I'm guessing the following overseas airlines will NOT return to SEA post-pandemic: EK EI SQ Norwegian NH CX Condor Seattle has turned into such a crap-hole that no one in their right mind would want to come back or come visit. It really has, the problem is all these "refugees" from Sea an...
Jump to postSFO-BLR kind of takes the wind out of the sails of AA SEA-BLR. Why? The AA SEA-BLR route is focused on Microsoft and Amazon, principally, who have large operations at both ends, eliminating the need to connect through SFO and waste time. To me, the wind is out of the sails on UA's announcement. See...
Jump to postI don't think SJC is realistic. SFO will be the one, and a LAX route could also work.... BOS that's funny.
Jump to postWe'll probably be close to 25% next month, with WN operating 50% & AA/B6/AS/G4/F9 I believe all planning on operating around 25-30% of their 2019 schedule. Assuming you are referring to the overall US market, I don't buy that at all. I can tell you that my main local airport of DTW will be nowh...
Jump to postThere is not much demand from CLT to Asia. What is can easily 1 transfer via ORD, SFO, LAX etc. CLT high numbers of passengers are a result of mostly transfers and hub serving N/S east coast and SE to mid west and some west. O+D demand for international is mostly caribean, Europe.
Jump to postSEA is toast for the time being, Why? because it's competitive in a way some of the other hubs are not and it has been over served recently with routes expanding left and right as the AS/Delta battle rages. No one will want any part of this battle as time goes on. AS will fight for it's life and con...
Jump to postafcjets wrote:wedgetail737 wrote:It wouldn't surprise me if DL closes the SEA hub. It's probably the weakest out of all of them.
SEA doesn't need two airline hubs anyway.
INDIA has banned entry to all non-citizens from EU and USA till April 15th. This includes OCI card holders.
Jump to postUnited has suspended SFO/XNA till at least Oct 1st. United has suspended Northwest Arkansas Airport? For coronavirus? Gesh this thread is getting simply crazy without documentation. EVEN if United did it, follow it up with a link of proof. It makes sense! this flight is for those going on to China ...
Jump to postI hope AA did not cheap out on these and go with them covered in Flame Retardant chemicals, which is what makes one sick and does many other bad things to the body like infertility.
Simple fix, a high quality thin wool is flame retardant but cost 3x price.
Curious to see what there made from?
jeffrey0032j wrote:Nobody believed me a month ago (or more than that) that this will bad.
Of the top of my head: Air Italy is/has gone bankrupt. Alitalia has several flights a day to Milan and Rome to JFK. Cannot speak to other routes. UA/AA/DL must have several daily flights. EK daily to MXP JFK. Then every European airline is a one stop connection. You can drive from Italy to Switzerl...
Jump to postWe'll see CDG, YYZ and SFO plus the two new Brazilian routes announed/started this year for sure. Next year we´ll probably see the return of ORD and BOS, and the consolidation of the new frequencies and capacity upgrades that have been launched throughout the whole network. New Spain routes have al...
Jump to postGranted I'm happy AA and AS are joining forces. It seems though that this should have happened years ago before DL moved into SEA. I can't really see BLR lasting. The O+D can't be that great, and the support would come from SFO and LAX which have more then enough 1 stop to BLR and HYD. I can see UA ...
Jump to postSpoke with my doctor friend who advises the Govt and the TSA. He said all doctors are in 100% in agreement that all travel to and from China should be halted immediately. He said any delay is on the govt to work out logistics and give time for assets a chance to get out. There of course is politics ...
Jump to postHow are UA loads from SFO to DEL? Are they making profits? I doubt any ULH route prints money. Vanity routes for state owned carriers or cross-subsidized by private carriers. That is just me. What happens if there is a FAA NOTAM for entire gulf region and Russia bans US carriers? 'This is not a &qu...
