Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Well you just pointed to the problem. As time goes along some (not all) people figure out how to avoid fees or spend less on fees. Printing their BP at the local public library for 10 cents, checking a bag online versus waiting for the airport, buying a bottle of water before boarding, etc. And wha...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

Yes, you are spot on. 20 years ago I did work with those folks. Suzanne and Gwen were my bosses. :-) What a small world! We likely have met somewhere along the line, too. I'll PM you. (What bag belt are you using in customs today? Belt three?? LOL -- is Yogi still there? What about Priscilla from P...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

ULCC management loves to claim their airline is so great because "unbundling" allows consumers to only pay for what they want/need. And while that's true to an extent the dirty truth is it's more dependent upon flyers being forced to pay for items/services they didn't know about. Like pay...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

ULCC management loves to claim their airline is so great because "unbundling" allows consumers to only pay for what they want/need. And while that's true to an extent the dirty truth is it's more dependent upon flyers being forced to pay for items/services they didn't know about. Like pay...

Re: JetBlue/Spirit Merger Discussion thread - 2024 (merger plans terminated as of March 4)

I understand this is not directly related to the failed merger but as the impact of IRROP on the bottom line has been discussed, I would share a story. On a recent BA flight MIA-LHR, a young man was sitting next to me who said that he had booked jetBlue to fly MIA-LHR via JFK. Due to a delayed inbou...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

ULCC management loves to claim their airline is so great because "unbundling" allows consumers to only pay for what they want/need. And while that's true to an extent the dirty truth is it's more dependent upon flyers being forced to pay for items/services they didn't know about. Like pay...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

God if I hear one more person talk about how travel demand is so high I might just lose it. You do realize that dirt cheap fares, even on legacies are driving the craze. The legacies offset the losses from those dirt cheap fares from credit card income, International premium, domestic first and inc...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

God if I hear one more person talk about how travel demand is so high I might just lose it. You do realize that dirt cheap fares, even on legacies are driving the craze. The legacies offset the losses from those dirt cheap fares from credit card income, International premium, domestic first and inc...

Re: A220 in Europe’s Airlines strategy

You know Delta looked to have missed the boat ordering and taking delivery of ceos when everyone else was doing neos for years. Whether it was a mistake or strategic idk, but as amazing as gtf engines are, having a large fleet of cfms is really good at this moment. I believe Delta have done that wi...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

For those of us who have academically studied the airline industry since deregulation, and even worked in it, Spirit Airlines is a classic case of an organization in the midst of shutdown. Like other airlines before them they did their very best to weather outside conditions yet are failing. And fa...

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

.... Further impacts to the bottom line include: softening demand in Florida, Las Vegas and other leisure markets (ya don't make a lot of money flying MeMaw and PawPaw to Myrtle Beach once a year to go for a swim) and the subprime credit squeeze. You must take into account that much leisure travel,...

Re: A220 in Europe’s Airlines strategy

Anyone got some numbers that may give some idea on just how ahead the 223 is in terms of lower operating costs vs 31N or 7M7? Must be some pretty good numbers that despite the lower range and being a completely new fleet, it's the best seller in its category. airBaltic onboard magazine lists fuel c...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

In view of search engines offering nearby airports as an option it doesn’t add much value to add the metro area bigger city name .

Re: Spirit Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000149871024000142/save-20240326.htm $150-200m credit from Pratt for the engine issues in 2024. Does this seem like peanuts considering how many planes they will have grounded? Well, they lost about $500m last year so $200m this year will help...

Re: interesting Delta and Iberia flights out of SJU in 1984

i am reading an online edition of El Mundo newspaper from Puerto Rico where i found some interesting information from 1984: https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/elmundo/?a=d&d=mndo19840401-01.1.54&e=-------es-25-mndo-1--img-txIN-delta+airlines--------- it seems in 1984 Delta operated flights non st...

Re: UAL 821 A320 Emergency Landing LAX...diversion Hydraulic Failure

Have to admit, I am somewhat entertained about the frequency of shit happens in the US and at UA lately. When will the NTSB run out of personnel to look into all these stories? Not every incident is required to be reported, let alone investigated. Every "incident" is required to be report...

Re: UAL 821 A320 Emergency Landing LAX...diversion Hydraulic Failure

macc wrote:

Have to admit, I am somewhat entertained about the frequency of shit happens in the US and at UA lately. When will the NTSB run out of personnel to look into all these stories?

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

So no widebodies? How much longer can these 777-200s stay in the fleet? I think this means the 772s will become 767 v2, relegated to Hawaii and inter-hub flying until they're 35+ years old. American said they have no planned retirements for the rest of the decade. So probably no rush to retire the ...

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

It felt like it was being taken out of airliners.net - lots of forum members here have made the same points over the years. The comment about kayak moving the equipment filter up due to popularity was funny

Re: AA orders 85 Airbus A321neo, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10 and 90 Embraer E175 aircraft

What would be the new seating capacities of the A320/321 after the increase of the F seats?

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

The idea Breeze would be able to be the buyer in a B6 merger is ridiculous. The idea that JetBlue might be interested in their young fleet of 220s has always made sense to me. Plus future deliveries. It would seem Breeze would be easy to dismantle because it’s tiny and new. Agreed. Breeze buying B6...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

They aren’t even competing now. With what cash would breeze be taking over JetBlue? What breeze is doing now could easily be done by JetBlue if they thought there was money there. Jetblue making certain moves if it would make them money? Now that's a funny joke This thread is basically just becomin...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

I'm quite sorry, but this is one of many examples of why I cannot take seriously the zany musings of many on this thread. Completely out of touch with reality and allowing their emotions press the keys on their keyboards regarding TWA's ordeal 40 years ago without any consideration or grasp of the ...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

I'm quite sorry, but this is one of many examples of why I cannot take seriously the zany musings of many on this thread. Completely out of touch with reality and allowing their emotions press the keys on their keyboards regarding TWA's ordeal 40 years ago without any consideration or grasp of the ...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

Is there a good read either long form essay or book about his time with TWA? I own Hard Landing but was looking for something specific to Icahn and TWA in a similar style to Hard Landing. HBO has a pretty informative documentary on Icahn - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire. I would recommend it. He m...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

Delta’s push into Boston and premium was also a factor. Delta tried to kill jetBlue quite early in the 2000s with Song but it didn’t work and they shut it down.

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

If we assume that Icahn’s vision for jetBlue is to become a network carrier and a new hub is needed, then it needs to be in the South as that’s where the demographic growth in the US has been . AA’s most profitable hubs are DFW and CLT. So Icahn will take a very long view of setting up a brand new ...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

If we assume that Icahn’s vision for jetBlue is to become a network carrier and a new hub is needed, then it needs to be in the South as that’s where the demographic growth in the US has been . AA’s most profitable hubs are DFW and CLT.

Re: Korean Air mulls removing A220 fleet

Egypt Air ditched them, now Korean…who is next?

Re: Is it fair to operate a route with an a/c that may not make it?

My question is: how fair is to operate a flight with such conditions, without telling your passengers that a diversion may happen due to the above mentioned conditions? When we bought the ticket there was nothing about that and even the day of departure, nobody told the passengers about the potenti...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

Carl Icahn's engagement with JetBlue will result in American Airlines obtaining the largest part of B6's assets, with a specific focus on JFK. United will get the rest, enabling it to return to JFK meaningfully, including acquiring B6's JFK-LHR slots. BOS will be carved out between DL and AA This i...

Re: Airbus A220 Production / Deliveries - 2024