Carava...

Re: Air India Express IX1344 landing accident at Kozhikode

Does AI Express have a different pilot training system than Air India mainline? With its relatively small fleet, IX has had several safety related incidents like this, including the deadly IX812 crash back in 2010. But, we rarely hear of such incidents on Air India mainline flights. Sure looks like...

Re: Air India Express IX1344 landing accident at Kozhikode

Looks like a 737-800. That's the only a/c type that they operate. And IX has had a history of bad flying. A couple of years ago another of their aircraft overshot the runway at Kochi. In another incident last year , the pilot scraped the boundary wall In Madurai during takeoff, knocking off some of...

Re: Why was the 747-500 cancelled?

Back in 1986 when the 747-400 was still under development Boeing studied a ULH 747 called the 747-500 that could be able to fly up to 8,700 nmi (16,000 km), which would allow airlines to fly routes such as LHR-SYD, JFK-SYD, EWR-SIN and LAX-SIN and would have been the 777-8X of its time and could ha...

Re: New Helicopter Manufacturer found. Or rather, busted. In Moldova

As for how Moldova got wind of this, I suspect that Russia clued them in, and that they would have had to have stolen the data sheets from Russia. Once Russia got wind of that, they informed Moldova. If they hadn't been caught here, they would have been caught when an attempt to register the aircra...

Re: PIA banned from Europe

Blerg wrote:

I guess Emirates and Qatar Airways are celebrating now?

Re: First electrical airplane in the world certified !

jetmatt777 wrote:

My main concern is true battery life. Anyone who has any kind of battery powered electronic device can tell you that sometimes 20% battery left doesn't quite always mean that. Certainly, this battery is more advanced than my iPhone, but my phone has died at 20% before.

arcticcruiser wrote:

About a 120 feet...

Not bad considering the first internal combustion engine airplane flew about 120 feet.

Re: Cargo operators in India - why so few?

VSMUT wrote:

I'm not sure I understand your point. What does it matter if Indian carriers have a slice of the cake? There is no national pride in a dirty cargo plane. .

Re: Cargo operators in India - why so few?

Oh and much of the airfreight that exists is export a lot being those perishables and under normal non COVID19 conditions the likes of CATHAY, CARGOLUX Lufthansa Qatar SINGAPORE SF OF China and others operate full freighters routinely through Mumbai and Delhi alone in addition to a multitude of wid...

Re: Cargo operators in India - why so few?

32andBelow wrote:

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Re: Cargo operators in India - why so few?

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Cargo operators in India - why so few?

One would expect the World's 5th biggest economy to have operators with a sizeable cargo fleet. But no. There's only Blue Dart Aviation with around 5 757Fs, and Spice Cargo with a couple of 737s. That's it. Air India has grounded/chopped up the few freighters it once had. Other operators like ModiLu...

Re: Opportunity to bid for 100% equity in Air India extended to June 30, 2020; buyers asked to only absorb $3.5 B in deb

Hahaha. Man, they are deranged if they think anyone is going to bite in this environment. Such an investment by any carrier would invite some serious backlash. Nobody is making money. Now is not the time to acquire an even bigger money pit. Nobody is going to acquire AI unless the government does s...

Re: Why is the AN148 not successful in India?

I think you're asking the wrong question. The question should be why is the AN148 not successful around the world? The answer to that question should answer the question above. Also, the Indian consumer is more sophisticated than ever. I've never been in an AN-148 but it wasn't long ago that more r...

Re: Why is the AN148 not successful in India?

Well common man in India will not fly a non-western aircraft, let alone a Russian/Ukrainian one, especially when our Russian made fighter jets keeps falling off the skies on a monthly if not weekly basis(thankfully that phase seems to be ending soonish). Even Embraer despite quite a decent and reli...

Re: Why is the AN148 not successful in India?

The An-148 is a high-wing monoplane meaning the engines and wing structure are protected against foreign object damage. This configuration allows the An-148 to be used at poorly equipped airfields. Taking into account that 93 airports in India have unpaved runways, it surprises me that the Antonov ...

Re: Would a 757MAX been better than the 737MAX?

I don't know if this topic has been discussed before, but here goes. :rotfl: Your profile says you've been a member for 17 years. I can't believe you haven't seen at least one of the endless "757MAX" threads. I am genuinely shocked, as the topic has been beaten to death. There is a differ...

Would a 757MAX been better than the 737MAX?

I don't know if this topic has been discussed before, but here goes. Why didn't Boeing consider developing the 757 as a competitor to the A320NEO/A321NEO? Consider these: 1. It would have been much easier to accomodate the LEAP engine under the wing without having to twist and push it into place. 2....

Re: Air Koryo is launching Macau

Macau News Agency using a photoshopped picture of an Air Koryo A319 on their website: https://www.macaubusiness.com/air-koryo-adds-third-weekly-macau-pyongyang-flight-until-march-2020/ Hahahaha!!! I wonder what the logic was behind that. Most of the general public wouldn’t know the difference betwe...

Re: British Airways DC-10 in early 1980s?

