Re: Delta to Brisbane

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...

Re: Moroccan domestic air market

davidjohnson6 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.

Re: American airlines announcement 2/1

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??

Re: US carriers 4th quarter 2023 earnings

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...

Re: DOT ending Delta-Aeromexico ATI

I 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 ...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

I 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 ...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

NW 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...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

You 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...

Re: Delta develops AUS focus city with expansion

warpedreality wrote:

Any chance these P2P flights are intended to sway the favor of any pols in the TX legislature?

Re: Is there a reason why leather seats are popular in the US?

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...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

Is 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...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

TransWorldOne 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

Re: A capybara on the runway briefly shuts down Rio's SDU airport

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...

Re: Virgin America Returning?

TWA772LR wrote:

V America anyone?

Re: AA Flight attendants barricade galley in flight

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...

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

Delta/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...

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

Delta/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...

Re: JetBlue/Spirit Merger Discussion - 2023

The 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 ...

Re: JetBlue Wants KLM Out of JFK Over Slot Dispute

Oh 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...

Re: US 3Q 2023 Earnings Thread

Even 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...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

Reality 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...

Re: AF/KLM to buy SAS - leave Star and join Skyteam

Apart 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...

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2023

You 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...

Re: AF/KLM to buy SAS - leave Star and join Skyteam

WOW! 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...

Re: Airports with the least "O"-Passengers

He 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&...

Re: Airports with the least "O"-Passengers

Typically, 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 ...

Re: DL loses passenger’s dog at ATL