Re: Boston Aviation Thread - 2021

Remember when Delta had 727’s BOS-BGR (as well as 757’s BOS-PWM)?

Re: Which realistic routes do you want to see announced?

Bar Harbor- BOS/JFK on B6

Airports you have visited but not flown to/through

What commercial airports have you visited but never flown to?

Gibraltar
Vail, CO
Grand Junction, CO
Sioux Falls, SD
Burlington, VT
Scranton, PA
Harrisburg, PA
Akron, OH

Re: New JetBlue Mint Studio suite

Sigh, are the seats facing away from the windows?

Re: New Queen of the Skies

The 747 is unique in every way. There is no questioning from afar what kind of plane you are looking at. The 777 - to most of the world (not us) could be a 787, 767, 757, 737, A320, A330, A350, etc. There’s just nothing about it that commands or demands a moniker. Perhaps the 787 comes closest becau...

Re: Top 5 most missed Airlines ?

Midwest Express
Empire
Piedmont
Republic
New York Air

None of these I miss for the stellar service. More about the regional characteristics.

Re: Other country's anthems

Israel’s “Hatikvah/ Hope” always moves me.

Oh Canada

US Airports that have (or have had) terminals build for an airline

JFK is certainly a prime example of an airport with terminals built for/ by specific airlines. Certainly hub airports have massive footrprints for the dominating carrier. But they aren’t necessarily distinctive terminals. (No one says, “I’m flying out of the Delta terminal” at Atlanta.) I think of l...

Re: What's your opinion about Bare Foot Pax

My opinion is that you should learn how to spell “socks.”

Re: If UA had not merged with CO...

If UA hadn’t merged with CO, there very well might not be a UA or a CO today.

Re: Question Regarding Delta Check-In

ryanrap1 wrote:

Does anyone on this site have access to see true load factors of the flight? Think it will be cancelled?

Feeling nostalgic about 747s. Who’s have you flown?

TW
BA
AF
UA
SR (Swissair)
Northwest (Orient)
IB
NH
OZ
QF
NZ
KL
LH
SQ
CX
TG
AZ
BR

Re: Pan am and TWA move from ORY to CDG

In 1993 or 1994, I flew JFK-ORY-TLV on a Delta 767. Same plane service, though we had to deplane in Paris.

It was a cheep economy fare and it cost 20k miles to upgrade JFK-TLV.

Re: TWA Boeing 707 December 1978

In 1982, I flew a TW flight BOS-STL. I remember the overhead bins were open, just shelves. Was this a 707, or did the 727’s also have open shelves?

Re: Most dated concourse areas in the US?

Memphis
downstairs area of Boston former terminal D

Re: 1% of pax cause 50% of emissions

Sorry, I thought this was about bodily functions!

Re: Will triangular flights become a thing again?

I would think that the short hop should be a 5th freedom, to take advantage of being able to sell tickets on the short route.

If EI flew DUB-YVR-PDX-DUB, I would be first in line to take the VYR-PDX leg.

Re: CO served multiple LA area airports with one flight, how many other carriers did this?

At one point in the 2000’s, UA had a one way SNA-LAX flight. Did it once and loved it. And just a couple of years ago, I did the AS milk run from Juneau to Seattle, including one leg (Wrangle to Petersburg I think) that was about 12 minutes of flight time. In the 80’s, many carriers had MIA-FLL flig...

Re: Factors Picking a Connecting Airport

Good club/ lounge
Good spotting
New airport (for me)

Re: AA or BA to LHR - which is better?

dfwjim1 wrote:

Hi all,

As a side note my wife and I will be flying in economy.

Here’s what the 2020 election boils down to ...

Will the candidate who is a master is getting supporters to believe lies do better than the candidate who strives to get his supporters to embrace the truth?

Re: What were the worst business class seats you've ever been on?

The generation of seats that were angled lie flat. Those were terrible.

Re: Red-eyes from DFW to East Coast?

America West had awful 1am departures from LAS on CRJ’s to places like Omaha. With the 2 hour time difference, arrivals were around 5am.

Re: Most sensible route to Southeast Asia?

Show much of this depends on the class of service you’re flying.

Re: BOS to LHR in the 90s

You will notice one particular photo taken from the observation lounge of terminal B. This is the photo with the Northwest DC 10. The Virgin Atlantic gate was on the side closer to where the photo was taken. They also had a small clubhouse adjacent to the gate, but in the non-secure zone. Was the V...

Re: BOS to LHR in the 90s

Somewhat relevant to this thread. Here is a link to some pretty poor quality photos I have of looking at that time. You will notice one particular photo taken from the observation lounge of terminal B. This is the photo with the Northwest DC 10. The Virgin Atlantic gate was on the side closer to whe...

