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  • #1246
    Originally posted by flylanka View Post
    A340-600 current operators are: SA,EY,QR,VS,IB,LH,TG,MU. TG and MU you will get rid of them soon. The rest seem to be happy with theirs. SA operates them on ULR from JNB to USA. LH and IB to use them on LRs. Drinks too much fuel.
    SA's main benefit of the 340-600 is the ability to lift valuable weight from JNB I believe, which is a hot and high airport, and the 340-600 easily outperforms the twin jets- 777 and the likes. Apparently the 777s can't even come closer to what the quad jets can do !

    it may drink a bit more fuel, but for those purposes, it is the best. And hence the use for 340-600 and Arik's 340-500

    And the PK's 772Ws proved that a twin jet is not the best for hot/high conditions, when the new 772Ws struggled, with weight restrictions - true

    With lowering fuel costs, except those airlines trying to rationalise the fleets, the 340's may hang on for a while longer than expected, just like the 747-400s .

    One benefit for the 340 series, as is overlooked, is the lesser requirement as with a quad jet- no ETOPS certifications/verifications and works best for long over water routes. IB predominantly fly 340-600s to the Latin American Countries, again, high altitude airports.

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    • #1247
      Seen in Singapore ------------------------------

      Sri Lankan, 4R-ABR, A321-200 (UL-302??)



      Sri Lankan, 4R-ABR, A321-200

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      • #1248
        Seen in Singapore ------------------------------

        3K/VF logo Jet 320 (possibly doing the Indonesia run, the VF titles kept to overcome the Indonesian Air Rules - Power Trip-someone ??)



        Another 3K 320, preparing to land, wheels down ..



        Wheels down, all Green !

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        • #1249
          Newly recruited, Silkair B737 Boeing 737-8SA, delivered around 1st Week Feb !



          And a Silkair A 320, one of those on the way out

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          • #1250
            Originally posted by ecureilx View Post
            Singapore, A SQ 773W, on Short Final, with a slightly mismatched engine cowling



            Singapore, Same SQ 773W ..
            Wondering why aircraft names doesn't appears on the SQ aircraft these days?

            Singapore Airlines Aircraft naming

            Airbus A300 - Superbus
            Airbus A310 - 3TEN
            Airbus A340-300 - Celestar
            Airbus A340-500 - Leadership
            Boeing 747-200B - Super B
            Boeing 747-300 - Big Top
            Boeing 747-400 - Megatop
            Boeing 777 - Jubilee

            Any idea Which route SQ operated the concorde service? It looks like it's LHR

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            • #1251
              Originally posted by banuthev View Post
              Singapore Airlines Aircraft naming

              Airbus A300 - Superbus
              Airbus A310 - 3TEN
              Airbus A340-300 - Celestar
              Airbus A340-500 - Leadership
              Boeing 747-200B - Super B
              Boeing 747-300 - Big Top
              Boeing 747-400 - Megatop
              Boeing 777 - Jubilee
              SQ stopped naming the planes, and the 340-500's were the last to be named, some Chinese belief I think .. now none of the planes have names.

              And likewise SQ stopped doing special liveries, post SQ 006, as the SQ006 was a special Economy class promotional livery I recall. Somebody possibly theorised that the special livery caused the bad karma for the plane or something like that, I think ..

              Picture from Wiki



              Even for the Star Alliance planes, only recently they decided to paint the tails too in *A scheme, previously the tail still having thr Kris !

              Originally posted by banuthev View Post
              Any idea Which route SQ operated the concorde service? It looks like it's LHR

              The concorde was not a SQ plane, it was a BA plane, code-shared, with one side carrying the SQ logo and the other, BA logo

              Till Friendly Malaysia claimed that the Malaysian' Fish were getting startled and the fishermen were losing out .. true story

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              • #1252
                Apologies, the SQ 777 is a 777-200 ER I think, not a 773W

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                • #1253
                  Originally posted by ecureilx View Post
                  Singapore, A SQ 773W, on Short Final, with a slightly mismatched engine cowling



                  Singapore, Same SQ 773W ..
                  Originally posted by ecureilx View Post
                  Apologies, the SQ 777 is a 777-200 ER I think, not a 773W
                  What's a registration of this SQ B777-200 ?

                  SQ's 9V-SQI was ferried to Victoriaville for Storage on the 23/02/2015 ? Does this mean SQ has started retiring the B777-200 fleet?

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                  • #1254
                    Originally posted by banuthev View Post
                    What's a registration of this SQ B777-200 ?

                    SQ's 9V-SQI was ferried to Victoriaville for Storage on the 23/02/2015 ? Does this mean SQ has started retiring the B777-200 fleet?
                    Boeing 777 - MSN 28529 - 9V-SRK

                    History ✈ 9V-SRK - FlightAware
                    http://flightaware.com/live/flight/9VSRK/history
                    Best Flight Tracker: Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights, private/GA flights, and airports.

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                        • #1257
                          Max, wow nice pictures !! where did you take these pictures ?

                          Originally posted by EK056 View Post
                          Hallo
                          Special paint from Europa.
                          Condor Boeing 767-330(ER) D-ABUE Janosh
                          Wow colour full aircraft!! full of nice pictures... looking forward to see more pictures. I wish you can come to Sri Lanka for plane spotting. Any chance condor flying back to Sri Lanka?

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                          • #1258
                            Emirates Skycargo flying to Colombo !! Is it schedule flights?

                            emirates skycargo

                            Next Skycargo flight to Colombo planned on 13/3/2015. Arrival time : 09:10am.

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                            • #1259
                              Some more, from MNL, a few months ago !

                              PR A320s, the lucky ones to get a air bridge !



                              A 5J 320 - the background is the Villamor Airbase with some PZL helicopters in the Pan !




                              Oil spill clean in progress !



                              A United 737-800, doing the Palau or Guam Run I guess, over the Piano Keys

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                              • #1260
                                A PR 330, with the new Fishbone Shaped Business Class Seats !



                                the Marco Asia Maintenance area, with the new 321s, and a VS 330



                                Macro Asia with the Villamor Air Base with the PAF 130s .




                                Queue to The active ..

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