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- Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Passenger Decision Making Survey
- Replies: 8
- Views: 670
Re: Passenger Decision Making Survey
Done. Good luck. I'm very interested in seeing the contrast, if any, between frequent flyers and not-so-frequent fliers, and those who can identify/care to identify aircraft types and those who can't/don't. I might include a question in there asking the person surveyed to identify a 737 from maybe 3...
Jump to post- Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:55 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: China Eastern forms OTT (One Two Three) Airlines to fly ARJ-21s and C919s
- Replies: 4
- Views: 887
China Eastern forms OTT (One Two Three) Airlines to fly ARJ-21s and C919s
So this has just been reported . https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-eastern-comac-idUSKCN20K0R9 China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd (600115.SS) launched on Wednesday a fresh subsidiary - OTT Airlines - to push home-grown aircraft to wider markets, the carrier said on its official account on Chines...
Jump to post- Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Delta Airlines B764 flying NRT-CAN?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:39 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Most price-gouged air routes
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1857
Re: Most price-gouged air routes
This is probably somewhat op-cost related, but any flight within/around Tibet and the surrounding plataeu (like LXA-KTM/NGQ) are all very expensive compared to the flight times.
Jump to post- Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: The future of Hainan Airlines group of airlines
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8894
Re: The future of Hainan Airlines group of airlines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNA_Group#HNA_Aviationbhxdtw wrote:Can someone list all the airlines part of the group.
Thx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNA_Group#HNA_Aviation Jump to post
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:38 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Vegan woman demands neighbour stop using meat on barbecue due to smell
- Replies: 64
- Views: 5733
Re: Vegan woman demands neighbour stop using meat on barbecue due to smell
I think she needs to see a therapist or something....
Jump to post- Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:27 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Robocalls
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3273
Re: Robocalls
Sometimes I answer them and just put the phone away (on speaker if I'm alone) and do what I have been doing. No hello, no talking. You called me, so you speak first. It's absolutely hilarious sometimes hearing what that guy/computer can say. I've had a computer (robot) keep saying "I didn't cat...
Jump to post- Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Powerbank causes fire on China Eastern A320neo MU2809 NKG-XMN
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8064
Re: Powerbank causes fire on China Eastern A320neo MU2809 NKG-XMN
[...] In addition, China aviation authority only allow certain capacity (mAh) powerbank to be brought on board as hand carry. Those beyond prescribed capacity (mAh) will be confiscated at the check in counter. Saying this based on personal experience. Left two high capacity powerbank behind due to ...
Jump to post- Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:38 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Does the US 24-hour free cancellation policy apply to foreign carriers flying to the US?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 498
Does the US 24-hour free cancellation policy apply to foreign carriers flying to the US?
As the title suggests, let's say I buy a FRA-JFK ticket on LH (a ticket on a foreign carrier going to the US) directly on LH's website. Does the 24-hour policy apply? Also, does it matter where I bought the ticket (ie on their German website or US website)? I'm asking this as the rule isn't on the w...
Jump to post- Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:48 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Any 777-300 classics with GE90's or PW4000's?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3261
Re: Any 777-300 classics with GE90's or PW4000's?
The other unique oddity to come of that combination, was that KE was the only airline to fly the 773A in scheduled service to the USA (both LAX and HNL) even using the PW4098. 0487851,0309195 Believe they showed up in SFO a time or two as well, but as substitutions, not scheduled services. With all...
Jump to post- Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:40 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: TWOV China Confusion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 634
Re: TWOV China Confusion
As far as I understand, you can't fly back to the country/region you came from. What you do in HKG is irrelevant.
If you fly HKG-PVG-SFO, that's fine.
If you fly HKG-PVG-HKG-SFO, that's not fine. Neither is something like JFK-PVG-SFO.
- Tue May 28, 2019 3:32 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Your longest & shortest flights
- Replies: 78
- Views: 6087
Re: Your longest & shortest flights
For me, by great-circle distance:
Longest CZ 77W CAN-JFK 12,878km
Shortest DL CR9 PHL-JFK 151km
Next shortest BK (Okay Airways, China) MA60 YNT-DLC 153km (Dunno how it compares time-wise with DL's CR9)
- Wed May 01, 2019 2:39 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no CAN/SZX/HKG-TSA
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1932
Re: Why no CAN/SZX/HKG-TSA
TSA, SHA, GMP, HND used to be a loop: these "inner-city" airports pretty much only had international flights among themselves (mostly to protect the other "long-haul" airport). Of course HND opening-up is a later issue. Yeah I know the flights among these four airports aren't the...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:32 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Why so few international major carriers to Philadelphia?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 15707
Re: Why so few international major carriers to Philadelphia?
