Trivia 2015 (miscellaneous news)

[Passenger]

Animal park Pairi Daiza buys an airplane for worldwide missions, and what an airplane: an Antonov AN-2. (Source: hln)

Perhaps they're going to join the Crete to Cape Town Vintage Air Rally (starting in January 2016)???

http://www.crete2cape.com

[airazurxtror]

- Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw's Chopin airport on Sunday, June 21 after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said, according to Reuters.

The computer system was hacked in the afternoon and fixed after around five hours, during which 10 of the state-owned carrier's national and international flights were canceled and about a dozen more delayed, spokesman Adrian Kubicki said.

"We're using state-of-the-art computer systems, so this could potentially be a threat to others in the industry," Kubicki said. The attack in now being investigated by the authorities.

See also https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic ... 01#p318776

[Passenger]

Oeps...

One of Arkefly's 787-800 - the "Dreamcatcher" - had some issues just before departure from Tenerife to Amsterdam. A stewardess wanted to give the passengers some fresh air, so she opened the front door. Then this happened:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/arti ... egtuig.JPG

Source:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/reiskrant/24184 ... tie__.html

[Stij]

"Doors in flight and cross checked" has a purpose...

Cheers,

Stij

[Passenger]

Oeps...

One of Arkefly's 787-800 - the "Dreamcatcher" - had some issues just before departure from Tenerife to Amsterdam. A stewardess wanted to give the passengers some fresh air, so she opened the front door. Then this happened:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/arti ... egtuig.JPG

Source:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/reiskrant/24184 ... tie__.html

Arke OR-576, PH-TFK, scheduled arrival in AMS at 00h50 last night, is now delayed till Monday 17h00
(source Schiphol.nl flight info)

[Passenger]

Stowaway, caught on camera

[Passenger]

One of Arkefly's 787-800 - the "Dreamcatcher" - had some issues just before departure from Tenerife to Amsterdam. A stewardess wanted to give the passengers some fresh air, so she opened the front door. Then this happened:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/arti ... egtuig.JPG

Source:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/reiskrant/24184 ... tie__.html

Arke OR-576, PH-TFK, scheduled arrival in AMS at 00h50 last night, is now delayed till Monday 17h00
(source Schiphol.nl flight info)

The slide will be removed and the door will be "inoperational for evacuation", thus reducing the maximum number of passengers from 307 to 220. The MEL sets out which seats have to be blocked.

Source:
http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/c ... n-de-grond

Update : landing PH-TFK in AMS is expected for 18h37.

(edited with expected arrival)

[sn26567]

One more of Air Serbia aircraft is named after another "Living Legend", the famous football player from Serbia, Dejan Stankovic!

[galaxy]

" Transaero Airlines has unveiled at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, the official presentation of the joint project with the Amur Tiger Center of the new “Siberian Tiger” livery on the pictured 447-seat Boeing 747-412 EI-XLN (msn 28029). The special color scheme is designed to “draw attention of the international and Russian public to the issues of environmental protection and conservation of rare and endangered species.”



http://worldairlinenews.com/2015/06/23/ ... er-center/

[Stij]

Now that's a color scheme!

Cheers,

Stij

[sn26567]

In addition to unlimited free WiFi, London City Airport (LCY) also offers a free shoe shine to every passenger:

[sn26567]

During her current State visit to Germany, Queen Elizabeth II of England did not travel with the official Avro RJ aircraft of the Kingdom, but with a private Embraer Legacy 600 belonging to the owner of the Tottenham Hotspurs, Daniel Levy. The aircraft is registered G-THFC (for Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club).

[sn26567]

During her current State visit to Germany, Queen Elizabeth II of England did not travel with the official Avro RJ aircraft of the Kingdom, but with a private Embraer Legacy 600 belonging to the owner of the Tottenham Hotspurs, Daniel Levy.

But she could count of the federal Republic of Germany to provide her with a much larger plane for the flight from Berlin to Frankfurt:

[airazurxtror]

Frank Wagner, 47, has been appointed Country Manager for Poland for Lufthansa Group airlines, including Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines.

http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/ ... 18/article

[sn26567]

Kim Jong Un executes designer of his new airport because he didn’t like it



North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un posed for one of his trademark glossy photo shoots in Pyongyang’s new airport this week - but a different story had unfolded behind the scenes. Airport design chief Ma Won Chun disappeared late last year, and is thought to have been executed after Kim voiced his dissatisfaction with the airport.

[sn26567]

Hail pummels Delta 747 over China; NWA's "Spirit of Beijing" may face scrapyard

Hail smashed the radome of this Delta 747 on the June 16 flight from Detroit to Seoul. The damaged plane, a 26-year-old Boeing 747-400, was dubbed "The Spirit of Beijing" by Northwest Airlines Corp. before Delta bought the airline in 2008.

It was flying from Detroit to Seoul two weeks ago when it encountered a hailstorm. It's not clear whether the plane, registered as tail No. N664US, will return to service (Delta is phasing out its 747 fleet by 2017).

Flight 159 was about two-and-a-half hours from landing at South Korea's Incheon International Airport June 16, when the pilot warned passengers to sit down and buckle up. The few unbuckled passengers initially flew up to hit the overhead bins. Anything loose in the cabin flew. All of the meal and beverage carts were spilled.

[airazurxtror]

Air France compte économiser jusqu’à 20 millions d’euros par an en augmentant le prix des billets d’avion à tarifs réduits réservés au personnel.

Recevant les syndicats le 2 juillet 2015 pour discuter des mesures complémentaires au plan Perform 2020 grâce auxquelles elle espère économiser 80 millions d’euros, la direction de la compagnie nationale leur a annoncé des coupes sèches dans les « facilités de transport » réservées aux employés. Objectif affiché : un gain de 15 à 20 millions d’euros par an. Mais une augmentation « non négligeable » du prix des billets posera problème « à tous les collègues qui habitent la province et viennent travailler à Paris », souligne un porte parole du SNPL pour qui le sujet reste « très sensible ».

http://www.air-journal.fr/2015-07-03-ai ... 46653.html

Air France expects to save up to € 20 million per year by increasing the price of reduced rates air tickets for staff .
A "not insignificant" increase in ticket prices will be a problem to all colleagues who live in the province and come to work in Paris, said the SNPL.

A number of pilots live on the "Côte d'Azur", and take a flight to go to their base at CDG, for instance.

[jan_olieslagers]

And since when does "la province" ("the countryside" - "den buiten") translate to "Côte d'Azur" ????

[airazurxtror]

And since when does "la province" ("the countryside" - "den buiten") translate to "Côte d'Azur" ????

Contrary to the main text, the last sentence is in italics - meaning it's my comment.

[airazurxtror]

According to "El Confidencial", quoted by Air Journal, the Chinese group owning Hainan Airlines is in negociation with the group owning Air Europa, with a view to buy the airline.
http://www.air-journal.fr/2015-07-06-ai ... 46817.html