RE: Forum soon to be moderated

Why moddderate this forum?

RE: KLM

I have always thought that KLM had the finest paint scheme.

Yes these white whales are all over. But there are few exceptions.

Korean Air, Asiana, United, North West, can’t think of any more but Thai and Air France are the oldest with all white.

RE: The future of the 757

B-757 alive and kicking!

Not that I like or dislike B-757 but a little information on its future.
Boeing Gets Confirmed Orders for 33 757-300 Aircraft in January

Seattle, Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co., the world’s biggest airplane maker, said it received 33 confirmed orders for the single-aisle 757-300 aircraft in January, bringing the total orders for the airplane to 62.

Boeing said it received orders from Continental Airlines for 15 757-300s and from Northwest Airlines for 18 of the aircraft, the company said in a statement distributed by PRNewswire.

Boeing orders may decline as much as 30 percent this year because of the weakening U.S. economy and higher fuel prices, First Union Securities analyst Sam Pearlstein said last month.

Continental will add the planes to its domestic routes. Northwest will replace its fleet of DC 10-40s with the planes, Boeing said.

RE: SriLankan Air…any one traveled?

My father flew for Air Lanka from October 1979 to June 1984. He was a captain on B-707 and L-1011. Truely in those AirLanka was an envy for a lot of other airlines. Its in-flight service was superb.