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Re: Rumor: American to make huge announcement

American teases on Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanair/status/1158771294378352642?s=21 Based soley off of this Twitter video, I'd guess it has something to do with expanded Mexico resort destinations, fresh in-flight guacamole (like they're doing at ORD Admirals club), free booze for everyone ...

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Typhoon Linfa Issues At HKG

Was just flying on <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 137 <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> - <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - International (Chek Lap Kok) (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak I...

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RE: 2015 Airline Industry Predictions

AA announces JFK - TLV starting in 4th quarter 2015

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RE: Closed Airport Terminals

YMX Montreal Mirabel. This is still my number 1 saddest, creepiest and most beautiful abandoned airports ever.

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RE: Dreamlifter Lands At Wrong Airport

Just curious to know if this short takeoff and landing with this type of aircraft made any world record?

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RE: Aerolineas Argentinas Resume JFK Service

So, like, wow. I used to fly them a lot on this route. Good to see them coming back.

330s sound better than their aging recycled CX 340s. Wonder what the cabins will look like on the 330? Any chance of lie-flats?

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RE: DC-10 Teething Pains Versus 787

I was around for all the DC-10 highs and lows. Teething pains for the DC-10 were cargo door design flaws which ultimately resulted in 346 deaths in the THY crash just outside <acronym title="Paris - Orly (ORY / LFPO), France">ORY</acronym>. What was not a teething pain was the American crash just ou...

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RE: OZ 777 Crash At SFO Part 10

I know that no one wants to ever hear "pilot error"... but call it what it is and don't hide behind politics etc.

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RE: National Airlines And Chicago

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jsnww81" class="quote" target="_blank">jsnww81</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="San Francisco - Internation...

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RE: ET 787 On Fire At Heathrow Part 3

Assuming they repair the aircraft and put it back into service, I'm interested if anyone knows how they eliminate smoke damage. Will it always smell a bit like smoke in there? Will they need to replace the seats, carpeting, etc...?

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RE: ET 787 On Fire At Heathrow Part 3

Maybe someone forgot to turn off the iron.

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RE: Racist Pilot Names Published On Tv For OZ214

Hey Tosh.0, an intern just became available!

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OZ 777 Crash At SFO Part 3

Reminds me a bit of similar crash of Japan Airlines that landed 2.5 miles short of runway at <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym> back in November 22, 1968. That time it landed right in the bay and after some fixing up, went back into service fo...

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RE: Emirates To Reshape American Aviation

Having flown <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> - <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> - <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</a...

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RE: Angry Passenger Destroys Gate, Computers ( Video )

God I love this video! So great that there are still crazies out there to provide viewing pleasure like this. Without him, how could we possibly avoid work and spend the time watching entertainment like this.

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No Kids Allowed In Upper Decks On A380 And 747s?

Looking forward to knowing which airlines do this. I will go out of my way to fly with them.

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RE: Mythbusters Shows Most Airlines Board Wrong(video)

From what I can tell, they left out priority boarding based on FF status. This is a real-life control element that would effect timing and satisfaction.

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RE: Official: New AA Livery - Jan/18 - Part 4

It really, really saddens me to read all these U.S.A. apologists on here. Decrying that the use of the American flag on a plane will offend people around the world. If that truly disturbs your globally sophisticated sensibilities, I suggest you take another look at the name of the airline. LOL, I do...

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RE: Official: New AA Livery - Jan/18 - Part 4

I personally love the fact that in this new design the American Flag totally covers the back end of the plane. The last thing I want as an American flying in an American Airline is to hide any fact that I'm not proud of my country and my flag. It makes me very happy that they aren't shying away from...

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RE: Official: New AA Livery - Jan/17 - Part 3

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/EricR" class="quote" target="_blank">EricR</a> (<a href="#243" class="quote">Reply 243</a>):<br/><i>The design of the tail did exactly what it w...

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RE: Official: New AA Livery - Jan/17 - Part 3

Website just went live with the new branding minutes ago.

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RE: Official: New AA Livery - Jan/17 - Part 3

I think the entire identity system is crisp, elegant and friendly. I already like it and can't wait to start seeing it appear everywhere and on everything. Run into the future and let go of the past. The tail is awesome. As an American, I'm very proud to be flying in a plane with a stylized United S...

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RE: SQ Publishes A345 SIN-LAX/EWR Nonstop End Dates

Shame. At least I got a chance to fly the <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym> service 3 times back when they had Y cabin. A great experience to be in the air for so long. Once this route is gone, what will take over as the longest flight in th...

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Iraqi Airways Takes Delivery Of One 777-200LR

In the late 80's there was a huge Iraqi Airways ticket office located in the lobby of the McGraw-Hill Building on 6th Ave. in Manhattan. Every time I'd walk by it I'd look in and check it out. It was strange they'd have such a large office since they didn't have flights out of <acronym title="New Yo...

