TWA902fly From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 3053 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 4858 times:
I heard that NW was going to let BA passangers code-share to BOI free of charge as long as BA replaced NW DC-9s... Air France was also considering serving BOI nonstop from CDG, but apparently they havent washed their planes and the state of Idaho clearly states:
Idaho-FAR 91.233
1. No french airline shall operate an aircraft within the state of Idaho unless
(a) the airline has washed their aircraft within the preceeding 60 calendar days (b) the airline has completed an IAA (Idaho Aviation Administration) aircraft cleanliness check within the preceding 30 calendar days, on the exact aircraft being used for services to the state of Idaho.
2. If a french-owned airliner lands in the state of Idaho without the above being met, the airliner will be attacked with Idaho state potatoes for a period of no more than 60 minutes, but no less than 30 minutes. The aircraft will then have to fly outside the state of Idaho to be washed before passengers can disembark in any airport within the state of Idaho
TWA902
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DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7677 posts, RR: 18 Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 4768 times:
Due to the generally weak value of Idaho's potato crop in recent years I think that longhaul service to London's Heathrow Airport will not happen.
Interestingly I read an article in the Economist that discussed how inexpensive ethnic foods, kebabs, baguette sandwiches, Thai, Indian, and Chinese take-away is having a negative impact on the Chip shop industry in great London. Given the amount that most Londoners drink on any given night, it has been historically common to go to the "chippy" after getting piss faced. But these days your average drunken Londoner has a myriad of choices to pick from. Because of this global demand for potatoes has fallen to a 25 year low. Which has just caused such economic strife in the local Boise potato community.
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ODAFZ From Greece, joined Jul 2004, 351 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 4771 times:
It is on BA's plan to open a direct route from LHR to BOI according to my sources (high ranked).
According also to my sources the flight will be operated daily by a B777.
However, the deal is subject to the following conditions as many foreign airlines complained to both the DOT and the British Aviation Authorities of unfair competetion. The opening of this route is tied to the opening of the following routes by the following airlines :
VS : LGW- BKO
SYRIAN AIR : DAM-TGU
MEA : BEY- KGL
AA : MCI-BJM
DL : MSY-ADD
US : PHL- BEN
UA : SEA-LUN
SV : JED-LPB
GF : BAH-PPG
and many others . Of course all the above flights should be operated on a daily basis with aircraft capacity matching BA's .
STLGph From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8994 posts, RR: 27 Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4712 times:
Who cares? Is St. Louis the next focus city for Northwest Airlines after they go all CRJ at IND when jetBlue starts its Midwest hub there? Or do you think jetBlue is going to Cincinnati to beat Southwest to the punch?
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AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 19257 posts, RR: 63 Reply 11, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4631 times:
Silly boys. It's well-known throughout the aviation community the only profitable routing would be a tag onto their LHR-GRU service.
Meister808 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 972 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 4590 times:
Oh and think of the possibilities afforded by the 772LR - BOI could be served direct from Australia on a new BA LHR-SYD-BOI-LHR route.
-Meister
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N751PR From United States of America, joined May 2002, 1247 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 4467 times:
April Fools day is just 27 days away...can't the frenzy wait?
Ladies and Gentlemen it's happy hour.You will get two approaches for the price of one.
SRQCrosscheck From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 211 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 4430 times:
Hey everyone, this is my first post to the forum. I'm glad to be here.
Word from the corporate hotshots at "big potato" is that there's money moving under the table for BA to buy the 787. Perfect for daily runs to BOI from LHR and MAN! That should put all BA 787 questions to rest.
BOS2LAF From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 354 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4307 times:
yeah... and i hear B6 will start flying E190s to LAF, restoring commercial service a year after AA pulled its J31 service to STL
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5673 posts, RR: 17 Reply 16, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4251 times:
Word from the corporate hotshots at "big potato" is that there's money moving under the table for BA to buy the 787. Perfect for daily runs to BOI from LHR and MAN! That should put all BA 787 questions to rest.
No, no, no. The latest is that the State of Idaho and Boise WERE going to buy a 787 for BA to use out of BOI. But then Boise State said they wanted to expand their football stadium. So the BA deal fell through because the decision was made in favor of the stadium since everyone knows that spending money on football is more important than air service.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4232 times:
Quoting TWA902fly (reply 6): Idaho-FAR 91.233
1. No french airline shall operate an aircraft within the state of Idaho unless
(a) the airline has washed their aircraft within the preceeding 60 calendar days (b) the airline has completed an IAA (Idaho Aviation Administration) aircraft cleanliness check within the preceding 30 calendar days, on the exact aircraft being used for services to the state of Idaho.
2. If a french-owned airliner lands in the state of Idaho without the above being met, the airliner will be attacked with Idaho state potatoes for a period of no more than 60 minutes, but no less than 30 minutes. The aircraft will then have to fly outside the state of Idaho to be washed before passengers can disembark in any airport within the state of Idaho
You forgot #3.
3. All French-owned aircraft must serve Idaho Potatoes and rename their 'fries' Freedom Fries. It must appear in English (first), French and "Cowboy" on the menu.
