Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Allegiant is more likely to add ATL as a destination hub/focus city than it is to start service at LZU or elsewhere as a spoke. See G4 at BNA, SFO, LAX. The Allegiant business model has evolved considerably from what it was just ten years ago as a purely small town to vacation destinations, which ba...

Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Thinking more along the lines of a Skybus type operation, or at least just Allegiant, how about AHN? Doesn’t do anything for Cobb, but it does for Gwinnett.

Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Atlanta has no need for a second airport. Unlike most cities, ATL is very close to the central business district. In current conditions, it’s a 15 minute drive. It is also easily accessible by transit, and has a station at the airport. New capacity is being added with the 5 additional gates on Conc...

Re: Historical ops in HKG

I don't recall BA flights using HKG as a transit point from the 70's onwards (possibly before that) on their Australian flights which operated via BAH/DXB/AUH/MCT/BOM/BKK/KUL/SIN/BWN. As for BA LHR-HKG flights before the nonstops, in 747 days they operated via 2 stops (sometimes 3 stops if FRA or F...

Historical ops in HKG

I've recently become curious about the history of Hong Kong and Macau. HKG has its own major airline in CX. What sort of operations did BA, BOAC, etc. maintain in Hong Kong prior to the handover to China in 1997? Was it a meaningful hub? Did TP (TAP Portugal) have any operations at Macau prior to 19...

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread

As for the Los Angeles area goes, I think ONT is a perfect fit for Breeze. The airport has available gates and could easier expand if needed. Neeleman said they are going to add routes that will have no competition and I could see many routes added from there that would not have direct completion s...

Re: Boeing announces first annual net loss since 1997

I agree with not rebranding it. Rebranding it in my opinion will make the public trust it less. Trying to rebrand the aircraft can be viewed as a cover up by some and that can make it even harder to regain trust at that point. Rebranding worked out great for ValuJet after the media firestorm. The p...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

Certainly positive news, and I would think these are all part of a strategy to capture passengers fleeing elsewhere in a bid to land WN. Hearsay, but I understand the airport director recently spoke to a business group and doubted the airport’s ability to land WN. It was reported to me that he said...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

I wanted to post this article that's nearly half a year old just because it points to stuff we'll be hearing about in late summer and early fall in regards to more gates, a club for business traveler, ect. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/aug/22/xna-board-looking-at-200-000-million-in/ This foll...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

The bleed to TUL and LIT will stop when someone comes in with stimulus through seats and lower fares, whether it’s WN or F9 or someone else. Very little hope given how F9 and NK operate though. Yet another example of the downside of consolidation.

Re: Orlando Aviation Thread - 2019

Any updates on the runway incident where Hi Fly dumped fuel?

Re: Frontier Airlines Network Thread - 2019

Any news on the performance of XNA?

Re: LH to announce two new US-routes from MUC

I'm going to say one will be MUC-ATL. With the amount of German auto companies in the area, I'm surprised it's not served already. Their FRA flight does really well even with the entry of QR and TK While there is assuredly some overlap, the German auto companies in the Atlanta area are Mercedes and...

Re: Boeing' s Trouble: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet

And "indoctrinated" as well into the virtues of joining a union and all that comes with it? No doubt. Given how predisposed South Carolina and its residents are to rejecting unionism, I doubt that is much of a concern. Regardless, it really says something that Boeing as well as many poste...

Re: Boeing' s Trouble: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet

Want evidence? "The NY Times also declined Boeing’s invitation to go to CHS and discuss" says it all. Most print news organizations would have declined the invitation. What would the NYT have seen? Floors scrubbed so clean they shone like mirrors? Aircraft inspected five times by five dif...

Re: Midwest Express files with SEC in first step toward official comeback

I hope it comes back and fails miserably just to spite the people of Milwaukee. Their public protest to AirTran buying YX and the “save the cookie” campaign was embarrassing. DL and WN own MKE now and will ensure that they flood any market that the new YX tries to take from them. I don’t think this...

Re: G4 flying with a missing panel?

Just asking the question. G4's MX and safety issues are well documented.

G4 flying with a missing panel?

https://twitter.com/gpbwesh/status/952545713648488448 Media reporter on board: Allegiant just announced there is a missing panel on our plane from NC to Sanford, nothing mechanical, nothing to worry about they say. Maintenance is coming to document it and it will get fixed in Sanford, please pray fo...

Re: Doug Parker on United's Lack of a Southeast Hub

I don't think the lack of a SE hub is going to kill UA. They've really never had one. IMO, Miami didn't count went they took the PA Latin routes because the feed into MIA was minimal. Besides, there really isn't a viable option in the SE to build a hub. What about BNA? Is it off the table because o...

Re: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?

From a purely international perspective for airlines, LA does as well with LAX, SNA, and ONT. The latter two have limited intl flights to Canada and/or Mexico.

Re: How will Boeing name its future aircraft?

Just add -Max to everything. 707-Max, 717-Max, 727-Max, etc.

Re: SV to have 15 777-200ERs put up for sale/lease

Can someone explain the pros and cons of buying an A/C that is high cycle but low hours and vice versa? Most aircraft have a certain number of certified cycles, which has to do with the pressurization, fatigue in the metals from the extremes of takeoff/landing, etc. So if you are buying high cycle,...

Re: Unserved markets in the US.

Two areas in Florida that are a just a bit too close to the major airports to have service - Ocala (OCF) with a metro pop around 300k, but about 30 minutes from GNV and about an hour or so from MCO Lakeland (LAL) with a metro pop just under 600k, but within an hour or so either way from TPA and MCO ...

Re: JetBlue and Spirit merger could it work?

The smaller players cannot fully compete with the big guys until they fill out their networks. While they can try to grow their way organically, that generally takes many, many years. The notion that mergers always mean less competition completely ignores the realities of the airline business and t...

Re: JetBlue and Spirit merger could it work?

I am not in favor of mergers and the fascination with them is funny since we now only really have three players and SWA. With that said, this would be a bulking up of JB, problem is, the clientele is not the same. Serve many of the same international destinations in the Caribbean and Central Americ...

Re: Can we expect Norwegian to order more wb aircraft soon ?

I really don't know how NAI can survive long term. There business plan only makes sense for 5 or so years. Low cost carriers within Europe and the US survive because you can travel cheaply, stay with family, eat at McDonalds etc. You can have a cheap vacation for people who cannot afford to spend m...

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