Didn't some airlines flew international flights from Japan to Kona? How will they be handled? It's a non-issue. The airport has reopened. Had a flight been affected, an inbound flight from Japan would have been rerouted to Honolulu for immigration and customs processing. Guests would have been prov...
Jump to postThe runway was patched overnight, during the course of which they found another section that needed repair and patched it as well. HA138 is inbound and is due to touch down in a few minutes. The drive between Kona and Hilo is only 90 minutes. I make that drive every weekend during the summer paddlin...
Jump to postHow do the door plugs on the 7M9 differ from those on the 739? Why aren't those being inspected?
Jump to postThe obligatory gnashing of teeth, hand-wringing, and wailing have commenced within a nano-second of the latest livery reveal. Suddenly everyone has a masters degree in design. With few exceptions, branding changes are complex and involve many stakeholders. Not being a party to the process, A.nutters...
Jump to postHA has not been the same airline since the pandemic. Unreliable operations, technologically waaay behind competitors, customer service is like flying w/ a ULCC, and it feels like we're back to the HA of the 1980-90s. As a Hawai'i resident, I am a huge HA supporter since we need a hometown airline. ...
Jump to postahj2000 wrote:I mean…do they have a corporate logo other than the title in its font?
Leave it to a.net. Everybody complains about Boeing Eurowhite liveries and all someone goes in another direction and everybody still complains. I think it looks good. The JetBlue paint schemes have always stayed fairly fresh because of their special schemes and different tails but it’s nice to have...
Jump to postIf you want to go back into history, probably the best and most iconic use of music not specifically composed for advertising would have been TWA and the 1967 Jimmy Webb hit, "Up, up and Away" or Pan Am's use of the 1958 Frank Sinatra hit "Come fly with me".
Jump to postPart of the problem is the growing sense of entitlement of the public. The other half of the problem is that many airlines now extort a premium for aisle and window seats, leaving only middle seats for the airport to assign. There was a time when airlines would hold back a row or two specifically to...
Jump to postA321neo per the airline: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawaiian-airlines-to-begin-service-between-hawaii-and-the-cook-islands-301690497.html The schedule is interesting since the aircraft sits at RAR for ~25 hours. Probably uses fewer pilot hours than carrying a crew out to operate the r...
Jump to postI would love to return to Rarotonga, and take a trip up to Aitutaki to revisit one of the most beautiful coral atolls. I'm thrilled my hometown airline is going to pick up the route.
Jump to postI'm curious what the argument is that flight attendents should get faster screening than other people flying for business purposes? (Yes, I realize that the plane cannot fly without either crew or passengers.) The plane cannot fly with missing crew members. It can fly perfectly well with missing pa...
Jump to postI'm always mystified why airlines go with some non-descript, meaningless, or abstract design on the tail, when their most visible branding element (their logo) should really go there.
Jump to postTheir domestic seats are sheer torture at 29" pitch - barely survivable for a 45 minute flight, and I'm only 5'10". I can't imagine stuffing 459 poor souls into an A330-900 for a long-haul flight, even at a slightly more generous 30" pitch. The only saving grace is that the crew are s...
Jump to postI remember, it wasn't even uncommon for F to be totally empty, and the few people up there were often employees. Still, it would be worse to downgrade a first class passenger who actually paid for it back then than someone today who didn't. I remember those days. Eastern used to have an interline C...
Jump to postAll those mourning the loss of Flagship First seem to have lost any and all institutional memory. The old F/C/Y has given way to J/W/Y, but the products themselves are every bit as competitive - more or less. Thereʻs still the whole comfy cushion versus padded board discussion thatʻs worth debating.
Jump to postIn many ways, domestic aviation in Nepal resembles that of Papua New Guinea, where weather and visibility play havoc with largely uncontrolled airspace. There are two primary differences: Altitude and attitudes towards regulatory oversight. PNG largely doesn't have the extreme elevation found in Nep...
Jump to postThe other thing I wonder is since Hawaiian and southwest and going to be flying more and more flights from the west coast to individual islands won’t some inner island flying be no longer needed? In case you haven't read the earlier posts, the intra-Hawaii market is unique in that most traffic is l...
Jump to postThis is usually considered proprietary information and not typically publicly disclosed.
Jump to postIn true A.nutter fashion, a massive clutching of pearls accompanies every livery change.
Jump to postCame here to say this. It's not a reputation, it is a fact. Nothing brightens my day quite like strolling to the pool at 1000 and moving some completely untouched resort towels to another chair or the laundry bin. This is the resort equivalent of the "do I recline in coach or not?" debate...
Jump to postAbsolutely brilliant! It's the perfect livery for an airline specializing in the leisure market. Now the question is, will these aircraft be reserving all available poolside seating before the other airlines land?
Jump to postThose seats look absolutely miserable for a longer flight. Why is there such a move away from actual padding?
Jump to postPK5079 is just a codeshare flight number operated by TK. Codeshares are quite common and have been around for decades. The difference in ETA is just a glitch.
