The slot situation at HND is never going to go away as they will certainly assess the congested situation before additional daytime slots are given out. They could open up more night time slots when the airport is quiet when all the domestic operations shutdown during the night hours. NRT is there f...
Jump to postThat is because the ANA 787-10s are domestic people movers that have 400+ standard economy seats and just a few simple recliner upper class seats. The issue is the elaborate business class seats that we see on int’l routes.
Jump to postI hope to see the entire Finnair network restored to what it was in 2019. And I hope to see the airline fly over Russia again. Since they are returning NGO in May, I predict that CTS and FUK will return by the end of the year I don't see CTS and FUK returning until Russian airspace is open. Speakin...
Jump to postI was hoping that JAL Cargo would bring back the chrome livery, but it looks like they're not :( 1860541 They didn't put winglets on them during the conversion. Considering they will be put on int'l routes, even though initial routes are pretty short to South Korea and China, I thought it might wor...
Jump to postSN53 wrote:Anyone have an idea what will happen to HND's Russia Slots. I believe NH, JL, SU had slots to Moscow. NH to DME. JL/SU to SVO. And S7 had one to VVO.
leleko747 wrote:I wish she would push in the idea of a livery change! But keeping the Tsurumaru logo please!
I saw on NHK an aerial footage where the A350 stopped well right of the runway. It could be that the fire trucks could not make it to the right side to extinguish the remaining fire because of the retaining wall with Tokyo Bay. Hopefully good news that all the passengers and crew made it out of the ...
Jump to postDoes anybody know when JL and NH stopped flying to ICN and PUS and what schedules they had? Was the shift to GMP gradual or did it happen in one go when the airport reopened to (limited) intl ops about a decade ago. NH's last regularly scheduled passenger flight to ICN occurred on March 30th, 2013....
Jump to postThose opposing farmers are still there.
I believe the sign has been brought down recently.
Narita to build a new logistics center. New 70 hectare facility to be open by 2029. https://www.aircargonews.net/cargo-airport/tokyo-narita-airport-set-for-air-cargo-logistics-facilities-development/ The third runway will be operational in the same year. Now sure whether they will continue the curr...
Jump to postI am not sure what you are referring to the "southeastern". The originally planned third runway is in the approximately 02-20 orientation. It is to the east of the terminal complex. You can see the vague outline and the already constructed south end. The two current runways are oriented in...
Jump to postOr could just be a PR ploy. I'd expect remaining 763s replaced by 737-10s supplemented by a small number of additional 788s. 738s can get swapped for 73-8s as economics/lease periods dictate. Easy Co2 reduction, cost reduction and fleet simplification. I will disagree with your statement. They alrea...
Jump to postWonderful more LCCs aligned with their parent airline.
Can't wait for ANA to re-introduce a 747 in their livery, albeit in the freighter form, as they bring in Nippon Cargo Airlines back into their portfolio..
It's been known all along that the A350s will replace the remaining 777s. It is interesting that they still intend to keep 8 of the 77Ws past 2025. I sense a top off order for more A350s in that case. It is already uncustomary to see so few JAL 777s at HND. Just the sign of the times and change in s...
Jump to postSeriously??? Care to quantify it BY DEFINITION? 77W - ??? dB 787 - ??? dB Please fill in the above and quantify that big difference BY DEFINITION. It wasn’t mentioned that it was “noisier” by definition it was that it was “noisy” which is a whole separate can of worms. Even if one can measure it ob...
Jump to postI'd also be interested in the actual noise measured in all these aircraft.
In addition, it will also depend on the location of the aircraft. Aft, forward, and adjacent to the powerplant.
Agree, the dry air is guaranteed to not only to dehydrate you, but also promises a nice headache. The only worse thing is the pain-inducing noise levels. I am left wondering how on earth Boeing came up with such a terrible passenger cabin for their flagship.... I don’t find the 777 to be quieter th...
