Re: Norwegian Files Lawsuit Against Boeing

Norwegian has wanted and needed cash for a while. My understanding is that Boeing has been unwilling to take Norwegian seriously and engage with them in talks hoping they would disappear and they could instead deal with bankruptcy lawyers. Now that some of Boeing's largest customers own Norwegian, D...

Re: Norwegian Air Cancels Orders For 92 737 MAXs and 5 787s

So why did they not cancel the A321LR order? Err... Maybe because the 321 is not grounded or crashed due to the errors of the manufacturer They cancelled the Boeing order because t hey had an option in the contract to do so after deliveries of the Max had stopped up for a year. The Airbus order pro...

Re: Norwegian Air Cancels Orders For 92 737 MAXs and 5 787s

Boeing can draw out compensation negotiations and pay to creditors after Norwegian has been liquidated. At least that way creditors will get something. This has apparently been Boeing's tactic thus far. Norwegian has been very frustrated by the response from Chicago. Now that the leasing companies ...

Re: Nordic Aviation - 2020

Thank you. I checked it out and unfortunately it also doesn't say where these planes would be based. My guess is Oslo. Unfortunately I have to agree with you. Norwegian seems to be running out of time as they are still struggling to find support at a time when the whole aviation sector is in a melt...

Re: Norwegian Puts 4 Subsidiaries Into Bankruptcy

Read through the article and it sounds like the CEO is pointing fingers at Sweden and Denmark, complaining of the lack of support in those countries, whilst praising Norway for an efficient scheme. Not sure what to make of that. In the Nordic Aviation Thread we could read that Norway has helped DY ...

Re: Alaska future in Portland 2020

It would make sense to transition the heavily constrained Sea-Tac hub to focus more heavily on high yield O/D and let Portland take a lot of the transfer passengers. That way AS/AA can both grow and increase their yield while building up a strong hub at PDX which is probably going to continue to gr...

Re: DY about to go bust?

With Japan closing all of the their schools, Trump putting his head in the sand hoping for the best, and the virus popping up all over the place the demise of Norwegian will be the tip of the iceberg. It's really not a question of if now but when. It'll be a shame. Norwegian has a lot of great peop...

Re: DY about to go bust?

With Japan closing all of the their schools, Trump putting his head in the sand hoping for the best, and the virus popping up all over the place the demise of Norwegian will be the tip of the iceberg. It's really not a question of if now but when. It'll be a shame. Norwegian has a lot of great peopl...

Re: Alaska future in Portland 2020

It would make sense to transition the heavily constrained Sea-Tac hub to focus more heavily on high yield O/D and let Portland take a lot of the transfer passengers. That way AS/AA can both grow and increase their yield while building up a strong hub at PDX which is probably going to continue to gro...

Re: Boeing 737MAX Grounding, General Discussion Thread, January 2020

Boeing needs to: 1. Split the commercial division out as a separate company - the corrupt and cynical culture of military contracting seems to have permeated the organization 2. Move the commercial division HQ back to Seattle and closer to the core of the business - the guys in suits in Chicago seem...

Re: Nordic Aviation - 2020

UpNAWAy wrote:

Just saw that on the news, parking garaged collapse. EV fire gone bad I assume....this might be a insight into the future.

Re: Nordic Aviation - 2019

Jacob Schram is the new CEO of Norwegian https://www.dn.no/luftfart/norwegian/jacob-schram-blir-ny-toppsjef-i-norwegian/2-1-709984 He was previously head of Statoil Fuel & Retail which was the 5th largest company on the Oslo Stock Exchange when it was publicly listed. Follower SFR's acquisition ...

Re: Sun Country to announce 4 NEW destinations Nov.5

The redneck riviera looks under served. I'll guess Pensacola, Panama City, along with Jacksonville and Norfolk.

Re: Norwegian closes MAD base; cancels ARN, CPH, CTA, DBV, KEF, LPA, PMI, TFN.

Going to start a battle here, but this is truly asked in the spirit of "really wanting to know how much we can know based on the facts". What percent of this decision is based on the MAX grounding, and what percent is based on all other factors? I truly don't know the details of how we go...

Re: SAS growth in the future

I feel like Icelandair and SAS would be a great fit. SAS has a substantially better product and a large business customer base which FL struggles to attract. SAS can fill routes like CPH/ARN/OSL to EWR very profitably but a lot of the other routes are rather marginal. By purchasing Icelandair, SAS c...

