Re: Ryanair orders 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8-200s

In the 737 Max official website, they say the Max 8 maximum seating is 210 passengers. I always thought it was 200, I guess it's an error because it still 200 in the Airplane Characteristics document but it's weird. 1. Maybe they are just messing up the two terms "exit limit" (210) and &q...

Re: Ryanair 75 MAX deal to close imminently

The 737-8200 will be a poor customer experience, but they as Ryanair knows, when your prices are so low, if someone doesnt want to buy, someone else will. Out of curiosity, could the 8200 be the best CASM on any new narrowbody? The experience would be just similar to the Y240-A321neo (Wizz and Viet...

Re: Ryanair 75 MAX deal to close imminently

Quick Q. I would expect the 737-8-200 to be more popular since it can take more people on the same frame? Can anyone elaborate on the draw backs As the MAX 200 only has 2 customers: Ryanair Group (215) and Vietjet Group (100), total just 315 airframes, so it is not so popular in comparison to the o...

Re: RCEP Impact On Aviation

Blerg wrote:

Looking at the map, Vietnam and Hong Kong are best positioned to offer connections between north and south of RCEP member states.

Re: Vietnam's first leisure airline - Vietravel Airlines - plans first flight in December

Seems like Vietnam will need an airline consolidation 5 years down the road. Don't worry, there would be no more new carrier being approved and receiving AOC until 2023 in Vietnam. In other words, after Vietravel we have to wait for at least 2 years until the next carrier to be founded and take off...

Re: Qantas Eyes New Markets With Travel Bubbles

Today Alan Joyce reiterated the possibility of flying to new international destinations including countries Qantas hasn't served for decades, such as South Korea and Taiwan. https://twitter.com/AusBT/status/1334284927378964480 HAN and SGN should also be then shortlisted considering the very low suc...

Re: Vietnam's first leisure airline - Vietravel Airlines - plans first flight in December

The carrier announces that a "big event" is coming on December 4th - the next 2 days. https://i.imgur.com/Og4LGRv.jpg https://www.facebook.com/VietravelAirlines.vn/photos/a.1640928719376298/2069831509819348/ It can be: - Vietravel to receive its first aircraft? - Receive its AOC?

Re: Ryanair 75 MAX deal to close imminently

How many of the white tails are the 737 Max 200 version? but I don’t know Vietjet’s current status/financial position. In any event Vietjet’s first Max only rolled out this past February so few have been built. Vietjet business is actually the best of all Southeast Asian carriers at this moment, as...

Re: C919 Testing, Certification, and Entry Into Service

drdisque wrote:

Potential operators:
Scoot
Vistara
Saudi

Re: TATA and SQ to bid for AI

If the Indians prefer the LCC, I wonder if the "hybrid" concept (Westjet, Premia and Bamboo) would work in India?

Re: TATA and SQ to bid for AI

DIJKKIJK wrote:

The combined airline will run under the brand name Air India. That is one of the conditions for the sale.
Time for Subramaniam Swamy to come out crying and wring his knickers in a twist.

Re: TATA and SQ to bid for AI

So, the new AI×UK could work well in the premium market, while AirAsia would be the LCC subsidiary.

Nice

Re: Avatar Airlines (formerly Family Airlines) start up tries again..

Here we go another joke, this time is TG... https://internationalfinance.com/avatar-airlines-offers-thai-airways-boeing-fleet/?fbclid=IwAR18m8dEs1lKrlMoAzCERr18zT9T6OsdGz4NUU8uDNHa6aZwK7JhA32_6Jg Ultra-low airline startup Avatar Airlines has made an offer to buy state-owned Thai Airways’ Boeing 747 ...

Re: Petition to Change China Airlines name to Taiwan Airlines as Countries Mistakenly Ban it Over Coronavirus

Change to Chung Hua, non Chinese won't get "confused" and they won't even have to change the Chinese. As CI wants its name to be "international", "English" and not too-"Chinese", I think that CI would prefer "Taiwan Airlines" or anything else. Or at...

Re: COVID-19 vaccine transport flights.

Paywall. So couldn’t read whole thing Are these United flights cargo only?? How’d the get around dry ice faa max on a plane? Free article from Simple Flying : For instance, there are refrigerated storage sites at the company’s final-assembly centers in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Puurs, Belgium. Moreo...

Vietjet and Bamboo seek bailout from the Vietnamese government

Just a few days after the state-owned national carrier Vietnam Airlines received a $520mn bailout-package from the governmen t, the other private-owned carriers included Vietjet Air and Bamboo Airways is also waiting for similar supports from the gov't. Firstly, the fast-growing ULCC Vietjet (VJ) is...

Re: Japanese official suggests ANA-JAL merger

chunhimlai wrote:

Btw LDP not really like JL since the reconstruction is held by the opposition party

Re: Hawaiian Air delays 787 deliveries

Polot wrote:

Antaras wrote:

Any info about the engine choice yet?

They selected GE.

Re: Hawaiian Air delays 787 deliveries

Any info about the engine choice yet?

Re: SpiceJet Applies For U.S. Flights - DEL-JFK With 737s

I say DEL-NRT-ANC-JFK Can those 738F make each sector of DEL-NRT-ANC-JFK. All four of them seem too long for the 738F range (remember those are the 738F which have the range of just 3690km, significantly shorter than the pax 738) https://i.imgur.com/38MwCfd.png http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=del-nrt-...