Jump to postWhy is it a tease? Its been known for a few years that the A350-1000s were going to replace the 77W on the key int'l runs like TYO-JFK. I am sure before it is introduced on HND-JFK, it will fly a few domestic or shorter-haul int'l flights. With the new wider cabins I absolutely see JAL doing this. 9...
Jump to postTechnically shouldn't the title be a new terminal? It is not like a brand new airport complete with runway(s), passenger terminal, etc. opened up or is going to open up.
Jump to postSince AY is resuming HEL-KIX, what do yall think about the return of HEL-NGO/FUK and the start of HEL-CTS (which I think will only start in the winter season as that was their original plan). Of course, all there routes were supposed to resume last year, but Putin had other plans. If AY were to res...
Jump to postSo from the sounds of things, if expansion to the US from secondary Japanese airports is the goal, then Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha the prime markets to go after given the robust rail network on Honshu? Are routes from any of these locations even feasible (with the exception of maybe Sapporo and Nah...
Jump to postIt is possible that either ANA or JAL will add a transpacific flight from NGO, due to the gap left by Delta? or was Detroit the only viable market from NGO, which is now nonexistent. They barely have any international flights out of NGO even before the pandemic...much less a long-haul (not counting...
Jump to postAll the 763's will be gone in a couple years. Please enlight us all on how they intend to do that in a couple of years. 787's and a mixture of large NB's (737's) I presume. I would semi-agree on aircraft types except that they have zero NB jets on order. It is not certain that they will go with the...
Jump to postWhat are they going to replace the 772s? They don’t have any near term deliveries of 787s except one 788 going to Zipair. They have some A350-1000s coming to replace the 77Ws starting this spring. It is possible that a few 77Ws get the high-density treatment or they just downsize to 763s? All the 7...
Jump to postFor some reason, I thought they were done, at least for now, with the A359. Their next A350 LN#610 shows as A350-1000.
Jump to postWhat are they going to replace the 772s? They don’t have any near term deliveries of 787s except one 788 going to Zipair. They have some A350-1000s coming to replace the 77Ws starting this spring. It is possible that a few 77Ws get the high-density treatment or they just downsize to 763s?
Jump to postFull flight does not necessarily equate to profittable flight. Typically, a large number of business flyers are needed for such a ULH flight. Hence why the numerous flights from US to SIN, but lack there-of to BKK. LAX was served daily by TG thru KIX/NRT in the late 1990s til early 2000s with their ...
Jump to postAnything smaller than a 763/788 out of HND on an int'l flight is a non-starter because the amount of cargo and passengers, both premium class and econo, that are required to be moved. Of course there are some int'l narrow bodies into HND now but even pre-COVID, it is largely an exception. It is cert...
Jump to postIf there is very little KIX-FRA origin traffic and the vast majority is connecting passengers why not move it to MUC where there are plentiful slots.
Jump to postCould these ANC ground times be simply a result of curfews at several main airports in eastern Asia? First off, this thread is very interesting read since int'l passenger traffic has fallen off the cliff. It's been a while since I last posted. With the exception of Tokyo Narita (NRT), all the major...
Jump to postThe likelihood of JAL ordering any variant of 777 is remote now that they have the A350 order. The A35K is more than big enough for their future needs. Whether they order more A359s or 787-9s or 787-10s to retire their domestic 777s is to be seen. If Boeing doesn't resolve the 737-MAX problems, they...
Jump to postI sure hope the gating situation for ANA is only temporary. I could only imagine an passenger going to the wrong terminal. Hopefully there are certain measures in place. It is not like Terminal 2 & Terminal 3 are next to each other. Also many travelers expect alliance connections under one termi...
Jump to postSQ's schedule, based on winter timings, could look like this: SIN - NRT - JFK: 1200 - 1945/2145 - 2010 JFK - NRT - SIN: 0200 - 0615/0815 - 1455 or 1000 - 1415/1615 - 2255 If slots at JFK are an issue, they could go to EWR. None of the flight times overlap with any of ANA's offerings. They could oper...
