Airline News

**baldrick** · 19-04-2018, 08:22 PM

she would have been pretty fcuking cold out there at 10k up

**aging one** · 19-04-2018, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by jabir

In the past couple of years has anyone booked or know anyone that's booked 3 seats online for a domestic AirAsia flight?

Until 3 years ago all my booking were for 4. Can I be of help?

**OhOh** · 19-04-2018, 08:40 PM

Don't most planes have 3-4-3 seating these days. I can't see what your problem is.

**jabir** · 19-04-2018, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

Until 3 years ago all my booking were for 4. Can I be of help?

It's been a while since I last booked 4 or more so I can't remember, but from my experience and that of friends who have booked 3 seats online over the past couple of years, AirAsia without fail has allocated 1 seat away from the other 2 even though the third seat (on a 3-3 plane) was unbooked and available, and then demanded payment to swap seats so that the party travel together.

My sample is a small 5 but with a significant 100% record, though AirAsia customer support insists this is a coincidence because their computer randomly allocates seating.

**aging one** · 19-04-2018, 09:20 PM

With family, I guess name and ages I got the 3, then and aisle and then me. Has to be.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Don't most planes have 3-4-3 seating these days. I can't see what your problem is.

No they dont. Most short haul and discount airlines run planes with one aisle and 3 on 3 seating. Asia, Lion, Nok, Smile and Scoot only have single aisle aircraft for domestic routes.

Boeing 737's and Airbus 320's are by far the most sold aircraft in the world and are and always have been single aisled..

**David48atTD** · 20-04-2018, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by jabir

It's been a while since I last booked 4 or more so I can't remember, but from my experience and that of friends who have booked 3 seats online over the past couple of years, AirAsia without fail has allocated 1 seat away from the other 2 even though the third seat (on a 3-3 plane) was unbooked and available, and then demanded payment to swap seats so that the party travel together.

My sample is a small 5 but with a significant 100% record, though AirAsia customer support insists this is a coincidence because their computer randomly allocates seating.

When ever I've booked with Air Asia, I always pay the seat fee so that the party sits together.

For the long haul, it's a small part of the ticket price.

**david44** · 20-04-2018, 04:11 AM

i'll have an executive jet to fly when

the batteries are charged for the remote control,

The new hostess has been Shanghai'ed is Phuket bound, if I can find a suitable uniform, she'll bring yer nuts after take off

**OhOh** · 20-04-2018, 01:11 PM

Here is a link to a survey:
15 most annoying types of plane passengers in order

Reclining your seat: is it really the most annoying thing on a plane?

Anyone got any more?

One photo, No.1 reason, in the survey, tells us a lot of Australian racism. All other photos use whiteys.

**OhOh** · 21-04-2018, 12:56 AM

Rolls-Royce to bid for engines for China-Russia wide body jet - China Daily

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (RR.L) will bid to provide engines for a new wide-body jetliner that China is developing with Russia, the China Daily newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the British engineering company
.

The newspaper, citing Rolls-Royce’s chief technology officer Paul Stein, said the first round of bidding to supply the CR929 liner with engines was expected to begin in May.
Chinese state planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC), which is developing the jet with Russia’s United Aircraft Corp, issued the request for a proposal to engine makers in December.

“We are taking it very seriously. We want to be the engine provider. The CR929 will invite a lot of positive competition and innovative opportunities to the aviation industry,” Stein was quoted as saying in Beijing.

The newspaper also said that Rolls-Royce, the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric (GE.N), has been in talks about potential cooperation opportunities with Chinese firms, including aero engine manufacturers, without providing further details. Rolls-Royce did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

China has been ploughing billions of dollars into developing jets to raise its profile in global aviation and to disrupt the current Boeing Co (BA.N) and Airbus SE (AIR.PA) duopoly.
The company, which sent its C919 narrowbody jet on its maiden flights last year, has established a joint venture for the C929 wide-body with an aim to eventually take 10 percent of a market dominated by the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rolls-royce-hldg-china-aviation/rolls-royce-to-bid-for-engines-for-china-russia-wide-body-jet-china-daily-idUKKBN1HL06I

Rolls-Royce eyes engine supply deal

The China daily link suggests GE will bid as well.

"British manufacturer and GE set to join bidding process for CR929 jet in May
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the British aircraft engine manufacturer, says it will join the bid to provide the engines for the CR929 long-range, twin-aisle passenger aircraft, and the first round of bidding will start in May. The result is expected to be unveiled by the end of this year or next year.

In December, the maker of the CR929, China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co Ltd, issued the request for proposals for the aircraft's engines. Rolls-Royce and General Electric, among others, are expected to respond, according to CRAIC.

Commercial Aircraft Corp of China earlier said it is also trying to research and develop engines itself, together with Russia.
In the next two decades, demand for military aircraft engines is expected to reach $150 billion (121.6 billion euros; ￡105 billion), and the demand for civil aircraft engines will be $1.6 trillion, according to the forecast by Rolls-Royce."

I wonder how much IP they'll sign away to clinch the deal. Factories in China and Russia a part of the deal? How much is 10% of the 787/A350 market worth?

Will ameristani, UK or EU leaders allow it?

http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/epap...t_36062771.htm

**harrybarracuda** · 21-04-2018, 01:01 AM

Fucking hell.

A British Airways pilot has been charged after allegedly attempting to fly a 300-passenger flight while four times over the drink-fly alcohol limit.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...ckpit-12395665

**Troy** · 21-04-2018, 01:03 AM

That'll be RR's technology sold off in quick time then...for short term reward.

