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RE: Flying FRA-HAV... What Does The US Say?

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RE: EasyJet Receive 50th A319

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RE: Boeing 777 Advertisement In German Magazines

The targets of these ads are not the decision makers at the airlines, who probably don't read these magazines anyway, but the "airline afficionado", be it a a spotter, PPL pilot, or other individuals. Boeing is probably just trying to get people to like the 777 and to just show some presence in the ...

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RE: CO EWR-HAM Service Begins Today.

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RE: Lufthansa: "Big Surprise On LH.com Tomorrow"

Probably a flash game, knowing LH!

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RE: Thai Airways Direct To Auckland

9 hours?
The aircraft arrives in Auckland at 0920 and departs at 1520. In my book that's 6 hours. Still a rather long turn-around though!

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RE: AZ To Cancel 141 Flights On 02/10

While I understand their situation, a strike absolutely sets the wrong signals. Even less people are going to fly AZ now in light of the strike. AZ the way it is now has no future, even if its hard to grasp.

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RE: Breaking News : Carly Fiorina Steps Down From HP!

Shares now up 12%...
Maybe she had to leave in light of the figures coming out next week? Are we in for a nasty surprise?

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RE: Breaking News : Carly Fiorina Steps Down From HP!

Official reason is differences about the strategy. That could well be anything and leaves a lot of room for speculation.

Oh well, I'll gladly take her job. Let's see how much time for a.net I'll have then.

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RE: Breaking News : Carly Fiorina Steps Down From HP!

Read it on Reuters a few minutes ago - I can't wait to find out the reason behind it!

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RE: AF-KLM Might Add Alitalia To The Group

Fact is, <acronym title="Alitalia (Italy)">AZ</acronym> needs cash quick. This is the chance for any airline or alliance to buy market share in Europe. Hence I would not restrict potential buyers to <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym>/KL. Maybe we'll see <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH<...

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RE: Johan.....Airline Careers.net Idea

Good idea... But who in the industry is still hiring? And if they are hiring, won't prospective employees then run the door in anyway?

I'd wait until the economy picks up...

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RE: OS Launches Silverticket

Great idea. Business is only a few bucks more than the most flexible Economy fare, sometimes even significantly less! <i>...wish to continue travelling Economy Class as before– if the travel guidelines of your organisation require this...</i> Wow, I for my part would be so annoyed at my company if I...

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RE: Financial Problems At LH Because Of Miles & More?

JoFMO, that's the special thing about <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> - if you need to travel for business in Germany you have no choice but to fly <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>, same goes for many European destinations. Hence they don't need to treat you well m...

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RE: I Didn't Like The A380 :(

Great threat! Thanks for letting us know.

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RE: How About A 'quote' Function?

Crew,

what's the latest on the issue? Is the quote function being considered or will we have to wait until the entire board gets a relaunch?

Cheers.

Starflyer

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RE: Singapore's SALE, Looking At A 100 Seater Order

<i>Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, which is 35% owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd. (S55.SG), is evaluating plans to buy new planes amid surging demand from <b>budget airlines</b> and as it needs to replenish its stock of aircraft.</i> Whitehatter, to me it seems this order will be for "budget a...

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RE: Singapore's SALE, Looking At A 100 Seater Order

Why would a low cost airline operate those Embraers, especially in Asia? My bet is the 737NG series or even more likely, the A320 series, because SilkAir already operates them. A LCC in Asia needs capacity and comfort, even on longer flights. Nothing against RJs. But they are simply not suited for t...

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RE: QF Rejects SQs Challenge To Key US Route

As my understanding goes, <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> (officially) does not have a say on what airlines are allowed on what routes - it's the governments that decide. Obviously <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> isn't going to pop a bottle if they get another compe...

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RE: Airbus 9.6% Operating Margin In 2004.

