Air Canada-Information

Long journey by plane do need comfort. Moreover, international travel that takes more than 2 hours. The majority of airline operators to provide more facilities for each passenger, ranging from baggage facilities, in-flight food to comfort. This is also done by Air Canada.

Executive Firts Suite on most International flights-Air Canada


Executive Class on most flights on North America and the Caribbean-Air Canada

Economy Class in Air Canada aircraft




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Air Canada

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Name
Air Canada

IATA code : AC
ICAO code : ACA
Callsign : AIR CANADA

Founded 
 april 11, 1936 (as Trans-Canada Airlines),
1964 become Canada’s national airlines and than Air Canada

First Flight
September 1, 1937

Hubs
Calgary International Airport ;
Montreal-Trudeau International Airport ;
Toronto Pearson International Airport ;
Vancouver International Airport

Focus Cities
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport ;
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
Aeroplan

Airport Lounge
Maple Leaf Lounge

Alliance
Star Alliance

Subsidiaries
Air Canada Cargo ; Air Canada Jetz ; Air Canada Vacations

Company slogan
Go Far

Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Fleet
(as at april 1, 2011) Air Canada : Boeing 777-300 ER (12) ; Boeing 777-200 LR (6) ; Boeing 787 (on order : 37) ; Boeing 767-300 (30) ; Airbus A330-300 (8) ; Airbus A321 (10) ; Airbus A320 (41) ; Airbus A319 (35) ; Embraer 190 (45) ; Embraer 175 (15). Jazz (regional affiliates) : CRJ-705 (16) ; CRJ 100/200 (47) ; De Havilland Dash 8-300 (26) ; De Havilland Dash 8-100 (34)

Maurice John Paton

 On a private airfield near Rangiora a service was held on 30-04-2011 in memory of Maurice John Paton.

Below are a selection of aircraft that Maurice owned.
Piper PA28-140 Cherokee ZK-DNE, c/n 28-21718, was owned by Maurice between November 1988 and February of 1993. Pic taken on 07-04-1989.
 Corby CJ-1 Starlet ZK-EEZ, c/n AACA/130/1, was with Maurice between August 1994 and November 2000. Photo taken at Omarama on 28-01-2001
 The Piper PA28-236 Dakota ZK-FMT, c/n 28-7911197, was resident from about 1993 until 1999.
Photo at Hororata on 24-10-1999 on glider towing duty.
 The Thorp T-18 Tiger ZK-EDF, c/n AACA/42/2 was in Maurice's care between July 1996 and April of 2004. Shot at Rangiora on 18-10-2003.
 ZK-MPS c/n MPS001 is the Maurice Paton Special Monoswift. Designed and built by Maurice.
The wings, with retractable undercarriage, and tail unit are based on the Thorp T-18 whilst the fuselage is early P51 Mustang inspired.
Both pics taken 30-04-2011.
The Monoswift and the Starlet were at the service.

Question time # 125 resolved.

 ZK-TNT has blown the competition into the weeds with the correct answer of Kitfox.
 The specimen in question is Denney Kitfox 111 ZK-JWN, which is c/n AACA/2087/1076.
Now with a double numbered c/n - does this infer that there was more than one builder involved ?
It came onto our register on 12-11-1991 for J W N Hodgson of Howick. [Initial = registration].
Rusty Hughes of Te Puke took it on from 18-06-1996, followed by Barrie Gurdler at Rangiora from 12-10-2001. Currrent owner Steve Noad of Aircraft Logistics at Rangiora took it on in March of 2002.
Top pic taken on 13-04-2011 and lower view on 12-09-2009.

If ZK-TNT would flick me an snail mail address. I will send forth the chocolate fish.

Singapore Airlines-information

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aircraft of Singapore Airlines


first class in Singapore Airlines aircraft 


bussines class in A380 cabin of Singapore Airlines.via blog.flightstory


economy class in A380 of Singapore Airlines. via blog.flightstory


Changi Airport

Road Map of Singapore Changi Airport via aaccessmaps



Name
Changi Airport Singapore

IATA code : SIN
ICAO code : WSSS

Airport type
Public/Military

Owner
Government of Singapore

Operator
Changi Airport Group (S) Pte Ltd ;
Republic of Singapore Air Force

Serves 
 Singapore

Location 
 Changi, East Region

Hub for
Jetstar Asia Airways ; Silkair ; Singapore Airlines ;
Tiger Airways ; Qantas ; Valuair

