Have they suspended all 747 ops, or only 747-300? If I recall correctly the 744 has been given a clean bill of health by the JAA.

EK has got a few slots, but their cargo flight is much more lucrative then a passenger flight would be. Therefor we do get Emirates Skycargo 747F’s, but no pax flights.

While it is common knowledge that KLM does not want them at AMS, they really have not a lot to say. The landing lots are handed out by a seperate company. Of course KLM being the largest customer does have a some clout with the slot coordinator.

However, the fault also lies with Emirates themselves. Emirates sets high standards, but also wants to get the slots cheap. Very cheap actually. The German airports where willing to go low to attract this high profile carrier. Schiphol was not willing to do so.

Also, Emirates has a large presence at Dusseldorf (double daily). Through that airport Emirates still serves part of the Netherlands.

As speed is displayed in Knots not Kilometres/Hour it would seem a bit unlikely wouldn’t it?

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Well, it was explained to me in kph. But if knots is the regular speed, then the equivalent to 50kph will probably be mentioned on the charts.

Fantastic! It wouldn’t surprise me if I saw you actually.. were you sat at some seats in front of a big window close to a Coffee place?

That would be me alright. Next to the Italian restaurant. If you can E-mail/PM me your E-mail adress the pics will be on your way.

p.s. don’t eat at said Italian restaurant. Suffice to say, I tried and the food came out from the wrong end.

I like the Virgin 346 with the new livery. The only one at the moment if I am not mistaken? Still prefer the older livery though! 😉

What a small world it is! I was at EWR that day as well, spotting planes. I flew back home next day (NWA DC9 EWR-DTW NWA 332 DTW-AMS).

I got a similar pic to your SQ A345, we might have even seen each other! Was you plane F-GZLH?

Very nice. Was the KLCargo also taken from the observation platform? You must have used the bigma at full zoom!