RE: 9 Aircraft Carriers to Gulf?

as I understood it from the News yesterday, the Charles de Gaulle isn’t actually going to the Gulf, it’s going for manoeuvers in the Eastern Med (although that’d potentially also be within striking distance of Iraq)

RE: Iberia gets A340-600

hey, we were talking about this last week… in conjunction with Boeing losing the plot with that statement on their website… 😉

RE: Airport codes

so what are EGPF, EGPK, EGPH and EGPD near, then? :S

(that’s Glasgow, Prestwick, Edinburgh and Aberdeen respectively to the uninititaed) And where does EGQL fit in, which is pretty much half way between EGPH and EGPD (it’s Leuchars/St. Andrews, before you ask)?

RE: Earth re-entry problems

a new design sounds sensible… BUT… it’s built by Boeing, which can mean only one thing…

stand by for the Space Shuttle NG…

the almost newly designed, Orbiter-600 (also avaliable in slightly bigger -7/8/900 series).

Combining the best 30 year old technology with slightly bigger luggage racks.

Plus, of course (and this is best bit) the option of winglets.

and of course, the loosely based upon BBO (Boeing Business Orbiter).

RE: 717

why?????

it has dead duck stamped all over it…

innovate, not upgrade, ffs…

and to consider Boeing’s motto is… Forever new Frontiers… :S

RE: KLM sells BUZZ to Ryanair

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 31-01-03 AT 02:42 PM (GMT)]>Buzz’s operation suffers from two structural cost problems, (1) an >inappropriate expensive fleet and (2) expensive congested airports. >Ryanair can and will resolve both problems within 12 months.

1)
yes, they’re called ugly bassas. er, I mean, 737s.

2) noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: Boeing… a bit P’ed off at Iberia.

four engines 4 long haul. the 777’s a piece of junk 😉

And that’s a shocking statement for Boeing to make… wake up and smell the coffee, design a new plane for once. You can’t keep rehashing 60’s designs endlessly (ok, credit for the 777, but I think most pax (self loading cargo, if you will) prefer the 2-4-2 of the 340 to the 2-5-2 of the 777.)

RE: LHR-GLA flight emergency landing at MAN last night.

I’m not sure which actual flight it was… but the evening flights from LHR to GLA are scheduled for 737-400’s on the 18:15/19:20 shuttles, with A320’s operating the 17:15 and 20:25 shuttles. (the 16:25 is an A319)