Elevation AMSL
7 m / 22 ft

Asiana Airlines

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Name
Asiana Airlines

IATA code : OZ
ICAO code : AAR
Callsign : ASIANA

Founded
1988

Hubs
 Incheon International Airport ; Gimpo International Airport

Focus cities
Gimhae International Airport ; Jeju International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
 Asiana Club

Airport Lounge
Asiana Lounge

Alliance
Star Alliance

Subsidiaries
Air Busan ; Asiana IDT

Parent company
Kumho Asiana Group

Headquarters
Osoe-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Air Busan



Name
 Air Busan

IATA code : BX
ICAO code : ABL
Callsign : Air Busan

Founded
2007

Company slogan
Fly to Busan

Parent company
Asiana Airlines

Headquarters
beomcheon-dong Busanjin-gu, Busan, South Korea

Malaysia Airport

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AeroMexico

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Name
AeroMexico

IATA code : AM
ICAO code : AMX
Callsign : Aeromexico

Founded
 1934 (as Aeronaves de Mexico)

Hubs
Mexico City International Airport

Focus city
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport ;
General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport ;
 General Mariano Escobedo International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
Club Premier

Company slogan
Vamos por el mundo

Alliance 
 SkyTeam

Airport Lounge
Salon Premier

Parent company
Grupo Financiero Banamex (a subsidiary of Citigroup)

Headquarters
 Mexico City, Mexico

Ukrainian Airlines


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Name
Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines

IATA code : VV
ICAO code : AEW
Callsign : Aerosvit

Founded
March 25, 1994

Hubs
Boryspil International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
Meridian Club

Headquarters
Boryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Ukraine

AeroGal-Aerolineas Galapagos


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Name
AeroGal (Aerolineas Galapagos)

IATA code : 2K
ICAO code : GLG
Callsign : AeroGal

Founded
1986

Hubs
 Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport ;
Mariscal Sucre International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
Aeromillas

Company slogan
Vuela Inteligentemente

Parent company
Aviaca ; TACA

Headquarters
Quito, Equador

Aeroflot


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Name
Aeroflot

IATA code : SU
ICAO code : AFL
Callsign : Aeroflot

Founded
February 9, 1923

Commenced operation
July 15, 1923

Hubs
Sheremetyevo International Airport

Frequent-flyer program
Aeroflot Bonus

Subsidiaries
 Aeroflot-Cargo

Alliance
SkyTeam

Company slogan
Sincerely Yours Aeroflot

Headquarters
Moscow, Rusia

Aerolineas Argentinas

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Name
Aerolineas Argentinas

IATA code : AR
ICAO code : ARG
Callsign : Argentina

Founded
 May 3, 1949

Commenced operation
December 7, 1950

Focus city
Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V Taravella International Airport

Hubs
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery ; Ministro Pastarini International Airport

Frequent-flyer program 
 Aerolineas Plus

Airport Lounge
VIP Lounge

Subsidiaries
Aerohandling ; Aerolineas Argentinas Cargo ;
Austral Lineas Aereas ; JetPaq S.A ; Optar S.A

Alliance 
 SkyTeam

Company slogan
Alta en el cielo

Parent company
Argentine Government

Headquarters
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Aer Lingus

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Name
Aer Lingus Limited

IATA code : EI
ICAO code : EIN
Callsign : Shamrock

Founded
April 15, 1936

Commenced operation
May 27, 1936

Operating Bases
Belfast International, Cork, London Gatwick, Shannon, Washington Dulles

Hubs
Dublin

Frequent-flyer program
Gold Circle Club

Airport lounge 
 Gold Circle Lounge

Subsidiaries
Aer Lingus Regional

Company slogan
Aer Lingus. Enjoy Your Flight

Parent company
Aer Lingus Group plc

Headquarters
Dublin Airport, Fingal, Ireland.
Telp : +353-8868202 Fax : +353-1-8863832




Airlines to Montreal, Canada

The following is a list of airline operators to / from Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport :
Air Canda
American Eagle
Continental Airlines
United
Porter Airlines
Air Transat
Delta Air Lines
US Airways
West Jet
Canjet
Air France
SWISS International Airlines
KLM
Provincial Airlines (PAL)
First Air
Lufthansa
Cubana
British Airways
Iberia
Air Inuit
Cathay Pacific
AeroMexico
SunWing Airlines



source via admtl

Airlines to San Fransisco

The following is a list of airline operators to / from San Fransisco International Airport :
air canada
aeromexico
air berlin
air france
air china
air new zealand
air tran
alaska airlines
america airlines
all nippon airlines
asiana airlines
british airways
cathay pacific
china airlines
continental airlines
Deltan Air Lines
Fly Emirates
EVA Air
frontier airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Horizon Air
Japan Airlines
JetBlue airways
KLM
Korean Air
LAN
Lacsa
Lufthansa
Philippine Airlines
Qantas
Singapore Airlines
South Airlines
Sun Country
SWISS International Airlines
TACA Airlines
UNITED
US Airways
Virgin America
Virgin Atlantic
WestJet

