mogandoCI From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (9 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 9635 times:
Quoting United787 (Reply 3): Great news for ORD! Would love to see UA fly to the Gulf from ORD...
Until UA could even make those IAD flights all nonstops instead of tag-ons (BAH / DOH), it's gonna be hard to imagine any other hub gaining Gulf flights
jsnww81 From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 1855 posts, RR: 17 Reply 14, posted (9 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 8446 times:
About time! They opened a sales office in the John Hancock Center almost four years ago and I figured service was right around the corner. Good to see things actually starting up.
lightsaber From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 10646 posts, RR: 100 Reply 16, posted (9 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 8233 times:
So the new-DOH airport gets exercised?
Exciting news. I'm sad it isn't a 787 route. IMHO, this would be an excellent 787 starter route...
Quoting mogandoCI (Reply 2): Maybe someone would again misinterpret this as QR joining oneworld ... just like EY
IMHO, QR is the better choice for an alliance of the mid-east carriers. EK is an 800 pound gorilla, so why wants to help feed it? EY just doesn't yet have the network QR does with the potential connection times.
Quoting LAXdude1023 (Reply 4): I think with all the work the OneWorld carriers are putting in talking to the Gulf carriers that its logical that one could join.
QF and EY are in play... Although I think OneWorld should try to snag 9W first... Just my
Quoting IrishAyes (Reply 13): This will be popular for travelers headed to SE Asia.
So why isn't EK on the route?
As the A380 wing crack issue is resolved, this could be an opportunity for EK... Not for an A380 to ORD. Not initially. But to free up a 77W or 77L.
Quoting IrishAyes (Reply 13): Unfortunately, will make things more difficult for struggling AI and give EY a challenge.
AI does enough to make it difficult on themselves. I suspect EK will also join the market and that will "challenge" EY tremendously.
smi0006 From Australia, joined Jan 2008, 1380 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (9 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 7190 times:
If the route is to be a 77W that seems like a lot of economy seats for the route. I wonder where QR will be sending their 787s if not on these NA routes.
How many more 77Ws do they have to take delivery of? Will this aircraft allocation be a new build or will it be due to a network shuffle?
Quoting lightsaber (Reply 16):
QF and EY are in play... Although I think OneWorld should try to snag 9W first... Just m
QF ended their relationship with EY years ago, QF wasn't willing to give EY full access to its frequent flyer program. No VA and EY have a full JV going. There are several media reports of QR and QF now looking at a copy of the VA/EY JV. There are also multiple articles regarding a QF EK alliance, I think QF and QR would be a much better fit, would be fantastic to see QR in oneworld.
LFutia From Netherlands, joined Dec 2002, 3195 posts, RR: 31 Reply 19, posted (9 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 6715 times:
Congratulations to QR and Chicago for another new airline starting service. Having a look online based on the arrival time of the QR flight into DOH, it offers pretty decent connections onwards to India (3-4 hrs) but I'm very curious as to what the return time to Chicago is. Can't find anything online and it seems that it isnt loaded into GDS.
Does anyone know the flight details of this new route?
Leo/ORD
Leo/ORD -- Groetjes uit de VS! -- Heeft u laatst nog met KLM gevlogen?
HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76 Reply 22, posted (9 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 5567 times:
Quoting CHRISBA777ER (Reply 21): I'm 100% sure ORD and DTW is in the next tranche list for EK
Boston has been rumored to be first on the list, but it is of course possible the EK retaliates and announces ORD for March, as EK did when EY announced IAD.
chrisnh From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3804 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (9 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 5437 times:
I understood that Qatar had Boston on their 'short list,' but wasn't aware Emirates did.
In any event, since ORD will be served using a 773, that means one of the first 787s can be tabbed for Boston. BOS couldn't fill anything bigger than that anyway, and probably not even daily. My guess would be 3x or 4x per week.
BlueLine From United States of America, joined Jun 2012, 72 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (9 months 6 days ago) and read 5297 times:
I've noticed recently that a QR 777F is coming to ORD on a more regular basis. Can't wait to see a QR 77W!
25 jcwr56: 1550 arrival isn't going to happen....So even if EK decides to throw their hat into the ring, anything in the 1500 hour isn't doable.
26 AABB777: How is the 1550 arrival not going to happen?
27 jcwr56: Unless historicals to other carrier schedules already operating into ORD are changed enough to open up a time in the 1500 hour, there's no physical p
28 yeogeo: Can't say if this chart is out of date * , but there does seem to be a little wiggle-room, particularly at M4. Are M-19, 20 & 21 out of the quest
29 LFutia: What about M17A? and by the way thats a very nice chart!
30 ASA: Congrats to QR and ORD !!! Awesome new route ... can't wait to fly! EK doesn't have many cities left ... so they gotta start ORD sooner or later But D
31 AmricanShamrok: That was mine - thanks for the compliment! I believe M4 is narrowbody only and JCWR56 has advised that M14 is no longer used because it partially blo
32 yeogeo: Don't follow you: the chart shows widebodies at these gates (IB/RJ/UA), no? As someone who taxis by T5 regularly, I agree w. LFutia: interesting char
33 kyrone: Does anyone know anything about Qatar's hiring process in the U.S.? How many of their own staff, the interview process, etc?
34 AmricanShamrok: Oh, sorry - I was thinking of M6, not M4! As for M19/M20/M21 - I think these were mostly A32x/737/RJs flights from Mexico, Canada (non-preclearance a
35 LFutia: On your chart your missing Taca and Cayman Airways. Leo/ORD
36 crAAzy: Great news for QR and ORD. This is likely going to be the beginning of the end for RJ's flight, even without EK in the market. Also, too bad we can't
37 VC10DC10: Seems like a lot of ground time at ORD. Surely it can't take 5hr40 to turn a 77W?
38 jcwr56: The chart is also missing F9 too. Overall not bad and yes, planes are pulled to accommodate other arrivals or departures. From announced AB, HU, propo
39 AABB777: The return flight to DOH is timed to connect to a bank of departing flights ex DOH.
40 AmricanShamrok: There were no TA flights on the date surveyed and KX only flies in during the winter season. It seems clear that international traffic out of ORD wil
41 ASA: Isn't that fairly usual for QR timings? the IAD flight also sits half a day before the 2300 departure ...
42 jcwr56: KX flies on Wed's and Sundays currently. My personal thoughts.... I won't address the opening of T1 and T3 in detail. However, If you look, there's n
43 _AA_777_MAN: What do you mean proposed EI ?? EI all ready flies to ORD.
44 AmricanShamrok: EI flies daily year-round on DUB-ORD. They are proposing to increase capacity to 4 weekly in Summer 2013 - the schedules for the new flights are load
45 LFutia: EI is going to fly an additional 4x a week from DUB Leo/ORD
47 IrishAyes: There is also the extra 4x weekly LX flight missing from here. I flew it from ZRH this past Sunday (LX 2608) and althought I wasn't paying attention,
48 IrishAyes: Oh, there is also the 2x extra weekly LO flights
49 AABB777: Yes, the aircraft for both IAD and JFK sit on the ground for around 7 hours before returning to DOH. This offers optimal connectivity ex DOH for QR's
50 ASA: http://tinyurl.com/cx9xd34 Looking at QR's North American footprint ... it is amazing that they are not in Star Alliance and rather strange that they
51 kyrone: Ooo any hints/guesses what the two unannounced flights may be???
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