Really interesting article- especially about what air fares were like back in 1974. I knew that it was much more expensive to fly back then, but it was even more expensive than I realized. I would hate to see BA go to a Eurowhite livery. So far it seems like there’s no changes expected to the curren...
Jump to postI noticed that it was restored without the oneworld sticker near the door. I guess they’re going to display it without it now.
Jump to postThis is so good to see. The Concorde I flew is now in Barbados and years ago we cruised down to see it and I sat in my seat once more. But I heard that the exhibit is now closed. Can anyone give us an update? The interior reopens on 4 April at the Intrepid. I agree that they should put it under som...
Jump to postThe cuts in service training for flight attendants occurred when Hector Adler was VP of Flight Service, who was LUS. Anyone hired in 2015 or later receives no food service training and it’s a problem when a new hire is assigned a position of responsibility, such as a galley position, due to being on...
Jump to postFrom what I’ve heard from pilots, JFK-DEL is going to the 789 because the US government doesn’t want civilian aircraft flying over Afghanistan at altitudes lower than 32,000 feet. The 77W flies at lower altitudes with a full payload and doesn’t meet that requirement. We call the plane “the Grey Goos...
Jump to postI like them a lot, if that’s what it’s going to look like. They’ll probably tweak a few things before they’re worn, but I like the blue with a darker red, and the tailoring looks really good.
Jump to postOn the Delta reddit thread there are some photos of the new cabin on a 757 https://www.reddit.com/r/delta/s/tSXUBsJhbR If these renderings are close to the final product, I think the new cabin will look great. The poster on Reddit states, “Testing new design early summer on 757-200!” This sounds li...
Jump to postA day that will forever live in infamy. One of the worst mergers ever. American in name only, it’s America West International. Team Tempe couldn’t care less about product or service.
Jump to postCould it also be that security at LHR T5 is understaffed? Going through security as a crew member at Control Posts 5 and 8 which allows crew buses to go airside, it’s unlike any other security I’ve ever experienced, anywhere in the world. Our IDs are checked before we go through the metal detector, ...
Jump to postWith the current closure of Russian airspace to AA why do they fly to India ? It sounds great saying "we fly to India" but is it practical ? With BA and Qatar covering India very well from their LHR and Doha hubs wouldn't be better to have those partners fly the passengers to and from Ind...
Jump to postMy take on the recent AF/KLM A350 orders: Per AB Orders and Deleveries december 2023 Air France has ordered 38 A350's with 27 being delivered They have 14 A330's left, so if they receive 11 they will need 3 more A350's to replace them. Recent AF/KLM order is order for 6 A359 + second order for 33 A...
Jump to posthttps://www.nasdaq.com/articles/american-airlines-pilots-union-to-examine-regional-aviators-seniority-memo This has to be a rather unusual step. Have any other airlines' pilots unions combined a seniority list with their regional carriers? What's the reason to do so? Hilariously, the Reuters articl...
Jump to postOriginally GVA was served via ZRH from ORD, and when service was started to STR via ZRH from JFK, the routing became JFK-ORY-GVA and the flights from DFW, ORD and RDU could funnel any GVA-bound passengers onto the flight. ORD-ZRH then added a tag-on to MUC instead of GVA, and ZRH was a scissor hub ...
Jump to postThanks, I knew JFK-ORY-GVA operated at one time! And JFK-CDG was 2X daily for ages until DUI Dougie cut the second frequency. The second frequency on JFK-CDG used to do well when it was an evening departure from CDG, with J class full of business people who had finished up work in Paris and were fl...
Jump to postDon't think American flew to Geneva via LYS. They did serve Geneva, briefly, in the late 1980s/early 1990s and I believe it was via Zurich, which AA operated at the time nonstop from ORD and JFK. JFK-LYS was launched in May 1989 and ended by 1990. Originally GVA was served via ZRH from ORD, and whe...
Jump to postThat is mostly correct, however JFK-LYS was actually flown nonstop many moons ago. JFK-ORY-GVA was also flown around the same time (AA only flew to ORY until the French gov't forced us out around '99-'00) Correction to above: It was JFK-LYS-GVA and it was a very long time ago Don't think American f...
Jump to postHate to be a pedant, but AA never flew DFW-MAN but did serve MIA-MAN as a winter seasonal service for two years around 2006. AA did serve DFW-MAN briefly. I remember it was on a 763 back when the aircraft was still 3-class in the 1990s. The reason why it stands out in my mind is that there was a ma...
