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With the busy summer season due to start in a few weeks and some aircraft returning back from their winter holidays in Canada and Caribbean soon.
Does anybody know if any more of the 738s are being fitted with the Scimitar winglets this year ? I think they did 5 or 6 of the older aircraft last spring and heard there was some good performance and savings made especially on the longer PFO,LCA and SSH sectors
I did 3 flights last year on older aircraft and some were starting to look a bit tired inside the cabins and compared to the newer G-TAW reg aircraft was like travelling on different aircraft type. As the newer ones have the upgraded Boeing cabin pack with better overhead bins creating sense of more space,LED lighting and the SkyMap service which of course personally for me was very entertaining keeping check of position and altitude
Does anybody know if any more of the 738s are being fitted with the Scimitar winglets this year ? I think they did 5 or 6 of the older aircraft last spring and heard there was some good performance and savings made especially on the longer PFO,LCA and SSH sectors
I did 3 flights last year on older aircraft and some were starting to look a bit tired inside the cabins and compared to the newer G-TAW reg aircraft was like travelling on different aircraft type. As the newer ones have the upgraded Boeing cabin pack with better overhead bins creating sense of more space,LED lighting and the SkyMap service which of course personally for me was very entertaining keeping check of position and altitude
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Oldbalboy- Thanks for he update it is positive to hear that they are refitting the cabins on the older aircraft I imagine they will try to do as many as possible before the summer season kicks in. I wonder if this is why some of the 738s are coming back earlier than normal from Canada.
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Does anybody know if any more of the 738s are being fitted with the Scimitar winglets this year ? I think they did 5 or 6 of the older aircraft last spring and heard there was some good performance and savings made especially on the longer PFO,LCA and SSH sectors
I think he scimitar re fit is almost if not complete
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Don't know if anyone spotted this!
Photos: Plane Diverts, Two Passengers Arrested - Bernews.com : Bernews.com
Apparently they got fined $3000 each.
Getting back from there will be interesting
A Thomson Airways flight heading to Mexico diverted to Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport today [April 12],
Apparently they got fined $3000 each.
Getting back from there will be interesting
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They are assembled at both Pain and Charleston and some sections are built in Charleston.
The aircraft in question is the 65th from Charleston, they are assembling both the B787-8 & B787-9 there.
The next one for TUI is also from Charleston and is line number 300
Ian Brooks I think you find fuse of the B737 is built in Wichita, not sure how much of it in Charleston.
The aircraft in question is the 65th from Charleston, they are assembling both the B787-8 & B787-9 there.
The next one for TUI is also from Charleston and is line number 300
Ian Brooks I think you find fuse of the B737 is built in Wichita, not sure how much of it in Charleston.
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If that is so TOM need to update their website. I ran a dummy booking a few days ago from BFS and it states clearly "Enjoy extra leg room on our Boeing 757 short/mid-haul routes" with an option to purchase. Would a SWG aircraft have a similar number of "extra leg room seats"?