Re: How was WN able to grow in DEN so quickly?

Speaking as a Denverite, seeing WN grow here was insane. It felt like they came in out of nowhere and had all of the sudden taken over. I honestly think it is part of why F9 has become the ULCC they are. UA at least could fill the front of the plane from Denver, which probably was enough to keep th...

Re: How was WN able to grow in DEN so quickly?

IIRC, Southwest started DEN around late 2005-2006? The economy and population were growing in Denver and F9 and UA were starting to struggle. They came in and added a ton of routes and offered great service. Flying them vs UA or F9 was much more appealing since they suddenly were flying non-stop to ...

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

Edelweiss will re-start seasonal DEN flights this month with the A340-300 instead of the A333 per CAPA. I'm not sure why they've switched the aircraft but it will be nice to see the A343 again. https://centreforaviation.com/news/edelweiss-air-files-adjustment-on-zurich-denver-service-from-summer-20...

Re: Ironic DL Flight Number

GE90man wrote:

AA has a 777-200ER registered N773AN

Re: United Denver hub 1990s?

I think it was all domestic until the 2000's when London and Frankfurt were ran on UA metal seasonally (or year round?) at several points. Until the last decade or so, DEN just didn't have as much demand for intercontinental flights. I believe BA started around 1998 or so and was the first major in...

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

I think they did great job! I was not a fan of the post merger globe, and I feel like this is a huge step up. Great integration of the globe and more blue! It defintely feels like it represents what United is now. Well done!

Re: When did United Fully Phase Out Rising Blue?

I believe the final mainline aircraft to have Rising Blue was N655UA. Here's a photo of it from October 2014:

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

CALMSP wrote:

today is showing a 767-300 GCM-DEN. Who would this be? or an error?

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

Runway Gray bottom/engines will stay. This will minimize repaint costs. Wavy cheatline will be "Rhapsody" blue. Tail color will not extend onto body and will be Rhapsody Blue with United Blue and Dusk globe. Lettering in same boring font in Rhapsody Blue. Everything else Eurowhite. Blah.....

Re: 1,200+ flights cancelled at DEN

Colorado weather is really much nicer than most people think for most of the time, but I do not miss living in those spring snowstorms. Most people seem to think you’re all up in the mountains. Definitely you snowshoe to work 6 months of the year, and mine silver the other 6. :rotfl: This had me cr...

Re: 1,200+ flights cancelled at DEN

CM476 has turned around and is going back to PTY. Gate space may be an issue at ORD since LH went to DTW and BA went to LAS. FI671 still has yet to divert, but I am sure it will. Also, it's looking like we will have two BA flights tomorrow to make up for today. Will this be the case with the LH and...

Re: 1,200+ flights cancelled at DEN

FI671 still has yet to divert, but I am sure it will.

Also, it's looking like we will have two BA flights tomorrow to make up for today. Will this be the case with the LH and FI flights too?

Re: UA Reducing IAH-SYD and LAX-SYD March to October

Man how times change. UA was the biggest US carrier to Australia for years and now they're being overshadowed in LAX. UA remains the largest US carrier to Australia by a wide margin, even with these frequency reductions. Total # of US-Australia Flights, by US Carrier AA LAX-SYD DL LAX-SYD UA SFO-SY...

Re: British Airways Details 747-400 Retirement Plans

I have to wonder if we will see some of the less premium heavy 747 routes change equipment soon then? Will places like DEN, PHX, LAS etc. start seeing a switch soon? Some of those 747s that are due to be retired this year, like CIVB and CIVD tend to fly those routes.

Re: Airlines with multiple languages on branding

I recall that South African had two sets of titles on their old livery. One side of the aircraft was in English read “South African Airways” and the other in Afrikaans read “Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens”.

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

Well, in other news it looks like UA is looking to compete with F9 on DEN-BTV: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/hello-gorgeous-cancer-survivor-gets-surprise-makeover-of-a-lifetime/26023361 Here's the a.net threat on it too: http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1414181 Interesting tha...

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

The MUC flight is mostly 350. In the winter it is a 350 most days, and a couple days a week is a 330. It started as a 330 but quickly upguaged to a 346 and then a 350. I agree that DL running DEN-AMS would be a bit of a jab to UA, but the politics of it are a bit laughable. Given that KLM and Delta...

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

330 wouldn't take much of any performance hit. Lufthansa flew DEN-MUC on the 330 before the 350's came on board. And DEN-ZRH is also on a 330. DEN-MUC is still an A330. The A350 replaced the A346 on the summer upgauge, and when DEN-MUC was first started briefly in 2007, it was on the A343. I would ...

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

With UA adding DEN - FRA daily and reintroducing the seasonal DEN - LHR next summer I would imagine that the A widebody gates are nearly at capacity in the afternoons. I wonder if they have capacity to add more widebody flights before the new gates open in 2020. I believe Norwegian is bringing back...

Re: Denver Aviation Thread - 2019

I flew through the C Concourse today and noticed C38 is branded all up for United Airlines. How many other gates across A and C are like this now? Peace :box: Looking at the map, that one appears to be common use, but it sounds like UA has been using it quite a bit though. Beyond that, it appears t...

Re: SIA brand overhaul

This one seems a bit more promising as SQ seems to have this stuff down. Sure, LH and EI had the same going for them and then underwhelmed us, but there are good examples of recent brand updates like Air Tahiti Nui, Qantas, and Hawaiian, which took great and inspiring liveries but tweaked them to lo...

Re: Rumor: British Airways to paint 4 aircraft in retro livery

Man I hope whatever four schemes they use will be on 747s! Not only would that be so cool, but they could paint over those horrid “One World” titles. Those ruin the elegance of the queen for me, but if they traded that for some retros, that would be super elegant! Plus being in DEN, that means we ma...

