BWIAirport wrote:UA is putting the 77W on IAD-CPT this spring, a pretty substantial increase in capacity: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240318-ua2q24cpt
Is this the longest 77W route in UA's network?
Is this replacing both the A and B gates? It sure is! IIRC, the current terminal facilities (really just one L-shaped building) are both far too close to the active runways to meet current FAA standards It’s truly incredible that the terminal has managed to exist in this state for so long. If I’m n...
Jump to postI’ve come close to tipping a couple 321s, once where the aft water panel literally came down on my head as I was filling it during an offload. Didn’t need a step ladder to close up the panel at least. Kind of surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
Jump to postRDU update. UA ramp agents are scheduled to report 10-1. Rumor has it that they will be working flights before the scheduled cutover date of 11-1. The vendor is a mess right now. Over 35 UA ramp employees are transferring in. Most are from IAD and DEN. Is it an early cutover or is that just normal ...
Jump to postCan somebody 'in the know' like alasizon answer this? Somebody posted this quote in the AA Network thread and it doesn't ring true in my mind, is it? ... I’ve got a little insider knowledge on this one since I work for an airline based in PHX. The reason Sky Harbor doesn’t have more international f...
Jump to postFrom what I remember, A30, A13 and B13 can accommodate widebody aircraft with closing off adjacent gates, but they can’t be used for international arrivals. Do you know which gates can handle wide body for international ? B23 and B25. B28 can take a 763 as well, although these days that doesn’t hel...
Jump to postPer Ishrion Air Canada will start 787-900 service on PHX-YYZ from October 29th for NW23 https://twitter.com/ishriona/status/1690024667862769664?s=61&t=BJeTUOJ_6ROjyeTsuYJwTw Wow, sure enough, it's in the GDS already and it's true AC not Rouge (don't think Rouge has any 787's but thought I'd men...
Jump to postWhat is United doing in Manila ? Pan Am used to fly a 747 to MNL via HNL & Guam. UA purchased PA assets in 1986 and has not flown nonstop for a reason, its a low yielding market. There has to be better use of 777-300ER on another route, given UA's large international system that should be easy ...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1677902121193164801?t=WiNMZhycjYWWJrJAEezfvg&s=19 Here's the link for the full timings and details! But great news as fares should come down hopefully, I guess yields are very high, but fares in Polaris are horrendous. Upwards on $20k roundtrip at times. On a...
Jump to postI haven't been on the ramp in 15 years. I admit that I was guilty of taking shortcuts. But even with taking a shortcut, you must still pay attention. Wearing hearing protection or not, you can still hear an engine running and even more so, you can hear the distinct sound the engines make when the f...
Jump to postadamblang wrote:All the MAXes I've been on have the outlet in front of the knee rather than behind.
And it looks like NEXT refits move the outlet to in front of the knees rather than behind as well.
UA reducing EWR-LHR from 7 daily to 6. UA 14 and UA 905 are being dropped for the Summer 2023 season through September. Wondering if the slot is going to support another LHR flight temporarily on the LHR end. Upgauges to keep seat count about flat? Did IAD pick up another LHR turn? I think I heard ...
Jump to postThere are some specials for the 'big game' with 777s. Well Super Bowl is different, PHX has not (correct me if I’m wrong) ever had scheduled WB from UA) United used to send scheduled widebodies to PHX all the time, mainly SFO and ORD. Usually the 763 "ghetto birds", but sometimes 772s. I ...
Jump to postWithout a dedicated Premier Access lane, and other Premier perks in C, I can imagine many 1Ks and GS members being unhappy about flying out of A. I wonder if United has something similar in the works for the new Terminal A. Jetblue does: While most passengers will check in at a kiosk or desk, there...
Jump to postaustwin wrote:The city desperately needs to get AA's C-Point moved so they can start building T3.5
What is a c-point?
Bus frequency and size will be increased as demand is forecast to be at least the same, if not greater, due to larger gauge. UA recently changed bus vendors at EWR for this purpose. Yes, 102 and 120 can be used by WB at the same time. 120 can accommodate up to a 767-400 and is a tow-in gate. Those ...
Jump to postBridges at their absolute limits or past ADA limits...never. In a fit test once, we had a bridge that was planned to dock to an aircraft about 6” from its minimum retraction limit. Even after it took 10 minutes to get it up to the aircraft door, the field engineer still couldn’t see a problem and w...
