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- 23 Oct 2007, 11:15
- Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
- Topic: BRU-IST-BRU with TK in C: Turkish delight!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1652
Thanks for that sn26567 - glad you had a good trip on Turkish. As for Economy capetown, my brother flew DXB - IST (he had a wedding there) - AMS on Turkish during the summer and he said that they were the WORST airline he had ever flown on. And trust me, he has flown on some utterly crap airlines in...
- 23 Oct 2007, 11:10
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: WTO - subsidies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1317
- 22 Oct 2007, 21:31
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Richard Aboulafia Speaks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4196
Yes we are entering an economic slow down but that slow down shouldn't be as severe as in the past as though so I agree with smokejumper on this one. The US is still the most powerful economy but the impact of a downturn should be lessened globally thanks to the increased economic power of Russia, C...
- 22 Oct 2007, 14:32
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Richard Aboulafia Speaks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4196
- 18 Oct 2007, 21:28
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: A380 as Air Force One.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4090
Unfortunately there is more chance of the A380 being used as AF1 than we Europeans have of electing a President for the EU. It is simply that the US is democratic and Europe is bureaucratic. S :-) Good stuff. Next time we rig an election over here we'll give you a shout on when we need to know how ...
- 18 Oct 2007, 15:40
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: BRU - LHR - HKG *** advice needed ***
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3484
Unless you live in London or live somewhere that has no shops whatsoever just don't transit at Heathrow unless it is soo much cheaper than any other option. And I mean any. I would transit through Baghdad before there! Let's look at the place is a little detail shall we: Terminal 1 - Check in over c...
- 18 Oct 2007, 14:55
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Virgin Atlantic In Talks Over 10 Long-haul Planes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6581
Strange given they deferrred delivery of their first batch of A380's. Also strange - did they not say they were not looking at 4 engined planes any more? Even more strange, given the 'green' BS they spun with the 787 that they would go for a 748 or 380 at all now. Methinks they have been usurped by ...
- 17 Oct 2007, 16:41
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: BRU - LHR - HKG *** advice needed ***
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3484
Heathrow is busy and bustly and needs improving yes but my experience is that its still pretty efficient. Sorry...can't go along with that one. If you are lucky, then it can appear to be just an old series of buildings with stairs everywhere and broken moving walk ways and escalators. In which case...
- 17 Oct 2007, 16:34
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: More A380 Orders
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4137
- 17 Oct 2007, 10:38
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Richard Aboulafia Speaks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4196
- 16 Oct 2007, 12:57
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: 6-month delay seen for 787 delivery
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6271
- 16 Oct 2007, 10:33
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Richard Aboulafia Speaks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4196
Eventually publications will start to ignor ethe prattlings of this utter buffoon. Is this not the guy that was quoted in an 'impartial report' only for it later to be uncovered that the report was paid for by Boeing? Sure I read that somewhere....still as long as some people take his word as some s...
- 12 Oct 2007, 21:08
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Brussels Airlines future short-haul fleet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2935
They would be better getting shot of the old B737's that I saw at LIS last week and replace them with something a bit newer for a start. Get some A320 series and get rid of the older planes. I like Avros but they aren't the most efficient either....I like the E90's at AF Regional but have no idea ho...
- 12 Oct 2007, 17:29
- Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
- Topic: ABZ - LGW - LIS - LHR - ABZ on BA and TAP
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1471
Yep - there used to be FlyBE (in the days it was called British European) service from ABZ to LCY and it was great. So much less hassle. But two problems....you can't connect very well beyond London from there and the flight didn;t last very long! BA and BMI have London so stitched up that even Easy...
- 12 Oct 2007, 16:09
- Forum: Airline experiences and trip reports
- Topic: ABZ - LGW - LIS - LHR - ABZ on BA and TAP
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1471
ABZ - LGW - LIS - LHR - ABZ on BA and TAP
SO its Sunday 7th and time for my second trip to Lisbon in 3 weeks. The first trip I took the AF E90 from ABZ and connected to a standard Airbus 320, with the return on the A321 and E90 again. All these flights were fine, except that the snadwich they give you on the LIS leg is kinda pointless.....o...
- 27 Sep 2007, 13:01
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: EY top management under internal investigation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1591
Being under investigation does not mean you are guilty. Though what Hogan was guilty of however was driving Gulf Air in to the ground with some bonkers decisions. He has more money to mess around with at Etihad though so routes like Dublin have more time to develop than with GF....or more time to fa...
- 26 Sep 2007, 14:33
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: Oman Air to lease six 787s
- Replies: 2
- Views: 705
- 21 Sep 2007, 11:38
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: BA wide-body order in 2007
- Replies: 73
- Views: 10859
So we can expect the following. Lot's of whooping and chearing by the Boeing cheerleaders if they sell either the 748 or the 787 and comments along the lines of 'no brainer' 'airbus are in deep trouble now' etc etc blah blah . If they go 380 or 350 lots of comments as to how the UK government interf...
- 21 Sep 2007, 10:12
- Forum: Latest aviation news
- Topic: KC-30 to take new A332F's instead of converting pax version
- Replies: 4
- Views: 925
- 20 Sep 2007, 16:48
- Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
- Topic: Amusing ATC
- Replies: 0
- Views: 563
Amusing ATC
Not sure where the right place is but this makes me laugh every time.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeI154ga ... ed&search=
Do a search for Chewin the Fat and there may be another airline related clip that is very funny. I ain't posting it though....may be too rude for some!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeI154ga ... ed&search=
Do a search for Chewin the Fat and there may be another airline related clip that is very funny. I ain't posting it though....may be too rude for some!