Re: United Airlines plans to order an additional 25 737MAX

Seems contrary to current trends. Most airlines have been retiring as many aircraft as they can, while United decides to order more... they haven't retired as many aircraft as the other legacies either. What does United know that the others don't? Wonder how cheap they are getting these... especial...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread, Q1 2021

UA is (conditionally) ordering up to 200 eVTOL aircraft from Archer: "Under the terms of the agreement, United will contribute its expertise in airspace management to assist Archer with the development of battery-powered, short-haul aircraft. Once the aircraft are in operation and have met Uni...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread - 2021

Where do things stand with the Max 7 certification? Also, has the -10 started it flight test program? The MAX 7 has resumed certification test flight as of yesterday. The MAX -10 hasn't been seen in over 8 months at Renton and hasn't had its first flight. Appreciate the update. I suppose the Max 10...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread - 2021

Where do things stand with the Max 7 certification?

Also, has the -10 started it flight test program?

Re: Golden Days at DFW

maps4ltd wrote:

I would like to see more videos of the old terminal interior.

Re: Norwegian Ends Plans to Fly Longhaul

I'm sure all of DY's Dreamliners will find new homes, but y'all are right in saying
this will put a dent in new Dreamliner orders for awhile

Re: Jetblue's first A220 rolls out/entry into service

Hope to see these at DFW one day. DFW-BOS is awfully long flight to be stuck on a E-190

Re: Atlas 747-8i orders more 747-8F

...and machinists were fired? Not yet? (Trying hard not to troll, just curious about employment for workers on this program in light of all the covid stuff) Yep. Triumph Group that made the fuselage panels started auctioning off equipment from its production line in late 2019, and started laying of...

Re: Will the City of Dallas drop its lawsuit against DL regarding DAL gate space?

AFW would be better due to the number of households in the immediate area. And it seems more homes are going up in northern Tarrant County every day. Also , the traffic between that area and FTW is a nightmare most of the time, so I'm sure locals would prefer AFW. Thanks for your input on that. Now...

Re: Will the City of Dallas drop its lawsuit against DL regarding DAL gate space?

I live right out by AFW and commercial flights would be nice. Of course you would have to build a passenger Terminal. A nice 5-10 gate terminal would suffice and then you could have Breeze and Allegiant out there. O'h and I was on an American Flight that got diverted to AFW because of bad thunderst...

Re: Boeing to close Seattle R&D center

The most logical move for Boeing would be consolidating everything ay KPAE.
With the 787 line moving to CAE and the 747 line winding down , there's more
than enough room to move 737 production up there as well as base the future NSA
line in the former 747 bays.

Re: Will the City of Dallas drop its lawsuit against DL regarding DAL gate space?

I think we'll see commercial flights out of Collin County Airport in McKinney
before any expansion of gates at KDAL.

I think Collin County could support a commercial terminal modeled after SNA's
Lord knows the population is large enough now.

Re: 4 MEA aircraft damaged by gunfire at BEY

Hell , Arlington, TX , a DFW suburb 15-20 minutes south of DFW Airport, had 4 people killed by celebratory gunfire on NYE. Arlington Police also confronted 3-4 guys firing an AK-47 into the air. The idiots responded by opening fire on the police. Thankfully they're bad shots, no officers were injured.

Re: COVID-19 News and Reference Thread

Possible a Covid-19 'vaccine passport' to be required for all air travel including international travel, within countries like the USA or regional like the EU ? https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/tech/coronavirus-vaccine-passport-apps/index.html I'm sure it's coming, but probably not for another 12 mon...

Re: Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW/DAL) Aviation Thread - 2021

Anyone know when the rebuild of runway 18R/36L is supposed to be completed?

Re: AA Fleet Updates - 2021

graham697 wrote:

Here's to hoping the remaining fleet remains strong and all go back to full schedules in 2021! Happy NYE!

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, Q4 2020

The 737 Max is the most scrutinized aircraft in service thus making it probably the safest. I've thought about this and I predict the MAX will become the hottest seller in 2021 and especially 2022 simply because it has been so heavily scrutinized and provides one of the only new Boeing aircraft for...

Re: Emirates unveils new Premium Economy Class

When I worked for " Very Big Travel Agency" , number 1 complaint we had from clients who
traveled from the US to India on EK was the lack of PE. Problem now solved

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread - 2020

I know normally Boeing is shut down between Xmas and New Years, but will they continue prepping Max's for delivery ? I remember someone mentioning Boeing was aiming for 30 Max deliveries by years end. They are currently closed. But they do have some employee's working to deliver planes and complete...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread - 2020

I know normally Boeing is shut down between Xmas and New Years, but will they continue prepping
Max's for delivery ? I remember someone mentioning Boeing was aiming for 30 Max deliveries by
years end.

