Rank: Member Joined: 8/11/2009 Posts: 302
|
McReggae wrote:Spend.thrift wrote:hoodrat wrote:mukiha wrote:BTW; does anyone operate KSM-MSA direct flights? I don't think there are any scheduled direct KSM-MSA flights they have to be via NBO.On the other hand what happens to ATR planes ? Majority of Fly 540 fleet are propeller planes.With introduction of fuel effecient jets such as crjs & embraers,the choice of travel will surely shift to jets! Check your facts. the ATR-42 and ATR 72 are very fuel efficient. Only issue i guess are the low mach speeds. I bet the ATR-72 is comparably more fuel efficient than the E170 although slower My take is that on the domestic front, any airline seekign to dominate must vary its fleets to include both regional fuel efficient regional jets (E 190/170, Canadair/CRJ, AVro etc) and fuel efficient "crop dusters" such as the beechcraft, de Haviland Dash and SAAB which can land in places such as Loki, Lodwar, Kitale, Bungoma e.t.c. KQ got rid of its last propeller have a decade ago in a bid to maintain an all jet fleet. However, the key issues remain safety. Fact is majority of budget carriers are bound use ancient aircraft, and knowing that domestic flights involve much more compression cycles, landing and take off cycles than long haul liners,and therefore prone to higher rates of wear. Back to the main issue, 2K for MSA-KSM is a pipe dream. Why would a sino-carrier be allow to do flights begining and termination in Kenya? KQ only sold the SAABs kedo 3yrs ago!!! Mcreggae, 3 years and half a decade are close but thanks for the correction. I recall flying on KQ's Scania, fokker F27 and Fokker 50 (there was one christened "Nam Lolwe"). I know most airliners are subjected to Checks after a defined number of hours. some like the class C check require withdarawal of aicraft from service for some time. I don't know if all the sausages we see flying around are subject to the same. But like has been said, engines are often replaced. What about metal fatigue or landing gear failures? Haven't you heard of aircrafts that just break up in the air or at touchdown- mostly due to metal fatigue-Congo, Nigeria e.t.c. How settled would you feel if the cabin of the aircraft your in rattles and vibrates so badly during the taxi stage? I have at times wished I could pull the "handbrake" and alight.
|