Re: India Aviation - 2024

ATL has one of the largest Indian populations outside of India…

Re: British Airways News and Discussion - 2024

sand26391 wrote:

What happened to their plans of LHR/LGW - COK?
There was a recent news article about the airline planning to start London to Cochin.
(Though, I personally think it won't happen).

Re: British Airways News and Discussion - 2024

Also, during BA's run at KUL and BKK, why didn't BA hire crews who speak Malaysian/Thai? Will they hire crews who can speak Malaysian/Thai this time around when both flights resume? They don't really need to. 3x weekly LGW-BKK is squarely aimed at British tourists heading down to Thailand. LHR-KUL ...

Re: India Aviation - 2024

RMTAviation - while EK and QR have no more seats to expand, Etihad and the Indian carriers have seats to launch more AUH-India flights. EY really shrank their US network over Covid so I think they will need more time to build up their connecting network. On another note: If Goa-LGW had a 79% LF in ...

Re: Virgin Atlantic News and Discussion - 2024

Connections on the US side is what is benefitting VS in SkyTeam. So many regional/marginal airports in the US now have access to VS’ flights to MAN and (especially) LHR through DL. For instance, somebody who lives in Mobile, AB, can now fly a DL RJ to ATL and seamlessly catch VS to LHR. None of the...

Re: Manchester (UK) Aviation - 2024

I would argue that MAN-EDI/GLA are no longer "important business routes". I think people fixating with long haul transatlantic miss the point as to how much change the demographics of the regin have changed. The % of non white has increased YoY to such an extent that it should be no surpr...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2024

I read on another forum that ADL will be resumed on the 77L at the end of October.

Re: Air India News and Discussion 2024

I'm Indian American and I definitely do not hate India or hate being Indian. Flying AI within India is fine, but I would never fly AI internationally. I found Jet decent when it was around, so I'm not dismissing Indian airliners for the sake of it. I do suspect though, that some of the people on thi...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2024

Any speculation on additional routes to the US? What about a return of the direct EWR-DXB flight?

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

I hate to say it but maybe IAD-KEF would work? I know FI is a long time flier on that route as well as BWI but maybe UA can carve out a niche if only for the summer on a MAX. Also, does Suriname share in any of those oil reserves Guyana has offshore? If so maybe IAH-Paramaribo could be not far behi...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

I’m hoping for the return of EWR-MAN.

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

No particular order from Manchester Karachi Lahore Islamabad Dacca Bangkok Hong Kong Melbourne Sydney Perth Delhi Johannesburg Male Mauritius Jeddah I’m surprised Delhi is the only Indian destination on that list. Why although not exhaustive VFR traffic from/to India is not that high in the North W...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Don’t know where else to ask this question and I don’t have access to the data, but does anyone know what the top 20 outstations for EK are for MAN? What about EWR? No particular order from Manchester Karachi Lahore Islamabad Dacca Bangkok Hong Kong Melbourne Sydney Perth Delhi Johannesburg Male Ma...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Don’t know where else to ask this question and I don’t have access to the data, but does anyone know what the top 20 outstations for EK are for MAN? What about EWR?

Re: Manchester (UK) Aviation - 2023

The machines always flag my backpack for some reason, but I never have any liquids in my bag. Honestly think the machines are way to sensitive in security.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

MAN was a 763 route in the last year of ops with extended periods of 764 ops and were floating the idea of starting an additional route. Based on what appears to be the norm, any resumed route would probably operate late April to early January. Always surprised ne that they never replaced bmi on OR...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

As other carriers start services, the need for A380s to many U.S. cities evaporates. Case in point: BOS. Etihad is coming in 2024, and it’s likely Air India as well. Both will take seats that EK might have needed an A380 for, but not anymore. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if EK reduced gauge at ...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

I think you will find that there is huge demand from all regions of the UK to Dubai and various points east.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

LAXdude1023 wrote:

Malayil wrote:

Really hoping for a return of EWR-MAN.

The only Star Alliance link between the US and MAN, oddly enough, is IAH-MAN on SQ.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Really hoping for a return of EWR-MAN.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

I would not lump WAW in with PRG and BUD. And it’s not even in Eastern Europe.. Prague is a stop on the American gap year backpacker trail, along with Berlin and Florence. None of these people even fly into said airports. I’ve never met any American in Berlin that actually flew to/from there. And e...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

TFS and PMI are 757 routes that go pretty full, I don't doubt their success. PMI is a 767 route and has performed well over two summers now. EWR-PMO is most likely of the Italy routes as it was previously announced. I don't know what Ukraine has to do with Prague or Budapest - you can argue Warsaw,...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Lilj4425 wrote:

Anybody know why Emirates still doesn’t fly to Atlanta? Seems odd to me especially when that airport has other middle eastern airlines like Turkish and Qatar.

Re: Newark (EWR) #1 for European destinations

MAN should hopefully return to EWR at some point. MAN is underserved to US. Only JFK, MCO and IAH (through Singapore airlines) have nonstops. UA should resume MAN and 321XLR would be ideal for this, previously was served by 757, and at one point, both IAD and EWR had flights to MAN. I would persona...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

With all those new planes will DXB become slot restricted?

Re: Newark (EWR) #1 for European destinations

MAN should hopefully return to EWR at some point.

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

I was doubtful on YUL but good for them. I guess whenever Canada deems to revise the bilateral again we will see YVR.

Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

I love these types of posts wrt to EK/EY/QR and people postulating what flights would work for Canada-India traffic. What people forget is that before the Ukraine war, Canada had been seeing a dramatic increase in nonstop flights between Canada and India - which were extremely popular with the trav...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

When is United going to figure out how to price Premium Plus? This is on IAD-DUB on Aug 1, zero people are booked into Premium Plus right now yet this is the price: https://i.imgur.com/rfpCZ0C.jpg Summer to Europe on UA is always nuts. But charging $1200 more for Premium than Polaris is beyond nuts...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

LAXPolaris wrote:

When is United going to figure out how to price Premium Plus? This is on IAD-DUB on Aug 1, zero people are booked into Premium Plus right now yet this is the price:

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

If EK announces YVR I wonder if it’ll have an impact on the SEA flight. We need a DEN flight before YVR. EK could announce any US destination it wants today. I think a lack of spare planes and crew are preventing expansion in the US. My guess for future destinations would be PHL, ATL, PHX and perha...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

And Montevideo (MVD), via EZE (and perhaps GRU or GIG at one point). Although the plane originated at JFK, MIA passengers could connect to the UA tag to MVD in EZE. As I did myself in Dec 1995 Those (1995-1996) were the years UA was the #1 US airline at EZE, with daily 747 service to MIA and daily ...

Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

So, if 5X EK and 6X Etihad = 11, which in turn equals 14X allowable, then what would 21X be? Note that EK has already increased 5x to 7x on the A380. What does that leave on the table for UAE carriers? Someone, please do the math and predict the potential destinations based on that. The 2018 press ...

Re: Canada UAE Bilateral Revised - 21X a week (50% increase)

I believe EK only flies to Toronto 5 or 6 times a week. My guess from an EK perspective that they will make YYZ daily and then do YVR 3 or 4 weekly.

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

... in the US I could see further expansion eventually to PHL, ATL. Yes. PHL is the biggest US metro area by population without an EK service - ATL is next. Wild card - HNL. With 350s coming online, smaller routes may become more viable? I wonder if EK has fifth freedom rights through Asian markets...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

TK appears to be circumventing the bilaterals. The 777 wet lease by Indigo is a charade. It is operated by City Air which may be connected to TK anyway. India does not need more service to Turkey as it is not a heavy O&D market and most of the traffic is beyond Turkey. The painting of the plane...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

Thenoflyzone wrote:

I think the next North American destination for EK will be to a predominantly French speaking city….

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

QR has been consistently pulling in 90%+ LFs @ BOS, so there’s def strong demand. Whether that means EK upgauges back to an A380 or EY announces service is anyone’s guess. I think another likely scenario is EK switches BOS to an A350 once they receive them and ups service to 10-12x a week. But I st...

Re: Emirates News and Discussion - 2023

I know the UA partnership just started a few weeks ago, but assuming all goes well, what expansion could we see from each airline? On the UA side, I think IAD-DXB would be the next route they launch on their own metal. On the EK side, I think this one is more tricky. The only UA hub they don't serv...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

Two good articles on foreign airlines wanting more seats in advance of AI’s new planes and Emirates wanting more seats https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/wrapup-air-india-expansion-stirs-row-over-airline-flying-rights-2023-03-21/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/em...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

I’m sorry but your situation is not normal. To be fair, where did he say it was? Usually when someone speaks of "in my circle," they're expressly indicating that this is a subjective to their own personal experience, and not objective to a whole. How is anecdotal evidence relevant as supp...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

So either AI is killing it with private-treaty corporate revenue from the SFO-based tech companies (doubt it), or there's something else at play that we're missing. ....then again, no need to assume "or," it's probably both. :( I've taken EWR-BOM four times and EWR-DEL once, and J was pac...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

Two good articles on foreign airlines wanting more seats in advance of AI’s new planes and Emirates wanting more seats https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/wrapup-air-india-expansion-stirs-row-over-airline-flying-rights-2023-03-21/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/em...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

Russian side having picked Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Goa, Amritsar, and Ahmedabad for their service points. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/india-agrees-to-russia-operating-more-passenger-flights-connecting-2-countries/articleshow/98583354.cms Can unde...

Re: Saudia announce four new routes

GF is returning to JFK officially confirmed...they even have posted a job opening for Airport Manager JFK on their website since December. Both IAH and ORD have equal p2p demand to JED/RUH/DMM more or less as per 2019 stats below: Round trip pax below: JEDORD 15,856 JEDIAH 7,544 RUHORD 9,150 RUHIAH...

Re: India Aviation - 2023

https://www.cargoforwarder.eu/2023/03/05/u-s-senators-demand-to-ban-airlines-from-overflying-russia-on-way-to-the-u-s/ While this is about Chinese carriers using Russian airspace, this demand from 2 US senators, if ever becomes a rule, could affect Air India's nonstop routings from India to US. AI ...

Re: Saudia announce four new routes

Saudia didnt choose Houston either. Its good for oil business but nothing.... The oil is in Dammam which isn't their hub. And DMM is pretty well served via one stops in Europe and the Persian Gulf. In fact, Gulf Air is rumored to be returning to IAH, and BAH is literally next door to DMM and more l...

Re: El Al to fly to FLL

Just like El Al serving both JFK and EWR makes lots of sense, so does FLL and MIA. Boca Raton is very much New Jersey South. That has been true for decades. While I’m not saying this doesn’t make any sense, the population sizes are completely different I've been travelling to and working in Broward...

Re: Air India launches BOM-SFO, resumes BLR-SFO and increases LHR frequency

Didn’t realize that the SFO market must be that much bigger than LAX. 16x weekly flights to SFO while nothing to LAX. Way more people of Indian descent live in the Bay Area. After NYC area it’s the largest in the US. Indian born people are the second largest foreign born population in the country a...

Re: MAN closed due to heavy snow

The whole country shuts down if an inch of snow is on the ground.