Why stop at just banning Russia overflights? Why not include Iran on the list as well and every other country the US doesn't deem safe for its citizens? I remember years ago the FAA trying to ban Icelandair pilots who were over 60- that decision got reversed very quickly after a formal diplomatic co...
Jump to postGUM? Speaking of GUM, I'd love to see UA resume GUM-Australia in some way, maybe BNE instead of CNS? Connect it to their Japan bank, whack a VA codeshare on it too! Those days are LONG gone. GUM traffic is now mostly point to point. Years ago GUM also functioned as a transit hub, but there's now wa...
Jump to postBA sometimes scheduled a 747-100 substitution on LHR-LAX which is further than TW's JFK-ATH flight (I thought they had problems and that's why the -200's and SP's later served ATH). Could it fly nonstop LHR-LAX, the range of the 747-100 was only 4900-5000 nmi and LHR-LAX is around 4730 nmi. Yes BA ...
Jump to postBA sometimes scheduled a 747-100 substitution on LHR-LAX which is further than TW's JFK-ATH flight (I thought they had problems and that's why the -200's and SP's later served ATH).
Jump to postIIRC QF flew the 743 SYD-LAX heavily load restricted for a brief time.
Jump to postMy opinion having grown up as a BA staff brat: the 1974 colour scheme was awful- the shade of white was too bright and contrasted badly with the dark blue underneath. IMO the VC-10's and Tristars looked a bit better. The mid 80's livery refresh was a dramatic improvement, developed with BA staff fee...
Jump to postFYI there was a light rail proposal to.link the airport, university, medical corridor and downtown. It was for locals, not tourists, but the idea was killed off due to the $1b+ cost and no viable way to fund the project even with federal help. Taxi union pressure wasn't a factor in the decision. The...
Jump to postMain issue is DPS is 95% ex AU point of sale and in some months (especially FEB) you can't give it away. GA's cost structure isn't as low as you might think- having said that, Lion/Batik is another matter entirely.
Jump to postGA used 738 when they served BNE, but that route never made money for them. If they were to expand, it would be to PER. GA should be back to near Pre-Covid capacity as they slowly increase CGK to x4 weekly and DPS back up to daily from both MEL and SYD by mid year. Fun fact: none of the Australian ...
Jump to postFreddie Laker was the only one able to pull off ULCC long distance from Europe to the states ... he had gotten planes dirt cheap to do it ... https://simpleflying.com/laker-airways-brief-history/ The Skytrain concept killed Laker Airways in just under 4 years. They bought a new fleet of 11 DC10s an...
Jump to postDon't get your point. Besides, what Norse is doing is legal, even if you don't like it.
Jump to postA very high service level??? The biggest problem wasn't so much the product, but rather the staff attitude that bordered on arrogance/confrontational/nasty. In the end the staff blamed the management for all AZ's problems, but the staff's own actions were a contributing factor. I know many Italian ...
Jump to postPity the poor lower management QF staff who finally got business class upgrades on departure written into their new enterprise bargaining agreement. But as QF now sells upgrade prior to departure, there are no biz class seats on departure!
Jump to postA very high service level??? The biggest problem wasn't so much the product, but rather the staff attitude that bordered on arrogance/confrontational/nasty. In the end the staff blamed the management for all AZ's problems, but the staff's own actions were a contributing factor. I know many Italian i...
Jump to postThe questions needs more context. OP is talking about a time frame that's unrealistically long: 1991 to 2024. Things change- maybe profitable one day, the next day no.
As for Riyadh, IIRC that was last served with TWA?
Truth is there is no specific answer to this question. Anything can happen, depending on the airline, the diversion point, and what contracts are in place for diversions:
a) everyone goes to a hotel
b) everyone remains airside
c) pax are segregated by class of travel or nationality
The name didn't help them- an obvious Turkish subsidiary of Nordwind. They are very lucky no aircraft were in the EU.
Jump to postLooking at FR24 it appears only the UK is interested in flying to the caribbean, Barbabos Trinidad St Lucia and the like, I would have thought it would have been attractive to the likes of Sweden Norway Denmark Germany or Poland. There are seasonal flights from Germany (Condor, Discover) to Barbado...
Jump to postThis will be a long list: AC 763: SYD-HNL AR 742: AKL-BUE, BUE-RGL-AKL BA 707: JFK-SFO-HNL-NAN-SYD BA 741: ANC-NRT CA 742: LAX-PEK FJ 742: LAX-NAN FJ 744: LAX-NAN HA 332: HNL-BNE NW 744: LAX-SYD NZ D10: LAX-HNL-AKL NZ 763: LAX-PPT-AKL NZ 742: LAX-HNL-AKL, LAX-HNL-NAN-AKL NZ 744: LAX-AKL, LAX-NAN-AKL...
Jump to postJust create a new account- any points from 1999 are now long expired.
Jump to postThe issuing carrier is supposed to handle these issues (it's their ticket), but I've seen too many cases where they try to throw it over to the operating carrier, so don't be surprised if they do.
No-its not always the case the systems talk.
Um... absolutely false. The first 2 DC-10's were delivered new in the early 70's and were model 30. Plenty of pix in the database. Other used 30's came later (one was ex AZ), as did the 15. Sorry but there is no way to tell what model you flew on- probably a 15 for a short domestic hop, but who know...
Jump to postBAe146: AN, UM
VC-10: BA
707: AA, BA, BR, KQ, QF
DC8-52: UA
DC8-71: DL
747SP: PA, QF, SA, UA
747: AA, AI, AR, AZ, BA, CP, GA, FJ, NW, NZ, PA, PR, QF, UA
743: AN, QF, SQ, UT
744: AN, BA, CA, FJ, KL, LH, MH, NW, NZ, QF, SQ, TG, UA
A340: SQ, TK
A380: EK, MH, QF, SQ
I cancelled a trip to MUC & BER at the end of April because of all these strikes. LH is the only viable option from my city (I refuse to travel 2 hours to another airport to take a short intra-Europe flight on another carrier), plus DB (MUC-BER sector) is also striking all the time- trip became ...
