Why? Because the last solar eclipse in 2017 was an absolute GA nightmare. Some centers ran out of squawk codes. Many facilities are having to staff additional controllers for this event in preparation for the massive influx of GA again. Is the biggest problem limited to GA traffic flying to and lan...
Jump to postStinkyPinky wrote:Another screenshot found online, with a better idea of what they'll look like...
https://imgur.com/gallery/dRQrlum
I’m not sure that name will work well. Seems like it’d be a headache of an airline, with cramped seats and irritable employees. The red paint scheme also might not work with the Florida heat. "Air Flo" sounds more like an HVAC company; maybe a little more though needs to go into that name.
Jump to postausinTex wrote:OMG!!!!! BIG announcement!!!!! https://x.com/MaxMasseyTV/status/176469 ... 48777?s=20
SAT Airport announces new logo and branding
That's my question. If UA can only make LAX-BNE work on a seasonal basis with a large hub at LAX, and with QF already on the route (not to mention AA's upcoming DFW-BNE service), I'm not sure what DL's thinking here. My guess is that they view MEL as too saturated, because that would be the obvious...
Jump to postdavidjohnson6 wrote:The money spent on high-speed rail will become a financial debt owed by Morocco to China. That debt will need to be repaid either financially or via other non-financial means.
eta unknown wrote:So the wool scarf and hat in the pictures is for...
a) Tokyo in winter?
b) clothes you need when you return to the USA in winter??
So basically it boils down to the fact that a maintenance tech in Tulsa gets better pay and benefits than one in El Salvador. And a reservations agent in North Carolina gets better pay and benefits than one in India. And you can say the same about an AMT in ATL for DL and one in SFO for UA. And non...
Jump to postI would have to assume that if the Mexican government creates a more transparent slot allocation process for MEX that the decision would be reversed. It's effectively a tit-for-tat, but if Delta is benefiting unfairly from an ATI that's also completely blocking competition, then termination of the ...
Jump to postI would think Spirit would be begging for relief from having to take planes… Not only that; you have to wonder if Airbus isn't a little queasy about whether or not Spirit (and IndiGo... and Frontier...) will actually be able to accept all of the planes they have on order, considering the financial ...
Jump to postNW served DTW and MSP from RIC for years. DL has served ATL, LGA, JFK, BOS for years. Net change is less flights and capacity to DTW which is hard to fathom. Since that time RIC as added mainline nonstops to LAX, LAS, SFO, DEN, TPA, IAH, MIA, FLL, MDW, CHS, BNA and I'm probably missing some. RIC ai...
Jump to postYou are actually incorrect about Delta's ambitions in BOS. I was personally involved in the Terminal A project negotiations with Massport. The justification for the entire project was that BOS was to become a Delta hub and international gateway. That was always the plan. It just got derailed by the...
Jump to postwarpedreality wrote:Any chance these P2P flights are intended to sway the favor of any pols in the TX legislature?
Leather is associated with being more premium in the U.S., certainly with cars which of course America has long needed and had a lot of. When JetBlue rolled out, "leather seats and TV's" was part of how they positioned themselves as unique and upmarket, Song and Virgin America followed su...
Jump to postIs there any chance the end goal final combined brand could be a 3rd brand? "Pacific Airlines" "Oceanic Airways" or something similar, acknowledging that Alaska or Hawaiian doesn't make too much sense for the combined airline? I think it'd be easy to say "Alaska Air and Haw...
Jump to postTransWorldOne wrote:N717TW wrote:yes!
Not served last summer but previously served nonstop from the US:
SNN, MAN, PDL, ALC, STR, HAM, VIE, BUD, OSL, WAW, IST, and SVO
seven last summer but not previously:
NONE
Note: SNN is returning.
Also DBV, PSA, OTP, AGP, LYS, VLC
It appears the animal had come from an island adjacent to the airport, where the Brazilian Navy has facilities. The rodent was returned to the island. https://aeroin.net/aviao-da-gol-arremete-no-santos-dumont-por-causa-de-capivara/ I am not an expert on Brazilian culture; maybe there is something s...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:V America anyone?
