Re: San Diego Aviation - 2024

Is there any word about future spotting locations/viewing parks at SAN? Is there any info about whether the Laurel St./Harbor Dr might reopen at some point in the future when the current stage of Terminal 1 construction is finished? Or if the once-promised viewing park at Palm Street and Admiral Bol...

Re: Air Do and Solaseed airlines merger in Japan

When is this merger supposed to actually take place and will the two airlines operate as a combined entity? Under what name will it operate?

Re: BA second daily SAN

The United 747 service in San Diego was from 1983 to 1985.

Re: San Diego Aviation - 2023

It's an outrage!!! That's hallowed ground! I've been visiting that spot for forty-five years!

Re: San Diego Aviation - 2023

Agreed, the news that LH is going daily next year is wonderful! A couple of other thoughts: the FedEx Feeder ATR service is an interesting add. Has SAN ever had scheduled ATR service of any kind before? It's odd, considering how common that aircraft is in other parts of the world... As for the regul...

Re: San Diego Aviation - 2023

My favorite freeway sign is right by that Sassafras Street/San Diego Airport exit. It's the one that says, "Cruise Ships use next exit."

In order to keep this post SAN related, is that FedEx flight still operating regularly between TIJ and SAN?

Re: San Diego Aviation - 2023

Thanks, BA744PHX, for the additional insight and input. That's good news about the MUC flight. I imagine that load factors fluctuate quite a bit by season as well.

Re: San Diego Aviation - 2023

Hi all, I was reading through the Delta fleet thread and saw that there are some rumors that Air France may be announcing a new West Coast US destination in the nearish future, since AF is cutting its service to MSP and will have aircraft to redeploy. Some users are speculating that the destination ...

Re: Cessna SkyCourier Development and Testing - 2023

How many examples have been delivered to FedEx (Mountain Air Cargo) at this point? How many are planned to enter service this year?

Re: FedEx DC-10 fleet

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

I like your analysis, PSAatSAN4Ever! I think the comparison to West Berlin is fairly apt. Two factors that I would add would be (1) the fear of homeowners in the coastal regions that their property values would diminish if Miramar was converted to civilian use and aircraft were flying overhead with ...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

I just wanted to chip in with a thanks to the local videographers for filming these arrivals. Is the spot at Harbor Drive still open? I'd assume it would give you a little better lighting since the sun would be behind you at this time of year. Or is that old familiar spot (see photo) getting a littl...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2021

I did a dummy booking for May and found the following flight times: Sat, 14 May 22 Munich - Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) Departure 12:30 San Diego Lindbergh Field, CA (SAN) Arrival 15:25 Wed, 25 May 22 San Diego Lindbergh Field, CA (SAN) Departure 17:10 Munich - Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) Arrival 13:20 ...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2021

I'm assuming that the FRA fllight is being transferred to MUC, rather than LH beginning nonstops to both its hubs. LH has a history of using MUC as an alternative to FRA both for the sake of relieving traffic at FRA but also as a cudgel against high fees, labor costs, and regulations at FRA. For the...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2021

It looks like Delta's daily flight to BOS is an eastbound red-eye, leaving SAN at 9:25 p.m. and arriving BOS at 6:00 a.m. Speaking personally, that's not the most appealing schedule, but it will have its uses for some passengers. In any case, nice to see a new destination from one of the legacy carr...

Re: San Diego Air Service Announcement 09/15

Somebody needs to convince a local billionaire to donate enough money to the San Diego Aerospace Museum to put a smiling PSA-liveried 727 on poles in Balboa Park along with a fund for its upkeep.

Re: PA (1) 737-200 Ops

There definitely were some based in Miami in the second half of the 1980s, as well as a small number at LAX (2?) flying to SFO and SAN a few times daily. This lasted only a short period of time. The 737s on the SAN run were replaced by the Dash 7.

