IIRC, US did not fly DCA-MIA or may have had a token presence (1x or 2x) daily. US's access to south Florida was FLL as AA had DCA-MIA well covered.
Jump to postWhat a mess today for DCA and BWI. Significant cell over DCA and reaching up to BWI with dime-sized hail at DCA.
Diversions to CHO, IAD, ORF, PHF, and RIC. Haven't searched if MDT or anyone else took diverts.
Can't blame them as they lean more on government contracts to make up for the other strategic management mistakes. That said, I think moving back to their roots in Seattle makes more sense. Being close to 'decision makers' was their excuse 20 years ago, so I guess they employ the same PR firm. Coul...
Jump to postThere are -zero- benefits that Chicago provides from its high tax status that Arlington doesn't provide. Chicago = high crime, corrupt, crumbling infrastructure. Arlington = quite low crime, invested, and only sem-corrupt.
Jump to postJohanTally wrote:usflyer msp wrote:AVLAirlineFreq wrote:
AVL-CLT getting mainline for the first time in 20 years.
I remember when that was one of the original 757 routes.
I feel like ROA used to be mostly mainline decades ago
Boeing said to be moving HQ from Chicago to DC area likely Arlington - Want to be closer to decision makers in Washington Lobbyists, you mean. :-) Why would they want to be closer to the lobbyists? They already -have- lobbyists. They want to be a cab ride from the Hill and from the Pentagon. Done a...
Jump to postVery much the trend in the USA for corporations to move from high tax/high regulation states (California, Illinois, New York, etc.) to lower tax/less regulatory bureaucracy states in the south including Florida and Texas. Except they are moving to VIRGINIA which IIRC, has higher income taxes than I...
Jump to postCorporate headquarters in the DC area (including NoVa and suburban Maryland): Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics AND Lockheed Martin (mentioned in passing by one person). Not to mention: CACI, SAIC, Amazon, Intelsat, Iridium, etc. Rolls Royce NA is headquartered in Reston; Airbus NA is headquartered...
Jump to postThe whole point of government fares/contracts is that they are negotiated to be often times much much much lower than market fares. "City Pair Program offers the federal government a nearly 50 percent discount on comparable commercial fares for official travel" The government fares have v...
Jump to postThat is not necessarily true in 2022. There are lots of companies, particularly defense contractors, that set up HQ in the DMV because of government contracts but the scope of their business goes far beyond government contracts and government money. The DC area's economy is much more diverse than y...
Jump to postThe reason for DCA being profitable is not the government money. The whole point of government fares/contracts is that they are negotiated to be often times much much much lower than market fares. "City Pair Program offers the federal government a nearly 50 percent discount on comparable comme...
Jump to postDCA maybe. I'm not saying it will be dehubbed. I'm just saying it's not that big of a major hub. Is the DCA hub really important? That is the question. Because imagine three hubs close to each other geographically: JFK/LGA, PHL and DCA, that's pretty redundant. It is true that DCA sees hourly Shutt...
Jump to postAA can add JFK-BOM....They need more widebody tails to do it with. Route like that requires 2 aircraft.
Hell NZ 777-200s.....You still available?
AA5484 was the first flight to be switched to RWY 15. Wind at the time was calm so no need otherwise to use 15.
Jump to postIB's MAD-DFW = OneWorld hub-to-hub, it makes sense. However, IMHO, IB returning to (Star Alliance hub) IAD - where UA is already a strong player on IAD-MAD, it doesn't make a lot of sense; IB MAD-BWI would probably have been a better and attractive addition to IB network. Makes perfect sense. IAD/W...
Jump to postI think the quickest solution is that this needs to be some type of hearing panel set up at the FAA or the DOT that allows for the airlines or some type of entity to civilly seek to have one's flying privileges revoked and have it done before an ALJ.
Jump to posthttps://viewfromthewing.com/emergency-l ... ardingArea
LAX-DCA
5,000 feet per minute descent, coffee pot used against disruptive passenger who tried to open door.
Fun times
Southern europe countries were the first to open up and were the least restrictive with U.S. tourists last year. Places like DBV were overrun with Americans as that was one of the few places you could go with the barest of restrictions. Interestingly, owing to demand, what was normally a "cheap...
Jump to postThat 747 was hhhoonnngggrrrayyyyyy.....
Jump to postNCR315 flying DOV to KBP right now. 747-400. Wonder what goodies are inside the hold of this one.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NCR315
Hearing a lot of news regarding cargo and miltrans flights to Ukraine. Also flights having to route around Germany.
What types of cargo aircraft are we seeing into Ukraine at this point?
