Re: Your 2023 Booked/Flown Flights

2 weeks into the year, and I have my first few booked, with several in the planning stages: March: (Both booked) IAD-CLT - PSA CR9 CLT-DEN - AA 321 DEN-DFW - AA 321 DFW-IAD - AA 321 -- DCA-CLT - AA 319 CLT-GNV - PSA CR7 GNV-CLT - PSA CR7 CLT-DCA - AA 319 April: (Planned) DCA-DFW-COS r/t on AA May: (...

Re: Why Was I Re-Booked? (Hawaiian Airlines)

I had something similar happen to me once on American - it was one of those days with bad weather and delays up and down the entire east coast of the US. I had a layover in CLT, and the flight before mine was delayed, and my flight had started to take delays as well. The agents made a blanket announ...

Re: Last-Minute Mileage Run - BWI-DTW-BWI on Delta

A fun little report - thanks for sharing.

And Let's Go O's! (from an O's fan in NoVA)

Re: Most out of the way tickets you can find.

My corporate travel office once tried to book me DCA-SFO-DAL on Virgin America because it was cheaper than the DCA-DFW nonstop on American. I pointed out that to make the meetings I was travelling for, I'd have to leave a day earlier and the extra hotel night negated the airfare savings. Needless to...

Re: Your longest flights by airline

A quick sampling of my longest flights includes:

Aeromexico: JFK-MEX
American Airlines: DFW-PVG
British Airways: IAD-LHR
Continental: STX-EWR
Delta: CVG-LGW
Frontier: DCA-DEN
JetBlue: IAD-FLL
Sabena: JFK-BRU
Southwest: BWI-ALB
Spirit: BWI-MYR
Swissair: GVA-JFK
United: ORD-NRT
Virgin: LHR-JNB

Re: In flight Ukulele lesson on WN LGB-HNL

In related news, investigators are looking into reports of a Ukulele instructor and 176 ukuleles being thrown out of a Southwest flight over the Pacific Ocean...

Re: Your 2022 Booked/Flown Flights

Pretty boring set of flights for me so far this year: Flown: DCA-STL-DCA -- AA E75 (Republic) DCA-STL-DCA -- AA E75 (Republic)... again. DCA-MHT-DCA -- AA CR7 (PSA) DCA-PHX-SEA-PHX-DCA -- AA A321N-A320-E75 (Skywest)-A321N IAD-DFW-COS-DFW-IAD AA A319-738-738-738 Booked: DCA-PHX-SJC -- AA A321N-A319 S...

Re: Discontinued routes that you wish could come back

Hands-down for me is the old NY Air flight IAD-ISP - it would make visiting family on Long Island so much easier. I'd also accept the USAirways Express DCA-ISP flights. I've done BWI-ISP on Southwest, but by the time I drive to BWI and deal with everything there, I'd be better off just driving the w...

Re: Quick Family Visit: ATL-DCA-ATL on Delta and Southwest (Pics, long)

Nice report - thanks for sharing. Always like seeing reports out of my home airports. And as a NoVA resident, I agree - give me Dulles any day of the week over DCA!

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

Does anybody know the curfew hours for DCA? I saw a Southwest flight arriving a couple of nights ago around 1:30 am.. Don't recall ever seeing a flight that late.. There isn't a true curfew, per se. There is a nighttime noise rule in effect that sets specific limits aircraft must meet to operate be...

Re: Have you flown the same exact aircraft on the same exact route before?

I've done it a few times; I flew a PSA CRJ900 N561NN IAD-CLT 8 days apart back in 2017; I also flew another PSA CRJ900 N597NN IAD-CLT about a year apart in 2016 / 2017. The winner was an AA MD-83 N9405T which I've flown IAD-DFW 3 times between 2014-2016.

Re: Washington, D.C. Airports (BWI, DCA, IAD) Thread - 2022

The Washington Post this morning has an article about Tailwind starting seaplane service from NYC to Washington: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/04/29/seaplane-new-york-washington/ I had thought they were planning to do so pre-pandemic, and were going to fly from IAD to their 'hub...

Re: American tourists bring unexploded bomb shell to Israeli airport

scbriml wrote:

I don't see the problem, our kids always brought shells home with them from family holidays.

Re: Airlines and Corporate Contracts

An airline can have a corporate client, but employee compliance can be another matter. I was approached once by a travel management company to provide discounts to their client. I asked how much business will they give me in return and I the reply was nothing is guaranteed. I told them not to waste...

Re: lufthansa a340-600

LH flying the A346 on the FRA-IAD route was only for the month of March; they've brought the 748 back on the flight now.

Re: Your shortest mainline flight and longest regional flight

Shortest Mainline: American A321neo TUS-PHX 110 miles
Longest Regional: ExpressJet EMB-145XR IAD-IAH 1,191 miles

Re: Is there a need for a Saab and Airbus partnership on MPAs and AWACS?

Hasn't Airbus been trying to get into this combined space for years now with their A320m3 concept? This is why the German P-8 buy was so disappointing to Airbus / the French Ministry of Armed Forces; they were hoping to get the Germans to co-fund the ASW variant as part of the French Atlantique repl...

Re: Flying Around The Country For Fun | Four Delays, Three Cancellations, and a Partridge and a Peartree

Wow - crazy luck on this trip. Goes to show how much situational awareness can help in these situations. Thanks for sharing!

Re: What is the cheapest flight you have ever taken?

Not as good as some of the others here, but I once flew IAD-HPN on Independence Air for $25. Usually I paid $75-100 each way. With fares like that on a CRJ it's no wonder they folded as quickly as they did!

I've also flown Southwest a few times on their old $29 'Wanna get away' fares

Re: Boeing 314 flying boat

CrewBunk wrote:

It reads like a 300 page trip report!

