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Jump to postOn a recent holiday down under I became obsessed with winglets (sad bastard that I am). Whilst catching an internal flight at <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> I observed a Virgin Blue B737-700 at an adjacent gate...
Jump to postHaving just spent 14 hours in an economy <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> seat (<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>) without any problems I'm sure I ...
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Jump to postI watched a Discovery channel documentary on this incident. After the full investigation both Airbus and Boeing issued a statement warning of excessive rudder movement. It was concluded that Airbus knew that it might be an issue but hadn't disclosed it before. Boeing had either acted in the same way...
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Jump to postThe <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> staff who are taking this illegal action are stupid. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-left: 1pt #28455E solid;table-layout:fixed;border...
Jump to postAirbus's range chart is rather crude!
I would have no confidence flying from ZRH-BOM/DEL given the basic outline of continents on the map!
Sorry BestWestern but I differ from your plan. <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / KBMI), USA - Illinois">BMI</acronym> needs to reassert itself as the UK's second airline and quickly. One of <acronym title="Bloomington / Normal - Central Illinois Regional (BMI / ...
Jump to post<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4749393.stm" target=_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4749393.stm</a> Interesting news page I read earlier, I guess at an approach angle of 19 degrees it literally drops out of the sky compared with commercial aircraft. At this angle of approach ...
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Jump to postWell, I have a Yugoslavia stamp in my old passport from Ljubljana, now in Slovenia although Yugoslavia still exists in a different form, does that count?
Jump to postI am traveling on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>'s <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> service in a few weeks. I am really interested to know what ...
Jump to postAs for the fuel surcharge, I can see this is necessary due to the oil price, but what will annoy customers is seeing an advert (<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / ...
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Jump to postDon't mean to sound stupid here, but what exactly is a nautical mile (that is what <acronym title="Mount Cook Airlines (New Zealand)">NM</acronym> stands for, right?) Not a stupid question at all. 1nm is approx 1.15 normal miles to us in the UK and USA, or 1.85 kms to our metric friends. Great circl...
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Jump to postTodays EK017/018 <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> utilised a...
Jump to postAt Midday <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> goes into 'single runway operation' for upto 4 hours, queues inevitably build up for departing aircraft. Usually once an outbound aircraft has taken off the next incoming is cleared to land. To...
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Jump to postI do not accept that nothing can be done or indeed should be done. We have new legislation in the UK which means you have to make it possible for disabled people to work by installing ramps etc at the companies cost. If an applicant was turned down for a physical disability, there would be an outcry...
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You've totally missed the point I was making, go back and try again!
D'oh!!!!!!!!
Cloudyapple, thanks for the info, is there any priority given to certain airlines or certain city-pairs, or is it first come, first served? Do you think that it's just co-incidence of the weather that has meant my 2 direct <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kin...
Jump to postIs this predatory pricing by Ryanair, or just the viability of an airport in question. I still fail to see how Doncaster airport will 'take off' (apologies for the pun). A new Airport opened in Sheffield less than 10 years ago, and it has been a flop, despite Sheffield being one of England's largest...
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Jump to postI wonder if Air France has dumped its Paris 2012 aircraft designs yet!
Jump to postI flew <acronym title="Aer Lingus (Ireland)">EI</acronym> from <acronym title="Dublin (- Collinstown) (DUB / EIDW), Ireland">DUB</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and return 18 months ago, it was an A332 with PTV's throughout. It was ...
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Jump to postLoyal2UA,
I knew you weren't complaining, I've been laughing too!
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Jump to postThanks TokyoNarita,
Its always good to hear from someone in the know!
Steve
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Jump to postThis is interesting, as <acronym title="Newcastle - Woolsington (NCL / EGNT), United Kingdom">NCL</acronym> is currently the UK's fastest growing regional airport. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4501191.stm" target=_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4501191.stm</a> I wo...
Jump to postI don't know what 767 is was, however it was in the old Delta livery, whilst the scheduled flight was in the new livery
Jump to postOK everyone, I can now correct what I said in the last reply thanks to a trip to <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> viewing park this morning with my radio. <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> actually use 4 callsigns at <acrony...
Jump to postDoes anyone know what a second Delta airlines 767 was doing this morning at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>. I arrived at the viewing park at 10am, just in time to see it take off. At exactly the same time the daily scheduled flight fr...
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