No the Port of Seattle allocates gates based on a very specific system related to seats flown. AS is only entitled to a certain number of gates (27 for the year). Once the other section of N opens and they take those gates back, they MUST vacate the others. They would have access to all of the comm...
Jump to postAlso, I had heard somewhere that AA may start SEA-ICN? That really would be folly, going up against both KE/DL and OZ/UA. Why would it be folly when they have all the AS feed? Okay, no Oneworld carrier in Korea, but soon there will be no Star Alliance carrier in Korea either if things proceed as ex...
Jump to postThe limited size of SeaTec (even with new terminal) limited the growth for 3 main airline in SEA and they have to consider to build a new airport Huh? AA's re-entry into the SEA long haul market doesn't warrant a new airport. You may want to refresh yourself on chunhimlai's previous work: https://w...
Jump to postThe article states : " It’s all part of new Chief Executive Officer Carol Tome’s strategy to “sweat the assets” by increasing efficiency while reducing investment." AFAIK the decision to upgrade the A306 flight decks was made by the former CEO ! Yes, Wall Street loves the new CEO, but she...
Jump to postI'd almost compare it to DEN instead. The markets are of similar size but DEN has really exploded in recent years and is a triple hub, while MSP is still basically just Delta-land with some SY thrown in. Technically the MSP metro area is larger than DEN's, but MSP has pretty consistently remained i...
Jump to postAlaska has pulled out of several routes from their 2nd tier hubs like SJC-BUR. Is SWA competition too fierce in situations like this? It was probably four or so years ago, but I flew BUR-SJC-SEA as a non-rev standby and the BUR-SJC segment probably had a load factor of 60% or so. I don't think it l...
Jump to postToday is the day that Alaska starts using the 737-MAX9! SEA-SAN is the inaugural flight. Now airborne, N913AK operating the first flight https://www.flightradar24.com/ASA482/26f4062d Wow, it looks like AS was running proving flights across the entire system for the last month. I'm sure that's only ...
Jump to postIt does sound like they have some issues to look at with response time though...I think the only time I've been on hold for 8+ hours was with WA unemployment when I got laid off last year. I wouldn't expect that kind of wait from an airline with a good reputation for customer service right now. Tha...
Jump to postSeattle just melts down when it snows. The region invests as little as it can in dealing with snow. They figure that it happens rarely, and can just eat the disaster when it does happen rather than spend money to deal with it. As such, assets such as snow plows are thinly spread. Come down here to ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know if this bird was delivered to LH by Boeing from PAE? I believe AY's final frame(s) were post-Boeing/MD merger.
Still love seeing the 11 from my deck. FX (and sometimes, 5X) still send them my way often enough, but they're sadly a species in decline these days.
INFINITI329 wrote:Would this be an NTSB or FAA investigation?
Was their L-1011 just used for troop transports? I can't imagine it being able to use MDW. I think the last L-1011 I ever saw was an ATA bird landing at SEA...I think inbound as a troop charter from DNA, but it was probably '05/'06, so the memory is a bit fuzzy. Those were cool looking planes. I en...
Jump to postI don't really see the logic in investing in a new airport anywhere south of Olympia. Once you're south of the capital, it's a pretty clean shot to PDX on most days and with Puget Sound traffic, PDX is probably a quicker trip than SEA much of the time. I still maintain that regional authorities are...
Jump to postI don't really see the logic in investing in a new airport anywhere south of Olympia. Once you're south of the capital, it's a pretty clean shot to PDX on most days and with Puget Sound traffic, PDX is probably a quicker trip than SEA much of the time. I still maintain that regional authorities are ...
Jump to post"Paine Field makes short list of airports that could grow," Everett Herald, 1/25: OLYMPIA — Paine Field in Everett is on an early list of airports that Washington officials are eyeing for future expansion to meet air travel demand as the state’s commercial aviation industry recovers from ...
Jump to postQuestion if Atlanta had the tight gate situation like Seattle would Atlanta have a small reliever airport like SEA has? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk I would guess that the difference is that ATL has room to build new infrastructure where any new facilities at SEA going forward are going to ...
Jump to postAnyone have information on how the route was performing for SQ pre-pandemic?
Jump to postThis is probably outside of my ballpark, but is the dining table in an area of your home where you entertain guests? Unless your son is an absolutely avid table tennis player, I'd probably stick with the dining room table. Every tennis table I've ever seen purchased/gifted has gotten maybe a month o...
Jump to postSeabear wrote:DB is hangin' with Sasquatch and the Roswell aliens down in Area 51, right next to the soundstage where they faked the moon landing.
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FO avionics failure as well as anti-ice inop warning is what was relayed to us, they landed without incident. My guess is they didn’t want to be anywhere near the precip over the PNW. That adds up, it was pretty nasty in the Seattle area this afternoon and it got worse this evening. Still, that's a...
Jump to posthttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CbUjuwhQPKs Also he asked the pilots to put the gear down and use flap 15. Why would he be so specific? Why would he know there was a flap 15? Why not just say, fly as slow as possible etc? Did he have some aviation knowledge? Enough to know about the 727 and launching...
Jump to postWas it wise to have 3 unsecured LEOs physically walking on the wing to try and apprehend the guy? They could have fallen off the wing themselves. I have to imagine that they were given a quick rundown on walking the wing/avoiding no-step areas by the crew. It's unlikely that this is the most danger...
Jump to postI see a ladder on the ground right at the beginning of the video .. He probably brought that with him and used it to climb up. He really wanted to hump that winglet! Talk about taking airplane porn to the next level ! Not likely if the aircraft was taxiing. Even unincumbered, catching up to a 737 w...
