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Flightera
Company blog · flightera.net/blogdata
Flightera is the company blog at flightera.net, writing about data. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Flightera for its aircraft and flight pages, such as tail-number lookups and route histories. Commenters cite these pages as data sources when discussing airline incidents and route changes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Get real-time status updates and on-time performance statistics. Track departures and arrivals, terminal and gate information, aircraft details, and historical data. View live tracking, delays, and comprehensive statistics.
What Hacker News says?
Denver appears to be the current favourite (also chosen by the NYT as the winner) but doesn't have any flights to Asia except for Tokyo[1]. But I guess being sufficiently connected within the US is enough, not sure how many flights to China they need. [1] https://www.flightera.net/airport/Denver/KDEN
Comment linking /airport/Denver/KDEN
on “Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2”Submitted The world's longest flight, from Doha to Auckland (16h35m) as a story · 4 points
HN discussion> and 60-80 in their A380s depending on configuration. That should tell you something about whether the premium demand scales up with the economy-class demand (it doesn't). The difference appears to be bigger. Most A380 appear to have 14 first class and 76 business class seats [1], the standard 777-300 config is only 8F42C[2]. That's nearly twice as many premium seats. [1] https://www.flightera.net/planes/A6-EEK [2]…
Comment linking /planes/A6-EGV
on “Airbus Handed A380 Lifeline With $16B Emirates Order”Submitted 2,000 times around the globe – Looking at lifetime distances of Planes as a story · 3 points
HN discussion737-800, not a MAX. ALJazeera has better detail than the linked story. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/ukrainian-airliner-cr... Here's the specific tail number / aircraft: https://www.flightera.net/planes/UR-PSR Crash site photo: https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1214762556289667077
Comment linking /planes/UR-PSR
on “Boeing 737-800 Passenger Jet Crashes in Iran Due to Technical Issue”Submitted Busy Skies – Analyzing daily flight patterns as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLooks like United Airlines used to have an SFO-Delhi flight, last ran 15 months ago... UA867: https://www.flightera.net/en/flight/United+Airlines-San+Fran... It would need quite a diversion to avoid russian airspace: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del Newark-Mumbai by United also cancelled: https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/united-airlines-susp...
Comment linking /en/flight/United+Airlines-San+Francisco-Delhi/UA867
on “Logistics challenges of saving Air India’s diverted 777 in Russia”Submitted Busy Skies – Analyzing Daily Flight Patterns as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fortress Hubs and US Ticket Prices as a story · 1 points
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