Jump to postShort answer: opportunity costs. The yields are better to other markets that are shorter in distance so you turn the aircraft around faster and make more money. That's why.
Jump to postYes, I have seen things like this before, but usually with an alliance or non-competing carrier. The BA ad in the PA in-flight magazine is odd. I could understand if the add was for BEA (non competitor), but BEA and BOAC merged 2 years before this ad. FYI one of my marketing stunts- I put my carrier...
Jump to post112 flights:
762: AC AN DL NZ QF TW
763: AA AC AN BA BI DL FJ HA NG NZ QF
764: DL
Air Canada: 762, 763, 333
Air India: 742
British Airways: VCX, 707, 741, 742, 744, D10, L10, L15
British Caledonian: 707
Delta: L15
Eurowings: 332
Kuwait Airways: 742
Pan Am: 741
US Airways: 333
This is a general comment, so I’m not going to reply to a particular post: People need to stop obsessing about making PER-AKL work for connections. It doesn’t work unless it’s run double daily. If this was so important then NZ would be flying double daily (or split 3x/4x schedule) timed for US conn...
Jump to postDidn't 2 of Vanessa's Jetstar Pacific's managers spend a lengthy amount of time at the Hanoi Hilton?
Jump to postHey Gang,
If anyone has access to a GDS, very grateful if can advise what is the availability order of classes (and seats showing available) on TU867 8AUG MXP TUN?
Many thanks!
Just want to confirm, BITRE LF figures are counted as seats bookable, not total aircraft seats, right? Eg 100 seats on a plane, 10 seats blocked, 90 seats sold, 100% LF. Yes, this should be the case, although sometimes the airline needs to give the Dept. of Transport a nudge to remind them of the r...
Jump to postThink NH made a mistake by not making one of it two Haneda services to either Melbourne or Brisbane. Sydney airport is not known for easy transfers between terminals and at least offering a Melbourne service would have latched on to the better transfers available at Mel. Actually in this case, no. ...
Jump to postI have always wondered why UA never flew GUM-CEB with the Filipino populations in Micronesia and Hawaii; would be great if this was the next step as the timings are perfect to offer GUM-CEB-NRT and NRT-CEB-GUM on 2 aircraft. GUM’s main hub push is in the 0600-0700 hour. A return to DPS either from ...
Jump to postAir Austral does not need 5th freedom traffic rights on SYD-NOU. It's a French airline and New Caledonia is part of France. LAX-PPT on AF is not a 5th freedom route for the same reason. Air Austral couldn't carry passengers on SYD-NOU-SYD - whatever traffic rights they needed they couldn't get. Tha...
Jump to postIt’s frustrating the differences in security screening across major ports in Australia. I’ve been flying around the last couple of weeks for work - more than usual - and this has given me a better opportunity to assess the screening aspect. Take T3 SYD for example. Nothing has to come out of your b...
Jump to postAll under 3 hours:
AN 743, 744 BNE-SYD in First
AN 763 SYD-MEL in First
LH 744 MEL-SYD in biz
BA 742 BNE-SYD in biz
EK 773 AKL-BNE in biz
BI 752 SIN-BWN in biz
GA 332, 333, 773 DPS-CGK in biz
KQ 310 MBA-NBO in biz
AA 772 LAX-DFW in Biz (sold as economy)
Avianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Where in the U.S-Columbia bilateral does it state more...
Jump to post[quote="westgate" Also, PA tried to buy out NW in the late 80's which would have finally given them an extensive domestic network and allowed them to restore their Asian network. Who knows, if they had been successful with that they might very well still be around to this day.[/quote] I on...
Jump to postMust not be to hard Air Chathams (3C) operate there Saabs and ATR’s on AKL-NLK. Along with there services to the Chathams Islands from mainland New Zealand. I'm really sorry for being "that guy", but you're continually posting 'there' when you mean 'their'. Long time lurker, but yes, agre...
Jump to postAeroitalia wins trademark case against ITA (article in Italian):
https://www.corriere.it/economia/aziend ... 5xlk.shtml
ITA loses trademark case against Aeroitalia (always seemed a bit of a stretch): Article in Italian- please use a translater thingy: https://www.corriere.it/economia/aziende/24_febbraio_27/alitalia-e-la-lite-ita-airways-aeroitalia-il-giudice-i-marchi-sono-diversi-non-si-rischia-la-confusione-d7f11b32...
Jump to postChina must comply and reciprocate- if not, say goodbye to 50 flights/week.
Jump to postIt almost sounds like the user is more upset that they weren’t informed of the reason for the delay when they may have been able to do so. One has to ask the the A.net poster isn’t aware of ULCCs and their bare bones operation. My point is about being open and transparent with your customers, espec...
Jump to postAvianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral?
https://www.financecolombia.com/colombi ... s-tantrum/
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Jump to postI wonder what QF's take on this is- QLD AAIF is offering subsidies to carriers to compete against us on an existing route!
Jump to postThe challenge is BNE is predominantly AU POS while SYD could be 50-50. There is also negligible corporate traffic TO BNE and QF has all this traffic FROM BNE. Trust me, with the Olympics in 2032. the corporate traffic will be there, at least for a period. Question: what is POS (I know ONE MEANINtG,...
Jump to postThe challenge is BNE is predominantly AU POS while SYD could be 50-50. There is also negligible corporate traffic TO BNE and QF has all this traffic FROM BNE.
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