n471wn wrote:Thanks for the update on N978AN. American’s MX habits have always puzzled me. They have been working on N193UW for nearly 8 months.
I think long term (50 years) a brand new regional will be needed to support the growth. Texas will be the largest State with 6 of the top 10 cities in the US. The only area that makes real sense and with room to grow is West/ SW of Fort Worth, think Aledo to Burleson. Both Meacham & Alliance sho...
Jump to postI do love the signs at British airports how you will be arrested for complaining about how F'n slow their security is. Not for disrupting or harassment, but just make one off hand comment and expect real trouble and delays. And we do make fun of TSA here in the US (I personally think they are much f...
Jump to postn471wn wrote:No way that N193UW is still in PIT for MX following the damage at LAX. My guess is they need her engines and have just parked her for the time being. 6 months out of service so far.
From a MX standpoint there are some task that have preferred fleet overnight bases, due to efficiency of scale, parts and knowledge base.
Jump to postDoubt it was billions, but by that same logic clearly AA didn't see a ROI on it so why not also give them the same benefit of the doubt? I guess eventually we will see who is right or if it really even makes a difference. What is tiresome is that almost all of the AA is a "cheap LCC" is al...
Jump to postI assume TPA isn't great in the yield market and probably why AA doesn't consider it a network advantage one. But a consumer that wants options, a club and an occasional chance for an upgrade it does a nice job.
Jump to postAccording to flights from.com, AA has more monthly TPA flights, 1097 compated to DL 612, UA 606.
Jump to postI am in TPA today, and while not a small city tons of AA flights to way more destinations than DL or UA. It's the same effect as ELP or CID. If I lived here AA wins my business without a doubt.
Jump to postOut of curiosity, in a scenario where just the regional capacity is swapped and very little mainline NB retirement occurs, just which hub(s) can absorb this sort of mainline aircraft growth? Another way to frame the question is...where are they going to go in the network? They already mentioned at ...
Jump to postThis doesn’t tell the full story as it doesn’t account for differences in Y+ seats. Here is a nice comparison between the big 3 in Y+ they rated AA slightly ahead of DL and way ahead of UA. They rated AA first in cost, free drinks & legroom, second in boarding position and last only in number o...
Jump to postNow about the 90 E-175's...are those to replace something or for expansion or both? They will replace the 50 seaters but that is not a 1 to 1 so most are for growth. Thanks. I just caught that (or rather figured it out) from this article in Aviation Week's Air Transport news, which also spelled out...
Jump to postYes this was mentioned at the investor day, new large OHB, In seat power, best in class wifi plus new seats. I'd imagine new interior everything.
Jump to postAA is still contesting the ruling denying the NEA. It is possible that the appeal comes back with some kind of way to allow the NEA or at least a new code share agreement to go forward.
Jump to postcathay747 wrote:Now about the 90 E-175's...are those to replace something or for expansion or both?
Some of the things I found interesting from the call. They are bringing in more Base Maintenance and Engine overhauls as AA does them cheaper and quicker than venders due to supply chain & employee shortages at the MROs. Also interesting is that AA spends a huge chunk of money on procurement but...
Jump to post"A321 - 218
202 - Already retrofit with Oasis
16 - To be retrofit with Oasis"
What are these 16? Used aircraft not yet announced? Currently all 272 A321 are Oasis (less the 10 AS)?
My antidotal story, I start out pricing any trip on Southwest, been doing that for over thirty years. During that time lived in Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix & now Dallas 3 of which had large SW presence. I haven't bought a SW ticket in 20 years, they are always the highest by a large margin. Their ...
Jump to postA 778 isn’t that efficient and a 779 is simply too much. I know for AA the 778 is a profit eater. My question is does that aircraft make money for any carrier? You know this? How? How would either 777X make money for any carrier right now....its not in service.... I might have missed read that. I t...
Jump to postFluidFlow wrote:A 778 isn’t that efficient and a 779 is simply too much.
Need a few Starlinks orbiting the moon.
Jump to postI am not advocating for the government to run a AC MFG. I am advocating they champion the idea offer tax incentives, low interest loans or free land etc to nudge someone forward. The booming private space industry is a good example. BTW a lot of those companies might make ideal targets as they could...
