Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

AA is an absolute monster in EZE and their position of strength allows them to make 2x daily JFK. Their loyalty and credit card prowess in Argentina are something that UA doesn't have. DL has an alliance partner on the other end. UA is good at covering the western US to EZE, their daily EZE must've...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

So, I get the roles. But I also see the lost traffic argument clearly. A group of 200 headed to EZE from the Midwest this month could select any routing, roughly speaking the tickets went this way: 45% DL ATL, 25% DL/AA JFK, 10% AA MIA, 5% AA DFW, 15% UA IAH. If UA has an EWR option, what % of thos...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

UA will go double daily (from 10x w) on IAH-EZE effective 01DEC24 Just took UA from EZE this week. It's interesting that UA choose to go double daily on IAH-EZE. I get that NYC already has AA and DL at JFK, but would have thought EWR or even ORD so the East Coast flyers don't have to backtrack. The...

Re: Houston Aviation - 2024

Great work HAS on the route from the B garage into Terminal B along the S. Terminal Road.....can't wait for the first thunderstorm moving from southwest to northeast with blowing rain right into that walkway. :banghead: :thumbsdown: Seems like another case of tender Houston souls finding a nightmar...

Re: Houston Aviation - 2024

IAHFLYR wrote:

Great work HAS on the route from the B garage into Terminal B along the S. Terminal Road.....can't wait for the first thunderstorm moving from southwest to northeast with blowing rain right into that walkway.

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

wjcandee wrote:

764ER
But you left off the 753, which I think DL or UA should order 20 of tomorrow if they could.

Re: United 737 off runway at IAH

Juan Browne gives his analysis: United 737 Max Runway Excursion IAH 8 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woms1sBqUdo Total bs. Having worked in that tower for many years, no regrets from the controller.....all on the crew. Rolling to the end was a common practice rather than exiting the hig...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

Thanks everyone! What got me thinking were the 11ft tall winglets on all the 767’s, an even older model. Then the 772, a much larger but somewhat similar frame didn’t get them retrofitted. I know the 764 has the raked winglet, and the 77W, so I assumed those stretched frame sizes needed them. Does ...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

May I ask a not so related question? I don’t know what thread to put it in, but given United’s huge fleet of 772’s, I’ll just throw it out there: Why didn’t the 772 ever get a winglet? If they genuinely save fuel, and UA has 74 of them, there must be a logical reason. She’s the only bird I can thin...

Re: Today marks 11 years since the American/US Airways merger was announced

scbriml wrote:

Get with the program, people. Stop living in the past.

IMHO, AA is clearly the best of the US3 and it's fitting they have the best livery as well.

Re: F9 large scale route announcement covering 38 airports

Jumping into DFW - IAH...very interesting. Also saw they are returning to LAS-HOU 2x weekly

Re: Mesa Airlines reworks United deal and continues selling CRJ900s

CIDFlyer wrote:

Have any of the Mesa CR9s been painted into UA colors yet?

Re: Houston Aviation - 2024

AVENSAB727 wrote:

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/airports/2024/01/18/474839/houston-bush-intercontinental-airport-international-terminal-completed-2025/?amp=1 A very encouraging update!

Re: What happened to flight engineers when 2 man cockpits were introduced?

As an aside... this first batch of Tu214s that are coming are 3 man cockpits.

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

I'm stuck in Denver from my quest back to IAH from LAS...I didn't see any extra sections today... I'm booked on the 777 tomorrow

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

Yea...I rolled the dice as well... lost. LAS-IAH... is now LAS-DEN-IAH... at least it's more pqm and segments

Re: Houston Aviation - 2024

LAXdude1023 wrote:

For reasons I don't think I can fathom, UA is launching IAH-SAF as a Saturday only service effective March 9:

UA 4365 IAHSAF 1155A 134P
UA 4301 SAFIAH 209P 525P

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

A bit off topic, but today, January 9, 2024, marks the final day for Terminal B North at IAH. The (now) 10 gates are original to IAH which opened in 1969. Both flight stations will be completely demolished and will make way for a brand-new Terminal B North which will house 22 new gates. In addition...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

It's interesting UA hasn't extended the travel waiver period for the 39M - it ends today. I find it hard to believe that 40 units will be up and running and re-enter service by tomorrow, unless UA (and AS) both have information from the FAA in regard to the inspection process that has yet to be pub...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

What's the plan or what is happening with the max9 grounding? I see flights canceled... are there extra sections etc?

Re: Austin Aviation - 2023

Oct 2023 was the busiest Oct ever: https://www.austintexas.gov/news/october-2023-passenger-cargo-traffic-austin-bergstrom Other notables: WN pax 794,448, up 4.1% AA pax 467,027, down 6.4% DL pax 276,770, up 21.2% UA pax 245,388, up 11.5% DL continued its growth over UA; it was last March when DL de...

