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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th May 2024, 08:41
Replies: 10
Views: 1,425
Posted By Hartington

Here is another POSSIBLE reason. Airlines...

Here is another POSSIBLE reason. Airlines schedule their aircraft with great care. The low-cost carriers even more. A plane diverts and unloads passengers so they can be bussed to the actual...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Apr 2024, 20:02
Replies: 4
Views: 566
Posted By Hartington

Different airlines have different pricing...

Different airlines have different pricing policies. Some even have different policies for different routes and even different days of the week or hour of the day. I've seen a previously sold out...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Mar 2024, 18:58
Replies: 4
Views: 723
Posted By Hartington

The crane is to lift a prefabricated bridge into...

The crane is to lift a prefabricated bridge into place over the A359 close to where it crosses the A371 just outside Castle Cary. The old Hadspen Estate rechristened "The Newt in Somerset" has...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Mar 2024, 18:50
Replies: 55
Views: 9,379
Posted By Hartington

A couple of coincidences. My father was a concert...

A couple of coincidences. My father was a concert pianist. On his way home from Australia sometime in the 60s he stopped in Singapore. He decided to go for a drink at Raffles. As he walked in a...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
14th Mar 2024, 17:57
Replies: 4
Views: 723
Posted By Hartington

NOTAM?

Living quite close to Yeovilton we see low flying helicopters.

Just up (literally) the hill from us (at a ground height of maybe 140m) there is a lerge crane preparing to lift a new bridge into...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Feb 2024, 07:47
Replies: 9
Views: 994
Posted By Hartington

El G - The precise details differ across...

El G - The precise details differ across different markets but the idea of showing the "public fare" in the Fare box on the ticket and hiding what you actually paid somewhere else on the ticket (the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Feb 2024, 18:14
Replies: 36
Views: 4,190
Posted By Hartington

-In 1979 I boarded an Aeroperu 727. At least that...

-In 1979 I boarded an Aeroperu 727. At least that was what it said on the outside. Inside it was pure Lufthansa down to the emergency instruction sheet. We sat on Lima airport for a while and then...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Feb 2024, 21:39
Replies: 39
Views: 24,430
Posted By Hartington

Point to Point? I recall a story from a good few...

Point to Point? I recall a story from a good few years ago about how hub and spoke works. An agent in Austin needed to book a client up to Dallas and found the flight full. Same day he booked someone...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Feb 2024, 21:31
Replies: 30
Views: 3,490
Posted By Hartington

BA crews have snapped blinds down on me on a...

BA crews have snapped blinds down on me on a couple of occasions. I immediately snap them up again. Never had any backlash.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Feb 2024, 17:59
Replies: 9
Views: 922
Posted By Hartington

If you haven't made the purchase yet pick a...

If you haven't made the purchase yet pick a vendor in the UK who will ship to the USA. They will then be liable to get the paperwork sorted and for any breakage that may occur.

I don't know if you...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jan 2024, 11:08
Replies: 36
Views: 4,945
Posted By Hartington

I went on a BMA (not BMI!) Viscount London/East...

I went on a BMA (not BMI!) Viscount London/East Midlands/Teeside sometime in the early 1970s. I also did two trips on the "vomit comet" LHR/EMA/LHR sometime in the '80s.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Jan 2024, 21:09
Replies: 61
Views: 8,781
Posted By Hartington

I believe that other recent 737s (737-800,...

I believe that other recent 737s (737-800, 737-900) have this plug door arrangement? Should I avoid them too?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
27th Dec 2023, 18:48
Replies: 4,470
Views: 643,791
Posted By Hartington

IAF728 a 707-300 coming from the west just turned...

IAF728 a 707-300 coming from the west just turned round over Oxford and lined up for Brize.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
22nd Dec 2023, 19:53
Replies: 10
Views: 1,180
Posted By Hartington

The answer might depend on when/how the "early...

The answer might depend on when/how the "early returner" is travelling. If buying a completely sepparate ticket that's one thing. If, on the other had they are using the return half of their ticket...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2023, 22:01
Replies: 445
Views: 128,961
Posted By Hartington

I have a question: How does SFO sequence the...

I have a question:

How does SFO sequence the (few) departures from the 28s particularly when a flight is delayed?
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2023, 21:50
Replies: 445
Views: 128,961
Posted By Hartington

Exactly the same!

Exactly the same!
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2023, 09:40
Replies: 445
Views: 128,961
Posted By Hartington

Until they want to fly somewhere.

Until they want to fly somewhere.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Dec 2023, 15:17
Replies: 8
Views: 2,928
Posted By Hartington

Elsewhere it has been claimed that OneWorld...

Elsewhere it has been claimed that OneWorld (American + Alaskan + Hawaiian) will have 51% of the market if this goes ahead.
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Oct 2023, 17:28
Replies: 51
Views: 21,394
Posted By Hartington

I know a retired BA pilot. At the beginning of...

