Re: Could a Glass Floor Road or Railroad Bridge be Built?

This topic reminds me of the "Squid Games" episode with the glass bridge.

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

LAL announcement yesterday ... pretty good sized audience for this ... let's see how this pans out ... https://www.lkldnow.com/avelos-first-flights-from-lakeland-linder-will-be-to-new-haven-ct/ The Avelo flights are now loaded, though the destination is signed as "Orlando/Lakeland" on the...

Re: Cargo 727 landing in South Sudan crashes into MD-82 wrecked in previous accident

747d10 wrote:

Is it a write off?
Sorry….(not sorry)

Re: Your favorite approach

I also liked the old SJU RWY 8/10 Bridge visual, base turn at route 3&181 intersection, just prior to the San Juan mall thence bear right of the Theodoro Moscoso bridge for Rwy 10, left of bridge for RWY 8...I flew it many times in the A300 & 757 and a handful of times in the 763. Neat Appr...

Re: Your favorite approach

I also liked the old SJU RWY 8/10 Bridge visual, base turn at route 3&181 intersection, just prior to the San Juan mall thence bear right of the Theodoro Moscoso bridge for Rwy 10, left of bridge for RWY 8...I flew it many times in the A300 & 757 and a handful of times in the 763. Neat Appr...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Not gonna lie, I opened this expecting a harebrained artificial island airport in the middle of the bay proposal. Just tacking words onto OAK seems less silly in comparison. Or even better that'll send those environmentalists' heads in a spin: merge and connect the two airports by infilling the bay...

Re: North Central/East Coast Florida (JAX/UST/GNV/DAB/MLB/VRB) Aviation - 2024

According to this: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/what-year-jacksonville-international-airport-2023-totaled-record-passenger-numbers/24WO2ZR5MJGN7MZ3B52G4KBAXE/ construction is supposed to begin in July. They’ve had a lot of delays getting construction kicked off mostly due to permitting ...

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Runways 10 and 28 were in use today (Friday March 29th) at TPA due to AirFest.

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

High SDQ gate usage with Arajet's operations: ARAJET SANTO DOMINGO A SAN SALVADOR DM4452|| VUELO SANTO DOMINGO - SAN SALVADOR|| ARAJET SAL-SDQ Source: YouTube user "LA VIDA ES UNA AVENTURA" Also, Google Maps is showing gate space originally set up for widebody aircraft at the terminal now ...

Re: The Final Push Part 1: DL and KL Premium Select and Premium Comfort DTW-AMS-DEL

Thanks for the TR.

DL's premium economy catering is below par when compared to UA premium economy. And where has the bread gone?

Re: North Central/East Coast Florida (JAX/UST/GNV/DAB/MLB/VRB) Aviation - 2024

When does construction begin on a new Concourse B at JAX ? Will the current Delta Sky Club move to the new Concourse from Concourse A ? According to this: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/what-year-jacksonville-international-airport-2023-totaled-record-passenger-numbers/24WO2ZR5MJGN7MZ3B52G...

Re: Will SAS Switch from Newark to JFK?

Feels like EWR, ORD, and IAD could be sustained with 321XLR post-alliance change.

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

And maybe makes sense/truth to DL wanting Airside D Gate E70 was very much a DL signatory gate with its own DL-branded podium. The next gate over, E71, has historically been a HCAA common-use gate since the inception of [then-new] Airside E. Even all that being true it was still always considered c...

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Did DL give up gate E70 at TPA? Noticed heavy usage amongst AC & F9 in recent online FIDS searches. Apparently Delta never had it prior it was always common use gate its just now Airside E is so overcrowded youll never see DL using it again And maybe makes sense/truth to DL wanting Airside D Ga...

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed

Deferred maintenance…. failing infrastructure, gonna see more of this across the country…. I don’t think this bridge was designed to withstand a collision with a container vessel. You have to have separate protection structures to prevent a collision with the bridge. It's clear there were not prote...

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Also saw that F9 switched from the blue side to the red side at TPA. F9's ticket counter is next to AC on the other end of the westmost counter where F9 used to be on the blue side. VS (and probably DL overflow?) is now using most of the space F9 previously used on the blue side. Lynx (RIP) also had...

Re: Delta: Possible new look cabin decor

No. Song's interior was light blue seats with purple, yellow, and orange trim. Correct. However I thought the shade of blue was the same. Perhaps it was lighter. I remember the different color trim — and the shaken cocktails. For those who don’t know or have forgotten: https://sfbdesign.com/portfol...

Re: [Video Only] - Flying to the seasonal airport of West Yellowstone with Delta

Hello!! In this flight, I go from Salt Lake City up to the Unique Airport of West Yellowstone, Montana with Delta Air Lines. This city only sees airline service from May until October and all service is under the Essential Air Service (EAS) Program and they have a contract with SkyWest. I did this ...

