Luchtvaartnieuws / binnen en buitenland.

[josv]

Voor grote wide body toestellen wordt Zestienhoven enkel gebruikt als uitwijkluchthaven. In geval van nood bijvoorbeeld.

Er kan een boeing 747 probleemloos landen en opstijgen, maar opstijgen is niet mogelijk als het toestel is volgetankt en volgeladen.

Tja, die pech heb ik dan weer 

Voor de goede orde, heb in Rotjeknor niks te zoeken maar het ligt zo lekker dicht bij Den Haag 

[Ketelbinkie]

Den Haag 

Mooie stad achter de duinen, zo ging toch ook al weer het liedje wat Koot & De Bie ooit zongen. Helemaal

[Kano]

Brandstoftoeslagen Emirates


"Voor alle boekingen vanaf 1 maart 2012 rekent Emirates  een brandstoftoeslag voor vluchten naar Afrika, het Midden-Oosten, West-Azië en in het doelgebied Indische Oceaan tot â,¬ 70, - per persoon.
Voor Verre Oosten vluchten ( Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manilla , Jakarta, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai en Ho Chi Minh City) en Australië  tot â,¬ 86, - per persoon. "

bron www.vornesitzen.de

[xav]

amaai... das ook een serieuze toeslag 

[innka3]

ma 20 feb 2012

De vijf beste luchthavens ter wereld
Vliegtuigpassagiers zeggen de beste service op luchthavens niet in Europa, maar in Azië te krijgen. De ranglijst van de luchthavens met de beste dienstverlening wordt dan ook aangevoerd door maar liefst vijf aziatische vliegvelden.


3. Beijing Capital International Airport (China)

mijn vrouw is dit jaar via beijing gevlogen,dit is wat zij er van vind 

next time never never book an airline from china.... whatever airline they may have china air or china southern airline...we are all going to look like Criminals in their eyes as we landed in their land...as if drugs and drug couriers doesn't come and not made in China....fucking Chinese...."no speak English"!!!!!!!  bwahahaha :@

[Kano]

Zest Air Expands Regional Flights



Manila Bulletin March 10, 2012, 11:41pm

MANILA, Philippines – Zest Air is adding five more international destinations this year with the acquisition of two A-320 planes to meet expanding passenger load.

Alfredo Yao, chairman of the Zesto Group of Companies which owns Zest Air, said these new destinations include Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Singapore and two more destinations.

Yao said they would be able to mount new routes starting May this year because one A-320 already arrived last month and the other A-320 would be in by May this year. Zest Air has a total fleet of 10 airbuses and 3MA-60s.

Zest Air is also launching Clark-Hong Kong, Clark-Bangkok and Clark-Singapore flights in the last quarter of 2012.

The expansion is attributed to the company's robust growth since the start of the year.

In January this year, the company was able to double its domestic and international passenger loads versus the same period last year.

Domestic flight passengers hit 224,723 up from 150,091 a year ago while its international flights had 35,638 passengers from 15,990 in the same period last year.

Zest Air's seat allocation also rose to 300,560 from 215,488 for domestic and to 44,340 from 17,352 for international.

Zest Airways Inc. was established on March 26, 2008 by the Yao-owned AMY Holdings Corp. to grab some opportunities in the airline and aviation industry.

The management focuses on accelerating profitability by introducing brand new aircraft and innovating marketing strategies.

Zest Air initially operated 20 local destinations and in 2009 launched its regional and southeast Asian operations.

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/353898/zest-air-expands-regional-flights

[Kano]

Transsexual flight attendants fly Thai skies


by Amelie Bottollier-Depois (AFP)
Posted on 03/12/2012 4:42 PM 



BANGKOK, Thailand - With her crisp uniform, immaculate makeup and hair swept up, Mew looks like any other air hostess, but she's one of a handful of Thai transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies.

Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.

"I like a job where I can show my ability and I love to wear beautiful suits," said Phuntakarn Sringern, better known by her nickname Mew, embarking Friday on the airline's first commercial flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong.

"This is just like my dream come true, and maybe this is a first step for transladies, transgenders, to have a good job in the future," the 25-year-old said.

In their neat black uniform and fiery orange scarves, Mew and her colleagues ushered passengers to their seats, demonstrated safety features and filled coffee cups -- offering little indication that they were any different from the other air hostesses on the flight.

Some passengers, perhaps having seen PC Air's advertising, asked the transsexual cabin crew to pose for pictures with them, but many seemed unaware there was anything unusual about the flight attendants.

"Oh, I did not hear before about it," said Bay, a Thai passenger. "They look really beautiful, and they are really nice... it's pretty cool."

Thailand has a culture of tolerance on issues of sexual orientation and gender, and "katoeys", as transsexuals are known in the kingdom, are considered a "third sex" in their own right.

