Interesting that the A321(ceo) count is one less than in the Q3 update. I’m guessing that’s the JFK incident frame. Does that signal a w/o, or just an acknowledgment that it’s in ‘liability limbo’ and may be OTS for some time? Also, the CR9 count is one fewer than Q3. One, single Mesa frame withdraw...
Jump to postHere are the dates they ferried to ABI; N802AE 12/16/19, N811AE 1/24/19, N814AE 4/29/18. I’m not sure when the hail was, but 802 only ferried three weeks ago so it would have been there for the hail. Thanks! I couldn’t find any direct references to frames being damaged in SJT, but they did have a s...
Jump to postI had read the same thing about the hail damage. Three of them had ferried to ABI; N802AE, N811AE, N814AE, and have been sitting there since then. Would you happen to know if they flew to ABI before the hail or after? I have a theory... After I made my original post about the recent departures goin...
Jump to postAll 5 frames that just flew to KMZJ were in the new livery. The proportion of old livery to new livery is much higher. You are correct. Thanks for the mental jog. The Fleet Site shows 29 frames painted. The Q3 8K fleet plan says there will be 30 frames at YE20 and YE21. (We should get an updated fl...
Jump to postEarlier this year, there were less painted frames than frames scheduled to remain. 3 or 4, IIRC. Assuming that all of the frames sent to the desert were unpainted, they will have more than enough painted frames at the end of 2020. That’s said, some of the unpainted frames were in pretty bad shape pa...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] Good question. I'm starting to think Heathrow's 3rd runway will be built before Term F at DFW :) Isn't the fenced off area and ground work going on there now related to Terminal F? This is for the 4 gate Terminal D extension. You would assume though those gates would eventually conne...
Jump to postInteresting that they are going to MZJ and not back to SJT. I guess this means that they are likely gone forever? (Which makes sense, IMHO.) I wonder if the few remaining at SJT will leave to join them in MZJ.
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Jump to postA few layman's observations during peak: ⋅ The AFW operation started before peak, and seems to be running at full-speed. I've gotten packages via ABE, ILN, SEA, and TPA (which I think is all of the routes into AFW.) My packages have been sent straight to the local AMZL Delivery Center, byp...
Jump to postDoes anyone have a source for the asbestos rumor in Terminal C that keeps surfacing? Typically buildings built in this time frame did not include asbestos ... and it would make even less sense that this would only be applicable in Terminal C. Someone on this site claimed recently that they had spok...
Jump to postThere are, I believe, still a few ERJ-140s left in the old Eagle livery, yes. But not too many of them. They don't even have enough 140s painted to fulfill the ultimate fleet plan with new livery aircraft. 3 or 4 still need to be painted for all of the remaining frames to wear the new livery after ...
Jump to postSoftly call the muster... RIP and Gig ‘em, Captain.
Jump to postIf the fleet site is correct, only 29 140s are painted. The AA 8K says that 34 are to ultimately remain. Thus, they need to paint 5 if they want them all flying around in new colors eventually.
Jump to postI had a One-Day shipment to the DFW area last week. It originated at SMF1, presumably linehauled, then took the late-night ATI ONT-DFW flight, where it was sent to DDA1 and delivered by AMZL the next day. I was a bit surprised to see a One-Day package travel that far. Also interesting is that it was...
Jump to postWent through DFW this morning, had some extra time to kill and went to check out the “new” E Satellite, mainly because I thought I’d read a Whataburger was supposed to go in there (sadly not there). Nothing spectacular but it did look like renovations to the new Admirals Club are moving along. Sign...
Jump to postWhy would they enlarge the lavs while their competitors Delta and United have the same exact lavs on their new 321 and 737 airplanes? Those lavs are the new industry standard. Delta and United have had them for years now. AA was the last to do it. I wasn't intending to suggest that they should, but...
Jump to postAny update on the 14 Oasis? Have they been flying? There are two left in TUL, 3EA and 3FW, the rest have returned over the last 3 weeks or so. So far, no new frames have gone in for mods either. Maybe they are holding up conversions to cover for the MAX? The rumor mill over on FT says that Oasis-if...
Jump to postjgcotter wrote:58 x E145 on property now at Piedmont.
I noticed the other day that one of the northern crossover taxiway bridges (can't remember if it was Yankee or Zulu) was under construction? Reinforcing it for the A380? Yankee. Yes, strengthening is one of the stated goals, though I recall reading elsewhere that all four bridges are going to be re...
Jump to postHow are AA's ERJs 1-class, yet UA's are 2-class? Both have similar seating arrangements. (Both sell exit row as Y+. UA sells bulkhead as Y+, AA does not.)
Jump to postA couple more in the AA website that I didn't see in the tapes: AA* adds ORD-DRO Sat only eff. Jun 8, summer only. DFW-ROW increases from 3 to 4 on Apr 4. Lots of Eagle adds in the OAG, plus I saw a couple more on AA.com, but didn't look to see if they had been reported earlier or have not been loa...
Jump to postI guess as long as AA adds the flights on larger two class E75's, CR7/9's and not 50 seaters, it would be better. Still not as nice as mainline, but good. AA (and UA) really need a 100 seat plane. As a mere semi-informed flyer, I'd prefer -almost without exception*- larger RJs over smaller mainline...
Jump to postWith the addition of 100 more AA/AE flights for summer 2019, AA mainline will be taking over gates B4-B10. I'm guessing gate spacing will definitely be an issue, so will this be a full-scale renovation, or just inactivating certain gates? (Which they seem to already do for E175 ops.) ETA: And while...