My parents live in Bucks county (northern suburbs of philly, for others). And I used to live in europe, so I flew international to the Philly area a bit. I always checked both PHL and EWR. JFK - no. Combined with NYC traffic jams, JFK really wouldn't enter into it. For a lot of people, it's all abo...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 12, 2019 6:24 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Why so few international major carriers to Philadelphia?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 15707
Re: Why so few international major carriers to Philadelphia?
From my personal experiences, leakage is a huge issue, especially to NYC airports. I live in the city. My TPAC trips have been Amtrak to EWR then fly UA/CA, or Greyhound to PABT then E train to Jamaica/JFK and fly there. My aunt who lives in Doyelstown (1+hour commuter rail ride north of Philadelphi...
Jump to post- Sun Apr 07, 2019 4:51 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Any chance of commercial service returning to INT?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1367
Re: Any chance of commercial service returning to INT?
KCaviator wrote:If I had to guess, there’s 2 possible options:
1) Service comes back, or
2) Service doesn’t come back.
50% chance.
Probability is not the same as possibility. Jump to post
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:26 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Turkmenistan Airlines Business Class: The President is Watching ...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14075
Re: Turkmenistan Airlines Business Class: The President is Watching ...
Fascinating. Thanks for this post.
Jump to post- Wed Mar 27, 2019 6:04 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Ilyushin Il-62 range
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4169
Re: Ilyushin Il-62 range
According to some sources I saw, they stopped in Syria and Dakar.
But an Il-62's range is more comparable to the 707s/DC-8s than the 727s though.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:52 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Domestic destinations with popular connections through a second country
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2238
Re: Domestic destinations with popular connections through a second country
US considers this illegal. Asiana was fined by USDOT for selling tickets on US-Seoul-Saipan/Guam. Doesn't DL book stuff like SEA-NRT-GUM? Is it illegal period, or just illegal for a foreign carrier? It has to do with cabotage rights. Asiana does not have domestic US traffic rights. Delta would have...
Jump to post- Sun Feb 24, 2019 6:33 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Domestic destinations with popular connections through a second country
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2238
Re: Domestic destinations with popular connections through a second country
US considers this illegal. Asiana was fined by USDOT for selling tickets on US-Seoul-Saipan/Guam.
Jump to post- Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: B787-9 Dreamliner, built from the ground up or converted into?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7560
Re: B787-9 Dreamliner, built from the ground up or converted into?
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/ ... r/Dn7gtNMPBut again, that frame was never delivered to anyone for commercial operations.
I think the first CRJ700 was converted into the first CRJ900 then converted into the first CRJ1000.
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/ ... r/Dn7gtNMP
But again, that frame was never delivered to anyone for commercial operations.
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 11:14 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Domestic 787 Travel USA- United and AA?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1119
Re: Domestic 787 Travel USA- United and AA?
https://www.aacargo.com/ship/schedules.htmlSuch as this one:
https://www.aacargo.com/downloads/sched ... mestic.pdf
AA puts their domestic widebody schedule on AA Cargo's website.
https://www.aacargo.com/ship/schedules.html
Such as this one:
https://www.aacargo.com/downloads/sched ... mestic.pdf
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:25 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Reuters: United to add premium seats on regional and mainline jets
- Replies: 272
- Views: 29929
Re: Reuters: United to add premium seats on regional and mainline jets
Self-serve snack bar? Does that imply that there's one FA and he/she will be (mostly) serving coach pax? BTW one reason I hate the CRJ7 (compared to CRJ9, and if I'm lucky to be in F) is that there is no lav in the front so be careful when you take advantage of those free drinks :ouch: The luggage s...
Jump to post- Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:39 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: China: why so little airways? What's impact?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2709
Re: China: why so little airways? What's impact?
The PLAAF is pretty reluctant to release control over the airspace in general. As for Tibet, mostly due to its altutude. Let's say you have a cabin decompression, usually you lower the plane to 10,000-ish feet, but not over Tibet as you will be hitting terrain. Planes flying into the airports in the...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:12 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: A220 Delta Launch May Be Delayed
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4854
Re: A220 Delta Launch May Be Delayed
Sheesh I hope not. I have a Jan 31 A220 flight booked 
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Flights you are most excited about for 2019
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1682
Re: Flights you are most excited about for 2019
So far, DL's Jan 31st LGA-BOS. I'll be on the second flight with the CS100 on that route though.
