Excellent post and you make several valid points. I was just talking to someone this morning about how much international air service Seattle has across the Pacific. It’s A LOT. And there’s more one the way. Portland? Zero. Zilch. Nada. I honestly can’t believe that the city of Portland can’t susta...
Jump to postNK is also adding LAX-SEA as well, so I think LAX-PDX is confirmed: Starts July 10, 1x daily https://www.google.com/travel/flights/booking?tfs=CBwQAhpFEgoyMDI0LTA3LTEwIh8KA0xBWBIKMjAyNC0wNy0xMBoDUERYKgJOSzIDMzU2KAAyAk5LagcIARIDTEFYcgcIARIDUERYGkUSCjIwMjQtMDctMTEiHwoDUERYEgoyMDI0LTA3LTExGgNMQVgqAk5L...
Jump to postI would be really interested in the overall “longhaul“-performance of the A220 in the 4000-6000km sector. In theory the range of the A220 has even more potential then even Air Austral and Air Baltic are currently utilizing. Air Austral currently flies the longest A-220 flight in the world, Reunion ...
Jump to postCould the A220 suit EI to do some TATL routes to 2nd/3rd tier ports in North America? Or is TATL on the A220 just not economical for such long routes, even though they can technically do them? I would be really interested in the overall “longhaul“-performance of the A220 in the 4000-6000km sector. ...
Jump to postI would think it unlikely, unless they target the bottom-fare fishing market. The Philippines are not particularly well-placed geographically for US - Asia transfer traffic, and MNL does not have a great reputation for operational efficiency or terminal quality. Is it possible to transfer intl > in...
Jump to postI know having a maintenance facility means little in the way of additional air service but is there any chance United will ever add service to PDX aside from additional frequencies to the current hubs? United used to be so dominant here but very quiet over the last 10-15 years. LAX seems to be a ho...
Jump to postUnited’s PDX hangar is having its open house today. It only took three years to repurpose this old ANG hangar. They should’ve just built a new one for cheaper and it would have been finished in 1/4 of the time. Wish I could see that,Is this open to the public, or just invited guests? What aircraft ...
Jump to postI thought the same thing as well, but when I looked and saw PSC had service to MSP, I was surprised, because surely the connections made in SEA/SLC would be sufficient enough but apparently not? PSC has the benefit of the national laboratory being there, they alone probably have triple digits worth...
Jump to postPDX would be an interesting play. If they pulled it off, it would be a poison pill against a future attempt by AS to merge with them after the dust settles with HI. I don't know if AS would want to acquire SY or not, I think the cultures are compatible enough, the fleet commonality is great with fl...
Jump to postWhen I see the Breeze route map, it's clear the Pacific Northwest & The Midwest need some love from MX. I'd love to see them bring some of those A-220's to Washington & Oregon, as well as some select cities in the Midwest getting service from Florida & California.
Jump to postMy guess is MKE, or a return to PDX. When one thinks about it, SY tried their PDX mini-hub in 2019, we all know what challenges laid ahead in the next 12 months. The main guy in SY's route planning department is from AS. His input is what motivated SY to try the ULCC thing at PDX. That year saw SY ...
Jump to postPDX-SAN/BUR were also added starting 8/7, it appears. BUR is new, SAN a resumption of services after I don't know how many years. It's interesting to see all the NK adds as of late, used to be only LAS but new adds are popping up. I think it's only been 7 cities ever being served by Spirit out of P...
Jump to postSpirit adding (resuming) PDX-ORD, 6x weekly, starts May 8th (flights not operated on Tuesdays): https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhosEgoyMDI0LTA1LTA4KAAyAk5LagcIARIDT1JEcgcIARIDUERYegNQSFiQAXhAAUgBcAGCAQsI____________AZgBAg&tfu=EgIIAyIA&hl=en-US&curr=USD https://www....
Jump to postSun Country was to set up a PDX focus city complete with a pilot and flight attendant base. Then COVID happened and those plans were shelved. Perhaps they are thinking about restarting this. They sure had enough destinations from PDX, wasn't this about the same time SY tried RDM-LAS? Both services ...
Jump to postSun Country was to set up a PDX focus city complete with a pilot and flight attendant base. Then COVID happened and those plans were shelved. Perhaps they are thinking about restarting this. They sure had enough destinations from PDX, wasn't this about the same time SY tried RDM-LAS? Both services ...
Jump to postFrom the article: “The markets that we want to grow in are China, India, Australia, Japan, Korea, and a few others,” Al Meer said. Australia, India & China I fully understand, tons of bigger cities with lots of people that travel, S. Korea would be nothing more than adding frequencies to ICN, wo...
Jump to postUpdate on Pendleton service and bidding carriers: http://elkhornmediagroup.com/3-have-applied-to-be-eas-providers/ The usual players, except Alaska Seaplanes would probably be the better choice IMO. Would any of these 2 other carriers be flying from the main terminal, are any of these carriers prop...
