I wonder what happened to Freedom One N500WR? It was doing a flight from SJD-HOU as WN3007 and diverted back to SJD 10 minutes after takeoff and now it’s been sitting at SJD for 4 days now. #2 Engine had to be changed. Flew back to HOU with 6 mechanics, 1 lead mechanic, 1 supervisor mechanic and 1 ...
Jump to postYes. Starting in April of 2024 there is more flights at AUS then ATL MCO goes to 182 daily departures to 63 cities this summer FLY It doesn't. The most is 180 on Saturdays in March. Just going by what was announced at the MCO rally this past week from the CEO & COO. MCO will have up to 183 depa...
Jump to postDtwramp wrote:WN732 wrote:AUS goes to 120+ daily departures. Is AUS bigger than ATL now?
Yes.
Starting in April of 2024 there is more flights at AUS then ATL
Question about MCO's international ops. Does Airside 2 have FIS capabilities, or will WN flights need to operate from Airside 4? Outbound international flights will be worked out of airside 2, inbound international flights will be cleared and downloaded at airside 4 and the aircrafts towed to airsi...
Jump to postav8tiongeek wrote:Been hearing for several days that the rumor is FLL satellite base is closing in June and the station is shrinking significantly.
There are still some pre-pandemic WN nonstop routes out of the West Coast and Texas that WN hasn't fully restored, including the following: ⋅ ATL-LAX/OAK/SAN still down to Saturday-only service ⋅ AUS-BOS completely dropped ⋅ BWI-PDX/SMF/SJC/SEA completely dropped &sdot...
Jump to postDEN - LIR starts up March 11th. Wonder if they will ever resume LAX or FLL.
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Missouri One takes out MDW @ 0500
Herb takes out DAL @ 0540
Florida One takes out FLL @ 0720
Colleen takes out DAL at 0730
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crownvic wrote:I have flown Emirates 4 times from MCO and all flights nearly full, I'm hoping they switch to A380 in 2023.
Houston, both IAH & HOU have been placed on boil water advisories affecting catering, terminal water usage as well as any water being placed on planes for consumption until Tuesday. Here is the link: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-boil-water-notice/285-861d9a5a-df37-493e-b14c-a3...
Jump to postThe original is the guy in Milwaukee Wisconsin that put "Welcome to Cleveland" in 1978 on the top of his roof on approach into the airport. It's so popular its become a tourist attraction.
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https://thepointsguy.com/news/exclusive-southwest-wants-business-travelers-and-will-double-down-on-them-as-it-recovers-from-the-pandemic/ I was once told that when companies forget what made them great, it leads to their eventual downfall. WN has historically not been a business airline. They were ...
Jump to postWN is resuming MDW - IAD service to compliment to ATL & DEN flights.
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United Airlines has sent out notices to 14,000 staff members notifying them of potential furlough of the US government doesn’t pass another assistance package. https://www.google.com/amp/s/simpleflying.com/united-furloughs-again/amp/?fbclid=IwAR0MW4ewW4G_Yz2e4j1mXxnwOcZbGEVMLOyelEENJbb5SHM_g191JXRv4...
Jump to postI remember my 1st ride on a B1900, was TPA to EYW. The hump in the floor was interesting where the landing gear retracts into. Also unless you’re in the last row middle, you’ll have an Aisle and Window seat.
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• Fourth quarter net loss of $908 million, or $1.54 loss per diluted share • Excluding special items1, fourth quarter net loss of $761 million, or $1.29 loss per diluted share • Annual net loss of $3.1 billion, or $5.44 loss per diluted share • Excluding special items, annual net loss of $3.5 billio...
Jump to postI’d say Airbus needs to reassess their nose landing gear struts on their A320 fleets and sub fleets. This seems to be to coincidental. But that’s just my thoughts.
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/book-today-southwest-airlines-spring-and-summer-schedules-take-off-bringing-customers-new-airports-and-nonstop-routes-across-the-map-301190605.html IAH-BNA, DAL, DEN, MDW, and MSY begins 4/12 JAN-ATL, BWI, and HOU begins 6/6 LGB-DAL, HOU, MDW, RNO, and STL be...
Jump to postI don’t know how old the video is but that plane, a Cessna 172P crashed ( prop struck the runway ) in Maui on June 6, 2018!
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Rumor mill is there will be a station closing announcement on Tuesday the 10th!
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Has anyone else noticed the 80 gates have been walled off? I'm assuming it's for maintenance and a jet bridge change? We have LHR, now it's a waiting game to see when it actually is going to start. They have been for a while now. GOAA did that to keep having to clean the portion the Intl airlines w...
Jump to postOh come on, you're just stirring the pot here. You're a captain and should be aware that if the captain was involved, that means it was escalated to him after ground staff were unable to deal with the problem. You're claiming the captain belittled the passenger by calling her a child, then go ahead...