Jump to postWhile this has an effect on loads, it's not as big as people make it out to be, especially to/from "Tier 1" city like PEK and PVG. Chinese tourists does NOT have to follow tour group to go to places, even though many do (No number for worldwide, but I read news in Japan 2 days ago and the...
Jump to postAt what point will the airlines stop their service to China? Answer: When their employees are in a lawsuit claiming their airline knew of the risk but continued to fly to China anyway. I am being a little over-the-top in my example, but this is definately not fear mongering on my part. There is a s...
Jump to postChina has suspended all tour groups from China, so a huge drop in loads is expected. While this has an effect on loads, it's not as big as people make it out to be, especially to/from "Tier 1" city like PEK and PVG. Chinese tourists does NOT have to follow tour group to go to places, even...
Jump to postAA is moving its Pacific Hub to MIA
Jump to postSpirit is adding seasonal daily OAK-FLL Tragicomic for OAK that every recent addition seems to be counterbalanced by a larger reduction. One step forward, two steps back, while SFO and SJC are taking 2, 3, 4, steps forward and 0 steps back. Your correct for the most part, although SFO has seen a dr...
Jump to postWhile there is demand from the Pacific N.West to India, from Tech and other industries it is still considered a young market relative to a mature market such as the two big ones NY/NJ Northeast and California. SFO fills the need with the best routing from California and EWR/JFK fill the need for Nor...
Jump to postYYZORD wrote:I wonder how AC can make YYZ-MKE work but domestic flights like LAX and SFO cannot work year round.
CLT-SFO is long overdue and would provide some prime connections on UA pacific. If you UA can due between 1.5-3x daily to RDU daily, they can sustain a one daily CLT easy!
Jump to postI'm surprised by SEA-MNL don't think there is much demand for the route.
Jump to postSure, why not pay more for operational heada'd bet NOBODY ches, longer TSA lines, and more expensive usage fees? I understand why legacy and alliance carriers don't like OAK, but I can't think of a much better set up for an ULCC that has been entrenched at OAK for over 5 years to leave as soon as a...
Jump to postWow what a surprise!! Even though this has been a heavily requested route for years from the business community, it still was surprising. SFO is going be super busy in International area this summer.
Jump to postGood news for SFO, lot's of new Service coming online for Europe in Summer 2020....
Jump to postIshrion wrote:So United’s reducing LAX-MEL... good time for AA to step in.
The KEY question here is if Filipino businesses will pay a premium for a non-stop. SIN is a completely different story as its one of the few developed Asian markets. Philippine Airlines non-stops to the USA (SFO LAX JFK) have a price premium, will UA price it the same or higher with UA's higher lab...
Jump to postI could see this happening! Now I know it's low yielding and maybe BKK or SGN have some advantages. However, PAL has a monopoly on this route and does continue too expand and make the flight work quite well because of high demand year round. Look United has been thinking out of the box the last few ...
Jump to postI don't really see the demand from the cities like MIA, BOS, or even IAD. Maybe ORD or Toronto? Really demand to Singapore is from California and then NYC. The demand really starts to drop after that yes I know Sea and Vancouver have some, but it pails in comparison. If someone wants to make a conne...
Jump to post3x daily CDG-SFO for AF during summer is pretty impressive. Not many airlines flying TATL from the West Coast more than 2x daily. Perhaps maybe no A380 this summer? Your correct it is impressive. The A380 is still scheduled for one daily while the other two flight are 777W. I believe the additional...
Jump to postQuite a bit of changes at SFO! There was the loss of Thomas Cook (MAN), Icelandair (KEF), XL Airways (CDG), and Hong Kong Airlines (HKG), but the announcements of Alitalia (FCO) and now LOT (WAW). Which market is LOT targeting--is there enough tech/business traffic that is better served with LOT th...
Jump to postMCI makes sense for the cut, SFO not so much. I would have expected more secondary cities to be cut rather then SFO. I have to chalk this up to equipment issues or so forth. Granted Iceland is way over served, and really does not need all the cities served but still SFO seemed to be doing well. I w...
