Re: Study Abroad Trip pt.5 - Time to say goodbye ft. WN retro plane and LH's first A350

Participating members are part of the EU/EEA/CH and Turkey. So it includes all 28 EU members (possibly 27 with the Brexit), Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein as EEA members, Switzerland and Turkey. So exchanges to the US are not included. However, if you are a US citizen studying in a school in e.g....

Re: Flight a within one time zone that pass thru another

Any flights from DEN to Central America (BZE/LIR/PTY are currently nonstop) leave Mountain Time (GMT-6), overfly Central Time in Mexico (GMT-5) and land in CA (GMT-6). Central America has CST (Central Standard Time or Central American Standard Time), which is always GMT -6. Only during DST does tha...

Re: France to charge aviation tax

It's a money grab. The Italian RAI even called it a "Greta Tax", after that child who skips school for her "Friday School Strikes".

Re: Berlin Mayor wants Emirates in Berlin

The mayor of Berlin should set his priority to finally open the airport BER and end this utter embarrassment for Germany. You'll see Emirates in YVR or YYC before Brandenburg Airport opens for commercial service. In fact I can think of many other things that will probably happen before BER opens: -...

Re: Berlin Mayor wants Emirates in Berlin

I highly doubt that EK would drop HAM, where they fly twice daily without competition from EY or even QR. And they fly the A380 on one of their flights (the late flight if I checked correctly). Is BER even A380 capable? Or does the Mayor of Berlin Mr Müller want to continue the narrative of Klaus W...

Re: The BBC on BER: The airport with half a million faults

This abomination would become political schadenfreude. Then again, it has been for years now. It's a "Dauerwahlkampf" in Germany. You have like six months of honeymoon after an election and then the campaigning starts again. Just look how the parties in the Bundestag get involved in local...

Re: Lufthansa Cargo considers retiring all MD-11s in 2020

MD-11s, later-build 767s (200ER/300ER), and 747-400s use interchangeable engines (provided they aren't RR, which wasn't an option on the MD-11). Actually, it was...for a time. Air Europe ordered the MD-11 w/ RR engines, although they were never delivered as such and ultimately delivered to Delta w/...

Re: The BBC on BER: The airport with half a million faults

Cut your losses. Just tear down the damn thing and start over from scratch. While I support your argument because I'm also in favour of tearing BER down and starting from scratch, politicians will argue against that because they fear the wrath of the people as far as the cost is concerned. Lots of ...

Re: Report: New BER airport unlikely to open before 2021

... because of things such as fundamental design flaws (which came to be because of the initial cost cutting), union problems and the sheer incompetence by the authorities to supervise the projects. Never heard of unions playing any role in the BER debacle... What do you mean? Just trying to make a...

Re: Report: New BER airport unlikely to open before 2021

I thought Germany was known for its engineering... Yes, but if a project is being run by the government (local, state or federal), it's all about cost cutting. Even with prestige projects such as BER or Stuttgart 21, they give the projects to the lowest bidders, and then it only takes like a year o...

Re: Your experience on now defunct carriers

I forgot to mention America West previously - probably because they were very forgettable, although I think my first flight on an Airbus was with them. Speaking of which, MX was the first airline where I flew on an Airbus. Otherwise, with the odd exception of a domestic Airbus flight on LH, an Embr...

Re: Your experience on now defunct carriers

Lacsa: Can't remember a thing, I was way too little LTU: They always treated us well in all flights. Mexicana: It was good, the service was decent though I felt misled about having to go through customs and trying to find the transfer desk as they told me (then again, MEX T1 is a confusing mess) and...

Re: Air Canada imposes 'no fly' ban, demands repayment from woman after ticket scam

Probable only in the United States and a few other countries? In most European countries you just change flights and pick up your bag at your final destination. Every country I’ve ever traveled to is the same. You are telling me you don’t have to go through customs at your first destination when en...

Re: MRJ is now the Space Jet

Space Jet? Does that mean I can finally book my flight to the Moon with PanAm?

Re: Indigo to switch from Pratt & Whitney engines to CFM engines for A320neo.

AA737-823 wrote:

LH did similarly.

Re: Anticipatory pre-flight anxiety

I do get a bit nervous before and even after the flight, but once I'm in flight, I'm relaxed.

