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Soon there won't be a square meter left which hasn't been surveyed in detail...
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and.... :) if you would ask me 'what are some of the less noisier small twins?', these 2 would certainly would cross my mind....

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Transavia NL: trade union FNV announces a strike by cockpit crew on Monday 19th Febr, 00h01-12h00.

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Passenger wrote: 18 Feb 2018, 18:40 Transavia NL: trade union FNV announces a strike by cockpit crew on Monday 19th Febr, 00h01-12h00.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-f ... d-airline/
Unfortunately, the strike is "successfull": all Transavia flights out of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven seems to be delayed or cancelled.

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Same aircraft Vulcanair P68C OY-MNS was out again today (ANR-ANR):

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... s#107c797f
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Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 overshoots runway at Port Harcourt, Nigeria:
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/dana- ... t-nigeria/

Aerial photo, daytime:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b5307c0&opt=0

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From the official PIA twitter account:
If you love us send us your friends; if you hate us send us your enemies! PIA- catering to all your needs!
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Automatically fires back, looking at the following replies:
Last year, I flew a 19 hour flight from Toronto to Karachi. My seat cushions was so thin that I could feel metal of the seat frame through them. The media centre did not work. The food was stale. Cute memes don't make up for crappy airplanes & bad service.
Honestly, all these crap memes just piss me off. I’d rather have them post about new training for staff, updating their software, buying new planes, improving their maintenance schedule, cameras to prevent stuff going ‘missing’ from luggage. Anything but this cutesy drivel.
Yes, well, when an international airline is run like a 1960s civil service with a slush fund attached, we can’t expect much better. Pakistan - never failing to put its worst foot forward.
So you won't improve your service and spend more time thinking of these crappy jokes

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luchtzak wrote: 23 Feb 2018, 10:26 From the official PIA twitter account:
If you love us send us your friends; if you hate us send us your enemies! PIA- catering to all your needs!
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Automatically fires back, looking at the following replies:
Last year, I flew a 19 hour flight from Toronto to Karachi. My seat cushions was so thin that I could feel metal of the seat frame through them. The media centre did not work. The food was stale. Cute memes don't make up for crappy airplanes & bad service.
Honestly, all these crap memes just piss me off. I’d rather have them post about new training for staff, updating their software, buying new planes, improving their maintenance schedule, cameras to prevent stuff going ‘missing’ from luggage. Anything but this cutesy drivel.
Yes, well, when an international airline is run like a 1960s civil service with a slush fund attached, we can’t expect much better. Pakistan - never failing to put its worst foot forward.
So you won't improve your service and spend more time thinking of these crappy jokes
I flew PIA from NRT to PEK was a nice flight with Airbus A310
Visit my flights on: http://www.quixoticguide.com

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During an award ceremony held at the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel on Monday evening, 26th February 2018, Brussels Airport rewarded its partners and the airlines that distinguished themselves from the others by punctuality, performance, environment, safety and development.

Brussels Airport handed out the Aviation Awards for the 11th time. In addition to the 9 traditional awards, a new ‘logistic provider award’ was handed out for the very first time. Aviation24.be was present at the ceremony to report.

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/bruss ... on-awards/

The most cheerful moment was the celebration of long-haul punctuality winner ANA All Nippon Airways :D

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This spotter at Tallinn was at the right place at the right moment. The incident investigators will be most thankfull:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGAgmeQOSp8



Technical details:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b57c3dd&opt=0

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Several European airports affected by snow, e.g. MPL closed but this is understandable as 20-30cm of snow in Montpellier is rather unusual.

But GVA !?

A0099/18 NOTAMR A0098/18
Q) LSAS/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4614N00607E005
A) LSGG B) 1803010813 C) 1803011100
E) RWY 05/23 CLSD DUE TO SN CLR INPR.
EST REOPENNING AT 10:00 FOR DEP AND AT 11:00 FOR ARR.
CREATED: 01 Mar 2018 08:13:00
SOURCE: LSSNYNYX

:?

H.A.

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Serious engine problem for ex OO-DJZ (Avro RJ-85) - now EX-27005 Tez Jet Kyrgyzstan:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b585d2d&opt=0

Airfleets:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-bae146-2305.htm

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Passenger wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 16:46 Serious engine problem for ex OO-DJZ (Avro RJ-85) - now EX-27005 Tez Jet Kyrgyzstan:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b585d2d&opt=0

Airfleets:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-bae146-2305.htm
96 pax! They retrofitted our jumbolino!

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luchtzak wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 18:42
Passenger wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 16:46 Serious engine problem for ex OO-DJZ (Avro RJ-85) - now EX-27005 Tez Jet Kyrgyzstan:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b585d2d&opt=0
Airfleets:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-bae146-2305.htm
96 pax! They retrofitted our jumbolino!
Actually, the report on AvHerald.com says "with 96 persons onboard". Thus including crew.

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:) reading precisely is everything, in aviation and elsewhere! :)

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Passenger wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 19:36
luchtzak wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 18:42
Passenger wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 16:46 Serious engine problem for ex OO-DJZ (Avro RJ-85) - now EX-27005 Tez Jet Kyrgyzstan:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4b585d2d&opt=0
Airfleets:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-bae146-2305.htm
96 pax! They retrofitted our jumbolino!
Actually, the report on AvHerald.com says "with 96 persons onboard". Thus including crew.
Still, I think the SN RJ-85 configuration was about 82!

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convair wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 21:12
Passenger wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 19:36
luchtzak wrote: 01 Mar 2018, 18:42
96 pax! They retrofitted our jumbolino!
Actually, the report on AvHerald.com says "with 96 persons onboard". Thus including crew.
Still, I think the SN RJ-85 configuration was about 82!
Indeed 82, hence they added a 3-3 configuration. Terrible!

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News.com.au: Australian airline Qantas has reportedly advised employees not to “manterrupt” women or use gender-specific pronouns.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business ... 020a2d0e50

"...Australian airline Qantas has reportedly advised employees not to “manterrupt” women or use gender-specific pronouns... “Offensive terms” allegedly included gender-specific words such as “mum,” “dad,” “husband,” and “wife,” as well as words such as “love, honey, and darling,” while employees were instructed to “minimise manterruptions,” which was defined as when men “interrupt or speak over women.”...

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Passenger wrote: 02 Jul 2017, 18:57 80 years ago, on 2nd July 1937, Amelia Earhart dissappeared. Today, an expedition heads for Nikumaroro (an Island 1,000 miles from Fiji) in a new search to find her remains - and her aircraft.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... land-dogs/
"...Bone measurement analysis indicates that the remains found on a remote island in the South Pacific were likely those of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, according to a researcher at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville)... Richard Jantz, professor emeritus of anthropology and director emeritus of UT's Forensic Anthropology Center, re-examined seven bone measurements conducted in 1940 by physician D. W. Hoodless...

Source - more info:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 115506.htm

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Brussels Airlines’ Bike for Africa cycles 400km through Cameroon for Mercy Ships:
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufth ... rcy-ships/

Report on ATV (Jacques Vermeiren, CEO Port of Antwerp, was one of the cyclists):
https://atv.be/nieuws/video-ceo-van-de- ... doel-56657

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