A350-1000 and other Fleet News
04-23-2023, 11:41 AM
#571
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2021
Posts: 86
Awesome, definitely makes life a lot easier flying in that region now
04-23-2023, 02:43 PM
#572
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Position: A350 Both
Posts: 7,292
I don't see what you're getting at, but here you go. A US carrier doesn't fly to Mumbai, but here's a route that avoids any "No fly Area" zones in FD Pro. We already fly JFK-TLV, so it's easy to just fly over TLV, head down the Arabian peninsula, then over the Indian Ocean.
04-24-2023, 11:24 AM
#573
seeing the large hubs...
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: 73N A
Posts: 3,761
I'll say it again - yes, I did look at FD Pro and this avoids them to Mumbai. Somehow United and American make it to Delhi most days.
To follow the route to BOM with the route I showed, it's fine - the no operations area are "Only below 10,000 ft. It doesn't cross the Sinai peninsula, the Red Sea, or Somalia anyway. Yemen is fine to cross too."
To follow the route to BOM with the route I showed, it's fine - the no operations area are "Only below 10,000 ft. It doesn't cross the Sinai peninsula, the Red Sea, or Somalia anyway. Yemen is fine to cross too."
04-24-2023, 05:04 PM
#574
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: 330 B
Posts: 1,629
India can be reached from the unrestricted direction too …. if only we had an Asian hub with amazing rights to fly within and beyond. “We”were 1 leg from connecting a circle around the world at one point ( KUL-BOM). If that’s not feasible, I’m thinking we can “thread the needle” through hot zones and serve India like others do.
04-25-2023, 06:51 AM
#575
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Position: A350 Both
Posts: 7,292
I'll say it again - yes, I did look at FD Pro and this avoids them to Mumbai. Somehow United and American make it to Delhi most days.
To follow the route to BOM with the route I showed, it's fine - the no operations area are "Only below 10,000 ft. It doesn't cross the Sinai peninsula, the Red Sea, or Somalia anyway. Yemen is fine to cross too."
To follow the route to BOM with the route I showed, it's fine - the no operations area are "Only below 10,000 ft. It doesn't cross the Sinai peninsula, the Red Sea, or Somalia anyway. Yemen is fine to cross too."
04-27-2023, 04:24 PM
#577
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 350A
Posts: 429
Aaaah…not really. We have 22 more 350s coming the next few years…and about 20 more 339s coming too….due to foreign competition Asia yields currently in the toilet and might remain so indefinitely….mgmt “satisfied” with 350 reliability and DGAS about buying people off on payload optimized flights. Simple as that.
04-28-2023, 09:14 AM
#578
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,544
Aaaah…not really. We have 22 more 350s coming the next few years…and about 20 more 339s coming too….due to foreign competition Asia yields currently in the toilet and might remain so indefinitely….mgmt “satisfied” with 350 reliability and DGAS about buying people off on payload optimized flights. Simple as that.
We care deeply about time to climb and ferry flight rocket ships. Airline managements do not.
04-29-2023, 04:18 PM
#579
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,300
Until you start leaving pi$$ed off people behind due to “payload optimization” when you try to go to locations with planes that don’t fit it. Their precious NPS score taking a hit is when they care.
04-29-2023, 06:34 PM
#580
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Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: 350A
Posts: 429
Flight cancellations is what really hurts us, lots of room for improvement but are still better than most everybody else.
