Very nice addition, and I think it will do well for FI. Other airlines whose model makes RDU appealing are EI and TP.
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SEA connections from or to where , exactly? You think Finnair is going to get rich on traffic HEL-Billings or Pasco? Anything that matters (by passenger volume or revenue) in the U.S. West already has 1-stop service to HEL. = What is your point? I actually like what AY is doing and experimenting wi...
Jump to postWhen are they resuming SFO which is more important? They only fly to JFK, ORD and MIA right now. SFO has higher J traffic due to Silicon Valley and the Nordic Silicon Valley (e.g. Nokia HQ and telecoms). Tech J traffic is dead, as most companies have adapted to collaborate via zoom-no need to trave...
Jump to postEvery airline out there has refund issues, and issues around letting employees off. Name one airline that has not. Air Canada even got fined by the US DOT, which indicates they are far worse in Canada for being a grinch. This a Christmas video keeping a tradition alive. I don't see how it is insensi...
Jump to postNo , I meant provide proof they are burning and losing money. Tangible proof. None. All circumstantial. See post by various WS-affiliated folk on how F8s strategy makes no sense. Or made no sense. Till WO followed suit. = I am the first to say that WS has totally lost the plot, and needs a full cle...
Jump to postThis is an outright silly livery. I really wonder who in the LH group design liveries. I want her job!
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Lynx Air has some decent backing, including Indigo Partners, and an experienced leadership team. Their CEO, Merren McArthur was the chief executive of Tigerair Australia, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Virgin Australia Cargo. I suspect they will last longer than their competitor, Flair will...
Jump to postLet's not forget the upcoming Porter E-Jet buildup either. By the end of 2022, Canada will have no shortage of mainline players -Air Canada/Rouge, WestJet/Swoop, Porter (E-Jet), Flair, Lynx, Air Transat -plus, to a lesser extent, Sunwing and Canada Jetlines. Way too much capacity. = Porter will be ...
Jump to postInnsbruckFlyer wrote:lhrsfosyd wrote:It's likely that 777 cannot achieve the required flight level over Afghanistan.
That's likely not the reason, as UA802 (DEL-EWR) is operated by a 77W and overflies Afghanistan every day.
Having just flown IB's Business Class product MAD-MIA ... there is not a worst product over the Atlantic. Never again. So, Dallas/Ft. Worth travelers will not be impressed in any way whatsoever. It's hard to say but American is a better choice if you have one. My experience takes in to account serv...
Jump to postGood planning, and calculated risks.
However, I am curious to see if Tenerife or Palma will remain beyond 1-2 seasons.
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The challenge is also the management team. It needs a more professional global management team, and not the same Italian club with political interests who then have to do whatever the politicians want them to do.
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Nothing will happen with AirAsia. If the corruption in Malaysia allows it to continue it will. AirAsia had a solid business model, even with X. Problem is that as many have argued Tony F and Datuk D basically ruined it out of their ego and greed. Look at the management team. It is basically full of ...
Jump to postI feel ashamed that all the foreign talent are leaving. Some of the departures make TAP very vulnerable to government intervention in day to day activities. That's hardly a surprise. I said it before and I'll say it again, with TAP fully under government hands cronyism is sure to return and route p...
Jump to postAs much as I think Air Canada has stopped innovating, especially on the network side, and mid-management team is complacent that could only be afforded in cosy duopolies, I think Calin did a fantastic job in turning AC around. Without the sustained unit cost decreases, AC would never have been able ...
Jump to postWhy is this surprising to any? While Tony may have been a genius for creating AirAsia, he should have stepped out a long time back, and have professional aviation people run the show. Ben (X CEO) was out of depth in the beginning, and should have gone a while back. The model could have worked if the...
Jump to postI don't know what surprises me more ... KL not flying MBA, or LH beating other mainline carriers to the punch, and having MBA service.
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I know I can probably find it somewhere on the internet, but can someone please remind me what India - UK BASA look like?
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And seems to (wishing once again) start/restart Conakry and Mauritania too (Nouackchott). There is also some inside rumours TAP may start after Covid raging waters and when things starts to calm down, Lima, Mumbai, Guangzhou, Addis Abeba and Kuala Lumpur. = What? Man, someone is pulling your leg in...
Jump to postI am biased, but Venezuela will be back. As an "immigrant" to the country, Venezuela will rebuild. It will take time, but it will get there. UX is rumoured to go, leaving IB and TP as the 2 major European airlines left. Look at some of the fares they are charging, especially TP! It may not...
Jump to postI thought MAD slots were not all that valuable because there's a fair amount of capacity. Anyway, I do see the 787s going to IB as they are getting increasingly common and IB makes a ton of money from their MRO, so it would be nice to be able to service other airlines as well. On top of that they s...
Jump to postAir Europa has to be the worst run major airline in Europe. I really do not understand what they are trying to do half the time.
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Not everyone is thrilled with TP dumping OPO, and I'm not sure why they can't make it work. Porto metropolitan area population 1.7m vs. Lisbon's 2.8m "The Mayor of Valongo, José Manuel Ribeiro, this Tuesday called on the Government to “put a brake on” the current administration of TAP, accusin...
Jump to postSCQ83 wrote:But are those OPO routes already chopped?
Canceling the OPO routes is actually ironic because those are p-2-p routes that do not compete with the big network carriers in Europe. But you can also kiss good-bye to every N.American route except EWR. And without N.America you can kiss good-bye to the majority of routes that feed to/from N.Amer...