Jump to postUpdate on Pendleton service and bidding carriers: http://elkhornmediagroup.com/3-have-applied-to-be-eas-providers/ The usual players, except Alaska Seaplanes would probably be the better choice IMO. Would any of these 2 other carriers be flying from the main terminal, are any of these carriers prop...
Jump to postAdding to this... Increases from 4x weekly to daily starting in early June. The Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat flight schedule remains the same, but the added 3x weekly Sun/Tue/Thur flight has a different schedule. BWI-PDX: 7:00 AM - 9:40 AM PDX-BWI: 10:30 AM - 6:25 PM I am rather surprised that the Eastbound leg...
Jump to postLooks like NK PDX-BWI is 4x weekly (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat) Schedule: BWI-PDX: 9:42 AM - 12:22 PM PDX-BWI: 1:15 PM - 9:10 PM Adding to this... Increases from 4x weekly to daily starting in early June. The Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat flight schedule remains the same, but the added 3x weekly Sun/Tue/Thur flight has a d...
Jump to postPer the SLE FB page, SLE said there's an airline, not Avelo, that's interested in starting SLE-PHX. If they pull the trigger, it would start in the fall or winter. In the past UA and AS have been SLE's primary targets, but sounds like this one might be AA. That would pretty cool if PHX starts this ...
Jump to postNice to see AS adding PDX-ATL. Long overdue it seems. Would have figured that it would come at the same time they added SAN-ATL, but perhaps they were weary of DL responding. Fall is an interesting time to start this route, as before it was summer seasonal, I believe. Is PDX-ATL supposed to be year...
Jump to postI think AS could also make a go at PDX-SAT, STL and IAH eventually. Here are the Q3 2023 PDEW's out of PDX to the top remaining contiguous U.S. markets that do not have AS nonstop service out of PDX (Source: DOT Consumer Airfare Report Table 6, which can be found at https://data.transportation.gov/...
Jump to postReminds me of this: We flew Mokulele the next day from Maui to Molokai & back.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/todayint ... y/3177509/
[/quote] I think we could see either ICN on DL or TYO on ZipAir announced towards the end of the year but probably not launched until 2025[/quote] It was announced in 2021, yet it's been on indefinate delay ever since - https://flypdx.com/Newsroom/Delta-Air-Lines-New-Portland-Seoul-Route-Launching-F...
Jump to postIt was actually PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK, a heck of a trip on any aircraft. It initially started as PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK with the L-1011 500, but when the MD-11s came online, they started nonstop PDX-TPE, and the route continued onto BKK. PDX-SEL operated independently of TPE for a while. Then after some time, t...
Jump to postDL flew to TPE during the PDX hub days..I think they had PDX-SEL-TPE, and/or also PDX-TPE-BKK. It was actually PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK, a heck of a trip on any aircraft. It initially started as PDX-SEL-TPE-BKK with the L-1011 500, but when the MD-11s came online, they started nonstop PDX-TPE, and the route...
Jump to postpanamair wrote:Boeing757100 wrote:thegoldenargosy wrote:Is this DL's 3rd or 4th attempt at TPE?
I may be wrong but it may only be the second. They flew it from NRT till 2017
DL flew to TPE during the PDX hub days..I think they had PDX-SEL-TPE, and/or also PDX-TPE-BKK.
I’m wondering how well the A321 will perform on SLC-HNL, given the hot and high conditions at SLC. I think the departure time of 7am shows what HA will do to beat the heat @ SLC, IIRC they leave around the same time out of LAS as well going to OGG. IMHO Performance has rarely matched the sold expec...
Jump to postI have been looking at some old AS timetables from the early 90s but unfortunately they don't have equipment assignments on the flights. I need to dig up some old OAGs to take a look at. I believe they got the MD-80s in 1985 when the 727s were still around and my understanding is the MD-80 was mean...
Jump to postNo official announcement yet but sources on twitter suggest AA has loaded RDM-DFW set to start May 6, 2024, daily with an A320 It is official now, loaded into Sabre & available on AA.com. These flight times work for connections from much of their domestic network, but many other big cities will...
Jump to postNo official announcement yet but sources on twitter suggest AA has loaded RDM-DFW set to start May 6, 2024, daily with an A320 Surprised it’s with a 320. Totally would have assumed it would have started with an E175! I would have guessed the A-319, but glad we got the A-320. My Family will use this...
Jump to postPer Ishrion on Twitter/X, Allegiant will start EUG-AUS https://x.com/ishriona/status/1725035957399736801?s=61 I saw this today in a Allegiant news release of 22 new routes for 2024, this route was the only one involving the West Coast. I've already added it to the big list of Oregon cities & th...
