In case anyone was wondering about the state of BW's finances, it's been revealed by the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) that BW is indebted to them in the sum of approximately $35 million (US$5.1m), and has been given a 60-day ultimatum to clear the debt. My understanding is that ...
Jump to postMissed opportunity for BW. Really wonder what happened to the IAH route after they launched the route and dropped it so soon after. Lack of aircraft was probably a factor as well as the focus on the ATR fleet ramp up but this should have been a route they placed some importance on to remain relevant...
Jump to postHappy to see the massive intent from BW to expand and achieve scale. The 3 max can’t come fast enough. YYZ needs the lift Today. Is BW’s current ATR fleet being fully utilized yet? Also would definitely be interesting to know the plan for the E175 fleet introduction. I would think the priority would...
Jump to postNoticed united starting using the 737-900 er for the iah-pos route. Is this a busy season or other reason behind the change? Pre-Covid the 737-900 was used frequently. I remember flying on the 737-900 in 2018 doing POS-IAH (connecting to YYZ). I suspect the demand is strong. Despite the boom in Guy...
Jump to postJust an FYI, Air Canada has now cancelled the A220 YYZ-POS service until January 16th. They have consistently done this and the service is unreliable. Sucks for the people who booked with them for Christmas. Maybe they want to dissuade WS from eyeing this route as I doubt it can support 3 carriers ...
Jump to postWith BW’s current expansion plans could there be any intent to seek membership with any airline alliances. BW does have a bit more to offer now with its larger regional presence.
Jump to postYYZ-POS is loaded with the A220 for the November and the beginning of December. That's pretty cool. Thats very interesting! It’s definitely the most comfortable narrow body I’ve ever flown on. Amazing that AC thinks it has the legs for YYZ-POS ( and its baggage demands) and even more telling is AC ...
Jump to post...If people want to earn US compensation, take the steps that ensure that can occur. Develop a set of skills that allow US companies such as Delta, Southwest, AA, UAL etc to hire you as a foreigner under various visa programs, move to the US and be prepared to revert to the bottom of the seniority...
Jump to postGood on WS for standing up to the union. One cannot expect to earn US wages while living in Canada. Let them leave to the US and be at the bottom of the seniority list.
AC will be watching closely. They are next in line.
Interesting developments in the Caribbean: I honestly don't see LI being needed as more and more competition is expanding, and also taking up the slack. Caribbean Airlines will present a revised business plan to the GOTT this month in which it will tell its shareholders, about plans to formally acq...
Jump to postBW’s next ATR 72-600 currently at LFBF for painting. 2018 build previously with Air KBZ of Myanmar
Jump to postAlso We are now in December and 9Y-SUR is still sitting on the ground again heading into peak..BW paying around 300k+USD per month for a brand new aircraft to sit for 6 months and counting. I wondered that myself. Why is SUR still in the hangar? Lack of crew? Maintenance issues? Cheers, AA1818 I be...
Jump to post[*] This will also hinder any potential GEO route by AC as well. AC really had the right aircraft with the high density Rouge 767 aircraft on the POS route. If it is that neither WS or AC are capable of serving POS currently, might be a good time for BW to approach them with some sort of partnershi...
Jump to post[*] Issue with duty reg's in Canada and it end's up being harder to crew. Also seems like the aircraft is better utilized on a more profitable route at this time. This will also hinder any potential GEO route by AC as well. AC really had the right aircraft with the high density Rouge 767 aircraft on...
Jump to postIt looks like BW is starting to add their Winter schedule with some increases in flights from November, so far: JFK POS-JFK will go from 7w to 12w with the Morning POS departure and evening JFK Departure returning KIN-JFK will go 4W to 6W with 2 red eyes being added MBJ-JFK will go 2w to 4W with a ...
Jump to postThe TAB domestic route is currently subsidised $50TT each way. This puts the total revenue for BW at $400TT on a return trip. BW currently funds the shortfall between that revenue and actual cost through its own operations. Clearly the TT government is unwilling to raise the 50$ subsidy and is willi...
Jump to postYYZ-POS now been downgraded to seasonal it seems.WS also recently dropped the route.
Jump to postIf I am not mistaken, Pre pandemic the TAB-JFK route was subsidized by the THA. Hopefully that is still the case. Hoping the same is the case with the new TAB-BGI route. At a political rally recently, the PM did say that as a national airline CAL should be used more to benefit Tobago and specificall...
Jump to postBW’s IAH route seems to be only operating for a two week period. Could they be moving It from a scheduled service to a charter instead? It also never looked like they were sure they even wanted to start the route. No marketing what so ever. It almost looked like a rushed decision to maybe keep UA fr...
Jump to postIs BW on the fence about the IAH route? Seems odd that that has been zero marketing for the route thus far.
Jump to postCaribbean Airlines has loaded IAH-POS and IAH-GEO starting March 8th
Jump to postBW starting IAH-GEO and IAH-POS starting March 8th. UA response soon?
Jump to postCongrats to BW on launching IAH. Seems risky this early in the GEO energy bonanza game with things just starting to ramp up. Good for them for trying. Very short window before launch date but hopefully they have a contract in place to transport energy workers from IAH. I know they were doing a few I...
Jump to postSo thankful for flair entering the YEG-YUL market. Fares are the lowest I’ve ever seen. AC at least seems to be taking Flair seriously. 200$ roundtrip on AC cant be sustainable though.
Jump to postAny idea whats the hold up in BW putting the MAX into service? Seems counter intuitive to take delivery of not one but two new aircraft with planned entry into service after the peak travel period is over. These AC were sitting for months at Boeing’s factory completed and awaiting delivery. One woul...
