I do wonder if b6 could be incentivized to start bos 1x daily to keep btv. Sadly probably no. They have passenger bookings on the books they could move most connections to. Quite a few seats would be sold till summer and we all know summer sells itself. B6 needed a lamb to sacrifice and btv was easy...
Jump to postIt’s weird BTV was an original jetblue city. Flights always seemed full and higher fares than other airlines. I think b6 numbers are not good and they needed a city to pull from entirely to show Wall Street they are changing things toward profitability. I think it was a sacrificial lamb. Vermonts se...
Jump to postThis seems insane that passengers were subjected to this. I know everyone on here wants to defend the airlines to death, but this is crazy.
Jump to postThe opposite of what a leader would do
His airline was in a total meltdown. Instead of going to help, he did a tone deaf decision and showed he doesn’t care about his staff or the environment. He claims all these sustainability claims too, well he’s a mega polluter
Geography and costs would be my guess. HPN can draw from nj, ny and ct. Long Island is just an isolated place and costs including housing are maximum. You can’t commute to isp as a worker from anywhere even medium on price. Lots of people in the area but the vast majority look at ticket prices and j...
Jump to postI wish Avelo good luck, but I don’t see why they would thrive when allegiant failed? This has airport incentives written all over it. I hope not, but I fully expect them to bail when cash stops
Jump to postBRO is a very unique market. It’s small and very poor. Not a lot of people have extra income for a flying vacation in large numbers. It’s the poorest part of America. There is a significant tourism demand to south padre island but it’s very seasonal summer and spring break. Demand in the off seasons...
Jump to postDL returns BTV-DTW service this summer. They currently fly to atl, jfk and lga only. Dtw is scheduled now a Single CR9 daily summer onward. I’m sure a lot of people appreciate it as the nyc airports although much closer are prone to so many delays and not as good USA domestic Midwest/ western connec...
Jump to postNo way a 777 to sfo tookoff at max weight in a 777. United would never fill the tanks, that’s extremely un necessary and extremely expensive. That plane has a range far exceeding that route. I am not sure the passengers would know onboard. They could just think turbulance or wind on takeoff. It happ...
Jump to postIt's always surprised me how LGB has struggled to maintain service from the US3. It's the most convenient airport for a couple of million people - the southeastern part of LA County and northwestern part of OC are much better served by LGB than LAX or SNA. Based on that alone you'd think it would b...
Jump to postI wouldn’t celebrate a domestic 777. It’s single handed the worst coach seat on any united plane out there. A middle seat in the middle section of that plane is cattle herding. I’d rather be in any coach seat than that plane , it’s terrible and claustrophobic at best.
Jump to postI’m surprised they don’t try BTV Burlington Vermont. Florida is well served by ULCCs at Plattsburgh ny crossed the lake ,but I think there is demand to Florida from btv too. Frontier always had 320s full to MCO. It wasn’t a load issue, they just left when subsidy money ended. The legacy carriers do ...
Jump to postI doubt a 777 is sustainable. Opereting costs are too high. More of a statement than anything. I would hope they downgrade it to a 757-200. Keeps the lie flat seats but way lower operating costs for ua. Even a 757 offers a unique product in the marketplace. Ptvs at all seats and lie flats up front. ...
Jump to postI predict southwest has another huge day of cancellations or long delays Friday. Remember delays will likely push flight crews illegal for Saturday too. They just seem like too much fo a tailspin? What changed so much between Thursday and Friday? They still don’t see to be able to track crew and may...
Jump to postYes people think Canada and assume they should have 1,000 snow plows ready. Vancouver does not get that much snow. A Place like NYC gets about 12x more snow on average than Vancouver in a year. It's worth it to have the snow removal equipment for NYC as its used more often. For Vancouver although it...
Jump to postWonder what this would mean for the Delta-Aeromexico partnership, partial ownership. Could open the gates for a lot of new network efficiencies between the two. Really? I’d think the opposite. If approved would drastically lower aeromexicos value and net worth. If airlines can come in and lower far...
