If I'm not mistaken that should be a return to SEA-SIN's pre-COVID frequency, it was 4 weekly (and planned to increase to 5) before it was suspended. I'm glad that they're holding their own out of SEA, they're timed primarily for India connections like EK/QR/TK (to a lesser extent) and all four of ...
Jump to post“You know it’s bad when ordinary people are paying attention to specific airplane models*” should be a hit around here. I’d say that bits like this and the one SNL did are ultimately good for Boeing. They can’t keep kicking the can down the road on quality control when your problems are featuring th...
Jump to postHuge news for both carriers. Ironically this comes after AS shipped off their last Airbus. I wonder if this results in QX absorbing some interisland duties as “Hawaiian Horizon” (or similar). Gotta be Hawaiizon right I stopped by for this. Bravo. If this goes as advertised, it’s one of the more int...
Jump to postI thought it was interesting that the article didn’t mention that no one over 30 can begin training to be an ATC in the U.S. This was formerly a personal sticking point since I was probably 30 or 31 when I finally thought that might be a career I’d be interested in, but now it seems like something ...
Jump to postI thought it was interesting that the article didn’t mention that no one over 30 can begin training to be an ATC in the U.S. This was formerly a personal sticking point since I was probably 30 or 31 when I finally thought that might be a career I’d be interested in, but now it seems like something w...
Jump to postYou’ve mentioned this before and while I know there’s only so much information you can share here, I’d be curious to know if there were any particular points in time when AS was kicking the idea of adding 787s around. Was it something being considered when the AS/DL relationship was faltering or wh...
Jump to postIf anything, I see Alaska buying more 738F’s or turning some into combi’s if the FAA will grant an STC like Transport Canada is doing the same for Canada. AS is really big in pushing for a consistent experience, the 738 Combi won’t give that. Consistent experience is one of the reasons the Q400 and...
Jump to postNow that American has abandoned their plans for international flying out of Seattle, it’s time for Alaska to make some hard decisions. I think it’s time for them to buy a half a dozen 787’s and start their own service to Asia in Europe. Looked at. Hard. Multiple times. Each time was a definitive NO...
Jump to post1) Chicago 2) NYC 3) Los Angeles 4) Washington 5) San Diego For reference, I've lived in Seattle or the Seattle area for my entire life, so while I'd certainly recommend it to others as a U.S. destination, I'm not counting it for myself. Same goes for Portland, which I get to at least once a year an...
Jump to postDefinitely a bit more excitement than you want to see at touchdown! Glad there’s not much more to say about it than that. Out of curiosity, do any large jet transports have a feature that will limit the airplane’s bank angle as it nears field altitude? I know there’s a switch on some Boeing (and I t...
Jump to postso sad why could that plane be preserved at the Seattle Museum of Flight. They already have the most preservation-worthy example (RA001) and aren’t exactly sitting on empty display space, let alone enough for a 744. I don’t think they’re much for preserving more than one of a given type either give...
Jump to postAlaska had to take over a major West Coast competitor that offered a much more premium product and better service to succeed. Alaska couldn't compete against Virgin America so they took them over. Would not have been allowed in today's world as the other poster implied. We are seeing this with the ...
Jump to postHey guys, not an expert on West-Coast 'hubbing', but I was always wondering why DL didn't build up Portland, given how less congested it is, and given that it has no overlap with AS.... Seems a tad silly to put all your eggs in the one basket that SEA is... Been there, done that. This is a reasonab...
Jump to postAlaska has code share agreements with all non Sky Team airlines which is monopolistic and designed to stifle competition out of SEA. The DOJ should investigate Alaska's agreements with these carriers on antitrust grounds. This doesn't happen at any other US international gateway. Alaska should not ...
Jump to postAppears aircraft 516 is being repaired at SNA to comeback in service at some point. Indeed it is, I’m staring at it as I type this reply. While all exit doors have been sealed off in red tape (literally), I’m surprised the Alaska name and logo have not been despite the optics of a very broken plane...
Jump to postLast trijet was an HA DC-10-30 flying HNL-SEA back in February 2001. Still haven’t gotten a quad ride and it’s starting to wear on me!
Jump to postJust guessing from the pics, but it looks like the gear took the rear wing spar with it??? That could be a REALLY expensive fix…. Not a lot of wing spars just lying around. Do we know that? It's a 737NG which thousands have been made since the 1990s and whose replacement is already in mass producti...
