Any day now, I expect them to announce a merger with Baltia.
Jump to postSeveral places, but my favorite is the approach into Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky (LEX). The layout of the thoroughbred horse farms and the nearby, sharp-looking Keeneland Race Course amid the rolling hills covered with Kentucky bluegrass is truly breathtaking! Even the late, great Paul...
Jump to postThis is all absolutely fascinating! I never got to fly on BN, but I was always captivated by their colorful liveries, especially on their 727s. On May 12, 1982, I was living in Alabama. I watched a report about the demise of Braniff on a "new" network, the Cable News Network, CNN. (They ha...
Jump to postI saw recently STL and CVG don't have flights to the Bay Aeea right now. Not only that, but currently there is no CVG-STL direct service at all. I was a CSA for Comair (OH) right before the pilots' strike, and both our flights and TWA's were routinely full. The majority of that traffic turned out t...
Jump to postAnother day, another dipstick. Hardly even noteworthy anymore. Retired advertising manager here. Always remember that PRACTICALLY ALL online titles nowadays are clickbait! The core of the article is "hardly even noteworthy," but the article's headline generates more clicks for Yahoo! The ...
Jump to postLet's see what I can shake out of my old brain (which gets a year older this month!). American started Hawaii service back in the Seventies. They used to partner with Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays for cruises that circled the islands and called on the major ports. I don't remember if Braniff served Haw...
Jump to postBut why would they need to do anything other than what they have been doing until now? Why not just keep on growing organically and slowly expanding their coverage to new markets. If B6 is struggling with their operations then the last thing they need is to over-expand. I totally agree with you, Bl...
Jump to postFANTASTIC ! ! ! Herb Kelleher would have LOVED to have been there for that!
It does bring up a question, though. I've wondered this for years but I've never asked. If the captain of a ship has the power to marry couples, does that also mean that the captain of an airliner has the same power?
The JU-52NG would be a useful replacement for the BN-2 still used around the world in humanitarian roles flying into short unprepared runways. Not to mention to resume the scenic flights after the last JU-52 crash. And, I'm sure that there are movie studios that would love to have one of these prop...
Jump to postIs DL likely to resume CVG-SFO nonstop service on 9/12/2022, or is DL likely to push back the resumption date of CVG-SFO nonstop service? I don't know, but I do know that it has been very quiet in the new service department at CVG lately. The airport's website hasn't posted any news items since 10 ...
Jump to postLet me see . . . Ozark, STL-SDF with a stopover at PAH; North Central, ORD-MKG with a stopover at MKE, right before the merger with Southern & the changeover to Republic; Allegheny, SDF-CVG, my only flight on a BAC-111; Chicago Express, GRR-MDW on a Jetstream 31, self-connecting to my first flig...
Jump to postSomething fishy's going on! Check out this link . . . https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight ... 0418/0546Z
Edit: Compare to the regular link . . . https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA176
ua900 wrote:Let's remember that this is purely hypothetical...
Here's one that's not quite the same as those above. Denver is DEN, of course, but many of the locals refer to it as DIA, an unofficial acronym for Denver International Airport. However, DIA is actually the official IATA code for Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar.
Jump to post"Your talents make take you where your character can not keep you." - Terry Nelson
"Seven years of college down the drain!" - John Belushi's character in Animal House.
Maybe we should merge these two threads; this one, and . . . viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1471977
Jump to postLondon-Corbin Airport (LOZ, Magee Field), Kentucky. I flew into there in 1973 aboard a Piedmont Airlines Fairchild Hiller FH-227. It was a "hot unload!" I was the only passenger deplaning. I came down the steps on the plane's left-hand side while the right-hand prop was still spinning (lou...
Jump to postWOW, A GROUND LOOP! And, as always, "Any landing you can walk away from . . ."
Jump to postNow, I've got to ask this: What is the possibility that Buffalo will acquire one or more Boeing 737-200s? Those are still being used daily in Canada.
Jump to postMaybe it’s my imagination, but I think I remember a Buffalo Airways (or Airlines ? ) flying charters in the 1980’s from Providence to the Azores, with 707’s or something similar. Does anyone else remember this ? Did some searching and found there was another airline called Buffalo Airways https://w...
Jump to postAir Canada Jazz will restore AC's CVG-YYZ service beginning Sunday, May 1. There will be two flights a day on 50-seat CRJ200s. While I am glad to see this service return, why does Air Canada's website list the equipment as "Mitsubishi CRJ200s?" https://www.cvgairport.com/about/news/2022/02...
Jump to postAlso, it would be good if Southwest restores service to St. Louis.
Jump to postDominoes can fall either way! With respect to airspace closures over Russia, folks who are as old as I am (65) can remember the days of the Cold War, when airspace over the USSR and China was closed to airlines from the West. Sure, fuel is much more expensive now (and will be more so in the days ahe...
Jump to postSome kind of nationwide and/or worldwide job action by in-flight crews may be necessary to get governments off the dime and give the teeth necessary for law enforcement and prosecutors to put an end to this. I really, really hate to even suggest something like that because so many innocent people wo...
Jump to postThe REAL question should be, "Does anybody else care about what you'll be doing while you're not watching the Super Bowl?"
