Might be jumping to NW for flights to the Far East and I was cruising around their site and didn't see flights down under. What gives? Their hub at NRT should be able to handle at least one daily.
Avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4088 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7181 times:
You might want to run a search - this topic has been discussed extensively in previous threads.
Avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4088 posts, RR: 18 Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7121 times:
PremoBrimo From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7110 times:
I'm pretty sure it's government related. Someone else can go into detail about it.
Aa777jr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7096 times:
I saw that post and another one in May 2005, but I didn't read any specifics from NW. The whole hub theory wouldn't make sense cause NW is huge at NRT. Thought it could/would be profitable for them.
Avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4088 posts, RR: 18 Reply 6, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7069 times:
In a nutshell, NW was limited in the amount of Japan-originating customers it could carry. When combined with the then-overcapacity present in USA-Australia flying, and NW's mounting financial troubles, Australia flying was doomed.
HKGKaiTak From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 1050 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 7047 times:
1st post on a.net . . .
Aside from the protectionist policies of the Aussie government (see the SQ decision), I honestly doubt anyone can run a profit via NRT. It is already a long flight to the US, and I doubt any pax would want to fly to Japan then onto the US, unless it is very cheap, of course!
(AA has been promoting a reasonably low fare with QF to TYO and then on to LAX or any of the West Coast cities, not sure how well this fare is doing but is a couple hundred dollars cheaper than the direct QF alternative)
Now, if they fly into the East Coast city direct, that would be a different story!
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 6969 times:
NW never connected SYD with NRT! The routings they flew were LAX to SYD and JFK to SYD via Osaka!
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10188 posts, RR: 63 Reply 9, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 6908 times:
Because NW was limited to only carrying 50% O&D on NRT-Australia sectors and that wouldn't work. Besides, who would want to connect through NRT to Australia when you could just go via LAX or SFO and save yourself hours?
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 10, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 6904 times:
777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11307 posts, RR: 17 Reply 11, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 6822 times:
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Any American airline has full rights to fly to Australia. All the international airlines except UA codeshare on different airlines (AA on QF etc) because they all feel that its cheaper to codeshare to to fly their own metel to Australia. I know CO also flys to PER with a B738 but I'm not sure if its owned by CO or by a CO owned airline
Avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4088 posts, RR: 18 Reply 12, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 6806 times:
Quoting 777ER (Reply 11): I know CO also flys to PER with a B738 but I'm not sure if its owned by CO or by a CO owned airline
Continental Micronesia, which is wholly-owned by Continental Airlines, Inc., flies from Guam to Cairns.
777STL From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3031 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 6750 times:
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 15, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 6649 times:
It wasnt NRT that NW was flying from, it was Osaka. The Prime Minister and one of his good buddies happened to work for United, who was all upset because they didnt think of it first.
Secondly,
that pic that is posted for year 2000 is the US olympic charter for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
Cyclonic From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 231 posts, RR: 3 Reply 17, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 5677 times:
Quoting 777ER (Reply 11): I know CO also flys to PER with a B738 but I'm not sure if its owned by CO or by a CO owned airline
Have you checked the PER website lately? (http://www.perthairport.com.au) I think you'll find that CO doesn't fly here. Please correct me if i'm mistaken but check the website first....
MEA From Australia, joined Jan 2001, 631 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 5467 times:
NW had a whole heap of flights into Australia:
Sydney/Los Angeles
Sydney/Honolulu/Los Angeles
Sydney/Osaka/New York re-routed to Sydney/Osaka/Detroit
All these flights were substantially reduced then eventually terminated.
NW wasn't making any money on the direct LAX route as this was only thrice weekly. Yields to LAX via Honolulu were low and the New York/Detroit flights weren't making any money except for the Sydney/Osaka flights which were eventually restricted to 50% pax originating and terminating in Osaka.
Had NW depolyed their B744s on daily SYD LAX JFK services at the time there may be a whole different story to tell.
