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SouthWest Airlines' Holiday Meltdown

Last post by llondel « Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:16 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:34 pm

Horror stories of endless lines at Pax Services, hours long hold times only to have calls dropped, piles of luggage covering the floor of baggage...

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Last post by llondel
Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:16 am
FlyBe in administration again.

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:58 am
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by Ibbie » Sat Jan 28, 2023 6:34 am

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Flybe has ceased operations and once again gone into administration.

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Flybe has ceased operations and once again gone into administration.

The words basket and case come to mind. Wasn't it owned by a US hedge fund...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:58 am
Drunken passenger pees on another one

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:17 pm
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by llondel » Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:08 pm

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The head of India's Tata Sons conglomerate has expressed anguish over an incident in which a drunk man allegedly urinated on a female passenger on...

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I was peed on by a pax once. On a flight to Bangladesh, a passenger came into the galley and stood beside me. He was taking a whiz up against one of...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:17 pm
Stansted closed for weather

Last post by llondel « Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:28 am

by llondel » Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:28 am

Not just Perry Oaks, it seems...

All flights have been suspended at Stansted Airport after it was forced to close its runway due to bad...

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Last post by llondel
Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:28 am
British Airways BA 2063 turns around

Last post by G-CPTN « Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:50 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:44 am

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Hundreds of British Airways passengers spent the night flying from Gatwick to central Egypt and back after their plane turned around halfway through...

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a tech fault that would’ve meant going US at destination, so better to return to engineering base for repairs than being stranded in MRU.

Requiring...

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Last post by G-CPTN
Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:50 am
Carolyn Grace

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:37 am
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by Boac » Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:44 am

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News appearing on Twatter that she was killed in a road accident on Friday.

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I booked Nick for our Air display. All the other Spits came for free fuel and no cash. G-Fire was going to Scotland so was very happy for an enroute...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:37 am
Loganair for sale.....

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:46 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Sun Oct 09, 2022 5:04 pm

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Scottish airline Loganair is being sold with the hope of new owners taking over the business by mid-2023.

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Anyone else seen the random Loganair adverts on TV tonight #:-S

No, but now I have...

I prefer this one... as would Ricardian I suspect!

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:46 am
Allegiant Air's Flight AAY9617 26 November

Last post by tango15 « Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:17 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:57 pm

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Allegiant Air's A319, Flight AAY9617 departed Trois-Rivieres, near Quebec, for Orlando SFB today. It should have been a 3hr 20 min flight. Shortly...

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Made it. Bet the Captain gets a very big cheer from the pax right now!

If you keep it low and slow, there's not much fuel difference, says he from...

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Last post by tango15
Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:17 pm
BA in the Times

Last post by barkingmad « Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:19 am
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by ian16th » Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:11 am
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Not an optimistic article

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Quote: On more serious note, I’m in the process of moving my pension to a hopefully more stable account .

That's right, make hay while the sun...
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Last post by barkingmad
Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:19 am
Better Go Before You Go

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:54 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:54 pm

Jet2 Airbus A321 Diverted To Bilbao So Passengers Could Go To The Toilet
The plane was on the ground for over two hours before continuing the...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sun Nov 13, 2022 4:54 pm
Not a Zepplin!

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:53 pm
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by ricardian » Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:01 pm

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Hybrid aircraft could be the future of greener passenger transport and freight to and from Orkney.

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.and if they put a fan in the cylinder, they could use the headwinds to power the craft! ;-))

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:53 pm
Viva Air Flight VH8332 today

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:19 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:04 pm

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Earlier today on FR24 I was watching Viva Air Flight VH8332 in Colombia, an A320-251N from Cali (CLO) to Riohacha (RCH). It departed CLO at 1534z and...

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Surely the point of carrying contingency fuel is for this sort of situation, where it all goes pear-shaped. Arriving with that much left on a routine...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:19 pm
American Airlines Abolishing First Class

Last post by tango15 « Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:48 am
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by llondel » Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:38 pm

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It appears that AA customers don't want to pay for First Class seats, so they're being removed in favour of more business class seats on long-haul...

