Re: Is Silver Airways getting a new livery?

It's actually a bit more than just a new livery. The aircraft is second hand, from a different leasing company than all the others. My guess is it's a cheap one that was already painted white, and they just added stickers. Wonder if its a permanent addition or just for the short-term.

Re: I was selected for both Civil and Military aviation. Professionals, please help me to choose

Max Q wrote:

VSMUT wrote:

Max Q wrote:

Your contention that pay and benefits stopped being as lucrative a decade ago didn’t define a geographical region

No, but OP did.

I don’t see that anywhere in his post

Re: I was selected for both Civil and Military aviation. Professionals, please help me to choose

Max Q wrote:

Your contention that pay and benefits stopped being as lucrative a decade ago didn’t define a geographical region

Re: German Green party candidate for chancellor want to ban short haul and LCC flights

From my point of view low-cost airlines are the most efficient way to fly: -they use young, most efficient, clean and most quiet fleets -they serve only routes that fill their aircraft. If some route doesn't work they close it. They don't serve capital routes, traditional routes or anything that is...

Re: Lufthansa installs Embraer 190-E2 ‘full flight simulator’ in training center

Big order expected?! FYI, Lufthansa Flight Training is a big business in itself, providing training to many airlines, not just Lufthansa Group. It is not indicative of an upcoming order (nor does it preclude it). They currently have simulators for following types that the group does not fly at the ...

Re: I was selected for both Civil and Military aviation. Professionals, please help me to choose

I say military. Better job security, won't go bankrupt, no paying for your own training or stuff, won't be replaced by cheaper contracted pilots from a cheaper country. Being an airliner pilot is very advantageous in terms of finance and lifestyle as you may know. That stopped being the case over a...

Re: I was selected for both Civil and Military aviation. Professionals, please help me to choose

I say military. Better job security, won't go bankrupt, no paying for your own training or stuff, won't be replaced by cheaper contracted pilots from a cheaper country. Being an airliner pilot is very advantageous in terms of finance and lifestyle as you may know. That stopped being the case over a ...

Re: Delta Wants Sky Club Volunteer Work

I thought "volunteer" meant you are doing work for free. If they are being paid their regular wage, I don't see any problem. When I was principal at a school, I was also a substitute teacher numerous times. I also cleaned toilets. Well that's hardly the same. Schools aren't for-profit. Pu...

Re: Question: 747-8 to Freighter easy conversion possible?

My money would be on every available -8i frame getting converted, unless it has literally run out of hours. So not worrying about a lack of feedstock? You are saying there will be a 748 P2F program then. I must admit I do wonder if someone will offer a P2F conversion though by offering to buy up al...

Re: The first Airbus A320 to break the 30-year in service mark

It was scrapped in 2008. The first 8 were all scrapped around that time. The oldest surviving Northwest A320 would be MSN 118 / N309US, delivered in October 1990, currently with Delta. AFAIK, with the exception of the 8 that were scrapped and one that eventually wound up in Iran, all Northwest A320...

Re: WOW Air Relaunch & Michele Ballarin - Scam?

Well, to be fair, if you block the middle seats - you may be able remove the galleys and a flight attendant or two. You would still need the legal minimum number of attendants though. In a high-density Wizz Air config, an A320 would come down to 120 seats, so 3 cabin crew. But if she bases the comp...

Re: The death of the 'Golden Globe' awards ?

All the award shows are in trouble. Remember when the Oscars had over 55.25 million US viewers (1998, Titanic)? Just over 10 million in 2021. (This link has marginally more viewers for the Globes, not enough to matter). Grammy's are down by half. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/...

Re: WOW Air Relaunch & Michele Ballarin - Scam?

-All middle seats will be blocked on WOW flights, instead being used to store 'food hampers' containing 'chef-prepared treats' in order to remove galleys and flight attendants Thats... not how that works. I'm sure there's some country out there that would allow that, but none she'd want to fly to. ...

Re: Airbus A340-500 to exit service this month with Azerbaijani Airlines

Shame, but inevitable, the A345 was too much of a niche aircraft. Hope the two Azerbaijani examples find new homes. Saw the Sands one depart LHR recently, looked amazing. Yeah sad to see it go for sure. Genuine question.. is it a niche aircraft or did the 77LR just destroy it? Niche. It's own poor ...

Re: For Pilots. What is Your Most Enjoyable Commercial Aircraft to Fly?

Starlionblue wrote:

I mean, I loved pooting around in a 172... ...Or lavatory

Re: Round the world airlines

FedEx and UPS do round the world flights, don't they?

Might not be actual round the world on one aircraft, but pre-covid, Singapore Airlines served New York from both sides, over the pacific and via Europe.

Re: Germany Future MPA Aircraft News and Discussion Thread

The US is against defense protectionism Are you kidding?!? The US is the protectionist part here. Last I checked, they have forced hundreds of F-35s, F-16s, P-8s, C-17s, C-130s, C-17s etc. on European nations. They couldn't even be bothered to run the tanker competition fairly with a European winner.