In spite of this, more conservative elements of society find it hard to accept, with some families sending their children to monasteries to be "re-educated" and transsexuals struggling to find work in many areas.

"In my heart, I always want to be a flight attendant but I was waiting for an opportunity," said air hostess Chayathisa Nakmai, aged 24. But until now "every airline is open only for men and women, transgender is not accepted".

PC Air's initiative is being welcomed by some activists, who applaud its efforts to offer a chance of ordinary work to transgender people.

The company "helps promote a positive image of Thai transsexuals, beyond certain stereotypes", said transgender advocate Prempreeda Pramoj Na Ayutthaya. But others are sceptical about the motives of the company, which has actively sought to publicise its recruitment drive.

"They use the zany, outrageous, bizarre side of transsexuals," said Yollada Krerkkong Suanyot, president of Thailand's TransFemale Association of Thailand.

"This emphasises the way that society has regarded these people as if they were strange, special, bizarre. Come see them, these are stewardesses!".

Buddhist Thailand is spared from the "weight of the Judeo-Christian sexual repression", but had in the past been influenced by some Western ideas that presented transsexuals as "mentally disordered", said Sam Winter, a psychologist and gender specialist at the University of Hong Kong.

The result is "a practical and bureaucratic intolerance" towards a group of nearly 180,000 people, he says.

With few avenues for employment, growing numbers of Thai transsexuals are moving into sex work as a way to make money and for a "rare chance to affirm their identity as women", said Winter.

Despite their sex change operation, the law does not recognise Mew, and her transsexual colleagues as women -- a situation that forces PC Air to contact the destination country in advance, to avoid trouble at immigration gates.

PC Air currently has three planes and will operate charter flights from Bangkok to Hong Kong and other Asian destinations.

The company's boss Peter Chan, who lent his initials to the airline, is proud of being a "pioneer".

He denies any intention to use the transsexual crews as a marketing ploy and highlights reasons of the "heart" and "human rights" to justify the policy.

"It was never about money," the eccentric 48-year-old told AFP, before embarking on a rendition of "My Way" by Frank Sinatra as if to prove his point.

The slogan is also painted on the company's aircraft: "I believe it's 'my way'".

Mew, who had sex change surgery two years ago, is now hoping that others will follow in the company's footsteps, in the air and elsewhere.

"Maybe in the future," she said, "all transladies, all transgenders could get a job like a flight attendant or be prime minister." - Agence France-Presse


Source: http://www.rappler.com/component/content/article/24-world/2353-transsexual-flight-attendants-fly-thai-skies

[Kano]

PH airports ill-prepared vs disasters

   

Journalonline March 13, 2012


AN internal document from the Civil  Aviation  Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) reveals that majority of Philippine airports lack firefighting equipment, trained personnel and the capability to respond to emergencies like airplane crashes and other air-related disasters.

According to the internal document from CAAP, even airports handling wide-body aircrafts like commercial jetliners (Airbus, A320, etc.), suffer from "inadequate" firefighting equipment and quick-response and emergency vehicles.

The document, an inventory on the status of PH airports as of June 2011, also showed them to be woefully lacking in trained personnel when disaster strikes, with only 471 CFR (crash fire response) personnel out of the minimum requirement of at least 874 CFR personnel.

Nothing significant has been done by the CAAP top management to address the issues since the inventory was made, agency insiders said.

The CAAP is the former Air Transport Office (ATO) under the Department of Transportation and Communications. It is currently headed by Director General Ramon S. Gutierrez, a former military official and personal pilot of the late Pres. Corazon Aquino.

The agency was given regulatory and supervisory powers by Congress under RA 9497 over the country's aviation industry to include airports (aerodromes) with the expectation that greater power and authority would help the agency hasten the country's ascension back to 'Category 1' status of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The ICAO downgraded the country in 2007 to 'Category 2' for failure to comply with international standards on safety and best practices in aviation. The downgrade impacted heavily on the country's international credibility, tourism campaign and the national economy.

The downgrade is a de-facto ban on all Philippine-based carriers which have since then been stopped from entering foreign airspace particularly in Europe and the United States, except for Philippine Airlines.

But even on the domestic front, the CAAP internal document showed that not much has been done by its officials to ensure the safety of local aerodromes and local flights, with only six airports having 24-hour CFR operations out of the 81 airports under supervision and control by the agency. These are the airports in Davao, Zamboanga, Iloilo, General Santos, Laoag and Bacolod.

An airport's CFR rating or category is based on the type of aircraft it can accommodate, that is, the bigger an aircraft, the higher should be its safety rating recognized by the ICAO.

The ICAO has laid down a set of minimum requirements, firefighting equipment and emergency vehicles for each type of airport necessary to deal with any disaster or emergency.

The document showed that 32 of the 40 airports under the GA category have "zero" rating from the CAAP although the ICAO mandates them to have at least 'Category 2' rating. These airports hardly have any equipment or personnel to deal with crashes and other emergency situations.

