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