Re: New mexican military managed airline called Mexicana de Aviación announces its first destinations..

Is there a prospect for this airline to serve the US?

Re: A330 short haul routes in the Continental US

Besides Hawaiian...I know Delta uses the 330 on domestic turns between hubs and down to MCO

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Alot of the 752s are flying IAH hub routes it looks like right now at least.

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

Thanks for those numbers. That should give some type of context to why this is so baffling. It’s possible that a lot of people currently drive to/from SAT/AUS to MFE and MAF and therefore the numbers don’t show this. Driving would allow a traveler to go and come back the same day. That would be cap...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

Thanks for those numbers. That should give some type of context to why this is so baffling.

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

I’m not sure where you’re getting your statistics, but United isn’t ‘tiny’ at PDX or SEA. At PDX, DL and UA have very similar footprints, with 14% and 13% year-to-date market share as of October. UA has multiple daily non-stop service to a number of cities from PDX including, EWR, ORD, IAD, IAH, DE...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

Why are people assuming the MAF and MFE flights are going to be flights to AUS only….there will be connections available…some will use MAF AUS MAF for business, not sure about MFE…negativity, and instant-that will never work seem to be prevalent on here….would hate to see if DL added ABI, or Larado...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

The city politics in Austin is beyond ridiculous... have they gotten past the palm greasing to even get the airport expansion approved for this hypothetical hub operation?

I don't see these CR9 flights lasting 9 months.

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

One question I have always had. I understand if there are too many variables to do much more than guess. If a 737MAX-10 is delivered with X amount with lie flat First, and X amount with a regular First Class recliner, which one is lighter? I don’t understand the tradeoff- the lie flat seats might b...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

789 is going on IAH-NRT I believe fwiw

Re: TWA International Flying Summer 1996 (Hub/Focus City Departures)

When TWA800 went down, what flight number took its place? Or did they use 800 all the way till the end of July 1996? Did TW always use 800,848, 880,881,882,888 to their respective stations, or did they alternate like airlines do today? TW800 become TW925 after the crash I still find TWA800 to be su...

Re: Houston Aviation - 2023

Thanks for the pics!

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

The two piers in the foreground are new Terminal B North rebuild, and the piers in the background are Terminal B South refurbishment? The other visible piers in the foreground on the left are existing Terminal C? https://i.imgur.com/kFGVPmj.jpg Image source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

1) is it fair to say ET wants to return to IAH but there are logistical issues regarding aircraft utilization and timing? 1) Yes, absolutely. This is definitely their top market from a commercial standpoint, ahead of even Atlanta. How about LIS? They could codeshare with TAP, which doesn't serve th...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

They cut out the damaged section and replaced it with a brand new section that will now be spliced in and painted. The green panels are from retired 6446. That's what I had figured! Guess to get that done means 6441 still has mileage in it. Yes...but not in the simple math sense. They factored in h...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

I flew the EFD/HOU - IAH routes all the time...I me ever flew the 737s on the route... just EM2/ATR/ERJ. One of the reasons cited for the 737 flights to HOU was to pick up some revenue on flights that were repositioning to the HOU mx base anyway. That base has relocated at this point.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

LAX-TQO seems like a smart choice. They can probably fill the whole airplane with Instagram influencers from Abbot Kinney every single day. I am also surprised that we didn't see DEN-TQO. Given how gung-ho UA is about the DEN part of their network, I would have expected that, but I suppose it's tel...

Re: Houston Aviation - 2023

Thanks for the pics!!!!

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Yea, current schedules on transcons are majority Polaris equipped birds. The HD 777s had to step in due to wb summer international shortage.

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

The MAX has channel 9 but currently our manual actually prohibits us from turning it on. That explains the silence right now. :smile: https://i.imgur.com/ulg0ifi.jpg I had just commented on this thread that I hadn't had ch9 active in like 10 years....and miraculously...I was on a 764 from IAD to IA...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

UA has run the 763 to LIH in the past. My guess is the route would go seasonal. What are the real operational limitations of LIH with the runway length? How far can a 777 or 787 get from there and with what kind of load?

Re: Houston Aviation - 2023

YVAMWB1900 wrote:

Terminal B South construction has already started on Gates 25-30. I'll try to get some pictures later today.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Now that AA and DL have both jumped the gun with announcing Tulum flights, do we think United will announce something similar soon? I'd wager...2x daily from IAH, 1x ord, 1x den, 1x EWR. Or 3x iah daily United is finally digging out the hole they've been in for years by having too many RJs flying d...

Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

In this scenario...being a Houstonian and United 1K and an avid AA dispiser....I hope AA gets it. I'd hate to lose the 1x NRT x HND connection in favor of 2x HND. Beyond that...I agree with LAXintl... they are offering the best option.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

itripreport wrote:

Now that AA and DL have both jumped the gun with announcing Tulum flights, do we think United will announce something similar soon?

Re: Houston Aviation - 2023