Jump to postpetertenthije wrote:There’s a nice facility in The Hague that would welcome him with open arms.
Not the first time this has happened. An Ecuatoriana 707 had it's door ripped off the hinges at Miami due to the same issue. My question is how does the tug driver not see the jet bridge still attached? If the jetbridge hasn't been retracted, there's no way to tell if the aircraft door is closed or ...
Jump to postFor those who checked in online and traveling without checked bags, the security screening might be the airline's first indication that the passenger is actually present.at the airport and on their way to the gate.
Jump to postI would argue that the only folks who really care about liveries are:
1. The folks in marketing who have to create the advertising
2. The folks in finance who have to pay for it
3. A Nutters
Most of the flying public is utterly oblivious.
"Influencers" (giggle) As if that's a thing anymore.
Good luck getting back from Cancun. We'll see just how much influence any of them actually has. My guess is somewhere between zero and none.
So TAME closed because even pre-COVID because there wasn't enough domestic traffic for three major carriers in Ecuador - now some investors decide this is the time to launch two new domestic carriers so there will be a total of four. Sounds like a great way to lose a ton of money, SMH. Never undere...
Jump to postThey were on the west side adjacent to the Worldport correct? They used to hard stand the Concorde abeam the Worldport. The Concorde on the hard stand was a back-up aircraft. We always kept a spare aircraft at JFK in case of delays. The operating flight almost always boarded from gate 34. LH was ab...
Jump to postI worked for AF in the IAB in the 80s. AF had a very large check-in lobby, as it has multiple daily flights and also served as the handling agent for other carriers. Directly above the check-in lobby was a waiting area for economy passengers, with a smaller walled-off area of business class passenge...
Jump to postBYOD works fine on UA, but recent updates to the app have buried the entertainment link pretty far down the menu. Also, too many bougie 737s with in-seat power only for Y+ seating. I hope those horrible old ex-CO birds are brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Jump to postHow about just making sure every single seat has power? Too many bougie 737s only have power ports through Y+ but none in the last 10-15 rows of economy. I don't mind the streaming option. I just don't want to arrive at my destination with a depleted battery.
Jump to postWhat a shame! I flew Air Namibia years ago aboard their leased 747SP, their 737-200, and Beech 1900. Sadly, politics intruded on what had been a very well run operation, and thus started the slow downhill slide.
Jump to postYou know life is slowly returning to normal when Lion Air skids off the runway.
Jump to postHey Mods, maybe you should can this thread. The OP seems to have created his account just to launch this blatantly political thread.
Jump to postVarsity1 wrote:It has a still air range of 3200nm.
This is really a shame from a traveler's perspective. 4M was operationally far more reliable than that hot mess at AR. AR redefines dysfunction on an epic scale.
Jump to postThis is really a shame from an operational perspective. 4M's operations were so much more reliable than that hot mess at AR. AR rewrites the book on levels of dysfunctionality.
Jump to postWhy aren't they doing this work right now instead of waiting for August 1st? The airports have been closed for months. There was plenty of time to do this work while all flights were grounded.
Jump to postTG has always been the dumping ground for underachieving offspring of high-ranking military generals.
Jump to postTAME was dysfunctional at the best of times, but they did get the job done, most of the time. RIP Tame! I enjoyed my flights out to Galapagos and back.
Jump to postAntaras wrote:SAA's end started a year ago.
Is there any chance we can get a forum dedicated to those of us who currently work in the industry (Flight Ops, Crew, Sales & Marketing) as well as industry-adjacent such as GDS companies, Travel Agents & Tour Operators? It would be great to commiserate with colleagues from across the globe.
Jump to postI saw the one of the new gate concourses close to completion with several others still under construction when I was there last year. It seems the design is dictated by space constraints, but the U-shape of the overall project will make transiting SCL about as much fun as transiting LAX or any other...
Jump to postThe mayor of Guayaquil ordered municipal vehicles to enter GYE airport and blockade the runway in an attempt to prevent inbound flights from Europe. Today's KLM flight was due to land in GYE to pick up some of the guests who had been stranded in Galapagos and repatriate them back home. KL755 landed ...
Jump to postThere's a lot of hyperbole driven by nervous insecurity. Bottom line, the airlines need to take a number and wait in line with everyone else affected by this unprecedented event. Why should airline employees be prioritized ahead of small retail shopkeepers, restaurant workers or minimum wage laborers?
Jump to postSam Chui, well....he's just another avgeek blogger with a huge network. I don't value his commercial input as very valuable. Just because he's well known in the industry doesn't make him an expert... Not to defend him in any way, but I believe aviation is just his hobby. I seem to recall his day jo...
Jump to postDid not National go bankrupt or close to it? The original National Airlines (NA) operated from 1934 to 1980 when it merged with Pan Am. A second iteration (N7) was based in Las Vegas that operated between 1999 and 2002. It went bankrupt and ultimately ceased operations. This third iteration is Nati...
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