Icahn's group is the third largest shareholder. Blackrock holds ~18% and Vanguard holds ~11%. Dimensional Fund owns ~4%. 9.9% is a lot, but not when Blackrock and Vanguard hold a combined ~30%. He'll have one of 11 seats on the board. Calm down.
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Booked/flown:
Jan:
ZQN-WLG
WLG-AKL
Feb:
AKL-YVR
YVR-AKL
Mar:
AKL-CHC
CHC-AKL
Apr:
AKL-WLG
WLG-AKL
AKL-NSN
NSN-AKL
AKL-NPL
NPL-AKL
May:
AKL-SIN
SIN-CDG
ORY-OPO
Jun:
OPO-GVA
FRA-OPO
Jul:
OPO-GIG
GIG-OPO
There is definitely a balance to strike between pretty to draw attention and so much pretty that it drowns out the message. Don’t forget you can always write to the CAA to complain or give feedback/commentary. https://www.aviation.govt.nz/about-us/contact-us/ EDIT: In fact I’ve just sent them such ...
Jump to postWell for starters, JQ is not a Kiwi carrier, so does not the rights to fly ex-NZ to Fiji, Samoa, etc. Realistically, you're looking at RAR only for them, which they can already channel traffic via AKL to. Just my opinion though. Really? I was under the impression that ANY Australian airline can fly...
Jump to postAir NZ and AKL airport are on a collision course regarding the cost of the new terminal development. Going to be a real challenge to come to an agreement on this one. https://simpleflying.com/auckland-airport-air-new-zealand-collision-course/ From memory, I don't think they need to come to an agree...
Jump to postA Portuguese news website reported that the Portuguese president flew a commercial flight from Lisbon to Montreal on Sep 13 for an official trip. According to the arrival time, it wasn’t even a TAP flight! The president flew a commercial Air Canada flight. I have to admit I’ve never heard of heads ...
Jump to postCHC is so we'll served now. We get way more than ADL for example which is a city of 1 million more people than CHC. ADL only has QR, MH and SQ for wide body flights. Really? "So well served?" I wouldn't call it that for a huge chunk of travelers out of CHC each day. From what perspective ...
Jump to postI didn’t realize Texas to New Zealand was as big of a market as it is. If United were to add another route to AKL to join SFO and LAX, could it be IAH-AKL? Or with NZ already on that route would that be too much? I don't think Texas has huge demand per se, but the connections offered over DFW/IAH a...
Jump to posthey random question. I am flying UA SFO-AKL next month. What is the meals setup. Normally to Europe they do one pretty quickly but its something like a 11 pm departure and that seems late for "dinner" but with the length I am guessing there are a couple. Thanks I flew it in late January. ...
Jump to postNot official till official, but expect to hear news re DL LAX-AKL in the immediate future. Starting in NW this year.
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Delaying a strike into January/Feb might actually work in Delta's favor given what is happening in the economy. However, I expect that Christmas and Thanksgiving will be "Flying by the letter of the Contract", Add in some weather.... I think it would behoove the pilots to remember that th...
Jump to postAnecdotal evidence: on the SYD-DFW flights I've taken, very few people were heading to Dallas. Things will have changed in the time since my last SYD-DFW flight, but with a full flight, fewer than 25 people had the DFW area as their destination. It was great for me, as it made customs and immigrati...
Jump to postNo…most Aussies have little or no interest in Texas. Strictly a feeder run. A feeder run for what? An 18 hour flight as a 'feeder' I would find strange. Am curious how you make a very generalised statement thinking Australians have no interest in Texas. Is this your opinion based on what exactly? H...
Jump to postWIAL taking NZTA and WCC to court over a pedestrian crossing as WCC and NZTA decided not to burden taxpayers with an expensive overbridge. https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/127995361/wellington-airport-going-to-court-to-stop-new-pedestrian-crossing I know I'll probably be in the...
Jump to postA lot of it is done to defer total costs over a longer time. If you think short-term, the upfront cost of leasing an aircraft is much less than purchasing it outright. Over the medium- to long-term, it is often more expensive because of lease rates. If you have cash flow (liquidity) problems, though...
Jump to postAs the late, great, comedian Sean Lock replied when asked if there was one thing he could change about himself, what would it be:
"Well, obviously the front."
Here are a couple of before/after shots from the west coast of Tongatapu, of what used to be the Ha'atafu Beach Resort where I got married. Pictures sent from the resort owners, who escaped by climbing up a mango tree with their children and being rescued by some neighbours. According to them, the t...
Jump to postTonga is a lovely country that is very close to my heart. The west side of Tongatapu (where the resorts are--resorts being locally owned and operated small hotels) has been badly damaged. We're hearing that most of the properties close to the beach are completely gone, including the place I got marr...
Jump to postDeparted Flights shows 3 weekly nonstop LAX-SYD and 4 weekly 1-stop LAX-SYD (via HNL) in Dec 1992. Other flights include one-stop LAX-FUK via HNL daily and nonstops to LGW daily, NRT, 5 weekly OSA, and 4 weekly SEL.
Jump to postMaybe a few one-off flights, but overall average loads are much much stronger than that. Well this is the rolling officially reported load factor data with the six month lag: JAN - 68.4% FEB - 59.0% MAR - 54.4% APR - 54.1% MAY - 53.8% Definitely more than "a few one-off flights"....... We...