Re: DHL Network And Fleet Thread - 2021

I've noticed that the DHL-painted (or, before that, ABX/Airborne) 762 that's been flying into SAN on weekdays for the last twenty years has been replaced over the last few weeks by an Iaero 738 flying to CVG. I've also seen regular Iaero 734 flights from and to IWA on Flightaware. Does anyone know i...

Re: FedEx Retires Last DC-10-10 Freighter

Is there any chance that FedEx will donate some of these airframes to museums, airports, or aviation colleges as they did with so many of their 727s after retirement?

Re: Euros 2020 thread

Don't forget England making the semis in the Women's WC in 2015 and 2019 and the Women's Euros in 2017.

Re: TXL closed - last flight today [08 NOV 2020]

This is a sad day for me. I used the airport frequently when I lived in Berlin and always found it convenient. The planespotting was a lot of fun too with lots of nice spots at and around the airport. Close parallel runways meant that one rarely missed any traffic and the special government visitors...

Re: Does anyone remember the LA basin airline

Have you tried looking at Departed Wings? (A separate outfit from Departed Flights). The site administrator is slowly building out a section with articles on the defunct airlines of southern California. You might find something there. There are also some nice photos from his slide collection.

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2020

I would only update that timeline of early BA in SAN to mention that I have some sketchy memories of BCal DC-10s in SAN (flying overhead while I was in high school), and I believe that BA may have briefly flown 742s to SAN via LAX as well as DC-10s. But I haven't seen photographic evidence of either...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2020

Hi bb, Well, your point is well taken that BA is at least demonstrating its interest in resuming service to SAN, and in a measured and hopefully sustainable manner by downgauging the equipment and reducing frequency temporarily. Maybe it's time for a grassroots letter-writing campaign to have SAN de...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2020

Isn't all this discussion of BA's return to San Diego moot unless the DHS adds SAN to the list of airports that are allowed to serve as points of entry for international travelers during the pandemic? I haven't seen anything to indicate that the DHS is planning to rescind its pandemic-related restri...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2020

As far as the curfew is concerned, and what San Diego is missing by being closed to departures from 11:30pm to 6:30am, I would add (1) possible international service to Asia and Latin American destinations and (2) cargo flights. If you have a look at operations from other Californian airports (SFO, ...

Re: AIRLINERS.NET Aircraft Technical Data and Specification

The bulk of the Aircraft Technical Data and Specifications section on the page comes from The International Directory of Civil Aircraft by Gerard Frawley and was used with permission. But the most recent edition of the book was published back in 2003. The former volunteer editors of the site (of whi...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

Putting on my "Prophet of Doom" hat, I would speculate that an overdue economic slowdown will catch up with SAN and its airlines in the early 2020s, leading to some significant cuts in service after a long period of increase. I suspect SAN will lose some frequencies to airlines' hub cities...

Re: Why does this photo have so many views?

To answer your question, it's the photo that was used to illustrate the Airbus A320 in the Aircraft Data and History section of the site.
https://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/airbus-a319/22

Rising waters - A wall around SFO

Hi all, I thought this was noteworthy. A report appeared in yesterday's Santa Cruz Sentinel (strangely not in the San Francisco Chronicle, as far as I can tell), that SFO officials are now moving forward with a plan to build a new, higher seawall all the way around SFO (including the landside) that ...

Re: Anyone seen new UAL Livery In Person

I saw it in person for the first time about a week ago and thought the glowing neon shade was lurid and awful.
You're not alone.

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

Hey bb, it's true I don't post as much as I once did, but I'm often lurking. And I still get down to SAN a few times a year to visit family and go planespotting, so you could say all's well. Aside from the Delta A330 and Virgin Atlantic speculation, I'll also add the possibility of Delta starting a ...

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

Hi all, I've been quietly following this thread for some time. I'd love to get some clarification or details about the following statement: Looks like the Port has purchased a disused Military Base on Pacific Highway, to be a staging ground for construction of that rail line. Time will only tell how...

Re: HURRICANE DORIAN Cancellations, Deviations, and Aftereffects Thread

FWIW, I saw what must have been the entire Silver Airways fleet parked at HSV (Huntsville) yesterday afternoon.

