william wrote:Roadblocks are being thrown up to the merger.
seabosdca wrote:jbs2886 wrote:VS is a JV with DL. Can’t see them getting “driven out.”
Which is why the only possible way AS could fly this route is as part of the BA/AA JV.
Do people really think AS is going to start flying widebodies to Europe from SEA? Eventually? Yes. I can't think of a worse connection point for transatlantic. They can easily connect people through AA or BA. When a good chunk of your customers in the PNW and AK want to go to Europe, SEA is the per...
Jump to postWould AS re-enter LAX-JFK market with widebodies? AS didn't have enough JFK slots to effectively compete in that market, coupled with no lie-flat product, so while SFOJFK was retained, when exiting LAXJFK those freed-up JFK slots were used to fund things like SANJFK, PDXJFK, SJCJFK, and additional ...
Jump to postI think most of us agree Intl from SEA and other AS cities is likely, it is a bit concerning that Joe seems to be walking it back just a bit here. Joe is just a cautious guy; always has been. He's tempering expectations because lets face it, you have to walk before you run, and operating widebodies...
Jump to postSFOtoORD wrote:AS would be foolish to pick that fight. They’ve done very little in SFO since buying VX.
I can see Alaska having service to Auckland but not to Sydney…they’ve got a good tie up with Qantas that takes care of that. But then they’re paying boatloads of $$$ to QF to carry Mileage Plan members to SYD when they can just serve it themselves. That’s what got AS to Hawaii in the first place, h...
Jump to post747megatop wrote:BTW, is Alaska going to maintain HNL as a hub after the merger/takeover?
Regarding the B717 fleet, I think they’ve got about 3-5 years left in them but odds are AS will take a long hard look at WN’s solution to rotating aircraft to, through, and back from the islands using existing B737s rather than investing in a dedicated sub fleet.
Jump to postWhat is even more interesting to me about the original Eastern 757s is that the Rolls Royce engines were not completely wrapped in the nacelle like they are now. The early versions had the smaller exhaust output on the end sticking out. I too have noticed the angle of the stripes on the Eastern 757...
Jump to postEastern had a complete lack of paint standardization during the 80s. 727s could be seen in both white versions, thin stripe metal, and both thick stripe metal versions all at the same time. Throw in the hybrids, gray painted versions etc … what a mess. Symptomatic, really, of the company at the tim...
Jump to postZuluTime wrote:Interesting. With a lot of competitive overlap on the West Coast with AS removed at a stroke, does this perhaps mean that any future approval for a tie-up between jetBlue and Alaska would be easier?
All the cheat lines started their upward slant at or aft of the rearmost door. Because of the way the B757 was built, to follow the typical angle up the front to middle of the tail would have required starting the upward slant well before the rearmost door.
Jump to postWell when one company (AS) is making some cash but not impressive, and HA in the red for many years how was this ever a good idea lol. Hawaii is an $8B travel market annually. AS is going to pay $1B to immediately command over 50% of that market, plus gain international widebody capability. They'll...
Jump to postWhat Alaska is proposing would end up with a single management group making decisions for both airlines (really three if you also consider Horizon). Because they’re both US-based airlines, they’re a lot freer to shift things around between the Alaska and Hawaiian brands as they see fit than someone...
Jump to postAlaska is essentially paying 1 billion for a company that has .9 billion in cash. Debt is debt and Hawaiians isn’t too far out of the norm compared to any other airline out there. Alaska is basically paying 1$ for 90 cents + the entire HAL operation, doesn’t seem like a high premium at all to me We...
Jump to post100% I’m glad you see it. No b6 employee likes our operations right now there was a time we were proud of it now not so much. What we want is the leadership to finally say let’s fix it and actually do it, you would see all employees behind that. Sounds like B6 is at a crossroads similar to what we ...
Jump to postI'm not sure OTP is really low hanging fruit though, especially in BOS and JFK. I don't think there is a big secret on what it would take to fix it, but it would cost quite a bit of money. Of course it costs money to fix. But it costs even more to have a broken operation. That’s airline 101. Just l...
Jump to postrj777 wrote:I bet AS/HI are starting to wonder about their plans right about now.........
I got you beat. I started with AS in '98 and it was a rumor then :)~ People seem hell bent on this. I started at AS in very early 1992 and it was a rumor then as well, and had been for several years, I was told. Then again the rumor mill changed annually, always alternating between AA and NW being ...
Jump to postThe biggest wildcard is the LUS 319/320 replacement. The Max7 seems like a logical fit and will probably have better pricing/earlier delivery availability than the 319neo. Could Airbus sweeten the pot on 319neo pricing/321neo delivery slots if they also order A350s? The M7 and 319neo are nonstarter...
Jump to postMore DL Hawaii capacity adds: Delta Air Lines unveiled plans to grow its Hawaiian offering, highlighted by a new nonstop route between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Honolulu Inouye International Airport (HNL), as well as adding a new transcontinental route. From Nov. 21, the SkyTeam ...
Jump to postContinentalEWR wrote:Does anyone know whether there is a long term plan for AS to move from Terminal 7 at JFK to Terminal 8?
AC4500 wrote:Does anyone have any idea what the fate of N704AL will be (the aircraft for AS1282)? Since the aircraft will no longer have a door on the left side is the plane going to be scrapped?
USAirKid wrote:That is also interesting, because at least Alaska Airlines tends to exercise all of their options. I’m not sure about Horizon but it’s curious.
