It looks like they are moving some airframes to storage already. https://www.flightradar24.com/SWQ9458/349e5a38 https://www.flightradar24.com/SWQ9285/349ee81b St. Louis Blues are scheduled to leave soon (STL-BNA), but I have not found any inbound aircraft. We've had many of the SWQ aircraft, includ...
Jump to postI wonder if losing that contract will affect how many more Cessna 408 SkyCouriers FedEx plans to take. They have 50 on order and have had ~18 of those delivered so far. I doubt it, when I was at FedEx ONTR, 2002-2005, we had about 12-14 C208's a day. Not a single one of them carried PML. Things cou...
Jump to postAll the cheat lines started their upward slant at or aft of the rearmost door. Because of the way the B757 was built, to follow the typical angle up the front to middle of the tail would have required starting the upward slant well before the rearmost door. That makes sense but couldn't they have s...
Jump to postAC4500 wrote:CoThG wrote:Embry Riddle student.
Doubtful. Flight was from California to Virginia. ERAU is in AZ/FL.
balboeing737800 wrote:Word on the street Mesa lost the DHL contract two aircraft parked in TUS, one route will be flown to the end of March then ops will end
De-icing is done here at TUS in the early morning during the winter months. When I was at ONT and PSP towers it was not uncommon to have flight crews ask us if they could move around the ramp or face a certain direction to sunbathe. Back in the day AA used to have de-icing equipment at ONT for the M...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:They've lost a lot of capacity during COVID when they retired the 744 and 767 and will lose even more once the A380 is gone.
N661UA wrote:May they use A300 for spare parts.No any news report say they will retire A300
I'm having trouble getting more information. I don't have the origination, destination or flight number. It appears the plane was to heavy, and required 26 passengers to be removed for weight and balance. There is a TikTok going around, but still the information is limited. If this is true, how on ...
Jump to postIt would have nothing to do about demand, it has to do with the services provided by the tower in the specific airspace. Class E would have NO tower in it. Class B, C and D all contain a towered airport with different service levels.
Jump to postElementalism wrote:It seems to me the A320 taking off instead of waiting is more efficient than having both sitting there.
Anyone know why we have one of the Eastern B772's at TUS? I work at the tower and noticed it on Tuesday when I pulled in to work. It was there Wednesday too but I'm not sure if it is still there as I was not in today.
Jump to postThank you for posting this. Anthony Bass makes $725,000 / year. This means he makes more money in a month than the flight attendant makes in a year. It would be nice if he treated the flight attendant with respect and dignity, instead of acting like an entitled @$$. Actually he is in the final year...
Jump to postNot sure if this has already been covered on this website. I looked around and didn't see anything, but if I am missing it please link it below. Some baseball player sent out the tweet below saying a UA FA asked his wife to pick up his kid's popcorn. He included a photo in the tweet: https://twitte...
Jump to postSomeone here likely knows specifics. The fact that FX has operations at every Part 139 airport in the L.A. Basin & environs (except, recently, LGB) is indicative of the volumes FX is moving to & through the region. Probably impractical to move much of the LAX volume to ONT. I don't know if ...
Jump to postIn terms of late packages, is anyone familiar with how far a drive it is from ONT to the most densely populated parts of Los Angeles? I would think being so close to the west side and downtown would be a competitive advantage at LAX. How far ONT is from the most densely populated parts of LA really...
Jump to postEA actually operated multiple daily FLLMIA nonstop flights - traveling a distance of just 21 miles - and some were with widebody aircraft. EA also at different times operated the B747, the DC-10 and the L-1011. Two other US carriers did, too, UA and DL. PA also operated all three types at different...
Jump to postUS Air operated a bunch of PSA 727-200's after that takeover. many of them went east as US failed to operate any of the West Coast routes they got from PSA. the PS airplanes were set up for short haul as they were originally had limited galleys on most of the 727-200's and had the JT8D-7A Engines o...
