The Great KLM 747 Thread
Feb 2, 2020, 1:58 am
#91
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Well..its Sam Chui. He is the one who dances the way the airline likes him to dance. I'd say that he is the most sponsored, and least honest, airline reviewer on YouTube.
Nevertheless its an interesting video I'd say. Really makes me want to fly the B747 one more time before its going away.
Nevertheless its an interesting video I'd say. Really makes me want to fly the B747 one more time before its going away.
Feb 7, 2020, 6:49 am
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KLM has suddenly realized that the 787-10, which was due to take over from the 747 on the CUR route from S20, seats far fewer pax. To meet expected demand the 747 will continue serving CUR over the summer, and possibly in W20 as well.
Johan
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Feb 7, 2020, 7:21 am
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The original plan was 28 February (Daily), they then moved it to March 28 (still Daily), in October of last year the changed it to June (3 weekly) and in December they moved it to October. (Daily)
This is pretty much the same thing that happened with the 77W, which was scheduled to Curaçao on multiple occasions, but never panned out.
I have to say, not realizing that the 787-10 doesn’t have enough capacity is an odd excuse, though.
Last edited by Djokison; Feb 7, 2020 at 7:28 am
Feb 10, 2020, 11:01 am
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Feb 10, 2020, 12:07 pm
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Feb 10, 2020, 1:44 pm
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The good old days... used to sit in the cockpit for hours. I was allowed once to throttle up a 747 for taxiing. But that was probably on a Cathay Pacific or Singapore Airlines flight as we used to fly those more then KL.
Feb 12, 2020, 4:52 am
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No surprise there. What is a surprise though is that this suddenly became news. I read it in 2 local papers, yesterday and on luchtvaartnieuws. KLM moved the 787-10 off of the June flights a good 2 months ago.
The original plan was 28 February (Daily), they then moved it to March 28 (still Daily), in October of last year the changed it to June (3 weekly) and in December they moved it to October. (Daily)
This is pretty much the same thing that happened with the 77W, which was scheduled to Curaçao on multiple occasions, but never panned out.
I have to say, not realizing that the 787-10 doesn’t have enough capacity is an odd excuse, though.
The original plan was 28 February (Daily), they then moved it to March 28 (still Daily), in October of last year the changed it to June (3 weekly) and in December they moved it to October. (Daily)
This is pretty much the same thing that happened with the 77W, which was scheduled to Curaçao on multiple occasions, but never panned out.
I have to say, not realizing that the 787-10 doesn’t have enough capacity is an odd excuse, though.
Feb 12, 2020, 7:14 am
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Not really surprising.
Before it suddenly became news, it obviously wasn't in the news. Then only insiders would have been in the know, not the general public. Once it did hit the news, the word spread. Not really surprising either.
Johan
Before it suddenly became news, it obviously wasn't in the news. Then only insiders would have been in the know, not the general public. Once it did hit the news, the word spread. Not really surprising either.
Johan
Mar 9, 2020, 3:13 pm
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Will the Corona virus accelerate the retirement of the 747? Hope not.. but she could be the victim of this virus... the virus is very hard on old birds... but the lower oil price on the other hand.
where does the 747 excel in over the 773?
where does the 747 excel in over the 773?