PH airports with matching safety ratings are those in Tandag (Category 3), Allah Valley (Category 2), Baguio (Category 4), Lingayen (Category 2), Busuanga (Category 5), Daet (Category 4), Kalibo International Airport (Category 7); Caticlan (Category 5), Camiguin (Category 3), Malabang, Wao and Mati ( all Category 2) and, Tagbilaran (Category 6).

On the other hand, airports with above-ICAO mandated safety rating of one notch are those in Marinduque, Plaridel, Mamburao, Iba, Romblon, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro and Dipolog.

Only the Iloilo International Airport, Bacolod International Airport and the Tacloban airport has a safety rating of three notches higher than the minimum ICAO requirement.

Leading the group of those who failed to meet the minimum ICAO safety rating in crash and disaster preparedness is the Davao International Airport.

A separate report on the condition of the Davao airport submitted last year to DG Gutierrez said lack of firetrucks hampered the airport's upgrade from Category 7 to Category 9.

However, sources lament that Gutierrez is yet to act on the recommendation to purchase more firetrucks for use in Davao.

Source: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/top-stories/25873-ph-airports-ill-prepared-vs-disasters

[Kano]

NAIA Terminal 3 soon to be fully operational – Roxas




Manila Standartd Today, Mar 13, 2012

NEARLY a decade after its original inauguration date, Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City may soon be fully and completely operational, the Department of Transportation and Communications said on Monday.

The DOTC and the Takenaka Corp. signed Monday a memorandum of understanding considered to be the first legal step in making Terminal 3 fully operational.

DOTC Secretary Manuel Roxas II said part of the deal is the "Civil Works Agreement Estimate of 23 Systems," which covers the delivery of 23 airport systems critical to make the terminal fully operational.

Both parties agreed to execute the civil works agreement within 30 days from the date of execution of the agreement.

"We would like to thank Takenaka Corporation for both being thorough and sincere in negotiating with us. It was their cooperation that this deal was signed in record time," Roxas said in a statement.

The 23 airport systems include baggage handling and reconciliation system, flight information display system, building management system, local area network, fire alarm and protection system, and passenger loading bridges.

Takenaka was original contractor commissioned by Philippine International Air Terminals Co. to build Terminal 3 in 1998.

However, construction at the terminal was halted in 2002 after allegations of anomalies cropped up.

Once completed, the 182,500-square meter terminal would have the capacity to service up to 33,000 passengers daily at peak or 6,000 passengers per hour. It also has 34 air bridges and 20 contact gates, allowing it to service 28 planes simultaneously.

"Some of the operations of Terminal 1 will be transferred in Terminal 3 once the 23 systems are delivered. This will result in decongestion of passenger traffic in T1 for a more convenient and efficient air transport system," Roxas said.


Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMetro_mstd.htm?f=//2012/March/13/metro3.isx&n=metro&d=/2012/March/13

[Kano]

Zest Air, AirPhil seek higher fuel surcharge


ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 03/16/2012

MANILA, Philippines - Zest Airways Inc. and Air Philippines Corp. want to raise the fuel surcharge on its flights bound for Visayas and Mindanao.

Zest Air requested the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) approve its petition to upwardly adjust the fuel surcharge on passenger tickets for its domestic flights.

"Fuel cost has substantially gone up these past few months," Zest Air said, in its request to the CAB.

Fuel surcharges are the part of ticket prices that allow carriers to cover the cost of rising jet fuel prices. Higher jet fuel prices account for the bulk of airlines' operating costs.

In its petition, passengers on its Manila flights to Legazpi, Marinduque, Masbate, San Jose, Tablas, Virac and Busuanga will pay P350 in fuel surcharge from the current P250.

Passengers on Zest Air flights to Puerto Princesa, Bacolod, Calbayog, Catarman, Cebu, Iloilo, Kalibo, Tacloban, and Tagbilaran will pay a fuel surcharge of P400 from the current P300.

For its Manila to Davao and Cagayan de Oro flights, the fuel surcharge is expected to go up from P400 to P500.

The CAB will hold a hearing on the Zest Air petition on March 28.

Meanwhile, Air Philippines Corp. filed a petition to raise fuel surcharges on its domestic flights with the CAB.

For its flights from Clark and Manila to Luzon, the fuel surcharge will rise to P300 from P250; while flights to Visayas will increase to P400 from P300. The fuel surcharge on flights to Mindanao will also jump to P500 from P400.

For its inter-Visayas and inter-Mindanao flights, the fuel surcharge will increase to P300 from P250. The fuel surcharge for flights from Visayas to Mindanao will rise to P350 from P300.

The CAB scheduled a hearing for Air Philippines' petition on April 10.


Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/03/16/12/zest-air-airphil-seek-higher-fuel-surcharge