In Europe it's common to have one airline with different brands. I think the reason it's happening in Europe is that it's a continent with many different nations and feelings attached to their own identity and legacy airlines. Nothing wrong with that. However, now this is happening in the US as wel...
Jump to postmikejepp wrote:Is there any chance Kalaeloa JRF could ever get airline service?
BA744PHX wrote:Well Air France is back to SAN with 2 flights in June, I assume this is tied to a convention
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240220-afjun24san
As I understand it, flight attendants only get paid for the time the aircraft doors are closed to when they open. Is there an advantage to this for the workers? I don't see one, but it seems to continuously get re-ratified. It’s an industry standard. Always has been. And no one wants to be the firs...
Jump to postSpeaking of kiosks, Hertz OAK had the lamest ones I’ve used. It was mostly a fancy videophone that connected you to a remote agent, and so you had to wait several minutes for one to become available to do anything.
Jump to postWould OAK have been able to process the passengers for an international arrival? As I think that would make the most sense from the outside looking in. Yes, OAK is an international airport with flights to several Latin American destinations as well as seasonal service to the Azores. British Airways...
Jump to postIf you're renting with Avis, sign up for the preferred program. Your paperwork and keys will be ready at the booked time. Some other companies just let you walk to the cars and check you out when driving out if you're a member of their frequent renter program. That’s how it’s supposed to work, and ...
Jump to postShe’s more of a building than a ship these days There was a dispute about this when the ship was being converted to a hotel after arriving in Long Beach, as it affected whether land-based or maritime unions would do the conversion work. The final determination by the Coast Guard was that its now a ...
Jump to postProbably doesn’t help that the 777 SAN-IAD flight yesterday cancelled, and it looks like is still here.
Jump to postI'm sure Hawaii hotel prices (completely insane now) have affected ex Japan demand that used to be very strong. I don't know how relevant hotel prices are for this market, since Japan to Hawaii was traditionally very heavily a package tour market, so the hotel rates would likely be those obtained b...
Jump to postRemember too that the big rental agencies dumped big parts of their fleet early in the pandemic, so now it makes sense that they have to keep their cars longer in order to build their fleets back up. It’s also led to some interesting combinations. A couple years ago I had a Dollar rental that had to...
Jump to postTo the question of why EV owners get defensive, I think a lot has to do with outdated or intentional misinformation being spread about them. On the question of battery degradation, my impression is that it generally isn’t as bad as many people thought it would be. It is an issue on the Nissan Leaf, ...
Jump to postOnline advertising platforms are automated. Nobody at Google or any of the other online as networks is reviewing or approving the ads, only investigating after the fact if there are complaints.
Jump to postCAHSR is being built the way it is because federal funding incentivized starting construction in the Central Valley for the economic stimulus the construction jobs would provide. Unfortunately it does mean the project feels like a train to nowhere, and will need the full phase 1 to be built in order...
Jump to postWas watching the planes come and go from Mission Bay Park and this one came in: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR302 Is Air France now flying into SAN on a regular basis? Nice if so! Compliments LH and BA with a SkyTeam flight to Europe. AF 302 history shows Friday 12/8 as well as today, ...
Jump to postPer this post from EVA Air, since September, US-originating passengers are not required to go through a security check before boarding a connecting flight at TPE: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0njWgPNYVk/
Jump to postAloha (RIP) showed that the 737NGs weren't good for intra-Hawaii flying, but it's working for Southwest, isn't it? So I expect AS/HA to do much the same - shuttle the 737s into and out of the islands much like WN has been doing. Southwest doesn’t try to do the high frequency operation that Aloha di...
Jump to postevank516 wrote:I wonder if this is just AS making moves on DL.
Minucci doesn't say anything about the A330s, which seems to imply they'll stay at HNL for the foreseeable future, although hopefully with at least some mainland turns for better utilization. Given Alaska's historical focus on fleet simplification and evident excitement about the 787, I'd be surpri...
Jump to postHow will HAs customer base shift being that they will no longer be based in Hawaii and will no longer be the “hometown” airline to the islands? Provided the airline retains the most robust schedule with a local commitment, I see no issue retaining customers. I think as long as they maintain the Haw...
Jump to postCan’t they keep the cycles down by just triangling the 737s throughout the day and have only a couple flying back and forth then rotate back to the mainland. I believe that’s how southwest does it That is what Southwest does. A plane will make the crossing from the west coast to Hawaii, island hop ...
Jump to postFor the San Diego airport, are they building a trolley station as part of the Terminal 1 upgrade? (I realize this is political third rail.) Last I heard, the airport was setting aside some space for a potential MTS transit location. Drawings released at the time depicted red Trolley-style light rai...
Jump to postAF is bringing back the scheduled charters from CDG in December: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231030-afklnw23inc Two A350s on 08DEC and 12DEC. Will be nice to see them back, hopefully permanently in the future! American Society of Hematology is back. https://www.hematology.org/meetings/annual-mee...
Jump to postQuad: British Airways 747-400 LHR-SAN March 30, 2019
Tri: Hawaiian Airlines DC-10-30 HNL-SAN September 10, 2001
I flew out of SAN a couple of weeks ago and got some footage of the construction on the new Terminal 1 as we taxied by: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cIYGnlp8a3s
Jump to postAlaska announced Saturday-only summer season SAN-ANC service.
https://investor.alaskaair.com/news-rel ... k-city-and
They look more like CRJ700 to me, though none of them has been painted in the current livery. The CRJ900 are in the current livery but they seem to be too short in this picture. However, in case it´s really CRJ900s here, maybe they were on their way to storage in the desert or delivery to new opera...