Re: Germany Future MPA Aircraft News and Discussion Thread

I guess I just don't get how PESCO/NATO can't look at some pretty awesome capability in RIVET JOINT/AIRSEEKER, JSTARS, COMBAT SENT and COMPASS CALL as the kind of supra-national capability that really doesn't have an non-US analog (outside of the RAF's AIRSEEKER.) Because PESCO was created to offse...

Re: WOW Air Relaunch & Michele Ballarin - Scam?

Does anyone have any more information on Ballarin or WOW/USAerospace? I'd love to gather some more evidence. Wikipedia says they are still looking for funding. The US-Iceland mix up is bound to cause regulatory issues, so would require a US and an Icelandic/European AOC. I can just imagine the outr...

Re: First schedulded Icelandair MAX 8 flight KEF-SEA today

Silk Air (Singapore Airlines now?) flies/flew the 737MAX-8 as far away as Cairns in Australia, just shy of 7 hours. I didn't think SQ had officially returned the 737-Max to service;738s yes but Maxes? Where do you get your info? I am unaware of the current status of the route in the light of Corona...

Re: First schedulded Icelandair MAX 8 flight KEF-SEA today

What's their legroom like and what kind of service is there on such a long narrowbody flight? I suppose there is IFE? Flight time was 07 hours and 37 minutes... The 737MAX-8 (and I presume it is the same on the 737MAX-9) is 32 inches in economy and 40 in business. They do have IFE. There are some p...

Re: 777-200LR/300ER vs 777X common type rating

It surprises me that the 777 and 787 would have a common type anywhere. The avionics are pretty different. I'd imagine the change in avionics alone would require that. Note that common type rating doesn't necessarily mean you can go from one to the other without additional training ;) Just going fr...

Re: First schedulded Icelandair MAX 8 flight KEF-SEA today

As far as I know, Icelandair is currently performing the first scheduled “long-haul flight” with its “new” Boeing 737 MAX 8, currently performing KEF-SEA route. https://fr24.com/ICE681/27a8ffea After the long lockdown interruption, Icelandair is slowly starting operations again. A TestFlight for th...

Re: Reuse/repurposeing of former Airport terminal buildings

Berlin Tempelhof, used as a convention centre, hosts fairs, exhibitions etc. Berlin Tegel, although it seems like it is still up in the air, it will probably also be repurposed as an exhibition centre and office spaces. Berlin Schönefeld, just closed for commercial flights in February. I believe the...

Re: First schedulded Icelandair MAX 8 flight KEF-SEA today

As far as I know, Icelandair is currently performing the first scheduled “long-haul flight” with its “new” Boeing 737 MAX 8, currently performing KEF-SEA route. https://fr24.com/ICE681/27a8ffea After the long lockdown interruption, Icelandair is slowly starting operations again. A TestFlight for th...

Re: Egypt to buy 30 more Rafale

Ethiopia has 21 Mig-21's of "unknown status". Egypt has over 200 F-16s. If 70% of Egypt's air force disappeared tomorrow, they would dominate the Ethiopian air force. Also, Ethiopia and Egypt share no border, and have never fought a war. I have my doubts about that. Ethiopia has significa...

Re: 767 in Airborne hangar TPA

Maybe a DHL contracted plane, like the Air Hong Kong A300/A330s or Southern Air 777s? Sure the yellow was front and not back?

Tampa Air Cargo is yellow and blue tail with white fuselage.

Amazon Prime Air has a 767 with a white and yellow fuselage in a special coming to america 2 livery.

Re: Top ten current overseas routes by flights

As to Simferopol my understanding is, depending on your political take on the situation, The passengers are probably Russians being treated as domestic passengers. Official recognized status or not, it is practically domestic. ...still part of the Ukraine... It is just "Ukraine", no "...

Re: Egypt to buy 30 more Rafale

I agree with everything you wrote. But consider this: if 70% of the Air Force disappeared tomorrow, they would be completely capable of handling anything that happened in Libya and Sudan. The only reason to have a powerful Air Force is Israel. And Turkey and Ethiopia. Honestly, if there are three M...

Re: Dassault to launch Falcon 10X

Would a regional jet derivative make sense for them? Please god, no. Why do you say that ? Maybe Dassault could well re-jig the airframe and tweak the wing of the 10X and turn it into the next efficient regional jet. As it is, huge range it may have but half the flights big biz-jets do are LBG-LTN ...

Re: Top ten current overseas routes by flights

Overseas generally and in this case means to another country, not necessarily across a sea. Indeed it's confusing they used the word overseas where it should have said international. Overseas can have multiple meanings, however there can be no doubt about the meaning of the word international. And ...