Flight attendants need a break too, and there really isn't anywhere to go to take one away from your job on an airplane. You saw the cabin, everyone was settled in and the restrooms were not being blocked. The idea that people should be "ON" for 5 or 6 hours straight is ridiculous. Except...
Jump to postDelta/KLM are being cut by an infinitesimal percentage and allowed to continue their monopoly to the northeast United States. The consumer suffers as a result. Saying the same thing over and over, again and again, does not make it true. It is not right to say Delta/KLM have a "monopoly" i...
Jump to postDelta/KLM are being cut by an infinitesimal percentage and allowed to continue their monopoly to the northeast United States. The consumer suffers as a result. Saying the same thing over and over, again and again, does not make it true. It is not right to say Delta/KLM have a "monopoly" i...
Jump to postThe U.S. government has a century-old history of breaking up companies. See Standard Oil (link below) or AT&T. There's nothing that says the DOJ couldn't file suit to break up American, Delta, United or Southwest tomorrow. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Standard-Oil That's not to say the DOJ ...
Jump to postOh it’s totally competitive! If jetblue is eliminated there are still 2 airlines on the largest US market to Amsterdam. I meant these 2 airlines share revenue, plan their schedules together, and are able to adjust capacity as a single entity, but they are TOTALLY competing. You overlook United, fly...
Jump to postEven with a more compatible fleet I can't see AS being interested in buying HA. AS doesn't need a hub at HNL and HA doesn't really bring anything to their West Coast hubs/focus cities which AS doesn't or can't offer on its own. AS has a good relationship with Boeing so if they wanted 787s they coul...
Jump to postReality is SLC will continue to be a small-ish hub because of Delta's conservative nature, lack of O&D and needs at other hubs. A lot has been added at NYC, BOS, LAX with not a whole lot new at SLC the past few years. The opening of more gates is not going to change that. Reality is that nobody...
Jump to postApart from northern Nordics (and there's not a lot of people in the north of the Nordics), Helsinki and the Baltics... where do you connect to via OSL or ARN ? Norway has been in NATO for a long time and Sweden recently joined NATO... I don't see Scandinavian - Russia relations improving for some t...
Jump to postYou have to assume DL knew AF/KL was bidding on SAS. I assume we'll see some upgrades to JFK-ARN/CPH and at least the addition of service from ATL if not MSP? I also wonder if DL might add a flight to OSL, once the AF/KL/SK partnership is in effect. SAS's three hubs - particularly ARN and OSL - cou...
Jump to postWOW! I would have never seen that coming! I wonder if the restrictions at AMS were a contributing factor. I realize this sort of deal takes months of preparation, but needing an additional hub - or hubs - may have expedited their thinking. While CPH is cramped and crowded, ARN is an excellent connec...
Jump to postHe is only talking about origin, thus the O, not Destination-D traffic. But any "Destination" airport becomes an "Origin" airport when those passengers choose to go home. Let's keep it simple: - "Transfer" = passengers who are connecting through the airport; - "O&...
Jump to postTypically, airports have "Origin- and Destination" (O&D) and transfer passengers.. There are some big, major airports that have almost no O&D-passengers, such as Las Vegas or Venice/Italy. Using those two airports as an example; you have it exactly backward: almost everyone is an ...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:The passengers dog was found at ATL 40 minutes ago
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlant ... HXTKIAA5U/
I sure have a lot of reasons to believe DL will get involved at some point (access to India plus EY's ownership of AZ and W9's old LHR slots), hence why I thought to post but I also have ZERO information to establish anything other than pure speculation. I think your speculation is well-founded. AF...
Jump to postFor every such Russian material, there's an equivalent Ukrainian report in which soldiers complain about the disaster of leadership on the front lines, how they're being sent to their deaths unprepared and unequipped. You only have to search Russian sources. Searching "Russian sources" is...
