Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

Re: Another 797/MOM Article

Would this be a 2-3-2 / 2-4-2 seat config? If so, would be roomy and might help make embarking/disembarking process more efficient = saving $, time, and better overall customer experience. I agree with his point about sitting at the back of an A321.

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

Bloomberg reporting that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on a Saudi Arabia-led coalition to ease its blockade of Qatar, saying that the cutoff is hindering the fight against Islamic State and provoking food shortages. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-09/tillerson-call...

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

QR400 still haven't flown but its estimated departure time is on Doha airport site... In the air, lets see what prohibited airspace it will have to go through ! https://www.flightradar24.com/QTR400/da41782 Looks like its going to go straight through Iraq. Just stay above 15,000 ft in case militants...

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

So the MIA flight made it back to DOH - https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QTR778/history/20170606/0030Z/KMIA/OTHH In my opinion, Iraq and Syria will continue to be dangerous airspace, therefore the power player for Qatar is Iran. If QR birds can't overfly Iran they are toast. Given the geopolitic...

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

So the MIA flight made it back to DOH - https://flightaware.com/live/flight/QTR778/history/20170606/0030Z/KMIA/OTHH In my opinion, Iraq and Syria will continue to be dangerous airspace, therefore the power player for Qatar is Iran. If QR birds can't overfly Iran they are toast. Given the geopolitica...

Re: UA suspends CCS (Caracas) effective 7/1

Straw poll, which airline/route will drop Venezuela next? I'm thinking MIA will go 1x per day with AA very soon. Repatriating the $ is too much of a mess.

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

QR's MIA flight will land in a few hours and they have gone via Iran, Armenia, Georgia, and Russia. That's the outbound. Tonight's return will be interesting.

Re: South Florida Aviation Thread - Part 8

So WOW is now operating from MIA - saw their beautiful bird a few days ago at the gate. Very Miami colours if you as me. Any more news on future routes? Rumors that an ANA connection is in the works.. but we've been talking about Asian non-stop for years now...

Re: Boeing targets Bombardier for “price dumping” CSeries

Canada better grow some balls and start fighting back. I know trade wars have no winners but Canada is losing by default. I would start with cancelling the potential Boeing F-18 order and then move on to the massively subsidized U.S. agriculture industry. Me thinks this is already starting to happe...

Re: Boeing targets Bombardier for “price dumping” CSeries

Me thinks this is already starting to happen. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/sajjan-says-boeing-is-not-a-trust-partner-as-super-hornet-dispute-escalate In a room in Chicago ... Fatcat A: "We lost a $2 billion deal at DL. We've gotta fix this. Launch the complaint." F...

Re: Envoy To Open MIA Crew Base In September

Dominion301 wrote:

You'd think this would mean that AA might finally add daily E75 flights out of MIA to places such as Upstate NY and YOW. All of whom could easily support a nonstop E-Jet.

Re: Boeing targets Bombardier for “price dumping” CSeries

Canada better grow some balls and start fighting back. I know trade wars have no winners but Canada is losing by default. I would start with cancelling the potential Boeing F-18 order and then move on to the massively subsidized U.S. agriculture industry. Me thinks this is already starting to happe...

Re: The 'Mexican game': How Air Transat misled passengers and aviation officials

These flights are marketed as "direct" not "non-stop", there's a difference. Sunwing regularly tech-stops in YHM on its PUJ-YVR/YYC/YEG flights, which by the way is 682 Miles out of the way from the direct route. They do tech-stops in Monterrey on the LIR-YEG flight and the occa...

Re: Canada may cancel F18 deal

From the Ottawa Citizen this morning: "Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan suggested the U.S. aerospace firm that wants to sell billions of dollars worth of fighter jets to Canada can no longer be considered a trusted partner." Looks like the F35 could be back in play... http://ottawacitizen.co...

Re: The 'Mexican game': How Air Transat misled passengers and aviation officials

Yikes! http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/flair-newleaf-airtransat-aircanada-westjet-airlines-cancun-vacation-discount-airlines-1.4096090 If this is the way Air Transat operates, what other corners are they cutting? Air Transat Flight 236... Please help me understand what the fuel starvation 16 years ...

The 'Mexican game': How Air Transat misled passengers and aviation officials

Yikes!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/flair-newleaf-airtransat-aircanada-westjet-airlines-cancun-vacation-discount-airlines-1.4096090

If this is the way Air Transat operates, what other corners are they cutting? Air Transat Flight 236...

Re: Best Major Airport in the US

MIA all the way. With the most number of in flights now operating out of Miami, it's a avgeeks dream for spotting and has considerably improved over the last decade.