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Good grief! They're bad enough in the cheap seats, and business class is no great shakes. I've always considered it an airline to avoid. I did once...

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Last post by tango15
Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:48 am
Boeing 737 Max takes to the air in China again.

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:48 pm

by TheGreenAnger » Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:48 pm

A Boeing 737 Max has flown in Chinese airspace for the first time in more than three years, amid uncertainty over the type’s return to service among...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:48 pm
Left a bit, right a bit.....

Last post by FD2 « Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:11 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:00 pm

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FD2 emailed me an MP4 of this but online this is a rather poorer quality.....

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When we were operating from Gib while the ship was alongside, if the traffic permitted when the wind was causing turbulence, the ATCOs would allow us...

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Last post by FD2
Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:11 am
United at JFK

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:46 am
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by llondel » Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:27 am

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United Airlines is suspending its services from JFK as of the 29th October.

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United Airlines is suspending its services from JFK as of the 29th October.

Seems like United have thrown a hissy fit at not being granted...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:46 am
Heart Aerospace's ES-30

Last post by k3k3 « Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:10 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:13 pm

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Air Canada just ordered 30 electric planes that can carry passengers up to 500 miles as the race for airlines to cut emissions intensifies

Air...

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Thank you, so it is a super duper, not really auxilliary, (A)PU.

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Last post by k3k3
Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:10 am
Impact of coronavirus on aviation industry.

Last post by Woody « Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:38 am
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I suspect that a significant number of our members are retired from the industry or close, and massive slow-downs will have little impact, but that...

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Things are definitely returning to normal, the soap dodging surrender monkeys are on strike
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Last post by Woody
Fri Sep 16, 2022 8:38 am
Loganair LM46 7700

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:25 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:34 pm

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Loganair LM46 squawked 7700 about 10 minutes before landing at ABZ. Went into an enroute hold for a while, now diverting into EDI. No weather...

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ABZ arrivals board:
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:25 pm
American orders 20 Supersonic aircraft from Boom

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:54 am
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by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:26 pm

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Commercial supersonic transatlantic travel is on course to roar back almost 20 years after Concorde was decommissioned.

American Airlines on Tuesday...

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One wonders if GE will be minded to recommence development of the General Electric Affinity engine, discontinued when Aerion went bust. I suspect...

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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:54 am
Don't Make Me Turn This Plane Around

Last post by prospector « Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:50 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:42 pm

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Pilot scolds Southwest Airlines passenger for allegedly AirDropping ‘naked pictures’ to entire plane :-o [-X

(NEXSTAR) – Don’t make him turn...

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Dick who? Dick Head.

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Last post by prospector
Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:50 am
Less Work For Woody

Last post by Woody « Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:34 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:58 pm

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British Airways to trim about 10,000 flights from winter schedule

(CNN) — British Airways has announced it plans to cut thousands of flights...

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More time to paint the town red in Somerset West.

Paying off credit cards and various debt acquired during furlough, but in a couple of months...

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Last post by Woody
Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:34 am
BA Pay rise

Last post by Woody « Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:50 am
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by Boac » Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:21 pm

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This include you, Woody?

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This include you, Woody?

It does :-bd, but it’s only returning the money we lost thanks to Cruz, pay round in January will be the next fight :-w

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Last post by Woody
Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:50 am
Strike at Lufthansa

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:41 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:04 pm

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Lufthansa cancels nearly all flights in Germany on Wednesday, impacting 134,000 passengers

(CNN) — Lufthansa announced the cancellation of nearly...

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Lufthansa pilots vote in favor of industrial action, paving the way for a strike
The vote by Germany's pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit comes days...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:41 pm
Delta to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 planes

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:26 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:26 pm

Delta to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 planes

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Delta Air Lines will buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 jets worth about $13.5 billion at list prices and has...

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Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:26 pm

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