It’s nice to see AA sticking by its plans to rebuild the ORD hub. Per Simple Flying AA operated 290 daily flights from ORD in January. As of today they’re up to 351 daily flights (an increase of 61 flights). That number will only grow with the frequency increases scheduled on many routes in May / J...
Jump to postFeels like EWR, ORD, and IAD could be sustained with 321XLR post-alliance change. Why do you say that about ORD other than they won't have the United feed? SAS has flown to ORD for 60 years, including wide body service from the early 70s (747s, DC-10s, 767s, A330/340s, and the shortlived A350). Man...
Jump to postI really do not think that American is building another lounge at T3 between the L concourse and the K concourses. 1) There is already a newer Admirals Club at the entrance to the L concourse. 2) The Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge are also newish in the H/K concourse. They are both some of the ni...
Jump to postBA’s move to T3 will be better for passengers for sure. Their club at T5 was getting old. Here area few points based on this conversation. There are at least 7 but I believe 8 wide body gates at T3 (someone here probably knows better): K19 (77W capable and used by JL and IB), K16, K12, K15, K13, K9,...
Jump to postI would say gate space limits 777-300ER fleets from ORD & PHL. 197' 3" wingspan on 787 vs 212' 7" for the 777-300ER. Funny enough there was a 777-300ER as a last minute sub for PHL-LAX route the other day. There is space for 5-6 777-300ER if AA ever needs to upgauge at PHL. What was a...
Jump to postFrom a city and growth perspective in the southeast I would say it would be Nashville. Many companies in the Tech., Automotive/battery, and Healthcare have been and will continue to relocate their US headquarters to Nashville. It’s a city that is super friendly for business l, there is no state inco...
Jump to postBWIAirport wrote:Regarding Aer Lingus to Dublin - that's almost certain to cannibalize BA sales right? Would IAG do that? I believe they're sending the 78X a few times a week during the summer
I'm an Executive Platinum member and fly out of ORD. The only news American ever has anymore now out of ORD is that either they are dropping flights, or dowengauging to a regional jet. I bet American would put the CRJ on the ORD to LHR route if they could. Maybe they should change their name to DFW ...
Jump to postI wonder if there’s ever a chance that either American or British Airways will fly nonstop from Chicago to Manchester. At one point in the past American used to fly nonstop from O’Hare to Manchester (British Midland did as well), Birmingham, London Stansted, and many other European cities. They jus...
Jump to postRE: BA moving to T3, is there an A380-capable gate for them to use at L/K/H? No. British Airways actually has stopped flying the A380 to O’Hare. It appears they have increased their frequency to three daily flights later this year. Despite this increase, their total seats will actually be a slight ...
Jump to postRE: BA moving to T3, is there an A380-capable gate for them to use at L/K/H? No. British Airways actually has stopped flying the A380 to O’Hare. It appears they have increased their frequency to three daily flights later this year. Despite this increase, their total seats will actually be a slight ...
Jump to postSomeone posted in another chain about the airline hub performance. Things that struck me were: 1) American's intercontinental flights from ORD are a joke. They ones I showed below are ones on the surface more similar to AA at ORD. We know AA isn't close to the mega hubs of AA in DFW, or DL in ATL: ...
Jump to postSomeone posted in another chain about the airline hub performance. Things that struck me were: 1) American's intercontinental flights from ORD are a joke. They ones I showed below are ones on the surface more similar to AA at ORD. We know AA isn't close to the mega hubs of AA in DFW, or DL in ATL: -...
Jump to postNow that the satellite and T gates are complete, what is the next part and timing of the terminal to be worked on, Concourse A or the extension of Concourse D? I have read this will be part of "BNA New Horizons", but I really have not read anything specific.
Jump to postHopefully all this BA success talk will sell well to other airlines as BNA looks for their second TATL flight. It'd be fantastic for BA to upgrade to the 777 a much better plane from a passanger experience in all classes espeially the pointy end of the plane. That 787-8 business class is awful... I...
Jump to postHere is the schedule: ORD - weekly in spring, daily in summer - 739 UA 1950/1951 Outbound: 9:13 - 13:00 Return: 14:10 - 18:05 Thanks, there's going to be other surprises coming out; some good, some bad for next year in general. I would say Summer 2024 is a net positive overall though for ORD. My gu...
