Re: Ethiopian Cuts Addis Ababa-Lome-Houston Before It Starts?

The only thing I worry about as far as this flight goes is the ground time - I can't think of another flight I've ever heard of that sits for 20 hours before returning. Japan Airlines’ flight between NRT and BOS has a ground time of approximately 19.5 hours in BOS before returning to NRT for better...

Re: United Puts Unaccompanied Minor on Flight to the Wrong Country

Is anyone else questioning why a 14-year old was unable to manage their own travel without UM assistance or at the very least realize they were not going to Germany on Eurowings? Perhaps I'm an exception but I was fully capable of identifying what airline/flight I was going to be on by that age. We...

Re: UA suspends BOM service effective immediately

Can you think why they could not fly this sort of route, 8% greater than great circle ? Over France, Italy, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Pakistan to India avoiding Iranian airspace. Could they sub in an alternate type (788?) that might have the legs to make the flight without overflying Iran or ...

Re: EWR International Future

Airfrance is a no go they have been there and done that and failed at every attempt. Seoul is also a no go in my opion they have been there and done that too when my beloved Continental was a memeber of skyteam. Continental never flew from Newark to ICN. Neither has Korean Air. Korean did indeed fl...

Re: Official: Singapore Announces SIN-SEA

i just do not see how AS is the catalyst for SQ. On the outbound flight what connections could AS provide that early in the morning. A lot... Far more than they can offer CX which will arrive at 9PM... sorry I guess I meant the Inbound flight, so SEA-SIN will be hard for connections by AS. Not real...

Re: Ethiopian Airlines to start Oslo-Asmara

They're also improving utilization of their aircrafts. Aircrafts that arrive in LHR/MXP/OSL on overnight flights from ADD and due to spend all day before returning back to ADD in the evening will now return back to ADD via ASM during the daytime. The new flights routed to LHR/MXP/OSL via ASM during ...

Re: United ❤️ JFK...Now

Handing DEN over to B6 (or anyone) will never happen simply because it is UAs most profitable hub right now and an integral part of UAs network. Jetro also believes that UAs growth at SFO is artificial, non-sustainable and barely profitable. I'm not sure I would put much stock in anything Jetro is ...

Re: Need help finding out which flights are generally emptier.

You may want to check out Amtrak.

A few of their trains between New York Penn Station and Richmond are on their longer distance trains and offer roomettes that accomodate at most 2 persons.

A quick search on the Amtrak website for 12/19 offers roomettes for as little as $177 for the one-way trip.

Re: Why does ET stop at DUB instead of LFW?

One problem with re-routing any routes via LFW is that in order to meet the main connection bank in LFW (e.g. Noon - 1PM), on the return, flights from the Americas arrive in ADD in the evening. This misses most of the important Africa connections with the exception of a few East African destinations...

Re: United Airlines orders 4 more 77W, converts 100 737MAX's into 100 737MAX10

Each refit would be seven figures, then six figures to turn them back if unsuccessful. A J seat is like $50K by itself. Takes a long time for something like that to hit breakeven as a project, if ever. $50K for a J seat, seriously? I'm not doubting refit costs, I know it aint cheap..... but you are...

Re: United's future International Expansion

I am curious about UA's double-daily flights between San Francisco and Shanghai. I know UA had some trouble securing slots for their second flight. Currently, departures from San Francisco are the following: UA857 at 13:20 and UA891 at 16:10. Are the slots for UA891, what UA had originally requested...

Re: Frontier/United DEN-IAD Why so secretive?

This is what I got on the pop-up screen when I tried booking the Basic fare: "Bags should be checked before airport security for the applicable fee (starting at $25). Bags brought to the gate incur an additional $25 gate handling charge (total starting at $50). MileagePlus® Premier members, pri...

Re: PAL drops LAX-CEB

That's a shame. It looked like PR was beefing up their hub in CEB as well to provide domestic connections there rather than MNL. I wonder what will happen to all these new domestic connections.

