Just announced at a speech in Manhattan. Info on Gov's twitter feed. Basics include a unified terminal design, address road bottlenecks, and expand mass transit. Also announced a training program in response to the panic last summer. https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/816697706370449409 update: t...
Jump to postI have a 5 hour layover in <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> airport next week and was hoping to get a good french meal somewhere. seeing as i have 5 hours to kill, a sit down place would preferable, but is not absolutely necessary. Am flying <acr...
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Jump to postas for non-eu carriers in europe, i bet TK would be high up there as well.
Jump to postit's not just passengers that <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> would be making money, but cargo too. Mongolian cashmere is among the best (if not the best) in the world. Right now a lot of Mongolian cashmere is actually routed through China, but easy access to Dubai migh...
Jump to postanyone else notice the concorde like times of the <acronym title="Champion Air (USA)">MG</acronym>-<acronym title="Kolkata (Calcutta) - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (Dum Dum) (CCU / VECC), India">CCU</acronym> segment? It arrives in Kolkata (23:40) 10 minutes before it leaves Kunming (2...
Jump to postIt also depends on how much baggage you are coming with. If you don't mind a couple of stairs, I'd suggest the subway, though to go to <acronym title="Torres (TSQ / SSTR), Brazil">TSQ</acronym> i'd take the airtrain to Sutphin Blvd in Jamaica and catch the E from there (rather than the A at Howard B...
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Jump to postI think this might be my favorite topic ever. i started laughing before i even opened it. I really would be curious to know if the airlines or aircraft makers actually discuss this issue at some point in their decision making process (saying in choosing the meals to serve or in circulation patterns ...
Jump to postI saw this article too and was pretty impressed with the methodologies that were put in place to very successfully improve air safety. It's only disappointing to think that while a lot was done to improve safety in the air, the article points to the increasing dangers for planes on the ground (proxi...
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Jump to postI was always surprised Turkish never had one - especially with their initials THY. So here's one i made up just now:
The
Harem's
Yours.
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Jump to postSo who owns the soon to be irrelevant authority? <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> or <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>? Is it <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> cause they got their <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingd...
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Jump to postWhich US airline currently holds the <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> route authority? I know it was originally TWA which sold it to USAir(ways...
Jump to postSaw an article in the NY Times about it, but the heading was a bit misleading: "Passenger Skids Off Runway in Brazil" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/world/americas/18brazil.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/wo.../18brazil.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin</...
Jump to posti got served an east asian heinekin (can't remember but i think it was japanese) on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> flying <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - International / Wold Chamberlain Field (MSP / KMSP), USA - Minnesota">MSP</acronym>-<acronym title="Baltimore / W...
Jump to postThe Baltimore Sun is saying that trans-atlantic will happen by 2010.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...6721.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
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Jump to postOne of the really big issues concerning any really jfk expansion is simply access to the airport. I was at a NYC airport capacity symposium put on last year by the Rudin Center for Transportation at NYU. A <acronym title="VASP (Brazil)">VP</acronym> for Fedex spoke and mentioned that their biggest c...
Jump to postso what happens to north american 767 flights that BA has? They all go to 777?
Does that mean regular 777 service at BWI? that would be nice...
What about the rumors of <acronym title="American Trans Air (USA)">TZ</acronym> starting Euro-flights from <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> to link up with the large presence of <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">W...
Jump to postI remember watching their 727s land several years ago. I noticed at least one had a smiley face and "hi!" painted on the underbelly of the aircraft. It was a nice touch.
Jump to postAs long as the state of Maryland owns <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym>, I doubt Washington will be dropped from the name. I believe that Baltimore-Washington Int'l came about when the state took over ownership of the airp...
Jump to postHorus, Though ANCflyer's comment may look like ignorance (i am not saying whether it is or not), I know that many people living in the states would be a bit more wary of flying an aircraft with the US flag on it versus one with a French, German, Egyptian, etc. As an example, let me offer up my famil...