Yyz717 From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 15989 posts, RR: 59 Reply 19, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 4967 times:
NW pulled out of SYD in 1994. Their SYD routes at the time were:
1. 3 weekly LAX-SYD 744.
2. 4 weekly Osaka-SYD 744.
Since they were 5th restricted on the Osaka-SYD route (hence making it unprofitable), they decided to pull out of SYD altogether (rather than just the Osaka route) since only 3 weekly LAX-SYD flights would not have been economical or competitive, and they had better uses for the 744 elsewhere.
Panam, TWA, Ansett, Eastern.......AC next? Might be good for Canada.
QantasHeavy From Australia, joined Jan 2005, 379 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 3297 times:
I think SkyTeam should try to get into the Oz market at SYD and MEL... besides just the KE to SYD and CO Mic to CNS.
40% of QF's profit comes from SYD/MEL - LAX. Lots of cargo and lots of premium seats sold. Use of DL/CO/NW's LAX connections would be great. I fly the route often and the planes are packed.
I though NW had some 744s in the desert? If not, one might argue that they could make more profit running the 744s to SYD than where they use them today.
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 23, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 3143 times:
Quoting QantasHeavy (Reply 23): I though NW had some 744s in the desert? If not, one might argue that they could make more profit running the 744s to SYD than where they use them today
We did. And they went straight to the desert after they were built. They were part of the 1993 master plan to reorganise the company to avoid bankruptcy. Their ship numbers would've been 6311 and 6312 respectively. They were sold to United Airlines in 1994.
N77014 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (7 years 10 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2919 times:
Quoting QantasHeavy (Reply 23): think SkyTeam should try to get into the Oz market at SYD and MEL... besides just the KE to SYD and CO Mic to CNS.
Assuming MH gets into Skyteam; would they have a better chance of flying USA-Australia than SQ did?
25 PhilSquares: Not quite true. Those 744s were never delivered to NWA. UAL took possession of them before they were delivered. They were delivered directly to UAL a
26 Jetjack74: Not according Aviation Week and Space Technology, dated 2/26/94. It says that "NW will sell 2 new-build Boeing 747-451's that are presently in storag
27 PhilSquares: Jetjack74, at the time I was working for NWA in a management position in Flight Ops. Inspite of what your reference says, NWA never took delivery of t
28 Jetjack74: And your point is..........? I know lots of people in management who are clueless. This an official press release by NW in AWST. I'm more inclined to
29 PhilSquares: First of all, I don't consider myself clueless. I could see the handwriting on the wall as far as NWA was concerned. Secondly, I was involved in the
30 Jetjack74: First of all, I didn't call you clueless, but that the realm of possiblity exists. I was indicating I know several people who are management here at
31 PhilSquares: I have two references for you. But, I guess I didn't know you had the ability to limit discussion. However, here is the first one. Orders for May 198
32 Jetjack74: This really doesn't prove anything. These are for active aircraft that NW actually took ownership of, not subsequent orders or cancelled orders. In fa
33 GARUDAROD: Wasnt there some discussion within the last year about NW reaquiring the two aircraft in question back from UA, as they were built to NW standards and
34 Jetjack74: No, they were configured to UA's layout. There is basically nothting that sets them apart from UA's -422's. N106UA s currently in storage while N105UA
35 PhilSquares: Funny you contradict yourself in posts. If NWA took delivery of the aircraft, they would have been configured in the NWA configuration, not UAL. So, m
36 Beno: Actually ANY US or Australian airline can fly USA-AUS even including Air NZ.
37 N1120A: No it doesn't. If you want another example, take a look at the VS 744s that were ntu by AZ but have AZ's code
38 Jetjack74: I'm purely sepculating, N1120A. I don't know, i'm not claiming to know, when customer ID numbers are permanantly assigned. Most likely the VS 744 were
39 Jetjack74: "They" as in "United" configured the aircraft to "their" configuration.
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