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Post by Kereru on May 12, 2008 15:45:21 GMT 12
Today marked the beginning of Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER service to Auckland replacing the Boeing 747-400 on this route. The last passenger service by the 747 was yesterday.   Sorry about poles.  Colin PS This leaves Air New Zealand and Qantas as the only airlines operating passenger service with Boeing 747 through Auckland. Wonder how long that will last? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 12, 2008 16:37:06 GMT 12
Great photos Colin! Wow, it really is a whoppakacker isn't it?
What's the story with the engine cowl in the second shot, why the black area that looks like an opening? It doesn't appear in the other shots. Is this an airbrake?
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Post by Barnsey on May 12, 2008 17:07:53 GMT 12
"Translating cowl" which opens for reverse thrust. By way of blocker doors, the bypass fan air is directed forward through cascade vanes when the cowl is opened (either pneumatically or hydraulically operated).  |
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Post by ARU on May 12, 2008 17:23:25 GMT 12
The departing 747 also got the hose job (yesterday I think, 14 days of work in a row kind of blur into one ;D)
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 12, 2008 18:41:05 GMT 12
Thanks Barnsey. It seems obvious now.
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Post by Kereru on May 12, 2008 20:07:19 GMT 12
The departing 747 also got the hose job (yesterday I think, 14 days of work in a row kind of blur into one ;D) Did you get any photos aru? Dave a couple of close crops of the engine.   They would look spectacular in the wet when runway covered in water. i must see if I can get some this winter. Icelandic 757 at AKL in the wet sets up a nice spray. www.airliners.net/photo/Loftleidir-Icelandic/Boeing-757-256/1138229/L/Colin |
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Post by globemaster on May 12, 2008 21:42:00 GMT 12
Jeez, SQ's 773 looks great at Auckland ! Nice shots Colin. Be cool to see them down here in Christchurch  Out of curiosity doesn't Air Pacific still fly the 744 in on Saturdays? Cheers |
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Post by Kereru on May 13, 2008 13:38:01 GMT 12
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Post by globemaster on May 13, 2008 18:56:02 GMT 12
Yep, Both FJ 744s are leased from SQ Nice scheme on FJL  |
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Post by haughtney1 on May 14, 2008 9:40:34 GMT 12
Fantastic Piccies Colin. Mayby I'm being a bit picky..but do you think SIA could do with an update to the colour scheme?
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Post by Kereru on May 14, 2008 13:12:59 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on May 14, 2008 14:23:24 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2008 15:02:46 GMT 12
But does your aeroplane have Singapore Girls, Bruce?
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Post by Bruce on May 14, 2008 15:28:46 GMT 12
Maybe... heres hopeing  |
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Post by globemaster on May 14, 2008 19:05:09 GMT 12
SQ fully need a new scheme! Really starting to look retro 1970s now. Cant say onboard an SQ 777 is great. Colour is fine, they just need to "pimp" it up to the modern day like this www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5777297  Singapore Girls  Some, others scare me.... |
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Post by Kereru on May 14, 2008 19:51:58 GMT 12
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Post by globemaster on May 15, 2008 13:22:55 GMT 12
Mmmm hmmm both are very sexy liverys |
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Post by beagle on May 15, 2008 15:16:28 GMT 12
what sort of pax difference is there between the 2
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Post by globemaster on May 15, 2008 19:53:02 GMT 12
Dont know the exact figures, 773 somewhere round 270 and the 744 being round 325. Me thinks the ultra business nerds at SQ hav found operating the 773 is more profitable per mile per pax with regard to fuel efficiency etc
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Post by vgp on May 18, 2008 8:19:50 GMT 12
SIA to phase out passenger 747s by 2011 and rejects 747-8F By Nicholas Ionides Singapore Airlines (SIA) expects to phase out its remaining Boeing 747-400 passenger within around three years and is all but ruling out ordering the 747-8 freighter to replace its 747-400 freighters. CEO Chew Choon Seng told analysts at a briefing this week following the release of fiscal 2007/8 financial results that “I think we would be out of passenger versions of the 747s by about 2010, 2011, thereabouts”. Star Alliance member SIA has been progressively retiring 747-400 passenger aircraft and the fleet is less than half the size of what it was four years ago, with 18 remaining in service today. In the last financial year alone it removed five from service. Some are being converted into freighters but most have been sold to other parties, as SIA has been replacing the large passenger aircraft with Airbus A380s and Boeing 777-300ERs. SIA has indicated in the past that it is not interested in Boeing’s upgraded version of the 747, the 747-8, for passenger services. But Boeing has long hoped that SIA will eventually order the freighter variant, which has proven popular with many other 747-400F customers. However Chew said at the analysts’ briefing, according to a transcript submitted to the Singapore stock exchange, that the 747-8F is not of interest to SIA Cargo, which operates 14 747-400Fs and which has two on lease to Chinese associate carrier Great Wall Airlines, according to Flight’s ACAS database. “We are not convinced about the additional expenditure that would be needed to renew the freighter fleet with 747-8 freighters, when the tradeoffs in terms of operating efficiency is rather marginal, in our view. So we do not need that,” said Chew. He also said that “the mix of the 747-400 freighters that we have plus what we have in hand, in terms of conversions of our passenger aircraft into freighters that will be undertaken in the next couple of years or so, that would serve our needs adequately”. www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/05/16/223740/sia-to-phase-out-passenger-747s-by-2011-and-rejects-747-8f.html |
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