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Post by bvb09 on Jun 2, 2016 12:07:09 GMT 1
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Post by bvb09 on May 2, 2016 10:16:32 GMT 1
EOJ is on the first scheduled service to Prague on May 1. This must be the shortest A380 route from Dubai to Western Europe. By great circle route, Rome is approx. 100 km shorter. Real flight distance is still probably shorter to Prague as long as flights have to avoid Syrian and Iraqi airspace. Distance to the next destination will be even shorter (VIE). P.S.: just nitpicking, but Prague being in Western Europe is new to me.
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Post by bvb09 on Apr 27, 2016 10:51:14 GMT 1
Very nice indeed. The text is somewhat curious though. Quote1: Average flight length was 10,956 km (6,808 mi). Quote2: The average flight lasted 7 hours, 15 minutes. That would result in an astonishing average speed... I would think that Quote2 is correct and Quote1 mixed up km and mi, so that the correct average flight length might be 6,808 km (approx. 4230 mi).
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Post by bvb09 on Apr 25, 2016 12:54:08 GMT 1
It depends what you call 'aircraft of choice'. Obviously, it makes sense only if it means 'long range aircraft of choice'. We must also take into account the size of each airline's long range fleet. LH and KE are a different case. They use many types, the A380 being their flagship. That's why I wrote 'arguably'. I absolutely agree about the flagship role the A380 has taken over on most carriers operating the aircraft (often visible in advertising campaigns etc.). I understood the term "aircraft of choice" more in the meaning of "fleet backbone", which IMHO so far only applies to EK's A380s (and to a lesser degree SQ's). For example, in LH's case, I would argue that their "fleet backbone" is currently provided by A330/A340 family aircraft, and will be by a combination of A350s and B777-9 in the future.
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Post by bvb09 on Apr 25, 2016 12:38:06 GMT 1
Well my understanding was not the airline's but the passenger's ... Well, I agree with you: choice given, most passengers nowadays would definitely choose to fly an A380 over most other aircraft types. But the above quoted article indeed said: "...more and more airlines choosing the A380 as the aircraft of choice..."
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Post by bvb09 on Apr 25, 2016 8:44:00 GMT 1
After re-reading the quote above, the wording appears even more odd to me as before, because -as sad as it might be- so far, exactly ONE airline has made the A380 their "aircraft of choice". Well, apart from EH, there also are at least SQ, MH, arguably KE, BA and LH. Hm, I might agree with you as far as SQ is concerned, but while approx. 30% of EK's total aircraft are A380s, none of the other carriers have more than 10% in their fleet. Even if you just look at the widebody fleet, LH and BA have ordered 14 and 12 A380s while operating more than 100 widebody aircraft in total. LH even cancelled an order of three additional frames and MH apparently tried to sell theirs, so I still don't see the A380 as their dedicated "aircraft of choice".
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Post by bvb09 on Apr 19, 2016 13:39:21 GMT 1
Hm, looking at the playback on fr24, Larnaca doesn't seem to be the logical choice of Diversion Airport to me. While yesterday's flight at least didn't completely change its direction, today's flight was flying westbound along the southern coast of the Black Sea before diverting to Cyprus while Istanbul (or Ankara) would have been much closer. Any idea what the logic might be behind this?
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Post by bvb09 on Mar 28, 2016 21:50:00 GMT 1
I think I count only 49 today with the (re-)addition of CTU and BHX.... I would still count 50, but perhaps one of the following Airports has to be taken off the list...
10 in North/Central America: MEX, LAX, SFO, DFW, IAH, ATL, MIA, IAD, JFK, YYZ 15 in Europe: MAN, BHX, LHR, LGW, CPH, AMS, CDG, MAD, BCN, DUS, FRA, MUC, ZRH, MXP, FCO 5 in the Gulf Region: KWI, DOH, AUH, DXB, JED 12 in Asia other than Gulf region: DEL, BOM, KUL, SIN, BKK, HKG, CAN, CTU, PEK, PVG, ICN, NRT 2 in Africa: JNB, ABJ 1 in the Indian Ocean: MRU 5 in Australia/Oceania: PER, BNE, SYD, MEL, AKL
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Post by bvb09 on Feb 18, 2016 15:00:52 GMT 1
I didn't find any mention of this on the web, but the Chengdu route seems to have been abandoned by CZ's A380s (None of their five frames has been there in the past week).
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Post by bvb09 on Jan 20, 2016 10:03:35 GMT 1
While the quoted News says "It’s unclear if ... the incident has caused any delays. ", fr24.com and British Airways flight Status Show yesterday's flight BA208 as cancelled.
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