Re: Your longest & shortest flights

Shortest flight by duration: KL CUR-CCS DC-10, 49 Minutes Shortest flight by distance: KL CUR-CCS DC-10, 173 mi/277 km Longest flight by duration: KL AMS-PTY Boeing 777-200 ER 11 hours 15 minutes Longest flight by distance: LH MEX-FRA Boeing 747-400 5,942 mi/9,507 km Number 1 route by flights: PTY-S...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

I don't recognise that MPPA code. I had to look it up just to find out that MPPA stands for BLB.

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

Don't get me started on that overbloated thing called MOPT. Remember when LGS shut down CONAVI immediately after his inauguration in 2014? Me neither, because it never happened (the first promise he broke). While e.g. municipal roads seem to get slightly more expedient attention, national roads need...

Re: Niki Lauda, R.I.P.

I've seen a few vids, where Niki Lauda himself was flying an aircraft, I dunno if it was from DUB to VIE or the other way around, but I remember it was a 767. And of course, in F1 he was a fixture for decades, not just as a driver but also as a TV analyst on the German TV channel with the three lett...

Re: DFW Announces Terminal F Plans & C Renovations

DFW is wonderful for connecting. You can be at any other gate within 15 minutes or so and it's a BIG airport. Last week, I checked into A, hopped on the Tram and went over to Terminal D. Less than 10 minutes from going through security in Terminal A to getting down the escalator in Terminal D. It's...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/vuelo-turbulento-aviacion-civil-suma-casi-7-anos-sin-publicar-informes-sobre-accidentes/?fbclid=IwAR2Q_1e_jmsTekjEmDTUNmXnNXyBcqicyHhob6sz-gRLYKnLghQKv-yXwLE Apparently, DGAC hasn't released accident reports in nearly 7 years. According to DGAC boss Guillermo Hoppe, ...

Re: A Hidden Gem of African Aviation - Air Namibia CPT-WBV/WDH-VFA

Namibia was THE most important colony of the German Empire before losing it to the British as a result of World War I. Despite that, there are still a few thousand German native speakers living in the country and from what I gather, they have their own slang when compared to the German spoken in Eur...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

The problem will be for local airlines that use local aircraft registrations, that want to fly to CAT I countries. The funny thing about it is, that there's no way in hell you'll find a Tango India registered aircraft flying to the US on a scheduled basis. Those times of TI registered aircraft flyi...

Re: Report: BER Oct 2020 opening on shaky grounds

chunhimlai wrote:

Soon we will see BER airport as wonder in “age of the empire”

Re: Thomas Cook Airlines Selling Discussion Thread

I read somewhere that LH may be interested in reacquiring DE from Thomas Cook. If that was to happen, what would happen with the routes that clearly overlap with LH's network? One of the routes I'm thinking is DE's routes to SJO via SDQ and IIRC also SJU. LH is flying nonstop with its own metal so, ...

Re: Report: BER Oct 2020 opening on shaky grounds

I'm a little curious on one thing - how come the Federal Govt has not become more involved ? I understand about the individual Lander / states having autonomy but at some point national Govt (subject to legislative agreement by the Bundestag) presumably can choose to overrule local politicians on i...

Re: Report: BER Oct 2020 opening on shaky grounds

It's not you. The BER project has so many political issues, limited brain capacity was applied. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: That is so sad, it's automatically funny again. Actually, BER operating over 100% of its capacity is the only way for TXL to remain open. There is an agreement between Berlin and ...

Re: Updated: Aeroflot 1492 SSJ100 fire at Moscow (SVO) - 40+ confirmed dead

With the 737MAX and Dreamliner issues (specifically the former) I don't think anyone should be throwing stones in respect of Russian aircraft. Instead we should show some respect for the people who lost their lives. But people still will throw stones, especially the media which needs the clickbait ...

Re: Aeroflot SSJ100 on fire at Moscow (SVO)

nordikcam wrote:

thevery wrote:

All evacuated, 6 injured.

Evacuation ...and passengers with their luggages...Congratulations Aeroflot !

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

U.S. pre-clearance won't be like getting on a queue at a European airport to show passport and answer some questions as passengers do when they enter Schengen area. Of course not, but in a European airport I skip those questions because I enter and leave Europe with my German passport (plus I use t...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

snaiks wrote:

Hopefully they'll add US Immigration Preclearance. That would be interesting

Re: FRA Connections

That I did not know. I just mentioned UK rules as example of my point though.

Re: FRA Connections

Mex is not considered a "safe" airport, unlike the US airports, therefore my assumption that when arriving on a flight from USA and transferring in FRA, you might not need additional security. But then again, it could also be that if the flight arrives from outside the EU in general, conn...