**harrybarracuda** · 21-04-2018, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Troy

That'll be RR's technology sold off in quick time then...for short term reward.

They've only responded to a tender as will have their rivals.

Nothing decided yet.

**OhOh** · 21-04-2018, 11:20 AM

Lizze will not allow any little yellow man to steal one of England's crown jewels. Ameristan will cite "security" and sanction UK because they have a patent or two. How much titanium and aluminium does uk and ameristan have in their respective stockpiles?

**aging one** · 21-04-2018, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by OhOh

. Ameristan will cite "security" and sanction UK because they have a patent or two. How much titanium and aluminium does uk and ameristan have in their respective stockpiles?

Damn dude you are showing your idiocy more each day.

**harrybarracuda** · 21-04-2018, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

Damn dude you are showing your idiocy more each day.

Definitely lost the plot in recent weeks.

I think he needs to up his meds.

**harrybarracuda** · 21-04-2018, 04:48 PM

Airlines have been ordered to carry out emergency inspections of jet engines similar to the one on a plane in which a woman died after being sucked from the cabin.

Jennifer Riordan, a 43-year-old mother-of-two, was partially sucked through the window next to her on a Boeing 737 after it shattered when a engine fan blade broke loose and caused an explosion at 30,000 feet.

Shrapnel from the engine smashed the window, which caused rapid decompression in the cabin.

Ms Riordan's cause of death was blunt trauma to the head, neck and torso, Philadelphia's medical examiner said.

The Southwest Airlines aircraft, which was flying from New York to Dallas and had 149 passengers on board, was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the inspection of almost 700 Boeing 737 engines across the globe over the next 20 days.
The FAA said: "Fan blade failure due to cracking could result in an engine in-flight shutdown, uncontained release of debris and possible airplane decompression."

The Boeing 737 used on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 had a fault in one of its CFM56-7B engines.

Ultrasonic tests on fan blades that have performed 30,000 or more total accumulated flight cycles will be carried out.
Engines in 681 aircraft will be checked worldwide.

CFM International, a joint venture between America's GE Aviation and France's Safran Aircraft Engines, said around 150 of the engines have already been examined.

A similar accident on a Southwest flight in August 2016 forced a plane, equipped with the same engine, to make an emergency landing.
There were calls for inspections of the engines at the time, but regulators did not publish a directive.

https://news.sky.com/story/woman-suc...dered-11340174

And perhaps if they had, the poor woman would still be alive.

**Klondyke** · 21-04-2018, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

Lizze will not allow any little yellow man to steal one of England's crown jewels.

After the little yellow man has got already another jewel: MG (not speaking about Jaguar...)

**OhOh** · 22-04-2018, 02:57 PM

I don't consider MG was ever a jewel. RR has been for decades and continues to produce world class products. MG nope.

**OhOh** · 22-04-2018, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

Damn dude you are showing your idiocy more each day.

ameristan cites "security" because legally and commercially it hasn't a leg to stand on. As the "security" reasons are by definition top secret, the dumb ameristanis who keep electing these governments, allegedly and ameristani fearful vassals citizens just play the dumb card and blame everyone but themselves.

**harrybarracuda** · 22-04-2018, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

ameristan cites "security" because legally and commercially it hasn't a leg to stand on. As the "security" reasons are by definition top secret, the dumb ameristanis who keep electing these governments, allegedly and ameristani fearful vassals citizens just play the dumb card and blame everyone but themselves.

What airline news is this waffle supposed to be about?

**OhOh** · 22-04-2018, 07:55 PM

Just being polite and answering a post here # 2064 which required an answer to assist in his understanding.

My post was regarding China and possible foreign engine suppliers to meet their demand.

News of aeroplane engines and aeroplane suppliers is I suggest is appropriate in this thread.

Also replying to your post# 2065 regarding my mental state. For "clarity".

But I'll certainly check the thread

in future.

**harrybarracuda** · 22-04-2018, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

Just being polite and answering a post here # 2064 which required an answer to assist in his understanding.

My post was regarding China and possible foreign engine suppliers to meet their demand.

News of aeroplane engines and aeroplane suppliers is I suggest is appropriate in this thread.

Also replying to your post# 2065 regarding my mental state. For "clarity".

But I'll certainly check the thread

in future.

Do. And stop waffling.

**OhOh** · 23-04-2018, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

But I'll certainly check the thread in future.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Do.

Originally Posted by klongmaster

There seems a fair smattering of aviation types here on TD, so I thought it would be useful to have a thread where various events related to the airline industry could be posted.

The rules suggest, "a thread where various events related to the airline industry could be posted".

I appreciate that the "could" implies an opinion of what "various events related to the airline industry" can be defined as, but they don't state the individual whose opinion is to be accepted, is yours, 'arry

So, up yours, 'arry.

**harrybarracuda** · 23-04-2018, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by OhOh

The rules suggest, "a thread where various events related to the airline industry could be posted".

I appreciate that the "could" implies an opinion of what "various events related to the airline industry" can be defined as, but they don't state the individual whose opinion is to be accepted, is yours, 'arry

So, up yours, 'arry.

I don't see any mention of anything related to airlines in your hopeless tin foil waffle.

ameristan cites "security" because legally and commercially it hasn't a leg to stand on. As the "security" reasons are by definition top secret, the dumb ameristanis who keep electing these governments, allegedly and ameristani fearful vassals citizens just play the dumb card and blame everyone but themselves.

Try acting like a grown up.

**happynz** · 05-05-2018, 06:39 PM

.............

*damn it* video effed up.

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