Completely understand SFO’s position and support it. The airport is set to invest A LOT of money into new facilities and related infrastructural upgrades to support expected growth. Any “leeching” that jeopardizes that is not going to be received well by the airport or bond-holders that help pay for...
Jump to postNo one is going to add flights to CLE for an event like this...way better use of resources to cities that actually make a buck
Jump to postDesperation is a stinky cologne...
Jump to postBrick wrote:Elite customers are not "entitled" to an upgrade. They get an upgrade if the airline chooses to give them one.
You want to sit in first/business class? Then buy first/business class.
I hope Boeing looks internationally when they will replace all these people. But it might not happen because of the aerospace tech in all of Boeing's different divisions is sensitive, and there are federal regulations dealing with such things. I would bet on MHI's Hiroaki Yamamoto to lead BCA. Not ...
Jump to postAS taking out an another carrier in the state of Alaska that many depend on is not a good look for them. It would be akin to how some saw Hawaiian after the demise of Aloha, although completely different and wrong for many reasons. AS would be wise to stay in THEIR lane and not the other way around
Jump to postIf he took a picture of someone else's boarding pass on that flight (presumably boarded ahead of that person with their boarding pass) would there have not been an issue when that person whose boarding pass he used tried to board? Feel like there is something missing but maybe not...clearly it worke...
Jump to postThe media is eventually going to media themselves out of interest, and it serves them right. At some point even the lowest common denominator of a reader says "stop picking on them"
Jump to postA Korean A350 would be one of the better looking airplanes out there in their current livery. Love it
Jump to postI’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the timing seems seriously suspect. Just days into testimony against Boeing…RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 The timing is not 'suspect', it's simply bad for the legal proceedings. It's only 'suspect' if his death were truly unexpected. 62 year-old ...
Jump to postReminds me of the old B52 joke about an airplane returning to base after losing one of its 8 engines... "The dreaded 13 wheel landing!" I think what your looking for there is "the dreaded 7 engine approach". I know that was the saying...was matching it to the situation, alas...
Jump to postReminds me of the old B52 joke about an airplane returning to base after losing one of its 8 engines...
"The dreaded 13 wheel landing!"
Pretty bad numbers for WN. Can't imagine the outlook is good. Some of the Hawaiian interisland stuff all comes from, or dumps into the Mainland WN service which pays the freight so not too concerned at the low LFs. Terrible take. WN entered the inter-island market to put a dent into Hawaiian and fr...
Jump to postSAN is adding gates through its T1 expansion, but it'll be inevitably maxed out as the only major single-runway international airport in the world. That’s not even close to being correct. Two others have been mentioned here already in LGW and LIS… Perhaps you meant busiest single-runway internation...
Jump to postGlad that DL is adding more strong routes into Hawaii. AS product (both hard and soft) to Hawaii is mediocre at best. HA has a great product generally all around. Should be fun to watch over the next year
Jump to postNot serious but not really good. I watched a 320 taxi by after landing with a skeleton of a winglet. Stuff happens.. I have over12000hrs flying 757s and it’s a fantastic plane. I would not have added one knot extra on final however the precautionary landing was a good call. Delaminating of the Lead...
Jump to postNot my problem. It becomes your problem if it results in higher fares, the reason airlines like these can be as cheap as they are is that they don't have any unnecessary costs. Unnecessary costs like, you know, landing fees and refueling fees at a port they didn't plan on being at? So much for that!
Jump to postSo I did not check in and a day before they called me asking if I wanted to fly directly with Air France and get 300 euros compensation. I took the offer and the day of the flight I was upgraded to premium economy. Id say that was a good outcome? I'd say so. Cash plus an upgrade...and no hassle to ...
Jump to postOne thing to note is that the aircraft in the pic linked above on X is of N780HA. The delivered airplane was N781HA, the second of the HA 787's (obvs they look the same livery-wise)
My understanding is that 780 is at VCV getting some work done of some kind (no details of what that is)
nbc7 wrote:Do Delta Amex platinum cardholders get access to these lounges or has that card basically been rendered useless ?
DL added more Hawai'i flights ... BOS-HNL is new..added frequencies on SLC-HNL and SEA-HNL. ATL-OGG resumes BOS-HNL??? Say WHAT??? When? What source are you getting this from? https://www.travelandleisure.com/delta-hawaii-maui-honolulu-boston-atlanta-flight-routes-8583897 There's an article about i...
Jump to postOn two separate threads you’ve mentioned “pax being furious”…why? Do you think the airlines themselves want their crew and passengers to end up in these situations?
Jump to postUA already got all of theirs active (bigger fleet than AS, mind you) so not sure why daily updates are a big deal anymore? Get on with it
Jump to postTook the 145a scheduled HA departure from LAS many, many times. Arrives in HNL at 5 or 6a depending on the season. Absolutely brutal...no amount of Visine would take the "red out"!
Jump to post"RMTAviation" sounds like a name where any information shared here is going to be part of some blog and quoted word for word. I mean, who else would care about one random diversion out of many?