Jump to postI’ve been meaning to inquire about this as well. If this is indeed a new livery, it might top my list for worst refresh of the century. The Uzbek flag livery is (was?) awesome.
Jump to postAvelo to launch SLE: https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1679483642001883140?s=20 BUR and LAS 2x weekly beginning October 6 Cool news for SLE! Follow-up tweet has flight times: - XP219 Depart LAS 7:00 AM Arrive SLE 9:15 AM - XP220 Depart SLE 9:55 AM Arrive LAS 12:05 PM - XP185 Depart BUR 12:30 PM A...
Jump to postUnless a gate is exclusive to one exact type of aircraft, the "no go" engine zone is impossible to define due to the variation of engine positioning; so, it would have to be more of a procedure to follow than a hard exclusion zone. Not at all. With current lighting tech, imagine a laser i...
Jump to postAS will likely have narrowbody aircraft capable of reaching DUB/HEL/LHR/TYO nonstop from SEA in 10-20 years from now, which would transform AS to a global airline serving North America, Japan, and Europe. A 737 MAX 9-sized narrowbody aircraft with enough range for SEA-DUB/HEL/LHR/TYO nonstop servic...
Jump to postSurprised it hasn’t come up yet, but AS has officially announced daily PAE-HNL starting in November: https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-adds-new-nonstop-honolulu-seattle-area-airport/ I was actually just checking the thread to see if it had been brought up yet. I could see b...
Jump to postSurprised it hasn’t come up yet, but AS has officially announced daily PAE-HNL starting in November:
https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airli ... a-airport/
The comments here are why we need tougher climate protection regulations. The responses are authoritarian and draconian, letting emotions take over rationality, just like the so called "eco-terrorists". Glad none of you are in charge. Mods here are so quick to move threads because of poli...
Jump to postWould be interesting to see a 1992 & 2002 breakdown from when UA still had the SEA hub. I don’t remember UA having much at SEA beyond hub routes in 2002 besides NRT. There was a lot more mainline than there is now, but I can’t think of anything beyond LAX/SFO/DEN/ORD/IAD/EWR back then. Maybe BO...
Jump to postWould be interesting to see a 1992 & 2002 breakdown from when UA still had the SEA hub. I don’t remember UA having much at SEA beyond hub routes in 2002 besides NRT. There was a lot more mainline than there is now, but I can’t think of anything beyond LAX/SFO/DEN/ORD/IAD/EWR back then. Maybe BOS?
Jump to postI'll be keeping an eye on what happens here, I guess I'd never thought about the fact that Brasov didn't have a commercial airport. I visited back in 2008 (arriving by train) and thought it was one of the coolest stops in Eastern Europe, would love to have a chance to go back someday!
Jump to postYeastbeast wrote:BFI and not the Everett plant at PAE?
Not especially familiar with the terrain involved here, I take it? It's pretty hilly in the town of Sea-Tac. That’s what I was driving at. There have been a lot of SEA solutions kicked around here that show a bit of unfamiliarity of what the landscape actually looks like. Do you remember the post a...
Jump to postIf it were up to me, I would eminent domain all of the land east of SEA between Int'l Blvd all the way east to I-5 from basically 188th up to 405(518). There's your new airport. McMicken Heights Int'l. Not especially familiar with the terrain involved here, I take it? It's pretty hilly in the town ...
Jump to postAs part of that though, I'd also suggest JBLM open as an industrial airport - cargo and maintenance facilities. The federal government and DoD might be more apt to approve joint ops if those additional operations didn't involve civilian passenger traffic. PAE would also be suitable for cargo with i...
Jump to postNameOmitted wrote:A picture of Xáat Kwáani has made it to the main site:
Here in Seattle, T-Mobile Park is practically taken over by Toronto Blue Jays fans when they come to town once a year to play the Mariners. They bring in a lot of folks from Vancouver (and beyond) since it's a reasonably quick drive down and you hear Mariners fans grousing about it some, but I don't...
Jump to postI have no idea if this has been brought up before or if they've made the forum search feature usable yet (haha) but does anyone else absolutely HATE the new marketing the Port of Seattle is doing at SeaTac calling it "SEA Airport?"l Yeah, it’s dumb, but I don’t think it’s really having mu...
