Planning a trip down under. Any load help is appreciated.
Also dates are flexible over the 1/22-1/24 weekend.
Thanks!
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Jump to postShot in the'dark: <acronym title="Japan Air Commuter">3X</acronym> daily <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> in March. One 7am flight returning to...
Jump to postHave <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> pick them up, put in their new lie flat biz seat, and place 2 on <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW...
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Jump to postI passed through recently on a <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> flight. The entrance is cluttered with the <acronym title="Taipei - Sung Shan (TSA / RCSS), Taiwan">TSA</acronym> machines and the so is the stairway to climb when going up to the gate level. There is still plenty of ...
Jump to postA few months ago we had a post asking what the future of aviation fuels held and some ideas floated included hydrogen and some other exotic fuels. While those types of powerplants are being looked at, the infrastructure for supplying such fuels has yet to be built and only adds to the cost of switch...
Jump to postDobbins is noisy enough with C-130's in/out and fighter jets doing touch and go's out there. Having the preexisting noisy traffic and existing noise footprint, I don't think it's impossible to overcome the neighbors, but a few restrictions will have to be put in place. It's possible to get Dobbins f...
Jump to postFrom their Human Resources website and from conversations with JB crewmembers. It is my understanding that their F/A's and Pilots had signed 5 year employment contracts. There was also a 3 year option I recall reading about and a part time option.
Jump to postPTV on the <acronym title="Milan - Malpensa (MXP / LIMC), Italy">MXP</acronym> leg. That one is on a 767-400. <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</...
Jump to postHere's the benefits to Delta: By the way this has been swirling around for a while now.... - Non unionized workforce. Much easier to integrate since all <acronym title="Helijet Airways (Canada)">JB</acronym> employees are on 5 year contracts, including the pilots. - Instant hub at <acronym title="Ne...
Jump to postStart moving some CRJ-900 flying to <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>. Add <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>, <acronym title="Boise - Air Terminal / Gowen Field (Municipal) (BOI / KBOI)...
Jump to postAll pure speculation but submitted with great thought and a few drinks. From <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> ...If Kitty Hawk was the cradle of aviation, <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild...
Jump to postIt has a B/E Aerospace logo on it. Each oven has 8 trays. Each tray fits 12 <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> Y/C meals on it. In F/C they have two ovens. They fit 5 9" plates per rack. They load every other glide in the oven because the entrees are tall enough that they get muddle...
Jump to postI recall reading a thread on here that <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> had been in talks with the Brazilian gov't in regards to starting service to <acronym title="Salvador - International / Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhaes (Dois de Julho) (SSA / SBSV), Brazil">SSA</acronym>. In s...
Jump to postSee if you can route <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym>-<acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN /...
Jump to postHow about <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> as a hub with flights to <acronym title="Tokyo - Narita International (New Tokyo) (NRT / RJAA), Japan">NRT</acronym>, <acronym title="Osaka - Kansai International (KIX / RJBB), Japa...
Jump to postYes <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 service prior to 9/11. Original plans were to serve the route before the end of 2006. The war in Israel earlier in the year and the subsequent softening of traffic caused a wait and see approach to expanding service. Is there a start date mentioned?
Jump to postBecause they share commonality with the MD-88 fleet cockpit, instrumentation wise, and they are cheap and abundant on the secondary market.
Jump to postSo far yes. Ship 610 arr SJO @ 1245P Local.
Will you be spotting from the bar opposite the terminal?
Where will they be deployed? I would hope on flights from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Lima - Callao / Jorge Chavez International (LIM / SPIM), Peru">LIM</acronym>, <acronym title="Shannon (SNN / EINN)...
Jump to postThe best bag I ever owned was the Samsonite hardside ( I think it's called the ellipse) rollaboard with an elliptical, collapsable handle and a bag strap that retracts and has a hook on the end. I flew with that bag over 1.75 million miles in over 8 1/2 years. I overstuffed it and forced it closed w...
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Jump to postIf a US carrier asks the DOT for permission it's usually to petition for route rights. But in this case it seems the Brazilian government has approved DL, so DOT appoval is pretty much guaranteed.
When is the route scheduled to commence?
There has been a change to the shutdown procedures in the past several months in order to not jeopardize the ETOPS program. In reviewing the instances in which shutdowns have occured, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> found that placing the engines in idle mode rather than shutdown...
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Jump to postAs far as yields go, I´m sure the yields for the aircraft dedicated to the route is pulling in more money than a Florida shuttle that was operated with the 767-300´s before they were converted to int´l configuration.
