British Airways from GRU
22/05/12 | Forum post in reply to TheMidasGold

Had a look at the flight, via a friend, and I can confirm they aren't willing to sell in First, Club or WTP but they are in Traveller. You picked a busy flight

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Worst in cabin movies on BA ever?
13/04/12 | Forum post in reply to Capedoctor

I just wanted to comment on Swissdiver's commet. TED talks are amazing and well worth a download and watch. Some very interesting people talking about some very interesting things. I've spent hours on there Nothing to do with 'worst cabin...

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Emirates: LHR A380s at Night!
10/04/12 | Forum post in reply to LeTigre

There is always one runway open at night. They rotate the closing of the runway on a weekly basis. If they had to shut both runways the airport would have to send out a special message saying that it is shut. It is notified in all literature as...

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

That's exactly what you would do. They tend to come in and out in waves. To my mind there are two barriers to Heathrow expansion - Pollution and noise. If they build the 3rd runway and don't allow any increase in emissions then you have a...

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

I'm not a big fan of mixed mode. You have a few problems 1) The runways are too adjacent to do parallel approaches so they'd have to be staggered. You usually need a 6nm - 7nm gap in between inbounds to get a departure away. An A380 would need...

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

Yes - the only problem you'd have is integrating that onto the ground control. I quite like the idea of using Northolt as a 'domestic airport' and having a rail link between the two.

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

You need equipment in the higher end of the 'Heavy' category. B77-300 and B747-400's The A380 and the B747-800 are bumped up into the 'Super' category and that's where you may end up losing time/distance for wake. 60 B777-300's, equally split...

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

Ideally you want equipment all the same size. half going north and half going south. Technically at that point you could get 60 departures in 60 mins.

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LHR Capacity
20/03/12 | Forum post in reply to Tête_de_cuvée

I think jet wash is from the engines. Wake vortex is a result of the wings producing lift.

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