Thread: Airline News

Here is the Sukhoi mountain crash simulation. Best to watch at the 10:00 minute mark.

(Sorry for off-topic), but it's relevant to this new MC-21, me thinks as far as confidence.

Someone mentioned Lada.
My first thought too.
Reminds me of the guy who went in to an auto parts shop and asked, "Can I get a petrol cap for my Lada?"
Sales guy replied, "Yep, that sounds like a fair swap".

Lada did some good cars actually, very hard and reliable and still running today

the 4x4 Lada was legend,

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Lada did some good cars actually, very hard and reliable and still running today

the 4x4 Lada was legend,

Hahahah can't you just see Butters driving around in that piece of shit.



How do you double the price of a Lada? Fill the tank with petrol.

What do you call a Lada Convertible? A roller skate.

A man drives past a schoolgirl and slows down. He says "Would like like a ride?"

She says "No".

He says "I've got some sweets".

She says "No".

He says "I'll give you some money".

She says "Look Dad, YOU bought the fucking Lada, YOU drive it!".

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Lada did some good cars actually, very hard and reliable and still running today

the 4x4 Lada was legend,

They had excellent heaters and window de-misters, I'll give you that.

harry, you illiterate platform boy, you are showing again what a tasteless ignorant idiot sounds like

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

harry, you illiterate platform boy, you are showing again what a tasteless ignorant idiot sounds like

You shouldn't leave pictures of you cottaging in your Lada laying around on the Interwebs.

It does look a lot like the 737 (not the lada...).

Cynics said the same thing about Airbus went it first got going. "Fly be wire??"- no way, not safe, will never work. Of course now Boeing is fly by wire too.

Russia has great engineers. I am sure they can design great planes. What they lack is consistent quality control. I don't want to sit in the one of 50 that slipped through with serious defects.

As a sidenote I would like to know what engines they flie.

Just a thought - Mods could you move this to Airline News?

Putins plane, that leader has helped stimulate the Russian economy. Go Putin Go

Originally Posted by wasabi

Putins plane, that leader has helped stimulate the Russian economy

Ja well no fine.

On a little happier subject, round trip from Bangkok to Los Angeles for $555 usd (including all fees and taxes) is the best price I've ever gotten. Had no intention of buying a ticket this early, but at this price could not say no.

I've flown China Southern before, they're surprisingly good and certainly better than any US carrier. I booked it through Priceline.

Mon Oct 10 Bangkok, Thailand → Los Angeles

BKK → CAN
2:15 AM – 6:00 AM
China Southern Airlines Flight 3036
2h 45m, 1058 miles
Depart: Bangkok Intl Airport (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand
Arrive: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl Airport (CAN), Guangzhou, China
Economy Class - Boeing 737-800



6h 30m layover in Guangzhou

CAN → LAX
12:30 PM – 11:00 AM
China Southern Airlines Flight 621
13h 30m, 7215 miles
Depart: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl Airport (CAN), Guangzhou, China
Arrive: Los Angeles Intl Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA
Economy Class - Boeing 777-300ER


This flight departs Mon, Oct 10 and arrives on Mon, Oct 10.

Tue Oct 25 Los Angeles → Bangkok, ThailanLAX → CAN

11:50 PM Tue, Oct 25 – 5:40 AM Thu, Oct 27
China Southern Airlines Flight 328
Overnight Flight
14h 50m, 7215 miles
Depart: Los Angeles Intl Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, CA
Arrive: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl Airport (CAN), Guangzhou, China
Economy Class - Airbus A380



3h 20m layover in Guangzhou

CAN → BKK
9:00 AM – 10:50 AM
China Southern Airlines Flight 357
2h 50m, 1058 miles
Depart: Guangzhou Baiyun Intl Airport (CAN), Guangzhou, China
Arrive: Bangkok Intl Airport (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand
Economy Class - Boeing 737-800


This flight departs Tue, Oct 25 and arrives on Thu, Oct 27.

Billing Name:
Robert Ticket Cost: $228 Taxes & Fees: $327.46 Tickets: 1 Total Price: $555.46 Bonus: No Priceline Booking Fee

Originally Posted by BobR

On a little happier subject, round trip from Bangkok to Los Angeles for $555 usd (including all fees and taxes) is the best price I've ever gotten. Had no intention of buying a ticket this early, but at this price could not say no.

I booked it through Priceline.


