The DGCA has woken up too late. Indigo, like all other desi airlines has a toxic workculture based on dishonesty. Will the DGCA look into the pilot recruitment and maintenance scams at the airline? Guess not! Because then SpiceJet would also have to be called into question. Highlighting the PW engi...
Jump to postLooking at the quick re-allocation of most 737s in Jet's fleet, I would assume Jet had very good record keeping of the maintenance records of each aircraft since it seems even international airlines are quickly absorbing these planes. From a source I have at one airline... No. They took delivery of...
Jump to postna wrote:So after 7 months all 10 77Ws are still stored and did not attract any interest from somewhere else?
It makes sense to have a flight IST-EWR due to good connections at both ends. From the USA's east coast, there is a significant Middle Eastern population,.(including persons from or of Turkish ancestry mainly in northern NJ) and easy same-airline connections to Middle East that are not available vi...
Jump to postSorry, but no other engine is getting busted due to pollution, including CFM Leap And since burning jet fuel itself produces pollution wouldn't it be weird if engines stop working due to their own exhaust? That's got to be the stupidest thing I've read. Air pollution killing jet engines? And air qu...
Jump to postThey should keep it simple by just targeting European and US destinations. Any more silly ideas like operating cheap flights to Asia will send them down very quickly.
Jump to postSecond and this is really important, the air pollution in India. The pollution is so worse, it kills the jet engines early. Sorry, but no other engine is getting busted due to pollution, including CFM Leap And since burning jet fuel itself produces pollution wouldn't it be weird if engines stop wor...
Jump to postSo what's the latest? Does anyone know when these birds will start flying again?
Jump to postAI flies its 744s mainly to Saudi Arabia and on certain domestic routes. A couple of them are set aside for VIP operations.
Jump to postTickets will be on sale from next week (july 22nd) starting at 345 euros return with one bag in Y(super cheap...but then again Level offers flights from Paris starting at 99 euros) 739 € in W in 1739 €. The airline is TOTAL disaster! Their web-page https://www.airbelgium.com/ is NOT yet working &qu...
Jump to postI have a feeling they would order A330neo They should get some A350s and start non-stops to the US. FYI an all Y class configured A359 won’t have the capability of flying nonstop to JFK from DEL. Even a 550 seater B77W won’t be able to make it. I doubt they are so foolish that they will put in the ...
Jump to postToo much hubris and way too many egoistic people pursuing their own agendas. This is a problem in many Indian companies and among a lot of Indian managers, notwithstanding the odd Sundar Pitchai and Satya Nadella. I'm of Indian origin myself and don't trust the managerial abilities of my own people.
Jump to postSlash787 wrote:I have a feeling they would order A330neo
How large of a gap left behind are we talking here? Here in AMS Jet Airways has a pretty large presence, I can only imagine India will feel it immensely? Unfamiliar with the entirety of Jet Airways' situation, sorry. They had exactly four flights a day from AMS. How is that a 'pretty large presence'?
Jump to postTruly a sad day for Indian civil aviation. After the Kingfisher fiasco, Jet held out the last hope that an Indian carrier would someday become a force to reckon with in world civil aviation. Now all those hopes are dashed. I'll never forgive NG and his cronies for messing up what was a truly great o...
Jump to postSaw a 9W 77W parked in the KLM maintenance area in AMS a couple of days ago. They had ceased international ops a day earlier. Impounding for non-payment of dues??
Jump to postJust another Kai-Tak landing. The place was somewhat notorious.
No wonder they closed it down.
They should allow foreign nationals to apply for their cadet program. They'll get all the pilots they need. Qatar Airways does, don't they? . Nope, they don't . It is only for Qataris or those with a Qatari mother. Don't ask me why. https://www.qatarairways.com/en/nationalisation/cadet-pilot-progra...
Jump to postThere’s nothing stopping those foreign nationals from applying to cadet programs in their own country or just training for their licences, building up their hours then applying for Emirates. The last person I would want sitting in a flight deck with me is someone who didn’t want to be anything apar...
Jump to postThey should allow foreign nationals to apply for their cadet program. They'll get all the pilots they need.
Jump to postairbus aircraft have so much american content , that it will not be allowed to sell them to iran. What makes you think that Iran has to buy spare parts only from the US? How exactly do you think Iran has been able to keep its decades old 747SPs, 727s, L-130s, F-14s and other American built planes a...
Jump to postSiddar wrote:I wouldn't want to put up the money for Iran to buy any aircraft while Iran seems hell bent to have war with US.
On-time performance calculation method in India is a scam. Probably worked when India had 4 airports and frames did milk runs and come back to BOM/DEL by night fall. Calculating OTP at 5 airports for a country with 40 airports is a joke, only those who can game the system achieve higher OTP. . That...
Jump to post9W should use its extensive code share advantage at AMS to fly to more destinations from AMS to India. They should add HYD and MAA and may be even COK or AMD. I think MAA to AMS would be better than the current MAA to CDG. Also 9W has failed in its US strategy, when AI and AC expanded and increased...