Jump to postHere You Go: It's certainty a profitable enterprise, it usually is catering to those with more money than sense. The Interior shots are not super fancy however. It's a former EK frame.
https://www.businessinsider.com/see-air ... 500-2023-2
Does anyone have stats or anecdotal on the SLE flights? My Sister heard from the Avelo counter agent Salem had the busiest first day at any station, than for any newly added city in Avelo's short history. The flights appear fuller than they had been going to Redmond for example. But they suck on go...
Jump to postZipair is considering adding PDX along with other West Coast cities........... https://sky-budget.com/2023/10/19/zipair-expand-routes/ Nice. Glad to see Zipair/PDX talks brewing up again. I wonder if Zipair flights will be able to connect to JAL flights at NRT, since JAL owns Zipair. Short answer i...
Jump to postKudos to AS... they clearly hear the market/their customers. Would LOVE to see some ATL adds... more SEA-ATL plus PDX return and SFO/SAN. How about ATL-SAN? AS just announced it today, I love Atlanta. Here is the announcement ... https://news.alaskaair.com/travel-tips/mileage-plan/alaska-airlines-a...
Jump to postAS is adding lots of LAS flights for CES 2024. For example, it looks like on Fri, Jan 12 will have 8 round trip flights on PDX-LAS: https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhokEgoyMDI0LTAxLTEyKAAyAkFTagcIARIDUERYcgcIARIDTEFTQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI&tfu=EgIIAyIAKgA In previou...
Jump to postAS is adding lots of LAS flights for CES 2024. For example, it looks like on Fri, Jan 12 will have 8 round trip flights on PDX-LAS: https://www.google.com/travel/flights/search?tfs=CBwQAhokEgoyMDI0LTAxLTEyKAAyAkFTagcIARIDUERYcgcIARIDTEFTQAFIAXABggELCP___________wGYAQI&tfu=EgIIAyIAKgA In previou...
Jump to postWhat role does PDX even serve for DL? It’s not a hub or even a focus city but they fly/flew multiple intercontinental routes. I know the NRT and AMS routes were inherited from NW, and both those airports were hubs for them, but DL did add PDX-LHR in 2018. IIRC DL took subsidies to bring the route b...
Jump to postPDX-HND is now completely gone from the schedule. RIP Portland-Tokyo, after decades of direct flights... :( It's still for sale on delta.com but prices have once again skyrocketed. Delta likely tinkering with schedules again but not good news if they have removed several fare classes again. I think...
Jump to postPDX-HND is now completely gone from the schedule. RIP Portland-Tokyo, after decades of direct flights... :( I'm 100% guessing here, but it seems maybe the DOJ was displeased with the 2 x weekly route offerings. I believe they have an authority to run daily flights. 2 x weekly was a pathetic attempt...
Jump to postUsed A319/320s are low risk and plentiful. with lower acquisition costs, HA could look at a slight slack in their fleet, allowing for 35-45 minute turns instead of 25-30 minute turns. I would think the A-319 or A-320 would be easy to operate. The A-320 is bigger & has some extra cargo space, th...
Jump to postNear identical damage to a Ryanair -800 in Rome in 2008. And that one was written off. And that aircraft was just six months old Exactly, I suggest this 2008 build will end up being written off, as someone suggested these 737's have some history of hidden corrosion, not with AS, if it has hidden co...
Jump to postThat's a substantial amount of damage - must have been a pretty big drone, not something you'd pick up cheap at the local hobby shop. How quickly was that leviathan flying at that moment? Something that large, on a rather firm, but delicate surface, would be a huge projectile at even the slowest po...
Jump to postObviously no one knows what’s to come but with the completion of the PDX Next project over the next year or so, do you all theorize the end of major construction/the opening of a brand new terminal core will have any impact on the pax recovery at PDX or is the recovery rate going to stay relatively...
Jump to postOnly life preserver per person required for the 50nm standard. It’s 100nn or 30 minutes flying time for the full overwater kit including rafts. This is incorrect. It’s 120-180 minutes where life rafts and ETOPS requirements are needed. Definitely not 30min. I work MANY flights flying more than 30mi...
Jump to postHappy to see CPH… Scandinavia is woefully underserved from the US. I am wondering why Helsinki was not added given their AY tie-in. I know CPH is a bigger market, but surely some European connections via HEL are worth providing connecting services. I guess BA provides all the connecting power AA ne...
Jump to postHere is a list of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, starting with the 737. I have included some major revisions of significant aircraft. And I probably forgot some. 1968: 737 1970: 747 (first double decker) 1971: DC-10 (tri-jet) 1974: A300 (first twin-engine widebody) 1976: Concorde (fastest aircraft) 19...
Jump to postFor all the advantages A321neos have over Boeing's current offerings, I think LY will stick with the latter... for a few reasons. Mostly, I just can't see Airbus aircraft being fitted with the C-MUSIC system, but talking to Toulouse should make a few suits sweat (a little) over at Boeing. Nothing w...
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