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Yes. Production costs for narrow body aircraft like the 737 and A320 are much lower than widebodies, which in addition to a few other factors means the manufacturers can discount them more heavily. If you are an important customer like Ryanair, Easyjet, Southwest Airlines etc and are willing...

Standard discount on the 77W is 50%. Boeing is desperate to sell 777s to avoid a production rate cut so they will probably sell you one for $150 million. Current list price for a 77W is $330 million. That's incorrect. Current list price of an A320 is $97 million. Airbus has an overbooked...

Nothing retarded about the MP5. Then why is the Pakistan Army still ordering batches by the thousand from the POF? When I was in Islamabad in March, my uncle took me to an army range for a little target shoot. The MP5 I got to shoot was stamped 'POF MP5 14' on the receiver which I was told...

Your maths is some way off. 3.5B deal divided by 50 units is $70m per unit. Remember though that includes spares, maintenance, technical publications etc

Well for starters, they recently gifted Pakistan $2B to prop up the Pakistani Rupee. These 'gifts' come with strings and favours attached. Not to mention the Saudis granted Nawaz exile potentially saving his neck post 1999 coup. Ever heard of the saying, "You scratch my back, I'll scratch...

You need to look up the definition of 'rate' in the dictionary. Statistically speaking, flying has never been safer. Most of the budget airlines in the West fly more revenue passenger miles/kilometres in one month than PIA flies in one year. Given the rarity of fatal accidents amongst the...

Dream on. They're only guaranteed to get a handful of A320s and ATRs this year. In the unlikely event the tender requirements are met, they MAY induct 3 leased widebodies and 4 narrow bodies. The 5 777s they ordered in Feb 2012 are said to have been delayed with the delivery slots given to a...

Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are marginal routes for PIA and in the current low season, they are losing money. Beijing flight is routed across PURPA intersection and then through to China - it doesn't even go anywhere near Indian FIRs. Dhaka is the only significant PIA route that would be impacted...

Saudia has no plans become a "top" airline. Their mission profile as dictated by government is to provide a reliable service for citizens and visitors. A job which Saudia does very well. Thanks to their non-Chinese Swire management. Nothing wrong with Saudia aircraft old or new and all...

Pakistan can do whatever she likes with her own airspace. PIA has less than 5 flights that require transit of Indian FIRs and none of them are daily. All EU, North America and some Mid-East Air India flights require transit through either Karachi or Lahore FIR sectors. Should India's...

They were free for a reason. They were crap quality. My great uncle was almost killed when his F-6 had an engine fire. The F-6 engines at the time struggled to achieve 60 flying hours. He once said that he would rather go up against the Indians in the Jet Provost he trained in 1963 at RAF...

The Unreliable airspeed procedure will give you an approximate speed at a given weight and engine thrust. No. I've posted a link to the FAA pilot handbook on these forums in the past. It will give you a good background on the indicated airspeed, true airspeed etc. Concorde cruised in the...

The crew ignored or disbelieved most of the information in front of them. There was no mention of ground speed on the CVR nor was there any attempt to follow checklist procedures. If they had followed the UAS followed by ADR check procedures in the QRH, they would have known to x check their...

There is no evidence to suggest Air Asia Indonesia (or any affiliate) has been taking short cuts where maintenance and safety is concerned. This is further corroborated by the fact that the EU regulator EASA which regularly conducts safety audits on foreign airlines has kept them off the airline...

Firstly, we don't know what brought the accident flight down. Secondly, I wasn't aware AirAsia was responsible for the design and manufacture of the CFM56 engines involved.

You don't know what you are talking about. Old doesn't equal obsolete. The Falcon 20/200 are still in service with many forces, including Western and have a number of features that can be readily updated. The King Air 350 are less than 10 years old and are a superb platform for surveillance...

It appears the Norinco AKs, POF MP5 and G3s are to be replaced with the M4 for anti-terror duties. The tender also includes a request for small number 7.62x51 rifles presumably with a similar Stoner design along with an assortment of 9mm pistols. Most baffling however is a request for the HK...

That's Air Asia Malaysia, not Indonesia: On 1 December 2005, Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with the other AirAsia branded airlines in the region. AirAsia Berhad has a 49% share in the airline with Fersindo Nusaperkasa owning 51%. Indonesia's laws disallow majority foreign...

He didn't need to look at the sidesticks. He could have looked at the PFD if he wanted to know what the pitch attitude was. And he did. That's your problem. Why don't you rely on official sources? If you want to have a serious debate with me, read the BEA report first here: BEA - Bureau...

The vertical speed indicator was working. The AF447 pilots' problem was that they didn't believe it. Correct terminology is sidestick. And no, the sidesticks are not coupled. Only one of the sidesticks should be manipulated at once. The Captain wasn't in his seat. For most of the stall...