How long has KLM had 777’s?

Originally posted by Bmused55
Should hang a pair of RR’s under those wing

NO!!!

Not quite Kabir. The MD11 couldn’t touch the 777. Sales speak for themselves there. Boeing bought out McDonnel Douglas almost entirely for their military division.

I like the colors on both of your examples, Bmused. One thing I don’t like about them that I think is better on the real life example, is how it has “PIA” on the tail. Yours has the same titling on the tail and the fuselage. I think that’s a little repetitive. But that’s just my opinion. A fantastic job nonetheless.

I think it’s all right, it’s not what you call “Euro-white.” I’d still like to see Bmused’s example.

WD, I’m sure that the Shuttle will not be part of this liquidation, seeing as it has to be extremely profitable for them, right? In the longrun, should US be able to survive this?

If you fly on Star alliance members, you can. I don’t know about Oneworld and Skyteam. Last summer, I had 2 different tickets, my UA roundtrip from ONT to LHR and my BMI roundtrip from LHR to AMS. On the return, I presented both tix to the bmi agent, and my bags were checked all the way through from AMS to my final destination. The only thing she couldn’t give me was my boarding passes for the 3 UA segments. But that was ok, I just got those when I got to LHR, and benefited because the UA agent upgraded both myself and my brother for the LHR-IAD leg to Business class. Even if you fly with a marketing partner, like Emirates is with UA for example, I’m sure they can check you bags through, and you would just have to get your boarding passes prior to boarding your 2nd carrier.

Pull out of BOTH PHL and PIT? Also US has a decent presence Washington Reagan, but is that considered a hub even if it’s not a bona fide hub; kind of LAX was a ‘hub’ for UA long before it was labeled as one?