Trivia 2015 (miscellaneous news)

[Passenger]

Singapore Airlines Airbus A330-300, registered as 9V-STG, had a nosewheel collapse on Gate A17 (T3) at Changi.

http://t.co/taimLXVbsN

The Aviation Herald:
http://avherald.com/h?article=48da23e8&opt=0

[sn26567]

The airline confirmed there was just a mechanics on board to perform a landing gear check when the nose gear retracted.

Did that mechanic push the wrong button?

[sn26567]

Work begins to raise 9V-STG after its nose gear collapsed on Saturday.


Picture Jetphotos.net

[airazurxtror]

Today Stansted airport revealed it had broken the 22 million annual passenger milestone for the rolling year total for the first time in more than six years – and served more than two million people monthly for five months in a row for the first time since 2008.

Directors at the airport hope that even if the fast pace of 15.8% year-on-year growth – which saw passenger numbers break 20 million annually just eight months ago – does not continue, the record of 23.9m hit in 2007 will be beaten at some point during 2016.

Mark Souter, the airport’s head of business development, said: “There has been a huge amount going on here, particularly since the Manchester Airport Group (MAG) took over ownership. MAG has been pumping money into improvements at the terminal so we are growing fast but also making a good experience for passengers as well. We are only about halfway through spending £260m in five years.”

It is not just about passenger numbers at Stansted, as the amount of cargo handled through the airport’s freight operation has also continued to rise while the average number of seats filled on each flight has reached 87.8%.

It's a pity that Stansted cannot be reached from Belgium, the nearest departure being from Eindhoven (CRL-STN has been cut quite a few years ago). It provided a good link to London with the Stansted Express, and, more importantly, to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford !

[Passenger]

Corendon will operate Brussels-Ibiza-Brussels as from April 2016.

On 27th October 2015, Corendon Airlines organizes a "test flight" to Ibiza, and they're looking for 189 volunteers to fill the aircraft and to enjoy a free day trip to Ibiza. Departure at BRU: 04h00 a.m.

Applications must be done before 19th October (12h00):
http://www.corendon.be/ibiza

(off course it's also a publicity campaign to extend their mailinglist)

[sn26567]

The Daily Mail made another blunder. Do you know the Boeing A380?

[luchtzak]

The Daily Mail made another blunder. Do you know the Boeing A380?

Yesterday on Facebook: Manchester City sends private jet to Brussels picking up De Bruyne and Company...

It was the (albeit Manchester city colour scheme) Etihad A330 performing a normal flight to Abu Dhabi ....

[Passenger]

The airline confirmed there was just a mechanics on board to perform a landing gear check when the nose gear retracted.

Did that mechanic push the wrong button?

Safety video (15 seconds):

[sn26567]

Portuguese airline SATA International will be renamed Azores Airlines and get a new livery:

[airazurxtror]

Brussels Airlines Cargo will apply a new pricing structure from the start of the aviation winter season on 25 October, adopting the ‘single consolidated airfreight surcharge’ structure developed by ‘sister’ carrier Lufthansa Cargo and used by other airlines in the Lufthansa Group.

http://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freigh ... iTeMMvos5s

[sn26567]

An Eurowings Airbus A330-200 performing flight 4U-592 from Cologne/Bonn to Palma de Mallorca with 169 passengers and 13 crew, departed Cologne's runway 14L when the engine access doors of the left hand engine (CF6) opened and separated. The crew continued the flight and in absence of abnormal indications landed in Palma de Mallorca without further incident about 2 hours later.

Full story and pictures: http://avherald.com/h?article=48e12a1e&opt=0

[sn26567]

Air Europa introduces a new (Euro-white) livery

[Predixs]

Austrian Airlines rethinks its seatplacement for their A319 and A320's:

They pushed the economy seats closer together. (From 76cm to 73cm)
So that they could put another row of seats in the back. (From 168 to 174 seats, in the A320)
But the business class passengers get some more space. (From 76cm to 81cm)

This project started 3 days ago.

German: http://www.aerotelegraph.com/austrian-a ... -a320-a321

[jvdv]

Corendon will operate Brussels-Ibiza-Brussels as from April 2016.

On 27th October 2015, Corendon Airlines organizes a "test flight" to Ibiza, and they're looking for 189 volunteers to fill the aircraft and to enjoy a free day trip to Ibiza. Departure at BRU: 04h00 a.m.

Applications must be done before 19th October (12h00):
http://www.corendon.be/ibiza

(off course it's also a publicity campaign to extend their mailinglist)

#going2ibiza

Does somebody know what plane will fly CDN9215 to Ibiza?

[Boeing767copilot]

Un film porno diffusé par erreur à l’aéroport de Lisbonne

http://www.air-journal.fr/2015-10-24-un ... 52439.html

[airazurxtror]

Press & Books outlet opens at Luxembourg Airport
Designed to meet the needs of passengers before departure, the Press & Books outlet boasts many books and press titles in different languages (German, French, English, Luxembourgish and Portuguese, for example), but also offers drinks, snacks, tobacco products, telephone cards and even souvenirs.
The new store is the first in a long line of shops and restaurants scheduled to open in the terminal during the first few months of 2016, with 12 outlets in total being fully renovated.

[airazurxtror]

Italian Civil aviation authority ENAC on Wednesday voiced concern over an expected surge in air traffic in Rome during the upcoming Special Jubilee of Mercy.
It also said it was concerned about how Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) would cope with increased traffic at Fiumicino over the coming years.
Millions of pilgrims are set to descend on Rome during the Holy Year that runs from December 8 to next November 20.

[Passenger]

Emirates A380 and Jetman Rossy in Dubai Formation Flight:




Full story:
http://www.emirates.com/ae/english/abou ... ion-flight

[Passenger]

RIP Claude Pérignon - 26/11/1952 - 02-11/2015

1977-1984 France Tourisme
1985-2000 Sunjets
2000-2009 Thomas Cook - Director Quality Control
2009-2012 TUI - Director European Affairs
2012-2015 TUI - CEO Jetairfly Morocco

2009-2015 president ABTO (Association Belgian Touroperators)


photo VRT

[airazurxtror]

IAG has made Alex Cruz, the boss of budget subsidiary carrier Vueling, the new chief executive of British Airways. Cruz will replace Keith Williams as chairman and chief executive of British Airways, who is set to retire next April. The consensus at IAG is that Cruz has done a good job at Barcelona-based Vueling, fending off budget rivals like Ryanair and EasyJet on routes around Europe.

Cruz was the boss of another budget airline called Clickair which merged with Vueling in 2009 as the industry consolidated amid high fuel costs and general downturn. This made Vueling the second largest Spanish carrier, in which Iberia took a 45% stake. In 2013 IAG took control of the remainder of Vueling to run it as a standalone discount brand, with Cruz reporting directly to IAG chief Willie Walsh.

It should be said, Vueling has seen year-on-year growth since Cruz took over. The budget airline market is very competitive, and one in which Cruz has taken the fight to his discounting rivals. Whatever expediency he employed to achieve that won't have be to as stringently enforced at BA - at least let's hope not. Vueling has an appalling customer satisfaction track record.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/should-we-worr ... ol-1527558