Jump to postIn the 2023 year end conference call with the finance community AA mentioned 5% of regionals are parked and the goal for QTR 1 & 2 2024 was to get those back in the air. As for the A321XLR they are 20 BC, 12 PE, and 123 TC. I have not seen a LOPA yet so I don't know the # of MCE seats. In anyway...
Jump to postI think the US government should do everything they can short of completely funding a start up to get another US industry giant into the Civil Airliner manufacturing business. It is clear that competition and innovation are greatly needed in the industry. There is some potential real competition on ...
Jump to postCargo is a favorite A.net topic but essentially meaningless when discussing passenger aircraft. Its incidental to airline revenue, no route was a poor performer for passengers but made profitable by cargo (another A.net fantasy). Just the same no aircraft model used by passenger airliners was signif...
Jump to post193, is still undergoing repairs, has at least another month.
Jump to postNot going anywhere soon IMHO, I don't see how they can ferry it without major inspections of gears, wings, fuselage and engine nacelles all which experienced beyond limits force.
Jump to postI like AAs creativity with flight numbers. • From MCI, American has added special flights operating as AA15 (named after Patrick Mahomes), AA1989 (named after a chart-topping album), AA1521 (a combination of Patrick Mahomes and Mike Edwards), and AA87 (named after Travis Kelce) to bring fans nonstop...
Jump to postI think what all this Boeing mess shows is the world and particularly the US needs another player in the commercial aerospace business. The government should be actively encouraging Space X, Google, MS to consider to start building aircraft and anyone else.
Jump to postLooks like it is going to need a gear change and I don't think that can easily be accomplished at OGG.
Jump to postBoeing has a huge new facility about o start being built in STL and the rumor there from workers was the plan was to buy Spirit and bring more back in house.
Jump to postI think the biggest growth for 2024 will be PHX and CLT followed by ORD and PHL.
Jump to postI do wonder how hard it would be to automate anti icing and just have a redundant system like everything else? One less thing for pilots to worry about.
Jump to postThis seems like a classic example of a solution in search of a problem. This will accomplish nothing but waste tons of money.
Jump to postI assume what they may be trying to address is a off the street FO with min experience and #6000 on the seniority list and a #6001 is a guy with 15 years at Eagle.
Jump to postAmerican Airlines produces industry-leading performance during the winter holiday travel period. https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/American-Airlines-produces-industry-leading-performance-during-the-winter-holiday-travel-period-OPS-OTH-01/ I guess we will see if this translates into improve...
Jump to postAmerican Airlines produces industry-leading performance during the winter holiday travel period. https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/American-Airlines-produces-industry-leading-performance-during-the-winter-holiday-travel-period-OPS-OTH-01/ I guess we will see if this translates into improved...
Jump to postAccept the recently acquired AK aircraft and the Transcons.
Jump to postAll 321s are Oasis configured.
My Bad I misread your post. Disregard.
The way these things are handled the Aircraft MFG issues a Service Bulletin (SB), which will describe how and when to inspect the aircraft. Service Bulletins are usually not mandatory. If the FAA deems it safety critical it will issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) in rare occasions the FAA will is...
Jump to postHappens everyday. Most illegals are not Mexican a surprisingly large number are Asians, middle Easter and African. Seeing how all you have to do is get to the US border and declare asylum you are in indefinitely and can work and access social benefits.
Jump to postFor over a year now AA is not factoring new delivery into the schedule since they just can't count on them. They use them as spares initially.
Jump to postThanks for the correction, right country wrong city. In my defense I am old....
Jump to postWho famously said if he could time travel he would go back and kill the Wright brothers because of all the money the industry has eventually lost?
Jump to postIt's mostly a parts and manpower problem still heavily effecting the industry especially vendors and MROs.
Jump to postAnother B737 block 1 has returned to service from storage this week, leaving only 2 left to be reactivated.
Jump to postIs Delta out of profitable routes to fly form their hubs? Nothing they have been trying this year seems to make any sense?
Jump to postThey are not old but they do not work. So eventually a call will need to be made. You can always get rid of newer aircraft. Obviously nothing is happening in the next few years due to the lack of WB and the 321XLR but 4-5 years from now I could see them being sold unless they find some yet undefined...
Jump to postIt's gauge vs. range and you are same thing I am. The -9 would substantially limit AA's ability to grow international traffic and revenue on long hauls vs. the -10 which has a higher capacity. And no, there are numerous flights in the AA network today that exceed 10 hours (even though yes, some are...
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