Jump to postI believe that the point of this whole continent mess is whether LAB's flight to Madrid was it's only intercontinental flight. Well, i believe that it's flights to <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> & <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IA...
Jump to postI believe KLM used to operate <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>-<acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> with 747-200 SUD until the early 90s when the flights were switched to <acronym ...
Jump to postTAAG Angola Airlines has non-stop from Luanda to Rio - once a week i think on a 743. Can anyone verify that?
Jump to postBoth OS & TK fly to Chisinau & both have reputations for good service.
Jump to postBWI used to have KLM from <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>. Sometime in the early/mid 90s (I think) they transferred their service over to <acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Virginia">IAD</acronym>. Better yields on the ...
Jump to postjust did a search on orbitz and if you are willing to fly through LA and go to sjc, UAL (alll flights are mesa operated) gives a fare of $144. seems like nothing else comes close.
longest was when i was studying abroad in Mongolia. We took a morning internal MIAT flight down to the Gobi (DLZ) with a stop in MXW halfway in the flight (both are small towns in Mongolia). We landed in MXW (dirt runway) and ended up being delayed due to a sandstorm - first an hour, then 3, then 6 ...
Jump to postone bright spot with <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> is more room throughOUT coach (er coAAch perhaps?). I am assuming that the B777 on the <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD),...
Jump to postThanks for that research Worldperks! That makes a lot of sense. Especially the West Friendship part.
Jump to postSo I've heard the story about how Baltimore Friendship International became Baltimore Washington International after the state bought the airport from the city. I am curious though, where the name Friendship came from. IMHO it was one of the best names for an airport. It is a shame it is gone. Still...
Jump to postThis happened to me once on a <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> 767 to <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> a few years ago. We got in early and there was another plane at the gate. We sat it out for a bit, ...
Jump to postTo those who know <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym>, I am going to be flying out to <acronym title="Seattle / Tacoma - International (SEA / KSEA), USA - Washington">SEA</acronym> & <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> from N...
Jump to postI doubt that <acronym title="Icelandair">FI</acronym> is hurt by the ethnic origins of the peoples of the upper midwest, but honestly i doubt it is helping a great deal. Remember <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> tried to fly an <acronym title="Minneapolis / St. Paul - Internati...
Jump to postIs there any other news on <acronym title="Turkish Airlines">TK</acronym> that people know? I always wondered if they would join an alliance. My guess would be oneworld - they have that code share with <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and were involved in Qualiflyer w/ <acronym ...
Jump to postCO has bigger overhead bins in their aircraft (unless <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> refit theirs in the past several years), and they seem to be more lax about breaking the luggage allowance rules. baggage claim can be the biggest drag about flying. plus, in my experience, peop...
Jump to postI always wondered why there wasn't more flights by US carriers to West Africa. That market seems to be left to the European carriers and a few African ones (S<acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> mainly). I could see <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> or <acrony...
Jump to postGot to fly MIAT's <acronym title="Ansett Australia">AN</acronym>-24 while studying abroad in Mongolia. Something about the rhythmn of props with the heat of the engines (and maybe higher elevation/less oxygen) put all us American students asleep on every flight we were on those planes. Sturdy planes...
Jump to postdidn't they used to also have a crew base in santiago, chile?
Jump to postif <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> does use 57s on trans-atl routes, they will definitely be routes with low cargo yields. I remember hearing that cargo was the reason for the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> mix of 762 and 752 which have similar seating...
Jump to postdidn't alaska air fly to the russian far east a while back? not sure why they stopped, but maybe they'll start up again.
Jump to postwith all these names being thrown out, it's also important to realize that each of these names is constantly being marketed to connect the name with a feeling or idea - ie creating a brand. some good examples exist in the lccs: Southwest: friendly, fun & cheap (a la Wal-Mart) jetBlue: Cheap chic (a ...
Jump to postnot sure how much this will help, but i used them to fly on <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> a few years back - moved 'em over to onepass and flew only a few days later. no problems with availability. it was msp - bwi r/t in march though, so that prob helped. what i did thoug...
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