Airlines and Aircraft Flashcards

1
Q

Who are the biggest UK and Irish carriers and charter airlines using the UK ATC system?

A

Carriers:
British Airways
Ryanair
Aer Lingus
Virgin Atlantic
Easy Jet

Charter:
TUI Airways
Thomas Cook Airlines

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2
Q

Who are the biggest geographical neighbour carriers using the UK ATC system?

A

Air France
KLM
Iberia
Lufthansa
SAS
Alitalia
Swiss

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3
Q

How many daily flights are there over the UK?

A

6000+

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4
Q

What nation is KLM?

A

The Netherlands

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5
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What nation is Iberia?

A

Spain

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6
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What nation is Lufthansa?

A

Germany

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7
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What nation is Alitalia?

A

Italy

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7
Q

What nation is SAS?

A

Sweden, Denmark, and Norway

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8
Q

Boeing 737
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

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

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9
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Boeing 747
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL430
500 knots
Far East, Australasian, and Transatlantic routes e.g. London - New York and London - Las Vegas

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Boeing 777
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Transatlantic and Far East routes. e.g. London - Hong Kong and London - Los Angeles

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Boeing 787
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Australasian, and Transatlantic routes e.g. London - Seoul, London - Perth and London - New Orleans.

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12
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Airbus A318
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL390
450 knots
European short haul. e.g. London - Paris. Also business class to the USA.

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13
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Airbus A319
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL290 - FL390
450 knots
European schedule, charter and domestic routes. e.g. London - Belfast and Manchester - Alicante

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Airbus A320
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

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

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Airbus A321
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

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

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Airbus A330
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL410
480 knots
High Density short haul and long haul flights.

17
Q

Airbus A340
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL410
480 knots
Transatlantic and long haul flights. e.g. London - Los Angeles and London - Lagos.

18
Q

Airbus A350
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Transatlantic and long haul routes. e.g. London - Kuala Lumpur and London - Addis Ababa

19
Q

Airbus A380
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL430
490 knots
Far East, Transatlantic and long haul routes. e.g. London - Dubai and London - Singapore

20
Q

Embraer 145
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL270 - FL370
430 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. East Midlands - Brussels and Southhampton - Glasgow.

21
Q

Embraer 195
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Jet
FL310 - FL410
450 knots
European short haul. e.g. Paris - Aberdeen and London City - Geneva.

22
Q

ATR 42/72
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Propeller
FL170 - FL250
250 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Cork - Luton.

23
Q

Fokker 50
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Propeller
FL150 - FL230
250 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Manchester to Brussels

24
Q

Dash 8
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Propeller
FL140 - FL250
270 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Bristol - Paris and Southhampton - Amsterdam

25
Q

Jetstream 41
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Propeller
FL140 - FL250
250 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Newcastle - Southampton

26
Q

Saab 2000
Type?
Cruising Level?
Speed?
Typical Routes?

A

Propeller
FL210 - FL310
360 knots
European short haul and domestic routes. e.g. Manchester - Aberdeen