The angled widget is also a nice nod to Northwest... Well the new livery "coincidently" came out RIGHT before the merger was announced-though many on here have denied any correlation-I've always wondered if indeed underground convos had about the future of that transaction that informed t...
Jump to postNot to sound overly old man and "back in my day"...but growing up in the 80s and 90s all the airlines had such unique brand identities that extended to the interior. Now? EVERYONE has the same interior-this dark blue look. Remember when United had greys with like a tiger strip down the mid...
Jump to postI still don't follow logic to the A380 on LAX-MUC. Prior to the A380 it was always an A346, then the A350, IF the route demanded A380 capacity wouldn't logic dictate that when the A380 wasn't avail either the return of the A346-OR the 748? OR two A350 flights a day? So my question is-when A380 not a...
Jump to postThe photos in the MSN article are of Jetblue's A321-not the new Delta.
Jump to postFor those hating on the livery (including me)...no other US airline in recent times has gone more than 8-10 years w/ out changing-AA's debuted in 2013 (seems like YESTERDAY) so fingers crossed, IF following trends of others-something new will come about sooner rather than later.
Jump to postSoooo.....anyone have official confirmation if the 737-8 MAX delivered yesterday came w/ PTVs? (Its only been speculation up to this point)...
Jump to postJust flew a "refurbished" A320 -it was great. But I noticed there was no Sirius XM....upon further investigation it appears JB is quietly removing this? I looked on their website and I see its listed on the A321 Mint classics only...yet they SEEM to aggressively still be marketing this. I ...
Jump to postMy gripe with Channel 9 was always being overrides by the long drawn out FA announcements shortly after takeoff. Departure is probably the most interesting time to listen to Channel 9 and it seemed more often than not 3, 000 ft to 12,000 ft was full of FA announcements describing the “exciting new ...
Jump to post"He never said they were adding PTVs... he said they were adding AVOD." The One Mile at Time article didn't say AVOD...and you are right-I don't see a quote saying "PTV" either...just assumed? Article does go on to say "Perhaps most interesting is that United plans to retrof...
Jump to postThis is big news....but yeah creates more questions than answers (articles don't seem to know either)...whats the def of "Older"...the 737NGs, Airbuses? And why not fleet wide-(IE the Max)...for poster above that said AA took them all out-I know that was plan-but did that really happen? Ar...
Jump to postHey STL folks- I have question. When looking at satellite maps of the airport and trying to envision what it looked like at peak of TWA's hub operations I get impression that with the layout of the taxiways there would be total gridlock. I.E specifically the closest taxiway that runs parallel to the...
Jump to postI highly doubt it, STL and ORD are too close and overlay quite a bit. A good comparison would be CVG/DTW for DL, there is just too much overlap: https://i.imgur.com/HOYDH2x.gif There are very few flows that STL/CVG would have enabled that ORD/DTW couldn't, making them redundant in the network. ..I ...
Jump to postI think they can do both...ie don’t rip ife from existing....revise outstanding Airbus and Boeing deliveries to include...deploy the ife fleet to 3 hour or longer and the balance without on 3 hours or less (more or less the md80 routes out of DFW/ORD and CLT to Florida/northeast) ...
Jump to postIsn't the A225 at the capacity range of the A320neo? AKA what's the point of it? I mean I'd love to see it but hey it is fliegerfaust The A320NEO has greater range. The A225 could in theory fill the shoes of routes that were that of the MD-80/737-300 category that was never filled after they were r...
Jump to postCool renderings-however-the initial hint also said there would be purple involved in addition to globe not going away. Purple globe? Purple belly? I mean-of course that wouldn't look good-but don't know how for life of me purple will be incorporated without looking goofy or LCC like.
Jump to postWere NW’s Pacific operations profitable? It seems NRT was well passed its prime (if it had one) when DL/NW merged. In this thread folks are questioning HKG viability. What did DL really get with NW’s Pacific routes (something touted at the time of the merger) that DL could not have built up themsel...
Jump to postHi-excuse the random question-but recently I saw some Youtube videos showing old footage of TWA's operations at STL from back in the day. I noticed that for eastbound flow-they would have departures cross the runway nearest the terminals and take off from the outer runways (while landing traffic on ...
Jump to postCockpit doors locked isolating pilots from passengers and cabin crew. I remember being able to watch landings from aisle seats through the open cockpit door, pilots were totally accessible and kids making regular trips to sit in the cockpit in flight. No -visits to the cockpit during flight were in...
Jump to postI think the events of 9/11 expedited many changes that would have happened anyway but 9/11 had them happen sooner. For example the big 3 were always going to get rid of their 727s but after 9/11 they REALLY moved on this-one could argue as for United we still see the residual effects of their over r...
Jump to postVirtually no one in the general public gives a damn about the tulip! The only people who care are some legacy-UA employees/retirees and fanboys on websites like this one. The tulip wouldn't drive more business to UA. True! But couldn't the same be said for the Delta widget, the flag on AA's planes ...
Jump to postSlash-that's awesome..... I read somewhere though that Airbus won't ever go for the CS500 because that would totally eat into the A320 sales....now if Airbus were to buy the program out outright then I'm sure they totally would move away from he A320 line and replace the sales with the C-Series but ...
