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May 6, 2005 at 8:12 pm in reply to: AMS meet late August ? #623503

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no, read carefully!

The flight leaves 09:10 from EIN and arrives STN 09:15.
The return flight back to EIN leaves the same day at 06:45!

This is impossible even when counting in the time difference of one hour! Shoddy programming of Ryanair’s scheduling prgram.

May 6, 2005 at 5:55 pm in reply to: AMS meet late August ? #623625

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How about this for an interesting intinerary. I realise Ryanair does rapid turnarounds, but time travel?

May 5, 2005 at 11:42 pm in reply to: Official: NW orders 18+50 787s #623951

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You are trying to compare the aviation world today with that of 30 years ago. Sorry, but thats like apples and oranges. Post 9/11 the industry is a whole different animal. The industry has evolved. As more and more of the general public have become able to fly, more and more services are being flown point to point. This is the market that the 787 is based upon. Well, the 787-8 and 787-9 anyway.

I realise the world prior to 9/11 is different than it is now. But after 9/11 the types I mentioned where just as available as they where prior to 9/11. In fact, so many where parked it could be argued that immediatly after 9/11 the planes and their crews where more readily available then they ever where! So by your reasoning there should now be loads of 757s/767s/330s going from point to point bypassing hubs.

However, that did not happen did it? Really the only airline that has opened routes to 2nd tier airports on a somewhat large scale is Continental since they now fly to pretty much every airstrip in the UK. And even those flights are as far as I know all to CO hubs. So still not point to point but more point to hub.

There will probably be point to point flights, but not nearly on the scale that Boeing thinks/hopes will happen. And probably not with large types either.

Personally I see the point to point market developing mostly for smaller planes like the BBJ and the ACJ. Think for instance of the Lufthansa/Privatair combo flying ACJs between DUS and New York and Chicago. Or Air France flying F100s (to be replaced by ACJs) between France and select oil destinations in the middle east.

May 5, 2005 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Official: NW orders 18+50 787s #623959

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As I expected. Still good news though 😀
Boeings point to point strategy is gaining good ground.

Just because more 787s are ordered does not necessarily mean that the point to point strategy is true. If point to point is indeed the way of the future, why did it not happen earlier when the 757 came out, or when the 767 came out, or when the 330 came out?

Sure the range of the 787 is larger making more cities connectable. But why would those cities suddenly bolster the point to point idea when the previous planes did not?

The 787 will be a great plane don’t get me wrong. It will also be a success from the looks of it. But it will still most likely be flying from point to hub. Or from hub to hub.

May 5, 2005 at 10:44 pm in reply to: AMS meet late August ? #623992

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Barring emergencies I’ll be there the 20th of august.

May 5, 2005 at 9:39 pm in reply to: A question, #624012

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do KLM operate MD-11s or 747s on the Amsterdam-JFK route?

Assuming no 777 goes tech, the JFK route is 777 only.

May 5, 2005 at 9:12 pm in reply to: A question, #624067

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Transatlantic KLM and NW are to all intents and purposes one airline. So yes when flying there you will get some routes handled by KLM and some handled by NW. JFK is a KLM flight.

May 5, 2005 at 7:49 pm in reply to: AMS meet late August ? #624181

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this is what FlyGlobespan is proposing

GSM7201/7202 GLA-AMS-GLA arr AMS 10:10 dep AMS 10:45 lt.
GSM7203/7204 GLA-AMS-GLA arr AMS 21:55 dep AMS 22:30 lt.

May 5, 2005 at 4:05 pm in reply to: AMS meet late August ? #624392

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If it is the weekend I should be able to come. If I know well in advance I may be able to arrange for a day or two of during the week

May 5, 2005 at 1:28 am in reply to: Cloudy Thursday at Schiphol [11 pics] #660247

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Nice photos, and indeed the tunisean herc is a rarity. Actually, any herc is rare at AMS as military flights usually go to EIN or MAA.

The Sun Country/Transavia hybrid arrived last week. It has been leased for 4 weeks, so in three weeks time it will go back. Next to that plane there are also two 738W’s from South African Airlines. They have been painted in an interim livery.
This year there will be no staatsloterij logojet. Also, the new livery has been postponed till the end of the year. The livery that had been chosen was finally dropped after all since it was too “shouty”. Not seen the proposal myself though.

The DAS Air Cargo DC-10 is a regular here. Everyday there are one or two flights from them. TACV is also regular, but only has two or three weekly flights. Same goes for Air Astana. Never seen Air Astana at AMS myself unforunately. They days they fly in are during the week when I got to work.

KLM Asia is still alive and kicking. There are even a few 747s in the new livery with asia titles.

How did you find the spots? Had a local showing you around? The spot on the Kaagbaan is easy enough to find, but the spot at the Polderbaan is a bit harder.

May 5, 2005 at 1:28 am in reply to: Cloudy Thursday at Schiphol [11 pics] #702517

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Nice photos, and indeed the tunisean herc is a rarity. Actually, any herc is rare at AMS as military flights usually go to EIN or MAA.

The Sun Country/Transavia hybrid arrived last week. It has been leased for 4 weeks, so in three weeks time it will go back. Next to that plane there are also two 738W’s from South African Airlines. They have been painted in an interim livery.
This year there will be no staatsloterij logojet. Also, the new livery has been postponed till the end of the year. The livery that had been chosen was finally dropped after all since it was too “shouty”. Not seen the proposal myself though.

The DAS Air Cargo DC-10 is a regular here. Everyday there are one or two flights from them. TACV is also regular, but only has two or three weekly flights. Same goes for Air Astana. Never seen Air Astana at AMS myself unforunately. They days they fly in are during the week when I got to work.

KLM Asia is still alive and kicking. There are even a few 747s in the new livery with asia titles.

How did you find the spots? Had a local showing you around? The spot on the Kaagbaan is easy enough to find, but the spot at the Polderbaan is a bit harder.

May 4, 2005 at 9:08 pm in reply to: A name for the F-35 JSF? #2607655

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Chickenhawk

May 4, 2005 at 8:18 pm in reply to: !st May at FRA #660491

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Yes, all in the approach the 24L. The bridge over the A5 near the fence.

I recognised that spot. I do intend to visit it later this year again, but will do so probably late July early August for a weekend.

May 4, 2005 at 8:18 pm in reply to: !st May at FRA #702773

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Yes, all in the approach the 24L. The bridge over the A5 near the fence.

I recognised that spot. I do intend to visit it later this year again, but will do so probably late July early August for a weekend.

May 4, 2005 at 7:28 pm in reply to: !st May at FRA #660720

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Great shots! Where all shots taken at the same place?
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