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Malaysia Airlines puts Amsterdam A350 plans on ice
Dec 13, 2017, 12:14 PM@watson374:"...ex-AB A332 frames they have don't have the galley space because they were optimised for trans-Atlantic flights.....which are quite a bit shorter than MH's KUL-AKL.."Agree. KUL-AKL of MH is about 36% longer than TXL-NYC of AirBerlin. In fact, it's even longer than SYD-HNL or PER-JNB.
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First pics: 2017 Singapore Airlines A380 First Class
Dec 13, 2017, 11:58 AM@eminere:Probably a matter of design priority and possibly related to the results from customer focus groups during product planning/ development:Sleeping together trumps dining together?
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Eurowings BIZclass will use Lufthansa business class seats
Dec 12, 2017, 06:30 PM2 immediate reactions re this product plan for Eurowings:A) Will instantly provide Eurowings with the highest spec premium seat design among all widebody LCC operators worldwide. Previous record holder was AirAsiaX with their inclined/ski-slope style lie flat seat.B) In the J mkt, large degre...
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Malaysia Airlines is bringing its Airbus A380s back to London
Dec 12, 2017, 06:10 PM@reeves35:"It would've been strange giving over precious LHR slots to the A350s. The A380 also enables them to maintain and grow capacity into other restricted ports.."Ever since MH took final 380 delivery in 2013, I don't think they ever lack fleet capacity for growth and those "restricted port...
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SilkAir brings Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights to Cairns, Darwin
Dec 11, 2017, 03:57 PM@gumshoe:"Qantas should return CNS to HKG as CX flights are always full."If U understand half(or even more than half) of the pax load on a full CX flight for CNS-HKG has nothing to do with starting or ending a journey in HKG, U would know why QF would not return to CNS-HKG as starting or ending a...
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Cathay Pacific goes 10 abreast in economy on Boeing 777s
Oct 05, 2016, 07:20 PMOriginally Posted by hutch : Originally Posted by MCA : Really disappointing news from such an excellent airline. Sad to see a brilliant aircraft such as the 777 now one to avoid from an ever growing list of airlines. Whilst I agree that this ruins the appeal of CX, I think the problem is the ...
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Cathay Pacific goes 10 abreast in economy on Boeing 777s
Oct 05, 2016, 07:07 PMOriginally Posted by MCA : Really disappointing news from such an excellent airline. Sad to see a brilliant aircraft such as the 777 now one to avoid from an ever growing list of airlines. No need to avoid 777 if:A) one is not flying in Y cabin class which is not the discussion focus of this we...
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Cathay Pacific goes 10 abreast in economy on Boeing 777s
Oct 05, 2016, 06:58 PMOriginally Posted by JacobW : It's kinda weird they put 9 abreast on A350 which has a slightly wider cabin, while 10 abreast on B777 which has a slightly narrower cabin Interesting math you have there. Max cabin width per OEM specs:350=221in(5.61m)777=231in(5.87m)How can something with 221...
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Best airline for frequent travel to China?
Jul 20, 2016, 10:17 PMI used to think like many others here and would hv included CX(+KA if you're really talking about mainland China network) due to quality of the carrier itself and HKG hub. Not anymore.Delays caused by congestion @ HKG hv now reached a point where connections are often not as reliable as it ...
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Qatar Airways, Doha - Adelaide
Jul 18, 2016, 12:24 PM"..doesn't make much sense how it is cheaper"Actually, it makes tremendous sense how 1) ADL-MEL-DOH-ADL fare is cheaper than 2) ADL-DOH-ADL or MEL-DOH-MEL fare fm an airline demand/yield mgmt perspective. E.g.A. 1) is easier to fill seats per flight than 2) which means lower mkting /s...