Jump to postHow many flights on the E175 vs new flights on the A319? The same 2x daily. I think the OP means that the passenger experience is better on the 175 than the 319, which is generally true. so? Exactly HOW is the E175 better than the A319? Ive flown them both, Numerous times and I didn't find either o...
Jump to postThe the thing that my require a 77W is the 60 Polaris seats. I would imagine that alot of the people probably require a business class seat on the flight. Still... it seems wasteful when a 787 or 763 could have done the job. Doubt they could do the job. Each golfer has a ton of equipment and entour...
Jump to postSouthwest Connecticut will never use BDL in big numbers. Sure some people will use it but the majority will drive to jfk/ewr/lga for low fares and non-stops to anywhere or HPN because it’s super close and convenient and easy.
Jump to postI understand btv-dtw was suspended due to the pilot shortage. Nyc is very close and helps pilot flight times or stranded passengers have other options to get home. That all makes sense to me, but I don’t even see it dtw returning for the holidays. During Covid dtw that was the only route they operat...
Jump to postI actually think this will be better for flyers long term. Many younger FAs suffer from burn out which leads to high turnovers. Those 8 hours breaks which we all know is impossible to fall right asleep after all that travel leads to many very short hours of actual sleep. Getting 3 or 4 hours of actu...
Jump to postblooc350 wrote:Why does this type of bs only happen on American carriers? I mean you never hear about anyone punching an Emirates crew or a Singapore Girl….
Authorities charged Alexander Tung Cuu Le on Thursday with interfering with a flight crew. Le, of Westminster, California, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory/passenger-arrested-punching-flight-attendant-90334123 The incident happened Wednesday on a ...
Jump to postPersonally I think SLC has great access to Europe right now. Not sure I see the need for more routes as you hit the largest hubs already. One stop connectivity to even the smallest cities in Europe is excellent as-is.
Maybe DUB seasonally less than daily service.
Neither seems bad to me. For BUF A 321 isn’t too hard to fill and less than daily has shown doable on leisure routes. People will plan around the days. Den has a lot of Europe service and low fares. That might be the harder market to be profitable. Still seems like a good city. They would rely heavi...
Jump to postI used to attend 4-5 conferences per year in person. In 2020, they were all canceled. In 2021, they were all held virtually and a fantastic job was done. In 2022, they will all be held in person and virtual. I have opted to attend virtually. Pretty much the same for me. I used to attend conferences...
Jump to postI work for a company that has factories in Asia and Europe and prior to Covid, I would fly between 120,000 and 160,000 miles a year on United or a Star Alliance airline. I have been a 1k member with United for over 20 years and have flown about 2.5 million actual flight miles with them. I have take...
Jump to postGoogle plans to limit employee travel only to "business critical" trips, according to The Information. One of the largest purchasers of international business class tickets. Also people who previously were cleared to fly in premium cabins have had that revoked effective immediately. Google...
Jump to postLet’s be honest here. I don’t think united is doing well at JFK. In fact I’m sure they are not meeting their own expectations . They downgraded service from Polaris 767s to pretty tired much older 757 seats, zero Lounge access, not enough time options to really be useful for busy people. That premiu...
Jump to postI am sorry but I am not buying any predictions about "change" in travel from these Nostradamuses. These are the same experts that are surprised that so many Americans are flying again. COVID was suppose to be the Game Changer when it came to travel, sure. Now its Climate Change, sure........
Jump to postMy company is the same. Travel budgets have been slashed. The execs are not adding those costs back in. Travel is basically what is essential now. Plus pre pandemic most people wanted to a work trip. It was fun, now the airports are a mess, flights are cancelled all over and a lot of the fun is gone...
Jump to postCan 50 seaters still make a profit these days especially with high fuel prices? On competitive routes no. If you place them to smaller cities with less ULCC and have them feed connecting traffic sure you can. They would be tough to run profitably on Dallas to Houston or la to San Fran but they can ...
Jump to postQ wrote:It's nearly 3 hours in flight on an Emb 175 ugh! Why don't they use B737-700 or 800?
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So Air Canada… The loads look pretty bad based on the seat map and the flight is ALWAYS delayed. Wonder how much longer they are at SLC. Air Canada has had a terrible summer. IIRC AC has been the most delayed and cancelled airline as well as YYZ has been the most effected. AC has also stated they C...