Jump to postThe deal created space for USAir to purchase the shuttle entity (it was known as "Shuttle Inc"" but branded USAir Shuttle, from 1996 onward. In 1997, USAir Group bought out the shuttle in its entirety, but continued to operate it as a wholly separate entity, with different seniority ...
Jump to postFedEx would really benefit from merging their networks…the best way I’ve ever heard UPS vs FedEx compared is FX is a cargo airline that has trucks and UPS is a trucking company that has airplanes. And to some degree it benefits 5X cost wise. UPS moves a ton of air volume over the ground. FedEx love...
Jump to postOdd to see ONT in east/reverse ops today under cloudless/unlimited visibility/calm wind conditions! If the winds are less than 8 knots out of the west ONT will run the noise abatement CONTRA operation. Between 10pm and 7am all arrivals land RWY26L/R all JET departures will depart RWY8L/R. Oddly eno...
Jump to postthedreamthejohn wrote:Make a plan for the first UPS MD11 retirement Monday Morning. 280 heading that way. 283 next
The other problem is that when it was first introduced the 777 was not the runaway success that it later became. The alternatives (767, 747, MD-11, A-330 and A340) all (except perhaps the MD-11) were not outclassed, and each had their own niche. Wait, what? It got orders from most of the US legacie...
Jump to postAFAIK N701UP was purchased by UPS at 30 April 1985, at that time the UPS aircraft were operated by by several contractors, including Evergreen International Airlines, Interstate Airlines, Ryan Air, and Orion Air. In 1986, in an effort to obtain service rights to Japan, UPS entered into a joint vent...
Jump to postSooner787 wrote:All I want for Christmas is an AA 77W in the clAAsic chrome silver livery
re warehouses, now Amazon is starting a new 4 Million SF warehouse adjacent to Chino (CA) airport, which will be on 93 acres. Largest Amazon warehouse in the world. Unknown if it will use that airport (7,000' runway) or truck stuff up to ONT. (7 miles away) Currently Chino has 3 major problems, the...
Jump to postEx Southwest 737-300 N633SW exited storage VCV-TUS. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n633sw Interesting to see that it was filed for OPF and diverted here, to TUS. I work at the tower and drove past it last night, it is sitting at Ascent Aviation. I'm not too sure why it would be there t...
Jump to postOur friends at Skybus Jet Cargo continue to amaze! They recently acquired 53.2 year old DC-8-60/70 N155CA, an aircraft with many former operators, the most recent being National Airlines. Is this just for parts or is it possible she will be returned to service? Seems unlikely since N155CA has been ...
Jump to postDidn't the end scene in Die hard 2 have an Evergreen international 747? Yeah but I really don't count that, seeing as the plane was not in Evergreen colors. On the other hand, there were a few ATA jets visible too, in ATA colors.... Also I just saw Black Rain which has a few scenes with a Northwest...
Jump to postOk I know this will probably get zero responses, maybe one or two. USAirways had a big building here in phoenix, it now belongs to American Airlines. .. The old US Airways/ America West HQ in Tempe, AZ is not an American Airlines building, they moved out years ago since the HQ for AA is still in DFW.
Jump to postGXA is Global X not Alaska Airlines. Looking at Flightaware right now this flight, GXA603 is enroute, MIA-SDQ.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA603
The aircraft on this flight is N628VA but it was stored July 2021 by Alaska.
Kalitta has purchased the former VH-OEJ ex QF "Wunala Dreaming" now registered N329ZA. Stored at MZJ, withdrawn from use 3/20 and it's an ER bird just under 19 years old. Any chance this will be converted or just a parts donor? I bet it is for parts. A few years ago the two 744s barely us...
Jump to postNew arrival for DHN today: N304AV, a former InterJet A320. It's probably still in InterJet colors, and it sounds like it's headed to Ultra Air Colombia. There was an A320 that came to DHN for cabin fitting and paint in 2021 that ended up being the first aircraft for Ultra Air Colombia, so it looks ...
