KF A321 boarded up?
Aug 3, 2010, 5:04 am
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IT had very agressive expansion plans which got scaled back last year. VT-KFN and KFP are two A321s in storage:
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Kingf...20Airlines.htm
A few other A340/330, A32S and of course the A380 orders/deliveries have been 'pushed back' too.
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Kingf...20Airlines.htm
A few other A340/330, A32S and of course the A380 orders/deliveries have been 'pushed back' too.
Aug 3, 2010, 5:27 am
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Out of the 25 A320 DN had, only 10 remain with Kingfisher Red.
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Air%20Deccan.htm
http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Air%20Deccan.htm
Aug 3, 2010, 10:05 am
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Some of the A321 were very top heavy. If i remember correctly, they had about 32 J seats (Proper 8 rows of 2x2 J seats not european 3x3 Y seats with middle blocked).
The economic crash made them very hard to fill up.
Maybe just maybe we may see them making a return. They should come in handy if IT decide to increase premium seats to places like DXB without putting on a widebody.
The economic crash made them very hard to fill up.
Maybe just maybe we may see them making a return. They should come in handy if IT decide to increase premium seats to places like DXB without putting on a widebody.
Aug 6, 2010, 2:17 pm
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I don't know - but we had a (9w) 77w operating yesterday BOM-DEL as a sub for a mechanical in DEL, and it was *full*. (well, a couple of J seats open, but the flight was very well packed for a 0700 flight!)
What a pleasure it was to sit in J on this flight, in my favourite seat, no less!
It was a lucky day - coming back with Naresh Goyal sitting in front of me (2 port side seats blocked), but he spent all the time in the cockpit - probably didn't want to see the deteriorating 73w cabins...
I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
What a pleasure it was to sit in J on this flight, in my favourite seat, no less!
It was a lucky day - coming back with Naresh Goyal sitting in front of me (2 port side seats blocked), but he spent all the time in the cockpit - probably didn't want to see the deteriorating 73w cabins...
I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
Aug 7, 2010, 1:35 am
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Aug 9, 2010, 3:27 am
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I don't know - but we had a (9w) 77w operating yesterday BOM-DEL as a sub for a mechanical in DEL, and it was *full*. (well, a couple of J seats open, but the flight was very well packed for a 0700 flight!)
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I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
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I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
Aug 10, 2010, 11:59 am
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I don't know - but we had a (9w) 77w operating yesterday BOM-DEL as a sub for a mechanical in DEL, and it was *full*. (well, a couple of J seats open, but the flight was very well packed for a 0700 flight!)
What a pleasure it was to sit in J on this flight, in my favourite seat, no less!
It was a lucky day - coming back with Naresh Goyal sitting in front of me (2 port side seats blocked), but he spent all the time in the cockpit - probably didn't want to see the deteriorating 73w cabins...
I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
What a pleasure it was to sit in J on this flight, in my favourite seat, no less!
It was a lucky day - coming back with Naresh Goyal sitting in front of me (2 port side seats blocked), but he spent all the time in the cockpit - probably didn't want to see the deteriorating 73w cabins...
I think we can safely say that the flyers are back on board, so there shouldn't be any reason not to have such aircraft operating due to the seats - or maybe IT isn't doing that well??
Aug 10, 2010, 12:29 pm
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Aug 10, 2010, 2:58 pm
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Aug 11, 2010, 2:16 am
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i can imagine....i've flown a number of times when i was the only passenger in f or j....but my weirdest experience was when a few days after 9/11 i flew jfk-pit & there were only 3 passengers on board....
Aug 12, 2010, 3:46 am
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Perhaps something to do with KF's cash flow problems? They've been put on cash and carry by the oil companies and now by both the Delhi and Mumbai airports....