Jump to postMCI makes sense for the cut, SFO not so much. I would have expected more secondary cities to be cut rather then SFO. I have to chalk this up to equipment issues or so forth. Granted Iceland is way over served, and really does not need all the cities served but still SFO seemed to be doing well. I wo...
Jump to postI don't see this happening, of course this is AI so any dumb move could happen. IAH and Texas yes has lot's of Indians, outside of VFR traffic it's medical tech and research etc is big, yes there is oil, but India does not do much business with the USA in this field outside of tech support and some ...
Jump to postand this is why I, and many others, prefer to connect in say, ICN, then SFO when going TPAC. After reading this thread, even on a normal day, your likely to miss your connection due to delayed/cancelled flights. Throw in a bit of bad weather and/or construction and your doomed. This by the way isnt...
Jump to postLAX has about every possible 1 stop connection to India. It does not need a non-stop and the stage length is a killer unless you can pull in the premium traffic that say SFO does. It's a hop up to SFO and you have 10x weekly AI non-stop and soon to start year round UA so that is a great option, not ...
Jump to postI think Alaska did this a bit backwards. Instead of adding a bunch of Mid-West cities from say San Diego they should have started with these West Coast adds. I didn’t quite get the idea of competing with Southwest (outside of intra-California) while absorbing Virgin. Perhaps down the road some of t...
Jump to postUA MIA-SFO NOV 0.9>0[1.0]
Does this mean that it's gone through the winter season? Why can't UA sustain a single daily SFO-MIA Flight?
WN is going to be permanently discontinuing SFO-AUS and SFO-DAL nonstop service after January 5th. WN dropping SFO-MKE seasonal nonstop service and adding OAK-MKE nonstop service might happen with WN having already dropped SFO-ATL/PDX/SNA and WN dropping SFO-AUS/DAL. What's the story with WN at SFO...
Jump to postWN is going to be permanently discontinuing SFO-AUS and SFO-DAL nonstop service after January 5th. WN dropping SFO-MKE seasonal nonstop service and adding OAK-MKE nonstop service might happen with WN having already dropped SFO-ATL/PDX/SNA and WN dropping SFO-AUS/DAL. What's the story with WN at SFO...
Jump to postThis is not a surprise... anyone aware of the news can see the toll it's taking especially since the HKG airport is being targeted. Many corporate businesses have suspended or delayed travel and many ethnic travel is being told not to visit now and vice versa, and tourism travel is essentially over ...
Jump to postLotta hype for not much..... = Why? These are sensible adds, and do not need throwing darts to please A.Netters. Not surprised by SFO-DEL going year round. It is an extremely high yielding route for AI. Saludos, Alex Good to hear about SFO-DEL going year round and the demand even though the flight ...
Jump to postLook's like AI is about to fly DEL-SFO over the Arctic? I've herd this August 15th this will be the new routing. Is this routing both ways or one? how much time will this save? and how is this going to work with increased tensions with Pakistan and always threat of closure of air space?
Jump to postThey are selling the airline to the Chinese, under a shell company based in Orange County, and becoming solely a rewards company? What's huge nowadays? A CEO departure would have rumors swirling around for certain. I'd say, they are buying Alaska Airlines. Or, they are going to all biofuel on all f...
Jump to postIs there anyway to pull the numbers for Aussies going to SEA? I only ever hear of it being a big business destination for Aussies on a.net otherwise I don’t see anything else written up on the subject. I feel it’s an a.net pipe dream with limited traffic in reality when compared to other US ports -...
Jump to postHow about UA flying SFO-Brussels with a 787-8? I've often thought that as two Star Alliance carriers this might make sense given Brussels Airlines international connections out of BRU. Any thoughts on that possibility? It is my understanding that SN (Brussels) is part of the transatlantic JV that U...
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