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Well, you can't have your cake and eat it too, can you? Airlines are mostly using the B757s on transatlantic routes where demand is too low to operate widebodies. If they were forced to operate larger aircrafts on routes like PHL-GLA and ERW-BFS, there wouldn't be any service at all. There is alway...

TAAG has restarted Luanda-Lisbon, its best route: with a 744, leased from neighboor SAA. http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=3755 Interesting. I wonder what SAA gets out of this other than a good rate. My bet would be on more slots for SAA in Luanda appearing over the next few months. They ne...

Nice and interesting report. Did you get to know why your Regional E190 was cancelled? Teething problems? All we got told was "technical problem". I get the feeling it was something minor but with it being a new aircraft, nobody was sure how minor a problem it was. that was explain all th...

This will be short and sweet (i hope). OK maybe not. On my return from Luanda last week, Air France by Regional succeeded in turning my 24 trip home into a near 48 hour one!!! This is how...... First flight was the usual SAA B744 from Luanda to Johannesburg and as ever it was very good. 3 hours, lef...

Oh balls....just read this after booking an award ticket to Costa Rica on KLM / Delta!!!

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Why is it just the UK? I thought it would be co-ordinated Europe wide? Said it before on here.....not too sure how keen I would be flying on an Iranian Airliner of any type. I am sure they are well maintained with locally produced parts or black market sourced parts but both those phrases would prob...

I am surprised there are not a few more clamouring to get into the Pakistani market. I remember years ago some KLM flights orginated in Karachi before I boarded in DXB and then they stopped all add ons. Seem to remember Colombo was another they did from DXB. There are large Pakistani communities all...

I know this may be a raw nerve for all you Sabena fans and I understand why! That said, Alitalia have to stop being bailed out - it is completely unfair on the rest of the market and ultimately unfair on the travelling public and the general public who are ultimately funding this mess. Lets face it,...

Well....if I were you I would get a longlife battery for your laptop! I got one from work for my wee HP and if i am not watching DVD's or on itunes it will last for 6-7 hours. I can't remember if the 777's have power points. I am sure they do in Business but not sure about Economy. In my experience ...

We are not Texans....like that :D Anyway, the carrot that you are talking about could be something like....fix the problem and you get landing slots at Gatwick. You know, something they would have got anyway but helps TAAG explain themselves to the local media... Speaking of which... The Jornal De A...

Always wanted to visit Syria.....sounds like a top place. Think I would go AF though!

Do they produce wine there? If they do and its anything like Chateau Kefraya or Ksara in Lebanon then bring it on. That is good stuff....

I take your point sn-remember regarding the carrot and the stick and there are two issues as I see with that. First - Angola does have a carrot in a sense that the oil industry would not be what it is and Angola's revenues what they are without the expertise of EU and US organisations. The war destr...

Well said. This is the region with probably the most plane crashes year after year so the EU must be tough. Take LAD for example. I have to be at the airport 5 hours before the departure of the SAA flight on SAturday or I will be bumped depsite reconfirming ad-infinitum. It's nuts. Even then - you w...

LX-LGX, Fair enough, I have only visited SA and Angola but from what I have seen the workings of Namibia, SA, Botswana are by reputation way more advanced than here in Luanda in everything they do. Yes EU governments are interested in Angola's oil - but you have to bear in mind that Angola has to se...

So back to the topic: why shouldn't Angola hit back? The EU Commission itself has approved the list, knowing for sure it will hurt the airline - and thus also the country (Angola is a communist country, thus TAAG is state owned). Who will now pay the lease for the 777's? The EU? The EU hasn't expla...

Angola airline prepares for final Europe flight TAAG-Angola Airlines is set to make its final flight from Europe on Thursday: TAAG's final European flight was due to leave from Lisbon. Angola would ban British Airways, Air France and TAP Air Portugal. DT 651 TAAG STD 10:00 PM ETA 05:37 AM DT 653 TA...

Without saying where I work in Angola, I do know that people there are not happy about the Taag ban but they recognise that something must be wrong for it to have happened. Angola has good relationships with the EU and is an important trading partner and source of income for many EU companies - the ...

No - sorry if i wasn't clear. I know that Taag have new planes - my point is that some of the people I talk to on a daily basis don't believe it.

This is when they told me the story about the 10 year old 777's. I know it is nonsense but is an indicator of doubts. That was all.

Amazing isn't it. 'British' Airways expands transatlantic services but manage to find locations even further south than London to do it. Maybe its time for a name change to EU Air or nowhere in Britain except London Airways. Continental and others have shown the transatlantic to the regions works bu...

I'm not sure. What are we saying here - that because you are a developing country you should only get old crappy equipment? Not sure that will help. Lets face it I would rather go on a Taag 73G than a 732 - not that you would get me anywhere near one of their aircraft now.... The Angolans I work wit...