Why aren't the US carriers using their frequencies to China? The market has more or less recovered and there are no more covid related travel restrictions? So what gives? 1. Aircraft availability 2. The restrictions in routings due to needing to avoid Russian airspace (this is a big reason why UA h...
Jump to postRight now UA has 723 aircraft on order while AA has 321 and DL has 325 on order. While AA and DL will likely place orders (as you point out), those deliveries will be further out. Additionally, while they were significantly further behind the competition (as you mention) they now have 20 less aircr...
Jump to postAA revenue problems widening ... https://crankyflier.com/2024/04/11/americans-revenue-performance-sinks/ Not sure this is the best analysis. I don't discount it entirely but it does follow the "sun belt" strategy they spoke to in the investor day conference. Let's wait for their earning c...
Jump to postQueenOfTheSkyMN wrote:nbc7 wrote:Btw is there no update on what is happening to the LHR slot after cutting the LAX flight ?
It went to ATL. Begins March 6th.
All the majors balance sheets and earnings are good based on their own priorities and goals. I don't agree with that. DL, WN, AS, etc. have demonstrably better balance sheets than peers, including AA. AA would much rather have DL's balance sheet. I did not say AA's balance sheet is bad, but DL's co...
Jump to postFrom View From The Wing: https://viewfromthewing.com/american-airlines-unveils-unique-airbus-a321-today-first-ex-alaska-jet-that-diverges-from-rest-of-fleet/ This guy Gary Leff never ceases to amaze as to how clueless he truly is. Here’s a quote. “American squeezes more seats into the plane. So whi...
Jump to postAnecdotally, it seems hard to believe that DL’s yields at LAX are anything special - both domestically and internationally. There are still some bargains on flights in and out of LAX this summer, including on the SYD route. Anecdotally, DL manages at LAX for last minute business yields and does so ...
Jump to postIt's amazing to think about how airline (and airport) employees handled all of those issues without the IT technology we have today. Of course, my guess is that ATL handled maybe 50 million passengers in 1988. In 2024, it's on pace for more than 105 million. A4A has this report from 1987 that shows...
Jump to postI'll bite on this one... as Platinum Pro on AA and Platinum Medallion on Delta, I get to fly both quite a bit and feel like I have more than just anecdotal experience since I'm on both regularly. I definitely prefer having the PTVs on Delta and free internet. I pay $49 a month on AA to have interne...
Jump to postUA870 SYD-SFO of March 19 appears to have diverted to HNL where the flight was cancelled. UA lists the reason as technical. The aircraft is 777-200 N225UA. I’m curious as to what the fault was. Also, the seat map shows only about 50% occupied. UA has added a lot of South Pacific capacity in recent ...
Jump to postNot sure I really agree with that. IAH and DFW were almost the same size before the mergers, CO had about 650 at IAH and AA about 700 at DFW. Since then IAH has (roughly) shrunk by 150 and DFW grown by 150-200. IAH is considerably smaller than DFW today , which admittedly what you said, but wasn’t ...
Jump to postI would say that I consider a hub a mega-hub if that airline carries more than 80% of the annual passengers that transit through that hub. In this regard, DFW and CLT are AA's megahubs, while ATL and maybe DTW count as megahubs for DL. The closest things UA might have to a megahub would maybe be EW...
Jump to postI think you may be thinking of fortress hub, not megahub. Fortress hubs are basically airports with one dominant carrier that carries a large percentage like you mentioned (80%+). I would only consider DL's ATL hub and AA's DFW hub as megahubs. CLT is closing in on that definition. It bears mention...
Jump to postI feel like the service on AA is a mixed bag. When AA is good, they’re really good, but most flights are unremarkable or with minor service issues. I felt the same prior to the US merger (and prior to the TW merger and so on). Never flew LUS, but I always had consistently good service on LHP, albei...
Jump to postSomething I didn’t realize until a Delta News Hub article today: For summer, ATLVCE is 1x daily, but VCEATL is 2x daily. That’s not reflected in the schedule. And if that’s the case then JFK-VCE would need to be 2x daily and 1x daily on the reverse, which I’m also not seeing when I look up flights....
Jump to postExactly. This is more of a capitulation than a strategy. “We can’t compete with UA/DL on product” so we’ll focus on the mid-sized/small markets they serve less. Not sure that's exactly the case. The issue isn't so much the product. The US3 generally all offer the same level of on-board product. The...
