While they already partner on inter-island flights, I would love to see HA join AA/AS in Oneworld. I believe there is some bad blood between them and QF, but if they could clear that up they would fitake nicely into OW'so Oceania lineup. I couldn't bear to see HA in skyteam.
Jump to postI'm happy for the addition but I really wish QR had made an effort to get Kenya Airways out of ST.
Jump to postI've been screaming for years that airlines need to hold very large sums of cash. Yet every time I got a lot of slick responses as to why airlines shouldnt. It seems odd that companies in such a capital intensive industry would have bare bones levels of cash on hand when black swan events have been ...
Jump to postKikko19 wrote:I would rather see BT venturing and opening a base in Stockholm and CPH.
An interesting addition to the alliance - I thought they were going out of fashion these days? Is this part of QR realigning the alliance in its own image? I dreamed of a new EU carrier since IAG cant seem to get their act together. The small presence one world had in southern Africa with Comair (t...
Jump to postPlenty of times on AA when they used the 762 on the LAX-JFK flights. This was around the time when transcon flights were super cheap and I was using them for MR's for status. I also experienced this on AA's ORD-FRA flights as well.
Jump to postCould the new destination be Las Cruces, New Mexico? The State of New Mexico spent $203 on Las Cruces, America’s first spaceport. The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA), an arm of the state government, spent $31m on the Spaceport terminal. The Norman Foster designed terminal houses Virgin Galact...
Jump to postSo if Azul eventually acquires LATAM, what happens to DL's role in the airline? I know they will have the chance to buy shares if the LATAM plan goes through, but does that clause disappear in a Azul + Latam merger? In my mind it seems as though DL will have no involvement in the new carrier, but I'...
Jump to postWas there a door/hatch to access the cargo hold via the lower galleys of the older 747s & L-1011's ?
Jump to postDid AA lose or gain any slots during the pandemic? What about BA (since they're in a JV)?
Jump to postHow much does OK pay annually to be a member of Skyteam? They can keep codeshares, but do they really need to be in ST?
Jump to postI dont suspect DL is just going to abandon the idea just because AA called "dibs" and put a schedule together. AA may have gotten Oracle to come along, but im sure DL will add some other big name contract and the battle will be on. Maybe DL should go to SAT :) Its really hard to see how D...
Jump to postCan anyone give me a breakdown on the number of gates used by AA/AS and I guess B6? Very cool they got Oracle involved: “Austin is a vibrant technology hub where companies like Oracle are growing, investing and innovating for the future,” said Rita Visser, Director of Global Travel Sourcing, Oracle....
Jump to postKey word is eventually . When is "eventually"? - ??? Current lease prohibits AA from using T5 gates for relocation of Eagle (the past year has been with a LAWA granted exception). I thought the main demand AA had for the removal of the nest was that Eagle moves to T5. If thats not the cas...
Jump to postreadytotaxi wrote:The website is taking bookings into March
I lost track of the Cuban situation. Can anyone list the number of frequencies held by each airline?
Jump to postCan anyone elaborate on the delivery schedule of their MAX order? Also, they should ditch that god-awful livery they just created before any new planes arrive.
Jump to postWhat about CAY, French Guiana? It would be interesting to see. I wonder how much traffic there is between CAY and MIA. AA could have an advantage over the AF connection in PTP if there is sufficient demand. I wonder this will impact Surinam Airways flights to Miami which make a stop in Aruba from P...
Jump to postAm I the only one who's thinking about the cleaner who has to wash out that cat urine?
Jump to postLOThansa. Some other words that come to mind.... cold, industrial, minimalist, unimaginative, clinical.
To be fair, I thought the same about the previous livery, and about the airline as a whole. With the exception of the 748 fleet, nothing about LH inspires me to fly them.
So for 20+ years some people have been saying a pandemic is coming, so airlines should have been better prepared? Which means they should have sat on 10's of Billions in cash for the last 20+ years for when the "predicted" pandemic hit? Yes, they should have been more prepared, especially...
Jump to postNo one could have predicted a Global Pandemic. Complete nonsense!!! I really wish people would stop saying that. Virologists, epidemiologists, biologists, and various research institutions have been predicting this for the past two decades at least. The truth is the airlines had poor business conti...
Jump to postThey tried this before with Deutsche BA and failed. So I doubt they will try it again. Deutsche BA was just a feeder airline back when BA stupidly believed all roads went through LHR. I would hope that IAG had better sense and created a real airline that flew to NA, Asia,.... nonstop from FRA and/o...
Jump to postI don't understand any IAG attempt to buy OS. Wouldn't the better strategic option be to buy Condor then rejig their leisure orientated routes/destinations and have an actual presence in the heart of Germany. IAG had a chance with AB but blew it. It seems they want to repeat that mistake.
Jump to postI thought I remember AA being involved with AR around that time. Am I mistaken?
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b) why would that matter to Delta buying Virgin's assets out of administration?
The unfortunate result of this is we'll never see MH in the US again.