Jump to postThey could have given this to Iran Air The reason why this airframe was scrapped is probably because all the testing, breaking, and fixing rendered it unsafe and unreliable for regular pax ops. No reg authority would give it a CoA. Why do you think Iranian lives are cheaper or more dispensable than...
Jump to post4872665 I have a question about this. How did Scaled Composites, a company with zero experience in building large airplanes, manage to come up with such a sophisticated design? They say that it is mainly based on the Boeing 747-400. But even so, I would imagine it is rather difficult to re-engineer...
Jump to postWhat happens if Iran closes airspace for QR? Which way will they fly to get to India? Why will Iran ever close its airspace to QR? Iran has been Qatar's closest friend and biggest benefactor ever since the Saudi led blockade of Qatar came into force. Please learn some geopolitics before posting suc...
Jump to postThey would need to be certified by the FAA and other western agencies first. Maybe then, some airlines in poorer countries may want to try them out if they are sold cheaper than the Airbus or Boeing models. But I don't see them eating into established Airbus or Boeing markets. Smaller airlines in Ru...
Jump to postThere is one that is stored in Nagpur, India. It is an ex-Atlanta Skylarks B720.
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Is a new airport is planned at Amaravati? Don't worry anshabhi, Dear Leader will not allow any growth anywhere in the south. AP State Government pooled land. just to avoid issues at a later date if there is a need for a greenfield airport. Meanwhile, they are fixing current airport with bread crumb...
Jump to postAI has only three 77Ls in its fleet. How are they able to operate a daily DEL-SFO and now a DEL-IAD with just three frames? Yea 3 frames but DEL-SFO is weekly 6 times and DEL-IAD is weekly thrice so they can easily manage as of now from July 9 to 20th DEL-IAD will be operated by 77W instead of 77L ...
Jump to postAI has only three 77Ls in its fleet. How are they able to operate a daily DEL-SFO and now a DEL-IAD with just three frames?
Jump to postThey would get their feed in Toronto -- from all around Canada, the United States, and probably even a bit from lower in the Americas. I believe Canada has a transit visa requirement for Indian passport holders bound for the US? If this is so, AC won't get much feed to the US at least. Almost all E...
Jump to postThey would get their feed in Toronto -- from all around Canada, the United States, and probably even a bit from lower in the Americas. I believe Canada has a transit visa requirement for Indian passport holders bound for the US? If this is so, AC won't get much feed to the US at least. Almost all E...
Jump to postSo Etihad, one of the world's richest airlines that can afford to, and has been buying clutches of brand new planes from Boeing and Airbus, chooses instead to get cheapo, allegedly substandard planes from AI? Something doesn't quite make sense here. It does if they got something more than a handful...
Jump to postWas it Air India who recently (in the last two years?) had a heck of a time offloading their used 77Ls? I understand that the frames were in pretty bad shape, . So Etihad, one of the world's richest airlines that can afford to, and has been buying clutches of brand new planes from Boeing and Airbus...
Jump to postBut BOB service takes longer. How will the onboard crew cope with a fully booked aircraft on short flights between, for example, LHR and AMS/CDG/DUS ? The same way that crew on EasyJet and other LCCs do? BOB service actually takes less time. Only a few of the passengers will actually buy something ...
Jump to postIf memory serves me right, on the long haul side MIA, CMB and IKA were all previously operated, but services were stopped in several years ago (CMB in the nineties). On the Europe side I believe none of the routes have been previously operated... cheers[/quote] KL was flying to IKA till 2007 I think...
Jump to postKTPAFlyer wrote:Wow, I admit that was unexpected! Hopefully, this will mark the return of European carriers to Iran and Pakistan, or at least KLM for that matter!
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mfranjic" class="quote" target="_blank">mfranjic</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>The Irkut <acronym title="Egyptair">MS</...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IPFreely" class="quote" target="_blank">IPFreely</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>Do people really believe stuff like this...
Jump to postAren't the flight data recorder boxes built to be impact resistant? They seem to have been smashed to smithreens in this case.
Jump to postThe Pakistani market has been taken over by the ME3 and the likes of TK. I doubt even PIA makes any money on their EU flights. They operate them only for the purposes of prestige and presence.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aesma" class="quote" target="_blank">Aesma</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>There are 27 other countries in the EU, no need ...
Jump to postHi all, If the UK decides to exit the EU later in june, what impact would it have on Airbus? The UK is an important supplier of components to Airbus (A380 wings, <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym> Engines etc). While one can understand that Brexit would not mean the end o...
Jump to postHow sad!
Why have KL decided to end the partnership? Does AF have something to do with it?
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/factsonly" class="quote" target="_blank">factsonly</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Very i...
Jump to postRIP.
Lesson: That's what too much anabolic steroid does to you.