Montenegro looks to the future

Crisis measures at Montenegro Airlines
After a government bailout, Montenegro Airlines is now looking at slashing employee pay instead of slashing its workforce. The airline’s management planned to have only 100 staff working for the national carrier by 2014. However, the management has had a change of heart. “Employees are keener to see their wages slashed by some 20% instead of losing their jobs”, Zoran DjuriÅ¡ić, the airline’s CEO said. Apart from decreasing wages, the airline plans to reduce its destination network, with newly launched services to Milan and Brussels expected to go first along with its signature London route. On the other hand, despite falling on hard times, the airline plans to purchase new aircraft and replace its entire aging Fokker fleet with Embraer jets.

Meanwhile, DjuriÅ¡ić has requested the Montenegrin Government to punish those responsible at the national judiciary and the police department who have lead a 4 year investigation against him on assumption of corruption. DjuriÅ¡ić was accused of signing damaging deals with an Albanian airline for the lease of a Fokker jet and suspicious business dealings relating to the unsuccessful launch of the airline’s Serbian subsidiary, Master Airways. According to the judiciary, such actions cost Montenegro Airlines some 10 million Euros. No charges have ever been laid against DjuriÅ¡ić, who is a member of the ruling party in the Montenegrin Government, as is the case with most CEOs of national carriers in the former Yugoslavia.

Despite the recent bad press, Montenegro Airlines is set to benefit from a bumper tourist season. The airline carried some 20.000 passengers in the past two weeks, with the most popular services being those from Paris and Moscow.

Transportation in JFK Airport, New York

map of transportation routes in JFK Airport via panynj.gov



Airlines to New York

Flights to New York via the John F. Kennedy International Airport to use the airline operators the following :
Air China
Aeroflot
All Nippon Airlines (ANA)
Air India
Air Macau
Air New Zealand
Air France
Cathay Pacific
Asiana Airlines
KLM
AeroGal - Aerolineas Galapagos
SWISS International Air Lines
Uzbekistan Airways
ETIHAD Airways
Lufthansa
China Airlines
Pakistan International Airways
AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines
AeroMexico
Singapore Airlines
Aer Lingus
Alitalia
United
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Qatar Airways
China Eastern
Korean Air
Jet Airlines
Turkish Airlines
Finnair
Austrian Airlines
Fly Emirates
Aerolineas Argentinas
Air Jamaica
Japan Airlines
American Eagle
Arik (Wings of Nigeria)
Avianca
Brussels Airlines
Caribbean Airlines
Cayman Airways
Copa Airlines
EL AL
Czech Airlines
Egypt Air
JetBlue Airways
Iberia
Icelandair
Kuwait Airways
LAN Ecuador
LAN Peru
LACSA (The Airlines of Costa Rica)
LAN Chile
Polish Airlines
Meridiana Fly
Miami International Air
North American Airlines
Royal Jordanian
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
Sun Country Airlines
TACA Airlines
US Airways
Virgin America
TAM (brazilian Airlines)
Transaero
XL Airways

 
source : panynj.gov

PAF Grounds All S-211 Training Jets

30 April 2011

PAF S-211 training aircraft (photo : Boomstick54)

CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines – The Philippine Air Force (PAF) yesterday grounded all five of its remaining operational S-211 training jets following the crash that killed two officers in Bagac, Bataan on Thursday.

The ill-fated aircraft was one of the six S-211 trainer jets that the were operational from the total of 25 such aircraft the PAF purchased since the 1990s.

Of the total number, 15 were locally assembled by the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. (Aerospace) based here.

PAF records showed that other accidents involving S-211 jets have occurred in recent years.

In July last year, another such aircraft belonging to the Air Defense Wing’s 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron based here also crashed in Concepcion, Tarlac, but its pilot and co-pilot were able to eject safely.