Great to hear <acronym title="Air India">AI</acronym> is finally making an operating profit. The stock market does not seem to honour this, stock price of EADS went down this morning. And this is not a small operating margin, in a lot of markets firms operate at a margin of 1-2%! What's Boeing's ope...

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RE: How About A 'quote' Function?

I was just about to post this exact suggestion but I dug up this thread.
Please, can we get our quote function?! Or at least a reply from "management"?

Cheers

Star

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RE: Fall 2004 Travels In Asia Part 2

Lari, impressive reports. Thanks for sharing them with us and for putting in so much time and effort. I am sure this is well perceived within the community.

Keep up the travelling and reporting!

Cheers,
Starflyer

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RE: Top 3 Aer Lingus Execs To Start Low Cost Carrier

How can anyone that's not completely out of his mind fund or manage a start-up low cost carrier!!! The market is saturated, competition is fierce, the entire industry suffers from the economic down turn. I couldn't think of a better way to throw my money down the ditch.<br><br>[Edited 2005-01-07 13:...

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RE: Private Jet Trip Report

So where's the actual report?!

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RE: Gstar, New Airline For Chile W/ Bush's Former A/c

I know a clothing label called GStar. But I don't think they would get involved in aviation.

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RE: Lufthansa A300 Longest Route

Newyork355, <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> no longer operates the A342. Flights to Almaty etc. are operated by the ex-SN A332s. I have come to kow the A300-600 as a very reliable workhorse on many runs around Europe, mainly of course <acronym title="Hamburg (- Fuhlsbuttel) (HAM / ...

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RE: OS: Pay For Food Up To 2,5 Hours

If at least they'd lower their fares appropriately - but they don't. Furthermore, I see big problems regarding service standards within the alliances (this spreads across all alliances). Some carriers going low cost while other remaning full service is going to confuse customers. I thought the allia...

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RE: The Beast: BMW M6

That sure is a big bad boy!
507 HP, 0-100kmh in 4.6s, 0-200kmh in 14s...

[Edited 2004-12-14 17:00:21]

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RE: Prerequisite To Join Star Alliance, Repaint 9 A/C

No, this has not always been the case. It was rumoured that there was a certain percentage of the fleet that had to be painted in Star Alliance colours. Most Star Alliance members are far from nine aircraft in a Star livery, I wonder how this could be a prerequisite then? No other alliance has a pro...

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Lunchtime At The Pub...

http://www.virtualbartender.beer.com/beer_usa.htm

I have found these commands to be working and entertaining:
"Beer"
"Topless"
"Strip"

Anyone else got any others?

Enjoy!

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RE: What Did You Have For Lunch?

Indonesian noodles with minced meat... Which was OK for our canteen...
How much longer do you have to hold out for UTA?

Regards Star

[Edited 2004-11-12 15:07:58]

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RE: SQ The Airline With Inferior Paper Menu

You are right. I also have stopped flying SQ entirely due to their inferior paper menus in Economy Class. Just ridiculous.

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RE: LOT's International Service During Communism

Nobody knows this as well as the airline itself... So what lies closer than checking out their website... and voila! <a href="http://www.lot.com/app/index.jsp?area=corporation_info&type=history_list" target=_blank>http://www.lot.com/app/index.jsp?area=corporation_info&type=history_list</a> There hav...

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RE: Same-aircraft Service Europe-Australia By SQ/MH/CX

Just a few thoughts... There's no point for the Asian carriers to offer same-plane services. You will find same plane services on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> and <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym>, but the Asian carrier's hubs are right between Europe and Australia he...

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RE: Thai Airways / Frankfurt To Bangkok

Nobody, not even Thai, could tell you this far in advance what actual registration will be serving your flight. Usually actual aircraft are scheduled for their rotations a few days beforehand, but even then that is still subject to change due to operational requirements like the plane requiring main...

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RE: Business And First Class In The EU

Well off the top of my head, I'd first of all try google and see if there's anything at all. Then try industry associations, like IATA in this case, see if they have research papers on their website or email them outlining what sort of information you require - usually they have no problem handing d...