Jump to postWhen you do major construction projects like this, there is always an engineering company responsible for the design of the plans (PHX almost always uses AECOM/HUNT) but then they go through the approval of the airline. Playing devil’s advocate for a moment, that isn’t how it always works. In my ex...
Jump to postMy understanding is that certain gates if both occupied do not meet WN's standards for wingtip separation and for their Provo team to be able to cater the front galley. Unfortunately there is nothing I can physically share but for now WN is only using 4 gates a day on the concourse and only in the ...
Jump to postThis might be part of broader planning but have always wanted to know how airports/engineering firms determine gates and the aircraft that could park at them. Must be a lot of data There are many factors and constraints that influence aircraft parking; at the master planning level those will mostly...
Jump to postToday was the last day of operations at TGU:
https://twitter.com/irod_757/status/147 ... 86112?s=21
Service transitions to XPL tomorrow with the flight upgauged to a B752.
According to ORD's Facebook page the train will only operate from 10:30 AM to 8:30 PM and then buses will continue to run 24/7. I don't understand that, unless they plan on eventually expanding the train hours within a short period of time. Didn't the old train run 24/7? They plan on starting with ...
Jump to postAnother huge issue for AA is right now hotel rooms are available in FAI. That's a unique market not DFW or PHX. As we approach peak summer season and a forecasted high tourist year there will not be hotel rooms for AA to book coming very soon. They are gonna cancel flights and leave them stranded i...
Jump to postFor a plane that size there would have to be capacity restrictions to DCA I would think. That runway would seem too short for a plane that size. It’s not just the runway, the taxiway system is not designed for Group IV aircraft with wingspan larger than a B757. That is to say, subject to pavement l...
Jump to postIt’s not just the runway, the taxiway system is not designed for Group IV aircraft with wingspan larger than a B757. That is to say, subject to pavement limitations you can absolutely taxi a widebody around DCA but it’s going to require that operations are restricted on parallel taxiways/runways (i...
Jump to postDoes anyone know how UA 43 OGG-EWR has been performing in terms of ops? Is it weight restricted? Any tech stops required? Iʻm booked on it next Friday. I still canʻt believe a 763 can make it all the way to the east coast using a 7000 ft runway. I’m sure others will be able to provide a more techni...
Jump to postWhere they fly the 777HD, there are no slots issues. It's hub-to-hub, volume markets (like HI), HNL to the Lower48 and GUM and most importantly Cargo. The 764's just don't have the cargo uplift of a 777, and not enough seats. Though I would love to fly a UA 764 into DCA or LGA. It has been years si...
Jump to postUnited just release some more information about our long term goals and what United is looking at once the pandemic is completely behind us. Some of this information we already know but some of it is new. Ill start with the hubs and UA's long term goals for each hub. ORD: grow to 700+ daily flights...
Jump to postPolot wrote:Golfmikey wrote:I’m not trying to be confrontational lol...just wondering if it’s feasible.
No. The A320 cargo bin is not that tall (maybe ~4’ max). Not enough room to throw a crew rest down there.
N670UA is in JFK today for training, currently parked at Gate 2.
Jump to posttphuang wrote:Seat1D wrote:tphuang wrote:
You might want to check the gate/slot situation on each of JetBlue's major focus cities.
I don't think United is worried about that. There is always a way 'in'. You should know that of all people.
They have 6 gates at BOS and there just aren't gates available.
Kind of shocking that PHX-BZN wasn't already served. Especially with both SLC and DEN serving it. For a while AA ignored Montana. HP used to serve PHX-BZN back in the day but it was cut circa 2007 as I recall. They flew mainline PHX-FCA seasonally and did not return after 2007. I don’t recall BZN b...
Jump to post[ That’s simply not true. Even vs 2019, 2021 ORD-Florida capacity is down 19% on a seat basis and 14% on a flight basis, and total Florida capacity from all hubs/lines is down 14% by seats and 10% by flights. The schedule for ORD-Florida in March 2019 ORD-EWY 0x daily (this route had already been s...
Jump to postklwright69 wrote:Will UA JFK ground handling be inhouse staff or a vendor?
Are any old JFK employees able to transfer back to JFK from LGA or EWR?