Alb222 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 222 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4222 times:
The real reason is that Mark Fuhrman(for those remember him) will not allow any carrier that does not display the American flag into Idaho.
As739x From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 5834 posts, RR: 23 Reply 19, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4029 times:
Regarding the BOI-LHR service. I have a source within BA Ops Center who's Dad's roommate in the college said that he overheard a ex-Volare pilot tell him BA was not able to start the service as desired. Apparently QX has blocked the service with the DOT.
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Air France was actually a cargo flight. AF service may actually start with a Atlas Air 747. Air France could not meet the regulations that TWA902 posted above. Atlas planes mostly meet the clean plane requirements that the state mandates. This information is straight from AF N. American offices. That is what I was told by one of our contract cabin cleaners who's husband is a FedEx delivery guy and has dropped off a few packages to the office next to AF offices.
ASSFO
"Some pilots avoid storm cells and some play connect the dots!"
Nwafflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 1050 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3988 times:
Now, I've heard a new rumour -- and it sounds very believable -- BA will operate first to FNT (for Michigan red skinned potatoes) and then on to Boise -- the London market wants both. Originally, they considered MSB first (better potatoes), but the final decision was FNT
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10569 posts, RR: 21 Reply 21, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3624 times:
Yes, and Boeing has all its top talent working on the world's first composite spud locker. It's 20% more efficient than traditional designs.
B752fanatic From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 918 posts, RR: 9 Reply 23, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3497 times:
Heck, this is one interesting thread.
Why doesnt AA begin services to MIA from FLL, being so close and such popular destinations in Florida?
"Truth is more of a stranger than fiction." Mark Twain
ATCRick From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 770 posts, RR: 14 Reply 24, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3447 times:
I've heard that Korean air is starting service(seasonal) ICN-BOI-ENW. Almost too good to be true....
natch!!
25 Alb222: Actually they did for awhile as did DL. AA did DFW-MIA-FLL. DL did several. ATL-MIA-FLL; YUL-MIA-FLL; SFO-MIA-FLL. Then they stopped that service so
27 Accargo: The real question should be: Why would anyone serve Boise? I spent a month there one weekend, ugh.
28 B752fanatic: Because its the potato capital of the US? Probably
29 ViasaMSY: I just overheard a pilot talking to a stripper in Bourbon Street that the first BA wide body flight to Boise will be a A380 Salud!
30 Ozglobal: Your post is quite funny and I had a good laugh, but based on my experirence of cabins on US domestic flights, you might be skating on thin ice talki
31 Juventus: BA cannot serve Boise because of the lack of landing slots. The deal is, the UK opens up LHR to the US airlines, and the US opens Boise to BA.
33 Malaysia: Well currently, Independence Air is working with AirAsia to joint operate an DH A340-500/AK 777-200LR to link BKK/KUL to IAD with both LCC systems. se
34 AsstChiefMark: Hmmmm... I thought it was going to be LHR-STP, then codeshare with XJ from STP to MSP, then codeshare with NW to BOI. I must have misunderstood the pr
35 AeroWesty: Now just wait one second, Mr. SmartyPants. The state of Florida would have never granted cabotage to an airline with its country of registry being Te
36 Alb222: BULLETIN.............BULLETIN...................BULLETIN It has been reported that BA is sending 102 representatives to Boise to introduce them to ban
37 SprxUSA: Actually, our illustrious airport director ( Mr Anderson) and mayor (Mr Beiter), want Virgin Atlantic to service Boise, due to the more 'family value
38 NYCFlyer: did any of you see the new press release from Ryanair? codesharing with WN on STN-BWI-MDW. No food, no water, no IFE, though you can buy a warm washcl
39 Richie87: BA service to that best-kept-secret-in-the-west metropolis of Boise might well rank right up there with something that Neil Armstrong muttered about b
40 ANCFlyer: Not much different than the CivAv threads . . . .
41 Jetjack74: I think it's a lack of an Open Skies agreement myself.
42 Blackhawk144: Oh your killin me here! Actually some truth...Boise is not the potato capital of the US...eastern Idaho is, if I remember correctly. Relative to Idaho
43 Ihadapheo: Branson is rumored to be starting VirginBoise with Concorde Combi service from BOI - BIL . IHAP
44 Nonrevman: You all forgot the biggest reason why Boise should be served by BA or at least have London nonstops. Think about it. What language is spoken by almost
45 JGPH1A: No, no - that's just what they WANT you to think. The actual problem is the never-before revealed secret clause in Bermuda 2 that restricts access by
46 Gkirk: Michael Jackson will apparently be a regular traveller with VirginBoise...
47 Ihadapheo: Ahh yes that would be the commuter versions VirginBois, Full meal service featuring "Chicken" on all flights from BOI
48 Blackhawk144: Hahahaha, this is the funniest a.net thread in a while, thanks for the kick guys . Anthony
49 BA380: FGBDavidson the Rapid City joke incurs a 2c copyright fee... kerching. thankyou.
50 JGPH1A: Don't forget the dessert cart - Twinkies all round !
51 Delboy: What are you all smokin'. This is a very funny thread, think I'll start a 'why doesn't Air Atlantique serve Alice Springs' thread.
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