I do agree with you the IAD is worse than CLT. Anyone who says United at IAD is worse than AA at CLT has not been to IAD on UA. Concourse B at IAD is very nice, but that's all I can say. The A Commuter Gates at IAD are a harsh throwback to the 1990s when large holdrooms with multiple doors were the...
Jump to postUnited has newer, larger, more modern facilities at EWR, SFO, IAH, DEN, and ORD (except Terminal 2). When comparing AA to these rival facilities, really only Miami, DFW Terminal D, and PHL A West compare to the modern standards of the competition. How about that UA hub operation at IAD? Isn’t that ...
Jump to postsmokeybandit wrote:Train tracks at the end of the runway. How common is that?
Any news on the planned Centurion lounge at DCA as well as the Admiral's club in the new north pier? I heard a rumor that the small B/C Admirals club will close for a while.
Jump to postWhat is the current status of the used 772 market? Specifically the 772 market with Trent engines....
Jump to post2nd noteworthy crash at SEE this year.
Jump to postBeen following this closely since the initial discussion of re-engining started emerging some years back. I always thought this was the right choice and the safest choice: closest match in thrust rating, closest match in physical size, closest match in weight, suitable improvement in efficiency, and...
Jump to postI think it is silly to make room for Stage 5 aircraft in Terminal 1. No domestic airline is ever going to use 777s or 747-400s on a domestic flight. The only airlines that will use those types of aircraft are international airlines that use the FIS in Terminal 2 West. They should build more gates f...
Jump to postThe old UA hangar next to the Commuter Terminal is gone. It was either demolished or moved by the Airport Authority. If the Navy ever sells North Island to the Airport Authority, they can start a car ferry between Harbor Dr and North Island. The last car ferry left Coronado in 1969. The passenger f...
Jump to postI think we should remember back to the great 2008-2009 recession and at that time business travel spend decline peaked at mere 11.4% (source US Travel Association), and how that devasted airlines for years to come. It took until 2013 for US airlines to reach pre-recession(2007) profitability level....
Jump to postWorld class cities have continued to experience rising incomes and house prices for the most part. They only look empty. And those people living in tents on the street have never been the ones buying airline tickets. The economics of this pandemic are odd. The one commercial office in our condo is ...
Jump to postA lot of businesses that were looking at 9/1 restart dates have either gone to incremental postponements (instead of delaying 90 days, they're delaying 30, and then another 30, and then another 30 (kind of like what AA does when they do their delays....)). A lot of other companies have said f**k it,...
Jump to postThe Citation that recently went down in Connecticut had 2 passengers - Doctors. I don't know whether they were flying on business or vacations. But I believe there are a lot more people flying private because 1) Americans with really good jobs ($250k plus) usually have 401k and 403b that are worth ...
Jump to postRwy 4 used to see some action when there were Q400s and the older models of Dash-8 at DCA. They're long gone. The only other example is that there is a charter / government contracted J31 that flies to/from DCA. That is the one that will use 4/22.
Jump to postThere is all of one lounge open in T3 - one BA lounge. I hear its not the largest, and there is no separate Galleries first lounge in T3. Galleries south AND Galleries north are now both open in T5.
Jump to postJeebus: what is up with KQ2 flying all over the place across the african continent and certainly not consistent with previous tracks.
Jump to postI was at LHR on the 13th and saw a B6 aircraft parked on the ramp near T1 and thought it odd to see that. Thought at first it was a technical stop for a new delivery, but seeing this thread, it all makes more sense.
Jump to postI’m amazed we are still using 1920’s radio technology transmitting and receiving on the same frequency. I'd love to see a switch happen, but it'd be akin to the switch from analog TV to digital TV, everyone would have to be clear on the benefits before they switched. In the case of TV broadcasters,...
Jump to postYou do realize that the first letter in ETOPS is E which stands for Extended. No need for extended operations when the direct distance is 100 miles and there are plenty of airfields in between.
Jump to postI can think of two issues in play: international travel is down - no question. But its returning - slowly. So the need for new infrastructure is indeed reduced. BUT, where there is good recovery is in the leisure destination market which means that you have a LOT of passengers out there who are infr...
Jump to postObviously we dont know, but word is floating around that the aircraft touched down approximately 1/2 way down the runway....
Jump to posta couple more arrivals due tonight - DFW and LGA.
And CLT.
Looks like at least 3 or 4 diversions as a result (MDT and RIC). F9 is ferrying a jet from Denver and its due to land at DCA around 5:45 tomorrow morning.
Jump to postThis explains all the departures off of 15 this evening.
And arrivals.
This will be a good plane spotting evening.