One of the risks of increasing passenger space is the temptation for airlines to use it to squeeze in more passengers. Back when the 7E7 was announced, the Boeing claim was that the biggest passenger complaint was the desire for individual armrests. This was supposed to be accomplished with 8 abreas...
Jump to postI know some of the UA FAs will be pleased by the 744 early retirement. The 744 reliability problems have been chronic for the last several years and the delays and cancellations cause chaos.
Jump to postWith four long, parallel runways (5th is coming soon), the potential traffic it can handle is enormous. PVG is a little more limited than that. It has the problem that places like LAX, DFW and ATL have in that while they have 4 or more parallel runways, aircraft using the outer runways have to taxi...
Jump to postI think it is unlikely that a manufacturer would want to take on that additional risk. Aircraft and engine development are expensive and one of the purposes of the engine exclusives is that the engine manufactures would assume the development risk in exchange for exclusivity. Additionally, as pointe...
Jump to postThe Motley Fool comes out with articles about closing a UA hub about twice a year. De-hubbing either is unlikely. LAX is hardly a hub but since it is gate limited, there is value in holding as many gates as possible. IAD and ORD replaced CLE as the reliever hub for EWR. EWR and ORD are not too bad r...
Jump to postLAX is mostly a hub for marketing purposes anyway. In the mid-to-late 1990s when a fifth runway was still in the cards, <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> planned on having a full hub there, possibly equal to <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - Californ...
Jump to postAmong business passengers, frequency is second only to price in selecting an airline. Sure, you can never get there but the schedule sure looks good. On the other side of the coin, airlines are not penalized for clogging the airspace with small aircraft. Landing fees are by weight, and for the few s...
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/thegoldenargosy" class="quote" target="_blank">thegoldenargosy</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>It reminded me a lot of Penn...
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Jump to postAll of the current 787 flights across the Pacific are sCO, which did not operate out of <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> until recently, so a good ...
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/flyingcat" class="quote" target="_blank">flyingcat</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Activist investors got Olive Garden to...
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/dfwjim1" class="quote" target="_blank">dfwjim1</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>1). According to my wife's girlfriend...
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/johnclipper" class="quote" target="_blank">johnclipper</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Well, technically it's not their 90t...
Jump to postEstablishing a minimum seat size would do one very important thing: stop the race to the bottom. To some extent, it would protect airlines from themselves. Competitive pressures force airlines to continually reduce individual seating space. The airline that can provide the least amount of space "win...
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/upwardfacing" class="quote" target="_blank">upwardfacing</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i>If <acronym title="Prescott - Er...
Jump to postDoes the article say that the flight would be a passenger carrier? I would think a China-<acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym> non-stop would be a cargo flight. There are several Chinese cargo flights to <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX...
Jump to postUgh. More UA 737s. I still prefer the A320, although they tried to equalize their discomfort with slimline seats.
Jump to postSeeking Alpha is not a very reliable source. It is possible that they are just referring to already announced <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Xian - Xianyang (XIY / ZLXY), China">XIY</acronym>. However, if <acronym title="Un...
Jump to postOne way to gently nudge the airlines to reduce the number of RJs at <acronym title="New York - La Guardia (Glenn H Curtiss / North Beach / Municipal-La Guardia Field) (LGA / KLGA), USA - New York">LGA</acronym> would be to flatten the landing fees. Landing fees are weight based so RJs pay less than ...
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/hohd" class="quote" target="_blank">hohd</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Anyway <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</...
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/slcdeltarumd11" class="quote" target="_blank">slcdeltarumd11</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Why discuss something that has...
Jump to postI was on a flight from China to the USA on 9/11/01 and was diverted to Canada. I have a US passport, so I did not need a visa but there were a number of Chinese passport holders and probably some of other nationalities that needed visas. Canadian frontier control issued visas to the Chinese, apparen...
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/frostyj" class="quote" target="_blank">frostyj</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table border="0...
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/psa1011" class="quote" target="_blank">psa1011</a> (<a href="#36" class="quote">Reply 36</a>):<br/><i>At what point will this strategy work? As ...
Jump to postUA tried but failed in a 90s build up at <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>, thwarted by <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>. Post 9/11 <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> tried moving Lati...