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RE: Eventful ZRH-FRA-YYZ On LH

Hi Pilatusguy, I hope the rest of your holiday was a little less "eventful"! <img src="/discussions/graphics/biggrin.gif" ALT="Big grin"> I wonder why they did not park the Airbus somewhere where I could just taxi without being pushed back? I have no idea if Shannon has parking positions like t...

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RE: BRU-FRA By LH: I Woke Up At The Check-in Deadline

Hi Andre, good report you've written up there! You are lucky they still let you on, but I suppose that's the difference between <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> and something like Ryanair, whre you have to be checked in something like an hour before departure no exceptions made. How...

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RE: LH In Auckland?

Here's some more trivia... They flight actually routes <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / H...

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RE: LH In Auckland?

It is a regular service. They fly round the world, something like <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>-<acronym title="Gothenburg - Landvetter (GOT / ESGG), Sweden">GOT</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA -...

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RE: Ryanair Launch NCL-Milan And Others...

Bergamo is some 40km out of the Milan city centre. There are regular buses though, and Bergamo itself is worth a visit, too (though you definitely should see Milan as well, and maybe Como). Might work out cheaper to rent a car, they have all major companies at the airport there.

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RE: Air Berlin 30-40 M Euros Profit...

AB is not owned by any institutions, but by private people: Reidun and Kim Lundgren (26%), Severin and Rudolf Schulte (25%), Hans-Joachim Knieps (25%), Werner Huehn (15%), Joachim Hunold (9%). Hunold is actually the manager at the same time. I have only heard good things about their service though I...

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RE: 22/09 European Car-free Day!

Car-free day? That would explain how packed the buses and trains were yesterday! And I joined in "by accident" as well! <img border=0 src="/discussions/graphics/biggthumpup.gif" ALT="Big thumbs up"> Anyway, it should have made much more public (though I didnt have much time for a thorough read...

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RE: Only 3 Major Airlines In Europe Says Lufthansa.

FinnWings, the total amount of airlines ma have increased - however may I remind you of the demise of Sabena and Swiss? Regarding competition issues, 3 airlines is perfectly fine competition wise though they will be under heightened anti-trust supervision. Just look at the telco market, in most coun...

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RE: Embarrassingly Pedestrian FS 2002 Questions

<i>How can I get the view that is similar to the "virtual cockpit" but has the basic instruments on the bottom of the screen?</i> Just as SA006 pointed out, press "W" for different views, IIRC. Haven't played <acronym title="STAF Argentina">FS</acronym> for a long time, don't know if that's a bad th...

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RE: First Car - Help..

How about this one

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RE: Airbus Completes Cellphone Trial Successfully

Knoxibus, I fully understand it's different technology from Connexion, all I was asking was if the cellphone technology was available to both manufacturer's aircraft (and maybe Bombardier etc as well) just like Connexion is. <i>Planes will chaos with this. I'd like to be able to use my cell in fligh...

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RE: Airbus Completes Cellphone Trial Successfully

Great news. Business travelers (high yield) will definitely prefer to fly the airlines offering this service so this should be good. Any idea if the system would also be available for Boeing aircraft? The internet service Connexion by Boeing is available for both Airbus and Boeing! Regards Star

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RE: Leaders Versus Followers In The Airline Industry

Hi <acronym title="Royal Air Maroc (Morocco)">AT</acronym>! Obviously there is no general answer to your question. You can't just say one strategy is right and the other one is wrong. Leader vs. follower would have to be decided from case to case. I am sure that every new aircraft type as teething p...

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RE: A.net Office Friendly Version?

Well, thanks for the ALT/<acronym title="Scarborough/Tobago - Crown Point (TAB), Trinidad and Tobago">TAB</acronym> advice. @BOAC, everyone does private surfing every now and then here at the office. Still I would like to conceal my occasional visits. Shouldn't be too much of an effort to provide a ...

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