Jump to postGEO should be on the list. Energy demand from IAH..10 Billion barrels exxon is sitting on there. UA has already facilitated numerous B788 charters there
Jump to postNoticed BW’s first Max, originally 9Y-CAL has had the registration replaced with N60668. Hoping this is just temporary for testing etc and not a sign that BW isn’t taking delivery of her.
Jump to postBW seems to have underestimated demand on the POS-YYZ route. The 1x weekly flights seem to be almost sold out northbound for July and August. Fares are now upwards of $800US one way.
Jump to postKL must have taken note of the charter traffic to POS from AMS. Today another flew into POS. BW is also doing an IAH-POS-IAH charter today. Both probably oil related. UA must also be strongly considering scheduled GEO service at this point giving the high frequency of IAH to GEO charters, some even ...
Jump to postWow KLM to POS is very surprising. Definitely influenced by Shell’s large presence in POS. There continue to be frequent charters to POS from AMS
Jump to postCould be completely unrelated to BW’s rumoured cargo plans but ex BW B738 9Y-SXM was recently ferried for cargo conversion.
Jump to postRumors that CAL are sending back 4 737's. Crew from the 737 being put back onto the ATR. Anybody can confirm this? Good move if so. If there is an exit clause/ expiry of any of the leases BW should definitely take advantage. Should be lots of available frames to pick up In short notice when things ...
Jump to postAA has suspended GEO (from both MIA and JFK) along with most of its South America network due to drop off in demand from COVID-19. http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2020/American-Airlines-Announces-Additional-Schedule-Changes-in-Response-to-Customer-Demand-Related-to-COVID-19-031420-OPS-DIS-03/d...
Jump to post9Y-TTI is on its delivery flight to POS. Would be interesting to see what BW’s plans are for its increased regional fleet.
Jump to postSeems like AA is having some issues on the JFK-GEO route. With full flights southbound, their B738 seems to have difficulty doing the flight non stop. Three flights since launch had to stop at SJU to refuel. BW has no difficulty but its seat counts are only 150 on their B738.
Jump to postAnybody know if BW has been affected by the B737 NG pickle fork issue? I noticed 9Y-KIN and 9Y-JMC have not been in service for a while. Their B738 fleet is up there in age and could be requiring checks. The JFK-MBJ flight seems to be originating and ending in KIN as of recently. It would be intere...
Jump to postAnybody know if BW has been affected by the B737 NG pickle fork issue? I noticed 9Y-KIN and 9Y-JMC have not been in service for a while. Their B738 fleet is up there in age and could be requiring checks.
The JFK-MBJ flight seems to be originating and ending in KIN as of recently.
BW has received approval from the Cayman Authorities to operate its planned KIN-GCM route. This route was intended to launch this month but with approval only just being granted it now looks like an October launch. KX recently increased its frequency on the route for the busy summer period. Could it...
Jump to postBW has updated its website. Looks very modern.
Perhaps BW’s new KIN-BGI-KIN flights are the first additions in the attempt to re focus on KIN
UA seems to be interested in serving GEO mainly based on the emerging energy bonanza that GEO is about to become. BW seems to be missing the boat. IAH-POS seemed worth a try with connections to GEO and PBM to block a potential UA entry and gain market share before the other majors swoop in when the...
Jump to postUA seems to be interested in serving GEO mainly based on the emerging energy bonanza that GEO is about to become. BW seems to be missing the boat. IAH-POS seemed worth a try with connections to GEO and PBM to block a potential UA entry and gain market share before the other majors swoop in when the ...
Jump to postI believe Medera was speaking in the context of routes that might be possible with the extra range of the MAX 8 and not a separate sub fleet. The western coast of Africa(DSS for example) should be within its range. POS(or KIN)-BDA-LGW might be a possibility within the MAX 8’s range as well. I believ...
Jump to postBW has announced it has chosen the B737-8 MAX
To renew its fleet of 12 B738. First to arrive in Q4 2019. Congrats to them.
Sunwing has added weekly seasonal YYZ-TAB service this winter. Great news for TAB. Seems to be a partnership with Starfish resorts (their in house brand)and Rex resorts.
Jump to postCuracao seems to be courting BW to begin flights to CUR from POS. BWIA flew this route in the past with the Dash 8 and later on with the B738 continuing on to SDQ I believe. “The other reason we came here was to meet with Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and that we did as we got off the plane. Together wit...
Jump to post817Dreamliiner wrote:ANU has 2 Boeing 737 MAX flights today. Both from Sunwing Airlines. First one from YYZ has already landed (Royalton livery), while the second is currently enroute from YUL.
This thread really does little but sully the reputation of its title country. The resident posters don’t seem to realize their behavior is a poor reflection on the country they represent. Best course of action is to refrain from posting here. Let these posters go about their business of posting info...
Jump to postBW has posted openings for First Officers B738 and has openings for Cabin Crew based in Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana. Could some sort of expansion be on the cards?
Jump to postMBJ has been on my to visit list but the behavior by posters who I am assuming to be Jamaican make me disappointed enough to have second thoughts. For the poster commenting that Guyana has nothing going for it..With 600 thousand barrels of oil per day ( more than Trinidad ever had) coming online in ...
Jump to postDavid Patterson Guyana's Public Infrastructure minister says another US airline is interested in starting December 2018 MIA-GEO and New York-GEO. Since it is most likely JetBlue he probably means FLL-GEO, and JFK-GEO. If it is JetBlue then they would have to use the A321 on the JFK-GEO route. Link:...
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