Jump to postWith her beautiful engines I would say the 777. As a successful blood relative to the current queen, she has the capability to fulfill the same mission.
Jump to postHere are some options: 2) Government can then put money in through buying slots from Virgin at LGW and LHR at 20% discount to the average price paid for slots at both airports during 2018/2019. The Government can then retain the slots and sell them on at a profit to compensate for lost interest whe...
Jump to postMeh. I hope this whole thread doesn't become about DL. Im more interested in the south concourses. Has there been any published information stemming from the meetings between LAWA and the T4-T8 airlines?
Jump to postBreathe wrote:Air Serbia and Air Seychelles must be wondering if the curse will hit them next!
Not that important. Delta could essentially just replace all the USA-LHR with their flights and take the slots. Not much left of VS after that. What makes you think Branson (51% owner) would just let DL strip VS of its slot portfolio? Sorry but DL becomes a small player in LHR if VS collapses.
Jump to postIshrion wrote:Their antitrust immunity JV with JAL got officially rejected a few weeks ago, so there's that.
It looks as though there's a real possibility that HA could lose its Australian and UK partners by the time this crisis is over. My question is what are HA's partner possibilities if that happens? HA seems to have burned any bridges with QF after they opposed the AA-QF JV. Qantas didn't want to code...
Jump to posta36001 wrote:AVENSAB727 wrote:Could this be return of "Ansett"?
Interesting if that happend. Who owns the Ansett name now?
It looks like Tigerair is done. https://simpleflying.com/virgin-australia-tigerair-pilots/ SQ had three goes at the Australian market through equity and failed dismally at all attempts. They're not the 'so called saviour' as some would think considering SQ's dismal investment record overall, and as ...
Jump to postThis should be compare to WWII, where life would resume after a huge one-off disruption. So don't get me wrong. The disruption will be significant. Again, I am looking at a WWII scale disruption in terms of both economic and even potentially human toll. Humans, at least those in East Asia, North Am...
Jump to postHas anyone already mentioned this article about Richard Branson investing over 200 million pounds in Virgin? https://www.ft.com/content/4010625e-6c5a-11ea-89df-41bea055720b The problem is that the cash infusion will be split amongst the entire Virgin group and not VS entirely. I'm not sure if VA is...
Jump to postHere we go again with the map-readers and the usual "PHX is between LAX and DFW... it should be dehubbed" nonsense. Any of us who have actually lived in the PHX metro area, and witnessed the tremendous growth over the past 20 years knows that PHX won't be dehubbed. Maybe some routes are sc...
Jump to postI asked this in the Delta thread, but I think it was too early for any answers. What does this mean for UA in LAX and their expansion into T9? Will those plans be delayed, or abandoned? If they plan on a smaller operation post-Corona, how much of T7/T8 will go unused? What was the outcome of those r...
Jump to postBut this codeshare agreement between PR and AA, that would also pave the way for the former, as the other forum suggest their long-awaiting entry into Oneworld. But I don't think it will impact NH that much, given that they own 9.5% of the Philippines' air flag carrier and won't lure them to join S...
Jump to postWhat will happen to Virgin Australia.... on some transpacific markets could create some opportunities for HAL, if they can capture these opportunities. Interesting situation. I wonder how much feed HA & VA exchange and SYD/BNE. Any demise of VA could cut that feed off and give QF an advantage o...
Jump to posttphuang wrote:
- LA Area - I think they will consolidate around LAX. I'm probably optimistic here, but I think they will get all the gates they need at LAX (maybe 6 to 8 gates in total) over the next few years.
flyboy80 wrote:If anyone pulls back LAX of the US3 I see United more likely than Delta.
Don't shoot the messenger but maybe we need to bring back the CAB. Treat airlines like Utilities. Somebody should start that thread - "Time to bring back the CAB?" Im not sure we need full CAB-like regulation of airlines (i.e. route regulation), but I do think we need to apply some rules ...
Jump to postAnd will... NH permit an AA code on PR’s Haneda services? Don't see OW on the horizon for various reasons including ANA now owning a stake in PAL and more likely to steer them into Star... No offence but it all depends on whether ANA can veto PR's alliance choice. PR may not have deep corporation w...
Jump to postWho would have ever predicted such an event in these modern times, bringing entire industries to a halt. Hoping some airlines get revenue by using the belly space in their long haul planes for freight with empty cabins. Seriously? Epidemiologists, virologists, and other social sciences have been pr...
Jump to postNo because they will be joining oneworld soon and American should be able to fulfill their needs. The problem is that AA doesn't fly ANC-Asia without some serious backtracking. The only OW option to Asia involves ANC-SEA-(HKG/NRT). Unless JL starts a TYO-ANC route, ANC won't have a convenient conne...
Jump to postSo what some people were doing is they would sign up with Citi Card, then a month later Barclays and claim double bonus for signing up. American says thats a violation of the rules, and is now going in an freezing the accounts of these people, in some cases AFTER they have made a reservation and th...
Jump to postTruthfully, I would be happier if AS flew to Vladivostok.
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