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

The 787-9 is a step below the A350-900. The 787-10 is the same size as the A350-900. ...but lacks the range (before anyone starts wondering why LH did not, instead of A350s, order the 787-10 alongside the 787-9). Not to mention that Lufthansa had A350s in service 3 years before they even ordered th...

Re: Top ten current overseas routes by flights

Numbers in the US keep rising; Moscow is pushing a lot of flights it seems also. Has anyone seen any numbers regarding actual number of pax travelling city (not airport) pairs? The article goes into the pent up US demand and note the Caribbean and points south should be big winners. If Europe opens...

Re: Egypt to buy 30 more Rafale

All of that seems to be capably handled by the 218 F-16s and 44 Mig-29s and more that the Egyptians already have. You forgot the 24x Su-35s (at least 5 delivered), 19x Mirage 2000 and 24x Rafale they already have prior to this order. A large portion of those 218 remaining F-16s are over 30 years ol...

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

The 787-9 is a step below the A350-900. The 787-10 is the same size as the A350-900. To be precise the A350-900 sits between the 787-9 and 787-10 but closer to the -10. But the 787-10 is a little step bigger than the A350-900. :checkmark: The A333/339 and the 787-9 are so close in cabin floor space...

Re: Dassault to launch Falcon 10X

Wow, that nose!

Noshow wrote:

Would a regional jet derivative make sense for them?

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

I still do not understand why you might want to order two aircraft types of the same capacity. No doubt that they might have got a good deal due to the current starting post-COVID environment, however does it contribute to economies of scale to keep both the 350 and the 787 in-house? Back in the da...

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

Lufthansa's hard product has been substandard for some time....remember they won Skytrax in 2017 for a business class seat that wasn't due to fly until 2020. It now looks like it might be 2022 or later....... Even their newish A350s don't have direct aisle access in business class. Everyone critici...

Re: Qjuestion about the A320 family Sharklets

Someone83 wrote:

Ah, so there been a few, but still seems like most have chosen not to

Re: Qjuestion about the A320 family Sharklets

Don't think there has been any retrofit at all? There has. Brand new at the factory in Toulouse in 2012: https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/7/3/2203376.jpg?v=v40 February 2020: https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/3/0/5923031.jpg?v=v424a615634b

Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion Thread - 2021

https://www.adient-aerospace.com/products I believe Rhys has now updated the article. The seat is linked above! I see it comes for narrowbodies too. Are they going into the new A321neo as well? It’s possible that QR would have done a one stop shop. When Akbar describes the 321NEO business class it ...

Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion Thread - 2021

Opus99 wrote:

https://www.adient-aerospace.com/products

I believe Rhys has now updated the article. The seat is linked above!

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

I think LH Group will have to do some serious soul searching regarding OS. Their long-haul fleet is down to 4 B767 and 6 B772 out of which 3 are parked. Two B767 have already been retired. Average age of their B777 fleet is 20 years and 23 for the B767s. I still hope that some B787s will be moved t...

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

Either way, I find it weird that LH won't outfit the 787s with their own product, especially as there is enough time (I think ) to get those seats. Probably because they are rolling out a new/revised business class product soon, so can't justify the added cost of refitting an already equipped aircr...

Re: Nordic Aviation 2021

Ryanair has announced a new base at BLL, with 2 aircraft https://bll.dk/da-dk/om-lufthavnen/pressesektion/pressemeddelelser How different is Billund to CPH when it comes to local legislation? FR had many issues in Denmark in the past but they seem to be back there. The have flown to Denmark for a l...

Re: Scrapping of test aircraft

Early prototypes often deviate from production standard aircraft. On some, errors are found that require subsequent aircraft to be modified to an extent where it would be too expensive and/or to modify the prototype (see the 787). Fixing the early 787s would also have added too much weight. Then you...

Re: ID this airline

I-Fly 757-200, EI-CJY Scrapped in Kemble last year https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/9/9/4637991.jpg?v=v4eaa84325f2 Thanks! How's about the A330/A340 in front of it? These photos would suggest maybe an ex-Qatar A340-600, 2-AGDD: https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/49426562706...

Re: Will there be a new UK Royal yacht?

Naval architect Stephen Payne has drawn up a concept according to this site: https://shipmonk.co.uk/2021/05/04/rule-britannia-2-designer-of-cunard-liner-queen-mary-2-reveals-200million-plan-for-a-new-royal-yacht-to-be-built-in-the-uk/ https://shipmonk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Britannia-2-Pro...

Re: ID this airline

I-Fly 757-200, EI-CJY

Scrapped in Kemble last year

Re: LH ordering 5 more A350s and 5 more 787-9

I can not unterstand why so many always bring up the A330NEO - not only here but especially on German aviation sites - LH wants to have less types not more. They have ordered the 787-9 so no need for the A330NEO. With 777X, A350 and 787-9 they will have a great fleet, covering all needs. :checkmark...