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

Not losing sight of how Boeing promoted the 787 as eight abreast in economy as part of its Dreamliner rhetoric and went through several iterations (2-5-2 then 3-3-3) before 10 abreast finally re-emerged successfully on the 777. Or the 747 which started life (at some carriers) at nine abreast in eco...

Re: Pittsburgh Aviation - 2024

Question for the Pittsburghers that remember the Art Deco terminal: I'm looking at an overview of the landside facilities outside, and while the ticketing curbside is well-documented, the arrival area isn't. I noticed that there appears to be a road which goes underneath the landside, and comes out ...

Re: Sun Country eyeing second focus city similar to MSP

TWA772LR wrote:

I thought they had a decent stint going in DFW, no?

spinkid wrote:

DFW is a market they are very familiar with and similar to MSP in how it is dominated by one major carrier that would tolerate 2X weekly flights and is closer to reach South Americia.

Re: Orlando Intl. KMCO busiest airport in US March 16th

Could you imagine if we had a hub on top of the O&D traffic? We’d be the busiest airport in the world. What drives all this O&D traffic? KSC & Disney? Conventions and business travelers, also. There may be business to be had in Orlando, but leisure blows business out of the water in Mic...

Re: Guam-Tokyo/Narita on UA in Premium Econ w/ take-off video

Thanks for the TR. It's been a while since we had a GUM trip report, and I still see they still use those infamous office-cubicle partitions for customs and immigration separation. Though it seems there are now more flights to South Korea than Japan from GUM? There's even a "Lotte" store w...

Re: West Coast Florida (APF / LAL / PGD / PIE / RSW / SRQ / TPA) Aviation - 2024

Did DL give up gate E70 at TPA? Noticed heavy usage amongst AC & F9 in recent online FIDS searches.

Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

2004 B6 MCO-JFK

Would have been 1998 with US (then brand new deliveries) had they not made a last-minute schedule change

Re: Emirates A350 9 or 10 abreast in economy?

A340400 wrote:

They pioneered 10 abreast for the 777

Re: Japan Airlines is nearing an order for wide-body jets

With Japan continuing to shrink I think I'd pick the under on capacity. That would make this a competition between 789 and 359. A significant part of that is the shift of domestic Japan travel to more bullet (Shinkansen) trains, and the reduction in reliance on Japan as a connector to Asia resultin...

Re: Frontier to start JFK service, Resume EWR

Enjoy the new Widebody New York services to San Juan on AA, DL and UA. For starters, AA isn't operating JFK/EWR-SJU, and I believe UA already operates a 764 on EWR-SJU. Doubt DL would add a heavy in the market, perhaps one additional peak frequency, maybe. DL did go on a frequency binge to SJU from...

Re: Paris-Orly 2035: skybridge, 90% contact gates

It's interesting to see the metamorphosis of European airports adopting more of the U.S. philosophy of jetbridge usage.

Re: Alaska 737 Arrives At Gate With Open Cargo Door

My 2 cents... it popped open on landing... if it had happened at altitude, everything would have been frozen in the bin... like negative 60 degrees up there Had to be on landing. Plane would have depressurized if it was open at altitude. Was going to say, it would have been a UA 811 repeat if that ...

Re: Could Air France's A380s fly again?

More like a certain somebody told AF to stop flying the 380s. Ditto with VS canceling the 380 order. Ditto with KE's retirement of the type in a few years. This is only true if "a certain somebody" is referring to each airline's financial analysts. Otherwise it's paranoid conspiracy nonse...

Re: Could Air France's A380s fly again?

F9Animal wrote:

Was the A380 not a profit maker for Air France? Sad to see them not flying them.

Re: Could Air France's A380s fly again?

Boy no one is giving EK an inch in the used 380 market. It's the same tactic used by automobile manufacturers in recent years, that's why the used car market is selling above KBB value at the moment.

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1st IJ movie) took place in Morocco, right,? If so, that's the vote.

Re: 50 years ago: THY DC-10 crash

The Turkish DC-10 crash killed 346 people in the blink of an eye, all due to a "gentleman's agreement" over safety issues, prioritizing profits ahead of safety. Everything was supposed to have changed. I mean, when there's an accident, it is investigated, and changes are made. That's the ...

Re: Frontier Airlines News and Discussion - 2024

B6 announced today 3/4/2024 that all NK/B6 Merger Activity has ceased, osea the merger plans have been terminated. I wonder if there was any language in the agreement that prevents F9 and NK from resuming their previous merger activity immediately? It's an interesting question, but I don't think B6...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

TYWoolman wrote:

On the tangent topic I think Delta needs a smaller long-range aircraft and in the future unless Boeing offers a 797 widebody a 787 or "787Max" would be quite fitting.

Re: New Orleans Aviation - 2024