Here is the current schedule ... 0650 departure from <acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda International (HND / RJTT), Japan">HND</acronym>? 0520 arrival to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>? AA135 JFK1810 – 2215+1HND 777 D AA134...
Jump to postComments: 1) <b>Is the maintenance done in Hong Kong or China?</b> I can't imagine it being cheaper in <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> th...
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/sfoa380" class="quote" target="_blank">sfoa380</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>It's about time <acronym title="Singapore ...
Jump to postThis market is growing rapidly, fueled by Chinese going to the USA. 1.1 million tourists last year is expected to almost double within 2 years. Due to hassles getting a USA visa, Chinese are going to Europe to spend their money, but that is changing with Obama speeding up visa procedures for China, ...
Jump to postThis has got to be the strangest flight. For a few months in 2011, Aeromexico changed the <acronym title="Mexico City (- Licenciado Benito Juarez International) (MEX / MMMX), Mexico">MEX</acronym>-<acronym title="Tijuana - General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International (TIJ / MMTJ), Mexico">TIJ</acrony...
Jump to postEven more intriguing from the same press release.... An agreement was also reached on the exercise of fifth freedom beyond traffic rights. Out of the 27 services, the carriers of India will be able to operate <b>14 services </b>to West Coast North America including the cities of <b>Los Angeles, San ...
Jump to postTG has 4 A345’s to do daily flights to both <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>. From 8 Jan – 21 Feb, one of the aircraft will be ...
Jump to postVeering slightly off topic......... Is gate availability actually a factor in adding new service or <b>is profitability?</b> In Hong Kong, Chep Lap Kok still uses bus gates. Kai Tak probably used bus gates 80-90% of the time and airlines were lined up to start service. In Bangkok, the new airport, S...
Jump to post<b><acronym title="Kelowna (YLW / CYLW), Canada - British Columbia">YLW</acronym> based: </b>When do you show they will start flights to <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>/<acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (M...
Jump to post<a href="http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=7%2F23%2F2007" target="_blank">From ATW yesterday</a>. It looks like Oasis wants to expand beyond Oakland and Chicago in the US. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines asked the US Dept. of Transportation to amend its exemption and allow it to "exercise the ...
Jump to postJet Airways likely in 2008 From this article on 8 Jul with Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Intl_Business/Jet_open_to_alliance_with_Air_India_Goyal/articleshow/2187066.cms" target=_blank>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I...ndia_Goyal/articleshow/2187066....
Jump to postThis story just in from the The Tahiti Presse <a href="http://www.tahitipresse.pf/index.cfm?snav=see&presse=20522&lang=2" target=_blank>http://www.tahitipresse.pf/index.cfm?snav=see&presse=20522&lang=2</a> that <acronym title="Air Tahiti Nui (France)">TN</acronym> expects to cut their loss from US$4...
Jump to postEffective 5 Sep. The November schedule shows back to non-stop PPT-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>. This is not going to help them build the <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK)...
Jump to postAA has flown this route non-stop for many years, on a 757, 6x weekly
Lv SJU 1100
Ar LAX 1505 8h 5m
Lv LAX 2330
Ar SJU 0930+1 6h 0m
[Edited 2007-05-26 13:28:47]
AF A380 destinations <i>(prediction)</i>, based on <b>current flights.</b> <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>- currrently 6 daily flights YES <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/ElecDi15.pdf/$file/ElecDi15.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lo...up/ElecDi15.pdf/$file/ElecDi15.pdf</a> This pdf file nicely shows how they can now return the computer to you because they will make an exact duplicate of the lapto...
Jump to postI looked up the program that Customs is using. It is chilling. Your whole life downloaded to the US Government (unless you travel with a clean laptop) As Max999 said, being a customs agent would be a great start to an insider trading career. This program seems to be targeted at much more than simply...
Jump to postThanks for bringing this up. It seems US Customs are being very aggressive lately in seizing laptops, cameras and external storage devices and memory cards. I have a feeling a new directive just came down in the past few weeks because US Customs used to be easy (well, easier than now). I travel to t...
Jump to postEveryone is getting carried away with this sale to South African. <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> (after removing the double daily schedule to the US from their website and Amadeus when the article was published on 14 Mar) has just reinstated (on 16 Mar) the daily nonstop...
Jump to postDon't forget <acronym title="Johannesburg - O.R. Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAJS), South Africa">JNB</acronym> is 3 weekly (762) and <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (cl...
Jump to postNot the first time this has happened. Same flight, <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> 255 in 2006 - cabin temperatures in excess of 40 degress. Passengers were lying in the aisles from heat exhaustion when they returned to <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok...
Jump to postFor those of us that can't read the link(it's not in English) , does this add anything to the 14 Feb 07 release about this subject other than they are going to increase service when they get new aircraft? Do they talk about frequencies? <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlew...
Jump to postTo clarify what the article said: <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> is losing money on the <b>nonstops from <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-NYC (meaning <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="...
Jump to postFrom <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/26Feb2007_biz38.php" target="_blank">The Bangkok Post on 26 February</a> Effective 1 May 2007, <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> will increase to daily nonstops from <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK ...
