Great post, thanks. My 2 cents
Originally Posted by woody125
As has been said earlier on the board, the SU/ST agreement will likely not include code shares on any flights with TU aircraft. This seems more than fair.
Apparently ST and *A have been courting SU for years to get access to the domestic and CIS network. Which happens to be exactly where the old Soviet junk is being deployed. Oops
Originally Posted by woody125
As The Moscow Times reported today, Boeing is luring SU into a sweet deal to purchase some new aircraft. Once that happens, hopefully, the TU's will go the way of Soviet Union itself.
The TU's will go no matter what, most of them will be scrapped by 2007-2010. And they'll be replaced by either A319/320/321's or the yet-to-be-named short- to medium-range aircraft - either the RRJ, or the new Tupolev, or some Embraer. The only Boeing aircraft SU is considering buying is the 787, which is not exactly your normal replacement for a Tu-154. There's a tender for 22 new long-range planes (B787 vs A350) and the results are due shortly.
Originally Posted by woody125
LED (B) is a very pleasant terminal really.
Wait till you see LED1 - makes SVO1 look really alluring