Re: Does Air Force One stay with the president?

I saw one of the VC-25s at JFK in 2011. I have no idea if Obama was in NYC at the time since I was connecting through JFK from FCO to DEN, but I assumed that was the case. I had always thought it would stay wherever POTUS is.

Re: United Airlines CEO to Make Historic Route Announcement Tomorrow (12/12)

UA's coverage of Australia is impressive. With this they'll have SFO/LAX/IAH-SYD and SFO/LAX-MEL. That's great for an airline that has no Star Alliance feed on one end. While I will agree that this may have been a bit overhyped, it is still impressive none the less. UA has really stepped it up to qu...

Re: United Airlines CEO to Make Historic Route Announcement Tomorrow (12/12)

I would have to guess something along the lines of SFO-SGN or SFO-BKK and maybe EWR-JNB? I would think it will be SFO/EWR centric. Maybe LAX will get something new too but I'd be surprised if ORD, IAD, IAH, or DEN get much.

Re: Denver International Airport Expansion Plans

I don't think that is happening, but nice try. Why would they want to go head to head with UA at another hub? Because it's a good and growing Hub?? American won't leave PHX for Denver when they currently have a solid operation at PHX and have invested millions in upgrading the Admirals Clubs and re...

Re: Newly renovated terminal 1 at LAX unveiled

I flew through there last week. It feels very clean and modern, unlike many of the other terminals at LAX. It was really a great experience.

Re: United Next Route Announcement Coming Soon (DEN-FRA)

Awesome but also not awesome. I’m assmuning we’re going to lose LH’s 747??? Truly devastating. No, this flight is in addition to LH's FRA and MUC flights. UA and LH already double up on frequencies on some other hubs, so no reason to think this is replacing the LH flight. The Colorado Sun reports t...

Re: What's Next for Denver (2018 version)

Would love to see UA hit 600+ Another Asian city has to be coming. There is no way UAs sole Tokyo flight is meeting the demand of DEN to The East. As for SW. They are my least favorite airline and I still sometimes get bitter about their arrival in Denver in 2006. Just. Let. Me. Pick. My. Seat. Per...

Re: What's Next for Denver (2018 version)

Would love to see UA hit 600+ Another Asian city has to be coming. There is no way UAs sole Tokyo flight is meeting the demand of DEN to The East. As for SW. They are my least favorite airline and I still sometimes get bitter about their arrival in Denver in 2006. Just. Let. Me. Pick. My. Seat. Per...

Re: Airport codes named after a city that isn't the primary served area?

XAM2175 wrote:

fry530 wrote:

Yeah but the code is NRT. That would reflect Narita, which the title of this thread is asking for airport codes specifically.

I was supporting your argument mate...

Re: Airport codes named after a city that isn't the primary served area?

How about NRT? It’s branded as Tokyo - Narita, and it’s defintely a major gateway to Tokyo, but the code is obviously NRT and the airport is in the town of Narita. Well, official name of NRT is simply “Narita International Airport”, so technically it is not really branded as “Tokyo-Narita” official...

Re: Airport codes named after a city that isn't the primary served area?

How about NRT? It’s branded as Tokyo - Narita, and it’s defintely a major gateway to Tokyo, but the code is obviously NRT and the airport is in the town of Narita. By that logic, ICN, STN, FCO, and IAD all fit the bill. The thing to remember about this is though, that major airports tend to coincide...

Re: When Did United Fully Phase Out Battleship Grey?

Unpopular opinion I’m sure....but I loved this livery. Being born in 1992 and growing up in Denver, it’s just the United I remember. Back when they had happy meals for kids on board! I remember getting to fly in 747 once, it was a domestic flight....Denver to Orlando but I think we connected somewh...

Re: When Did United Fully Phase Out Battleship Grey?

I flew DEN-LAX on N666UA in October of 2010. At the time it still had the battleship livery. That was the last time I flew a battleship plane. I also remember seeing a battleship 757 in DEN sometime around December of 2011. I don’t think I saw any other ones after that. I actually always loved that ...

Re: Most peculiar or noteworthy multi-sector flights today?

I know SQ flies SIN-FRA-JFK, SIN-MAN (formerly DME)-IAH, SIN-HKG-SFO, and SIN-NRT-LAX. Obviously range is a factor in all of these, but they’re some interesting routes none the less.

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

I'd love to see them go the route of Air Tahiti Nui or Hawaiian by keeping the same general design, but by modernizing the font, tweaking some of the elements, but also adding something subtle to enhance the quality design that is already there. They could do something really cool by adding some sub...

Re: UA DEN-LHR

That's exactly what it boils down too is the slot availability, I work this flight almost everyday out of DEN and it is consistently full or near full, so seems to be performing well, however due to the fact that EWR needs it back for the winter and slot availability in LHR it will stay seasonal fo...

Re: Aer Lingus rumor - announcement 9/12

It would be nice to see them add DEN since there has been a rumor about them coming here for awhile now. As I understand it, aren’t EI looking to expand to airports that will give them subsidies? I remember reading that somewhere on this forum, so if anyone can confirm that would be great! Which air...

Re: Airports with funny names

Seeing as how he was a comedian, would Burbank Bob Hope Airport fit the bill?

Re: Is DCA the closest thing to Kai Tak in the US?

Maybe not in terms of aircraft or scenery, but I would think in terms of challenging approaches places like ASE and EGE might compare? I’ve never had the pleasure of landing at either, but I know they have some pretty crazy approaches and take offs. SAN seems to be the most similar, since they at le...