BA Cityflyer

[Skipness One Echo]

G-EUNA RAF LYNEHAM-LCY tonight

LYE BA9257T 19:00

From flight arrivals on London City Airport : Homepage. Am taking the Nikon out for a look see. They are currently on Runway 27 so here's hoping for some good light from the dock.

[OltonPete]

G-LCYD

flightglobal reporting that the first Embraer 170 is soon to be on
its way to Edinburgh and might arrive on 5/9/09 late afternoon.
G-LCYE is due next week I believe it said.

G-INFO shows it was registered 3/9/09.





Pete

[DutchBird-757]

Unfortunately G-LCYD will be slightly later than planned as it had a birdstrike (vulture) after takeoff from Recife for the 4h15m flight to Cape Verde. Aircraft returned to Recife with a 20cm big gap between the radome and flightdeck windows. All ok. Not something you want, especially on a delivery flight. Just like parking your new car outside the showroom agains a bollard.

Aircraft will fly; SJK-REC-SID-TFS-Exeter. It will not go to Edinburgh initially. Delivery ceremony was on the 3rd, delivery flight today. (without the birdstrike)

Pictures of 'YD' in a better state are now on Airliners.net and www.FlickR.com. (search for G-LCYD)

[OltonPete]

E170

DutchBird-757

Thank you for the update and wow what a start to its life with Cityflyer,
it does not come more dramatic than that.

Hopefully a less eventful entry into service at the end of the month.

Pete

[DutchBird-757]

Damage wasn't that substantial but the aircraft is heading back to SJK at FL100. No word on how long it will take.

[BAladdy]

CAA flight 18SEP09

Originally Posted by DutchBird-757

Damage wasn't that substantial but the aircraft is heading back to SJK at FL100. No word on how long it will take.

I would have thought since the aircraft has been returned to SJK that a repair there will be far quicker than say if it happend in the UK.

Is G-LCYE still expected to be handed over today??. Will BACF now use this aircraft for the CAA flight on the 18th Sept? or has that date now been put back?.
Hopefully G-LCYD will be repaired this week and follow G-LCYE a week later.

If I am not mistaken G-BZAX is the next RJ to leave the BACF fleet to return to Bae. Does anyone know what date it's last flight is expected to be??

[RJ100]

The hand back process for G-BZAX was due to start on Sept 28th. Ferry flight to Kemble and the CAA air test etc. Not sure if that will still be the case.

RJ.

[DutchBird-757]

Got word that YD's damage was mostly cosmetical but since the aircraft was still in Brazil it was easier to fix it in the factory. Still waiting on pics of the birdstrike.

Don't think this will affect the CAA flight on the 18th or EIS on the 28th. They'll just use YE if YD takes too long.

[BAladdy]

Interior Pics of the E170

Someone has posted this link on Airliners. It includes pics of the cabin interior, flight deck and of course the aicraft itself

BA Embraer 170

[DutchBird-757]

Hey, that's my source!

I must say I really like the interior .

[32SQDN]

Thanks for the pics.
I think it is a fantastic looking aircraft - especially in the BA colours. Looking forward to travelling in one!!
Must say though, every EMB 170/195 I have been in has the frustrating issue of the seats being offset from the windows. I don't know if that is solely down to seat pitch. Would be interesting to see if that will be the case with the Cityflyer a/c. Can't quite see in the photos.

[DutchBird-757]

Well, I've been told that due to the chosen pitch/layout of our E-Jets all windows will be mostly lined-up with the seats. But indeed difficult to tell from the pics and I haven't seen the inside myself yet. Luckely it's got big windows.

[Otto Throttle]

Must say though, every EMB 170/195 I have been in has the frustrating issue of the seats being offset from the windows.

I have no idea what a/c you've been flying on, but frankly, I think you're talking out a hole in your hat. It is a design feature of the E-jet family that every row has it's own window. There are no 'offset' windows. Especially not on the E195 - 30 rows of seats, 30 sets of windows. I've also positioned around on other airlines operating the E-jet, and have yet to find these 'offset' windows you refer to.

[32SQDN]

Flybe E195 - definately no window adjacent to my seat.

[Feet on ground]

I've flown on flybe e195 as well and had no window next to me.

Surely the alignment of the windows to the seats is influenced by both the seat pitch, the number of rows and the galley/toilet configurations.

[32SQDN]

I've flown on flybe e195 as well and had no window next to me.

Cheers, I was just about to check my hat for leaks!!

Surely the alignment of the windows to the seats is influenced by both the seat pitch, the number of rows and the galley/toilet configurations.

That was my question really.

[ETOPS]

Think I've spotted something here.

Feet on ground

I've flown on flybe e195

32SQDN

Flybe E195 - definately no window

Aircraft we are discussing is the EMB 170.


PS 32SQDN there's no "a" in definitely.

[32SQDN]

Otto wasn't, to whom I was responding:

"It is a design feature of the E-jet family that every row has it's own window. There are no 'offset' windows. Especially not on the E195 - 30 rows of seats, 30 sets of windows".

Really sorry about the spelling mistake!

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Otto Throttle

I have no idea what a/c you've been flying on, but frankly, I think you're talking out a hole in your hat. It is a design feature of the E-jet family that every row has it's own window. There are no 'offset' windows. Especially not on the E195 - 30 rows of seats, 30 sets of windows. I've also positioned around on other airlines operating the E-jet, and have yet to find these 'offset' windows you refer to.

With all due respect, as feet on ground said, the alignment of seat rows and windows depends on the number of rows.

See the E170 cabin plans here for example. There is a 70-seat configuration (17.5 rows) and a 78-seat configuration (19.5 rows). The cabin plan also shows the window position and it would appear that in the 70-seat configuration, the windows align with the seat rows, but in the 78-seat configuration, they do not.

Please feel free to accuse me too of speaking through a hole in my hat.

C.

[OltonPete]

G-lcyd - Emb 170

Reported by flight global as delivered to Exeter today.

acarsd does show a message dated to today and flytecomm
has it arrived

AirlineCityflyer ExpressFlight Number1PDeparture City (Airport)Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (and Territories) (GCTS)Departure Time09/11/2009 10:10 AMArrival City (Airport)Exeter, England, Great Britain (EGTE)Arrival Time09/11/2009 02:59 PMRemaining Flight Time00:00Aircraft TypeCurrent Altitude0 feetCurrent Groundspeed0 mphFlight StatusLanded

A lovely looking aircraft and having flown on the 195, I am sure
that they will go down well with the pax.


Pete