Re: IAD Before The United Hub

The Political thriller 7 DAYS in May was filmed inside the terminal in 1963 shortly after it had opened ... from what I recall they had 6 hours to do the two scenes as the airport had no traffic during those hours ... first year operation had around 55,000 passengers ... https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Updated: IAG agrees to acquire all of Air Europa

Killing a competitor - even if not very financially viable on its own and amassing more market share is not something competition authorities are very keen to bless these days, Lets see how IAG spins this and what concessions that can offer. That may be true, but the issue here is that Air Europa w...

Re: American Airlines heritage fleet disappearing??

This is being discussed in the AA fleet thread, and you can visit the fourth page for a few insightful links to Twitter (Jon NYC) and discussions other social channels. Thankfully, it appears the liveries will live on with different aircraft, but we haven't heard anything official yet. My guess is t...

Re: American Airlines Fleet - 2023

A Google search shows that a user on Reddit shared pictures of the repainting too. What a shame! It was always fun to see the heritage aircraft at airports in the USA. AA's fleet is so large that they are, indeed, more of a rarity. Some other airlines' retro planes/special colours are much more noti...

Re: A Hubbed LCC?

Pegasus runs a mega hub lcc operation . ( Yes SAW is in Europe ) IST is in Europe, SAW is in Asia. WN, F9, and NK in the U.S. have somewhat of a hub system, though I WN would rather call them "focus cities" or some term other than "hub." Think of LAS, DEN, BNA, BWI, MCO, MDW, an...

Re: Which plane to bring back to production?

The 717. Boeing should have continued production and renamed the MD-90 717-300 or something.

Re: IBERIA´s New Cabin and Ground Crew Uniform (2019)

For inclusion and equality. In 2018 it is known that gender is a social construct. Airlines should be progressive as countries like Sweden: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/28/health/sweden-gender-neutral-preschool/index.html That's a little extra. Sorry but uniforms don't harm anyone and flight att...

Re: future AZ uniforms revealed when?

This was extremely unnecessary given the current state of AZ. Quite underwhelming, to say the least. As LawAndOrder said, it reminds me of airline uniforms from the 90s and early 2000s. IB's 1990 uniform immediately came to mind (I recognize that they aren't identical). http://megustavolar.iberia.co...

Re: OAG Changes 6/3/2018:AA Adds DFW-BUF/DRT/ILM/SRQ,MIA-GSP/TYS;DL LAS-CDG for CES

If IB is running the flight as Primera and bookings are good, why doesn't IB run the flight themselves as a true IB flight similar to BOS-MAD? Thanks enilrea for a wonderful weekend thread! This is how IAG has it setup Long Haul from MAD - Iberia Long Haul from BCN - Level Larger BCN Markets such a...

Re: Major Airline New Livery Photo posted on A350? Possibly United? Any ideas?

The only way this could be interpreted to be the future UA livery is to think of it as a combination of both the Tulip and the CO Globe. The curved shape comes from the globe and the four lines represent the four sections of the UA Tulip (which itself represented the 4 time zones of the U.S. mainlan...

Re: LH Group - Why not operating all different group airlines under a single brand name?

While nationalism may be a part of keeping such a varied portfolio (and I think national pride is a good thing), there's a lot more to this issue than that. If keeping separate brands were such a bad idea Lufthansa Group and IAG would already have unified them. This practice is very common outside t...

Re: OAG Changes 4/29/2018:AA Adds MIA-PEI;B6 LGB Changes;F9 Suspends 5 Routes;UA Drops EWR-FWA

IB on MAD-LAX and MAD-BOS is indeed going year-round according to this article in La Vanguardia: http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180427/443051705673/iberia-apuesta-por-eeuu-con-vuelos-durante-todo-el-ano-a-los-angeles-y-boston.html " Iberia bets on the U.S. with year-long flights to Los Ange...

Re: Can AA Make a Comeback at BOS/JFK?

You have to remember that there was a time when DL was nothing in NYC and AA was one of the dominant players. Just because AA has cut back a lot now doesn't mean that in 10 years' time they can't ever grow in New York again. A change in leadership, another merger or some other economic factor could ...

Re: The undisclosed european CSeries customer

Here's how (I myself) think an IAG order would be used: IB could use the CSeries aircraft for the same role that the MD-87s played a while back. This would allow them to move some A320 family aircraft over to I2, and replace YW on some busy regional routes to allow their Iberia Regional brand to ent...

Re: A321LR takes to the skies for the first time

I love it! The racoon eyes are rather strange but everything else is perfect. Definitely this decade's 757.

Re: Will Jacksonville Ever see TransAtlantic Flights?

Again, JAX needs an LAX/SFO connection before it can get TATL flights. From my understanding, JAX is indeed its own market and most people there don't drive to MCO for travel. Gainesville is relatively close to the city on a map and the Mayo Clinic has a branch in Jacksonville (if that makes a diffe...