Jump to postLOT will open a lounge on T5: The space is the first for LOT outside of Poland, with Chicago being its largest outstation serving both Warsaw and Krakow. It will also serve as the default lounge for premium flyers of Star Alliance carriers as the current provider Scandinavian prepares to leave the ...
Jump to postService Updates WN - https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231106-wnjun24 (Some may have been previously reported) MDW-ELP service commences June 4, 2024 on 73G, 7x MDW-BUR service resumes June 4, 2024 (seasonal suspension from January 4, 2024 to June 3, 2024) on 73G, 7x MDW-SFO service resumes June 4, 20...
Jump to postService Updates - https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231030-lhgnw23inc OS ORD-VIE goes to 772 starting October 29, 2023, 5x LH ORD-FRA (LH430/431) goes to mix of 346 for October 29, 2023 to January 31, 2024 and 744 for the month of February 2024 ORD-FRA (LH432/433) goes to mix of 346 and 343 starting J...
Jump to postI’m surprised BNA used “C” gates at the new satellite gate names. It is not intuitive to passengers. I’m here now flying on American but there are people asking everyone in the C concourse where their Allegiant, Spirit and Contour gates are.
Jump to postQuestion for those in the know: will there be additional lounges in T2 once the OGT is built? I have not seen any lounge news for the new T2. However, with a co-location of all star alliance, and one world airlines, I would imagine there will be a massive lounge for each of those alliances similar ...
Jump to postAs Aer Lingus doesn't require FIS at O'Hare, I would expect them to go to T3 soon as well. Does AA have enough widebody gates at H/K to do their full summer schedule + EI IB and BA? They don't have enough widebody gates currently to take on EI, IB, and BA and still run their "full" summer...
Jump to postI don't think BA is moving from T5 to T3 until Goobal terminal is up. There are three BA and two Aer Lingus flights per day which same team services. Same lounge. T3 cannot accommodate 5 additional wide bodies in addition to AA 789s during evening Europe departure block. But I agree it would be nic...
Jump to postsz1998 wrote:I'm really not giving any weight to the BA relocation rumors to T3 -- it would not increase efficiencies.
As another poster mentioned, Swissport seriously damaged an A380 at ORD -- I seriously doubt they would send another. I think the 77W service on Emirates is quite nice, and I prefer the ME3 competition at ORD. Not to mention, Etihad flies their ultra premium A350 to ORD. I don't think one incident,...
Jump to postI noticed two weeks ago that BA will increase their frequencies to ORD from 2 to 3. AA shows they will maintain their 4 frequencies too. When I was at ORD T5 last week at the Terraces Lounge, the host told me that BA was trying to move to ORD T3 before the three flights begin, Now this does not cons...
Jump to postThere are so many int'l routes that AA once flew nonstop from ORD. As an Executive Platinum member for years, this makes me very frustrated and honestly sad for Chicago. I am excited to see the top-off order for UA on the 787 family. I have been disappointed that UA once flew many int'l routes from ...
Jump to postDL was highly rumored to add CDG pre COVID. Interesting info. So, if rumored prior to COVID, why do you think that the 2nd TATL is Lufthansa to FRA? Because Germany is a larger market from Nashville/Tennessee than France The only thing about LH coming is there is no United Club at BNA yet. I’m sure...
Jump to postHas there been any announcement on which airlines will operate out of the satellite? Regarding new European service, I wonder if it’s Lufthansa but to Munich not Frankfurt. They did this for Charlotte. With Nissan, Mitsubishi and all the new auto battery technology coming into the region would it ma...
Jump to postAs BNA is my home airport, I’m very interested to see the opening of various elements of all the construction that has taken place over the last few years. One thing that is perplexing is around where the new rental car counters are in the lower level. Not only does everybody go there to the rental ...
Jump to postI think it’s 3 more regional gates. With how American is shrinking at ORD they might. It be in L at all when these are complete.
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Assumed so. Should’ve changed at least one of the ORD-LHR to a 787, not even close to enough capacity right now. Frankly, if slots are an issue at LHR, the way UA should be managing that is upgrading planes, they don’t fly their two largest planes to LHR and maybe they should. LHR is managing capac...
Jump to postSmall update to UA ORD flying as reported in UAL Fleet '23 thread: ..."To meet United's increased demand for international travel, United is also upgauging some international routes. Last year, United operated ORD to FCO flight on Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which has 243 seats. United is upgauging...
