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- Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:09 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: US Airways flight 1549
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7114
Re: Us Air flight 1549
The total capacity of the US A320 was 150 total, so only 3 flight attendants required.
Jump to post- Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Sky Team at PHL
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4242
Re: Sky Team at PHL
PHL doesn't have the O&D of JFK, EWR, or even BOS. This is not a gaping hole in DL/AF/KL service. That is an extremely inaccurate statement. Are you telling me that much smaller cities like PIT, CVG, RDU, etc. have more O&D? The main reason is that AA/OneWorld dominate at PHL making it toug...
Jump to post- Sun Dec 15, 2019 11:55 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: The rest of Tennessee (TYS, CHA, TRI ect.) Aviation Thread - 2019
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8304
Re: The rest of Tennessee - TYS, CHA, TRI, ect.
I worked for US in 2005-2007 at TYS. I had a blast.
Nice to revisit some memories of McGhee Tyson!
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:58 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Norwegian Adds FCO/CDG-ORD And FCO-DEN
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5563
Re: Norwegian Adds FCO/CDG-ORD And FCO-DEN
These days when you search for fares it doesn't seem to matter whether you need to buy two separate tickets with different airlines, the fare searches will show you the cheapest route. What search engines are showing two separate tickets? Care to post an itinerary? It's consumer disaster waiting to...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:01 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: AA’s Communication Problem
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6619
Re: AA’s Communication Problem
Who even cares, or needs a reason for delays less than 20 minutes? It's aviation. Delays less than 30 minutes are non-events, unless you have a connecting flight to catch. The OP did have a flight to catch. Also, this isn't in enroute delay. Sitting at a gate, with no information, with no idea of w...
Jump to post- Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:30 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 8/18/2019:AS Adds GEG-PAE;DL Adds LGW/MAN;HA Adds LAS-OGG;SY Cuts STL-MSP;UA Cuts EWR-PSP;WN
- Replies: 76
- Views: 12899
Re: OAG Changes 8/18/2019:AS Adds GEG-PAE;DL Adds LGW/MAN;HA Adds LAS-OGG;SY Cuts STL-MSP;UA Cuts EWR-PSP;WN
UA is hardly "ditching" EWR-OKC. They run the route seasonally every year April-December. 2020 will be the same. Given how they’ve never promote this route like their others out of here and can’t seem to sustain anything besides this yearly seasonal service to their biggest trans Atlantic...
Jump to post- Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Updated: DL, VS boost summer flying between U.S. and U.K. in 2020
- Replies: 69
- Views: 16849
Re: Delta international announcement later today
BNAMealer wrote:I’m not really a fan of DL’s p2p flying strategy (outside of TATL).
Why not? Jump to post
- Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:28 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Norwegian to cancel all TATL MAX routes
- Replies: 79
- Views: 19707
Re: Norwegian to cancel all TATL MAX routes
Nothing about their BGO-SWF service so I wonder if that could be moved back to JFK as previously the flight was operated from JFK for 3 years. Incorrect. They operated Saturday only service for one summer. The results were limited local traffic, the majority were onward connections from BGO-Europe....
Jump to post- Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: KLM calls for people to fly less
- Replies: 237
- Views: 27592
Re: KLM calls for people to fly less
Well they should start by calling out on their own partners, like DL. Do we really need 24 crjs a day in a route, instead of bigger AC and less frequency just because Alan the business man with the small wiener will throw a fit if he doesnt have 1600 options a day to go back and forth in his meetin...
Jump to post- Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:31 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Aeromexico cancels MEX-GYE and reduces frequencies to UIO
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3192
Re: Aeromexico cancels MEX-GYE and reduces frequencies to UIO
I guess all of those $780 business MQD runs from JFK to UIO hurt their yields.
Jump to post- Mon May 06, 2019 3:50 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 5/5/2019: DL Appears to Exit JFK-GIG, to Add JFK-BOM;UA;CZ Cuts CAN;HU Adds CTU-ORD,LAX-XIY
- Replies: 61
- Views: 13766
Re: OAG Changes 5/5/2019: DL Appears to Exit JFK-GIG, to Add JFK-BOM;UA;CZ Cuts CAN;HU Adds CTU-ORD,LAX-XIY
jetsetter629 wrote:tphuang wrote:And yes, ORH really is that horrible.
I just booked an ORH-PHL flight for $78...which is was not basic economy
I booked ORH-PHL-BOS-JFK for $66 in January.
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- Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:18 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Could the MAX grounding be the end of Norwegian?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 32373
Re: Could the MAX grounding be the end of Norwegian?