Re: DL takes swipe at UA over leggings policy

Absolutely it was hypocritical cheap shot at a fellow competitor and interline partner. Someone called Delta's bluff on Twitter. They said would get a buddy pass and wear "comfy clothes", to which Delta noncommittally responded to check the non-rev dress code. People asked if they could w...

Re: Unaccompanied Minor Questions on Cathay and AA

I would take Mercure1's advice and definitely call the airlines. American Airlines' website clearly states that they do not accept unaccompanied minors with connections to/from different airlines including OneWorld carriers. https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/special-assistance/unaccompanied-minors...

Re: AA/DL/UA and 50-seat RJ on inappropriate missions

Interesting to see "UA Express does 4x daily E-145 EWR-LAX" turn into "pmCO flew E-145 five years ago between IAH-IAD". Different company, different city pair, different distance, different era. OP, great numbers, but what constitutes a small hub and a medium hub *for a given US...

Re: Why would there be short-haul red-eye flights?

Welcome to the short-hop red-eyes club. (I prefer this noun as it gels more with the adjective of short, ie short-hop/long-haul but to each his own). For more than a decade, I've been doing the 3 1/4 hrs SIN-MNL sector, variously on CebuPacific, TigerAir & JetStar, taking off in the time period...

Re: Non-rev pax handling for diversions

As a non-rev, my flight was once diverted due to weather and we were not given any hotels or meals. The next day, they turned the flight into an extra section rather than a delayed flight from the day before and we were asked to stand-by for the flight. It got a little dicey there for a minute as th...

Re: CX ends Riyadh

Philippines Airlines serves RUH daily from MNL and Cebu Pacific 3x weekly.

I wonder if the new surge of seats between Riyadh and the Philippines is also a cause for CX to shut down their RUH station. I know a lot of Filipinos used CX before PR and 5J were in the picture.

Re: Delta Adds Increased Snack Options

You can't seem to post anything on anet.with "Delta"on it, especially something positive, without the 'trolls" coming out like cockroaches. Anything "Delta" is bait to them. That's hardly my problem. Delta is constantly striving to improve. I argue that when looked at it's ...

Re: Philippine Aviation 2016

I've always wondered why it says "Philippines" on the fuselage and not "Philippine Airlines". Anyone with any insight?

Re: New DL Uniforms

The men's blazers are a bit too modern for me. I appreciate a lapel on a blazer. They look odd to me.

Re: How does Delta operate NRT-MNL

Mini1000 wrote:

This is a prestige route. DL only flies it for the prestige, hence it flies it's best aircraft there, which is the 744.

Yes. Nothing says prestige like flying to Manila.

Re: How does Delta operate NRT-MNL

DL will start using the 767-300ER between NRT and MNL later this month - 29 October 2016. That's a pretty big loss of seats for Delta in the market.

Re: Air Canada expansion including Mumbai, Taipei, Nagoya and Algiers

Prices in C are excellent, and the connection in YYZ is relatively smooth.[/quote] I connected from a domestic Canadian red-eye flight to the first bank of US-bound flights and thought the transit process was pretty horrible. There numerous checks to go through. The lines were long. We had a 120-min...

Re: Philippine Aviation 2016

Some good news...foremost of which are..... An update on other news..... http://philippineairspace.blogspot.com/ ... tober.html Quote: "PAL earlier signed a deal with Airbus to acquire six 278 tonne A350-900 aircraft worth $1.8 billion at list price for delivery beginning October 2018, with si...

Re: BA worldwide computer outage.

A relevant article from The Economist regarding airline IT systems: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economis ... explains-9 Nice article but very specific to Delta. Delta is one of a handful of airlines that owns and manages its own reservation system. Most airlines (including BA) have a dedicated a...

Re: United 737s In Asia

Anyhow but why GUM-MNL Because the flights are packed. Personally I had to buy a discounted company ticket just to get out of Manila coming home from PI. There is a large Filipino population in Guam It also connects well in both directions to UA's GUM-HNL flight which, as many know, is also home to...

RE: What's Going In CLE - Part 13

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/greenair727" class="quote" target="_blank">greenair727</a> (<a href="#163" class="quote">Reply 163</a>):<br/><i>Regarding the <acronym title="Ph...

