Re: Fate of Condor 757-300s?

Condor currently has a fleet of 11 RR-powered 757-300s, two of which appear to be permanently withdrawn from service, and the other nine of which will be withdrawn after either the 2024 or 2025 summer seasons. They previously flew four others, two of which are stored and two of which have gone to C...

Re: Busiest U.S. Domestic Routes in 2023

[quote="sethtoast"]I was interested in this question, and a flaw with this article is that it only considers single airport pairs (i.e. LGA - ATL, EWR - ATL, JFK - ATL are all distinct routes and not counted together). I got bored, and analyzed the T-100 segment data with a matlab script. ...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet - 2024

QX E175 N663QX is en route from SJK-MAO-SJU-YAM for delivery to QX. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/N663QX Looks like Horizon has a change of plans. 663 going to Everett (via Nashville) instead of Sault Ste Marie https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N663QX/history/20240324/1300Z/TJSJ...

Re: Delta pilot over alcohol limit before flight. June 2023.

socaljoeyb wrote:

I believe this was discussed when it happened.

Re: Delta pilot over alcohol limit before flight. June 2023.

11C wrote:

LHUSA wrote:

The most surprising thing is that this thread hasn’t been deleted yet.

Gotta agree.

Re: Washington State Aviation - 2024

F9 adding SEA-ONT in May, nice to see SEA getting a bit more ULCC action. That route is getting a bit crowded now, currently for this summer it'll be 4x/mainline AS, 4x/DL Connection, and 1x/F9. https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-17-new-routes-across-multiple-airports--spannin...

Re: Frontier cancels 12 routes exiting Harrisburg and Los Cabos

Reports that Frontier will cancel 12 routes and exit Harrisburg International Airport and Los Cabos International Airport https://thebulkheadseat.com/frontier-airlines-cancels-12-routes/ DEN MYR ends August 11 DEN SJD already gone LAS CLT ends August 12 IND LAS August 12 SMF LAS ends August 12 TPA ...

Re: Alaska / Hawaiian Air Merger Discussion

Where would they fly in Europe where both of the following are true: (1) they don't step on an alliance partner but (2) they can count on any feed on the other end? It's quite hard to think of destinations. HNL and OGG were both prime examples of destinations well served by partners, yet AS was spe...

Re: Flying height

Perhaps winds were more favorable at those altitudes in those areas of your flight path.

Re: New Airline Salary Site

Thanks for sharing

Re: United SFO BCN

Barcelona, a great city to visit.

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

Now that American has abandoned their plans for international flying out of Seattle, it’s time for Alaska to make some hard decisions. I think it’s time for them to buy a half a dozen 787’s and start their own service to Asia in Europe. Looked at. Hard. Multiple times. Each time was a definitive NO...

Re: Happy Thanksgiving

F9Animal wrote:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow a.netters! I am Thankful we can all share are love of aviation, and I appreciate all of your contributions! To those who are working today, thank you!

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

EA CO AS wrote:

itripreport wrote:

DarkandcoldAK wrote:

The reduction from 3 lavs to 2 is not happening on any aircraft. There is, however, a strong possibility of the MAX 10 getting a mid-cabin lav.

Re: Data Shows DL in SEA Worst Performing US Industry Hub

I find it interesting how so many here say that AS threatens DL’s operations in SEA. AS IS a domestic airline. They do not fly TATL or TPAC, meaning that unless they wanted to go Long-Haul, they wouldn’t ever threaten DL’s Int’l flights out of SEA. Personally, I think AC’s hub at YVR is waaay more ...

Re: Washington State Aviation - 2023

Also WN's summer schedule for 2024 came out this morning, here's a list of notable changes for SEA/BLI/GEG: -SEA-BWI is coming back for the first time since 2019 as a Sat-only flight, a noticeable drop from its peak at 3 daily in S16 but nice to see it come back nonetheless. -SEA-DAL/MCI/BNA/STL ar...

Re: KL597 (AMS-CPT) 12th Oct - Double diversion

I’m trying to understand how gate/ramp issues at JNB would have been an issue. I’ve taken KL597 over a dozen times. It arrives into CPT shortly before 10pm when CPT is a ghost town. JNB is also quiet and a ghost town at this time and the international terminal at JNB is wide open, so I’m confused w...

Re: TWA Pilot on 9/11 Dodged 2 Hijacked Aircraft

I think most pilots flying that day could be called heros; how they and ATC managed to put the entire fleet of flying planes on the ground at the nearest suitable airport, and did so without a glitch, is a testament to their professionalism and training. I can only speak for what I witnessed as a T...

Re: LA 767-300F stalled during go-around in Frankfurt (20 Jun 2023)

slick1017 wrote:

Scary all around but despite conditions/mistakes I'm very glad the pilots were able to walk away live and we didn't have a terrible accident.

Re: West Coast Florida (TPA, PIE, SRQ, PGD, RSW, APF) Aviation - 2023

I hope all of you in Florida have survived with minimal damage from the Hurricane

Re: Alaska 738 damaged by hard landing in SNA

I hope this isn't offensive to anyone. Is this something that the pilot(s) would get in trouble for?

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

I used to fly SEA-LWS around 4X/year for work. I don't have historical timetables, but in the later years everything changed to SEA-LWS-BOI and the reverse with ever dwindling numbers hopping on board in LWS. There was also some friction between QX and LWS airport management around the time they qu...

