trumpton
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Post by trumpton on Apr 25, 2014 9:32:57 GMT 1
Sharing aircraft has happened before. In 1993 Northwest and KLM had at least one DC-10 painted in both airlines colours (front half Northwest & back half KLM)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines The Concorde was painted in the livery of BA on one side and Singapore Airlines on the other. au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130909150920AAeA36rInteresting. As far as BA and Singapore is concerned at least the partnership wasn't ended because of commercial differences between airlines. It is a shame there was so few flights to evaluate whether it was a mutually beneficial partnership. Oh well, at least, now I know the concept is not beyond the realms of reality. Thank you danteg.
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Post by Baroque on Apr 25, 2014 14:22:31 GMT 1
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trumpton
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Post by trumpton on Apr 25, 2014 14:30:34 GMT 1
Excellent!
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Post by Jkkw on Apr 25, 2014 14:41:44 GMT 1
And to complicate things even more, the aircraft in your pictures was also operated by Braniff on domestic US flights. When the aircraft was in the US the 'G-' of the registration would be covered up with speed tape leaving the US 'N' registration. Staying with Singapore Airlines and a case of an interesting codeshare, on the Sin-Kul route, Malaysia Airlines sells tickets on both their own flights as well as Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights however SQ and Silkair do not sell tickets on Malaysia Airlines operated flights on the route. Similarly SQ and Silkair codeshare on Malaysia Airlines flights however it is not bookable through their website.
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trumpton
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Post by trumpton on Apr 25, 2014 15:59:05 GMT 1
The knowledge base on this forum is pretty impressive and much appreciated! The plane has to justify its huge size and this is proving to be a bit of a struggle for Airbus. The new route possibilities being opened up by the 787 and the 350((soon)Jeez,not forgetting the 779 either,for different reasons though) haven't helped as they will further erode into the 380s large hub to large hub market so new ways to utilise the machine have to be considered, like encouraging airlines to consider shared ownership of frames. If we want the 900 to be built one day then the 380 has to prove its versatility in an ever changing market.
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