Jump to postWN starting service to MTJ effective 12/19/2020. Departure for WN as they usually launch routes on sundays. This is in addition to PSP and MIA staring 11/15/2020. I received an email stating starting dates as such. MIA service BWI 4x daily HOU 4x daily MDW 1x daily TPA 3x daily The 4x to BWI and HO...
Jump to postI think with their no bag fees, lower prices and minimal fees there will be a huge influx of flyers moving to WN over AA if they can get approved to move the FLL flights to MIA for HAV service.
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STT was planned but delays with the MAX and now Covid-19 put a halt on lots of expansion destinations.
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From what I heard, GOAA wants to move all the international airlines and flights to that terminal so customs can consolidate to 1 large terminal instead of 2 smaller ones.
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The report statement was made and out of 500 employees tested 2 were positive. Governor DeSantis has emphasized the benefit of testing for COVID-19 and contact tracing throughout the state. MCO had 132 employees test positive for COVID-19. Through contact tracing of those employees, an additional 12...
Jump to postEvery station with 5 flights or less Anything above 20 flights stays JetBlue. Everything else cut to 3ed party. Flyguy Are these posts speculation, or do either of you have a source for this? I wouldn't take either of these comments seriously. I'm sure we will get a full list soon. So that leaves, ...
Jump to postBack in the day US Airways Express ( Piedmont ) Dash-8s flew a Saturday only tag on flight ORF-PHF that was 23 miles then continued on to PHL.
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Delta is getting rid of the 717 fleet!
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/delta-t ... 717-fleet/
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This was cut September 1st 2019. SA will now serve JFK nonstop from JNB with the A350 and IAD will now be served daily via ACC.
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Due to the Green Light Law recently passed, NY state no longer meets the DHS requirements for the Global Entry Program:
https://abc7ny.com/politics/new-yorkers ... s/5907159/
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I get that but WN is the largest airline at MCO. So why not just resume where B6 left off. They already have international OPS at MCO with their MBJ flight so no real challenges there.
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B6 is closing the following: BOS to OAK 1X daily summer only 4/28 JFK to OAK 1X daily 4/28 LGB to OAK 2X daily 4/28 BOS to HAV Sat Only 4/25 FLL to BGI 1X daily 4/27 FLL to STI 4-7X weekly 4/28 LGB to SMF 2X daily 4/28 LGB to SMF 2X daily 4/28 MCO to HAV 1X daily 4/28 MCO to PAP 1X daily 4/28 FLY H...
Jump to postB6 is closing the following:
BOS to OAK 1X daily summer only 4/28
JFK to OAK 1X daily 4/28
LGB to OAK 2X daily 4/28
BOS to HAV Sat Only 4/25
FLL to BGI 1X daily 4/27
FLL to STI 4-7X weekly 4/28
LGB to SMF 2X daily 4/28
LGB to SJC 2X daily 4/28
MCO to HAV 1X daily 4/28
MCO to PAP 1X daily 4/28
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This is not new, it has been in place since 01OCT19 and I am guessing that they are just now extending. http://help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/webisapi.dll?New,Kb=askBlue,case=obj(404345)#s21 9/18/2019: UPDATE: Travel Advisory | Iranian Airspace: Codeshare Changes | 01OCT19-28JAN20 - B6EKIRAN19 **UPD...
Jump to postPer an inside source, Due to the Iran issues and FAA restrictions now, Jetblue will suspend all code share agreements with Emirates effective immediately. Sorry I just have an email from said person so no link.
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Fuel pump issues is what I was told.
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WN has once again set a precedent of why employees LUV the company. Wonder if other CEO’s with MAX groundings will follow suit?
Here’s the link from Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... th-workers
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GOAA has announced MCO will be closing at 0200 on Monday morning.
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Captain Knight flew his father on one last flight before laying him to rest after being shot down and M.I.A. during Vietnam! He was only 5 when he saw his father for the last time. https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/local/texas/veterans-journey-52-years-later-southwest-airlines-pilot-brings-ho...
Jump to postNews is reporting that EWR will be closing as part of the WN network due to delays with the MAX.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/southwe ... nding.html
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Looks like Bangor Maine is taking tons of over the pond wide bodies too. SYR took a bunch as well.
Jump to postOnly Private planes have been banned, commercial airliners may still serve the country for passengers that don’t fall on the restrictive ban.
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I’m sure Kauai and Lanai won’t be be far behind either.
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I don’t recall UA having an MCO hub, they had one in MIA though. Delta had a huge presence in MCO with SONG but then WN & B6 took most of that market share.
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Silver Saab 340 aborted takeoff aircraft in the grass. FD on scene advising 34 POB's with no injuries.
Anyone have any other updates?
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Sounds like a plug to merge with B6?
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