Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

No surprise, questions are being raised about KX's poor loads on it's BGI-GCM route. ******* Barbados route questioned as low passenger counts revealed Cayman Airways CEO: Route is 'viable' By Reshma Ragoonath -April 9, 2024 Cayman Airways’ Barbados-Cayman route has averaged just 34 passengers a fl...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

baje427 wrote:

Any idea why a B6 A321 has been on the ground in UVF for 10 days ?

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

When did B6 launch JFK-BGI, about October 2009 I think. Since then the market to BGI has grown to such an extent that there will be more carriers from JFK and even UA, historically poor to the eastern Caribbean, flies from EWR and IAD. So well done by the Barbados Tourist board for getting addition...

Re: Was a possible A340-300 re-engine ever studied?

I know Airbus wanted the superfan for the original A340s, but why didn't they consider using the 757 variants of the RB211 or PW2000? I'm also left wondering why Airbus didn't design the A340 around the same power plants available on the A330. Seems plausible as they were built off the same line so...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

JY is launching KIN-BGI effective Feb 6th with the CRJ700, despite their initial disaster of an operation I must say JY is really building out a decent network. Let's see how CAL/BW will react to this....they typically respond with their own non-stop service. Now sure what they can do at the moment...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

Anyone have thoughts on development of Cayman Air in 2024? They have 4 7M8s, 2 SF3s and 2 DH6, all of which are underutilized. 737s are getting some more utilization, but for sure they have at least 1 excess tail if they could run an efficient schedule. BGI/PTY are new, LAX/DEN are back, and Jamaic...

Re: SAN ILS27 Now Possible?

Ah then I suppose this tech is more a "nice to have" than a need if conditions are generally good. And especially with increasing WAAS capabilities. I know this industry likes redundancy, but will less capable ILS go the way of the VOR/NDB?

SAN ILS27 Now Possible?

Hi all. After digging through old SAN threads I found that terrain and morphology kills the feasibility of coupling a GS to the existing LOC27. Traditional GS infrastructure consists of non-frangible tower arrays, requiring RSA separation. They rely on the transmission of GP signal images. This dema...

Re: The A340s purpose

An important factor for the importance of the A340 was that the first A330s were far, far less capable in terms of range than later versions. I just checked and found a plot that shows that, in the first ten years, the A340 overall sold more than the A330. Then, the A330 improved and gained in rang...

Re: Is this an aircraft carrier? Azul A320 @ Sao Paulo CGH

aemoreira1981 wrote:

Curious: is it possible to ever have an ILS approach into CGH on either the 17 or the 35 ends?

Re: Brazil imposes a perimeter on Rio's SDU airport

Well, the development at SDU regarding aircraft size has been quite fast in the last decades. I don’t think it’s been more than 10 years since the last upgrade, when A320 were first allowed at the airport. There's already talk of allowing regular A321s at CGH. I wonder how feasible A321s are at SDU...

Re: Brazil imposes a perimeter on Rio's SDU airport

A passenger cap is far more productive, given that SDU's runways limit it from receiving anything larger than already operates. Well, the development at SDU regarding aircraft size has been quite fast in the last decades. I don’t think it’s been more than 10 years since the last upgrade, when A320 ...

Re: IAG in talks to replace BA 777s

I struggle to see a replacement of the beach fleet with new orders. Perhaps the B777Ws can be reconfigured and reassigned should more A35Ks get ordered.

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2023

The consortium of Cipim (owner of Edeis, the operator of St. Martin-Grand Case airport) and the St. Martin regional government has been announced as the winning bidder for Air Antilles. This means the Caribbean network will survive. Air Guyane, on the other hand, is going to be shut down. A subcont...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2023

VS has announced that it plans to make BGI its regional hub. https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=Barbados%20TODAY%20News&edid=b33e17d1-7f9e-4377-87ea-a03f4c765273&pnum=4 I’m not entirely sure what this means. I know they currently have t...

Re: Small cities with multiple airports. Why?

Regarding St Lucia, the smaller SLU was built first and for a long time was the only airport. It's located within the capital city, which is where most of the population reside and where development has been focused. It is preferred for its convenience and sees regional, executive and cargo flights....

Re: Hawaiian Air CEO looks for a 717 replacement

How about picking up dirt cheap A318s from AF?

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2023

Africa Caribbean is a strategic route and not a commercial route. There will be no movement of trade, tourism, investment, etc unless there is reliable passenger/commercial airlift.. But there is no evidence that this market is sustainable. So in less fluff Africa-Caribbean makes no sense other tha...

Re: British Airways News and Discussion - 2023

How is BA doing with Aruba, will this continue next season? I haven't seen or heard anything concrete but going on the loads alone I'd be surprised if it continues. There are few other options though really. I don't think St Maarten is that popular with Brits, nor the US Virgin Islands. St Juan was...

Re: Airbus 318 and 319 ... Why were they discontinued ?

Had Boeing acquired the CSeries or Bombardier held its own, then I suppose Airbus would have had to counter with their A319neo. In this scenario, are there any improvements to the frame that would have made it more competitive?

Re: Middle eastern stopovers

I have some data handy from the September 1998 OAG I have handy, these are all part of tag on routes. Routes below with a middle east stop over flight only posted in one direction were part triangle routes, like CMB-AUH-MCT-CMB. Here are the Middle East (and Egypt + Cyprus) routes going somewhere o...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2023

Another nail in LI's potential resurrection, and a big challenge for JY. Given JY's poor reputation and chronic cancelations and delays this move by VS might be enough to knock them off some routes. I don't see this as being a nail in the LI coffin. The VS flights are 3x weekly at peak whereas if/w...

Re: Airbus A330 and A340 Movements / Write-Off / Retirements / Scrapping - 2023