Jump to postconsolidated list: JFK-LYS JFK-FRA JFK-NCL (announced, but never started) JFK-STN (ran briefly until EOS shut down) JFK-MAN (twice) JFK-BHX JFK-DUB JFK-BRU JFK-EDI JFK-BUD (this one though, to be fair, only made sense with Malev on the BUD end, and the company went bust). JFK-ZRH (consolidated at P...
Jump to posttheVagabond wrote:...and ORD-HEL& DFW-MUC
Adding to the list above of routes that were cut- DFW-BRU DFW-MAN LAX-GRU LAX-EZE BOS-MAN BOS-SNN SEA-NRT I’m not sure that just feeding international partners is the best strategy. LHR is not the cash cow it once was, with the decline in business travel. Even this summer, there were a lot of JFK-LH...
Jump to postSome cities or parts of them, like Paris, could be a slightly higher risk due to protests against Israel. You have been advised, use common sense. Protests have been officially banned by Gérald Darminan, the Interior Minister of France and the President of the Republic went on television to say to ...
Jump to postskipness1E wrote:Does American have their own staff at LHR or is it Menzies staff in AA uniforms?
Yesterday at JFK a BA 787 was parked by Terminal 8. I couldn’t tell if it was a -9 or -10, my view was obscured by a BA 77W parked next to it on the apron. To date, JFK has been a 777 station for BA since the retirement of the 744s. I couldn’t find anything on FlightRadar 24 about it. Anyone know wh...
Jump to postAccording to this article there are some cuts to facilitate this expansion https://thepointsguy.com/news/american-airlines-new-international-routes-summer-2024/ "To facilitate the expansion, American is making some minor tweaks to its currently published schedule. This includes suspending serv...
Jump to postWhile I don't think it will be all of these as I said on the Philly thread 22391 is a postal code for Hamburg, Germany; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Incheon, South Korea...maybe one of those doubt all three, they did use a comma though so maybe not a postal code. Jeddah is hot lol, Incheon has spicy K...
Jump to postThe A300-600s were used on some JFK-LHR frequencies, EWR-LHR, one of the BOS-LHR turns, and BOS-ORY for a period of time in the 1990s (I think from '97 or '98 on). In some respects, they were nicer than the 763s. I flew in one once from JFK to LHR and I believe they had PTVs. The 763 fleet did not....
Jump to postOuch, the first casualty of the Northeast Alliance ending? While I'm sure the goal of the service was to cater to Tri-State area O&D traffic to the Middle East and beyond (Africa, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Russia, Southeast Asia, perhaps even Australia and China?), I can't help but won...
Jump to postSo AA couldn’t even make one flight to DOH work and that too JFK (which has good traffic flows to ME and Indian Subcontinent). So much for their Qatar partnership. Let’s see how UA does with EK. I will say one key difference might be that Qatar has relatively limited number of seats to India vs EK....
Jump to postI am sorry to be the bearer of bad news: https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2023/05/19/first-look-air-india-airlines-new-possible-branding-livery-logo-and-more-exclusive/ This is what some people are saying is the new livery - It is not that bad, I did like the previous one better. Not a real livery...
Jump to postJFK-DOH axed after the summer according to aeroroutes. That route made sense when demand to Asia was low and did not warrant more nonstop service as a result. I am wondering where the B77W will be deployed. The 77Ws are going to be reconfigured with the 70J/44W configuration this winter so one woul...
Jump to postTWA, over its life, had a grand total of 29 747s registered in its operation. 18 were 747-131s (not sure if it was really 19 if counting N93113), It flew 7 747-200s and had ordered 3 747-SPs. Most, if not all of the 200s were second hand frames. TWA sourced its 747s from Boeing, TAP, Swissair, and ...
Jump to postWhy are we continuing to beat a dead horse? AA resumes MIA-CDG on October 28th, why is this even a discussion? Just so a user can say it’s not operating at the moment? It was announced previously that it was suspended for the summer. Let it go already It’s a beyond ridiculous argument at this point...
Jump to postThoughts on returning PHL-MAN and EDI in 2024? Both handy routes My thoughts are 2026, I believe AA is getting 8-10 789s within the next year? Those premium heavy 789 are going to DFW, LAX, ORD and maybe even JFK. The XLR deliveries are expected to start in 2024 with one XLR. 2025 I don't think the...
Jump to postSad to hear, but unfortunately every aircraft can’t be preserved. I saw the retro BOAC 744 a couple times, once while parked at Terminal 7 at JFK and once as it was on final approach into LHR. Seeing it in the air was amazing and it took me back to my childhood when flying was still a pleasurable ex...
