Yup, VX is gone, airplanes, brand, everything. AS isn't going to integrate anything other than the routes and gates they want. AS wont have any onboard IFE other than Digiplayers, they won't be sexing up their F/A or pilot uniforms, VX will fly into the sunsetnafter a year or so while AS plays up th...
Jump to postSince the Q-400 came on in Alaska and especially the <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym>-<acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym> route we do have more daily flights but what use to be a 38-41 minu...
Jump to postDoes <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> fly 739s to Hawaii? Never seen one here and all the flights I've ever flown on <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> to Hawaii whether from the West Coast or Anchorage have been on 738s. I guess A321s are fine for West Coast to H...
Jump to postYes! I stopped by and saw the Uzbekistan Airways 757 today, too bad the jet bridge is in the way of a great shot but I took a few anyway and posted on Facebook. It was the same 757 I photographed in Rome Fiumicino back in May of 2014.
Jump to postRight when the winter service to <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym> was announced earlier in the year a <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> flight attendant friend of mine with 25+ years at <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</ac...
Jump to postWe have been getting <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> daily here in Fairbanks on a Compass E-175 and it has been late so often! Twice I was booked out on <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> and both times the flight was late and they put me on Alaska so I could mak...
Jump to postA good friend is an F/A on Delta, he is pretty senior so he gets to choose his work pretty freely and he wont ever choose a 739. I have recently flown on both <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> 739s to and from Alaska, always e...
Jump to postI laughed out loud when I read this article which was written by a rag IN SEATTLE?!?! I'll give the author $20 if City is around in a year or two, I bet they dont last long enough to take delivery of any of these jets.
Jump to postThe 321 would be perfect for Alaska flying <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>- <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym>, <acronym title="Fairbanks...
Jump to postThe Sky interior is...uh, nothing. Its a ceiling and if nothing else has bins that lots of people cant close or crack their heads on when they are open. I have flown on both <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> and <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> 739s with the Ski ...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 (81/82/83/88) and the 727 are very comparable as far as cargo capacity, <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80s get significantly better gas mileage than a 727, <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80s at max T/O weight can also fl...
Jump to postThe 764 is a "nice ride", fit the niche, did its job keeping Delta or <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> to move to Airbus, whatever the reason......the 767-400 was in every measure a very niche product that sold only 38 units. It simply doesn't matter what your opinion is rega...
Jump to postANC and seasonal <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym> flights to <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> KOA and/or <acronym title="Kahului (OGG / PHOG), USA -...
Jump to postDC-6s, DC-3s, C-46 Commandos and even a DC-4 still haul freight around Alaska and Northern Canada. While my hometown operator, Everts Air Cargo and Everts Air Fuel still fly DC-6s every day across Alaska they have added 2 DC-9-30s, they took delivery of the first <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</...
Jump to postSo, look what 24/7 Wall Street thinks...... <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-brands-disappear-2015-172428388.html" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-brands-disappear-2015-172428388.html</a> Alaska Airlines as a brand will disappear in 2015. Why, Delta will buy them of course....
Jump to postI really wish The Motley Fool would just not write about aviation, its laughable and embarrasing for them on almost every occassion.
Jump to postWe have talked about how Boeing supposedly destroyed the tooling for the 757, that not withstanding, this article claims sources from within Boeing. It also states that the "757 design is newer than the 737 so its totally possible"...or something to that effect. Not even discussing that although the...
Jump to postThink of all the DC-3s, DC-4s, C-46s and countless other cargo and troop carriers that went from war service to PAX service after World War 2. Of course there were so few regulations back then and those aircraft were so simple, the conversion was pretty simple.
Jump to postI know a lot of you have seen aviation acticles written by the mostly always hilariously fact-free "Motley Fool", their articles often show up on the Yahoo News page and elsewhere and Im always always amazed at how poorly researched they are. This article from TODAY <a href="http://www.fool.com/inve...
Jump to postI fly <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> all the time and I find that the breakfast offered in first is really terrible. Fully ONCE in the last 2 years did I have breakfast that was breakfast burrito and it was on a shorter flight than when I usually get the comically hilarious chee...
Jump to postHa! Gate 1 at <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym> has no jetbridge, Gates 2-6 do. Gate 1 is a pseudo-gate, really just the ground floor accessed from stairs from Gate 2 . So I guess Gate 2, with the existing jetbridge is the one that gets the modificat...
Jump to postAir Canada's CRJ700/900s are terrible, no windows are alligned in coach. First time I flew on one from <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym>-<acronym title="Edmonton ...
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/dashman" class="quote" target="_blank">dashman</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Q400's are routinely used with jetways so th...
Jump to postNobody is excited about the Q-400 in Alaska except <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym>. You should hear the local chatter in <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym>, passengers are not happy about the coming changes to the schedule with NO ...
Jump to postI think an interline agreement with <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> would be great for IslandAir...look at the fares <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> charges to <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / P...