Tugger wrote:Do any FA contracts have snap-up clauses?
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IAnd AA has already agreed to pay 50% of the regular flight hourly rate during boarding in their bargain. With the two largest U.S. airlines having implemented a boarding pay solution, the no boarding time pay is going the way of the dodo bird, everyone else will have to come up with something in t...
Jump to postAs I understand it, flight attendants only get paid for the time the aircraft doors are closed to when they open. Is there an advantage to this for the workers? I don't see one, but it seems to continuously get re-ratified. It’s an industry standard. Always has been. And no one wants to be the firs...
Jump to postAs I understand it, flight attendants only get paid for the time the aircraft doors are closed to when they open. Is there an advantage to this for the workers? I don't see one, but it seems to continuously get re-ratified. It’s an industry standard. Always has been. And no one wants to be the firs...
Jump to postWhere would they fly in Europe where both of the following are true: (1) they don't step on an alliance partner but (2) they can count on any feed on the other end? It's quite hard to think of destinations. HNL and OGG were both prime examples of destinations well served by partners, yet AS was spe...
Jump to postI mean, to be honest, we really didn't do much at all. Added a few flights here and there and cancelled them almost as quick. True, but those adds were always to points where more connectivity - or at least far greater than anything VX offered - was available. Once those flights, timed to match con...
Jump to postYou mean the 12 787s HA ordered? I though these were for the Pacific. They're growth frames, not replacements. And on the day the acquisition was announced, CFO Shane Tackett repeatedly referred to how it unlocks transoceanic flying for AS. Not merely trans-Pacific. Transoceanic. And as was stated ...
Jump to postI mean, to be honest, we really didn't do much at all. Added a few flights here and there and cancelled them almost as quick. True, but those adds were always to points where more connectivity - or at least far greater than anything VX offered - was available. Once those flights, timed to match con...
Jump to postASFlyer wrote:AS just needs to leave DAL. Theres no advantage to being there.
With 7 planes left out of 65 planes, and only a week since the first planes started to fly again, I guess the MAX issue was isolated to newer frames. Otherwise we'd here more about loose nuts etc. Possibly, I don’t work in M&E so I can’t speak to which frames had loose bolts. As of now, 61 airc...
Jump to postNameOmitted wrote:EA CO AS wrote:57 complete, 7 to go. All will be done by late Saturday or early Sunday.
Inclusive of the incident aircraft?
This thread's been asleep for a while now. I will assume all (64) of AS's MAX9s are back in the air on revenue flights? I've noticed maybe only a single cancellation of SAN's Boeing flights so far today and that's wonderful to see! If true, super job, AS, on getting through this major disruption. A...
Jump to postSANFan wrote:I'm guessing we're probably in the high 30s of MAXs back in service now???!!! Well over half of them! Super!
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n471wn wrote:How many people were fired after the Challenger O-Ring disaster? ZERO.
Just spoke with a longtime friend who was among those impacted today at AA. Evidently they’re creating a new workgroup to take on some if not most of this work, and all who were hit will have an opportunity to apply. But, there won’t be enough positions for all, unfortunately.
Jump to postSANFan wrote:any update yet for today's count of AS's MAX9s back in service? bb
Remember when this thread was actually about buyouts at B6? Yeah, sorry, my bad. At the end of the day I think B6 is going to sort things out, and as I said earlier, this is part of their commitment to not furloughing if they can avoid it - they’d rather let someone take a buyout and walk away than...
Jump to postMy sincere thanks for the kind words - they’re appreciated more than you know! My biggest thanks go to the hard-working men and women of the SEA, PHX, and BOI contact centers, including the local leadership teams, all of whom had to deal with three straight weeks of working mandatory overtime, somet...
Jump to postNotice how it's always the non-unionized staff that are asked to leave before the unionized staff? There's obviously a benefit to being in a union. Because it has to be negotiated between the company and union. Buyout provisions in lieu of a furlough have to be negotiated, but the CBAs already cont...
Jump to postI believe the B6 Pilots’ CBA prevents separate operations, the carriers would have to be merged. In this scenario, if the multi-brand strategy works, they would be merged; they’d be ALASKA AIRLINES. But, just as they plan to retain and use the HA brand in those current markets, you’d see the B6 bra...
Jump to postSince the government prevented this merger I don’t think that penalty will apply It definitely will. The fee was specifically added to protect NK in the event of a regulatory decision blocking the merger. Interesting, I can’t imagine they would even be able to pay it however IIRC, it was $470M, wit...
Jump to postWow! Not someone you want in charge of a business that is supposedly focused on customer service. Alaska has not treated its customers well during all these cancellations. This is silly. There's more to good customer service than plastering on a fake smile, and just because her background isn't in ...
Jump to postwedgetail737 wrote:pdxasflyer wrote:EA CO AS wrote:
Make that 18.
Have always appreciated your insights and information EA CO AS. Please keep those updates coming as I’m looking forward to flying the MAX-9 next week.
Only 47 more to go.
SANFan wrote:Posted ~3 hours ago on the other thread, EACOAS posted that 13 of AS's MAX9s are back in service! (I don't think that means they are all flying right now but are available to fly when they are in the right place to operate revenue flights.) Wonderful news!
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EA CO AS wrote:AS began the day with 4 7M9s back in service and as of now is up to 8 of 64 returned to service. (N704AL is still under investigation by the NTSB)