Pieter C.

Keno, Talking about F50 and 1 F/A: depending on the passenger-loads, this is already possible in NL, where the limit was set at 51 , so up to 50 passengers 1 F/A is possible; KLM cityhopper, however, always have 2 F/A's on-board, for safety- and service reasons !!! Anyhow, here are the Fokker F50 routes of KLM cityhopper, just to let you show their stretches and planned block-times: AMS-BRE 1.05 AMS-DUS 0.55 AMS-HAJ 1.15 AMS-CGN 1.10 AMS-MST 0.55 AMS-BRU 0.55 AMS-EIN 0.40 (will be terminated end of this month) AMS-LUX 1.10 AMS-NWI 1.05 AMS-LCY 1.20 RTM-LHR 1.25 RTM-LCY 1.05 Occasionally, F50 will take-over F70/F100 flights with block-times up to 2.30 hrs and will also operate various "long-haul" charters, even into Spain and Portugal (up to 4 hours)

Imran, Give me another suggestion, please

Azmal, Not sure about the 717, but the Fokker F70 is a good jet replacement for the Fokker F50 when it comes to runway-length (Fokker F100 need a little more runway length, especially the ones with RR 620's)

T K, I could come over to FRA for 1 day and do some spotting with you (it's only a 1 hour flight)... Imran, no fixed dates as yet, but was thinking of some days of the last 2 weeks of March 2006: OK ?

Fantastic shots, Jonathan, especially the F18 one (although the MIG29 is my favorite fighter aircraft )

S V, nice overview picture of KLIA !!! did you notice the 2 KLM 747's, one passenger- and one freighter-400 ? Kandiah, SPL's LCC terminal now almost finished: indeed NO aerobridges, so stairs only and consequently getting wet and/or snowed when flying EasyJet, Jet2, BMIbaby, Smartwings, SkyEurope and the like

S V, nice pictures: would love to come down to N-Z once and do a spotting-run with you as well (via PER and meet Liam)

Kandiah, lot's of new things there, especially for Flight Simmers: you should see that cockpit now - it's based on the 737NG: VERY dangerous to enter that shop and leave empty-handed By the way: they still have that "sales-box" next to the entrance, so, sometimes they have good offers there; lately, I got an aeronautical chart of Eastern Europe/Scandinavia there for 70% less

TK, When do you fly again to FRA ? We could have a meeting there (or you come to AMS and we can visit the LHS !!! )

Boeing 747-300's: Five in service and four in maintenance ??? of those 5 there is 1 grounded at London-Gatwick and 1 at Seoul, or are these grounded aircraft counted as "in maintenance" ? It's bad, but they caused this situation solely by themselves Wonder how the Thai CAA's overview of operation is

Mohd, Like said in another topic: it's Ukranian; actually the aircraft factory (Antonov) doing commercial flights to generate income for this facility

S V, Thought I communicated that here: was planning to go along to Malaysia, but then early August my father was hospitalized for a bypass operation of the heart (5 bypasses) and didn't want to be far away, in case something went wrong; luckily, the operation went all well but recuperation is quite slow due to his age (almost 80), so, for the time being the end of October/early November would be fine, provided no personal reasons re-occur So guys, we settle for 31oct-01nov-02nov for a MalaysianWings meet ?

Norman, Nice crisp-clear shots: thanks for sharing Good to see you've a junior-assistant ; it's never too early to start "aircraft-recognition"

Isn't there a meeting planned the end of November when SV is also in Malaysia ??? lost track of any upcoming M-W meetings, so, please let me know if something has been planned (pending my dad's improving situation, I might come-over for a "meeting")

Azahan, WOW nice colour-scheme; too bad we don't have Tripple Sevens overhere no more at AMS: now I've to go to FRA or VIE to be able to see her

Maybe they can try Pieter Bouw, ex CEO of KLM, who will shortly leave the Swiss-team ?

Sure, why not; it all depends on their fare-structure(s) and service(s) rendered; one of their strong points was "single aircraft type" a la Southwest and excellent service !!!

Chaity, What a beast, don't you agree ? Saw one at PRG last saturday (RA-82078) in Volga-Dniepr colours; it was full-power for 1 minute, before finally rolling and taking-off: just loved the sound Guys, Lists of recent visits/highlights of Warsaw, Budapest and Prague to be published in the correct section

Correct use of RT would be one one NINER

Radzi, By the way: congratulations !!! The Dutch Aviation Society have published in their Augsut 2005 issue "Scramble" your MIG29 of Myanmar AF VERY nice shot of this "smoker"...keep them comin' in: I wanna see more of these shots of your hand

Nils, Too bad you didn't go and guys, look for the result below : Went to HAJ yesterday, 06AUG, for the Russian "heavy metal" and was not disappointed; parked at Parkhaus Nord, went up to the 6th level and here you go: a fabulous overview of runway 27C and 27R The following TU154M's were seen between 8.15am-7.00pm: RA-78785 Pulkovo EW-78748 Belavia RA-85723 Samara RA-85763 Omskavia RA-85615 Sibir (new Vnukovo c/s) RA-85745 Domodedovoskie Avialinii RA-85652 Sibir (Baikal c/s) EX-85762 Kyrgyshtan RA-85768 Orenburg RA-85171 Pulkovo + the following "odd" Russians: RA-42389 Yak42D SarAvia (Saratov Airlines) VP-BSY A310-300 Sibir (new green c/s) + following other highlights: LZ-MIG TU154M VIA LZ-LDD M80 BAC (basic AZ c/s) LZ-LDC M80 BAC (basic AZ c/s) UR-UFB A320 UMair SE-DMH M90 Nordic Leisure PH-DMT F50 Denim

Nils, Will be in HAJ this coming saturday, 06AUG05, you wanna join me at the parkhaus near runway 27 ???

TK, WOW, that PB 767 is real nice !!! What days do they operate into KUL ?

Nils, Go to Hanover on a saturday, and you'll see lot's of 154's/204's and the odd Sibir A310's Thanks for sharing these wonderful SU shots !!!

TK, you took this on 30JUL, however, I was mentioning 31JUL and 01aug in my previous messages Anyhow, KLM shifted again some registrations, so, here's the latest update for you guys (all dates KUL dates - not AMS departure dates): 31jul - PH-BFT (changed from BFK, which returned back to gate and aircraft-swap) 01aug - PH-BFK 02aug - PH-BFS 03aug - PH-BFB (full pax version !!!) as you can see BFL not with AF-KL logo; only BFU and BFY sofar it's easy recognizable for the name appears in white ABOVE the pax-windows (nose-section)