Jump to postAhh. I figured this was how all airlines did it in the 80s/90s, but US was almost the only one I flew as a kid. (Thus the name.) Here’s an interesting thread on those: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=231341 USAir was the only one I knew of who used those trays. I flew American and E...
Jump to postIt remember in the 80s and 90s on US, the tray was reusable, but there was a thin plastic insert that perfectly fit that slot. Maybe for the FAs to drop the warm portion of the meal in? It was called the “Genie Tray” and was first used by Allegheny in the early 70s/late 60s. The harried flight atte...
Jump to postWhen I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, the entire meal was served on reusable plastic materials, the salad, the dessert and the main course so not a big issue using reusable cups IMO. It remember in the 80s and 90s on US, the tray was reusable, but there was a thin plastic insert that perfectly fit t...
Jump to postAA flies JFKDEL which clocks in over 8,000mi due to no Russia overflight. Qantas and AA have a metal neutral venture. It doesn’t need to fly those routes from DFW. Qantas handles it, while AA does AKL. I work the flight all the time, the mileage is in the 7,300-7,400 range, depending on the route t...
Jump to postI noticed that both UA and DL have flights over 8000mi while AA doesn't. Can the AA 789 fly these missions? What's stop AA flying the DFW-SYD/MEL on their own metal? AA flies JFKDEL which clocks in over 8,000mi due to no Russia overflight. Qantas and AA have a metal neutral venture. It doesn’t need...
Jump to postWell, its actually 4 although effectively only 2 because both DL-VS are a JV and AA-BA are a JV. Yeah, sorry, I forgot about VS. AA, BA, DL & VS make it 4! Back in early 2000s when I lived in the Seattle area...it was just BA! Didn't UA use to fly to LHR from SEA in the late 90s-early 2000s, be...
Jump to postVery surprised that JFK-DOH is still around. Can’t imagine it’s possibly doing well. I can see why they wanted it for the World Cup but seems like it must be going away in the near future. Anyone have any insight? Premium demand is very low, and economy is often way overbooked with VFR. The company...
Jump to postSome other airlines are already doing this the right way without a court having to tell them to do so. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/united-airlines-more-inclusive-uniform-rules/index.html Pilot uniforms are highly gendered. What are you going to do about them? Didn't know pilots flew in skirt...
Jump to postWhen AA has pilots leaving for competitors, that’s an issue. They all go where they feel fits them best. I worked in the training department at a US4 carrier. We got an email from a new hire saying he was quitting for DL. A buddy of mine didn't even finish OE at B6 before jumping to DL. That’s some...
Jump to postYes, it’s due to some type of construction. At AA, we’ve moved to 2B until the work has finished. Premium customers have access to a lounge that isn’t an Admirals Club, haven’t flown out of 2B yet so I don’t know what passengers think of the lounge.
Jump to postGotcha, thanks. I was under the impression that domestic and international were separate based upon a snippet that a friend who is an AA pilot mentioned. I seem to have misunderstood, dummy me. Thank you for the information, I appreciate it. That was the case at AA once upon a time. I flew FLL-SJU-...
Jump to postWas the Pakistani AA FA already an AA FA when AA started flying to India, out of curiousity? Having been in inflight management, it is pretty standard practice that you are ineligible for hire if you cannot fly to every destination in the airline's system at the time a CJO would be issued. However,...
Jump to postIncidentally, US green card holders often, though not always, get preferential treatment for visas and sometimes visa-free entry to countries they'd otherwise need a visa for. For example, the FA in question is eligible to enter both Canada and Mexico based on her US permanent resident status, whil...
Jump to postIncidentally, US green card holders often, though not always, get preferential treatment for visas and sometimes visa-free entry to countries they'd otherwise need a visa for. For example, the FA in question is eligible to enter both Canada and Mexico based on her US permanent resident status, whil...
Jump to postI’m not so sure that AA will be greatly affected by the pause in 787 deliveries. Only 4 787-8s are scheduled for 2023. Next year the first of the 30 787-9s on order will start to be delivered. There might be a slight uptick in international flying next year because of that.
Jump to postGotcha, thanks. I was under the impression that domestic and international were separate based upon a snippet that a friend who is an AA pilot mentioned. I seem to have misunderstood, dummy me. Thank you for the information, I appreciate it. That was the case at AA once upon a time. The division be...
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