Are all flights by Continental, Delta and Northwest being switched eventually from Gatwick to Heathrow or just a selected few?

If they’re all coming over, where will each get the required slots to get in there?

Just a question that popped into my head today while reading up on T5 and further Airlines expected at LHR.

Thanks for any info on this.

I know NWA will get their slots from KLM. KLM has freed a lot of slots by moving the RTM and EIN flights to LCY. I think enough for 3 to 5 daily flights depending on the day of the week. If these flights will actually replace or augment the LGW flights I do not know.

For Delta I would assume they had some slots transferred from Air France.

which landed on schedule at 16.00 (local),

You can always count on Ryanair to put a positive spin on everything. 😀

What is a better plane: Il-96 or A340?

Which has a bigger orderbook: A340-300 or Il-96-400?

Can A340 be described as a French copy of Il-96?

Is this an attempt at trolling?

LOL… 😮 – thats a good 30 hours at least!! – Get them on the Ferry….

Rick

In all honesty though, that really ain’t that much longer then taxiing from the Polderbaan to the D-pier.

I bit more seriously, probably weather related? If I am right the weather in the UK is not that favourable. It is windy here as well! As for the busses, the passengers will probably be bussed to the nearest airport that does have a service.

Is the maximum possible aircraft length limited more by materials/aeronautical engineering considerations or simple practicalities like the need to taxi around airport tarmacs?

Technically a plane can be made as large as you want. Of course a massive plane also requires a massive runway and massive space at the gate.

It has been agreed upon by international comittee (IATA or ICAO, I think the latter) that any plane will have to fit within a 80 x 80 meter box. Airports have been designed with that in mind.

Very nice, shame I did not hear about this in advance cause I would have liked going there. Will they do this more often? Maybe make this an annual public relations excercise?

Anyway another option, how about on the wings but without pylons as with the DH119 and DH120 proposals and with Concorde?

The windflow from the fuselage/wings into the engines will be too turbulent. That’s why there is (almost) always a small distance between the engine inlet and the plane. Even on fighters you will find this.

Do any airports have ‘fake bomb’ detectors installed ?

The show will be broadcast this sunday, so I can only go based on what the has been leaked to the press to stir up the story.

Basically the person was not checked at all. He could enter airside showing just the pass of his friend. He did not look like this friend at all, so obviously the photo identification does not work. By the reporters estimate only about (from top of mind) 20% of employees are checked at any one time. Contents of bags are not searched (this I do not believe myself, but that’s the claim).

Schiphol Group already had additional machines oo order to check people. For instance X-rays, retina-scanners (like the machines used for the frequent flyers signed up to Privium) and the like. These are due to be delivered mid 2008. So investments have been made, it’s just that it takes time to get the machines. Although that is of course that is no excuse for sloppy security. It is not known if more such machines will be acquired following this reporter’s findings.

Till the machines have been delivered and are working additional checks will be made by the Koninklijke Marechaussee (military police) effective immediately.