From Airbus4U http://www.airbus.com/airbus4u/articles_detail.asp?ae_id=101 Airbus would use Ro-Ro ships instead of Super Transporters to transport A380 components. What a pride for Chinese to buit a ship for transporting A380 components! But we can't see the proposed A340-600ST for transporting A380 components! What a pity!

I am having an argument with a friend and I need an expert to sort it out for me. I believe that in order to carry out flight operations an aircraft carrier has to be cruising at a minimum speed, Is this true, if it is true, what sort of speed would that be and could you also mention in your reply what your qualification is or how you know the ...

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There is still no airport featuring boarding gates on both sides of an aircraft, so all passengers have to be congested on left side of the aircraft. So I think building boarding gates on both sides of the aircraft in the same parking space can greatly improve turnaround time very easily especially for widebodies.

The airlines in the world have very different carry-on baggage policies. British Airways has very strict carry-on baggage policy, allowing Economy Class passengers to carry only one piece of baggage (22'' x 16'' x 8'') into cabin, and no more than 6kg/13lb, not even an additional suitcase nor a laptop. Economy Plus, Business and First Class ...

Austrian Airlines Group, Austria's only airline group, holds Austrian Airlines and Lauda Air of with very different origins and opposite fleet selection (almost all Airbus for Austrian and all Boeing for Lauda), and Tyrolean which flies only European services with regional aircrafts. Austrian was started in 1957. Because of the neutral nature of ...

Ariana Afghan Airlines just operated its first flight to Frankfurt since 18 Sep 2002, its first flight to the Western countries since 1979. The airlines also has 20-yaer old A300B4 entered service since then. The airline was probably the smallest flag carrier in the world, but still needs international aids. India supplies pilots to the airline ...

There's much concern these days about the lack of space in airplane seats, and the stress and exhaustion that results from remaining in them for long periods of time. As a frequent business traveler, I too spent many endless, sleepless nights aboard planes on intercontinental flights, which gave me a lot of time to think about a way to solve this

The European short haul business class are not as comfortable as short faul business class seats of other places, like Asia and Americas. The business class cabins in both Asia and Americas are of 4-abreast design, having seat pitch of at least 38'', thus offering no middle seat for passengers and much better comfort than economy class. But most ...

I want to have some view on Airbus A340 and Boeing 777, ETOPS and LROPS after reading Boeing Frontier article on B777 vs A340 and Airbus FAST 28 LROPS article. http://www.airbus.com/pdf/customer/fast28/lrops.pdf http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/i_ca1.html ETOPS is very good for flights not going via extreme areas, like the poles, the ...