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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

hey i had gone out of india last week and returned on 31 jan was travelling on etihad airways

on my AUH - BOM it was an A340-500 the take off was the smoothest i ever encountered of years of travelling smooth i mean with ease and panache . when it landed in mumbai it used the entire runway i mean ENTIRE and yes it touched down at the right spot but yet .... and had to take a 180 deg turn can any body explain how come this happend

iflytb20 · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject:

depends on which runway you landed on...there were some taxiway closures in BOM...esp for R09...even i had to backtrack once...and mine is a B738

C-GHKR · Member Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 626 Location: yyz

Actually I've never seen a smoother take-off than this.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0312682/L/

I think you mean smooth = low pitch angle, but it not always an advantage.

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

well i landed on the regular runway ... the same on ive been landing for years lol and after that an IT flight landed taking which didnt use the runway completely

iflytb20 · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject:

okies..but in which direction??? regular runway is 09/27
so which one did you land on??? better still..did u app from Juhu end or the Jarimari / Mahim creek end???

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

from mahim creek side technically approached from 27 the other end has 09 wriiten on it it touched down correctly and ran till the grey oval on the other end if you c on google earth the place where it is written 09 there is a turn to the rt but our a/c went beyond that and had to take a 180 deg turn

the_380 · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject:

Definately must be 09-27 ... i doubt A345s can land in the other rwy.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject:

Did you land on Rnwy 14.
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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

nope on runway 27 ...approached from 27 started our descend from navi mumbai side mahim and touched on rwy 27

ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

Maybe it has to do with aircraft scheduling and all that, but isnt A340-500 a sort of "misfit" on a 2.5 hr run?
Maybe the A332 would be a better choice-?
I know we are talking Etihad here and so fuel-efficiency Laughing

is NOT a concern!
But does anyone know why they use a 340-500? DO they further connect to EUR/US?

selecta · Member Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 813 Location: ORD

Whats with the 2 Xs on runway 14.

1 on the displaced threshold and the 2nd one past the 1000 ft. point?

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Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

the_380 · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject:

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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

ssbmat wrote:

sri_bom · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore

Etihad Airways announced plans to triple capacity to India in the next 18 months, subject to government approval, including new services to Southern India and the introduction of a second daily service to Mumbai and increase in Delhi frequency from three times weekly to daily (Hindu Business Line, 22-Feb-07).

Etihad Airways: "[We want to] at least triple the number of services we fly to and from India in the course of the next 12 to 18 months. Initially, our focus will be on the South. We'd like to add two destinations this year, if we get permission. (It will be two out of) Kochi, Bangalore, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Hyderabad", Charles Phelps-Penry, Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific. Source: Hindu Business Line, 22-Feb-07.

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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

EY is now going to change the a/c for mumbai from A340-500/B767-300 to
a daily A340-300

Schedules to DEL show tri weekly services 2 X A330-200 and 1 X A340-500 and from aug onwards A340-500 will step up to A340-600

Prajay · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:38 am Post subject:

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Prajay · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:12 am Post subject:

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

well as i told u A340-500/600 is all about range now since we kn ow these a/c are going to be used on ultra long haul sectors they cannot afford to cram in more seats

i travelled in the EY A 340-500 very comfortable Y class seats when compared to A330-200 and technically for economy class other than the legroom nothing is different

Besides A345/6 also milk out money from the premium class pax flat beds suites etc etc

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avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

ya 100% check the schedules on the website now they show A340-300

they have switched i t with the KUL route a/c KUL will now be serve4d by B77W which is currently being served by the A340-300

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sri_bom · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore

Etihad Airways confirmed it is considering launching services to Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabdad and is targeting improving Indian load factors by 8% over the next eight months, following adjustments to its timetable (Gulf News, 10-Apr-07).

Etihad Airways: "India is the cornerstone market for Etihad. Both it and the UAE are growing into positions as world-class holiday and business destinations. As the second-fasted growing economy in world, India will demand frequent travel to the Middle East and this will continue for the foreseeable future." Iain Burns, VP Communications, Gulf News, 10-Apr-07.