Re: Western Airlines questions

departedflights wrote:

Wingtips56 wrote:

WA did serve DCA National.

They certainly did!

Re: Could the PIT hub have been saved?

I remember looking closely at PIT on a map back in the early 80’s. Geographically, it made so much sense as a hub. You could connect north/ south and east west, Midwest-south and south/west - all without going all that much out of your way. It was just that much more strategically located than Cleve...

Re: How will my United flight in September go?

If you truly booked for September 31, you have other worries!

Re: 767-400s at LaGuardia

Not only could the DC10's and L1011's operate out of LGA.... If I recall correctly, they were specifically designed with LGA ops in mind.

Re: Email Etiquette

fr8mech wrote:

Just something light to chew on.

Re: Amazing trips you’ve had to cancel

Op here. I thought I was clear in my opening. I meant to ask, aside from the current pandemic, what extraordinary trips have people had to cancel in their lives?

Re: HYPOTHETICAL: If AA goes under...

I just hope my lifetime Admirals Club membership will be picked up!

Re: Why did UA have a monopoly at EWR?

tpaewr wrote:

The EWR hub is completely from CO. I think Peoples flew LGW, maybe other.”(

Amazing trips you’ve had to cancel

The current pandemic got me thinking. What other times have you had to cancel a long anticipated trip and for what reason? I had to cancel my first Concord trip because my supervisor broke his back, and I had to step in. I had to cancel the final United 747 because my husband was hit by a car. For t...

Re: Why Didn't Swissair and Sabena order The 747-400?

For the same reason that Piedmont Airlines didn’t order the Concorde. Didn’t fit their business model.

Re: "In town" airports / Your favorites

Gibraltar.

Re: Scheduled long distance routes with small aircraft (incl stopovers)?

Copa Airlines has pretty long legs on the 737.

Re: Long haul vs short haul emotions

While I agree that there is a wonderful feeling about boarding a big plane to a faraway place, I equally love getting on ultra-short flights (wheels up to wheels down in 23 minutes). I LOVE the Alaska Air runs, for example!

Because it isn’t/wasn’t/ wouldn’t be profitable

The thread title is the answer to just about every question asked, “why doesn’t airline x fly between cities y and z?”

Happy day everyone!

Re: How many languages do you know?

How many do I know, or how many do I speak? Only fluent in English But I majored in Spanish, so I can get along well in any Spanish speaking country I am fairly good with Hebrew, though i can’t keep up well in conversation Yiddish is a big part of my culture, but I only have a a limited vocabulary. ...

Re: Concorde: why no LHR-BOS service?

Before deregulation. Bos was the second largest European gateway. There have always been many European carriers into Logan, long before those carriers flew into other us airports.

Re: Announcement that "boarding is closed" when it ain't

Doesn’t boarding generally end 20 minutes before pushback as a general rule?

Whose 747’s have you flown?

Current Airlines:
United
British Airways
Thai
Korean
Lufthansa
Singapore Airlines
ANA
Asiana
Air France
Alitalia
Qantas
Cathay Pacific
Air New Zealand
EVA
KLM
Virgin Atlantic


Former Carriers:
Swissair
TWA
Northwest (Orient)

Re: What former airports have you flown into?

Airports: Stapleton Mirabel Athens/ Ellinikon Demolished Terminals at existing airports: Eastern Terminal, Boston Pan Am/ Delta Terminal, JFK TWA Terminal, JFK International Arrivals Terminal, JFK O’Hare former international terminal Entirely demolished/ abandoned airport terminals Pittsburgh Ontari...

Re: What in Your Opinion has been the Ugliest Commercial Jet?

I can only speak for the western world. Don’t know as much about the Soviet Era planes...

Ugliest: The A380

Best:
Connie
L1011
787

Re: If you could visit any country tomorrow, what country would it be?

Israel.

What former carriers have you flown?

What former carriers (non commuter) - including airlines that have merged - have you flown? Eastern TWA Pan Am Braniff I Braniff II Continental Northwest America West Reno Air New York Air USAir(ways) Midway Midwest Express Virgin America Trump Mexicana Canadian Pacific British Midland Olympic Swiss...

Re: Eastern Air-Shuttle Question

I believe the record was 7 back up sections for one particular flight.

Re: Airport Pocket Guides from the 1980s/90s

Somebody posted a fantastic gallery of detailed terminal maps here within the last couple years from either the OAG or another source, if this helps. One of them showed gate locations for airlines at many airports. 3 years ago Zachary Shapiro shared these airport diagrams from 1985 on iCloud I dont...