RE: What's Going In CLE - Part 13

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/MasseyBrown" class="quote" target="_blank">MasseyBrown</a> (<a href="#153" class="quote">Reply 153</a>):<br/><i> It confirms <acronym title="Cle...

RE: Aeroflot SVO-JFK Ridiculously Low Flight Loads?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mixalakhs" class="quote" target="_blank">mixalakhs</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Can anyone tell me, when the official ...

RE: UA Converts More 787s Into 77W, Confirms 737 Order

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/OA412" class="quote" target="_blank">OA412</a> (<a href="#167" class="quote">Reply 167</a>):<br/><i>Quoting diesel33 (Reply 159): Quoting planes...

RE: UA Converts More 787s Into 77W, Confirms 737 Order

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/planesntrains" class="quote" target="_blank">planesntrains</a> (<a href="#155" class="quote">Reply 155</a>):<br/><i>My personal opinion is if yo...

RE: Nonrev Travel With Etihad And UAE Visas

I would be careful with this. Many visa free connections require an onward confirmed ticket which you wouldn't have since they are space available only. At my airline, we have been advised not to board non-revs without proper visas even though they are just transiting since they do not hold confirme...

RE: UA Plans To Launch SFO-Hangzhou In China

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BC77008" class="quote" target="_blank">BC77008</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i> Quoting copter808 (Reply 41): However, re...

RE: Philippine Aviation 2016

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cityairline" class="quote" target="_blank">cityairline</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Ethiopian Airlines">...

RE: Philippine Aviation 2016

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Tomassjc" class="quote" target="_blank">Tomassjc</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Has anyone heard anything about <acronym t...

RE: Philippine Aviation 2016

Thanks for setting up another thread! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cityairline" class="quote" target="_blank">cityairline</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>)...

RE: Philippine Airlines Increases LHR To Daily

This is pretty exciting. To be honest, I wasn't sure <acronym title="Philippine Airlines">PR</acronym> would begin the flights let alone increase to daily. The timings are pretty horrible though. The return doesn't leave many places to connect to domestically within the Philippines and not many inte...

RE: British Airways Or United To IAD?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/egph" class="quote" target="_blank">egph</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>A family friend will be spending two weeks ...

RE: British Airways Or United To IAD?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/yeogeo" class="quote" target="_blank">yeogeo</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i> Quoting Lesfalls (Reply 3): You would have to...

RE: UA Premium Cabin Ideas

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VC10er" class="quote" target="_blank">VC10er</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>6: EVERY UNITED HUB MUST HAVE A UNITED CLUB ...

RE: Quick? Re: UA Irrops

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/StrandedAtMKG" class="quote" target="_blank">StrandedAtMKG</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>It's possible I screwed up the f...

RE: Quick? Re: UA Irrops

Are you sure you were watching the right flight?

I believe UA5364 (or SKW5364) turns around as UA5434 not the original 5429 that you mention.

Ethiopian ADD-BKK-MNL Performance

Anyone with some info on how this African link to Manila is working out for them? It's been about 3+ months. I know that they don't have traffic rights from <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acronym> to <acronym title="Manila - Ninoy Aquino Internation...

RE: Google Flight Schedule Search - No Longer Avai

It still works for me. I've had to be more specific with my searched but my go to is:

[A City] to [B City} flight schedule

It still works with no problem. Good luck!

RE: United 787-8 To ANC

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jetblue1965" class="quote" target="_blank">jetblue1965</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="United Airlines (USA...

RE: TK Has Started Sabiha Gokcen-Damman Route

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ned+Kelly" class="quote" target="_blank">Ned Kelly</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> Didn't realise that this was a new rout...

RE: Delta Returns HND Slot To DOT

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/centrair" class="quote" target="_blank">centrair</a> (<a href="#71" class="quote">Reply 71</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="Tokyo - Haneda Internat...

RE: Uh Oh! United Kicks Rock Star & Toddler Off Flight

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/United787" class="quote" target="_blank">United787</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Well, as a lap infant, my understanding ...