Trivia 2017 (miscellaneous news)

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View of the past: the Airbus 747 !


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[Passenger]

[luchtzak]

Breaking: Tunisair suspends all operations until further notice

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/tunisai ... perations/

[luchtzak]

Breaking: Tunisair suspends all operations until further notice

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/tunisai ... perations/

Tunisair flights are gradually resuming.

[DIBO]

I always thought that RESA was 'Runway End Safety Area',but in Antwerp it seems to be a 'REserve & SAnctuary ' for birds. A lot of water attracting geese and other big birds

But luckily they've put a traffic light in place, to stop the birds from taking off, while aircraft are doing the same.... Clever thinking...

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[Passenger]

On 07th March, a Westjet 737-800 (C-GWSV) from Toronto (YYZ) to Sint-Maarten (SXM) seems to have descended quite low before calling a go-around:
https://twitter.com/iLove_Aviation/stat ... wsrc%5Etfw

Flight involved:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... sv#caa236c

[DIBO]

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=61113
And a webcam on the field shows how bad weather was (and how low they really got):

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Parts manufacturer Sonaca (Belgium) opened a US$12.5 million factory in Moldovenesti, Romania, where it will produce A320 components.

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The Jersey Aircraft Registry – which has cost more than US$971,300 – may have to be scrapped because just two aircraft have been signed up in 16 months.

An expensive toy! But why does the "United" Kingdom need so many registers: UK itself, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man? Did I forget any?

[Passenger]

The Swedish government plans a new aviation tax for departing passengers, implemented as from 2018. Tax level will be between 8 € and 45€ - example Stockholm-Brussels will be 8,40 €.

https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/swedis ... ne-tickets

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/buitenland/1.2919019

[luchtzak]

The Swedish government plans a new aviation tax for departing passengers, implemented as from 2018. Tax level will be between 8 € and 45€ - example Stockholm-Brussels will be 8,40 €.

https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/swedis ... ne-tickets

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/buitenland/1.2919019

Airline BRA has postponed/cancelled the 10 cseries jets: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www ... DQLOsxF1dQ

[DIBO]

Indeed stupid that the Neo, Max, E2 and CS series don't get a reduction of this tax. That would mean a real environmental incentive.

[Ozzie1969]

The Jersey Aircraft Registry – which has cost more than US$971,300 – may have to be scrapped because just two aircraft have been signed up in 16 months.

An expensive toy! But why does the "United" Kingdom need so many registers: UK itself, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man? Did I forget any?

Because Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, etc. are not part of the UK.

[sn26567]

Yesterday the IAG group launched its low-cost long-haul airline LEVEL (operating from Barcelona to four intercontinental destinations).

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/iag-lau ... mes-level/

On the first day of sales 52,000 tickets were sold. Wow!

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Alaska Airlines (US) to retire the Virgin America (US) brand in 2019, as the merged carrier looks to become the West Coast’s premier airline. An undisclosed amount of Airbus aircraft will be retained from 2019, as they are upgraded along with the Boeing fleet.

[Passenger]

Oranje, the Dutch national soccer team, will play against/in Bulgaria on 25th March - FIFA World Cup 2018, European Qualifiers. Oranje will fly to Sofia with... Luxair:

24/03/2017 LG7457P / LG7457 LUX-AMS-SOF 0730-0940 LX-LBA

[DIBO]

if you look up to the sky, say 'cheeese', it's aerail-photo day again

[Passenger]

Belgium, cycling country:

Gent-Wevelgem, ongoing:

[Passenger]

A former Brussels Airlines 737-400 (in fleet 2008-2012 as OO-VET) had a right main gear collapse on landing at Ardabil, Iran, on 27th March 2017:

Report AvHerald:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4a6d1bda&opt=0

Report Aviation-Safety.net:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=194427

History Taban Air EP-TBJ on Airfleets.net:
http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737-28202.htm

[Konus]

Also a former TEA Trans European Airlines B737-300 OO-LTN (in fleet in 1991) was consumed by fire in JAU (Peru) on 29.03.2017

Sources:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=194442
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4a6d72d8&opt=0