Billing Name:
Robert Ticket Cost: $228 Taxes & Fees: $327.46 Tickets: 1 Total Price: $555.46

Not wishing to rain on your parade, but you could have got the same flight for $30 cheaper here:

https://www.skyscanner.co.th/transpo...=false#results

I bought a DOH-LAX on Qatar in July and it cost me $43 for Business Class.

I knew those frequent flier miles would come in handy one day.

Originally Posted by BobR

I've flown China Southern before, they're surprisingly good and certainly better than any US carrier. I booked it through Priceline.

I don't eat food grown, processed of packaged in China, and I don't eat off their dishware. I sure as hell won't fly on their airlines.

Originally Posted by MrG

Originally Posted by BobR

I've flown China Southern before, they're surprisingly good and certainly better than any US carrier. I booked it through Priceline.

I don't eat food grown, processed of packaged in China, and I don't eat off their dishware. I sure as hell won't fly on their airlines.

China is a beautiful and fascinating country despite its faults, you're missing out on a lot.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Two variants use Pratt & Whitney.

I think it's the same P&W engine family that had been giving the A320neo some troubles. Not sure if those troubles have now been sorted out.

I hope the plane is easier to handle, for the Russians, on a Go Around than a light 737...

SIA to launch non-stop services to San Francisco beginning Oct 23

Singapore Airlines will launch its first non-stop services between Singapore and San Francisco starting October 23 with the introduction of a new variant of the A350-900 aircraft, The Straits Times Online reported on Thursday.

The non-stop services come two weeks after United Airlines started the only non-stop flights between Singapore and San Francisco. The new aircraft will also enable Singapore Airlines to operate even longer non-stop flights to Los Angeles and New York.

SIA’s Singapore-San Francisco flights will run daily on the new aircraft. Flying time will be between 14 hours and 35 minutes and 17 hours and 45 minutes depending on direction and time of the year.

Flights will depart Singapore in the morning and arriving San Francisco in the morning to enable onward connections to other destinations. Return flights from San Francisco will also depart in the morning and arriving in Singapore in the early evening.

The new non-stop operations will see its Seoul route re-routed to operate as a Singapore-Seoul-Los Angeles service, also from October 23. This will result in a second daily service to LA, complementing an existing flight through Tokyo’s Narita airport.

SIA will add a second daily service to LA in an expansion of its US operations and suspends services to Sao Paulo in Brazil as a result of sustained weak performance of the route.

SIA to launch non-stop services to San Francisco beginning Oct 23 - Thai PBS English News

Thai airlines excluded from EASA black list

BANGKOK, 26 June 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport has announced that all Thai airlines have passed international safety tests and have been able to avoid inclusion on the list of airlines with sub-standard safety measures.

Transport Minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said today the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), an agency of the European Union (EU) with regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety, has decided to exclude Thailand from the list of airlines whose safety practices had been found not to comply with the standards set by the agency.

He said the announcement was made last week. According to the EASA inspection, a total of 214 airlines from 19 countries failed the test whereas Thailand was able to avoid the blacklist, thanks to its close collaboration with EASA and determination to comply with its safety standards.

Despite the positive outcome, the Minister said Thailand would continue to improve its aviation safety measures.

EASA is responsible for carrying out standardization inspections every six months in order to make sure that aviation safety measures and practices of member states are up to standard.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Thai airlines excluded from EASA black list

^ Took a peek and see many airlines in Indonesia and Nepal made the blacklist.

Download list here http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/...oc/list_en.pdf

US Tentatively Approves Flights to Cuba From 10 Cities

The Obama administration tentatively approved Thursday eight airlines to start nonstop flights from the United States to Havana, Cuba, advancing President Barack Obama’s effort to re-engage the communist country.

“Today we take another important step toward delivering on President Obama’s promise to re-engage Cuba,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement posted on the Department of Transportation’s website. The U.S. approved flights to nine other Cuban cities, including Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba, in June.

Having regular air service for the first time in more than 50 years “holds tremendous potential to reunite Cuban American families and foster education and opportunities for American businesses of all sizes,” he said.

Foxx said the decision would not be final until after a 30-day public comment period.

Eight U.S. airlines - Alaska, American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, and United - will begin a total of 20 round-trip daily flights to Havana later this year.

The departure cities to Havana include Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Houston; Los Angeles; Newark, New Jersey; New York; and four in Florida, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa. Flights from Chicago, Philadelphia and Minneapolis to Cuban cities other than Havana had already been approved.

US Tentatively Approves Flights to Cuba From 10 Cities