Re: AA DCA-SEA via TUS, PHX, and DFW

Thanks for the feedback! Nice trip report. A lot of times when flights going to ORD divert to MKE they end up putting everyone on buses to get them down there. I'm sure you're grateful you didn't end up in that situation. I will admit, if we had actually pulled into a gate in TUS, I was seriously ey...

AA DCA-SEA via TUS, PHX, and DFW

This was my first business trip (remember those?) in over a year, thanks to the pandemic. It was scheduled less than 2 weeks before departure, so finding flights that were within my company's cost guidelines was a bit of a challenge, hence the odd routing. I was also scheduled for my first flight on...

Re: Airline serviced airports now closed you once flew through

Short list for me; only 2 I can think of:

Denver Stapleton
Hong Kong Kai Tak

Re: The End for Keny's Classic Airliners?

Some intriguing options there.

Still think the CRJ is overpriced at $61 though.

Re: What are your favorite planes that you've flown on?

For me, anything from the E170/175/190/195 family or DC-9 family (DC-9/ MD-80 / MD-90 / 717). I also think for long-haul flights nothing can beat the 767 for comfort in the back.

Re: United -- guess the top airports January 1980

JFK? I didn't think they were ever that large there? I'd be surprised there isn't a NYC airport on the list otherwise.

You said there's a real sleeper on the list, what about BUF? Didn't they get really big right around deregulation?

Re: United -- guess the top airports January 1980

I'm guessing maybe LGA and MIA with TPA as an outsider for the last 3

Re: How many airports did you fly from around your place of residence?

I live 6 miles from Dulles, so the majority of my commercial flights have been out of there, but I've also taken ground transport to DCA and BWI for flights (even wrote a TR many years ago that started with my Metro trip to DCA). I've also done GA flights out of JYO, GAI, FDK, and even CXY once if y...

Re: Saab 340 / 2000 - Whose have you flown?

Saab 340: American Eagle (1x), Business Express (2x), and Colgan Air operating as United Express (3x)

Saab 2000: Crossair (1x)

Re: Flights between IAD and DCA

When does that train linking dulles to the city open? They're hoping by next spring, but given all the construction issues that project has had, I'm still doubtful. There is also the fact that if taking the Metro between DCA and IAD, it won't be a single-seat trip; you'll have to change trains at t...

Re: Unwarranted disappointments

I've had 2 - oddly enough, both were in the summer of 2001... #1 - Flying JFK-LHR on VS, was supposed to get my first A340 flight, but the equipment was subbed out last-minute for a 747-200. It wound up being my last Classic 747 flight, as the return was a 747-400. I wound up getting my first A340 f...

Re: What airliner do you wish you could have flown on but never got the chance?

Short answer? Anything that's been retired.

Long answer: BAC 1-11, Boeing 377, 707 / 720, 747SP, Caravelle, Comet, Constellation, Convair propliners, CV-880, CV-990, DC-8, F-27, F-28, HP Herald, IL-62, IL-86, L-1011, Martin 404, Trident, TU-104, TU-134, TU-154. VC-10... the list goes on.

Re: Which NY Airport for SEA - Stamford, CT?

HPN by a long shot. I used to travel to Stamford on a regular basis and it is much more convenient. From EWR and JFK you're looking at an hour-plus drive at the best of times and I've had a 2-hour drive to JFK from Fairfield on more than one occasion. LGA isn't as bad, but take advantage of AS joini...

Re: Dassault to launch Falcon 10X

It is a sharp-looking bird, but I have to express some disappointment at the name. I was hoping they were bringing back the 'original' Falcon 10!

Re: When where and why did you last fly pre Covid?

MYR-CLT-IAD on AA at the end of February after visiting family. I've since made one trip in the COVID world, and like everyone else am itching to fly more as things begin to open up.

Re: What happened to ATA Airlines?

TTailedTiger wrote:

I think Continental took their 753's.

Re: Air Canada retro A220 revealed

Meh. We've had that retro livery before. We need the 1970s scheme with the black cockpit anti-glare panel: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Canada/Lockheed-L-1011-385-1-TriStar-1/829/L I wouldn't call the TCA livery on the A223 " Meh ", on the contrary, I think it looks way better than...

Re: Is business travel enjoyable?

As someone who had been on the road for work 50% of the time, it gets old, especially when you are travelling to the same city every other week. The excitement factor only came into play when I was going to a different location that week. Although people tend to look at you funny when you say "...

Re: DC Airports Thread - 2021

Just flew out of IAD on early Wednesday morning, 1:30am.. Noticed a BA A350K overnighting at the gate. Is this normal? I don't recall the European carriers overnighting at IAD in the past. No - BA is doing a weird aircraft rotation with their IAD flights - the aircraft sits a whole day at IAD. Basi...

Re: DC Airports Thread - 2021

Is the assumption that all remote hardstand boarding will be gone as far as American is concerned? Given that the hard stands were the exclusive domain of the CR2s, E145s, and (sometimes CR7s), is it envisioned that the larger E-jets will use the new concourse as well? That's my understanding; the ...

Re: Have we started liking Lufthansa's new livery?

Still hasn't grown on me - I think it looks unfinished. It needs an additional color just to add some extra contrast and interest.

Re: What's TUI Airways' rule when it comes to using jetbridges? Do they try to avoid?

Someone83 wrote:

And you can use both a jetbridge on the front door, and stairs on the rear, for quick turn arounds

Re: If airlines named routes like trains used to

What about the Kangaroo Route for London-Sydney? I know it refers to the number of stops ('Hops') it used to make, but I think the name has stuck through today.

Re: Top 5 most missed Airlines ?

My list:

1) Northeast Airlines

Re: Navy F-16