In 2002, another S-211 jet of the PAF crashed due to mechanical failure, killing five people, including the pilot and his co-pilot, in Barangay Garcia in Cabanatuan City where 15 houses were also destroyed. The aircraft was reported to be on proficiency flight.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Okol said the PAF has already extended condolences to the families of Capt. Raymond de Leon and Maj. Ephraim Suyom who died in the crash last Thursday.

Their trainer jet crashed off the shores of Stella Maris resort in Barangay Banawang in Bagac, Bataan.

The body of Suyom was retrieved by local police and village folk soon after the crash, while the remains of De Leon were retrieved by Coast Guard divers later in the evening.

Bataan provincial police director Senior Superintendent Arnold Gunnacao said the Scene of the Crime Operations (SOCO) would help in the identification of the two bodies.

He said the bodies of the two victims were shattered due to the impact of the explosion.

The plane took off from here at about 2:15 p.m. and subsequently lost contact with air traffic controllers. The pilots were based at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga.

Okol described De Leon as “a combat ready pilot,” adding that Suyom was an instructor pilot for S-211 aircraft.

“PAF chief Lt. Gen. Oscar Rabena has ensured that a thorough investigation of the crash will take place,” Okol said.

He also said Rabena has vowed “to look after the families left behind by the fighter pilots.”

Okol said the remaining five other still functioning S-211 trainer jets of the Air Force would remain grounded until the cause of last Thursday’s accident is known.

He said the aircraft has been with the PAF since 1991.

(PhilStar)

Diagnostic Review of MRH-90 Multi Role Helicopter Program

30 April 2011

MRH90 multirole helicopter (photo : ADF gallery)

A full diagnostic review of the MRH-90 Multi Role Helicopter Program has now been completed.

The review was ordered in February by the Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and the Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare to address delays to the project.

It was chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation Mr Warren King supported by a number of independent specialists.

The review has recommended that the project should not be added to the Project of Concern list at this time.

It has recommended that Defence work with the contractor, Australian Aerospace, to implement a remediation plan to improve the availability of the helicopters by addressing engineering and reliability issues.

The project will be the subject of a further diagnostic review later this year to examine the effectiveness of the action taken and whether further action is necessary.

The diagnostic review was ordered to address delays to the project due to a series of key issues including engine failure, transmission oil cooler fan failures and the poor availability of spares.

As reported in both the Defence Annual Report and the ANAO Major Project Report released last year, the project has suffered delays of 12 months for the Navy’s helicopters and 18 months for the Army’s helicopters.

To date, 13 MRH-90 helicopters have been accepted by Defence and are currently being used for testing and initial crew training.

(Australian DoD)

Air China

Logo of Air China

aircraft of Air China

Air China is the Chinese airline that has a domestic and international flight routes

New Economy Seats from Air China



Air China Meals


Seats in First Class from Air China

Airlines to Narita International Airport,Japan

Narita is the international airport which is located in Tokyo. This airport is the entrance to the state capital of Japan. Many airlines that have a purpose to this airport. If you are outside japan and wanted to visit Japan so you could see the airlines included in the list below. Perhaps the airlines are from your area. Airlines to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan. can use the following airlines :

Air China ; All Nippon Airways (ANA) ; Alitalia ; Air India ; Aircalin ; Air Macau ; Air New Zealand ; Air France ; Cathay Pacific ; Asiana Airlines ; Vietnam Airlines ; Scandinavian Airlines ; Aeroflot ; Air Tahiti Nui ; Pakistan International Airlines ; Garuda Indonesia Airlines ; Swiss International Air Lines ; Shenzhen Airlines ; Uzbekistan Airways ; KLM ; Continental Airlines ; Lufthansa ; Hongkong Airlines ; THAI Airways ; Vladivostok Air ; Malaysia Airlines ; Japan Air Line (JAL) ; United ; Qantas ; China Eastern ; Qatar Airways ; Delta Air Lines ; British Airways ; Mongolian Airlines ; EVA Air ; Iran Air ; Srilankan Airlines ; JET Airlines ; Philippine Airlines ; Turkish Airlines ; Austrian Airlines ; Fly Emirates ; Finnair ; American Airlines ; Korean Air ; Air Niugini ; Etihad Airways ; China Airlines ; China Eastern ; China Southern ; Virgin Atlantic ; Aeromexico


KLM, one of the airline operators that have a route to Japan



The Ins and Outs of Control

Control is a major branch of engineering, but one that rarely gets much credit, bowing to more popular fields like robotics and computers, both of which play important roles within many control systems.  Contrary to what the title for this article might suggest, my intention is not to communicate an in-depth understanding of the details of control theory.  My aim is to provide an introduction of what control systems are, and how they work.  But I just couldn’t resist the title, because as we will soon see, control is all about inputs and outputs.