Jump to postI have no idea if this has been brought up before or if they've made the forum search feature usable yet (haha) but does anyone else absolutely HATE the new marketing the Port of Seattle is doing at SeaTac calling it "SEA Airport?"l Yeah, it’s dumb, but I don’t think it’s really having mu...
Jump to postI may be wrong but BOG-LAX is about 3000nmi, so it's doable with a 752. I don't know how Avianca in particular configured their 757s, which may play into it. Ohh ok. I think Im still thinking about the movie Commando, where LAX-(Bogota) was said to be 11 hours on a Western DC-10 lol But yeah I see ...
Jump to postWhy oh why would anyone target commercial aircraft? This could have been a major loss of life situation. Coup all you want, but leave innocent passengers and crew out of your coup! It's likely that the aircraft were caught by surprise (as it seems everyone else was) when the clashes erupted. Contro...
Jump to postTo clarify, I recall they were at the end of C before moving to A, then moving to the end of D in 2013. Are you saying they moved from C to A, then back to C again (perhaps briefly?) before moving to D? Pretty confident it was C --> A --> D, but happy to be corrected. Yes,, your ordering is correct...
Jump to postI think this is playing into it for sure. It’s not so much Portland that is the issue, but the need to keep Seattle as mega of a mega hub it can be. There are a lot of planes coming on in 2024+, I would guess that’s when PDX is built back up. It is their second largest hub as mentioned, while it ap...
Jump to postWhat happens with the fuselage? I thought composite couldn't be recycled or have I got that completely wrong. Way back when the 787 was still in the early stages of development (post announcement, pre-design freeze I think) there was some talk about the fuselage and other composite components ultim...
Jump to postThe east side of the Kitsap Peninsula is 'densifying' at a dizzy pace. It's kind of unfortunate but doesn't surprise me one bit. If it EVER happens, I can see the new airport in the South Sound to be like Mesa Gateway Airport in Phoenix. I keep saying it and I guess I might die on this hill, but yo...
Jump to postIn hindsight one wonders what the point of the VX purchase was with all the headaches it generated. It prevented Jetblue from becoming a behemoth in the same market segment as AS. Which is funny how the potential merger with NK will make B6 larger than AS. Being larger than B6 wasn't the point, kee...
Jump to postThis is correct. The flight operated for a while from N, then needed ramp construction had to be made for longer term accommodation. During this time the flight operated from the S-gates as the N16 ramp was torn up. Then it was seasonally suspended for a while. Why there was a period of operating o...
Jump to postDo you think AS would be interested in the MAX 7 at some point? I can see 25 or so in the fleet down the road. Either as roues mature coming from the rj's or starting a little longer thinner route to then mature it to a MAX8/9 route. Is the operating cost really that much better than operating such...
Jump to postNot sure what is new about this. UA used to dispatch the 777 to NRT from the N terminal. Along with 747's and DC-10's when UA had a large presence at SEA. But that was long ago when the North Satellite was nothing like it is today Did the old N Sat have customs? I’ve only know it since Alaska took ...
Jump to postWas just looking at a satellite view of SEA on google maps and noticed a pedestrian bridge built from term A to term S. I thought there was an underground walkway or tram. Why would they give up that space to more easily move aircraft to build a bridge. Seems a very outdated way of doing things. It...
Jump to postWas just looking at a satellite view of SEA on google maps and noticed a pedestrian bridge built from term A to term S. I thought there was an underground walkway or tram. Why would they give up that space to more easily move aircraft to build a bridge. Seems a very outdated way of doing things. It...
Jump to postI wonder if AK will have 737 service to Pullman, Walla Walla, Yakima, Bellingham, or Wenatchee? Do they have enough E175s and pilots to cover this network? One of the reasons for frequency reductions in markets like EAT, ALW and YKM is the limited availability of pilots and they shouldn’t have a pr...
Jump to posthttps://kpq.com/first-time-landing-in-the-wenatchee-valley-for-passenger-jet/ Pictures ofAlaska Airlines Jets in Wenatchee, washington. From the article: According to Alaskan Airlines - Horizon Air, the Embraer 175 features wide passenger and aisle seats. About time! I’ve been saying for years that...
Jump to postNot to mention, for 20mmm the Pilot would have to close to about 2,500’ of the balloon. As you “aim” the gun by aiming the plane, you are on a collision path with it. Try that at M1.0 or greater. M1.0 at 58,000’ is only 192KIAS. Must have been a very special kind of balloon if you needed to go supe...
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