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A380

Last post by llondel « Wed May 31, 2023 2:48 am
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by OFSO » Tue May 23, 2023 12:37 pm

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There seem to be quite a few A380's in the skies around here. Now that some operators have decided that they make sense after all, I wonder if anyone...

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If BA or one of the other airlines has 'spare' slots where they fly an aircraft just to keep the slot, perhaps they'd lease it to Global? Or doesn't...

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Last post by llondel
Wed May 31, 2023 2:48 am
Why do they do it?...

Last post by EA01 « Tue May 30, 2023 7:29 am
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by EA01 » Sun May 28, 2023 4:34 am

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I suspect I know the answer, but anyway...

On board HA451 the other day, HNL - SYD.....departs HNL at 12:45 Friday afternoon.....which is 09:00...

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....A couple of Vodka Tonics....something to eat & bed,......

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Last post by EA01
Tue May 30, 2023 7:29 am
BA in the Times

Last post by barkingmad « Sat May 27, 2023 6:27 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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Erewego again;

Are they using Windows 95 with no AV program? ~X(
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Last post by barkingmad
Sat May 27, 2023 6:27 am
Now Where Did I Put My Plane Keys?

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri May 26, 2023 6:47 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Fri May 26, 2023 6:47 pm

A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

Link has pic.

It’s never fun to be locked out –...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri May 26, 2023 6:47 pm
COMAC C919 Enters Revenue Service

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Fri May 26, 2023 3:01 pm

by PHXPhlyer » Fri May 26, 2023 3:01 pm

China’s C919 passenger jet to make first commercial flight

After years of research, development and tests, China’s first large homegrown...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri May 26, 2023 3:01 pm
Impact of coronavirus on aviation industry.

Last post by barkingmad « Thu May 25, 2023 8:13 pm
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by Alisoncc » Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:48 pm
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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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The OP of this thread said:--- With the aviation industry having geared up to support this growth, the coronavirus must be giving aviation marketing...
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Last post by barkingmad
Thu May 25, 2023 8:13 pm
A busy day in the Funchal hold....

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri May 12, 2023 9:45 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Tue May 09, 2023 2:21 pm

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Lots of holding and diversions due to the wind at Funchal.....but one guy seems determined to have a go - RZO160.

METAR LPMA 091400Z 01014G24KT...

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They are having fun there again today. TEMPO 1206/1306 36020G32KT. BA520 has just made it after holding.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri May 12, 2023 9:45 am
More Rynair bollox!

Last post by Wodrick « Thu May 11, 2023 9:50 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:01 am

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Ryanair has been ordered to remove its infamous “jab and go” advert after watchdog officials ruled it depicted misleading claims about coronavirus...

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'cos it isn't mucho overengined climb like a rocket as a 757 is.

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Last post by Wodrick
Thu May 11, 2023 9:50 am
Cliff Spink

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Sat May 06, 2023 10:38 am
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by Boac » Sat May 06, 2023 9:24 am

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This YT video popped up on a forum, and it is well worth watching. I have always held Cliff in huge respect - right from the days when I was an...

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Top Man!
My last Staish.

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Sat May 06, 2023 10:38 am
The Irish C**t finally goes after raking in 24 Million a year...

Last post by EA01 « Wed May 03, 2023 6:45 am
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by EA01 » Tue May 02, 2023 10:18 am

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....and reducing a once iconic Australian brand to mud....9th to 40th trusted Australian brand....wel done, the board thinks you did a great job, the...

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How to take an Iconic brand and trash that brand so comprehensively is....baffling....

I'm eligible for some very real benefits with QF, and simply...

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Last post by EA01
Wed May 03, 2023 6:45 am
Strange Happenings at Aer Lingus

Last post by tango15 « Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:38 am
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by tango15 » Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:11 pm

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Yesterday (Wednesday), the scheduled EI 133 Dublin-Boston flight diverts to KEF whilst midway between Iceland and Greenland and is parked on a remote...

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Poor old Lingus are not having much fun with their A330s:

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Last post by tango15
Fri Apr 14, 2023 9:38 am
SouthWest Airlines' Holiday Meltdown

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:15 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Tue Dec 27, 2022 3:34 pm

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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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‘It’s a mess down here.’ Southwest pilots detail the Christmas meltdown chaos

Congress is set to receive new evidence Thursday of internal chaos...

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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:15 pm
FlyBe in administration again.

Last post by Ibbie « Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:50 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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CAA grants temporary operating licence to administrators

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Last post by Ibbie
Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:50 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
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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Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:11 am

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