Jump to postHow do you tell it's a "Hi-J" configuration?
BA only shows 744 in Amadeus so how does one know if it's regular J or "Hi J"?
It would be interesting to know what routes they use "Hi-J" (expanded Business Class).
Key points from <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax23feb23,0,3237581.story?coll=la-home-headlines" target="_blank">this article in the Los Angeles Times</a> describing how the overcrowded, outdated <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acro...
Jump to postWith Thailand, don't believe anything until it happens. This story was originally picked up by the press in mid-January when a member of the military regime said <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> would stop the nonstop USA flights. Since this announcement, <b>non-stops to t...
Jump to postI believe <acronym title="Britannia Germany">BN</acronym> (Braniff) flew <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>-GUM and continued to another point in Asia (maybe <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - H...
Jump to postWhen I saw the thread title (explosion) I immediately wondered if this was the same ex-MH 744 that had the loud cracking noises and was forced to return to <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> - <acronym title="Qanta...
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Jump to postThe stops are planned long in advance, up to 6 hours before departure. In the case of <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym>, a new crew (cockpit and cabin) boards in Taipei or Incheon (depending on where the stop is) so these crew need to be in place well before the departur...
Jump to postEvidently, low departures over the hills are common departing <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>. I just remembered, a few years ago, a fully loaded United 744 departing for Sydney cleared the San Bruno Hills by about 35 meters on departure. I...
Jump to postPossibly caused by <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> operating the longest and heaviest flights out of <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>. From: <a href="http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=68444" ...
Jump to postAs far as I can remember, this is the FIRST overnight flight (red-eye) from North America/Mexico to Japan. Every other airline leaves the US/Canada in the late morning/early afternoon. Leaving <acronym title="Tijuana - General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International (TIJ / MMTJ), Mexico">TIJ</acronym> a...
Jump to postThis has little to do with child pornography and was reported in the New York Times and other media in October. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/business/24road.html" target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/business/24road.html</a> <i>US Customs agents are increasingly searching, s...
Jump to postTry this site from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the US Govt. It's not that easy but you can download spreadsheets and then do your best to interpret the data: Go to the reports for Air Carrier Statistics (Domestic and Foreign). <a href="http://www.transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Mode_I...
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Jump to postFrom an Air France press release regarding AirFrance/KLM For the winter 2006/2007 season, the Air France KLM Group’s seat capacity will grow by 3.6% compared with winter 2005/2006, with a 3.0% increase on the long-haul network and 5.7% on the medium-haul network. Both airlines will expand capacity t...
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Jump to post<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200609080048.html" target="_blank">Crew Escapes Death</a> A three-man crew of a cargo aircraft belonging to a courier company, DHL yesterday escaped death when the plane crashed into a localizer (a landing instrument) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airpor...
Jump to postSadly, 777way is correct. <acronym title="Stockholm - Arlanda (ARN / ESSA), Sweden">ARN</acronym> & <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> are dropped. The availability in Amadeus has been zeroed out. I'm sure it was not an easy decision to drop ...
Jump to postHa ha! I didn't want to post this since it was a little upsetting but I got on a <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> flight at TBIT (<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>) on 29 August and there was nothing said or posted...
Jump to postWith <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> just starting new freighter service to Atlanta and Dallas, I wanted to know how these new cities were doing. What’s most interesting is how little cargo there is on the return flights to Hong Kong. For January 2006 <a href="http://w...
Jump to postAF-A319- where do you get that load factor information? Do you have a url?
Very interesting.
SHOCKING! Another schedule change from <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym>. The <acronym title="Seoul - Incheon International (ICN / RKSI), South Korea">ICN</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> A346 flight is gone...
Jump to postThis is "Con-Air"? <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/20/us/20cnd-ramsey2.190.jpg" width="190" height="203" border=0> From Associated Press <i>On the plane, the 41-year-old teacher sat in a business class window seat next to Mark Spray, an investigator with the Boulder District At...
Jump to postIf these 24 people were under surveillance since 2005 as reports say, wouldn't they have <b>already been on the "No-Fly" list</b> and never been allowed to board an aircraft? This doesn't take into account people they don't know about who might not be on the list and would still be able to carry out...
Jump to postThese staff will work under US Employment laws, in fact, California employment laws which are even more protective of employee rights than US law. Won't having California, USA based employees open Cathay Pacific up to enormous litigation risks? I don't think Canadian laws allow such freewheeling law...
Jump to postAs reported in the <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/31Jul2006_biz14.php" target="_blank">The Bangkok Post, 31 July</a>, Geert Boven, the carrier's acting chief executive reports that during 2007, Etihad plans to add 10 new destinations. Mentioned in the article are Hong Kong, Los Angeles...
Jump to postInteresting visitor arrival statistics from this article in the <a href="http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=22690" target="_blank">The Tahiti Presse</a> today. In April, Tahiti had the best tourism arrivals since 2001: 18,061 April visitors (602 per day), up 18% from a year...
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