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February 6, 2003 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Little n%2527 large #673995

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RE: Little n%2527 large

I didn’t notice the winglets were there actually. Nevertheless I am sure that 747-400F’s and 747-400D’s don’t have winglets.

February 5, 2003 at 10:51 pm in reply to: BA new seats #674264

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RE: BA new seats

I will admit (despite some bad experiences) that BA are a good airline. Their frequent flyer scheme is one of the best around, they fly all over the place and the seats are really good if you pay for them.

World Traveller Plus is only available on some routes though, for some odd reason. At the moment just US and Australian routes I think, even though it’s been around for a few years now. There might be a few Far Eastern destinations too.

Also, it is very, very poor value. It is something ridiuclous like £1 or £2 less than Biz class! It is certainly NOT “ecomoy plus” in pricing terms. I assume they introduced it for upgrade reasons or for special offers, and not for sale to the general travelling public.

February 5, 2003 at 10:47 pm in reply to: Little n%2527 large #674266

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RE: Little n%2527 large

It’s a 747-400F; I don’t think they have winglets, at least not as standard fit.

February 5, 2003 at 8:52 pm in reply to: Short-haul turboprops #674437

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RE: Short-haul turboprops

Didn’t HAL licence build the HS-748 back in the 60’s and 70’s ? They seem to have lost out to Chinese licence building in the last 20 years.

February 5, 2003 at 7:06 pm in reply to: American Airlines to file chapter 11? #674464

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RE: American Airlines to file chapter 11?

They are going to go bankrupt unless they can make some serious savings.

That partly means bringing back the F100’s and 727’s and trying to sell of the 737-800’s and 757’s, or refusing to pay Boeing for new ones. Certainly, no new deliveries. Stopping some routes and closing some bases is also vital.

It also means cracking the union nut. I think United could have set a trend there, but they seem to have lacked the balls to take decisive action.

February 5, 2003 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Short-haul turboprops #674482

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RE: Short-haul turboprops

It does seem that Fairchild are deadly, doesn’t it!

I can’t think why, I mean there aren’t any US turboprops are there (well, Beech aside) so it can’t be a manic CIA plot to increase US market share!

February 5, 2003 at 6:47 pm in reply to: Airport codes #674487

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RE: Airport codes

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-02-03 AT 06:48 PM (GMT)]Well I think “EG” means the UK and “P” means Scotland?

In that case EGPD for Aberdeen means “UK, Scotland, Dyce” as the name for the airport is Aberdeen Dyce.

Then again, Edinburgh airport is called Turnhouse, isn’t it? So you’d expect EGPT or maybe EGPE, but EGPH??!

The Glasgow ones are baffling too.

February 4, 2003 at 11:31 pm in reply to: Airport codes #674975

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RE: Airport codes

They also don’t change codes when city names change:

PEK = Beijing (formely PEKing)
MAA = Chennai (formerly MAdrAs)

Then there are cases where 2 airports have the same code:

MAO = Manaus, Brazil
MAO = Marion, South Carolina

It seems that the IATA system is a bit of a botch up, which is a shame because it is very intuitive. The ICAO system is not intuitive and has the only saving grace that it is better managed, as far as I can see. Maybe that is why it’s used for route planning, so planes don’t fly to the wrong country!

February 4, 2003 at 7:27 pm in reply to: Alitalia? #674994

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RE: Alitalia?

I haven’t flown with them for a decade or so, but my fiancee flew FCO-LIN and was not very impressed to say the least.

It was a fairly new A321 but the staff were uniformly surly. Food was average, no cause for complaint. We both flew LIN-FCO for a day trip to Rome, a few days later. We took Air One, which is supposedly a lowcost airline. Apart from not using jetties, she said they were noticeably better than AZ.

She also says AZ stopped flying to Australia, becasue of lack of passengers, due to a reputation for rude cabin crew!

February 4, 2003 at 6:52 pm in reply to: Short-haul turboprops #675191

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RE: Short-haul turboprops

It’s shame Saab made such a fundamental design error in to making the 2000 backwards compatible with the 340. At least they still make nice cars!

The Dornier is a duck, I mean I can appreciate it is a good aircraft. From my limited perspective, it is certainly one of the better looking planes. But since the Fairchild involvement, hasn’t Dornier gone bust? I know a lot of airlines have not ordered the 328, 328jet and the 728jet due to doubts over the viability of the maker (Lufthansa pulled out of the 728 for that reason, I think).

I suppose one of the reasons why I initially disliked the Dash 8-400 was that when they were introduced, they were reported to the most useless aircraft ever built. SAS had tremendous problems with the fleet and I think a lot of passengers used other airlines out of protest. The latest airline to suffer is Tyrolean:

http://www.aua.com/quicklink.asp?show=press

“I have made it absolutely clear to Laurent Beaudoin, the Chairman of Bombardier Inc, the manufacturers of the Dash 8 / 400, that we are now calling for massive support in eliminating the technical problems we are having with this aircraft type,” stated Vagn Soerensen, CEO of the Austrian Airlines Group, at the start of a press conference to present a package of measures for the Tyrolean Airways Dash 8 / 400 fleet

February 3, 2003 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Short-haul turboprops #675867

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RE: Short-haul turboprops

It’s funny how pilots always seem to prefer North American aircraft – not being funny, but it is a consistent theme. I wonder what Euro pilots are like? I think it probably points to a different prevailing attitude amongst designers.

Anyway, does anyone know why the Saab 2000 was so much of a flop? One minute they introduce the thing, Crossair buys a few, then Saab pull out of commercial aviation ?

February 3, 2003 at 6:45 pm in reply to: General Discussion #381669

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RE: Eastern Europe

I think some are quite forward, like the Czech Republic and maybe Hungary. Others are still down in the dumps for the most part, I reckon.

There again, it’s all very subjective.

According to “The World in 2003” from The Economist, GDP per capitas were:

Bulgaria 2,650
Czech Rep. 8,880
Hungary 7,690
Poland 5,120
Romania 2,380
Russia 2,730
Slovakia 4,900
Ukraine 979

Compared to 29,360 for the UK and 18,710 for Spain.

All values in US Dollars.

February 3, 2003 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Eastern Europe #1964132

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RE: Eastern Europe

I think some are quite forward, like the Czech Republic and maybe Hungary. Others are still down in the dumps for the most part, I reckon.

There again, it’s all very subjective.

According to “The World in 2003” from The Economist, GDP per capitas were:

Bulgaria 2,650
Czech Rep. 8,880
Hungary 7,690
Poland 5,120
Romania 2,380
Russia 2,730
Slovakia 4,900
Ukraine 979

Compared to 29,360 for the UK and 18,710 for Spain.

All values in US Dollars.

February 3, 2003 at 6:39 pm in reply to: General Discussion #381672

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RE: What is the most risque food you have ever eaten?

McDonalds :7

I had a platter of raw meats once in South Africa – Crocodile (the tail), Impala and something unidentifiable.

February 3, 2003 at 6:39 pm in reply to: What is the most risque food you have ever eaten? #1964136

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RE: What is the most risque food you have ever eaten?

McDonalds :7

I had a platter of raw meats once in South Africa – Crocodile (the tail), Impala and something unidentifiable.
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