I know a retired BA pilot. At the beginning of Gulf War one he operated a 767 towards Saudi. He had only 17 pax but also freight. As they approached the Egyptian coast he was told Saudi airspace had...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Oct 2023, 21:43
Replies: 17
Views: 1,667
Posted By Hartington

My guess would be that the 2nd diversion was crew...

My guess would be that the 2nd diversion was crew duty hours related. After 4? hours in Anchorage the crew would not be "legal" to fly back to London. BA don't keep crews in Anchorage so they needed...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Sep 2023, 22:19
Replies: 38
Views: 6,374
Posted By Hartington

Virto asks how all these things work. The simple...

Virto asks how all these things work. The simple answer is lots of computers linked together. Airlines talk to car hire companies and hotels. Agents talk to airlines, hotels and car hire comanies....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Sep 2023, 22:02
Replies: 38
Views: 6,374
Posted By Hartington

10 years later this subject has raised its' head...

10 years later this subject has raised its' head again!

In the last 10 years some airlines have adopted NDC. I have yet to see much, if any difference in the way I'm being offered fares.
However,...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Sep 2023, 14:30
Replies: 44
Views: 15,845
Posted By Hartington

Indian Airlines? Back in the 70s I was a travel...

Indian Airlines? Back in the 70s I was a travel agent. Getting any kind of confirmed booking out of Indian Airlines was impossible. Then in 1978 I went to India and, as usual, everything was still...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Sep 2023, 08:42
Replies: 415
Views: 188,978
Posted By Hartington

A good few years ago I was testing a piece of...

A good few years ago I was testing a piece of commercial, non safety critical, software. It failed at a specific point in a way I considered "interesting". I described the failure to the programmer....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Aug 2023, 22:34
Replies: 21
Views: 2,884
Posted By Hartington

Silver City, Dan Air, BOAC, BEA, British Midland...

Silver City, Dan Air, BOAC, BEA, British Midland & BMI, Trans Australia, Qantas Jetlink NZ, CAAC, Royal Nepal Airline, Indian Airlines, Varig, British Eagle, Sabena, Swissair, Olympic, Pan Am, TWA,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Aug 2023, 21:32
Replies: 6
Views: 1,011
Posted By Hartington

I'm not clear on the sequencing of your tickets....

I'm not clear on the sequencing of your tickets. UK to Australia and back or Australia to UK and bacK?

That said, here's an experience from the 1990s.

My wife and I booked to travel...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2023, 21:32
Replies: 23
Views: 14,309
Posted By Hartington

The article first says "Paris-Texas" then,...

The article first says "Paris-Texas" then, further on mentions Dallas. I don't believe United fly Paris to Houston but American fly Paris to Dallas. I guess it's possible the reporter asked a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st May 2023, 08:47
Replies: 197
Views: 30,034
Posted By Hartington

I'm not totally convinced by the idea of CEOs...

I'm not totally convinced by the idea of CEOs working on flights. I'd be happier if they were crammed, incognito, in one of their economy seats.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2023, 08:44
Replies: 48
Views: 18,193
Posted By Hartington

China overseas politics may come into play,...

China overseas politics may come into play, particularly in Africa. Given their "investment" in infrastructure there I wonder if a few aircraft will also appear?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd May 2023, 19:59
Replies: 1,808
Views: 3,082,161
Posted By Hartington

Many years ago I was running some tests on a...

Many years ago I was running some tests on a piece of commercial,non aviation, software when it "misbehaved".
I showed it to the programmer who looked quizzical and said "I wondered if it would do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th May 2023, 19:20
Replies: 72
Views: 12,597
Posted By Hartington

My first thought, when reading the original...

My first thought, when reading the original quote, was Uncle Roger in the "Straight and Level" column at the back of Flight every week. But it seems too long.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
8th Apr 2023, 08:03
Replies: 17
Views: 1,591
Posted By Hartington

Passport stamps? The last couple of times I...

Passport stamps? The last couple of times I entered the USA (just before the pandemic) I didn't get a stamp - it's all electronic. The problem would be picked up at checkin where I'm guessing there...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Apr 2023, 20:47
Replies: 16
Views: 1,208
Posted By Hartington

The railway tunnel to Heathow is owned by the...

The railway tunnel to Heathow is owned by the airport and they charge a fee per train. It's not as much as they wanted but I can't remember if it was simple negotiations or a "regulator".

Ah - it...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Mar 2023, 12:25
Replies: 24
Views: 4,154
Posted By Hartington

The better comparison would be how many incidents...

The better comparison would be how many incidents up to the same point in the year.. It's quite possible (but unlikely?) that there will be no more incidents in 2023.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Mar 2023, 21:37
Replies: 5
Views: 948
Posted By Hartington

Working for a GDS some oddities sometimes occur. ...

Working for a GDS some oddities sometimes occur.
Many years ago an agency had booked customers on flights from the UK to a domestic US point with an enroute change. Then some friends decided to go...
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