Re: SpiceJet Applies For U.S. Flights - DEL-JFK With 737s

I wonder if SpiceJet would actually have plan to formally acquire widebodies (not wet-leasing). Seems like it has gigantic plan to expand its network.

Re: USA to sanction COMAC and AVIC?

Yeah, no, it doesn't. China won't be able kill the Max, merely put a massive dent in it and possibly remove any chance of it ever being a profitable program, just as the lack of Max won't kill Chinese carriers, merely present a temporary roadblock. There's a perfectly (and arguable better) alternat...

Re: Alaska Leases 13 New Boeing 737-9 MAXs, Sells 10 A320s

Polot wrote:

Are any of the “white tail” 737s belonging to ALC?

(White tails in quotes because technically plane in this scenario still has a customer, just not an operator)

Re: USA to sanction COMAC and AVIC?

I suppose that's one way of ensuring the 737 Max will never be certified for operation in China. The nation which holds by far the largest number of 737 Max orders and which will, in the not too distant future, become the biggest aviation market in the world. It also kills most of the Chinese carri...

Re: Alaska Leases 13 New Boeing 737-9 MAXs, Sells 10 A320s

What is the status of the supposed A320neo order? Conversion? Cancel outright? Still on the books per an article earlier this month at Simply Flying and they say Alaska has the option to cancel them or convert them to A321neos, but has not yet decided how to proceed. Keep that order to get some mor...

Re: Korean Air makes bid for Asiana

KE might keep them if they get approval from RR to overhaul the engines themselves like AF. KE hasn't operated RR powered aircraft since 2004. Operating RR-powered A350 alongside GE-powered A350 have never been a big deal. VN, QR, AF, JL, CZ say hi. "GE-powered A350" :confused: I meant 78...

Re: Japanese official suggests ANA-JAL merger

Ok what kind of trend is this.
We saw the AirAsia - Malaysian merger suggestion, we saw KE×OZ merger. What is next? CN3? US3? VA×QF? VS×BA? AirAsia×Lion?
Or Pepsi × Coca Cola?

Re: A350-900ULR: a one-off concept?

Basically, the range of the original A359/A35K is so good (or at least "good enough"). The A359ULR targets a very niche market (not many carriers on Earth needs to operate extremely long-haul routes except those carriers which unfortunately base in unfortunate geographical locations like S...

Re: Vietnam's first leisure airline - Vietravel Airlines - plans first flight in December

Vietravel has revealed its official uniform, ready for its introduction next few weeks:

@ Vietnam Air Forum

Re: Korean Air makes bid for Asiana

I wonder if Korean would keep the A350s given they've got their 787 fleet + have a preference for GE engines over RR. KE might keep them if they get approval from RR to overhaul the engines themselves like AF. KE hasn't operated RR powered aircraft since 2004. Operating RR-powered A350 alongside GE...

Re: Alaska Leases 13 New Boeing 737-9 MAXs, Sells 10 A320s

Those A320 are so damn young...

Re: Was the B787-8 a mistake?

I always thought the mistake was the 3-3-3 seating that airlines opted for. You say this in every thread. And the answer is the same - Boeing and Airbus' customers are not you. They're the airlines. Arguing about seat width is a pedantic side show. No airline cares about this when making purchase d...

Re: Rumor: DL looking to trade 717s for 737 Max

Stop.....stop. No Max rumors No 787 Rumors Stop the insanity! Isn't it impossible??? DL will acquire the 787 and the MAX as if Boeing gives a good enough deal for Delta. That is how business works: deals and benefits first, safety and relationship might not the first priority. Again, no insanity he...

Re: Delta hints at the possibility of purchasing Boeing’s 737 MAX: FT

Other airlines like VietJet might have over-ordered them. Not really, VJ still has its Thai subsidiary which it eyes a fleet of 50 aircraft in the next few years (currently 15), and it also eyes more subsidiaries over Southeast Asia. If it actually over-ordered, I guess it would cancel some MAX 10 ...

Re: With Korean swallowing Asiana, what will the Star Alliance do in Northeast-Asia?

Believe in ANA and Air CN, boost in EVA, acquire a new member in Southeast Asia (Bamboo...?)

Re: A380 vs. 748 revisited

Do we know which airlines "almost" ordered the 748? Russian Transaero, who bankrupted just before it received its first B748 and left 2 whitetails B748. Those two airframes are becoming the next POTUS Air Force One. And seems like LH also canceled 1 airframe which is still being owned by ...

Re: A380 vs. 748 revisited

Antarius wrote:

I do think they regret their 2013 order of way too many a380s. They would have been better off pivoting to the 787 and a350 at that time instead.

Re: A380 vs. 748 revisited

One question: will EK regret as it preferred the A380 to the B748???

Re: Southern Air 777-200F Near Stall/Stall at Low Altitude

ArcticSEA wrote:

Antaras wrote:

That 77F definitely needs the MCAS

What is so special about this 777 (unlike the thousands of ships built before it) that requires it? Are you sure it's not because of an inept flight crew?

Re: Southern Air 777-200F Near Stall/Stall at Low Altitude

That 77F definitely needs the MCAS