Jump to postI see a ladder on the ground right at the beginning of the video .. He probably brought that with him and used it to climb up. He really wanted to hump that winglet! Talk about taking airplane porn to the next level ! Not likely if the aircraft was taxiing. Even unincumbered, catching up to a 737 w...
Jump to postI don't see how this is unprofessional at all, but I'm curious as to how any other passenger was aware that it was your son unless he did something untoward, which I don't get the impression he did. I was fortunate enough to fly non-rev standby once through the generosity of a friend who's wife is a...
Jump to postAlaska is building up to something. are they going nationwide? I think so with the size of airplanes they're moving to. the question is? Do they have the crews to get there? They're getting the airplanes to go transcon and possibly even go to Europe from the east coast once they establish a real hu...
Jump to postBoeing has paint shops at PAE, RNT and PDX for sure. Not sure if there's a shop at BFI, but I believe there was at some point.
Jump to postYou know you can always send in updates yourself if you find out data is incorrect? It's an enthusiasts website, which AFAIK is run by volunteers only. They have more airline lists to manage then just DL, and there are crazy numbers of developments going on lately. You seem overly critical! IMO it ...
Jump to postAm I alone in that I never really saw A380/B748 as a competition at all? By the time the B748 was available, the A380 had already snapped up most of the dwindling VLA market and two of the largest pax B748 customers ordered the A380 earlier in the 2000s. I recognize that they're comparable airframes...
Jump to postJFK and LAX, just with the great ammount of movies there. LHR isn't that famous, yes it's the biggest, but the general public won't know it as it has no cultural link to it. Important to choose between most famous on avgeek sites and most famous for general public. You can tell a non-avgeek that yo...
Jump to postI remember seeing NW 742s on MSP/DTW-SEA quite regularly during the '90s, but outside of very occasional substitutions (DL from DTW, UA from DEN), I can't recall seeing a domestic pax 747 come through since the early 2000s.
Jump to postiamlucky13 wrote:bennett123 wrote:So what will they do with the cub?.
Teach it to play the flute for the circus. He will become a piper cub.
This thread is 3.5 hours old and nobody has asked the obvious question yet. What about all that fish it was hauling? Only Boeing 757-200s are designed to haul fish - no other aircraft. '902 Not a lot of people know this, but the phrase "packed-in like sardines" is not a reference to sardi...
Jump to postPersonally? 2020 by a pretty clean margin (only 36), but for all its horseshit I'd take it over pretty much any year say, pre-1950. That's kind of a cop-out answer, but being alive prior to that was a much harsher existence than we're currently dealing with.
Jump to postBrad Tilden will be very missed by everyone at Alaska. His leadership style encouraged others to always do the right thing and give caring, personal service to Alaska's customers. God knows how he did it, but he can remember the name of probably thousands of employees...always greeting me by name o...
Jump to postgdavis003 wrote:Looks like it was wfu end of September. Probably being sold to someone else and is receiving a new paint job at BFI
I was looking around FR24 and found an S7 A319 (VQ-BQW) at BFI. Certainly an unusual visitor...perhaps a stopover in delivery flight yo/from Russia?
https://fr24.com/VQBQW/25fecb9c
SEA-AEX-ATL. HNL-AEX-HNL. I can understand transporting troops between Wheeler Army Airfield and Fort Polk. But what's in Seattle? Wouldn't they just go to Fort Lewis-McChord instead of SeaTac? SEA has fielded.military charters as.long as I've been paying attention to operations (30 years or so). S...
Jump to postMeh, they spend a lot of time at their place in Whistler, so now its just a quick drive for them. Metro Seattle to Whistler is at least a six hour drive on a good day...if he's shacking up in Pierce or Lewis County (based on what we've heard), you're potentially looking at a ten hour trip. It's not...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:Why would the SCOTUS reverse the outcome?.
I think they were flown on pretty much any route in the DL network if the numbers were right. My only 762 flight was SLC-SEA in February 2003. Didn't get the reg, but I still have the safety card.
Jump to postLooks fantastic! I notice that it's registered C-GPJH...what's the reason for the Canadian reg on a U.S.-built jet? Built in the US but the regulatory authority for it is Transport Canada, thus the Canadian registration. Figured it came down to something like that, but I can't recall seeing anythin...
Jump to postLooks fantastic! I notice that it's registered C-GPJH...what's the reason for the Canadian reg on a U.S.-built jet?
Jump to postNot sure if it's a daily thing, but Boeing runs a C208 (N208BA) between BFI/PAE and MWH regularly. I'd guess it's some kind of employee shuttle, but if anyone knows better, I'd be curious to know more.
Jump to postFormer NBA sixth man of the year Detlef Schrempf was on my SEA-AMS flight with NW back in 2005. I'd met him before at an autograph signing as a kid, but had a chance to chat with him briefly during boarding (I was a huge Seattle Supersonics fan and watched him play many times) and he couldn't have b...
Jump to postI am hoping to see this airport get back to “normal” in a year or so if AS keeps using smaller a/c... if 737s, it could take a while but AS is best positioned to make it work I've only flown out of PAE once, but I have to wonder about how that (very nice) terminal would handle 737s vs E175s. I know...
Jump to postThe Airbus fleet seems to be making its way into more lower-48 transcons, but the impression I've gotten is that the A319/320s have largely been kept in ex-VA routes from California. All 319s are parked and will be leaving Unfortunately, I went and dug into this after commenting. My bad! I figured ...
Jump to postThe Airbus fleet seems to be making its way into more lower-48 transcons, but the impression I've gotten is that the A319/320s have largely been kept in ex-VA routes from California.
Jump to postIt looks like most (but not all) of the A310s EK operated were at least twenty years old by the time the type was removed from the fleet for good, but what's more interesting to me is that of the fourteen that they operated over the years, only three made it to ten years of service with EK. Four ser...
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