Jump to postYeah stopping ticket sales is a pretty bad sign. October 3rd looks like the last day. IIRC didn't frontier have some incentives end in 2022? I thought some were three years and started in 2019 so maybe reduced fees ended? Worth it to keep flying this summer as fares were so high. Could be a negotiat...
Jump to postAny idea what Breeze Long Beach Destination will be? Maybe they are waiting for a slow news week to get max publicity? They have to put if for sale eventually
Jump to postIt’s complex and complicated and expensive to have two plane types. If they purchased CR2s first which many did, it makes a lot more sense to keep that type. It’s as simple as that. Even if it’s a better plane and cheaper list price it still doesn’t mean it makes financial sense when you have all th...
Jump to postno no no and no Jetblue is way smarter than to do that. Operating one single plane type for one route is a financial disaster. Jetblue is way smarter to sell each seat at a very high price and maximize profits if sales as good as you say. They wont give any seats away. There is no way they would con...
Jump to postI flew in and out of LAS on WN last week, and I agree it's cramped. TSA Pre or CLEAR are highly recommended. The southwest sort is cramped because they like to be close. The rest of the airport is quite spacious and is not at capacity restricted. The newer parts have much larger walkways, larger wa...
Jump to postIf brightline every actually opens that would surely free up alot of space. So cal is the number one market from las by far. If there is a high speed train open you will see alot do that over flying. It’s definitely an if but that could free up a lot of space at LAS. No there is definitely no reason...
Jump to postI agree very hard to sleep on short early departing flights to Lhr. Those flgihts are not very long in time in the air at all. Usually lots of padding for delays. I think the daytime flights cater a lot more to business travelers who don’t care about the extra hotel night (which is a lot in London) ...
Jump to postThis all has to do with the labor shortages and really means not much about the future of Dtw or msp. I expect all the cities dtw has lost to come back in a few years. They moved most to closer hubs for connections. The only conclusion I think you can make is that delta is more worried about competi...
Jump to postDelta has just unveiled a striking and massive terminal at LGA that I'm sure they hope to pump some traffic through. For Southern N E via PVD, I am certain they have picked up point to point traffic and connecting business for cities South of DTW and North of ATL. Alternately, one can transit EWR o...
Jump to postAsbury Park/Belmar isn't that far from EWR in good traffic - about 45 minutes. Given the money in that area, plus it's going the wrong way from the more populated areas closer to NYC and PHL, and I can't see it being a viable candidate for service. BTW, great reference to the legendary Springsteen ...
Jump to postAsbury Park was indeed Allaire airport or Monmouth executive airport. Asbury park is just the closest city but it served the general Monmouth and ocean county area. I think part of that airport why it exists is it’s before the garden state parkway or 195 were such major fast roads. B It took a lot l...
Jump to postHave we heard anything on a Breeze destination? If they are going to be flying this "fall", it seems like they need to load a flight soon to sell. This summer you can fill anything, don't think that will be the case this fall or winter. My guess is for Westchester NY if they have space the...
Jump to postCan southwests 737s operate SLC-Hawaii with a full l load. I’d be shocked if a 737-700 could do that run westbound in summer. Slc has long runways but not Denver long. Delta has never used anything even close to that to Hawaii even a one off that I can remember. It’s been a 757/767/330 route. Southw...
Jump to post1. Has Brazil to USA traffic come back to pre pandemic numbers? It wouldn’t make sense to add new seats if it hasn’t. That’s a very high operation cost route. 2. I think that route is very bottom heavy. Ie the origins are way heavier Brazil and pretty low on the USA side. Brazil economy and things w...
Jump to post1.those old USAirways schedules were fascinating to see. Really great northeast coverage
2.its so cool that the airport gave that bus the full water cannon salute for its first trip. I really hope it works out. The bus looks like a really nice ride
European and american airlines are having serious labor issues regardless of a strike. Look at klm telling passengers not to check bagfage!! This isnt even their biggest issue. They are super short staffed even if they dont strike
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