Jump to post- Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: African countries a no-show at open skies agreement signing
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6921
Re: African countries a no-show at open skies agreement signing
Kenya was a no-show at a conference held in Narobi 
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:27 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Lower than typical altitude last trip
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2949
Re: Lower than typical altitude last trip
I flew HPN-DCA last year on a Trans States ER4 where we maxed out at only 8,000 feet! The captain actually announced it during his 'welcome on-board' speech, and I was convinced I'd misheard him, but I checked FR24 when I got home, and sure enough, our altitude topped out at FL08. The weather that ...
Jump to post- Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:04 am
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: How much would you pay to stop spam phone calls
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1429
Re: How much would you pay to stop spam phone calls
0.
Why should I pay spammers to stop? So they call me until I'm annoyed then I pay them?
Isnt this extortion?
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UK Says Airlines Forcing Families Apart to Charge More Fees
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7188
Re: UK Says Airlines Forcing Families Apart to Charge More Fees
IMO separating minors from their supervisors on a plane should be illegal if leaving minors at home alone is illegal.
On the other hand, I'm fine with separating adults.
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:50 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Transatlantic P2P flown by the 3 alliances?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3016
Re: Transatlantic P2P flown by the 3 alliances?
Which Skyteam carrier flies LHR-EWR as of now? VS codeshare with DL?
Jump to post- Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:22 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Runway incursion Nov 13th at PVG: DL582 (A359) aborted take off
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16696
Re: Runway incursion Nov 13th at PVG: DL582 (A359) aborted take off
From what I can gather from some Chinese sources: 1 Controller instructed JAL 873 to hold short of the runway. 2 JAL 873 repeated back to cross the runway, which the controller did not catch. 3 Controller cleared DAL 582 for take off. 4 DAL 582 stopped after they saw the crossing JAL plane. https://...
Jump to post- Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:29 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: AA Baggage handler rides in cargo MCIORD
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8786
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:43 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Will we ever see an airline do an around the world flight?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6090
Re: Will we ever see an airline do an around the world flight?
https://www.skyteam.com/en/round-the-world-planner/Why should they?
BTW IMO this is the new RTW flight:
https://www.skyteam.com/en/round-the-world-planner/
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:49 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: ‘No access to overhead bins’ for basic Economy
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4802
Re: ‘No access to overhead bins’ for basic Economy
DL and AA's basic economy used to be like this as well: no carry ons.
I think they do allow carry ons now, leaving UA as the only no carry on basic economy in the US3.
- Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Unconfirmed: China Southern to DFW
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8451
Re: Unconfirmed: China Southern to DFW
...and they are going to use what traffic rights?
All Zone 1 rights are maxed out for now.
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: UA Threatens Customers with Collections for using Skipplagged/hidden city ticketing
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5575
Re: UA Threatens Customers with Collections for using Skipplagged/hidden city ticketing
Erm, 38 times in 2 years is a bit too much, no?
No wonder this guy got caught.
- Sat Oct 13, 2018 4:26 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Train Trip Report: Amtrak Empire Builder CHI-MSP (no pics)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7156
Re: Train Trip Report: Amtrak Empire Builder CHI-MSP (no pics)
I’m actually thinking of taking this train to SEA then flying home. I was planning of the roomette as well. Interesting that you brought up sitting with strangers in the dining car I to am rather antisocial so I’m a little worried about that. I believe you can order room service and have your sleep...
Jump to post- Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:39 am
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: When was ETOPS approved for transpacific flights?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3642
Re: When was ETOPS approved for transpacific flights?
UA857 wrote:When was the first Transpacific twin flight?
CZ's B772ER CAN-LAX in 1997. Jump to post
- Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:35 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Train Trip Report: Amtrak Empire Builder CHI-MSP (no pics)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7156
Re: Train Trip Report: Amtrak Empire Builder CHI-MSP (no pics)
Interestingly, when booking tickets on Amtrak's site the Empire Builder is not an option to travel between Chicago and Milwaukee. http://www.startribune.com/additional-twin-cities-chicago-rail-service-viable-study-finds/494081611/ https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/do...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:57 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Rethinking LGA Airport
- Replies: 74
- Views: 11709
Lmao with this plan.
Are you going to demolish all the skyscrapers in midtown?
chunhimlai wrote:PlymSpotter wrote:Come on, you're still not trying.
Rework your idea to fit in Central Park so it's a true airport for New York.
someone did it 10 years ago
http://manhattanairport.org/
Lmao with this plan.
Are you going to demolish all the skyscrapers in midtown? Jump to post