Re: Norwegian drops LGW-SIN and announces LGW-GIG

I just booked LGW-SIN OW just before Christmas and premium was only slightly more expensive than economy.

Re: Does Wideroe Have Issues With its E190s?

somewhat off topic but is the leg room as bad as the raw measurements would indicate. 30 inches is really cramped IMHO.

Re: Malaga Airport loses PAX for the first time in 5 years; ALC, IBZ drop; BCN slows down; MAD booms

There was a huge hike in demand for holidays in Mallorca in the last 3-5 years (because of Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt). Hoteliers got somewhat greedy and the prices nearly doubled. Guess 2019 will be a rude awakening if they keep it this high. Assuming all other costs are the same they would need to...

Re: TATL Announcements for 2019

I'm surprised at no BA PDX-LHR. Why? (1) PDX-LHR is in no way a particularly large LON market, (2) it already has a full-service airline offering the LHR route nonstop, and (3) Portland also has multiple other European nonstops which would compete against it for connections. It's not to say that BA...

Re: Bombardier wins approval for 90-seat Q400, eyes more orders

It seems like the industry is just begging for more regulation. While the industry all losing money just a few years ago clearly was neither desirable nor sustainable this kind of cost savings really irritates me. I understand that the nature of fare searches and unbundling of fares has really chang...

Re: Air China 985 held remotely for more than 1 hour after landing SFO

A Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal was found on board. The owner identified so they could be brought back to China for imprisonment.

Re: Oregon Aviation Thread - 2018

Re-adding this since the 2017 thread was just locked: Air Canada had PDX-YYZ listed as year-round for a few months or so, but it was recently pulled back to seasonal (ending in October). I wonder what's keeping them from running this route year-round, granted that they already have a daily YYZ-SEA ...

Re: Oregon Aviation Thread - Part 14

Updated images and information on the CC-E extension at PDX: https://popcdn.azureedge.net/pdfs/PDXNext%20Terminal%20Balancing.pdf I feel the Port is wasting a lot of money by not going entirely to common use which allows for much better asset utilization. Airline specific gates only serve as barrie...

Re: Oregon Aviation Thread - Part 14

Updated images and information on the CC-E extension at PDX: https://popcdn.azureedge.net/pdfs/PDXNext%20Terminal%20Balancing.pdf I feel the Port is wasting a lot of money by not going entirely to common use which allows for much better asset utilization. Airline specific gates only serve as barrie...

Re: SAS to start Stockholm - Miami

I flew DY FLL-ARN on Saturday and the flight was 100% full. This flight should do well for SK I can see them increasing before too long.

Re: Norwegian begins hiring in Argentina; LGW-EZE in December

I believe this one when fly it. Argentina has a new, progressive government, but a protectionist record. The domestic market is still very small due to the economic decline of the last several years. Then there is that split between short-haul at AEP and long-haul at EZE, which is bad for any airli...

Re: ORD-BCN: Any future?

pabloeing wrote:

Spain needs a second route to ORD...only IB fly every day to Chicago and this is a important Oneworld hub

RE: Why Doesn't Ryanair Buy Norwegian?

Norwegian is really popular with business travelers and corporate accounts. I can't even book Ryanair through our corporate booking system. The airlines have radically different cultures and business models as well. Norwegian has a very positive culture and gives customers free things like wi-fi. No...

RE: SAS To Add 3 More Long Haul Airplanes In 2016

Lease rates for 340s are so low these days compared with 330s that it makes sense for an airline like SAS that already has some to lease some more until the 350s arrive. I see on myairlease that the monthly rate range for a 340-300 is $105-275k monthly which is far less than for the 330-300 at $250-...

RE: Norwegian And Possible Tromso-USA Flights

Seeing as how DY is opening up low frequency flights to San Juan, geared towards the cruise industry, a seasonal flight from New York to Tromsø could serve a similar niche market

RE: Most Primitive Major Airports?

LED Saint Petersburg is by far the worst I've been to, this was in August 2012. Almost no seating with people standing very closely all over the place. Shabby toilets. very basic cafe, few shops.