Re: FRA Connections

My experience on arrival at FRA from the United States is that after passport control you have to go thru security before your onward flight. It's been a year since I've transited FRA so it could have changed, but I doubt it. And yes, both passport control and security can be pretty crowded. I doub...

Re: JetBlue uses facial recognition as boarding pass

COPA uses it at PTY. I was face recognized there by them in February when boarding. I'm guessing that they use the database from Panamanian immigration for it? Because last time I was in PTY, you do get your picture taken in front of the immigration officer on entry (not on passport control during ...

Re: Iraqi Airways to order A330neo or B777

EDIT: Nevermind. I thought I read Iran, not Iraq.

Re: KLM launches LIR

The delay to blocktimes is often a result of ramp congestion, as space for widebodies is really limited and departure from runway 25 requires a backtrack. The airport itself was never built with widebodies in mind, and the lack of planing by the central government or lack of foresight didn't help t...

Re: KLM launches LIR

Problem is indeed terrain. On 07, the 787 does not have the engine out performance to clear the mountains. I know that once, on a one-off, KL sent the 77W to SJO, plus AF sends 77Es during the summer and 77W during the winter. How would the 77E/77W compare to the 787-9 in terms of engine-out perfor...

Re: Mahan Air Launches IKA-CCS...First Flight Already in the Air!

Mahan isn't really a regular civilian airline any more, its major shareholder is a "charity" called "Mowla al Movaheddin" which in turn is owned by the iranian revolutionary guard. In the past years it has been used to transport weapons as well has "human resources" to...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

In the announcement thread of KL starting LIR, there was someone saying the KL flight has to make fuel stops on the eastbound. Is there any truth on that or was that just fake news?

Re: KLM launches LIR

IIRC the issue is terrain clearance when departing runway 07 in the event of losing an engine as there are a couple of 9000'+ volcanoes within 15 miles of the airport. SJO is 3021 ft high, the 787-9 has enough legs to make the distance nonstop. Plus I have no heard anything about other airlines tha...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

the flight has to stop at TIJ on the westbound because of the altitude of MEX NH 179 MEX 01.00.....06.40+1 NRT.....Daily….788 NH 180 NRT 16.40.....13.55 MEX...…..Daily…..788 The westbound NH MEX-NRT flies as non-stop route with the 788 jet, meaning a 14.30 flight in average. Same with AM MEX-NRT wi...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

SJOtoLIR wrote:

Perhaps a tag-on from NH NRT-MEX may work to Panama City.

Re: Should do-deal Brexit happens on 12 April, what should passengers do?

Exactly right. Nothing will change. If anything it will become easier. The UK will shortly allow US, Canadian, NZ, Japanese, Singaporean and South Korean nationals to use the E-Gates along with UK and EU citizens. This has nothing to do with Brexit. AMS has this and is even in the Schengen zone. It...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

https://www.nacion.com/economia/negocios/avianca-anuncia-reorganizacion-y-despidos-en-su/6GRSPF5B3NCMFKZZ2M7VGMHY4M/story/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter AV is announcing layoffs in Costa Rica. They did not specify how many people got laid off but apparently, more than 1000 employees will...

Re: Central American Aviation Thread - 2019

I dunno if this has already been mentioned, but AV is cancelling a lot of routes out of GUA. https://www.estrategiaynegocios.net/centroamericaymundo/1270387-330/guatemala-espera-llenar-vac%C3%ADo-ante-cancelaci%C3%B3n-de-varias-rutas-de-avianca#.XKCh7_lv8LM.twitter AV is cancelling flights from GUA ...

Re: Condor? Safety and experiences

Suffice to say that people in Germany still care a lot about Condor, or else they wouldn't have been outraged when Condor was renamed into "Thomas Cook powered by Condor". That outraged caused Thomas Cook to rename it back into Condor and eventually even reintroducing the Condor logo from ...

Re: Pax suing NK for bumping her 15yo daughter without informing her

BTW 15 is the age of consent in France. Here in Costa Rica, it's when you become a legal adult at 18. In Germany it's weird: the age of consent is 14 if your partner is also underage, otherwise it's 16. Age of consent has, at least for me, more something to do with when you can consent to sex than ...

Re: Interjet on brink of collapse?

Devilfish wrote:

Maybe 4O should just turn the SSJ's over to CU.