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RE: Rise And Fall Of An International Airport

GSW is nothing compared to this International Airport...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BsFQAAblL8

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RE: New UA Comercial

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/0NEWAIR0" class="quote" target="_blank">0NEWAIR0</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>I see Delta commercials often and, prett...

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RE: New UA Comercial

A long list of stale RTBs (Reasons To Believe) -- a few added destinations blah blah seats blah blah blah app blah blah. A list of features cobbled together with an inspiring soundtrak does not build a mega brand. It says you don't have a clear positioning for your brand. Sure every brand can tout t...

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RE: Boeing S.C. Delivers Air India’s First 787

Does anyone know if it actually took off for India this morning (Friday Sept. 7)?

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Boeing S.C. Delivers Air India’s First 787

Won't believe it until it actually lands in India this Saturday.

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2404

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RE: AF Thinking To Launch Some ORY-Europe Flights

In addition to the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> European flights being redirected to <acronym title="Paris - Orly (ORY / LFPO), France">ORY</acronym>, I would really like to see <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> take just one of their many <acronym title="New York - John F. Kenned...

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RE: MAS & Thai A380s Paint Jobs Finished

MH livery is a Hot Mess. Ouch. My eyes hurt.

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RE: AA To Cut Jobs

I wonder if Alec Baldwin has supplied AA with his top picks for the axe list.

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RE: A330 On Trial

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Babybus" class="quote" target="_blank">Babybus</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>As far as I'm aware there are millions of ...

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Ghost Names. Recycled 3-letter Airport Codes

Since 3-letter airport codes are so scarce they can be recycled one year after they are dropped. Case in point, when Idlewild Airport became <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>, the old IDL tag was retired then reused for In...

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RE: Most Radical Livery Changes

Alia to Royal Jordanian in the mid-to-late 80's. First time I saw the Royal Jordanian 747 parked at the <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> international terminal all decked out in its new grey, gold and red livery I was ama...

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RE: Evidence Of Defunct Airlines

Last year I was boarding a Delta flight at gate 16 from PanAm's old WorldPort terminal and right as you enter the jetway there's an old metal sign with the PanAm logo and instructions on how to exit the jetway in case of an emergency. I don't know if they have these at all the jetways, but I thought...

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RE: Nigeria Airways Fleet Disposal Begins ([email protected] Pics)

Great photographs -- thanks for sharing them.
Why is it one tail logo is a flying elephant and the other a flying bird? I always thought it was just the flying elephant. When did the bird appear?

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RE: Hubs From Days Gone By

Trans International Airlines/Transamerica Airlines: OAK
World Airways: OAK

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RE: Confirmed: MEA Fleet Evacuated To Cyprus

It was reported on BBC America this morning that <acronym title="Macae (MEA / SBME), Brazil">MEA</acronym> flew a number of jets out of <acronym title="Beirut - Rafic Hariri International (BEY / OLBA), Lebanon">BEY</acronym> to AMM. They are planning on storing them at Amman indefinately. This seems...

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RE: VS New Livery: Pic

Yawn. Hope they didn't actually pay for this nuance. Besides people who actually pay attention to things like this (people like us) I doubt the average airline passenger will even notice.

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RE: Varig's Current State - These Images Say It All.

Tragic. Reminds me of the cluster of Braniff planes at <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> the day they stopped operating. This is the notice that Varig is posting on their U.S. website right now: VARIG has reduced its flight operations until ...

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RE: Where Will It All End?

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RE: UA To Drop Some Long-Haul Routes

ORD-<acronym title="Osaka - Kansai International (KIX / RJBB), Japan">KIX</acronym> Flew it in April and flight was half full. Price was rock bottom $655. Way lower than any of their Asia flights. Wouldn't be surprised to see them pull this one. Plus, isn't the U.S. military slowly reducing its pres...

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RE: TW And PA In LAX/SFO

It the 1968 movie Bullitt with Steve McQueen there are a few scenes that take place at <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>. All the Pan Am 707s are parked at what looks to be the old Terminal 1. Can anyone confirm where Pan Am was prior to it r...

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RE: 14 Hr Non-stop Flight

Last year I took the 18.5 hour long <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> flight in premium economy. 37 hours total inflig...

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RE: Pressing F/A Call Button Rude?

I was on <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> 2 nights ago into <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> sitting in sea...

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RE: Qatar's New Livery: Here She Is In Real...

I also noticed on their website the new livery for Iran Air. Hard to tell what the design is on the tail.

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RE: Has Anyone Witnessed A Plane Crash?

September 11th I had just stepped out of my apartment on West 8th St. when I heard the first plane coming and looked up as it went speeding over. I had never heard engines whining so hard or so loud. Seconds later I heard it slam into the Trade Center. The rest is history. Something I'll never forge...

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RE: DL's New Interiors

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RE: Etihad. Not A Very Consumer Friendly Name.

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