Jump to postWhat is TS flying right now?
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These are some great ads by United, and I think worth the attempt. Worst case, COVID continues, and they pull it down. SFO-BLR is a great development of their overall SFO strategy, and the IAD development is also common sense for Africa. Didn't DL have an Africa strategy with 757's flying via SID? S...
Jump to postI can't believe I am going to support DALPA on this, but they are right. It is a contractual obligation, and DL should not have entered if it did not have plan to honor it.
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I don't expect these services to be restored so soon. SEP is crazy! And, SCL over MEX?
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= So, now I know who to blame for taking away my absurd J class fares. There are increasingly fewer of them. I still can't believe he is leaving though as the last time he spoke at a conference, he was really bullish about TAP. However, if my CEO got fired on national TV for no reason, I would ques...
Jump to postIMHO MEX is just a terrible market for premium cabins and last minute purchasers. Its vast majority booked far ahead and super price based. IE why even aero mexico cant even make cities in america work consistently. Not a good market for Emirates cabin configuration. This route needed MEX-BCN to re...
Jump to postYes, the TAP product on 321-LR is not like other airlines J class. It is lie-flat seats with aisle access, and full WiFi, etc. As for network, any second flight will improve connectivity, and reduce times. It is network 101. Arik's departure is a big loss, but I think his transformation will be mor...
Jump to postBack in May(2020), I booked a TAP flight for February 2021 round trip JFK-LIS. At that point, the website said that the equipment would be an A330-900neo(which I flew on in February). A few days ago, TAP canceled that flight & downgraded the equipment to an A321LR. NYC is one of the most presti...
Jump to postthat would be quite the exit with your top 4 C-level all leaving. = Well, the government fired the CEO on national TV. Does not bode well for top talent to keep staying does it? I have heard mixed things about Ramiro, but Rafael is very very good. Last year, he won the best airline CFO award global...
Jump to postI have noticed that most TAP flights are still closed to booking on the FlyTAP website, such as flights from Geneva and Zurich. However, these are supposed to resume on July 1st.. What is surprising is that they are sold by several travel agencies, but not directly by TAP... Does anyone have any in...
Jump to postI saw loaded also CUN for the autumn, hopefully no second wave coming :D = I just looked this up, and it is an extremely smart schedule. LIS (2355) - CUN (0605+1) CUN (1530) - LIS (0530+1) Seems like it allows their entire 60+ city European network to have the latest departure out of Europe, and ar...
Jump to postI have said this over before, TAP has very good management, and it takes a while to turn 72 years of government run into profits in 3 years. However, like Portugal, I think TAP is vastly underrated. Kinda like how Portugal handled COVID versus Spain. Read up on the last few years of general politica...
Jump to postI actually am finding TAP to be among the most mature and dynamic in handling the crisis along with potentially Emirates and SQ. Instead of flying to politically high profile places like Brasil and Angola, they immediately suspended their operations aligned with government rules, and likely balance ...
Jump to postThis is the longest serving marital feud in the history of aviation. I think if this happens, most of the Dutch in Amstelveen would open bottles of bubbles (champagne of course), and celebrate. I can't imagine the amount of times I have heard they think KL will be better off ...
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Does anyone else question this? Now that Northern hemisphere is warming up and the pandemic should be receding a bit, is it wise to start flights south where Winter is approaching? = Actually, it is brilliant. If COVID is your logic. I mean, these flights begin in the South in November ... where it...
Jump to post- Mex (North America) > Spain via Lis is a no brainier at some stage - yields on CPT with connections onwards are probably as good as JNB , perfectly explains the short time on the ground - PTY with codeshares on Copa possibly JV would be very very interesting - CUN is clearly aimed at connections ...
Jump to postTAP doesn't cater just to Spanish or Portuguese passengers. Cancún or Punta Cana DID NOT compete with Maldives/Seychelles in a good economy. But you can bet they will now and that's my point. Lowering prices is not really as easy as you make it sound. And Southeast Asia has priced itself too high b...
Jump to postThe issue with AGA and CUN is that those destinations in the post-COVID world will be very affected. I have a hard time seeing middle class Europeans (which by the end of 2020 will be unemployed or fearful of being fired) flying 5 (to AGA) or 10 (to CUN) hours for some sun in countries with poor he...
Jump to postTAP is heavily capitalized by public funds. They are trying hard to overtake IB as the South-West European hub towards America. They indeed have a remarkable presence in USA and Africas. South America won't be easy and I don't see them in MEX or EZE (high yield markets) for instance. They already t...
Jump to postClearly an airline falling apart, and in need of some cash:
https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/2020/ ... imitedpass
I honestly think it is time for Tony to go.
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People forget that TP was unprofitable for the first 72 years of government control. With the huge capex in 2019, it still improved it's performance, showing the article is political spin. Give it a few years, and if they continue performing, TP will keep turning around.
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abrelosojos wrote:Jump to postIt is KLM. Have you seen the amount of racism and Dutch in Netherlands right now? Not surprised.
And, the very nice "I do not give names". This was a Air France influence.
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It is KLM. Have you seen the amount of racism and Dutch in Netherlands right now? Not surprised. And, the very nice "I do not give names". This was an Air France influence.
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Alex
Delta and their entire management team has been sleeping. Way too many "Yes-Men" nodding to Ed and Team today. Not a single creative thinker in the entire org. Good for AA.
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TAP Portugal seems to be hinting at new service on several fronts. Could these be linked?
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