Jump to postDL will last 1 year max. If they gave up on LAX-LHR this quickly I’m sure they won’t have much patience for this either. As I have said many times on a.net, just because something works for UA internationally doesn’t mean it will work for others. In this case, UA has SFO, the crown jewel of TPAC. M...
Jump to poststeamgauge wrote:It amazes me that some people here think that the lack of PTV's on the narrowbody fleets is the root cause of AA's problems
What are they going to do with all of those routes those 55 777-200ER currently fly? Cancel them? Not cancel, but thats the main question, what is the focus here that has to happen, is it international or domestic expansion within the next 3 years? If the rumors of A330s being considered is true, t...
Jump to postAnd what does AA do when the 50 seaters finally need to be retired? Many of these supposed advantage markets will lose a lot of the connectivity that AA is relying on. AA made it pretty clear with the recent order that the plan is for the use of E170s/CR7s in the current 50-seat markets and for E17...
Jump to postTo be fair, you literally said "the experience in economy is the same" then pointed out the differences. FWIW, in-seat IFE (plus better BOB options) do make a difference in economy for a lot of people! UA and DL have specifically made it a point to enhance their on-board product to indust...
Jump to postRead it again. To be fair, you literally said "the experience in economy is the same" then pointed out the differences. FWIW, in-seat IFE (plus better BOB options) do make a difference in economy for a lot of people! UA and DL have specifically made it a point to enhance their on-board pr...
Jump to postExactly. This is more of a capitulation than a strategy. “We can’t compete with UA/DL on product” so we’ll focus on the mid-sized/small markets they serve less. Not sure that's exactly the case. The issue isn't so much the product. The US3 generally all offer the same level of on-board product. The...
Jump to postNot sure that's exactly the case. The issue isn't so much the product. The US3 generally all offer the same level of on-board product. The issue here is more about hub markets and pricing power, and this is where DL and UA have the edge over AA. That is certainly the case with DL across most of its...
Jump to postI am in TPA today, and while not a small city tons of AA flights to way more destinations than DL or UA. It's the same effect as ELP or CID. If I lived here AA wins my business without a doubt. AA has had this supposed network advantage for more than a decade, and it's not translating to higher rev...
Jump to postSomeone on the FB page predicts C16, C20, C25 and maybe one on concourse B. C16 seems logical to make more room for mainline. C19, 20, and 21 are all ridiculously close to eachother so removing C20 makes sense. Is the purpose of this just to remove jet bridges or also relocate and reposition some? ...
Jump to postUA is largest by ASMs (often thought of as the official metric), DL by revenue and AA by fleet (and departures).
Jeremy
The eye roll is because the insinuation is that this incident is related to the fact that the airplane is a MAX, rather than the likely truth - the plane just happened to be a MAX. Obviously. But that also insinuates that the person knows the issue is not related to the fact the airplane is a MAX. ...
Jump to post"Another MAX incident" :roll: It’s literally another MAX incident. Are you suggesting it happened to a different type? Jeremy The eye roll is because the insinuation is that this incident is related to the fact that the airplane is a MAX, rather than the likely truth - the plane just happ...
Jump to postLooks like this is a another MAX incident. https://abc13.com/bush-intercontinental-airport-flight-evacuated-united-issues-houston-passengers-evacuate-plane-iah-landing-problems/14503758/?ex_cid=TA_KTRK_FB&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source...
Jump to postHere is interesting data about DL's DTW-LHR service last summer from Simple Flying ( https://simpleflying.com/delta-london-heathrow-flight-cuts-summer-2024/ ) According to the US Department of Transportation T-100 data, Delta carried 57,603 roundtrip passengers on this route in the all-important Q3...
Jump to postThe Instagram video United posted about these new routes ends with “The World’s Largest Airline”. On what measure or measures is United using to make that claim? I don’t think their fleet is the largest…yet, but will be. Is it the number of destinations? Passengers flown? Thanks! Definitely #1 by A...
Jump to postThe Instagram video United posted about these new routes ends with “The World’s Largest Airline”. On what measure or measures is United using to make that claim? I don’t think their fleet is the largest…yet, but will be. Is it the number of destinations? Passengers flown? Thanks! Definitely #1 by A...