Jump to postJAL did not make any statement regarding its existing NRT-JFK service, so I think it stays maybe with smaller aircraft such as 788 or 789. Int'l configured A350s will come in 2020, so they should come into the mix. They did not put it the body of the press release. The first appendix states that JL...
Jump to postI don't get why airlines like Japan Airlines end up using the A359 on their domestic market. Eventually, they are going to operate both the A359 & A35J in the international configuration, so why not have a small A359 to work out the kinks initially. It may not make sense to you, but certainly J...
Jump to postFSDan wrote:LAXintl wrote:JAL schedule details:
[*]JFK-NRT cut in favor of 2nd daily JFK-HND.
bourbon wrote:When comparing the two Tokyo Airports to London Airports,
Haneda is more like London City, Narita is LHR, and KIX (or any other Japanese City) is LGW
First ask, how many weekly flights do Air NZ fly between Japan & NZ?
JL is not longer government owned. ANA can easily codeshare on NZ and send their low-density, premium-class centered widebody fleet elsewhere around the globe.
I loved clearing customs in 5 minutes at PDX when I came back from Puerto Vallarta in January. I don't know too many airports in the US where it takes 5 minutes to clear customs. How long did it take to clear immigration, one hour? :duck: I think you mean both immigration and customs? Just out of c...
Jump to postI can also think of HND off the top of my head in Asia. '902 Top of your head is quite wrong. But I think you are alluding to the other Tokyo Airport - NRT, which has a curfew 2300 to 0600. Actually, HND is only one of few in Japan that is open 24 hours. Another reason there are quite a number of o...
Jump to postWould be great if SQ did something like SIN-KIX-ORD.
Jump to postI wonder if any airports were upgraded for the A380 but ended up not having A380 service? I found a list that says CVG is A380 capable but I don’t know if they actually had to make any upgrades. CVG sees the 748F on a regular basis and is in the same class as the A380, Code F. Furthermore, a good d...
Jump to postWhat stuck out to me (which I had not realized before) was the stupendous amount of money spent around the world to upgrade airports to accommodate the beast. I knew it was a lot but the figures shown here are staggering. Just the same as back in late 1960s and 1970s to gear up for the 747. What's ...
Jump to postThanks to the replies, so the deadline for ordering A380s has passed. My personal opinion is NH took a huge risk by ordering only three of these but surely there must have been some logic to it. Being a typical Japanese company that is against unnecessary risk, there must be some calculation scenari...
Jump to postWithout going over 450 replies, can the A380 still be ordered and delivered by 2021? For example, ANA is happy with their three A380s and wants two more new builds? Last options would obviously be the second-hand market but NH is not exactly known to acquire used aircraft. Last time that happened wa...
Jump to postI am not sure NH & JL will be able to fill out all 12 of their slot pairs from 2020. Moving any of the trans-pacific flights from NRT to HND will decrease their connecting traffic to their Asian flights unless there is duplication on destination like LAX. For example, if UA were to move their IA...
Jump to postI am not sure NH & JL will be able to fill out all 12 of their slot pairs from 2020. Moving any of the trans-pacific flights from NRT to HND will decrease their connecting traffic to their Asian flights unless there is duplication on destination like LAX. For example, if UA were to move their IA...
Jump to postSo how come AF & NH retired their A320-200s after about 20 to 24 years in service, while LH & AC keep going? LH has a tendency to keep their fleet modern, so why did they not replace their old A320s with new CEOs or NEOs? The old Braniff A320-231s inherited by HP-US-AA were retired the past ...
Jump to postMy comments: 1. ITM is land locked in middle of a highly populated area. Certainly additional flights can be added but there is only certain amount of gate space available. What's the purpose of adding a few int'l flights, and adding staff that the Ministry of Interior (forget the agency that deal w...
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