Re: Top 10 Predominant World Airlines

SeaDoo wrote:

Based on fleet size and routes to Europe, Canada, Latin America, Australia and for Delta, Africa, I would add both Delta and American to the list.

Re: Top 10 Predominant World Airlines

Based on fleet size and routes to Europe, Canada, Latin America, Australia and for Delta Africa, I would add both Delta and American to the list.

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

Are they going to do a Pac-12 plane?

Too soon?

Re: OAK considering airport name change

[threeid][/threeid]

jetblastdubai wrote:

San Francisco Adjacent International Airport

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

AS’s last attempt at a new focus city was SLC but it was pretty much a failure. SAN is their biggest success of late and I’d look for more growth there. They abhor losing money so I don’t see them ever trying anything new as far as a focus city in the Midwest. More flights between existing cities s...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

Looking at the ANC wiki page shows 982000 passengers in a year to SEA. That works out to an average of about 2690 a day. That seems much more in line with what I would have envisioned given all the flights between ANC and SEA.

Wedgetail737, thanks for your input reference Bethel.

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

If it's flown on a Saturday-only basis (like ANC-DEN/MSP/SLC) it might perform well. But then again, that's a lot of aircraft block time for such a thin route, even if it's only once a week. ANC-DEN/SLC/MSP are all bigger local markets than ANC-BOS. If AS ever takes a swing at ANC-East Coast, my mo...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

SLC was the Delta Connection, I remembered it being US Airways. It's not that SBP "just got one more regional flight" that I am hoping for ORD or EWR service, it is because of a decade now of growth out of the airport and it becoming the dominant airport for the Central Coast of Californi...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

That is correct, Contour was the last airline to operate between SBP-LAS. Before that US-Airways served the route using the first regional jets to fly into the airport: CRJ-200s. US Airways also operated a SBP-SLC route for a few years, which was the longest flight out of the airport for a few deca...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

Pontiac wrote:

Coupled with 2,500 minimum flight distance in F for lounge access makes it worse than prepandemic.

Re: HA 9970 at SEA

It looks like HA 9021 is en route to HNL, currently coming up on Grays Harbor now while westbound towards the Pacific.

Re: LH names its A380 routes

zuckie13 wrote:

Am I the only one who read the title and thought - OK, they are going to give the flights cool names like "Hochfliegender Adler".

Re: Delta Makes Several European Routes Year-Round

Thanks for sharing. I agree this is newsworthy outside the DL thread.

Re: Copa announces BWI-PTY

Nice for BWI

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

It's interesting flying mainline to the smaller airports. I flew SEA-RDM on a 737-900ER fairly recently. I remember well-before the pandemic when AS flew mainline out of BLI to several destinations, including HNL. AS has done BLI-LAS, BLI-HNL, BLI-OGG, and I think BLI-KOA. They’ve also had 737s on ...

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet, Network and News Discussion - 2023

On the April 18 sked, changes have been made to the SAN-FAT market with 3x daily r/t EMJ service replacing the previous sked of 1x 739 and 1 EMJ on the route. I don't think a 739 between SAN & FAT makes a whole lot of sense, especially at the sacrifice of frequency of flights. SAN-BOI is also g...

Re: Final 747-8 Paint Scheme

I would vote for a special livery

Re: Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas to all

Re: KSEA weather - looks like AS is just giving up today

So I see AS 839 to LIH is making a stop in SFO instead of the normal non-stop from Seattle. It looks like other AS flights are non-stop from SEA to Hawaii. Anyone in the know know why this one flight is going to SFO instead of going non-stop? Is just because of the few extra miles to LIH vs a flight...

Re: Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica

Dalmd88 wrote:

Single day trip is only $14,500. The 5 -8 day on to the south pole is $98,000 to $104,000.

Re: PA 103 Alleged Bomb maker in USA custody

If this guy is involved, I am glad they finally got him.

Re: Alaska Airlines Fleet Network and News Discussion - 2022

In my wishful thinking, I'm still holding out hope for the return of SEA-COS, new SEA-PBI and maybe new SEA-DAY. I'm also hopeful for a Canadian partner. If said it before, but I am really surprised they can't manage at least a daily flight SEA-COS. I would think they could at least do it on an E-1...

Re: CVG New Service Announcement 11/16

Unfortunately for those in the Cincinnati area, I am guessing no new TATL. For those there, I hope I am wrong.

Re: Icelandair announces Prague and re-starts Barcelona

I would think both would be good destinations for their clientele.

Re: Washington State Aviation Thread - 2022

TP seems unlikely to me anytime in the near future. I think ÀS/one world is strong, and you have Delta and skyteam. Just checked and was shocked to see UA down to one non stop flight between SEA and LAX.

Re: Washington State Aviation Thread - 2022

Paine, about 30 miles north of Seattle, is obviously a choice spot to serve an area experiencing huge population increases, particularly passenger flights. How do I find a nighttime satellite map of the Puget Sound area? That would be a good representation of populations. Google ought to add a choi...

Re: New Routes announced for COS

I'm still holding out hope that AS will re-enter the SEA-COS market using E-175s someday. I think I wrote something similar to below in another thread: I am surprised AS can't at least make COS work on an E-175. Considering some of the other destinations they serve, like SBP, I would think COS woul...

Re: Predictions on Final 757 Flights in the US

Domestic passenger, I would guess something on DL

Internationa passengerl, I would guess Icelandair