Re: Will Jacksonville Ever see TransAtlantic Flights?

I definitely agree that JAX should get a TATL flight at some point. Aside from tourism (PGA Golf and all the beaches), the city seems to have an important port/freight industry presence as well as some banks. The airport serves nearby St. Augustine and Amelia Island, which are both interesting for t...

Re: Rumor: LH might introduce a new/revised livery in 2018

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Re: Naming Specific Routes

IB still calls their MAD-BCN/BCN-MAD routes the "Puente Aéreo" (Air bridge). I'm sure other airlines with similar operations have titles for these services too.

Lessor sells 3 former IB MD-80 aircraft to Venezuelan airline

I couldn't find this in any of the forums and it's a very interesting story. All of my information (at the moment) comes from Twitter, and there's much speculation over who's actually bought the planes. Some people say that it's either Venezolana or Turpial Airlines while others suggest that a start...

Re: Irish 11/17 - China in our hands ...

Here's the SEA promotional video from EI:

https://youtu.be/T90dzigB83c

Re: Irish 11/17 - China in our hands ...

A real shame to hear the OneWorld news. Hopefully EI can at least begin to work more with IB, which belongs to the same holding company. At the moment BA can sell tickets on EI but IB, strangely enough, is left out. There's a lot of potential behind such a partnership, should they collaborate.

Re: OAG Changes 10/29/2007: 4O +LAX-BJX/PVR/SJD; AA +DCA-LIT/MGM/TLH, VPS/MYR to Daily; DL +JFK-BTV; KAI +KOA-OAK

The 2007 date threw me off XD

Re: Iberia low cost carrier (Level) to Colombia

This is getting out of hand. Spanish is my second language (English 1st) and I can assure you there is no mention of LEVEL flying out of MAD. Gallego says that IB plans to add 3 extra frequencies per week. He says that the percentage of Colombians flying to Europe has increased by 30-40% because the...

Re: Irish 10/17: Philadelphia here we come (again!) ...

In Mike Rutters presentation he said Aer Lingus were looking at a base/flights outside of Ireland to set up routes from USA- Mainland Europe. I wonder which city pairs would be a good fit for them. Of course many will remember the MAD-IAD but that was axed. Although slightly different in terms of t...

Re: Future Of VY In An Independent Catalonia?

Interesting to read this 2-year old thread on the eve of a much controversial referendum. How would VY and IAG fit in a Europe where both the U.K. and Catalonia are no longer EU members. Follow U2's lead? That referendum is illegal and Cataluña's current position as a region of Spain won't change. ...

Re: Airline Skews

While that is interesting, and it's good you did this, AA considers LAX a hub and is in fact the largest airlines there at the moment. Both DL and AA also use JFK/LGA as a hub so you've missed some routes there. AA's network would be more complete with those routes and it would be easy to see that t...

Re: Which mystery European airline other than VS bought 15 Boom XB-1?

This is a very interesting thread but we've all but forgotten the OP's question. I think the mystery airline was Air Nostrum (YW/ANE) :P Jokes aside, it was most likely LH or one of their airlines. They've got plenty of money and serve some "premium" business markets like FRA and ZRH. Of c...

Re: Alitalia Files For Bankruptcy

IAG cashed out its counter to pay BA's pension, almost destroyed IB, and now is in progress of rebranding it and making it disappear. A terrible example.... Don't you remember when IB was losing over 1€ million a day and all of the newspapers said it would disappear within a month? Maybe you prefer...

Re: Schiphol Presents New Terminal Building Design

It looks like a few 707s, DC-8s and VC-10s need to be parked at that terminal. That's an old design!

Re: Re: Cathay Pacific multiple "beer related" new destinations imminent UPDATE: CX announces HKG-DUB, HKG-BRU and HKG-C

I don't doubt the brewing capability of Americans nor do I think their beers are poor in quality. The only problem is that (at least in Europe) the United States is only known for a handful of breweries/brands. Many people were mentioning Dallas, TX. Dallas may have 50 different breweries, but no on...

Re: Have you already lost your time and/or money to just to fly on a specific aircraft?

I have done so many times and spent so much money over what the most direct option was I have lost count, nor do I really want to know...haha I have constructed whole routings and holiday destinations solely on aircraft type and airline.This month's trip is a classic example. I started planning the...

Re: Irish Aviation 8/17 - Lunasa san aer

CX's HKG announcement is very good news for DUB. Now all we need is for EI to rejoin OneWorld for once!

The saver fare is much better than I expected. It's nice to get more amenities and pay a little more than on Norwegian. The price is still low for a TATL flight.

Re: Worst Airline Fleet Choice (Regrettable Aircraft Purchases)?

