Top ten airline models?

ustaadg · Post by **ustaadg** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:29 pm

top ten most favorite airline models you collect......
my favorites of course Pia ...
1-Pia
2-Emirates
3-Saudi arabia
4-Malaysia
5-Qantas
6-Cathay pacific
7-British
8-Jal
9-Qatar
10-China

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:32 pm

To spice things up, Virgin Atlantic's A340-600 sounds hot in the list

Pineapple · Post by **Pineapple** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:25 pm

Why does everyone love Qantas. It is not even 'that' good according to my standards

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:09 pm

Pineapple wrote:Why does everyone love Qantas. It is not even 'that' good according to my standards

The only airline without a crash history... ? I think i'll have it in my favorites.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:44 pm

AirBlue wrote:The only airline without a crash history... ?

Qantas is another one SaadÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:04 am

AirBlue wrote:The only airline without a crash history... ? I think i'll have it in my favorites.

Back in 1999 it's Boeing 747-400 skidded off end of RWY at Bangkok, Thailand. But it is one of the BEST airlines out there and it is beautiful too.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:18 am

cpt_747 wrote:
AirBlue wrote:The only airline without a crash history... ? I think i'll have it in my favorites.
Back in 1999 it's Boeing 747-400 skidded off end of RWY at Bangkok, Thailand. But it is one of the BEST airlines out there and it is beautiful too.

Really? I never knew that ... any ideas on the amount of fatalities ?

I love the tail they have - its been there for a while ... and it looks great even now

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:47 am

Oooops! My mistake, I miss-read AirBlueÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s post, thought he has written Qatar in place of Qantas.

I was so careless to read that I was just going to ask cpt_747 that when did Qatar has 747s in their fleet until I read the posts again, I am still laughing at myself!

Sorry once again.

Saeed · Post by **Saeed** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:06 am

no fatal accident for emirates

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:44 am

AirBlue wrote:Really? I never knew that ... any ideas on the amount of fatalities ?

I can remember when it happened, I was getting ready for college, seems like last year. Amazingly nobody died but the aircraft itself (VH-OJH) was heavily damaged.

And it looks like I have found some photos of that incident.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0052112/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0052191/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0052111/L/

Pineapple · Post by **Pineapple** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:40 pm

The reason why Qantas is not among my favourites is because an airline of its calibre must have a large network. I have never seen this airline in a tight financial position and its fleet is among the youngest, a country with the 6th strongest currency making overseas travel affordable. Then why does it fly to ONLY 25 international destinations? Its network is limited to 4 continents including Australia.

It is nothing when compared to AF, LH, BA, KLM, SIA, MAS, TG etc. Airlines that have the youngest fleet plus they fly to 6 continents with over a hundred destinations. Sure, having no crash history makes this airline appealing but if it flew NEARLY as many destinations as the aforementioned airlines, then it would have been involved in many accidents.

But I must say the livery is nice. Second airline after Singapore Airlines to get Airbus A-380 and 20 of them!!! Plus ordered 65 B-787s. They are planning to add Dubai to their network and will be in expansion mood as the newer aircrafts begin to arrive.

Moin · Post by **Moin** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:04 pm

Here is my list, not in any particular order. It was difficult to list 10 airlines as I only 'fleet build' a select few:

Qatar
Etihad
Emirates
PIA
Air India
Iran Air
Iraqi Airways
Malaysian
Royal Jordanian
Aerolineas Argentinas