Jump to postNew arrival for DHN today: N304AV, a former InterJet A320. It's probably still in InterJet colors, and it sounds like it's headed to Ultra Air Colombia. There was an A320 that came to DHN for cabin fitting and paint in 2021 that ended up being the first aircraft for Ultra Air Colombia, so it looks ...
Jump to postTwo points to consider: 1) The earliest TZ 10s were the “bastard” series 40s with fuel guzzling JT9D’s and lackluster performance (ex-NWA?). 2) Lease rates for the ‘series 30’ DC-10’s were quite expensive until the mid to late 90’s when ETOPS 777s and A-330s became available in sufficient numbers t...
Jump to postI don't think his behavior was professional or appropriate but I also don't think it rises to the level of a terminatable offense. He didn't do anything illegal and he didn't harm anybody. If it wasn't for the other passenger, the "victim" wouldn't even know she had been "victimized....
Jump to postDon’t FedEx have the A300-600F not the A300B4F? Yes. As do UPS. Don’t they load a pallet and a 767 container across the main deck and then LD3s side by side under the floor? This is from a few years back, but Fxra noted that the FedEx A306 and A310 use two AMJ (96x125 in base, 96" tall with on...
Jump to postNot sure how up to date their website is, but the scimitar blended winglets do exist. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/icelandair-the-first-to-operate-757-200-scimitar-blended-winglets-in-europe-300407683.html I never realized there was a small downward winglet, or "wedge shaped traili...
Jump to postAnother factor to consider is that if an aircraft is scheduled to be retired soon, it may not be repainted into a new livery at all. This was the case with UPS’ fleet of Boeing 727s, classic Boeing 747s (-100 and -200 series), and Douglas DC-8s, which were retired in the late 2000s and UPS thus fel...
Jump to postDefinitely. This bird for sure does not have at least hush kits so its likely barred from operating anywhere but in countries with lax restrictions. So its not coming back. Perhaps someday Trans Air Cargo service of the DR Congo could use this bird (stretching the possibilities)? Another idea is it...
Jump to postLooks like the "new" Omega KDC-10-30 could have been on a test flight but based off of the flightpath taken, shown via flightaware, is that it probably did actual refueling runs. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N264DE I used to work at Joshua Approach and the flightpath looks like they...
Jump to postI would have a bit more hope if these 2 birds at least had the CFM engines. Definitely. This bird for sure does not have at least hush kits so its likely barred from operating anywhere but in countries with lax restrictions. So its not coming back. Perhaps someday Trans Air Cargo service of the DR ...
Jump to post-100: America West
-200: America West, AirCal, Delta
-300: US Airways, Delta, Southwest, United
-400: none
-500: Southwest
-600: none
-700: Southwest, Continental
-800: Southwest, American
-900: Alaska, Delta
A319: Frontier, Spirit, US Airways, American, British Airways, Air France.
A320: America West, US Airways, American, United, JetBlue, Virgin America
A321: US Airways, American, Delta, JetBlue, Air France
A20N: Frontier
A21N: JetBlue
Looking at Flightaware, it shows DAL458 B752 BOS-LAX diverted to VCV after holding over the PSP VOR. Looks like a 10:01PM arrival in to VCV. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL458/history/20211004/2241Z/KBOS/KVCV Then a departure shortly after midnight https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL458/...
Jump to postI think we’ll see air traffic increase steadily as things improve from this hellish COVID-19 era we have been living for over eighteen months. It is true SJC has done very well for WN & even AS. I feel a part of the problem is PR & those who are working on it now, have their work cut out fo...
Jump to postZW officially unveiled the aircraft on its Facebook page. Yes, it has the cargo door conversion: https://www.facebook.com/AirWisconsin/photos/a.372884976393240/1561488564199536 Yes you can see the locks in the photo in the comments section. The cargo door runs from A to C in Air Wisconsin. Oooh, th...
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