Jump to postSince the tenants of the satellite concourse have not been announced (although many feel the LCC’s will be tenants), could AA take all of the gates in the satellite freeing up their C gates for WN until the A concourse is rebuilt? Your thoughts?[/ They’d have to move the Admirals Club. I can’t belie...
Jump to post[quote="rexchase12"]Since the tenants of the satellite concourse have not been announced (although many feel the LCC’s will be tenants), could AA take all of the gates in the satellite freeing up their C gates for WN until the A concourse is rebuilt? Your thoughts?[/ They’d have to move th...
Jump to postIt seems like there has been a lot of progress made towards the new satellite concourse. Has there been any mention on which airlines will be using the new satellite concourse? Being a concourse where passengers will have to bus to, I thought I read that the Big 3 and SWA would not use it. Initially...
Jump to postWhen I look at the new T2 and S1, I count up to 18 wide body gates, as I assume some will be flexible to handle two narrow body planes as alternate spaces per the picture. Also, I don’t think the new T2 means that UA and AA won’t continue to use some of their current widebody gates (C20, C18, C16, C...
Jump to postWith OneWold/AA along with Star/United out of terminal 5 whenever the new Global Terminal is finished, international airlines with no affiliation to OneWorld or Star, Southwest along with Skyteam and Delta will be the only carriers operating out of terminal 5. Does any one know how many additional ...
Jump to postA few additional operational changes at ORD for the upcoming winter season, in addition to the Finnair changes: - ANA down to 7x on both NRT and HND: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220831-nhnw22us - KLM 789 replaces 781 as of 10/23/22: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220830-kl787w - Ethiopian down t...
Jump to postWhat lounge does BA use now that the airport is split in half?
Jump to postThanks for posting. I too am interested how the airlines and gate space will shake out. Hopefully there will be more lounges in the new int’l gate area, or will BA customers use the Admirals Club? I’m a member and it’s not terribly nice for a business class lounge. What club did BA use in 2018 when ...
Jump to postAre there any designs or renderings of the New IAF at BNA? I have searched and only found a description, and an old video from when the temporary international arrivals building opened in 2018. Likewise does anyone have and insights into any detail of the New Horizons plan announced in June? It stat...
Jump to postLas Vegas has about 32 million visitors annually while Nashville has about half of that at 16 million. I do hope there is more international service once the new IAB building opens up. I would think either Icelandair or Aer Lingus would certainly be a possibility along with Air France or Lufthansa. ...
Jump to postand one more thing... Saw my first TK 787 at O'Hare yesterday. Have they just been operating them to ORD only recently or am I slow on the uptake? According to FlightAware, the switch over for THY185 IST-ORD from a B777 to a B787 happened on March 27th, 2022. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/THY...
Jump to postThe CDA is super-cagey but one can hope that some new info will emerge sooner rather than later. Probably unlikely at this point that someone from the project team would be willing to give us specific data (although I know you're out there!) Most of us are left counting gates from old renderings an...
Jump to post2738319 UA flight 3 is on its way to Zurich about to pass over Newfoundland's Atlantic coast as I type this. Ship N663UA has the honor of flying the inauguration of United long-delayed ORD-ZRH route tonight. I didn’t realize UA had any 763s with no winglets. Between Swiss and UA they are funneling ...
Jump to postOfficial releases from http://www.flychicago.com and the Chicago Department of Aviation (DOA) concerning ORD ATS returning to "round-the-clock" 24-hour service... https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/news/pages/article.aspx?newsid=1705 https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doa/provdr...
Jump to postThis is probably a dead horse subject, but I'm surprised ORD wasn't a candidate for A380 service. I'm sure there was enough O&D and connecting demand for the City of Chicago to shell out for more A380 gates. Not sure what this references, but T5 gets its 2nd A380 gate around September 10th in t...
Jump to postWill there be space in the central terminal for lounges? Or will BA then just use the Admirals Club again? Also, is there any information on the new int’l space (# of gates, size of aircraft the gates can accommodate, etc.). I couldn’t find any details. Thanks.
Jump to postI believe that AA and OW core partners will have access to some shared gates in T2; the main structure and not the two satellites, which all go to United. United and core Star partners will also have access to shared gates in the main part of T2. If this is the case, United is the big winner here. ...
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