SWF-DUB isn't removed. It's actually sold out. The planned April traffic from SWF to Ireland a total of 16 flights per week. 11x weekly to DUB and 5X weekly to SNN. That's a total of 3,024 seats a week. The A330 they have wetleased offers only 2716 weekly seats. In fact, there are seats available f...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:05 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Could the MAX grounding be the end of Norwegian?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 32373
Re: Could the MAX grounding be the end of Norwegian?
SWF-DUB isn't removed. It's actually sold out. The planned April traffic from SWF to Ireland a total of 16 flights per week. 11x weekly to DUB and 5X weekly to SNN. That's a total of 3,024 seats a week. The A330 they have wetleased offers only 2716 weekly seats. In fact, there are seats available fo...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Will SBY Expand and Add DL with A220 Service?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1723
Re: WILL SBY EXPAND AND ADD DL with A220 Service
No offense to SBY, but I'm sure DL has other, more valuable targets for mainline service.
SBY should hope for DL connection before DL mainline.
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:35 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 2/17/2019:PDK Gets Service;G4;NK;SE Moves JFK to EWR;UA Adds DEN-GSP/PWM/SYR
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9324
Re: OAG Changes 2/17/2019:PDK Gets Service;G4;NK;SE Moves JFK to EWR;UA Adds DEN-GSP/PWM/SYR
G4 adding PIT to TYS is a very strange add. Congrats!
Jump to post- Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:43 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Norwegian to close 737s bases in PMI/TFS/LPA/FCO/PVD/SWF
- Replies: 104
- Views: 16850
Re: Norwegian to close 737s bases in PMI/TFS/LPA/FCO/PVD/SWF
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0 ... egian-air/The routes from SWF are not being cut. The base is being closed.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0 ... egian-air/
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 12:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: DL and AA resume IROP ticketing and baggage agreement
- Replies: 69
- Views: 10902
Re: DL and AA resume IROP ticketing and baggage agreement
Rookie87 wrote:In my agent days when we had IROPS or had to rebook on another carrier, it was FULL FARE Y priced, not what Joe Schmo bought on Expedia. Since when did that change?
The segment is booked in Y, but the amount paid to the receiving carrier is not full Y fare. It’s a negotiated amount. Jump to post
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:26 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 2019 SNA Slot Allocation Released
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8789
Re: 2019 SNA Slot Allocation Released
Jshank83 wrote:iflyalexair wrote:So, where is DL reallocating the JFK service to?
It isn't. It lost seats so that is the route it cut to make up for it.
Yeah, but they still have 15 ops YOY... Jump to post
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:23 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: 2019 SNA Slot Allocation Released
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8789
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 9/9/2018:AA Adds PHX-MSN/GRR;DL Drops CVG-PHX,DTW-PIA;F9 Drops CLT-AUS/SAT;LA Drops LIM-MCO;UA Adds LAX-RDD
- Replies: 90
- Views: 12923
Re: OAG Changes 9/9/2018:AA Adds PHX-MSN/GRR;DL Drops CVG-PHX,DTW-PIA;F9 Drops CLT-AUS/SAT;LA Drops LIM-MCO;UA Adds LAX-
enilria wrote:AA ALB-PHL NOV 4>5[5]
I see ALB-PHL as 6x in November. Jump to post
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:16 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Delta Air Lines Top 50 Longest Routes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3641
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 6/17/2018:AA Drops ORD-BIS/BOI/COS/RAP/RNO for Winter or More;SXM Cuts;DY Shuffle;EY Pares JFK-AUH
- Replies: 87
- Views: 12320
Re: OAG Changes 6/17/2018:AA Drops ORD-BIS/BOI/COS/RAP/RNO for Winter or More;SXM Cuts;DY Shuffle;EY Pares JFK-AUH
F27500 wrote:JU .. JFK-BEG is an interesting one! What aircraft is being flown on that one?
A330 Jump to post
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:20 pm
- Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
- Topic: AirForce2 coming into SYR today!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1846
- Tue May 29, 2018 3:48 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 12043
Re: Why no flights on US3 to eastern Atlantic islands?
Delta recently started nonstop service from JFK to PDL (Ponta Delgada - Azores) utilizing the 757 with D1 service. The fight is just under 6 hours. There is no D1 service on this route. It's Premium Select, Comfort Plus, and Economy. I was on the inaugural. Also, I have the ability to say I was the...
Jump to post- Mon May 14, 2018 5:22 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 5/13/2018:UA Swaps EWR/IAD Markets, Many Other Changes!;DL Adds BOS-PHL,Drops JFK-PHL,MCO-MIA;
- Replies: 98
- Views: 14963
Re: OAG Changes 5/13/2018:UA Swaps EWR/IAD Markets, Many Other Changes!;DL Adds BOS-PHL,Drops JFK-PHL,MCO-MIA;
United proving yet again they can't compete in the Northeast. Your statement doesn't match reality. Reality is that United is the #1 carrier in New York City. And New York City is the #1 market in the Northeast. EWR isn't NYC. Not even in the same state. UA doesn't even serve JFK, and only serve IA...