Didn't BA have their own DC-10s as well? Were these too a part of the NZ agreement?

Re: What if the L1011 had beat DC-10 to market, and the RB211 program was flawless?

And there was the Constellation II L-193 jetliner design of the fifties, that never materialised. Lockheed also designed an air tanker based on this concept, and this design actually won the USAF Strategic Air Command competition for a jet-powered aerial refueling tanker, leaving Boeing and its 367...

Re: What if the L1011 had beat DC-10 to market, and the RB211 program was flawless?

What was the impetus for Lockheed to get back into the civil commercial airliner business with the L1011? If I recall correctly, their only previous offering to that market had been the Electra back in the 50's. (Excluding exec/VIP bizjet market with the Jetstar). It's as if: All of a sudden: Lockh...

Re: CRJ Jet Blast rips hangar out of the ground like a leaf

The hangar had only one opening. The other three sides were closed, so the jet blast caused air pressure to build up inside. Once sufficient pressure got built up, it just lifted the hangar skywards. All they needed to do was to provide an opening on the other side, so the air blast could have blown...

Re: CRJ Jet Blast rips hangar out of the ground like a leaf

The hangar had only one opening. The other three sides were closed, so the jet blast caused air pressure to build up inside. Once sufficient pressure got built up, the hangar just got lifted skywards. All they needed to do was to provide an opening on the other side, so the air could have blown thro...

Re: Soviet Airliners Outside the Eastern Bloc

Air India itself did not operate the Il62. It was joint codeshare with Aeroflot for ONE route BOM-SVO with both SU and AI cabin crew. I think JAL had a similar arrangement for Tokyo-Moscow flights, first with Tu114 and then Il62. Domestic carrier Indian Airlines also wet-leased An-24, Tu-154 and Tu...

Re: Samaritan's Purse DC-8 flying GSO to Italy

A strange one this. A church with an aircraft, and a dedicated(yet small) team of Cabin Crew, flight crew, ground crews and engineers, all of whom are not surprisingly, devote Christians. Probably a lot of ex-5X pilots to draw from, as UPS until the late 2000s operated a sizable fleet of DC-8s, whi...

Re: RUMOUR; Ex-Jet Airways 77W’s to find new home.

If the condition of the Jet Airways 77W is judged by the condition of their other planes than who would operate those planes, they are going to be used as spares. How do you know? Have you seen those planes for yourself? Besides, the original article states clearly that the aircraft are going to be...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - March 2020

I think he already ruined Tata's chance. Any Tata-owned airline will have a tough time getting the US Department of Treasury clearance to start or continue US ops. Of course, GoI may pull out all the stops. Do some offline research, google "Delhi HC orders ED pgurus". On the surface Swamy...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

Looks like hyderabad lost one more, air france now to chennai. Emirates looks like has a stronghold, nobody else is going to come close. No one wants to come close to Hyderabad. It is a very price sensitive and low yield market. Both LH and KL were operating daily at one point, only to withdraw com...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - February 2020

IndiGo opens booking on daily flight connecting BLR and JED wef 29/03/2020 6E1844 BLR 1920 2250 JED 6E1845 JED 1620 0050+1 BLR Any idea why among the Kerala airports, TRV has few flights to KSA? Is the origin of passengers that skewed? Not asking rhetorically - to KUL for example, multiple attempts...

Re: Indian Aviation Thread - January 2020

https://www.firstpost.com/business/what-an-air-india-buyer-will-get-debt-old-aircraft-little-used-star-alliance-creds-and-lots-of-extra-employees-7962471.html What an Air India buyer will get: Debt, old aircraft, little-used Star Alliance creds and lots of extra employees Anyone who refers to a 9 y...

Re: Air India - Government to sell 100% stake.

That is very subjective. It is still keeping Alliance Air, and moving VVIP aircraft to that unit. Engineering, loss making GHA and Hotel businesses also will remain tax payer owned. Interesting tidbit, all 15 x 777s are paid off, and buyer will get 15 paid off WBs. So Indian tax payer will keep all...

Re: Why didn’t 3 engine planes push out 4 engine planes like 2 engines did?

questions wrote:

AKL321NX wrote:

Because the only good one didn't sell well

L1011?

Re: Air India - Government to sell 100% stake.

$3.26 billion is still a humongous debt. Don't forget that Jet Airways had less than that and still went under with no takers. And there's still that ridiculous government of India rule that foreign stakeholders can't own more than 49%. The only suitors with potential, the Tatas, are grappling with ...

Re: Iran Air operating 40 year old A300B2

olle wrote:

I think that Iran played a stupid game when they could purchase planes a few years ago. They should have tried to getearly A380 andA330 deliveries instead of starting to delay negotiations. Now they are back where they started.

Re: grandfathering and the boeing 737 Max

This isn't a software thing, it is a type rating that continues to be the same so airlines dont have to do months of training per pilot for the newer model. A320 NEO, A330 NEO, E2 jet and 777X will also fall into this category. I guess a discussion could be around the regulations on what or how man...