Jump to postI would have never expected this move. The largest Lufthansa aircraft at MUC is the A340-600. I wouldn't think the load factors would be good enough for the A380 at MUC, if the A340-600 is the largest aircraft operating there. I agree. Also to add....the A340-600 was the only a/c in LH's fleet that...
Jump to postForgot to mention earlier....when UAL/CO first announced the merger-it was stated in their initial press releases that a new rebrand/livery would emerge at some point in the future and that the United titles going on CO a/c was temporary...obviously its been 7 years and it never happened-but if you ...
Jump to postSomeday, you people need to get over the loss of your beloved Tulip. Its not that people have an emotional attachment to it...its just that from a branding/logo design perspective...its absolutely timeless. Why spend millions to design something from scratch and then hope the public recognizes it w...
Jump to postCan't speak to it happening anytime soon, but I think bringing back the tulip wouldn't hurt. Infact, just remove the globe on the tail and put a gold tulip on its place. IMO, I think that would look stunning.
Jump to postBottom line is that BUR is a community airport, one that has its own local catchment area in one corner of the basin, but in no way appeals to broader LA basin. I respectfully disagree. The area that BUR serves (the SFV, Hollywood, Glendale, Pasadena and MAYBE DTLA [although anyone wanting to dispu...
Jump to postIf the so called hyperloop really does come to fruition and meets or exceeds the so called hype-perhaps that may put the airlines at disadvantage or even make them obsolete (at least domestically-perhaps they would continue to fly pax from US to Asia and Europe with hyperloop feeding the Int'l gatew...
Jump to postTheir service wasn't to Tokyo (the major biz center)-it was to Nagoya-and via HNL. Even today PHX is booming-however they have no service to Tokyo (so its not booming in such a way to support that flight-yet). This was even more true in the 90s. Add to that -nobody flies a plane as big as a 747 from...
Jump to postThe irony of this post and the way things are at United is that it was CO management that took the reigns of United (i.e. Smisek).....not the other way around..yet everyone acts like it was the other way around...I agree CO had a good thing going...but it was though Smisek didn't see it (or agree?) ...
Jump to postIf people came to believe that United from EWR was a great experience, it would draw New Yorkers. In fact when CO was HOT, it was a favorite people were willing to travel for. The insinuation of your statement being that since the merger UA has fallen out of favor with NYers (OR at the very least f...
Jump to postWestern Pacific (upstart LCC in the 90s)...all their planes carried some kind of distinct advertising theme, a casino, Thrifty Car Rental and their most popular-"The Simpsons" on Fox.
Jump to postThere is the tale of the British Airways 744 enroute LAX to LHR that lost an engine on takeoff. Infact the tower could see sparks coming from it during rotation-as the a/c climbed away from the runway-and confirmed indeed they lost engine-the tower just assumed they were coming back and said somethi...
Jump to postThere are tones of cities in the AA schedule with MD-80 service (to a point I wonder if they really are retiring the plane by next year). These cities include IND, SMF, MCI, PIT, etc.
Jump to postPIT to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> and <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym> on US in 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/seabosdca" class="quote" target="_blank">seabosdca</a> (<a href="#55" class="quote">Reply 55</a>):<br/><i> The nose of the A350 is a bit homely<...
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/azjubilee" class="quote" target="_blank">azjubilee</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i>I guess they're pretty confident they'...
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/stratocruiser" class="quote" target="_blank">stratocruiser</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i> Thanks for clarifying the fuel ...
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Jump to postIMO the A330NEO would be great for routes like <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (Orchard Field) (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>/<acronym title="Philadelphia - International (Municipal) (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym> to Europe or to replace the 767-300s on t...
Jump to postIs nobody here going to mention <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>'s new nonstop service from <acronym title="Pittsburgh - International (Greater Pittsburgh) (PIT / KPIT), USA - Pennsylvania">PIT</acronym> to <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - Califor...
Jump to postThere's definitely truth to this. I'm a frequent flyer out of <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and wok in the "biz" (and also check into TMZ frequently throughout the day) and have observed following: First more celebs use <acronym title="Amer...
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/gilesdavies" class="quote" target="_blank">gilesdavies</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Are these still quite a comfy...
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/seat1a" class="quote" target="_blank">seat1a</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Muelle...
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/cosyr" class="quote" target="_blank">cosyr</a> (<a href="#15" class="quote">Reply 15</a>):<br/><i>Might change my opinion, but unless you live i...
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/cosyr" class="quote" target="_blank">cosyr</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>. I thought those were all great looking (except...
Jump to postPeople on here say that there is not a huge market for 100 seaters-however isn't a 717 cheaper to operate on flights from say Detroit to <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (Municipal) (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym>/<acronym title="Washington - Ronald Reagan National (DCA /...
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/SWALUV" class="quote" target="_blank">SWALUV</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>Even in a down turn, I don't see where the c...
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/travelin+man" class="quote" target="_blank">travelin man</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="Burbank (/ Glenda...
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/jetblue1965" class="quote" target="_blank">jetblue1965</a> (<a href="#57" class="quote">Reply 57</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="United Airlines (U...
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/DiscoverCSG" class="quote" target="_blank">DiscoverCSG</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Why is two runways acceptable for de...
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