Re: MSP Blizzard Dec 23, 2020

Friend of mine who relocated from MSP to DFW couple months ago is smiling right now LOL

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding News and Reference Thread 2020 [Ungrounded by FAA 18NOV2020]

Looks like some of the white tails are finding a new home: BREAKING: Alaska Airlines signs “agreement in principle” with Boeing to order 23 more 737 Max 9s, total commitment rises to 68, options for 52 more. Nine will be already-built white tails. Carrier to exit legacy Virgin America A320s and A31...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread - 2020

Appreciate all the delivery updates. Nice to see these birds finally flying off to their new homes

Re: British Airways network updates

gdg9 wrote:

I very much doubt LHR-DFW will be cut. Hub to hub for one world as stated and also plenty of cargo I understand as well.

Re: British Airways network updates

gdg9 wrote:

I very much doubt LHR-DFW will be cut. Hub to hub for one world as stated and also plenty of cargo I understand as well.

Re: AA Fleet Updates - 2020

Looks like AA, in addition to A321-253NX N421UW being delivered from Hamburg today to DFW, also had another B-737-8 MAX N315SD, delivered to TUL. Lots of work for those DFW and TUL AMTs and Cabin Crews, prepping all those aircraft to go into service. These days, being busy at work is a wonderful th...

Re: Envoy (MQ) Off a Taxiway in DFW

What the heck? Did one of the pilots drop their sunglasses while taxiway? LOL

Re: Rumor: DL looking to trade 717s for 737 Max

Of course, Delta could also wait for AA to file Ch 11, then swoop in and take them over.
They could inherit AA's shiny new fleet of jets and solve their fleet problems for the next
20 years

Re: WN sending out WARN Notices

Cruel irony that the Congresscritters those of us in the industry are looking to
for stimulus extension haven't missed a paycheck since this effing pandemic started.

Re: Delta Pilots Approve New LOA, Cut Min Guarantee 5%, Inactive Pilots Cut to 30 Hours, NO Involuntary Layoffs Until 20

Be interesting to see what effect if any this has on Southwest's discussions with their unions

Re: Southwest maybe considering an Airbus order

I think not much has changed since SWA pushed out the 737-7, before the crashes. Not sure who the stalking horse here, the popular A220-300 or no customer 737-7. Southwest came to the same conclusion that Spirit did when looking between the popular A220-300 or no customer A319neo- at this point in ...

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2020

Can a 737-800NG do LAS- HNL or would WN need their Max's for that route?

Re: FAA ungrounds Boeing 737 MAX

I'm thinking Boeing has or will offer Southwest an amazing deal on Max 8 white tails
not just to clear them off the lot but as a hedge against Southwest ordering a bunch of A220's

Re: Updated: American Airlines Business & Finance Discussion

I wonder if AA wishes it had a " do over card" on their decision to pour billions of $$ into their giant new corporate campus that dominates the skyline at the south entrance to DFW? I've noticed there is a 10-12 story hotel /dorm building going up near the conference center, construction ...

Re: Southwest CEO: ‘The ship is taking on water’

I flew Southwest on Tuesday on a short flight DAL-HOU and back. Flight down had about 40 passengers and Flight back at about 60. Corrected: Flew WN 4-7 Nov from DAL-DEN-SEA roundtrip. The DAL- DEN flts had approx 80 pax each way but the DEN - SEA legs had max loads and quite a few middle seats were...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding News and Reference Thread 2020

FAA ban to be lifted as early as next week, per various sources; I can confirm activity related to this as well. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive-idUSKBN27Q00H Great news for the 737 team. Now the fun part; pulling all those Max's from storage and getting them ready for de...

Re: US Airline Booking Trends during COVID-19

Flew last week for first time since pandemic started , DAL to SEA on WN w/ change of planes in DEN each way.
All 4 of my WN flts had max loads ( less the empty middle seats).

Terminal C at DEN seemed quite busy, SEA was much quieter than my last visit.

Re: Southwest CEO: ‘The ship is taking on water’

Those of us in the airline/travel industry are hanging on by a thread. I'm convinced without additional stimulus from Uncle Sam, we're gonna lose a major US carrier in the next 12 months. Hell, we're already seeing consolidation in the travel industry. That means a lot of travel jobs that went away ...

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2020

Southwest says it is investigating the A220 as a fleet addition: https://finance.yahoo.com/m/68e85392-3f64-32c0-a495-2d345c674be7/all-boeing-airline-southwest.html If ever there was a time to make a killer deal and lock in delivery spots, now's the time. IMHO, the A221's would be perfect 735 replac...

Re: Jetblue's first A220 rolls out

Memo to Gemini Jets.... we need one of these in 1/200 please

Re: WN to Launch IAH and ORD service in 2021

Making news in the last couple of months around D/FW is the progress in the proposed Dallas-Houston high-speed rail. With that in mind, could this expansion to North Houston be a move to either hurt the rails progress or prepare for when it opens? Southwest has for years lobbied against high speed ...