Jump to post- Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:17 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Inaugural DL MCO-AMS March 30, 2018
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9664
Re: Inaugural DL MCO-AMS March 30, 2018
DL cannot sell AMS-MCO-GRU tickets I don't think as it would most definitely require a US visa for certain travelers. MCO does not have a dedicated international area for connections until the terminal C is built. Both domestic and international passengers arrive in the same area for boarding. Any ...
Jump to post- Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:24 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: NYC Area Aviation Thread (JFK/LGA/EWR/ISP/SWF/HPN) - 2018
- Replies: 128
- Views: 13486
Re: NYC Area Aviation Thread (JFK/LGA/EWR/ISP/SWF/HPN) - 2018
The second daily flight marks the return of daytime, eastbound service from NYC to Ireland.
Jump to post- Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:17 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Azores Airlines update S18 schedule to North America
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4926
Re: Azores Airlines update S18 schedule to North America
I'm looking forward to the DL inaugural of JFK-PDL in May!
Jump to post- Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:40 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Employees of American Airlines-Owned American Eagle Make Less Than $10 an Hour
- Replies: 146
- Views: 15471
Re: Employees of American Airlines-Owned American Eagle Make Less Than $10 an Hour
I worked for Piedmont when I was in college, 2005-2007. The pay was obviously low, but it worked for me as a student living at home. I remember one of the silliest things was that my starting rate was $7.84 an hour. They announced that starting pay was going up to $8.00 effective January 1. So, when...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UA FA merger integration complaint
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8788
Re: UA FA merger integration complaint
That reserve system sounds horrific! Why not give everyone one months of reserve a year, then everyone could hold a line from the start 11months of the year- seems to work well from the airlines I have experience with QF,VA,NZ, most senior and junior still get their 1 month reserve. Delta flight at...
Jump to post- Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:42 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: ERI ~ Erie, PA Airport closed for 2nd day
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1826
Re: ERI ~ Erie, PA Airport closed for 2nd day
I'm sure tens of people were inconvenienced.
Jump to post- Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:59 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Frontier Airlines in Islip
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2286
Re: Frontier Airlines in Islip
The immediate catchment area of Nassau and Suffolk counties is huge a wealthy. For various reasons, those passengers tend to leak to LGA and JFK. Airline loyalty, schedule, price, nonstops, etc. Legacy carriers offering a few RJ flights to a nearby hub, likely at a higher fare, will often fuel that ...
Jump to post- Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: SY announces LAX-HNL and MSP-MYR
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5671
Re: SY announces LAX-HNL and MSP-MYR
allegiantflyer wrote:Very interesting development, I hope SY has more success on this route as a ULCC than G4 did.
Allegiant has repeatedly stated that their LAS-HNL service was popular and profitable. When the 757s came up on their checks, they opted to retire them and thereby end HNL service. Jump to post
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:40 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: DL Canceling EWR-AMS
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13266
Re: DL Canceling EWR-AMS
The JV added another JFK frequency to compensate. I guess they determined they have enough TATL coverage with just CDG from EWR.
Jump to post- Mon Nov 27, 2017 3:20 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: American, United settle 9/11 Claims
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9099
Re: American, United settle 9/11 Claims
I believe a large part of the mentality in trying to hold AA/UA at least in part responsible was because pre-9/11, the airlines were responsible for handling airport security, not the Federal govt. as it is post-9/11. So the reasoning being...airport security was so lax that those maniacs were able...
Jump to post- Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:26 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: The fall of Robert Mugabe: Potential Impact on Air Zimbabwe & Zimbabwean Aviation
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17217
Re: The fall of Robert Mugabe: Potential Impact on Air Zimbabwe & Zimbabwean Aviation
I guess we won’t see the Air Zimbabwe 767 at SWF any more. Someone in the government likes to go shopping at Woodbury Commons apparently. If I'm not mistaken, many governments choose to park their aircraft at SWF when visiting the United Nations in NYC — I mean, surely no one would travel that dist...
Jump to post- Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:36 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: American, United settle 9/11 Claims
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9099
Re: American, United settle 9/11 Claims
Only in America would someone sue an airline for allowing their plane to be hijacked... is this a sick joke? I believe a large part of the mentality in trying to hold AA/UA at least in part responsible was because pre-9/11, the airlines were responsible for handling airport security, not the Federa...
