I think that’s great news.
Aerolineas has, in the last years, been a major disappointment to Argentine air-travel but hopefully as said in the article, with the restructuring and re-generation of their fleet matched with the SkyTeam membership the airline will improve on many levels.

I saw the same thing, when I was in Windsor I saw an Air Canada A330-300 that had just departed Heathrow and its landing gear were out as you had described! Must be the cooling theory. Glad to clear that up, I stared at it for a while thinking ‘perhaps their landing gear retractor has failed!’ :rolleyes:

They use the MD11s on some of the Caribbean routes; Bonaire, Curacao etc as well as to Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador. They also run them on some Africa flights e.g. Lagos and such, I’m not sure where else..Im guessing they will soon be phased out by KLM.. 🙁

What I did conclude is that the A330 seems a very small aircraft to be using on the Rio – Paris route or any other long ocean sector. I will not be taking an A330 or equivalently small aircraft across any ocean in future. I’m quite happy to fly long ocean sectors, but only in a B777 upwards, thanks.

Well, I don’t think the A330 is incapable of flying Rio-Paris and barely making it. I flew Heathrow – Sao Paulo which is probably 1000km further and it seemed fine 😉 Very comfortable aircraft

Truely great shots- little piece of history right there! How the world of aviation has changed in the space of two decades!!

Where did the BMA fly their Shorts 360 to? Seems odd to see that in Heathrow, knowing that the smallest commercial aircraft at Heathrow today is, perhaps, the Erj135! (Correct me if im wrong!)

Always fun to have a thread like this 😀

Best, so far..
Emirates (excellent overall service and quality)
Lufthansa (Comfortable, good service)
Vueling (flown on AMS-MAD, tv shows shown and good service!)
British Airways (Flew LHR-EDI yesterday, very good service. Given
a hot breakfast in economy!)
Virgin Atlantic (good service, food, inflight films etc)

Worst, so far..
Ryanair (I hate the fact you have to pay for EVERYTHING. Cant trust it really)
Iberia (old, grumpy crew, yucky food, no PVT on the A340-600!)
American Airlines (Delayed, grumpy old crew, poor service)
Monarch Airlines (As with American, but the crew were young and grumpy)
Thomsonfly (Old Aircraft, poor service)

You’re right, it does apply to any country. My point being that the views of the Falklands is not necessarily that of the people of Argentina but of its government and politics.
It will be devastating to the people, it would affect relations between the two nations even more than it is now and frankly it would be a shame, as the British public would get a stereotype of Argentina, if they dont already have one, that would not reflect the people of the country.

The Argentinean government is, honestly, stupid. I hope the president realises this isnt going anywhere fast and that Brown isnt budging, which is fair enough.