Re: Airbus cancels two A350-1000 for Qatar Airways

Have A call DL. They'll buy anything

Re: Large Volcanic eruption near Tonga

VEI= Volcano Explosivity Index. Has nothing to do with the volume of ejected material, just how much of a BOOM there was. There's a big discussion on the site that I follow--has been for some time but Saturday made it more intense--about the limitations of the VEI. it doesn't handle effusive eruptio...

Re: Large Volcanic eruption near Tonga

Have been interested in volcanoes since childhood. For an event this size with a summit/crater collapse I’m always a little confused: does the explosion trigger the collapse or other way around? I suppose it could go either way. And regardless a tsunami will be triggered by debris moving swiftly un...

Tonga volcano puts ash up to 100K ft.:

Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai! Preliminary interpretations of satellite data by educated hobbyists suggest it might be as big as Pinatubo in 1991. I could imagine US West Coast-AU/NZ might be affected as well as regional.

Re: No-wind conditions at parallel runway airports:

Thanks, both of you!

No-wind conditions at parallel runway airports:

On a mild, calm day at STL (late-1960s), I saw four consecutive aircraft take off in four directions (6, 24, 12R, 30L). On a calm day present-day--ATL for the sake of discussion, can there be different flows on different runways, or still all-east or all-west like on a 'normal' day? Or does that mes...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

I get that, but Boeing wouldn't be allowed to sell off to Airbus, for example. I should have clarified by saying 'the DOJ thought so little about GE Transportation...' Boeing was allowed to buy McDD, which shows how little DoJ thought of McDD, even though it let Boeing extinguish a competitor in th...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

So, one business fad (diversification) is leading into another (spin offs). Meanwhile we have examples such as Raytheon where they are still in conglomeration mode, albeit with less diversity than GE during the JW days There are several decades of empirical evidence that conglomerates lag the marke...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

What happened to their locomotive division? Was still moving plenty of product as far I know. Sold to WABTEC--Westinghouse. IOW, they thought so little about GE Transportation Systems that they sold it to a competitor. Not without precedent--GM sold EMD to Caterpillar. I mean when any company sells...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

What happened to their locomotive division? Was still moving plenty of product as far I know. Sold to Wabtec, though #1 in locomotive sales have stagnated with the new Precision Railroad operating environment of running longer and fewer trains. I honestly don't think that US/Canada/Mexico are buyin...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

What happened to their locomotive division? Was still moving plenty of product as far I know. Sold to WABTEC--Westinghouse--about 5-7 years ago. IOW, they thought so little about GE Transportation Systems that they sold it to a competitor. Not without precedent--GM sold EMD to Caterpillar. Did they...

Re: GE to break into 3 - Aviation to be led by current CEO Culp

Newark727 wrote:

What happened to their locomotive division? Was still moving plenty of product as far I know.

Re: AAnother Meltdown

I guess the 'issues' at DFW point up the need for STL as a reliever...

Re: AA FA punched in the nose by passenger. Flight diverted

These air rage incidents are getting out of control. The FAA and FBI need to get tough on these clowns. She was punched twice over the passenger not wearing his masks and her nose was broken and she was taken to the hospital. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10139751/American-Airlines-passe...

Re: Hawaiian 460 diversion into MDY (Sand Island, Midway Atoll)

Can a C-17 carry what's needed *and* land at MDY?

Re: DL making media noise about purchasing 737MAX, again.

They'll get the MAX, when DL and UA split up AA

Re: St. Louis Aviation Thread - 2021

Question about BLV: Not hard to notice the taxiway-on-steroids between the "Allegiant" side and the "Wingnut" side. So: Does 14L/32R see military traffic? Does 14R/32L see commercial?

Thanks!

Re: Arkansas Aviation Thread - 2021

Quite sad that Fort Smith (FSM) hasn't come up yet in any discussion... I'm mildly surprised that UA hasn't done IAH, at least. It'll be another 20 years, seemingly before I-49 and -69 get done, and even then it'll be 6 hours. As mentioned earlier, XNA would require a not-insignificant backtrack.

Re: Kabul Falls: Evacuation Charter Watch Thread

TheSonntag wrote:

To post something positive - the A400M has been bashed a lot in the past, but it seems to have become a valuable asset with lots of capabilites.

Re: Future of Afghan aviation?

A taliban delegation was received for talks in China with officials in late July. That may not be "friendly" yet but it's not exactly hostile. (Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/world/asia/china-taliban-afghanistan.html ) I don't want to get political, but will the Taliban throw...

Re: Future of Afghan aviation?

A taliban delegation was received for talks in China with officials in late July. That may not be "friendly" yet but it's not exactly hostile. (Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/world/asia/china-taliban-afghanistan.html ) I don't want to get political, but will the Taliban throw...

Re: Time to bring back (some) regulation

nikeherc wrote:

The "race to the bottom" has been driven airline customers.

Re: Favorite Song about aviation?

John Anderson - Tokyo, Oklahoma

Re: What is Delta Doing?

What I am waiting for though is actually a 321XLR order from Delta. Time is running out for good production slots and the Boeing NMA seems to be far, far down the road (if that road even exists) and AA/UA are setting themselves up to serve TATL and SA with it. Same for Jetblue. Just spitballing--Ai...

Re: United Airlines confirms order for 200 737MAX and 70 A321neo

Perfect opportunity to introduce a new paint job...(ducks)...

DL-LATAM JV?

Has there been any movement on coordination between these carriers? I was curious to see if DL will try to make some effort to ramp up MIA, or LATAM doing the same in ATL or even DTW.

Thanks!

Re: Rumor: Used Delta Aircraft Order

On top of that, they also has a habit of buying used airframe for parts purpose, they have bought MD-80, MD-90, B744 and B772 and I am sure few other models for parts salvage. Actually, not only Delta is buying used airframes. Southwest and United have added bucketloads of B737NG from various sourc...

Re: Rumor: Used Delta Aircraft Order

Are things so bad economically at Delta that they need to start buying used aircraft?? Start? That’s sort of their hallmark. And orphaned fleets like the MD90s. They will likely buy any 737-900ER that comes to market because they’re already one of the largest operators, and the variant has been unp...

Re: Rumor: Used Delta Aircraft Order

chunhimlai wrote:

It just paid 62million for not to purchase 4 a350 last year

Re: American Airlines invests in up to 350 eVTOLs

a320fan wrote:

Seems AA management saw the amount of press UA was getting last week on that silly Boom announcement and decided they wanted in. .

Re: 35 years ago merger-mania 1986

What a nice thread everybody! I appreciate learning all of the history and the pictures as well. And just for fun, I would be curious to hear your predictions for the next big merger in the US. (or next round of merger-mania) Nothing solely-US. Which means that the rules against foreign ownership w...

Re: 35 years ago merger-mania 1986

I always wondered why Pan Am wasn't swallowed up whole in a merger, rather than breaking off pieces and selling them off? I imagine there would have been antitrust issues, because the purchasing airline would have had a dominant position in US overseas travel. After dereg and various bilaterals, PA...

Re: 35 years ago merger-mania 1986

There was even an article someone posted on here or FlyerTalk last year with an interview with one of AA's senior officers stating that dumping STL as a hub was absolutely short sighted and lost out on potential corporate revenue to other competition. Yabbut--STL's corporate base was declining then...

Re: How upset are airports that spent massive $$$ on a380 infrastructure?

KSTL's 11/29 says hi.