These days, people want devices they can control.  However, we tend to ignore the fact that the actual control of such systems takes place behind the scenes, in a control box.  The systems that people interact with are autonomous – the user inputs the desired output, and the control system takes care of the rest.

Whether the system in question is the cruise control of a car or the heating of a home, the only parameter that users can manipulate is the input.  For the car, the input is the desired velocity to cruise at, and for the home, it is the desired air temperature.

The control of a given system can be broken down into three parts: input, transfer function, and output.  The input is what the user wants the controlled parameter to be while the output is its current value.  The transfer function is the guts of the control system, which aims to make the output equal to the input.  The output is recorded by some kind of sensor.

The simplest example of a control system is the heating system of a house.  The user stipulates a certain desired air temperature in the house (the input).  The system regularly measures the air temperature (output) and aims to bridge the gap between output and input.  If the output is lower than the input, the heating system will turn on.  If the output is greater than or equal to the input, the furnace shuts off automatically.  Here, the sensor in the control loop is a thermometer. 

What makes the heating system so primitive is that the furnace often has just two settings: on or off.  A more advanced transfer function would take into account the rate at which the temperature appears to be changing, and adjust the power of the furnace accordingly.  The simplicity of the typical heating control in a home leads to overshoots in the output.  The output temperature usually oscillates around the desired input temperature.  A more advanced transfer function would keep the temperature fluctuations smaller.

One thing we observe is that the furnace does not care what factors are contributing to the temperature change.  This is common to control systems.  In a car, for example, there are many factors that contribute to the output velocity.  The control loop for a cruise control system just monitors the current velocity, and adjusts the engine rpm appropriately to remain as close to the driver’s input velocity as possible.  The road inclination, air resistance, and surface conditions all impact the car’s speed, but the control loop does not take these into consideration.

I recall one particular instance where the danger of using an autonomous driving system was highlighted to me.  During a long road trip in the state of New York, I decided to engage the cruise control of my car, and I input the desired speed of 70 mph.  On the smooth American roads, it is often easy to drive significantly higher than the posted limit without noticing.  I employed cruise control to avoid an accidental speeding ticket.

After cruising for a while, I eventually approached some construction.  I disengaged the cruise control and drove manually through it, at about 40 mph.  Once I had made my way through the construction zone, I wished to resume my 70 mph, and so I re-engaged the cruise control.  This turned out to be a mistake.  The cruise control system read its current output at 40 mph and assumed the same previous input of 70 mph.  The transfer function wished to bridge the 30 mph speed gap, and to do it...swiftly.  The car’s ‘auto-pilot’ slammed on the gas, raising the engine’s rpm to about 7000, which, unless you are in an F1 race, is not recommended.

Some control systems include ‘if statements’ within their loops.  My car’s cruise control did not have a maximum allowable rpm.  The cruise control system of a car reacts proportionally to the difference between output and input, and lacks the common sense to realize that slamming on the gas pedal in the middle of the highway is outside the driving habits of any normal driver.  The mentality of my car’s cruise control would fit in nicely in the Vin Diesel movie that hits theatres today.

Fortunately, I was a safe distance from the next car in front of me when the engine went nuts, and I did not rear-end anyone.  But, the incident illustrates an important point.  The fact that the actual control of today’s devices takes place behind closed doors can present a hazard to its users.  It is one of many instances where the distance between man and his tools can get him into trouble.

We take for granted the ease with which the air temperature in our homes remains regulated.  The decision of whether or not to fire up the furnace is made by a computer, and not a real person.  In the case of heating our homes, the risk of some poor computer code is very low, and the consequences of having a furnace on for an extended period of time due to some poor code are mild.  A furnace system can be safely operated by a control system, and it’s a good thing, because manual control of a furnace would become tiresome in a hurry.

On the other hand, a more complex device, like a car, should not be operated by an auto-pilot, as there are too many unpredictable factors that can impact an automobile.  I don’t think that a computer should be parallel-parking our cars, regardless of how robust the control system in charge is.  As bad as human drivers have proven themselves over the years, with their incessant tailgating and other offensive driving habits, the little bit of common sense they do have is preferable to the auto-pilot, which has none.  (Not to be a control freak, or anything like that.)

Whether the gaps between your desired inputs and sensed outputs are bridged by a human being or a transfer function, I hope this brief article has shed some light on a subject that hides in the darkness of a control box.

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