Jump to postI can confirm the use of escalators for arriving international pax at 51, I’ve taken the BA flight a few times, and except for the first time before the Green Build was completed and we used either 20 or 21 to the old FIS, it’s always been gate 51.
Jump to postA350-1000 changes to 777-200ER on the current flight starting March 31. Second flight starts April 20 with 787-8.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-bans24inc
And just wait until plans start rolling in for how the railroad line along the coast (that has been washed out a couple of times!) will need to be moved inland. "Oh the humanity!" will be the cry, along with "won't someone PLEASE think of the children?" They're not NIMBY's - the...
Jump to postI haven’t had long (or any) layovers at BWI, but I have had delayed and cancelled flights that meant I was there longer than expected. The previously mentioned observation area is nice and usually not very crowded. There is a Minute Suites in the C concourse (Southwest/American and connected airside...
Jump to postI feel like they’ve been talking about the main impacts being east for the last day or two, in the deserts and mountains more than the coastal areas. Plus, it’s still coming. Orange County coastal areas should see the strongest rain and wind this afternoon: https://x.com/nwssandiego/status/169323605...
Jump to postKLAS and Southwest at the top of the misery index today. https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today That's a cool link, thanks for sharing. Clicking on the % field sorted it by percent, which is cool. Also, the map is interesting: https://www.flightaware.com/miserymap/ Yet the map isn't showi...
Jump to postI think the number of people who would use CBX to access SAN is approximately zero. That seems just incredibly cumbersome (and expensive) compared to using the normal ports of entry at San Ysidro/Otay Mesa. The point of CBX is access between the U.S. and TIJ airport. It is zero. CBX doesn’t work th...
Jump to postJust rereading my comment, I see I mistyped and meant Volaris would be a Mexican ULCC that could try TIJ-PHX, not TIJ-SAN.
Jump to postI don’t see TIJ-PHX being competitive in the local O&D market for San Diego traffic. SAN-PHX already has American (network carrier), Southwest (LCC), and Frontier (ULCC) options, plus Allegiant (ULCC) doing SAN-AZA. American’s TIJ flight isn’t competing with that, it’s giving an alternative to d...
Jump to postSouthern Airways Express flies Saab 340s on behalf of their Mokulele Airlines division in Hawaii.
Jump to postBYD is in the US electric bus market as well, with a manufacturing plant in Lancaster, California.
Jump to postMKK and LNY rely exclusively on air cargo from HNL and OGG for all life essential supplies so bigger planes that can hold belly cargo is needed. ATR is ok for passenger to MKK and LNY but they have to operate cargo only flights and need to break cargo pallets into small main deck cabin size boxes t...
Jump to postHawaiian CEO Peter Ingram told Aviation Daily the airline is still expecting its first 787 in November, with first scheduled commercial flight in January or February, with the first route to be announced soon. Ingram also stated the airline is looking at 717 replacement and hopes to come to a decisi...
Jump to postI was actually supposed to be on the 777 today, but had to cancel the trip for medical reasons. I didn’t originally realize that IAD had a late night bank to Europe, so this flight makes more sense then I thought it would originally.
Jump to postThe first round of food and beverage concessions have been announced: Puesto, Kettner Exchange, Mostra Coffee, and Cutwater Spirits. If I’m understanding the article, they’ll be in the New T1.
https://www.sandiegoville.com/2023/06/p ... offee.html
I suppose the Extra Comfort cabin is really just some economy class seats with some extra leg room, making it also 3-3-3. If HA wants to try out 2-4-2, it would have been a real Premium Economy cabin with 20 seats or so, but with also other services upgraded, not just the seat configuration. I don'...
Jump to postRegarding beverage service on SAN-LAX, it can be done. When it was served by SAAB 340s and Brasilias, the flight attendant could serve drinks, though it helped if they took drink orders in the ground before departure to save a few minutes. There was a period when United put Shuttle 737s on the route...
Jump to postMokulele flew interisland service from Kalaeloa from 2014 to 2106: https://www.khon2.com/news/mokulele-airlines-explains-decision-to-end-flights-out-of-kalaeloa-airport/ The problem with JRF for a mainland LCC is that there is no ability to expand the catchment area. Anyone flying there would have t...
Jump to postKCRQ at one time had service to KLAX, on UA, I believe. They did. If memory serves, WestAir (OE) flew CLD-LAX with J31s in the mid-to-late 90s. Not sure when it ended. . Last CLD-LAX flight was April 6, 2015. SkyWest took over the route at some point and operated it with the EMB-120. https://www.yo...
Jump to postSAN-LAX flights are for connections. And their numbers have dwindled in recent years, as numerous flights throughout the day on EMB-120s and SAAB 340s were replaced by fewer jet flights, mostly E-175s. Post-pandemic there’s just a handful of daily E-175 flights with American not even in the market. ...
Jump to postEven then, it wouldn't be a guarantee until after the flight takes off. You could board it, have a technical issue, and then have to get off and switch planes. Not even that is enough. You don’t really know for sure until it lands. I’ve been on flights that took off, ran into a problem, turned arou...
Jump to postSomeone posted video of the Australian Prime Minister’s RAAF A330 landing on SAN runway 9 today on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/11p15m7/prime_minister_arriving_in_san_diego_i_think/ Flight came from Delhi with an approximately two hour stop at Tokyo-Haneda: https://flightaware....
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