Thread: Airline News

Air Asia A320 seating plan.



The over-wing yellow seats are standard 29" spacing, but do not recline. No mention of additional leg room to the row behind.

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ai...Airbus_320.php

I wonder if this is an AF447 scenario? Apparently there is some evidence of malfunctioning pitot tubes.

Thai Airways Int'l introduces new business recovery plan

BANGKOK, 31 October 2018 (NNT) - Thai Airways International is introducing a new business recovery plan in November and expecting itself to become one of the world's top five airlines in three years.

THAI Chairman Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the national flag carrier firm is in the process of making a business recovery plan to revive and upgrade it as one of the world's top five airlines within three years.

He said recent incidents will be taken as lessons for the airline to improve and reform, which will need cooperation with all its staff, while the business recovery plan is now being revised by senior executives, and will be unveiled in November.

The plan will cover the airline's revenue increasing methods, safety measures which will remain the top priority, customer services, and cuts in unnecessary expenditure, all of which will make the airline grow further and become a premium carrier to bring about pride to the country.

The THAI chairman said that flight delays may have occurred as the pilots were obliged to consider safety measures for their passengers as the utmost priority, while the airline's fleet is currently not in full capacity with some ageing aircraft, and the firm has negotiated with Rolls Royce to provide substitute engines for its aircraft.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Thai Airways Int'l introduces new business recovery plan

Originally Posted by misskit

Thai Airways Int'l introduces new business recovery plan


BANGKOK, 31 October 2018 (NNT) - Thai Airways International is introducing a new business recovery plan in November and expecting itself to become one of the world's top five airlines in three years.

THAI Chairman Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the national flag carrier firm is in the process of making a business recovery plan to revive and upgrade it as one of the world's top five airlines within three years.

He said recent incidents will be taken as lessons for the airline to improve and reform, which will need cooperation with all its staff, while the business recovery plan is now being revised by senior executives, and will be unveiled in November.

The plan will cover the airline's revenue increasing methods, safety measures which will remain the top priority, customer services, and cuts in unnecessary expenditure, all of which will make the airline grow further and become a premium carrier to bring about pride to the country.

The THAI chairman said that flight delays may have occurred as the pilots were obliged to consider safety measures for their passengers as the utmost priority, while the airline's fleet is currently not in full capacity with some ageing aircraft, and the firm has negotiated with Rolls Royce to provide substitute engines for its aircraft.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Thai Airways Int'l introduces new business recovery plan

It should be something like:

1. Safety
2. Stop the fucking freebies

What happened to the Lion Air thread?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It should be something like:

1. Safety
2. Stop the fucking freebies

Their other idea Is to show live Lakorn .
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...nue-strategies

Originally Posted by klong toey

Their other idea Is to show live Lakorn .
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...nue-strategies

Behold! The business is saved!

Meanwhile... What happened to the Lion Air thread?

^ oh yeah, click the second link and you will see its done an MH 370

https://www.google.co.th/search?ie=U...r+teakdoor.com

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Meanwhile... What happened to the Lion Air thread?

Looks like it has been removed.

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...ft-goes-2.html

Originally Posted by Neverna

I just had a secret message from a secret mod with a thought. The OP of the Lion Air thread was Club Soda and that account has been deleted. It looks like his Lion Air thread went with it. Ooops.

The "King Power chief Vichai's helicopter crashes outside Leicester stadium"

thread has been closed as well.

Originally Posted by OhOh

The "King Power chief Vichai's helicopter crashes outside Leicester stadium"

thread has been closed as well.

Fuck me, that's mine.

Am I for the Khashoggi?

Nah, they'll suddenly move you to economy, next to the overflowing toilet, seats.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Nah, they'll suddenly move you to economy, next to the overflowing toilet, seats.

That's worse.

^

Yes, I know a button or two to press.

I thought of your horror, if it was to happen.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Meanwhile... What happened to the Lion Air thread?

just when its getting interesting,has the thread been hijacked.

Drunk American Airlines Baggage Handler Fell Asleep in the Cargo Hold, Flew to Chicago
October 31, 2018

A drunk baggage handler fell asleep inside the cargo hold of an American Airlines Boeing 737 — and wound up flying on board American’s flight AA363, the 6 a.m. departure from Kansas City to Chicago O’Hare on Saturday.

He “wasn’t discovered until the plane landed at O’Hare International Airport and parked at the gate just before 7:30 a.m. local time.”

https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...ew-to-chicago/

^ if Snubby did baggage handling

He'd be all over it, he's mastered electric vehicles and his middle management position in the games industry involves product security, wrapping

FAA Issues Emergency Directive for Boeing 737s Affecting 246 Planes

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive on Boeing 737 Max aircrafts on Wednesday in light of the October 29 crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max jet that killed all 189 passengers. The plane dove suddenly crashed after takeoff.


The FAA indicated that the directive applies to 246 aircrafts worldwide, of which 45 are located in the United States. Per Reuters, the latest directive dictates that operators "revise the airplane flight manual to give the flight crew horizontal stabilizer trim procedures to follow under some conditions."


Boeing initially issued a safety warning on Tuesday that stated how "erroneous input from an AOA sensor" played a role in the deadly Lion Air crash. Investigators have stated that Lion Air pilots were battling with the plane's computer system as it suddenly sent the aircraft into a steep dive.
The issue can reportedly only take place when the plane's autopilot is turned off, Bloomberg reported.
According to USA Today, Boeing has delivered more than 200 models of the Boeing 737 and has received more than 4,500 orders.
Lion Air flight JT610 was en route to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, when it suddenly lost contact with traffic control operators after departing from Jakarta. The plane was later discovered in the Java Sea, marking the first crash involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, according to CBS News.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 had its first flight in January 2016.

https://sputniknews.com/world/201811071069606484-faa-emergency-directive-boeing-747s/


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...-idUSKCN1NC2UO

That is quite shocking, and of course opens Boeing to an enormous lawsuit if, as seems to be being implied, this was the cause of the crash.

In other news, a Lion Air plane hit a pole taxiing yesterday.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...332e754b7161c8

Trained by the American baggage handler? The pole should have known better. It's hard to stop a plane.