RE: LH Group To Use Biofuel At OSL

Here is a press release about the development. <a href="http://www.statoilaviation.com/en_EN/pg1334081275434/ar1334088807459/about/oslo-biohub.html" target="_blank">http://www.statoilaviation.com/en_EN...34088807459/about/oslo-biohub.html</a> It seems that it is from a supplier called SkyNRG. <a hre...

RE: LH Group To Use Biofuel At OSL

For the record. The supplier is Statoil Fuel & Retail and not Statoil. The former was split out of the latter 3 years ago and was subsequently purchased by Canadian convenience retailer Couche-Tard. The aviation arm of Statoil Fuel & Retail was recently purchased by <acronym title="Air Botsw...

RE: YYC Being Overbuilt?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VCEflyboy" class="quote" target="_blank">VCEflyboy</a> (<a href="#88" class="quote">Reply 88</a>):<br/><i>1. Who wants to transfer when there's ...

RE: American Mulls A Headquarters Move

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Mah4546" class="quote" target="_blank">Mah4546</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>While I agree <acronym title="American Airli...

RE: YYC Being Overbuilt?

I've often felt that Calgary was perfectly placed to be a hub for flights from the West Coast to Europe. The main arguments are: -flight times short enough to use the same aircraft to and from Europe (not feasiible from <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SF...

RE: Icelandair Announces Portland(PDX)

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bigfoot0503" class="quote" target="_blank">bigfoot0503</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>Speaking of the Hillsboro Airport....

RE: What's Going On In CLE - Part 6

Is there really no airline currently flying between Cleveland and Cincinnati? Was doing a search and couldn't find anything. What do people traveling between Ohio's two major cities do? Drive? How many people traveled between those cities when both <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acr...

RE: Air Canada Present And Future

One potential market that I've always thought would be ideal for <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> would be to establish a trans-Atlantic hub at Calgary aimed at the West Coast market. It lies at the perfect fulcrum of great circle routes between Western North America and Europe and is a sign...

RE: Scandinavian Aviation 2013 - Part 2

Vueling's inaugural flight to <acronym title="Oslo - Gardermoen (OSL / ENGM), Norway">OSL</acronym> from <acronym title="Barcelona (- El Prat) (BCN / LEBL), Spain">BCN</acronym> landed 20 minutes ago. Judging from the number of people disembarking the flight coming in was about half full. Those of u...

RE: SFO-Future?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>The show-stopper is the environm...

RE: Sea-Tac And Airlines Relocating

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SuperDash" class="quote" target="_blank">SuperDash</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>Unfortunately the article now says $100M...

RE: Future Of UA At IAD

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/STT757" class="quote" target="_blank">STT757</a> (<a href="#80" class="quote">Reply 80</a>):<br/><i>The Port is the third businest in the Countr...

RE: Future Of UA At IAD

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/STT757" class="quote" target="_blank">STT757</a> (<a href="#31" class="quote">Reply 31</a>):<br/><i>Of course they can grow <acronym title="Newa...

RE: 10 Most Dangerous Airports In The US?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/brucek" class="quote" target="_blank">brucek</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i>Disregarding this article, I would put <acro...

RE: BA CEO On LCY 318 Tatl Services

I wonder if Toronto would be under consideration as well. Would not Chicago also be a possibility?

RE: Airlines Delaying Orders For CSeries?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/queb" class="quote" target="_blank">queb</a> (<a href="#60" class="quote">Reply 60</a>):<br/><i>To buy Bombardier Aerospace, the potential buyer...

RE: Airlines Delaying Orders For CSeries?

Seems like the perfect opportunity for Boeing or Airbus to purchase the aviation portion of Bombardier. With a market cap of only C$ 7.5 billion. With a premium they might be available for a paltry $5 billion. The sales force of either A or B would make the C-Series into an immediate winner. Having ...

RE: Scandinavian Aviation 2011 #2

Headquarters can be somewhat misleading in assessing flight needs. Regional/national headquarters and type of business are very important. In Norway the cause of a lot of international travel has nothing to due with hosting a <acronym title="Harmony Airways (Canada)">HQ</acronym>. In the Stavanger r...

RE: US In The Meantime...

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Noise" class="quote" target="_blank">Noise</a> (<a href="#83" class="quote">Reply 83</a>):<br/><i>Secondly, couldn't they benefit from opening u...