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  • ecureilx
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 616

    #1276
    Originally posted by EK056
    At midday, you drive to Heliport.
    Private Boeing 737-2W8 Adv. VP-CBA
    Looks like a non-Stage III Hush Kit 737 !

    Must have been screaming on take off !!!

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    • banuthev
      Administrator
      • Dec 2010
      • 3947

      #1277
      Originally posted by ecureilx
      Looks like a non-Stage III Hush Kit 737 !

      Must have been screaming on take off !!!
      I am also wondering who is the owner of above B737-200? EKO56 could you please confirm? What'a a rego of this bird.
      These B737-200s does scream alot when they take off. B737-200 is one of the noisiest aircraft like B727, B767, MD80 etc.. I remember the old days when i do plane spotting in chennai, Alliance Air and Indian Airlines used to fly approx 10 of these B737-200s to destinations like Vizag, Tirupathi, Mangalore etc.. Nice to see this old birdie (B737-200) still flying. She seems to be well maintained.

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      • EK056
        Junior Member
        • Feb 2015
        • 14

        #1278
        Originally posted by ecureilx
        Looks like a non-Stage III Hush Kit 737 !

        Must have been screaming on take off !!!
        The last owner,war Sky Aviation .
        As I know, it was stored.
        greeting Klaus

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        • Serendib
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 1807

          #1279
          is it true Srilankan A333 flying to LHR today? anybody know the aircraft rego?

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          • anthonylk
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2014
            • 128

            #1280
            Originally posted by Serendib
            is it true Srilankan A333 flying to LHR today? anybody know the aircraft rego?
            Yes 4R-ALM is flying as UL 503.



            In the past few days 4R-ALM has done CMB-MLE-CMB, CMB-BLR-CMB, CMB-KWI-CMB, apart from its usual far east destinations, BKK, CAN, NRT
            Last edited by anthonylk; 10-03-2015, 11:42 AM.

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            • anthonylk
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2014
              • 128

              #1281
              Solar Impulse: Global flight completes first leg

              A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane completes its first leg, a 12-hour journey in the Gulf to Oman.

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              • anthonylk
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2014
                • 128

                #1282
                Originally posted by anthonylk
                Solar Impulse: Global flight completes first leg

                http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31772140

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                • banuthev
                  Administrator
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 3947

                  #1283
                  Originally posted by ecureilx
                  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 ..
                  ecureilx - I wonder why aircraft of SQ's low cost subsidery Flyscoot still have their nicknames.

                  Any body know the nicknames of Flyscoot aircraft fleet?

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                  • anthonylk
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2014
                    • 128

                    #1284
                    Transaero at BIA





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                    • Serendib
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 1807

                      #1285
                      Originally posted by anthonylk
                      Wow! Is it schedule or charter? any pictures of transaero flight from colombo?

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                      • ecureilx
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 616

                        #1286
                        Originally posted by banuthev
                        ecureilx - I wonder why aircraft of SQ's low cost subsidery Flyscoot still have their nicknames.

                        Any body know the nicknames of Flyscoot aircraft fleet?

                        Scoot is trying to promote the flamboyant image vs SQs corporate image !

                        Scoot = LCC = Fun, is their theme, as they have done in some very silly campaigns too

                        EG: WTF - Watch the Fare !! Something unimaginable in SQ's corporate branding

                        Some more

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                        • banuthev
                          Administrator
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 3947

                          #1287
                          Originally posted by anthonylk
                          Yes 4R-ALM is flying as UL 503.



                          In the past few days 4R-ALM has done CMB-MLE-CMB, CMB-BLR-CMB, CMB-KWI-CMB, apart from its usual far east destinations, BKK, CAN, NRT
                          SriLankan is sending their new A333s to LHR also on the 16-MAR, 18-MAR, 22-MAR, 24-MAR, 27-MAR, 28-MAR. It's must be because SriLankan is selling more business class on this route, if i am not mistaken?

                          I will be sharing the picture of UL A333 from LHR very soon.

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                          • jbalonso777
                            Member
                            • Aug 2012
                            • 35

                            #1288
                            Originally posted by banuthev
                            Any body know the nicknames of Flyscoot aircraft fleet?
                            Boeing 777-200 fleet:
                            9V-OTA Barry
                            9V-OTB Big Yella Fella
                            9V-OTC Goin' Scootin'
                            9V-OTD Maju lah
                            9V-OTE Scootalicious (pictured)
                            9V-OTF Bo-Eng Boeing

                            Boeing 787 fleet
                            9V-OJA Dream Start
                            9V-OJB Barry (again!)

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                            • ecureilx
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 616

                              #1289
                              Originally posted by jbalonso777
                              Boeing 777-200 fleet:
                              9V-OTA Barry
                              9V-OTB Big Yella Fella
                              9V-OTC Goin' Scootin'
                              9V-OTD Maju lah
                              9V-OTE Scootalicious (pictured)
                              9V-OTF Bo-Eng Boeing

                              Boeing 787 fleet
                              9V-OJA Dream Start
                              9V-OJB Barry (again!)
                              And the 787s are supposed to progressively retire the 772s ..

                              From Wiki: (though the timeline is maybe a bit off now .. )

                              Scoot plans to retire all six of its Boeing 777-200ERs by the middle of 2015 and move to an 'all-Boeing 787' fleet, following the delivery of the first of ten Boeing 787-9s in February 2015 and the first of ten Boeing 787-8s in mid-2015

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                              • banuthev
                                Administrator
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 3947

                                #1290
                                Originally posted by ecureilx
                                And the 787s are supposed to progressively retire the 772s ..

                                From Wiki: (though the timeline is maybe a bit off now .. )

                                Scoot plans to retire all six of its Boeing 777-200ERs by the middle of 2015 and move to an 'all-Boeing 787' fleet, following the delivery of the first of ten Boeing 787-9s in February 2015 and the first of ten Boeing 787-8s in mid-2015
                                Yeah I think Scoot already started the process of replacing the B772s. A couple of B772s (9V-OTA & OTF) are not in service for last few weeks as per FR24. Perhaps these two B772s have been replaced by two B787-9s which were joined the fleet in Jan 2015 and 5-Mar 2015. Eighteen more B787-8/9 are to be delivered in the future as Scoot has planned to keep all-dreamliner fleet.

                                "The economic advantages of this later generation aircraft – including a fuel-burn saving of around 20% per seat – ensure that costs and thus airfares can be kept low so that more people can travel more often" Wilson promised.
                                Scoot's Boeing 787-9 will be kitted out with 35 'all-leather' premium seats in ScootBiz class, arranged in a 2-3-2 layout.







                                The bulk of the bird will of course be given over to a sea of 340 economy seats in a 3-3-3 configuration, for a total head count – or should that be bum count – of 375.



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