I am surprised EIN gets one more flight, this will be their 3rd destination from EIN. Their other destinations are STN (obviously) and GRO/Girona. Could this be a sign that EIN might be the next eurohub for them?

Can’t say I mind this though. In 2 or 3 weeks I’ll be moving to a place 20 minutes away from EIN airport!

When is Airbus going to decide not to build the planes in Toulouse, but to make them in Dubai? Most A380s seem to be sold to the middle east.

That was my suspicion.
So why does Gulf Air seem to be the airline failing the most in that region just now?

Gulf Air is owned by a number of Arab countries. Now each of these countries is getting their own mega-carrier (Qatar, Emirates, Etihad……) the willingness to pay Gulf Air’s bills is getting smaller.

Could it be possible for Boeing to stretch the upper deck to the tail and to leave out one (or more) frames behind the wings? Because the rear fuselage is shorter it saves a bit of weight thereby ofsetting the added weight of the upper deck stretch. As a bonus the center of gravity would not move backwards due to the stretched upper deck.

The hump is one of the mayor aerodynamical features that make the 747 as economical as it is. Because of “area ruling” the hump kind a works like a wing, though I do not precisely how to explain it.

And what would this new version mean for the 744ER/ERF. It is not selling very fast right now. Only KLM, Air France and QANTAS operate them? Would the lack of succes of this new 747 scare Boeing away from mayor investment into the 747?

Looks somewhat like the student house I am moving into 2 weeks from now! (yes, there’s internet so you won’t have to miss me 😉 :D)

Would the anti-trust authorities aprove that?

Probably the rumoured 777 purchase?

Or the totally unexpected purchase of 70 Rekkof F70s to start european flights to feed Virgin Atlantic! Noone expects that, so that mus be what Wys is refering too! 😀 (yes it’s late and I am getting silly)

Oooh!! Hang your heads in shame, the pair of you!! 😉

It’s a Vickers VC9 Vanguard, or “Merchantman” as BEA used to insist on calling them once they’d been converted to freighters.

I’ll bet you didn’t know there was a VC9 as well as a VC10, did you? 🙂

sorry. I should have known that one. 😮