Re: Report on AC 624 released

Shucks, in wintry locals like Halifax, wouldn't both runways having ILS be opportune? You said a mouthful there my friend. Pilots have been trying to get better landing facilites at Canadian airports for decades! But, no, airport improvement fees go to canoes in the lobby and waterfalls in Customs....

VietJet soars as Communist leaders loosen up on private enterprise

New article on VJ from the Wall Street Journal. Interesting read that demonstrates how far this country has come and the LC model that has been sweeping across Asia. https://www.wsj.com/articles/budget-airline-soars-in-vietnam-1495186204 Btw, could you imagine legacy carriers in North America doing ...

Re: Air Transat 11th A330-200 received

beautiful landing and cool to see that bird in white. Isn't the 330 a sexy piece of hardware or what?

When will JetBlue fly to select Canadian cities?

Simple question is this: when will the Canadian gov open up the market to JetBlue and other carriers for cross-border traffic? If taxes/landing fees are an issue - then bake them into the fare. If protectionism is so vital, just limit frequency. I'd like to see YUL, YOW, YYZ, YHM, YQB, and YHZ first...

Re: Report on AC 624 released

I'm not a pilot but my question is this: the landing took place in a snow storm and on approach YHZ tower said visibility was 1/2 mile. Since YHZ is a Cat II airport, why didn't they just do an ILS landing for good measure? Because the runways with the ILS were closed or exceeded tail wind limits. ...

Re: Report on AC 624 released

I'm not a pilot but my question is this: the landing took place in a snow storm and on approach YHZ tower said visibility was 1/2 mile. Since YHZ is a Cat II airport, why didn't they just do an ILS landing for good measure?

Re: If Oil drops sub $20 for foreseeable future, a 4-engine A350 stretch?

Has anyone figured in Labor costs of operating 2-3 planes to compensate for the 747 loss ? Has anyone figured in the landing fees for 2 planes vs 1? How about gate rental space for 2 vs 1? And the additional labor expenses that the 747 will not have- one hotel room per airline crew member so you ar...

Re: Bombardier: CSeries engines require upgrades

Whats worse for BBD, this happening now or 2 years from now? Better to nip the problem in the bud before dozens and dozens of deliveries have been made no?

Re: If Oil drops sub $20 for foreseeable future, a 4-engine A350 stretch?

I am appalled to so many posters laughing at $20 oil. lol. remember when oil prices were over $100, saying $30 oil would land you in an institution. We, as a society are being far more efficient with useage, and most of all, are finding LOTS more oil that is economically feasible. Low oil prices ha...

Re: If Oil drops sub $20 for foreseeable future, a 4-engine A350 stretch?

I am appalled to so many posters laughing at $20 oil. lol. remember when oil prices were over $100, saying $30 oil would land you in an institution. We, as a society are being far more efficient with useage, and most of all, are finding LOTS more oil that is economically feasible. Low oil prices ha...

Re: If Oil drops sub $20 for foreseeable future, a 4-engine A350 stretch?

No, the 4-engine industry is history. Twin engines rule the sky and will continue to do so in the future. A stretch of the Airbus A350 doesn't need 4 engines. The frame is significantly lighter than the Boeing 777, which can successfully do ULH flights with 2 engines. A further stretch to the Airbu...

If Oil drops sub $20 for foreseeable future, a 4-engine A350 stretch?

Current WTI crude is at $47 and Brent at $50. If prices drop to sub $20 for the foreseeable future, could we ever see Airbus modify the A350 as a stretch with 4 engines?

Re: AC announces new Frequent Flyer Program

It will be better than Aeroplan if they can make miles not expire, like Delta.

Re: Spirit Airlines Labor Trouble brewing?

1.) I don't travel on ULLC anymore - mostly for labour strikes like these, not to mention more than likely lax maintenance. 2.) Do I want my FO and Captain flying the bird to be pissed off about remuneration? 3.) Why would I want to travel with passengers like these? https://www.instagram.com/p/BT2u...

Re: Another United gaffe - forces doctor off plane

As a regular United customer and Star Silver, I am disgusted by the treatment shown in the video and by the responses of many of the people on this thread. This guy is a CUSTOMER, when I buy a ticket and sit in my seat I do not expect to then be physically assaulted by the airline's staff (I don't ...

Re: Employees at Montreal's Trudeau (YUL) airport potentially radicalized: reports

anshabhi wrote:

would better suit under non-av..

Employees at Montreal's Trudeau (YUL) airport potentially radicalized: reports

Four employees at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport had their access levels scaled back for precautionary reasons as officials looked into the possibility they had been radicalized, according to a report by the Journal de Montréal. Aéroports de Montréal, the company that manages the airport, ...