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

Why not just make the downtown to airport trolley line part of a larger line from Pt. Loma to Balboa Park and Hillcrest, via the airport and the downtown transit hub? I tend to agree that a short spur just to the airport is a dubious proposition, but I don't see why the airport has to be the termina...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

Am I the only person that thinks this paint scheme looks like a tennis shoe with the swoopy gray belly looking like the sole? These colors look terrible together.

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2019

It will be interesting to see if AA's SAN-JFK cut is related directly to the MAX grounding. AA has removed the MAX from its schedules until 8/19/19 and so the question remains if the AA flight(s) might return after August. I'm a little doubtful, but I wouldn't rule it out.

GUA closed due to nearby volcanic eruption

I'm seeing news reports that Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego has erupted today, killing a couple dozen people in nearby villages, and dusting Guatemala City and Antigua with ash. News reports say that the airport in Guatemala City has been closed due to ash in the air and on the runway. For reference, t...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

Thanks for posting that data, bb. I don't think it's very promising. Most of those cities are long-thin routes to non-hub cities that airlines will be unlikely to jump on. They might be good candidates for smaller aircraft like the C-Series or E2 jets... Maybe the best chance would be Delta to RDU, ...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

Some videos of the inaugural have been posted online. I was surprised to see that the aircraft used was in full LH livery. I had thought that this would be a "Jump" CityLine route or whatever LH call it, and they would only send the Star Alliance aircraft without LH titles, as is used for ...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

Regarding SAN-DTW, it appears that Delta is increasing daily frequencies on the route, and SAN-MSP through November this fall. Enilria's Sunday thread shows the following changes year over year: DL DTW-SAN SEP 1.9>3 OCT 1.9>3 NOV 1.8>3 DL MSP-SAN SEP 3>4 OCT 3>4 NOV 3>4 Regards, Edward

Re: San Diego Thread 2018

Thanks, SANfan! That's just what I was hoping for. That late arrival and departure by Edelweiss is interesting in that it's a good couple hours later than almost all European flights to California. In SFO (my local), the last flight out to Europe, LH to MUC, departs around 9:30 p.m. I believe the sa...

Re: San Diego Thread 2018

Hello all, Thanks for maintaining a SAN thread. Could any of you tell when Lufthansa and Edelweiss are starting their seasonal service to SAN this spring? Also, do any of you have the arrival and departure schedules handy? I'm toying with the idea of making a trip to San Diego at the end of March an...

Re: HA Announces More A321Neo Routes, Inc SAN-OGG

Excellent news and nice to see that it appears to be a year-round flight! It would also be great to see a second daily HNL flight in the future, with a morning departure from Hawaii and late afternoon return from SAN.

Re: Where Did All The Air Berlin Jets End Up?

What's up with all the parked Eurowings aircraft? Am I correct in assuming that they were Air Berlin aircraft operated on behalf of Eurowings? How is Eurowings/LH/Germanwings/whatever making up for the loss of service?

Re: Where Did All The Air Berlin Jets End Up?

So are the AB-colored aircraft flying for Niki still wearing Air Berlin titles or are they all Niki titled? And having not been to TXL since the summer, which airlines are now using the old Air Berlin terminal (the box)?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Edward

Re: Delta Rolls Out Delta One to JFK-LAS/SAN/SEA

Pardon me for asking, but which aircraft are going to be utilized on these routes?

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

Hey all, let's plan to cap the thread at around 600 posts. I think enough time has passed that we can start a new thread in a few weeks. This one, after all, was started last year!

Re: Think the new China Eastern livery is bad? It gets even worse.

To me, this is the classic example of a "discount store plastic bag" livery, unfortunately becoming more and more common these days.

Re: New Lufthansa intercontinental routes

Do those of you in the know or with some insight into these things have any idea of which equipment is likely to be used on the SAN service? Is it likely to be a Jump/CityLine service or a proper LH flight? Why wouldn't the announcement include this info? Is it possible that LH management hasn't yet...