380 to BOM confirmed
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It turns out the 180 was just made for that sort of thing. Fairly easy to see where the two class whales will be going. Slaveships, plying the skies back and forth between third world ports.
From RTGS "management" brief: the 380 will be doing Chennai, Delhi and Dhaka soon too.
From RTGS "management" brief: the 380 will be doing Chennai, Delhi and Dhaka soon too.
The company also has plans to upgrade existing aircraft to larger capacity Boeing 777s to Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai starting from 1 June
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"At last some relief for the airbus lads and lasses"
Sadly not - Delhi and Mumbai were day flights, something to bid for when good old top bid comes around. My (top) bid for next month is now entirely composed of day BAH, DOH, DMM and KWI. Anything to avoid the 3am TRV...
Also thought I would give a shout out to all my fellow 330 pilots and say congratulations on becoming the only shorthaul-only pilots in emirates when Warsaw goes Boeing later this month. (well I suppose we will always have Kolkatta
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Sadly not - Delhi and Mumbai were day flights, something to bid for when good old top bid comes around. My (top) bid for next month is now entirely composed of day BAH, DOH, DMM and KWI. Anything to avoid the 3am TRV...
Also thought I would give a shout out to all my fellow 330 pilots and say congratulations on becoming the only shorthaul-only pilots in emirates when Warsaw goes Boeing later this month. (well I suppose we will always have Kolkatta
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In my opinion getting more turns makes a move to the 380 more attractive, one of the things I enjoy most about the Boeing is the flexibility we have with bid requests to fit lifestyle needs. Despite EK's complete butchering of the Kronos system, if you bid well with multiple alternative options it generally tends to work ok, just takes a fair bit of effort.
I refuse to listen to people complaining about night turns if it is purely the inconvenience of working through the night, if you can't handle night shifts then go to Ryanair/Easyjet or their respective equivalents. If someone has a genuine safety / fatigue issue with a particular pairing, or group of pairings my first question is always what have you done about it? If the answer is nothing, then shut up and get on with it.
330 guys however, complain all you like, it is a bloody tough gig.
I refuse to listen to people complaining about night turns if it is purely the inconvenience of working through the night, if you can't handle night shifts then go to Ryanair/Easyjet or their respective equivalents. If someone has a genuine safety / fatigue issue with a particular pairing, or group of pairings my first question is always what have you done about it? If the answer is nothing, then shut up and get on with it.
330 guys however, complain all you like, it is a bloody tough gig.
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Our first post on this thread...if you don't like it leave. So Scandistalia, if you refuse to listen to it, what the frig you doin' on these boards. Take your own advice, if you don't like it (blogs,etc.) leave.
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I'll join the "...huh?..."
I think Scandi was pointing out that if you wish to only fly between 6am and 10pm, pop along to an airline that can fulfil that ambition for you, whilst at the same time empathising with the 330 folk who do the opposite virtually all of the time.
I think Scandi was pointing out that if you wish to only fly between 6am and 10pm, pop along to an airline that can fulfil that ambition for you, whilst at the same time empathising with the 330 folk who do the opposite virtually all of the time.
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Has there been a press release from EK as quoted in this article? I must have missed it because these things are usually there in the daily propaganda that's in our inboxes...
And secondly, Flight status and predictions is showing 330 and 777 for the BOM flights for August and September... It's usually a good indicator of what fleet does what...
I do vaguely remember that the curry was good on that route
Somewhere back in the mists of time
And secondly, Flight status and predictions is showing 330 and 777 for the BOM flights for August and September... It's usually a good indicator of what fleet does what...
I do vaguely remember that the curry was good on that route
Somewhere back in the mists of time
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The only info from the airline I've read is A380 doing Kuwait and of course Jeddah.
"Emirates plans to deploy an A380 on one of its existing daily services between Dubai to Mumbai, starting from July and is working closely with Mumbai Airport Authorities to make this deployment possible,” Emirates said in a statement on Thursday. “In addition, we have plans to upgrade existing aircraft to larger capacity Boeing 777s to Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai starting from 1 June.”
It sounds like the 330/340 will be doing Africa and more local Gulf turns until they finally go in 2016/17. 777 doing the majority of India/Pakistan with 380 doing a handful of the day turns there. With the 380 doing most of America and the larger European destinations, the 777 could still get a good roster with the freighter layovers and turnarounds allowing time at home for those who want it.
Engineering appear to believe the 350 will be arriving soon, can anyone confirm there's already 4 on the system? Despite the impressive long range abilities of the aircraft, I'd imagine they'll use it for the quieter/smaller European destinations?
"Emirates plans to deploy an A380 on one of its existing daily services between Dubai to Mumbai, starting from July and is working closely with Mumbai Airport Authorities to make this deployment possible,” Emirates said in a statement on Thursday. “In addition, we have plans to upgrade existing aircraft to larger capacity Boeing 777s to Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai starting from 1 June.”
It sounds like the 330/340 will be doing Africa and more local Gulf turns until they finally go in 2016/17. 777 doing the majority of India/Pakistan with 380 doing a handful of the day turns there. With the 380 doing most of America and the larger European destinations, the 777 could still get a good roster with the freighter layovers and turnarounds allowing time at home for those who want it.
Engineering appear to believe the 350 will be arriving soon, can anyone confirm there's already 4 on the system? Despite the impressive long range abilities of the aircraft, I'd imagine they'll use it for the quieter/smaller European destinations?