Jump to postHere's an article about what AA and DFW are doing with Terminal E • possible extension of existing connector tunnel from Terminal B to Terminal D customs (very interesting...I never knew this tunnel existed. Article says B-to-Customs-D tunnel already connects to 3 gates at Terminal B currently, and...
Jump to postEarlier this week I noticed gates B40-B43 were taken out of service and the concrete on the ramp was all dug up. I assume some utility work related to the TEX rail project? There is a project on the DFW Ops web page that references "Terminal B Stinger Pavement Repairs." While those gates ...
Jump to postI know that D desperately needs the gates, but I wonder if this gives us the shape for F? (Or at least locking into that corner.) Surely they don't design and build this space without plans for it to be the eventual D-F connector, much like they did with B-D.
Jump to postFlaps wrote:Those 140's look awful. I wonder if they are as bad inside as they are outside.
And perhaps a relocation of the Terminal B club to a spot that's actually convenient for most passengers, too. Of all the times I've taken the Skylink around B, even as late as this week, it just dawned on me... What about all of the upper level space on B? I'm guessing that those were originally B...
Jump to postother than n834ae and n853ae, what other e140 are still in old american paint? I saw 800 and 833 at DFW. (Was on 800, 833 was next door on the stinger.) I also got a partial, either 815 or 816. (I'm sure about the 81 part, just not sure about the last digit. It was hard to make out in the evening t...
Jump to postTo be pedantic... "Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program"
Does anyone know what Eagle flights are currently operating out of E? Is it still only the EV CR7s?
They will be repainted eventually. MQ did not want to take it out of service any longer than it had to after being in storage and going through heavy check. N834AE hasn't been painted yet. It is flying around with no logo on the tail after EVA Air hit it at ORD years ago. I know they will be repain...
Jump to postThere are at least 5 unpainted E140s floating around. (4 were at DFW B gates yesterday and one was in the maintenance/spares area on the SW B ramp.) I'm a bit surprised that AA/MQ did not plan to have these painted after they left ABI, but at least the interiors are redone. (Though the unpainted one...
Jump to postAnother MD-83 retirement to ROW today. 45 MD-80s remaining. If AA follows their Q3 fleet guidance, that should be all of the MadDog retirements for 2017. Looking at Fleet Site, it shows 5 of 8 ERDs painted in new colors. One of them is the previously-painted flight school PR plane (856,) so why onl...
Jump to postthe "ATL/DEN style" [...] This is a bigger issue at DFW because (a) the whole airport, and it's surrounding highways, were built with International Parkway's (and the present terminals') orientations in mind, and (b) people have become so accustomed to easy terminal access down the spine ...
Jump to postSo my question is, why now and what is prompting this? DFW just spend millions renovating three terminals, they built a new terminal and tram system less than a decade ago, and by all accounts, it seems to function well. So where is this sudden Terminal F comment coming from? *Billions* $3.2 Billio...
Jump to postIn fact the ramp for Terminal F has already began work. https://www.dfwairport.com/cs/groups/webcontent/documents/webasset/p2_545768.pdf Thanks for linking to that. I had been trying to find information on DFW projects for years and never could. I was going to ask where you got it, but found it whi...
Jump to postI use the nose/fleet number for ease in ID'ing the different 738 variants to avoid the issue of the jumping tail numbers. 3GY and up for BSI and 3LC and up for AVOD. I do like the new attempt to match the nose and tail numbers, but only if they can keep it consistent. Of course, they failed with the...
Jump to postN856AE is currently the only E140 in the new AA livery, and it seems like it'll stay that way. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5725/21204354189_4ff05793ab_b.jpg I'm sure it's done its share of revenue work, but it was painted in order to be a PR plane. It would appear that it's at an airshow in your ...
Jump to post[...]Terminal C (especially the high numbered gates) is an absolute dump. I travel through there often, but coming home at midnight last night, it really struck me how back it is. They need to just knock it down and start all over with a design similar to Terminal D. The last phase of Terminal C's ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAXdude1023" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXdude1023</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="United Airlines (U...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jsnww81" class="quote" target="_blank">jsnww81</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Still hoping to see a replacement club at ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ScottB" class="quote" target="_blank">ScottB</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>But there might be some value if the A321s w...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/simairlinenet" class="quote" target="_blank">simairlinenet</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Not your fault, but the press re...
Jump to postI can't copy and paste from the PDF, but Article 1, Section 3 (b) of the compromise agreement specifically excludes IRROPS (and RONs, training, and maintenance) from the hardstand prohibition. <a href="http://www.dallas-lovefield.com/pdf/dal_ResolveWrightAmendment.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.dal...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dtw757" class="quote" target="_blank">dtw757</a> (<a href="#168" class="quote">Reply 168</a>):<br/><i>The painting on the <acronym title="Americ...
Jump to postThe unpainted CR7 N534AE may have already been painted. The latest picture I could find was on June 5 @ <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> in old paint. https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/14191229869/ However, accor...
Jump to postThe Chili's in B still has their original merchant name and description after all of these years:
"Chilis Too 2W 12 DFW DALLAS TX"
If my math is correct, here is the daily weekday seat count from the current <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> timetable after the banking changes occur: <acronym title="Corpus Christi - International (CRP / KCRP), USA - Texas">CRP</acronym>: 571 (5x 50-seater, 1x CR7, 2x 319) <a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hufftheweevil" class="quote" target="_blank">hufftheweevil</a> (<a href="#104" class="quote">Reply 104</a>):<br/><i>Also N643AE for Envoy which ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dtw757" class="quote" target="_blank">dtw757</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i>Boeing 737-800 (83/232) N814NN 3EP N816NN 3E...
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