United has been pretty good about sending updated aircraft to India. Do you have any data to support your claim? How many times young 77Es were sent or How many times Polaris configured 77Es were sent to India. Point is you cannot change a passengers real experience with hypothetical scenarios. Yes...
Jump to postAnyone know what's driving all of the traffic to Guam? Right now, I see three direct 777s enroute to Guam from LAX, HNL and SFO. I know Guam has a large US military presence, but this seems like a lot of lift for a little island when the leisure market is non-existent. As others have mentioned, GUM...
Jump to postIt really makes fiscal sense for this to loiter in the air and not on the ground? Must be a pretty tight window in which they determine whether it needs to divert. I’m guessing that the cost of missing a delivery guarantee more than justifies the cost of flying an aircraft that is already carrying ...
Jump to postThat's not the problem what is the problem is that 764 has a 14 foot greater wingspan than the 763, which means you need larger spots which creates issues especially around densely packed airports for both FedEx and UPS and if you're going to create bigger parking spots you might as well just go fo...
Jump to postI really don't understand the whole "pass travel is useless" mentality. I only have four years with my company... Pre-COVID I nonreved at least twice a month if not more. 125,000 miles in 2019... Of course you have your like once yearly nightmare where you get stuck or have to get REALLY ...
Jump to postIf I'm reading it all correctly, the DEN Hub VP is being replaced by another person, so the position isn't being eliminated, just changed. Or am I misunderstanding the changes? Correct, another current hub VP will move to DEN to assume that role, so it will be retained. That VP role will be filled ...
Jump to post789 New Delivery: N29975 sked first revenue flight 1144/23May after extensive wing damage repair at ORD during new delivery Induction. Aircraft was first delivered with Polaris/PP installed. Currently 5 in service delivered with Polaris plus 2 with completed Polaris mod. United continues to add som...
Jump to postDecided to catch up on the PHX thread as I lived in northern AZ for 19 years and flew HP exclusively. Wasn’t there some connection between HP and Ansett Australian that they would link HP PHXHNL to Ansett’s HNLSYD? Then at some point HP took a few of Ansetts 737-377 and talks about 767s happened bu...
Jump to postNo need to wait for that. AA will be around 40 flights IMO They will lose exclusive use of the terminal AA has the lease on T8 through 2036 so not sure how they could lose exclusive use of the terminal? It would be surprising if the T8 lease did not contain a provision for reallocating gates if AA ...
Jump to postUnited to add new charter cargo flights to PEK, TPE, and CTU. https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/04/12/united-airlines-adds-beijing-chengdu-and-taipei-cargo-only-flights/#4551464d1121 The end of the article gives more detail into why the NRT stopovers have been required. This has always ...
Jump to postFor those interested below are cargo only ops routes planned through May. (in addition to the six-passenger routes) LAX-NRT-PVG ORD-NRT-PVG SFO-NRT-PVG SFO-NRT-TPE Do we know the reason for the stop in NRT on the China and Taiwan flights? Is this crewing-related like we saw with the GUM stop for XM...
Jump to postDSM looks to be consolidating operations starting next week. In addition to the consolidations, you also have re-deployment of gates to fit different aircraft mixes to reflect the different mix of aircraft flying routes currently. Is anyone actually doing that right now? All of the consolidations, e...
Jump to postIn addition to the consolidations, you also have re-deployment of gates to fit different aircraft mixes to reflect the different mix of aircraft flying routes currently. Is anyone actually doing that right now? All of the consolidations, equipment swaps, and charters I’ve dealt with to this point a...
Jump to postThere is no FAA separation requirement to operate arrivals versus departures on the 4s in VFR conditions unless there is a local procedure that prohibits it. LAX runs each complex simultaneously all day or night long. Only restriction in rolling departures is IFR weather or if arrival is not visibl...
Jump to postnope....in fact UA is consolidating all operations in C for the moment. Any idea what the flight number out of A was or where it was headed? Was checking don’t have flight numbers but I saw 737s, A320s coming and going. I haven’t heard that they are consolidating all ops to C? Nothing that I can fi...
Jump to postWN to start 2x daily service to SJD and 1x daily service to PVR effective 10/8. https://www.swamedia.com/releases/release-7891806c7548b6e63143b76e59050969-southwest-airlines-extends-published-flight-schedule-through-oct-30-2020 I've always thought this was just a matter of time. I'm curious if AC's...
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