I believe it will take a lot of time. More than a decade. Maybe after I’m gone in 25/30 years- but the farthest away viable city pairs in the world will be connected nonstop. It’s gotta happen one day! (Hopefully before sub orbital travel) If there are economy seats, pray to God they will be better than what’s installed today! Could there ever be a 777-8SP? Shorter, same wing and engine, same for the A350? Statistics: Posted by VC10er — Sun May 05, 2024 2:55 am ..read more

lew01 wrote: I'd love something like this - the actual livery is still solid in my opinion, but with a few small tweaks it could be so much more fresh. I've only made small changes in this concept: Added crest to the nose - plus given the aircraft individual names (why don't we do that anymore?) Enlarged BA text and speedmarque Used the newer speedmarque colours (bugs me how the livery uses the old gradient effect that was changed elsewhere years ago) Cleaned up the tail design (with a slightly messy photoshop) - I often think the current flag shape sits really awkwardly on some air ..read more

ZK-NBT wrote: YYZSpeedbird939 wrote:Not really anything too fantastical, but if SYD-JFK is possible with the Sunrise A35K then so too would be ORD/BOS/YYZ/MIA/etc. Not sure if any of these could be profitable, although it is true that QF planned SYD-AKL-ORD(?) pre-Covid, and the NZ has publicly stated YYZ is a possibility. QF planned BNE-ORD. It’s amazing to think the B789 was about to link the US Midwest with Australia. It will be interesting to see if this route ever resurfaces. Statistics: Posted by YYZSpeedbird939 — Sun May 05, 2024 12:59 am ..read more

SIN and PER are high on the IAH nonstop list. Nonstop PEK-GRU is begging to happen also. I once made a thread about other airlines having similar ambitions to QFs Project Sunrise, I think it's a matter of time. I also think the next generation of wide-bodies will make antipodal trips obtainable in select markets with some modifications similar to today's PS A35J, and the next generation after that will make it totally economical for airlines that actually have a place for it in their business model. Statistics: Posted by TWA772LR — Sun May 05, 2024 12:18 am ..read more

I'd love something like this - the actual livery is still solid in my opinion, but with a few small tweaks it could be so much more fresh. I've only made small changes in this concept: Added crest to the nose - plus given the aircraft individual names (why don't we do that anymore?) Enlarged BA text and speedmarque Used the newer speedmarque colours (bugs me how the livery uses the old gradient effect that was changed elsewhere years ago) Cleaned up the tail design (with a slightly messy photoshop) - I often think the current flag shape sits really awkwardly on some aircraft types? Woul ..read more

VC10er wrote: Looking towards the future, even if it’s 10 years or beyond, I wonder if the world will see more city pairs such as Sydney to New York and London, New York and Singapore for example. Clearly Qantas and Singapore knew in advance that those Ulta, Ultra Long Hauls would very likely work. Do those flights portend a future where many other super long nonstops become more feasible? Having both the pax to fill them and aircraft that can fly them. What are some city pairs do people think could be sustained with daily departures? One potential route I have wondered about is São Paul ..read more

funny thing is that it IS available for the return leg/ And its the same aircraft that goes out and back. On the outbound you see the 2-3-2 config all up to just behind Delta One. For the return , you see the section with the 2-2-2 config. Statistics: Posted by stewartg — Sat May 04, 2024 6:07 pm ..read more

Luckily KLM still offers the Holland Herald onboard. I enjoyed reading one on a flight from Norway to Amsterdam yesterday. Statistics: Posted by MartijnNL — Sat May 04, 2024 4:50 pm ..read more

Aviationclipz wrote: Are you still comfortable flying on these jets? Yes. But I try to avoid flights on the Boeing 777 because of the uncomfortable 3-4-3 seating in economy class. And I try to avoid flights on the Boeing 787 because of the crew override option on the dimmable windows and the uncomfortable 3-3-3 seating in economy class. So last month I enjoyed the Airbus A330-900 of Delta Air Lines for my trip from Amsterdam to the United States. Statistics: Posted by MartijnNL — Sat May 04, 2024 4:34 pm ..read more

AirKevin wrote: (..) you might want to stay away from the MD-80. Which won't be very difficult. Nowadays you would have to try pretty hard to get a flight on the MD-80 in the western world. Statistics: Posted by MartijnNL — Sat May 04, 2024 4:25 pm ..read more