Jump to postYou can also check this out . . . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecnam/P2012_Traveller
Jump to postAllow me to relate a story about a passenger who had a peanut allergy. I was a gate agent for the now-defunct Comair in the now-razed Concourse C at CVG. This happened back in 1999. Granted, the aircraft the passenger was booked on was a single-class Bombardier CRJ-100. But I knew how potentially vi...
Jump to postIn another thread, Skywest has filed notice with the DOT to reduce EAS service to 18 markets. One of them happens to be Muskegon (MKG). Here is a link to that thread . . . viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1470027
Jump to postI hope that they do well. The fact that they are starting out with new aircraft caught my attention.
Jump to postIf they get the whale from Etihad, they don't have to remove the shower!
As for the restaurant, I can hear it now . . . "Escargot, Table 23, you are clear for service!"
The folks at Muskegon (MKG) are going to scream, but they're only an hour's drive from Grand Rapids. Still, they might be able to salvage some kind of service. Cape Air (9K) is now handling service between Manistee County Blacker Field (MBL) and Chicago, so maybe the folks at MKG can work out someth...
Jump to postFrom the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), it turns out to be more than I thought!
American (AA)
Comair (OH)
Delta (DL)
Frontier (F9)
Mesaba (XJ)
Northwest (NW)
Piedmont (PI)
Pinnacle (9E)
Republic (RC)
Southwest (WN)
TWA (TW)
United (UA)
Is the air service between Manistee County Blacker Airport (MBL) and Chicago Midway (MDW) still operating? And if so, who is operating it?
Jump to postBad news! Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is currently (Tuesday, 1 February) headed directly for Madagascar. The storm currently has sustained winds of 105mph (165km/h) with gusts to 125mph (205km/h). This comes only two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana struck Madagascar, crossed the island and the ...
Jump to postHard to believe that no one has brought up the Lake Calumet Airport plan from the early 1990s. Mayor Daley wanted a brand new airport built on the far South Side near Lake Calumet. Had the airport been approved by the state legislature Midway would be closed. Like always, the decision had to do wit...
Jump to postHOLY COW ! ! ! I feel very sorry for those affected, and it seems as if many, many were affected, even though the megablast occurred in a remote part of Oceana. So, how big was the blast? Even the experts are having trouble getting their minds and their arms around it. But, with all of the sensors o...
Jump to postStupid question, but what are the odds MDW would have been decommissioned if WN never flew there? It seems like the other carriers are only there to compete with Southwest on a few key markets. No. Midway was never going anywhere. It was, and continues to be, important to the City of Chicago and Co...
Jump to postI have not traveled through MDW since 2019. F9 was not flying there at that time. What gate(s) did they use previously, and which gate(s) would they use now?
Jump to postmga707 wrote:I can't be the only 'old fogey' on here who saw this thread title and immediately started humming the 1971 Chicago single "Questions 67 and 68"...
If one wants to geek out on this and other eruptions, then the Volcano Cafe website is the place for you. Some of the posts are quite technical, but there is so much to read and to see that is just plain fascinating. The hundreds of videos and pics posted there from YouTube, Twitter, private posts, ...
Jump to postAnd six months later PA 759 went down at MSY, also shortly after takeoff. Not a good year for commercial aviation in the U.S. Well-remember both crashes. And to add to that, the original Braniff ceased operations and declared bankruptcy in June, 1982. I was living in Brewton, Alabama at the time, a...
Jump to postI wouldn't be surprised to learn that the announcement will be about concourse expansion.
Jump to postCVG-BNA on either American or Southwest
Jump to postI just LOVE reading this thread! Many posters are losing their heads, while many others are using theirs. I agree that this purchase & options order boils down to price and availability. And, while I haven't flown with Allegiant yet, I have been impressed with their operations at the two airport...
Jump to postI really think that LAN is in a precarious position. They make their money on the winter charter flying and as soon as GRR opens is customs facility I believe you will see a lot of that flying migrate over there. That will leave LAN with limited RJ flying and the UPS operation. It will be hard for ...
Jump to postMy last flight on WN was an hour and a half of pure torture with screaming kids, singing flight attendants and split up groups conversing by talking loudly to their friends several rows up. It was like being on a school bus with wings. I would rather stowaway on a container ship to Hawaii than take...
Jump to postI haven't flown on any airliner since pre-pandemic days, but I flew on ten different WN flights in 2019. On every flight, they "stuck" the landing like a gymnast hitting the floor mat after an exercise. It was not a serious problem, just enough to be noticeable.
Jump to postHere's an update. It now looks like the storm system that will move across Kentucky will be mostly a heavy rain producer. There is a greater possibility of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to the south of Kentucky, specifically in the western two-thirds of Tennessee, a slice of Eastern Arkansas, a...
Jump to postCrazy. Also if the tornado is rain wrapped then it would be harder to track and outrun. Just saying, right car and terrain but living in a place that's easily a goner, outrunning one in a car could be an option N649DL, I'm nodding in agreement with you there. Not only that, but there's the fact tha...
Jump to postSee that's the interesting thing about outrunning Tornado Warnings in cars. NOAA recommends you shouldn't ever do it, but if you can and storm chasers can, wouldn't it sometimes be a viable option? There was a video I was watching on YT about a family who successfully outran an F5 tornado in 1997 a...
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