Jump to post- Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:06 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Delta Rolls Out Delta One to JFK-LAS/SAN/SEA
- Replies: 56
- Views: 14419
Re: Delta Rolls Out Delta One to JFK-LAS/SAN/SEA
I think that this is a generally positive change, depending on what DL's pricing will be. We'll see if DL is able to make it work. I would never pay for a domestic first class seat to SEA, LAS or SAN, absent a really reasonable buy up offer because the product simply isn't worth it. I'd rather play ...
Jump to post- Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:57 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: The fall of Robert Mugabe: Potential Impact on Air Zimbabwe & Zimbabwean Aviation
- Replies: 43
- Views: 17217
Re: The fall of Robert Mugabe: Potential Impact on Air Zimbabwe & Zimbabwean Aviation
I guess we won’t see the Air Zimbabwe 767 at SWF any more. Someone in the government likes to go shopping at Woodbury Commons apparently.
Jump to post- Wed Nov 08, 2017 4:18 pm
- Forum: Technical/Operations
- Topic: Delta flight attendant bases
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7699
Re: Delta flight attendant bases
I am not sure how up to date my list is, but here are the ones I know for sure:
BOS
NYC
DTW
MSP
ATL
CVG
MCO
TPA
FLL
SLC
SEA
SFO
LAX
SAN
HNL
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 6:16 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why no DTW-HNL?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9600
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: OAG Changes 8/13/2017:DL Closes YQB; UA Adds CKB-IAD/ORD; HU Adds JFK-CTU; AM Adds SLC-GDL
- Replies: 62
- Views: 11894
Re: OAG Changes 8/13/2017:DL Closes YQB; UA Adds CKB-IAD/ORD; HU Adds JFK-CTU; AM Adds SLC-GDL
I'm certainly disappointed that YQB is going away. We were supposed to go there for Valentine's Day 2016. The flights were, at that point, 2x daily on CR7. It turns out that weekend was insanely cold (we're talking -60s with wind chill), and our flights were oversold. They paid us $1200 each to bump...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:04 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 12101
Re: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
Who doesn't love an argument on semantics? At least in the context of SWF, it isn't semantics. There was a formal petition filed with IATA to incorporate SWF into the metropolitan definition of NYC. In the end, this petition was supported by the FAA, and in September 2015, SWF was adopted into the ...
Jump to post- Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:03 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 12101
Re: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspxgreenair727 wrote:iflyalexair wrote:SWF is incorporated into the metropolitan area definition of NYC according to IATA.
Does IATA define metro areas? If so, where could I find this list? Thanks.
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- Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:31 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 12101
Re: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?
SWF is incorporated into the metropolitan area definition of NYC according to IATA.
Jump to post- Wed May 31, 2017 7:22 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Norwegian Announces PVD-FDF/PTP - Replacing BOS
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3850
Re: Norwegian Announces PVD-FDF/PTP - Replacing BOS
Isn't this is a lot for PVD to absorb considering Norwegian hasn't even started its service to PVD yet and they already have 9 nonstop destinations? How do they expect to fill these seats especially with no feeder traffic within the US, and especially with flights to places like BGO? I am intereste...
Jump to post- Wed May 24, 2017 6:15 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Frontier to serve ISP-MCO
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2451
Re: Frontier to serve ISP-MCO
lesfalls wrote:Interesting news. I wonder if they will try to attract passangers from NYC as the drive nor taking the train is that bad.
Probably not since EWR/JFK/LGA fares to MCO are already low. Not enough of a difference to make someone spend the time and money on the LIRR to get to ISP. Jump to post
- Thu May 18, 2017 2:20 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Rumor: AA to end SABRE end of June
- Replies: 98
- Views: 18353
Re: Rumor: AA to end SABRE end of June
Compare Shares: Shift+R (PNR display pop up... fill in the blanks, tab to move through fields) Ctrl+ I (Itinerary key pad) F2? (delete segment pop up) Ctrl + A (availability pop up... fill in the blanks, tab to move through...) F# (sell segments) F12 (ER) Ctrl +T (Ticket options) F# reissue pop up....
Jump to post- Wed May 17, 2017 7:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why is DL Operating a 757 on EWR-CDG?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8847
Re: Why is DL Operating a 757 on EWR-CDG?
Delta has scaled up its operation at EWR over the years and operates out of one of the Terminal B rotundas all to itself. A bit surprised to see this route downgraded to a 757 even for time considered a bit slower during the year. Um, no. Delta has slowly decreased gauge across the board from EWR. ...
Jump to post- Wed May 17, 2017 4:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Rumor: AA to end SABRE end of June
- Replies: 98
- Views: 18353
Re: Rumor: AA to end SABRE end of June
This is so sad to me. I worked for USAirways at the time of the HP merger. I remember when QIK on Sabre came as a way of familiarizing ourselves with QIK with the underlying res system that we knew already. Once we finally switched to shares, it was a mess. Sabre was far superior to shares for a lot...
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