Jump to postDelta has made it pretty clear that they want to be the NMA launch customer, and they likely will be. NMA wasn't going to be a 737 replacement, it was the mythical "middle of the market", 767-sized plane that Boeing talked about for years. Any 737 replacement that Boeing comes up with be ...
Jump to postHmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with ...
Jump to postHmmm, not really, in terms of quantity, United have significantly more widebodies compared to Delta. And currently, Most of thr widebodies they owned are on the smaller sizes, like A330s and B767s. Only small percentages of them are large widebody like A350. So I don't think they have problem with ...
Jump to postQueenOfTheSkyMN wrote:jbs2886 wrote:dfwfanboy wrote:They’re not giving it to VS. it’s moving to ATL
No. It’s been reported that’s the SLC/DTW slot.
No, the slot went to ATL.
RMTAviation wrote:Just look at how many daily flights DL has to Europe vs AA and UA. It's clear that Europe is not Delta's strong suit.
I think they do, which is why so many are surprised that they didn’t just cut one of the VS frequencies on that route this way DL still have a presence on that route with their metal while still eliminating some over capacity of it. If it’s metal neutral and it’s a bloodbath why wouldn’t DL cut the...
Jump to postSomething that got buried in the news of DL dropping LAX-LHR is that they are also dropping LAX-DAL (LGA-DAL was already dropped before it even launched). This begs the question: Was the years-long WN/DL/City of Dallas saga regarding gates at DAL even worth it? https://simpleflying.com/delta-southw...
Jump to postWhich from an operational stand point is a smart move. But make no mistake, for all the DL fans on here, this shows, that the DL product is no better or worse than those they competed with on the route. They’re leaving because they could not drive a revenue premium for their product. Part of that i...
Jump to post“Full restoration of DC network” — which doesn’t include added flying in markets like AUS/RDU that DC didn’t previously operate. As ScottB already stated, pilot staffing is what handicaps Delta’s ability to expand DC flying in (new to Delta) markets/focus cities that are entrenched — versus flying ...
Jump to postI wouldn’t be surprised the LAXLHR slot redeployed as well. ? DL is still flying LAX-LHR. Jeremy Yep daily a330neo. Have a hard time seeing it’s doing very well though. At the same time DL added it back, AA added a third daily and UA added a second daily, as well as BA adding a frequency. This summ...
Jump to postReflecting their pre-pandemic strategy, I anticipate DL revitalizing and reinstating their focus city plan for Austin, while also mirroring this approach in Miami. Restored DC capacity in the coming years will enable such a focus city approach in AUS (and RDU for that matter). I'm curious about the...
Jump to postThat's definitely new. Short notice yes but it's LHR so not as big of a deal as a secondary/tertiary city for DL. This is year round as I'm seeing it in December too. Must be where the DTW slot went. Jeremy I wouldn’t be surprised the LAXLHR slot redeployed as well. ? DL is still flying LAX-LHR. Je...
Jump to postDelta to increase ATL LHR to 3x daily on May 6 https://x.com/seanm1997/status/1762057542492979382?s=46&t=99zjwpClQbiW_TOEUoTaSA This is a short time for bookings no? or is this new flight been loaded for some time? That's definitely new. Short notice yes but it's LHR so not as big of a deal as ...
Jump to postDelta, they are planning on it when more slots are made available. ?? There are 35 weekly frequencies available currently, and UA is operating 14, and AA 7. DL is supposed to be operating 14 weekly but is only flying 10; They first delayed LAX-PVG to July 12, and then to Oct 27. They can definitely...
Jump to postIf it is ending up being MCO, UA would be swimming in money running EWR/ORD-MCO as hub to hub flights, those flights would be packed to the gills. Just look how often AA has a 777 on JFK-MIA. i think if they hub MCO, it would geographically put them in the best position among the US3 Just cause a f...
Jump to postBecause they will. MEL, CHC, PVG and SIN are on the radar, along with taking AKL year-round. Not next year but AA - as the airline with the largest terminal facility and most gates at LAX (by a large number over DL) - has no plans to retreat. It’s just not throwing capacity at a market that is stil...
Jump to postIt’s unlikely but it’s not zero. AA will be growing back LAX international in the mid-term. It only currently has four long-haul destinations but LAX is triple daily and Haneda is double daily. And what leads you think AA will be growing back LAX internationally? They’ve more or less surrendered th...
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