Jump to postThe 737 has ranged in size from the original small -100 to the -900 with 100% increase in size from the beginning to the current largest model, around 100 pax for the -100 and almost 200 for the -900. The Airbus A300 spawned not only the smaller A310 but the fuselage cross section and twin jet confi...
Jump to postET does not have a history of poor mx, quite the opposite. This particular plane is more or less (more) brand new.
Jump to postAll the flights from <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym>-<acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym>-SCC are operated by <acronym title="Air Botswana">BP</acronym>/Conoco Shared Services on a 737-700,...
Jump to postDuring my years at Alaska Airlines there was an <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80 that had a bird strike on the nose shortly before arriving at <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym>...no blood or feathers but a nicely cracked radome. Althou...
Jump to postWN is the most profitable (usually) domestic carrier and also usually rates quite high in regards to customer satisfaction so why on earth would they tie up with a regional when they do really well, err, the best without it? If anything it might be a model for how other carriers grow, ditch the regi...
Jump to postI dont see the spoilers redeploying at all after they retract, only on the left side are the spoilers deployed. This would explain why the right wing was creating lift while the left wing had full spoilers. Tech malfunction? Pilot error?
Jump to postIt was a terrible name from the beginning, I always thought that if this thing ever has any problems or god forbid, a crash, having named it something as presumptious as "Dream------" was a bad idea. Other iconic names like Constellation, Electra, Caravelle and Concorde didnt ilicit an idea like a "...
Jump to postBeing a 40 yr visitor to Hawaii and now a part time resident (splitting time between Hawaii and Alaska) I must say that I run across so few Europeans that I cannot imagine that Hawaii to Europe non-stop service would be viable. Europeans have so many tropical destinations available to them that are ...
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/rutankrd" class="quote" target="_blank">rutankrd</a> (<a href="#39" class="quote">Reply 39</a>):<br/><i>Lufthansa's original short fuselage 737-...
Jump to postDoes an airfield elevation of 982 ft (CRW) qualify as a "high" airport? Hot yes, short runway, yes, bizarre location on a lopped off mountain and I can imagine the restrictions given these qualities, but high?
Jump to postAlaska has the best seafood in N America, there would be zero reason to bring seafood from the Atlantic to <acronym title="Air Asia (Malaysia)">AK</acronym>, there is no market for farmed (most of Atlantic seafood) fish in <acronym title="Air Asia (Malaysia)">AK</acronym>. Again, the reason for this...
Jump to postIts tourism, not business or the "rich Alaskans who want to travel". Condor flights have done well for over a decade and its tourists coming FROM Europe who populate those flights. Yes, there is opportunity for those of us who live in <acronym title="Air Asia (Malaysia)">AK</acronym> to travel to Eu...
Jump to postA comparison like this is a classic way to make a particular number compare favorably by manipulating the data in a way as to shed the best light possible on the data you are interested in fluffing up. You could make a list like the one we are discussing illustrate just about anything you wanted by ...
Jump to postIts pretty clear, there are two "major" airlines serving Canada domestically, WestJet and AirCanada...I think I've answered the question. I lived in Canada during the earlier 2000s and <acronym title="WestJet (Canada)">WS</acronym> was usually a lot cheaper than <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acron...
Jump to postThe brand new <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>"476" 76MD-90A can at least replace the C-17 when it is killed in a sad premature death when current orders are filled. The new updated <acronym title="Istanbul Airlines (Turkey)">IL</acronym>-76MD-90A has the payload, range and m...
Jump to postI agree, its lunacy to close down C-17 production. Current budget constraints are of course an issue but that is an immediate problem, hopefully to be cleared up in the next few years. With the total draw down of US involvement in Afghanistan at least that wont be bleeding the Pentagon dry for much ...
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/babybus" class="quote" target="_blank">babybus</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>That would be a wise move as people really...
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Jump to postYes, NAC retired the DC-6s and 727 and brought on line 737s but with the number of 737s they did not by any stretch of the imagination replace all the lift they retired. They have been smaller, eclipsed by Everts Years ago in terms of lift, fleet size and capability. Everts still operates 6-7 DC-6s ...
Jump to postI do use GoGo when I have the room to use my laptop. I find that the room is the biggest problem with using a laptop on the plane. In F class its fine but in coach its really hard, especially if the seat in front of you is reclined. On recent <acronym title="Salt Lake City - International (SLC / KSL...
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/SVA402" class="quote" target="_blank">SVA402</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i> Long-term I think that we'll see Alaska ser...
Jump to postWell, I guess we can say- Its not like they weren't going to give them clearance and it was the correct airport!
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/SurfandSnow" class="quote" target="_blank">SurfandSnow</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>These two immediately came to mind. ...
Jump to postThere are zero reasons <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> should have an East Coast hub. Why risk your stable and continuous profitability with a dumb expansion to a new hub totally outside your sphere of influence? The legacy carriers struggle to make money and be even a little pro...
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/BMI727" class="quote" target="_blank">BMI727</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i>An uncontained failure in a normal engine is...
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