Jump to postlegend500 wrote:MEL (QF)
15 or so years ago and lurked a few years prior. Met a lot of good people along the way.
Jump to postLet’s run a hypothetical, though. So if a judge orders the release and it is upheld on appeal (which, again, I give almost no chance of happening), that would set a precedent for future challenges. Release of profitability data would open the door for predation cases to be successful, which would b...
Jump to postThere is only the smallest of chances a judge would order AS to produce their route profitability. And on the off chance it was ordered, AS would be appealing that decision faster than you could say ‘What the fudge?’ That information would likely be considered a trade secret or similar. Let’s run a ...
Jump to postNoticed recently that there had not been a post from 'sunrisevalley' since early September. Unfortunately Hugh is no longer with us. We exchanged occasional emails and I will miss his contributions. http://deaths.nelsonmail.co.nz/obituaries/nelson-mail-nz/obituary.aspx?pid=186772187 Hugh explained ...
Jump to postB6 originally wanted to serve DAL. They were quite frustrated by the Wright 'compromise'. If the DAL gates became available, I'm sure they would do their due diligence on it. That doesn't mean they would or would even want to move, and most airlines that could potentially serve DAL would likely do t...
Jump to postThe list of potential destinations seems to mostly make sense. I do wonder about Dallas, though... I have heard about the large Vietnamese population in Houston - are there similar connections between Vietnam and Dallas? TPE could make sense as an intermediate point on a potential SGN-DFW route, as...
Jump to postThe quake just after midnight was unreal. Best I can compare it to: imagine flying at cruise and asleep. Then you hit severe CAT and the plane just starts bouncing all over the place. Except there are no seatbelts. Or pilots who know what they are doing. And you're on the floor under the bed listeni...
Jump to postFairly standard here: WLG-AKL-WLG x 10-20 on a mix of NZ/JQ (lost count) WLG-HLZ-WLG x 3 WLG-CHC-WLG x 1 (November on AT7) WLG-SYD-DFW (QF 738/388) DEN-DFW (S80--last AA Super 80 flight for me) DFW-SYD-WLG (QF 388/738) Still have three more AKL returns through mid-December, and a HLZ run to finish o...
Jump to postSQ291 looked like it had a great approach over the harbour. And we put on just as fine of a day as Canberra did.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/N1120A" class="quote" target="_blank">N1120A</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>The roads in Vermont get awful in the winter...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MAH4546" class="quote" target="_blank">MAH4546</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>JetBlue has never flown this. Pretty sure De...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gemuser" class="quote" target="_blank">gemuser</a> (<a href="#26" class="quote">Reply 26</a>):<br/><i>Quoting ZKOJH (Reply 24): rules which allo...
Jump to postLooks like it is daily: 20 daily to HAV and 10 daily to each of 9 other airports.
Texan
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i>You can say that again! That's one beer I'd ...
Jump to postFamily and friends first. Good Tex Mex. Viva Mexico in Left Bank Arcade and in Newtown do it pretty well. But when I'm back in Texas, the first stop after leaving the airport is always a Mexican restaurant. Oh, and Shiner Bock. Not the best beer in the world, but it is a little comfort from home. Si...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mariner" class="quote" target="_blank">mariner</a> (<a href="#86" class="quote">Reply 86</a>):<br/><i>"NZ and Viet Nam sign agreement for aviati...
Jump to posthttp://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/7...an-airlines-plans-aucklandla-route
Auckland-LA daily 788 service from June 2016.
Texan
[Edited 2015-11-10 15:09:13]
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qf15" class="quote" target="_blank">qf15</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> While I'm still in dr...
Jump to postWatch a Texas Rangers game, go to a good bar, and just sit around and shoot the breeze. That's what I'd like people to do. But if some people want to have a more traditional ceremony, they are welcome to. Whatever it is that helps them will be just fine by me.
Texan
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RWA380" class="quote" target="_blank">RWA380</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Quoting rbavfan (Reply 13):I remember <acron...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RWA380" class="quote" target="_blank">RWA380</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acrony...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/United1" class="quote" target="_blank">United1</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Kind of insane bu as pointed out $120 millio...
Jump to postSame on this side of the Tasman, especially in Auckland. Average house prices in Auckland city are now over $1,000,000. For the entire Auckland area, the average house price is $829,000. That's compared to $729,000 12-months before and $562,000 36-months before. Prices aren't as crazy down here in W...
Jump to postPerhaps 7 Days has it right? "All New Zealand really needs to do is get a flag that Australia hates. So our flag should have a gay atheist female Aborigine on a boat."
Texan
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EK413" class="quote" target="_blank">EK413</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>* <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF<...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aerorobnz" class="quote" target="_blank">aerorobnz</a> (<a href="#187" class="quote">Reply 187</a>):<br/><i>I do know that there will be 767/777...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.fijiairways.com/about-fiji-airways/media-centre/real-tonga,-fiji-airways-sign-new-codeshare-agreement/" target="_blank">http://www.fijiairways.com/about-fij...ways-sign-new-codeshare-agreement/</a> Tonga and Fiji signed a new air services agreement allowing Fiji Airways to operat...
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