Airlines and Aircraft Flashcards
Who are the biggest UK and Irish carriers and charter airlines using the UK ATC system?
Carriers:
British Airways
Ryanair
Aer Lingus
Virgin Atlantic
Easy Jet
Charter:
TUI Airways
Thomas Cook Airlines
Who are the biggest geographical neighbour carriers using the UK ATC system?
Air France
KLM
Iberia
Lufthansa
SAS
Alitalia
Swiss
How many daily flights are there over the UK?
6000+
What nation is KLM?
The Netherlands
What nation is Iberia?
Spain
What nation is Lufthansa?
Germany
What nation is Alitalia?
Italy
What nation is SAS?
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
Boeing 737
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL330 - FL410
460 knots
Popular charter destinatons, and European short haul and domestic e.g. Copenhagen-Dublin, London - Edinburgh, and Manchester - Istanbul.
The Max variant can serve longer transatlantic routes
Boeing 747
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL430
500 knots
Far East, Australasian, and Transatlantic routes e.g. London - New York and London - Las Vegas
Boeing 777
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Transatlantic and Far East routes. e.g. London - Hong Kong and London - Los Angeles
Boeing 787
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Australasian, and Transatlantic routes e.g. London - Seoul, London - Perth and London - New Orleans.
Airbus A318
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL390
450 knots
European short haul. e.g. London - Paris. Also business class to the USA.
Airbus A319
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL290 - FL390
450 knots
European schedule, charter and domestic routes. e.g. London - Belfast and Manchester - Alicante
Airbus A320
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL290 - FL390
450 knots
European schedule, charter and domestic routes. e.g. London - Newcastle, London - Paris, and Dublin - Rome.
Airbus A320 NEO has longer ranges, serving some transatlantic routes
Airbus A321
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL390
450 knots
European schedule, charter and domestic routes. e.g. London - Rome, Manchester to Alicante and London - Edinburgh.
Airbus A321 NEO has longer ranges, serving some transatlantic routes
Airbus A330
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL410
480 knots
High Density short haul and long haul flights.
Airbus A340
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL410
480 knots
Transatlantic and long haul flights. e.g. London - Los Angeles and London - Lagos.
Airbus A350
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Transatlantic and long haul routes. e.g. London - Kuala Lumpur and London - Addis Ababa
Airbus A380
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Transatlantic and long haul routes. e.g. London - Dubai and London - Singapore
Embraer 145
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL270 - FL370
430 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. East Midlands - Brussels and Southhampton - Glasgow.
Embraer 195
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Jet
FL310 - FL410
450 knots
European short haul. e.g. Paris - Aberdeen and London City - Geneva.
ATR 42/72
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Propeller
FL170 - FL250
250 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Cork - Luton.
Fokker 50
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?
Propeller
FL150 - FL230
250 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Manchester to Brussels