Jump to postBeing discussed in the LA Basin Airports thread. This link was listed there which shows the rather banal connector: https://www.lawa.org/-/media/lawa-web/tenants411/guest-experience/files/cht2023/construction-hot-topics-082823.ashx "Banal" is the understatement of the day! I suspect that ...
Jump to postI’ve seen on other threads that AA/DL are both getting 2 of the new weekly China frequencies, is that confirmed though? And any idea how they will be used if so? It seems UA is the only one who has officially said how many frequencies they got and how they plan to use them. Did UA say how many they...
Jump to postTryToFlySomeday wrote:What will happen to my reservation? Booked ORD-GRU-SDU and back a few weeks ago on UA and GOL interline agreement. Should I be worried?
PW1133G wrote:So assuming everyone is going to go from 4 to 8?
Will be interesting to see if everyone stays PVG focused or if we start to see some Beijing flights return.
Reported by Reuters:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex ... 9a46&ei=37
Will UA and Delta jump on this... or not?
smi0006 wrote:What is the motif in the red on the tail?
It's terrible. I prefer the current one, whic I hate. The not-the-real-deal livery from previews posts looks much better in my opinion. The tail looks like 3 pocket squares superimposed, take your pick! I thought the red wedge on the tail looked like a slice of watermelon... People are still callin...
Jump to postNYCAAer wrote:smi0006 wrote:SkyEye350 wrote:Not a real livery. Wait for the FutureBrands reveal
Have future Brand done any previous work for other carriers? Be curious to see their style
AA’s current livery since 2013.
Cross-posting, but it appears the CR2 is officially done in the Delta Network in October. Skywest / OO has filed notification of aircraft changes for all the EAS markets out of SLC, DTW, MSP that are going to be changed to CR7/CR9 effective in October. It will be interesting to see how OO handles t...
Jump to postI have noticed the same... Supposedly it was their Asian gateway but they don't actually have much flying to Asia. Maybe the domestic is going well enough though that they want to keep it, and/or they still have ambitions for Asia in the future ? The Seattle "gateway" role followed a prev...
Jump to postAnd it's not an invalid strategy, even if people disagree with it. As I understand it, DL was faced resource constraints and identified opportunities to establish strong presence in the coastal hubs that it viewed as important for future growth / strategy etc.. It decided to shift resources away fr...
Jump to postAs a land based vacation destination, Nassau is horribly overrated imo. This. .. Years ago - many years ago - Nassau was a charming, classy outpost of the British Empire, replete with high-end shops, classic architecture, great food, and bobby-like police uniforms. Then came 1) the cruise ships - a...
Jump to postWe’ve seen over and over how poorly darker liveries age with time. This seems to be a move in the wrong direction, IMO. It also doesn’t feel as unique as some are claiming - very much a WN vibe. I cannot totally agree; I think Vietnam Airlines got it right. The biggest problem here isn't that it is...
Jump to postWow 3x daily JFK-FCO, that’s impressive! Wonder how much of that is traffic going to Rome vs connecting onwards with ITA? Will be interesting to see if DL downsizes at FCO at all if/when ITA joins Star Alliance. I honestly think they’ll be able to keep all if not almost all of their capacity there ...
Jump to postI think you missed the point. UA was focusing about connections beyond Japan to Asia. But the point of that argument is that Delta voluntarily pulled down their Japan flying to focus on ICN and the KE partnership. I'd say that argument has merit. Did United also mention that they have a codeshare a...
Jump to postThere are many international airports located near factories and storage facilities. While safety is a big concern, I think most people would drive their cars on a highway bypassing these dangerous areas because it is the fastest way to travel between parts of the city and the airport. And increase...
Jump to postPersonally, I hope DOT does not side with DL only because I think these slots need to be reallocated permanently to markets that can support them in a post-COVID world. We all know PDX isn't supportable and the business case is gone and HNL shows no strong signs of coming back demand wise. Let them...
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