So sick of it...by no means is this the only one on here
Sad. Figured ORD-HNL already existed on them...if that is supposed to EXCITE people, that's a long stretch. Especially when you could do it on UA already
AA is the airline of a "day late and dollar short" with these announcements
Sounds like one heck of a landing…
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/01/2 ... ui-aiport/
Sounds like a flight from LAX…6 injured
A United Airlines flight (UA37) from EDI to EWR was canceled this morning after one of the pilots was arrested for having a taser in his luggage at Edinburgh Airport. The pilot was charged with a firearms offense, as it is illegal in the UK to possess a taser. United Airlines representatives confir...
Jump to postInteresting article from The Airline Observer about the behind-the-scenes of how the deal came together between the two CEOs, and also how HA's longer term financial projections were dicey with bank advisors warning with concerns about its ability to pay or refinance its debt which along with a dro...
Jump to postThe airlines can’t hire airport staff of any kind quickly enough so show up and have a pulse and you’re 75% of the way there. Good luck
Jump to postUnfortunately, this situation in reference to poor quality standards is quite prevalent in US manufacturing today. I have been involved in the manufacturing since the mid 1980s and can say that it seems, from my personal experience anyways, that quality has definitely taken a back seat to other asp...
Jump to postOkay, then we should have active threads for DL, AA, B6, and WN for HQ relocation. DL was being pursued by New York state two years ago in response to GA's draconian voting laws. B6 is being pursued by FL. Why don't we discuss that? Oh -- it's because this forum gets off on denigrating Chicago. A C...
Jump to postJust announced "Bob" found the door plug in his back yard in a separate update after the livestream ended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Pfj8G7Rdg This guy had the door in his backyard for 2 whole days and he never noticed it? You may not appreciate how uninteresting a back yard can b...
Jump to postThere was a time when people hated on airline meals so hard it made one ask why the airlines even bothered. Now one doesn’t get it and it turns into an a.net question.
Have no idea what is going on with this world…
I cringed multiple times when I heard the ATC audio but not for what the professional in the flight deck was saying as much as the overall process. The crew communicated emergency and their immediate descent. (By luck, her transmissions did not get stepped on by other radio comms on the same antiqu...
Jump to postand tracked down the reservation there, marked as checked-in. This time an option appeared to "add bags" - which I did, then flagged down the difficult agent for the 3rd or 4th time. I showed her my phone screen and said "IT SAYS HERE, 2 x bags checked - what else am I missing??"...
Jump to postYYZ757RWY23 wrote:This gave me a mighty chuckle:
"Left the terminal. There were no taxis available as no one is usually on this flight so the security screener called his cousin to come take me to my hotel."
The one airline that has a penchant for flying to "off-brand" airports in the US is Allegiant. But I doubt OPF has a pax terminal (just FBO's), TSA, and the other myriad of things that 121 ops require that a primarily GA airport wouldn't. Seems like its wishful thinking, but we've all been...
Jump to postIn one of those articles, it’s a rather LARGE stretch to say that 9/11 wouldn’t have happened if certain security-related items had been fixed as a result of this hijacking.
But still glad to have learned about it even today…
Wonder what this was about…maybe I don’t want to know… https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/american-airlines-charlotte-boston-massachusetts-criminal-act/44981843 “Massachusetts police probe 'potential criminal act' aboard Boston-bound flight“ The articles haven't confirmed it. But during the initial c...
Jump to postOk you lost me there, or you clearly don't travel around the state much. San Antonio's downtown is pretty crap outside of about 100 yards on either side of the riverwalk. Dude, I've lived in all 4 major metros of Texas. Like I said, debating this city Vs that city, is just silly, I'd argue that the...
Jump to postMohawkWeekend wrote:Serious question - how in the world does a college football player (esp a lineman) fit in a ULCC seat (Allegiant for example)?
The only “Southwest affect” I’ve seen in Hawaii as a long time resident here is the change they brought to Waikiki in terms of low-value tourism. But that’s neither here nor there I suppose…
Jump to postI’d heard the term “Bitchin’ Betty” from a Piedmont 727 captain over 30 years ago long after the guy retired from then US Airways. So it’s not unheard of…
But hey keep riding that high horse some of ya!
Wonder what this was about…maybe I don’t want to know…
https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/americ ... t/44981843
“Massachusetts police probe 'potential criminal act' aboard Boston-bound flight“
The islands are heavily dependent on HA to transport daily basic necessities. If HA replaced 717 with ATR-72, it will not be able to provide enough belly lift during normal flights so they would need to convert ATR-72 into all cargo flights at night. So you are not just doubling the fleet, tripling...
Jump to postI don't seem to find what the issue is either. It's supposed to be "simple" for the non-aviation minded person. But of course that gets lost on a.net (as if it's any better around here half the time)
Jump to postIt's very clear that the Delta defenders don't own dogs...none of them would be OK with this if they did
Jump to postHey, wondering if anybody might know...what a HA A321neo would be doing flying from Clark (Angeles) in Philippines to Guam thence to HNL? Charter? Found it by chance yesterday on Flight Aware. Surprise hell out of me. MX check https://newsroom.aviator.aero/sia-engineering-company-signs-a321neo-main...
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