Does Monarch not sell a lot of flights through travel agencies (package deals)? That makes advertising unnecessary, since most seats are sold in advance to the agencies. Any seat sold seperately is merely icing on the cake. Same goes for all charter airlines.

KLM 300 compared to 37 well that surely is a good dela

euh?

The article has been scrapped? What was it, cause I missed it all.

Beaudoin said the CSeries program was on hold, but not abandoned, as it would continue to seek firm orders for the airliner.

By this time I think we can say that “on hold” is lawyerese for “forget it”.

“We believe the market is there. It’s too early to say one way or another,” he said.

Fokker was too early. Dornier was too early. Bombardier is too late. Embraer has already taken a strong hold on the market with second hand F100s filling the gaps.

Beaudoin also suggested that Bombardier was considering stretching its CRJ900..

Yeah why not stretch a plane that is already stretched beyond the needs of airlines. Please remind me how popular the CRJ900 has been?

…or developing a larger turboprop that would seat 80 to 100 passengers.

With rising fuel costs this could be a smart move. However, will airlines commit to it knowing the recent history of cancellations of new projects.

as it focuses on the regional airline market for 80- to 100-seat jets.

Stretching the CRJ900 with “4 seats” will not get it into the 80-100 seats range. So another new project?

The decision to shelve the CSeries will bring questions about Bombardier’s ability to add new jets to its regional aircraft product line as it faces brisk competition from … Chinese manufacturers.

What planes are made in China that could compete with a CRJ?

He said a reported four-seat stretch of Bombardier’s 95-seat CRJ900 may only be a stop-gap measure.

Just like the highly profitable B757-300 and B767-400 where?

Bombardier, the world’s third-largest civil aircraft

Third? Aren’t they fourth after Airbus, Boeing and Embraer (alfabetical order).

When spotting/photographing at LGW, I always find that going to the end of the platform of the rail station is a good spot, as a/c pass over all the time…landings are better as they are obviously lower than on take off, and there is slightly more chance of getting a decent photo!

In that case I would prefer the foot bridge which is more towards the flight path, higher up, and outside the trainstation (hence no train ticket required). You can also get a few nice train pics there if you are into that.

However, last time I as there some junkies had “taken over” the bridge. They seemed very comfortable there so probably they go there more often. If you do not mind having them around (they where nice though at times intimidating, make sure you explain you are not there to make photos of them and do not point the cam to them) then this is a great spot!

To my knowledge DHL only has A300s, most of them operated by Belgian subsidiary EAT.

Simple, get yourself to the easyjet last minutes desk, book a flight to AMS, check-in, go to AMS, take the 191 bus to the Kaagbaan and that’s it. 😀

A bit more serious though, Hugh Jarse desripes it really well. I have been to that spot a few times as well and it is really good. Another option is to stand on the foot bridge over the railtrack. There you are a bit higher so it is almost as though you are on the same height as the planes. Not sure how to get there though, someone local might describe it to you.