The EI Vikings made for a funny story.

IB and the 757-200. They bought loads of them but couldn't quite find a way to deploy them properly. All 752s were replaced by A321s, which was an improvement for the company. Operating an all-Airbus fleet was also a goal of theirs at the time.

Re: Cathay Pacific multiple "beer related" new destinations imminent

Dublin would make sense since EI is set to join OneWorld in the not so distant future.

Re: AA starting service PHL-BUD/PRG move JFK-ZRH to PHL

I was referring to JFK-ZRH. AA flew to ZRH since the late 1980's from ORD I believe. That's grand, but AA still flew JFK-ZRH during the 90s. It's possible they dropped it right before the merger with TWA, but they flew that route along with BRU, MAN, LHR, and ORY out of JFK. I've even found evidenc...

Re: Iberia Drops BIQ, Increases EAS (IB/VY)

That is news. IB (YW) launched the BIQ roue only a year or two ago, so that's quite surprising. As for EAS, I'm glad to see them get increased service. VY has always said that the EAS-BCN flight performed well. The A320 is puzzling, however. Everyone talking about the runway shortening always said t...

Re: Aircraft/airline errors in books and films

I've seen documentaries about accidents that took place on small turboprops like Brasilias and such which have shown passengers boarding into a comparably roomy 737-like cabin. I imagine most of these programs have a fairly limited budget for building sets and the like and just reuse the same cabin...

Re: Aircraft/airline errors in books and films

This is fairly common, even in programmes to aviation accidents. I recently saw an old documentary on American Flight 11 and the 767-200 morphed into a 737-800, 777, and A300 in a matter of frames. With that kind of discontinuity, you'd almost expect them to show an MD-80 and an Eagle ERJ too xD

Re: BA Pax Claims They Were Forced To Sit In Urine

A friend of mine flew BA many years back and got sick on the plane. She said the flight attendant brought some tissues and made her clean it up herself. This news story is comparable to that experience and completely believable. It just sounds like that's BA's policy.

Re: What coffee is your airline serving?

EI serves Kenco coffee on its European flights and IB has Nescafe. Why would you order the coffee though when there's Barry's Tea?

Re: Changing airline code

Air Nostrum (YW/ANE) used to be listed as ANS. Later on they took up the ANE code when Americana de Aviación went bust. I believe that FlightAware still lists Air Nostrum as "Americana de Aviación." EDIT: Just checked and Air Nostrum is no longer listed as Americana de Aviación. They had i...

Re: AA starting service PHL-BUD/PRG move JFK-ZRH to PHL

I guess what I'm saying is that I think some perspective is still in order. Immediately prior to the TWA acquisition, AA had eight daily transatlantic flights from JFK to precisely two destinations (LHR and CDG). AA, next summer, excluding JV partners, will operate eleven daily transatlantic flight...

Re: Should SAS update or change its livery?

I agree that they should make the titles more legible. They could add more colour, but they should stay away from the 80s livery. Bands of colour are a thing of the past.

New Iberia Safety Video

I couldn't find this posted anywhere, so here's IB's new safety video. It reminds me a bit of AF's video. Overall they've improved. Using live actors and interesting visuals is much better than a cartoon. The Spanish flight attendant's voice is, however, too similar to something you'd find in a yogh...

Re: Ryanair Summer 2018 Routes News & Base Openings

Aren't the inter Canary routes PSA services? I don't think FR really wants to get into that business. I also agree with you from Castellón. The one thing everyone seems to forget about in Spain, though is demand originating in Spain. As the Spanish economy is improving, lots more people want to tra...

Re: Irish Aviation 8/17 - Lunasa san aer

Will the 321LR be used to increase frequency and free up A330s that currently go to JFK, BOS ect. If the 321 opens up 330s do you think we will see more long haul North American routes? It's likely they'll expand service to North America. These 7 A321s will replace the 4 757-200s EI is using, leavi...

Re: AA outlines 737 MAX plans

Here in Europe, short-haul IFE is very uncommon. Fly EI, IB, BA, AF, SN... you won't have a screen in front of you. 3 hour flights without IFE aren't impossible to survive. People usually just read, sleep, look out the window, or talk to each other. Besides, since AA will have free streaming of ente...

Re: Norway to crack down on Islamic bus seats

Christianity is not a peaceful religion, either. People use Christianity to beat and kill others all the time. Look at violence and hatred toward LGBTQ+ and the Latino community. You were actually so close, so let me help you: It is not religion itself but how people use it to manipulate others. Th...

Re: Denver Intl Air Service Announcement 8/14

They worded it strangely, but I interpret that "It will be the airport’s 10th foreign-flag carrier" means a flag carrier like AC, AM, EI, etc. If you can count to 9, you're in good hands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_International_Airport True! My apologies. I don't know much abou...