Local time here is 10:00PM. I am in Summerlin, which is about 10 miles west of <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>. The winds have been, quite literally, howling like mad for at least the last couple of hours. I'm sure it's making for interest...
Jump to postLuca and his paper Air India 777 have now hit CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/travel...la-airplane/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10
Congratulations, young man!
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BAeRJ100" class="quote" target="_blank">BAeRJ100</a> (<a href="#43" class="quote">Reply 43</a>):<br/><i>I flew <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCar...
Jump to postOne (very upset) poster to American's Facebook page is saying the mechanical delay and divert to <acronym title="Memphis - International (MEM / KMEM), USA - Tennessee">MEM</acronym> was because of a broken windshield. According to this <acronym title="Fine Air (USA)">FB</acronym> poster, <acronym ti...
Jump to postForgive me, but I'm confused. How is <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> starting the second daily A380 <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> in April (instead ...
Jump to postJust curious how what has been dubbed Hurricane Jude is affecting UK air travel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24690552
And to all of the Anet folks across the pond -- take care!!
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DexSwart" class="quote" target="_blank">DexSwart</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Jetstar (Australia)">JQ<...
Jump to postSigh. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> That would get me on a Virgin Atlantic flight. Or two. Maybe even three. <g>. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARI...
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/psa188" class="quote" target="_blank">psa188</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>Anything to KLAS....or KMCO.</i></font></td>...
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Jump to postI was only a rather young teenager at the time this episode aired -- but, even then, Northwest Orient always seemed like a rather exotic airline. They didn't fly to <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym> near where I lived at that time (I think they sta...
Jump to postThanks, LoneStarMike!!! That is exactly the scene I was talking about. I couldn't find a clip of the Northwest Orient 747 landing or where J.R. and Sue Ellen are waiting before they go to the gate to get her mother and her sister -- that's where you can see the Dallas skyline and what I think is a S...
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Jump to postThanks for the info, Viscount!!! It's much appreciated, good Sir!!!! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Viscount724" class="quote" target="_blank">Viscount724</a> (<a href="#1" cl...
Jump to postAlthough I didn’t watch it throughout its entire run, I was a big fan of the television series, Dallas (R.I.P. Larry Hagman) back in the day. Due to a busted ankle/knee, I’ve been re-watching the early seasons on DVD. There is an episode called “The Silent Killer,” that was the third episode of the ...
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/PSA53" class="quote" target="_blank">PSA53</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>I did spot there many times before the major m...
Jump to postI grew up in the Inland Empire and, although my family didn't travel a lot by air, I can remember the days when <acronym title="Ontario - International (ONT / KONT), USA - California">ONT</acronym> was filled with planes from American Airlines, United Airlines, Trans World Airlines, Golden West Airl...
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/bsu747" class="quote" target="_blank">bsu747</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>This was done for the Australian boxing team f...
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Jump to postNot sure of its accuracy, of course, but this news report from <acronym title="Madison - Dane County Regional / Truax Field (MSN / KMSN), USA - Wisconsin">MSN</acronym>.com claims the <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> jet was turning off of 35R after landing at DIA onto a high-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/SANMAN66" class="quote" target="_blank">SANMAN66</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>That happened to be my firstride on a 75...
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Jump to postIn my 30-some odd years of flying as a passenger, I've only been on one 767 . . . and that was a <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 763 from <acronym title="Prague - Vaclav Havel (Ruzyne) (PRG / LKPR), Czech Republic">PRG</acronym> to <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United...
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Jump to postI'm not sure if it was because of the winds or something else entirely, but <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> has been routing north/northeast and east departures off of runways 1 and 19 for the last several days. As such, I finally got to s...
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Jump to postJust out of curiosity -- and this is not intended to derail the thread -- but what are Qantas's most profitable international routes? Roughly speaking. I am scheduled to fly from <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> to Perth via Brisbane (744 to 7...
Jump to postAny chance of these potential problems spilling over into November and/or December/January? I'm booked to fly <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> from <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> to <acronym title="Los Angeles - Inter...
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/BlueJuice" class="quote" target="_blank">BlueJuice</a> (<a href="#33" class="quote">Reply 33</a>):<br/><i>"This is your captain speaking -- stan...
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Jump to postWell, I sure hope Qantas isn't falling apart at the seams. I will be flying them (and Jetstar) for the very first time from LAX to Perth and back this November/December. Looking forward to it.
Jump to postJust about anything has to be better than that trip through DFW.
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/tioloko100" class="quote" target="_blank">tioloko100</a> (<a href="#84" class="quote">Reply 84</a>):<br/><i>This is not particular to <acronym t...
Jump to postI don't have a lot of experience going through Heathrow, but the 6 times I have transited the airport -- in both Terminal 3 where American Airlines is housed and Terminal 5 where British Airways is headquartered -- since 2009 have all been good experiences for me. I've never gotten held up in Securi...
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Jump to postI came across this article at the Huffington Post (via the <acronym title="Air >AP</acronym> wire) in which Tom Horton, American's CEO, makes the claim that he was the one who approached Doug Parker, US Airways' CEO, about a possible merger between the two companies and not the other way around. Thi...
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Jump to postThanks for these numbers, FSDan. Perhaps I shouldn't have been, but I was surprised to see <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> didn't make the first cut; I thought, erroneously, of course, that <acronym title="American Airli...
Jump to postAwesome. Since I work at UNLV -- literally a stone's throw from McCarran -- I'll have to see if I can make it over there on Saturday to check out the new terminal.
Best,
Tony
This is all awesome information guys! I can't thank you enough for helping me to fill in the gaps in my knowledge of <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>'s respective paint schemes. And I think it's terrific that they have the three aircraft identified by AA94 as tributes to their ...
Jump to postHi Everyone, Although I joined Airliners.net a few weeks ago, I have not yet started a topic thread of my own. But I saw something intriguing this morning that I am unable to answer definitively via searching through the current or old and archived threads. I work on the campus of the University of ...
Jump to postGood to see <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> adding service from <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> to the city I call home. I took the <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> 744 from <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LA...
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/American+767" class="quote" target="_blank">American 767</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>She may be gone but she wil...
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