Questions tagged [airline-operations]
Refers to questions asking about airline practices, procedures, and processes both in the employment arena and in flight.
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Flying a half-empty aircraft
I found this in the USITC website "In 2020, air freight experienced two different, but related impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first, and most significant, impact was a sharp ...
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What percentage of airliners today operate with unaugmented GPS equipment?
Responding to this question there was some discussion on GPS equipment and whether it used augmentation (WAAS/SBAS/GBAS) or not. What percentage of airliners operate with unaugmented GPS equipment? ...
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How are Airlines like WizzAir able to fly between Saudia and Italy
As stated in the title I'm looking to understand how an airline like WizzAir Malta can fly between Milan, Rome, and Vienna from Riyadh. Their AOC is from Malta, and the EU has no open skies agreement ...
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Why might a flight in turbulence turn off cabin lights and heating?
I was on a flight from Sofia to Bologna in mid-September of 2017. It was an early evening flight (can't remember what time we took off but it was already dark), and soon after takeoff, around the time ...
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For a given mileage, which is more profitable, multiple short flights or fewer long flights?
In a simplified scenario, which is more profitable for an airline, operating 10 short flights (400 miles) or 5 long flights (800 miles), for a total of 4,000 miles flown in each case?
To make things ...
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Why does one airliner fly along the coast and the other doesn't?
Found this odd to see the same airliner, same origin, same destination, and same time, yet different paths. More interesting is seeing that one aircraft is flying along the coast while the other is ...
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Cruise with a single engine in a twin, good idea?
Airlines are looking to lower costs every single day.
I wonder if it makes economic sense (fuel costs) to operate a airliner using only one engine during cruise, while keeping the second engine at ...
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The evolution of airline safety videos - is it going in the wrong direction? [closed]
When the very first airline safety videos were introduced, they were very straight-forward, explaining the features of the aircraft without any extra drama / cultural element infused in them.
Over the ...
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What is the purpose of this delay in the engine start procedure of the DHC-8?
For battery starting, specifically for the DHC-8 -100/-200/-300 series, there's a note in the procedure that specifies unfeathering and delaying second engine start.
The delay is specified in addition ...
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What happens when Johnny Troublemaker is kicked off of a flight? [closed]
We've all seen the problem passengers that behave so poorly that they have to be deplaned from the flight. I think that most are not criminally prosecuted (but I could be wrong) so my question ...
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Why deplane all passengers and not the troublemaker?
I'm sure you've seen videos like this where they ask everybody to deplane before the police removes an unruly passenger, why?
I remember they use to just remove that passenger alone, why do they need ...
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Why are British Airways wings so dirty?
I often fly through Heathrow, and British Airways airplanes, particularly their 777s, always look so dirty. For example, there is often a kind of dark oily stain on the wings and flight surface. So - ...
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Are flights in fast jet streams more dangerous?
This article from Not the Bee (note that this is a right-wing site, and the article includes a paragraph making fun of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, so don't click the link if that ...
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Vertical gaps between stairs and aircraft entrance [closed]
I have gotten an answer saying that the stairs are not an universal height and can be adjusted due to passenger weight and the weight on the plane. What if this gap occurs as the passengers are ...
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Why do airlines use their own procedures instead of manufacturers'?
Why is it that airline A and airline B can have different (though similar) procedures for exactly the same operation and exactly the same aircraft?
Why don't they all use the same procedure since it ...
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