First Embraer E190 in BA livery...
Feb 15, 2010, 12:31 pm
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Very smart but don't all aircraft look great dressed in the BA livery.
Does anyone know what delivery routing these Brazilian babies take to LCY?
Does anyone know what delivery routing these Brazilian babies take to LCY?
Feb 15, 2010, 12:48 pm
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^ It looks great, very dashing. Hopefully it will be visiting Cambridge airfield at some point like its little brother did recently - I get a great view over my lab.
Prospero - IIRC they take a route up through Brazil, Dakar and the Canary Islands before reaching Spain. There was a thread on this not too long ago but I can't remember any more details
Prospero - IIRC they take a route up through Brazil, Dakar and the Canary Islands before reaching Spain. There was a thread on this not too long ago but I can't remember any more details
Feb 15, 2010, 12:54 pm
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Hi,
This post from Business traveller; suggests;
Recife, Cape Verde & Tenerife;
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ation-lcy-jets
Regards
TBS
This post from Business traveller; suggests;
Recife, Cape Verde & Tenerife;
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ation-lcy-jets
Regards
TBS
Feb 15, 2010, 1:01 pm
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I was talking to the very pleasnt and efficient Purser on a flight from LCY/EDI last week on an RJ. She advised that the first E190 is due in service in early March 2010.
I'm sure she said their last E170 was delivered last week, I think she said sixth and the entire fleet will be E-jets by mid June 2010.
Goodbye RJ85s/100s in the very near future.
I'm sure she said their last E170 was delivered last week, I think she said sixth and the entire fleet will be E-jets by mid June 2010.
Goodbye RJ85s/100s in the very near future.
Feb 15, 2010, 1:41 pm
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It will be a shame when the RJs go. Since its inception, British Airways has operated British built aircraft*. When the RJs go, that will stop.
*Yes, I know the Airbus wings are built in the UK, and very good they are too. Do you know the A380 wing is a direct descendant from early Vickers and de Haviland design work?
*Yes, I know the Airbus wings are built in the UK, and very good they are too. Do you know the A380 wing is a direct descendant from early Vickers and de Haviland design work?
Feb 15, 2010, 1:57 pm
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They are however very "sporting" when taking off from LCY - brakes on / full throttle and go!
Feb 15, 2010, 2:01 pm
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Feb 15, 2010, 2:32 pm
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The main problem with the RJ's at present time is they are just getting so old, tatty and unreliable. The last one I was on had no hot water in the toilets or galley. More seriously there was one last year where the flaps stuck on take off out of LCY and it had to divert for an emergency landing.
They are however very "sporting" when taking off from LCY - brakes on / full throttle and go!
They are however very "sporting" when taking off from LCY - brakes on / full throttle and go!
Feb 15, 2010, 6:06 pm
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Hi,
This post from Business traveller; suggests;
Recife, Cape Verde & Tenerife;
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ation-lcy-jets
Regards
TBS
This post from Business traveller; suggests;
Recife, Cape Verde & Tenerife;
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ation-lcy-jets
Regards
TBS
From what i understand BA crews have been doing some flying around in the BE emb195's which have included some test flights into NQY
CS
Feb 16, 2010, 5:41 am
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Do planes like this have to get a special one off ETOPS clearance for something like this? I always assumed they would have to go the long way round - up through Canada, Greenland, and Iceland or something - to stay close to land in case of engine failure.
I know some of American Airlines' twinjets can't even cut across the Gulf of Mexico because they arent allowed to go very far from land.
I know some of American Airlines' twinjets can't even cut across the Gulf of Mexico because they arent allowed to go very far from land.
Feb 16, 2010, 5:47 am
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Do planes like this have to get a special one off ETOPS clearance for something like this? I always assumed they would have to go the long way round - up through Canada, Greenland, and Iceland or something - to stay close to land in case of engine failure.
I know some of American Airlines' twinjets can't even cut across the Gulf of Mexico because they arent allowed to go very far from land.
I know some of American Airlines' twinjets can't even cut across the Gulf of Mexico because they arent allowed to go very far from land.