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Post by bvb09 on Dec 17, 2015 13:36:41 GMT 1
Hm, I must admit that I can't quite follow you. To clarify I'll try to update the list from the first post of this thread with all destinations we currently know of as "current" or "soon-to-be": 9 (unchanged) in North America: LAX, SFO, DFW, IAH, ATL, MIA, IAD, JFK, YYZ 14 ( +3) in Europe: MAN, LHR, LGW, CPH, AMS, CDG, MAD, BCN, DUS, FRA, MUC, ZRH, MXP, FCO 5 (unchanged) in the Gulf Region: KWI, DOH, AUH, DXB, JED 2 (unchanged) in Africa: JNB, ABJ 1 (unchanged) in the Indian Ocean: MRU 13 ( -1 / +1) in Southern, Southeastern and Eastern Asia: DEL, BOM, KUL, SIN, BKK, HKG, CAN, SZX, CTU, PEK, PVG, ICN, NRT, KIX 5 ( +1) in Australia/Oceania: PER, BNE, SYD, MEL, AKL This leads to a total of 49 including KIX, but probably I just missed one... Just trying to summarize what we know by now (hope I got everything correct): Right now: 47 active destinations From Dec 1: 48 (EK to CPH) From Dec 5: 49 (SIA to KIX) From Jan 4: 48 (SIA to KIX stopped) From Jan 12: 49 (AF to MEX) From May 1: 50 (BA to YVR)
I wouldn't be too surprised though if EK would come up with something new before that. (GRU? CGK? TPE? ORD is supposed to be A380-ready "by Mid-2016", so probably after May)
Well, here we go! As pa380scal and Jkkw mentioned earlier here, EK does "come up with something new" before BA will start service to YVR (though No. 50 will not be ANY of the destinations I had in mind). So to update the above list, right now it looks as follows: (Please correct me if I missed any recent announcements.) today: 49 From Jan 4: 48 (SIA to KIX stopped) From Jan 12: 49 (AF to MEX) From Mar 27: 50 (EK to BHX) From May 1: 53 (BA to YVR, EK to PRG, EK to TPE)
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 11, 2015 16:01:15 GMT 1
13/31. They typically use the westside and not the outer eastern part. So they have the markings displaced accordingly. I get what you mean. We're talking about 13R/31L. I was mainly wondering about the phrase " At about halfway distance one runway ends" in your original post. It's probably more like 75% rather than halfway, isn't it?
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 11, 2015 15:35:13 GMT 1
It's one super long runway almost like two runways after each other right? At about halfway distance one runway ends and the next one starts ... Which one(s) do you mean? JFK Airport Map
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 10, 2015 17:24:45 GMT 1
obviously limited knowledge by the author might lead to the impression that there will be lots of airlines starting A380 service soon: Quote: "With more and more airlines choosing the A380 as the aircraft of choice, travelers are seeing more options to fly with Airbus popping up all over the world."
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".
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 10, 2015 14:12:58 GMT 1
obviously limited knowledge by the author might lead to the impression that there will be lots of airlines starting A380 service soon: Quote: "With more and more airlines choosing the A380 as the aircraft of choice, travelers are seeing more options to fly with Airbus popping up all over the world."
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 10, 2015 14:00:34 GMT 1
...but one thing I'm absolutely sure about is that whatever announcement AAB will offer, it will be immediately followed by complaints from the big U.S. carriers.
obviously yesterday's announcements were THAT impressive and overwhelming, even Richard Anderson (among others) was completely stunned and is helplessly searching for an appropriate response.
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Post by bvb09 on Dec 10, 2015 13:35:38 GMT 1
AAB does talk some rubbish ! Quote from FlightGlobal website in relation to accident when QR flight hit landing lights on take off - “It was an instruction given to our pilot by the air traffic control, which he should have refused to accept,” says Al Baker at a media event in New York today. “However, he had enough runway for getting airborne and it was only an unfortunate incident. At no time was the aircraft or the passengers put in any harms way.” This differs from the official report by a mile or two www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/qatar-777-collision-probe-focuses-on-intersection-ri-419788/There's an even better quote from yesterday's oh-so historic press conference during which American aviation was changed forever, to be read here (at the very end): “Such kind of incidents happen quite often, either it is a tail strike on the runway or it is contact with the landing lights,” says Al Baker. “It is nothing out of context.” Quite comforting attitude.
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Post by bvb09 on Nov 26, 2015 17:57:42 GMT 1
I would more believe they bought some US company or some stake in it. There's a thought... jetBlue? By announcing a "historic moment in American aviation" they set the bar fairly high. So by just presenting a new U.S. destination served by A350 or A380 aircraft (or something similar), AAB would pretty much embarass himself. I even think that buying into some US company doesn't really qualify as "historic", unless it includes some real innovation. Any chance they agree to some kind of Joint venture with a US Airline to compete in the domestic US market (perhaps even involving some fifth freedom flights using their own aircraft)? I heavily doubt that something like this could happen without having been noticed so far, but one thing I'm absolutely sure about is that whatever announcement AAB will offer, it will be immediately followed by complaints from the big U.S. carriers.
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Post by bvb09 on Nov 26, 2015 9:48:59 GMT 1
according to this, AAB will "usher in a historic moment in American aviation" on Dec. 9, 2015 in NYC, which already led to some speculation on the Web. At least it should provide some great entertainment (possibly including some hilarious reaction from Delta's CEO among others).
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Post by bvb09 on Nov 11, 2015 15:41:06 GMT 1
Very creative. Nice touch easyJet. According to cnet.com, it gets even more creative: "The airline is celebrating its 20th anniversary by trying out new cabin crew and engineer uniforms that incorporate a variety of wearable tech features." "The cabin crew uniforms are dotted with LEDs on the shoulders that show your flight number and destination, in case you forget where you're going." - never happened to me, but who knows.... "EasyJet will start a trial of the uniforms early next year. Whether they're adopted across the fleet remains to be seen."
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