Time for some more airplane p0rn. This week - it's a pair of Singapore Airlines aircraft - a Boeing 777-300ER taking off and a A380 taxing at Heathrow Airport. More airplane p0rn next week! … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, and I've been under the weather with a cold, so lets do a roundup before I go for another bucket full of lemsip... Qantas - From Bad to Worse to Bad Qantas is having one hell of a rough time it seems, with the latest traffic numbers down again by 1.4% year on year. Things are slowly improving, but it's a hard road for the flying Kangaroo TUI Group cancels … [Read more...]
The Friday News Roundup
It's Friday, so it's time to have a quick wibble around the web to find out who's doing what. JAL - Seems like *everyone* is interested in them JAL has a few suitors after it now - Delta and American as reported before and now Air France has tipped it's hat into the ring. BBC News, Flight, CrankyFlyer American Airlines - One Beeillon Dollars! With no apology to … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – SIA’s A380 at Heathrow
It's Sunday - must be time for more airplane p0rn. A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 landing and taxing at Heathrow Airport From More Airplane p0rn next week! … [Read more...]
The News Roundup, US Immigration, EK
It's Friday, so it's time to wrap up this week in Civil Aviation and ponder what people were thinking this week: US Immigration Considers $10 on ESTA service. I'm not going to repeat this here - head to my Soapbox entry. EK Send a A380 to BHX I wasn't going to cover this.. but hey. Here it is - an Emirates Airbus A380 landing safely at BHX (does that mean BHX … [Read more...]
The Aussies… they’re tugging at the heart strings again
Qantas in the middle of cuts and tourtures have gone out for the heartstrings with this one - the Relaunch of "I Still Call Australia My Home" Just click and watch it. I swear they're punishing me for not booking an A380 seat for next week http://www.qantas.com.au/flash/miniSites/iscah/tvc/QANTAS_2009_TVC.html Youtube linky will appear when I can get it! … [Read more...]
787 Update – Can we fix it? Yes we can… eventually!
(I started typing this - then work got in the way. And Drink). It seems Boeing has hired Bob the builder to sort a fix to ZA001 - the first flying frame. And the good news is they've found where and how to fix it. The bad news is it's in the back end of beyond. As usual, Jon at FlightBloggerat has the full technical breakdown, but to sum up a few points: Slippage. … [Read more...]
IFE News – It’s been busy…
Ok- a quick roundup in the world of In Flight Entertainment (yes - on topic for this blog for once!) US Airways signs with GoGo for Wireless connectivity - Leapfrogs United. Yes - my favourite airline has leapfrogged United and has decided to plump for GoGo wireless, and will be installing it in A321 aircraft. With a 50 aircraft deployed currently and an additional 15, … [Read more...]
Analysis: The Boeing 747-8 Series – Win or Fail?
Believe it or not, people are still interested in Quad Engined jets still. But why? A few reasons : No ETOPS requirement. ETOPS (Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards) of extending twin engine aircraft that at points during the journey are greater than a 60 minutes' flying time from an diversion point with one engine inoperative. There are different … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Emirates B777-300
It's that time of week again - and to celebrate EK thinking about sending an A380 to BHX, here's one of their 777-300 birds landing at the very same airport. … [Read more...]