TheFiend

Blue Moon

Orlando Jones

The engine management software (FADEC - full authority digital engine control) has been modified so that an engine shutdown will occur if it detects a similar condition to what happened prior to the Qantas engine failure.... This modification has been implemented after only one catastrophic failure of Trent 900 in service....... shame Toyota and Pontiac couldn't react as quick when faults were discovered on their cars....

And another post Paris announcement...

Peter Cook

Johnny Depp

Some news, especially for BigD... Repairs have been authorised for VH-OQA and she is expected to fly again January 2012. The repairs will be done in Singapore. Rolls Royce implemented software changes in the engine management software so hopefully another incident like this will not happan again.

Looks like Airbus didn't have enough time at Paris to announce all their orders!!! Also announced this week was deals for 88 A320s for China as well.....

No...it's a sad picture!!! Sadly, there are too many bars for the number of punters in town nowadays, it was only a matter of time before bars started getting knocked down and replaced with something else. In may I took a look at where my old bar was at Soi 9/Second Road to see the sad sight of market stalls where the bar used to be. I am glad I got out of the bar business when I did....

The 737 is a 45 year old design and the NG was a reaction to the A320. It is time for Boeing to start with a clean sheet.

Boeing total wide-body orders was less than that number because some of those orders announced at Paris were already logged as "unidentified customers"... And one of the other "orders" was a "Letter of Intent" As for passengers wanting to fly the A380... people have heard of them, just like they have heard of Jumbos or Concorde. With regards to the NEO orders, it demonstrates airlines want to invest in newer, more fuel efficient and lower emmissions technology. Boeing, sitting on the fence before deciding what to do, will suffer because of it. Airbus have a head start on them because of that.

Oh dear, look like MrMango is starting to pick up BigD's bad habits with quotes. As for failure to reply to your demands... ever heard of search engines? At the tine of my previous reply I was just head up to the bedroom to join my Thai bed-warmer, and I think her needs take priority over MrMangos..... Thanks to Tom for backing up my post whilst I was nicely tucked up in bed.

Providing free WiFi can attract customers to a business, and it's why many companies do offer it...

Well some people must want to fly them..... passenger numbers passed them million mark a long time ago....

Why is that? You seem to forget that the A320 series is a moneymaker for Airbus.... Also, the A380 program is expected to start making a profit around 2014/2015. And congrats to Airbus for securing another 12 orders for the A380. Incidentally airlines that are sing the A380 have all seen an increase in passenger numbers whilst their competitors have seen a decrease. Passengers want to fly A380. And I certainly don't complain my taxes have gone to help Airbus develop some great aircraft.

The Boeing fanboys seem to have gone quiet...... wonder why? It looks like the 320NEO has blown away the 737NG this year!!!

Search for it and you can find plenty of free WiFi. The sad thing is companies think they can make money from providing WiFi. If free WiFi isn't available I certainly won't pay to use it. I'd rather do without!!!

Free Wi-Fi should be offered at all airports!!!

Well done to Airbus for repairing the damage and returning F-WWDD to the Airshow. They're are rumours of a new A380 order being announced during the show, if they can find the time to fit the announcement in with all the A320NEO orders that are being announced....

Nice to see the Korean Air A380 being used for flying displays!

I don't claim to be knowledgeable about the industry, I just have an interest in air travel.

Do they? So why were orders getting announced in the weeks leading up to Paris? What about the recent Thai Airways and Cebu orders?

And taking off from Manchester... Etihad has 777-300ERs flying the Manchester route, but since Emirates went 3x daily the load factors on the Etihad flights have dropped dramatically so they would be better off using A330's again on that route. On my recent trip both the flight out and the flight in were less than 50% full.

So your blaming poor panel fit on the maintenance providers.... suprise, suprise!!! One of the ones I flew on was A6-ETF, only delivered 18 months ago. It exhibited the same ill fitting panels as the others I flew on ETB,ETD and ETE. The panels were not the same shape as the roof profile, hence the poor panel fit. It was nothing to do with been badly fitted by a maintenance fitter.

In denial...... NOT!!! I've never claimed that the Trent engine hasn't suffered from faults or failures but all you Boeing fan-boys fail to acknowledge the failures of GE, P&W and EA engines.... Want to talk about bad design and construction.... On my last trip I flew of 4 out of the 7 Etihad 777-300ERs in service and they all suffered from badly fitted interior panels where the shape of the panels failed to match the shape of the cabin.