Jump to postAll of the new routes have done well. <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Sao Paulo - Guarulhos International (Cumbica) (GRU / SBGR), Brazil">GRU</acronym> has exceeded expectations, <acronym title="Varig Bra...
Jump to postAfter reading some notes, we finaly got a timeline and progress report on the configurations of the fleet. There are some anomalies, first of all the Song 757's are configured with 199 Y seats. There are 45 seats in the cabin forward of the 2L/R door that are being removed for the F seats leaving 26...
Jump to postDL just had the manufacturer of the B/E seats on the 767-300ER fleet recertify the seats for the -400. Same seats. They should have a warehouse full of them since the original configuration on the 767-300ER's were for 48 seats, then modified to 38 and now 36.
Jump to postIt is my understanding that the <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> flight is operated on behalf of a freight company and is profitable...
Jump to postAlong with the announcement of these new routes, they also mentioned that they will discontinue <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>-BOM and MAA. It was also mentioned that these new flights would be flown by US based F/A's. It seems that the BOM bas...
Jump to postIt is a sales gimmick.......Some numbers to ponder. According to the COO and some other executives, if <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> sold an extra $10 in liquor on its flights, it would have generated something like an extra $50 million in revenues last year. I can tell you her...
Jump to postThere are 2 777 slots in 2007 that <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> will exercise. Rumor is that these will be <acronym title="Lacsa (Costa Rica)">LR</acronym>'s. 777 service will be discontinued to Europe. The 8 767-400's will instead be redeployed on current 777 routes after the...
Jump to postThe 777 pilots are receiving literature regarding service to BOM. <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-BOM on November 1st. <acronym title="Lima - Callao / Jorge Chavez International (LIM / SPIM), Peru">LIM</acronym> is a rea...
Jump to postDepatures out of T- Concourse, but arrivals still need to clear in E- Concourse. AA used to fly to DFW with F-100's from Leon.
Jump to postI flew one of these planes earlier this month. What a marked improvement!!!! IFE in biz elite is interactive, on demand digital system. The headrest has the biz elite logo monogrammed in. Would have liked to have seen replaceable linen readrest covers in coach. Refit schedule I guess is 8 -300's in ...
Jump to post757's will seat 26 and 154. The 45 y/c seats in the front of the cabin will be removed for the 26 f/c seats. 767-300's have had 2 seats removed from y/c to bring f/a staffing down to 5 from 6. Eventually they plan to reconfigure the y/c cabin to allow more leg room aft of the exit rows. <acronym tit...
Jump to postOne of the most encouraging figures from this statement was the increase in RASM of 17% to 10.97. Full year RASM for 2005 @ CAL which was #2 was 9.32, although CAL has also reported gains of @ 12% for april. <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/transportation/10271658.html" target=_blank>http://...
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Jump to postGoing forward, the flight looks heavily booked in both directions for the month of June.
Jump to postLook for a snowbird pattern for aircraft deployment. Europe in Summer. South America and Hawaii (and new markets) in winter. The winter shift in flying is a conundrum that looms for <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>. We will likely see a redeployment of a/c into South American mark...
Jump to postDL used to stock a poached pear dessert that was rarely eaten. There is also a fruit plate for those who do not wan't ice cream, as well as a selection of liquores.
Jump to postPoaching of customers was quite common during the paper ticket era, more commonly throughout the 80's. There were competitions amongst the <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> agents to see who could steal customers from <acronym title="European Regions Airlines (Spain)">EA</acronym>....
Jump to postFlorida through the 80's and 90's was a powerhouse for Delta. It derived 1/3 of it's revenues from Florida alone. But along came the LCC's that poisoned the well that everybody drank from, add to that the strategy of retrenching in the hubs post 9-11 and the fare cuts to stimulate demand and you had...
Jump to postDL Tech Ops in <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> does the mods. One of the reasons for the delay in ship 1701 being converted is because of supplier issues with Panasonic, which is the AVOD system being in...
Jump to postWith the refits, they are putting 110V outlets in the 1st 10 rows of y/c on the 767-300er's and in business.
Jump to postNo PTV's in coach on the 767-300ER anytime in the near future (through 2007) No upgrades to overhead bins on this a/c either.
The announcement that they were adding coach seats to the 767-300ER was made sometime this past winter. They are adding seats and deleting the crew rest seats.
The other drink, besides the Mojito will be a Mango Margarita and a non-alcoholic type of beverage. They will refresh the menu as the year progresses. I think Song tried a Peppermint Schnappes Hot Chocolate this past winter from <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (B...
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