Jump to postThis is not a new issue. PBS Frontline did a piece on overseas maintenance a few years ago. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flying-cheaper/" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/flying-cheaper/</a> There was some evidence of pencil whipping and the MROs were very ...
Jump to postBeing short of FAs happens all of the time. They are still well over the FAA minimum but they are short at some of the international long haul positions.
Jump to postIt was probably a maintenance flight. A <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> told me how she go to sit in the cockpit for an entire <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym ...
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/Freshside3" class="quote" target="_blank">Freshside3</a> (<a href="#42" class="quote">Reply 42</a>):<br/><i> Wasn't Leonard Nimoy from some plac...
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/LAXintl" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXintl</a> (<a href="#59" class="quote">Reply 59</a>):<br/><i>Per MOU Scheduled operations between the U...
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Jump to postUA is beyond salvation. With the domestic competition reduced, the only thing to do is make more money. In the end the only thing that matters are the Wall Street metrics. Everybody else, primarily the passengers and employees can drop dead. The only people that will ever benefit from anything at UA...
Jump to postI think <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> will hang on to <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> as a hub, although it might see some reductions. As was alluded to in some posts, in the old <acronym title="Continental Airlines ...
Jump to postWould the third runway be the crosswind runway that was in the original plan or will it be parallel to the existing two? Does this mean they are close to acquiring the land to finish the 2nd runway or have they already?
Jump to postThe moving sidewalks at <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (Orchard Field) (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> C are rarely useful. They are short and get in the way when it is crowded. There used to be some at <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA -...
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/IAHWorldflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">IAHWorldflyer</a> (<a href="#185" class="quote">Reply 185</a>):<br/><i>I have a question about Muno...
Jump to postN194UA evaded retirement for years but I guess the flying hours finally caught up to it. When fuel prices were higher it was parked and it was never in the long term plans so it was never fitted with the new interior. Lower fuel prices, charter demand and frequent breakdowns of the other 744s recall...
Jump to postIs there any reason to think that Oscar Munoz is going to be the long term CEO? He is probably just a temporary stop-gap like Jack Creighton was between Goodwin and Tilton. Tilton was never supposed to be there for the long term either, just long enough to get UAL ready for a sale or merger. Stephen...
Jump to postWhat annoys me is that club entry will require a same day boarding pass. When I fly to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> or a redeye, I like to stop at the United Club upon arrival to get some coffee and yogurt and wash my face before heading...
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/Boeing717200" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing717200</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>$26 billion USD (17 Billion Pound)...
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/travelhound" class="quote" target="_blank">travelhound</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>1) The A380 in the <acronym t...
Jump to postThere are not very many photos of the old <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> terminal because they were just converted military buildings, nothing impressive at all, so few vacationers bothered to take a photo of it. It is similarly difficult t...
Jump to postThe question is not why there is so little <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Pearl Harbor-Hickam JB (Hickam AFB) (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym>, the question is will it last? H...
Jump to postDeliveries starting next year is a leap made by journalistic hype. Amazon has not made a formal press release, the articles are based on a comment made by an unnamed executive that was not even directly quoted, it was paraphrased as "expects to have drone technology ready for package delivery operat...
Jump to postGordo can't save <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> from itself. According to his book, the old <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> that he took over was a mess with lots of relatively easy fixes that could be implemented, such as routes that were operated out o...
Jump to postUA was using the 744 for the domestic segments of the <acronym title="Saratov - Tsentralny (RTW / UWSS), Russia">RTW</acronym> UA1/UA2 routes, usually between <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym> and <acronym title="Los Angeles - International...
Jump to postI know at <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> they do have language bases and try to have at least two language speakers on each international flight to a non-English speaking country. Of course, sometimes they are short staffed and only have one or even none. Speakers are not specif...
Jump to postThe 767 may end up being the best <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> two aisle aircraft in Y. With the 777s going to 10 abreast in Y and the <acronym title="Air Kazakstan">9Y</acronym> crammed in the 787 and the always crappy 10Y 744, the only hope is if they keep the A350 9 abreast...
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/apodino" class="quote" target="_blank">apodino</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>If any airline needs someone like Crandall...
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