Re: Longest small island to small island flight ?

Years ago there was a British Caledonian 747 from Puerto Rico to LGW. Also BA flew this route in the 90s with DC-10s I think. Great Britain, the island where LGW is located, is not quite small. In fact it's the 9th largest island in the world. :mrgreen: Wow I didn't know that! There is always somet...

Re: Longest small island to small island flight ?

bfitzflyer wrote:

JFK to SIN.

Re: Retro airline liveries that you would like to see

The Delta widget
The Fed Ex Federal Express with all blue on the fuselage
Iraqi and Avianca's very similar, green and red liveries

Re: Nastiest Airline Rivalries

Prinair vs. Oceanair in Puerto Rico circa early 89s

Eastern vs American in Puerto Rico, late 70s-late 80s

Eva Air vs China Airlines

Japan Airlines vs ANA

Virgin Australia vs. Qantas

Fed Ex vs, UPS, thoiugh they dont really share any hubs AFAIK it is still an interesting battle.

Re: Nastiest Airline Rivalries

EA v. DL, you can close the thread now. At ATL, each would try to steal passengers at the the gates. Back when Delta and Eastern had separate concourses in the old terminal, they each had “catchers” at the entrance of the other’s concourse, offering an earlier departure, after asking passengers whe...

Re: Status of Cubana in 2023

As far as I can find out through research, CU is operating twice weekly HAV-MAD, and sometimes a daily flight from HAV to Nueva Genova using an ATR. I had heard that there was an intent to restart EZE later in 2023. Information is so scarce on any future plans and the exact status of its fleet, or ...

Re: Turkish DC-10 Paris-London..why?

Why was Turkish flying the DC-10 between Paris and London when the terrible crash took place when, obviously, they could have flown it non-stop Istanbul-London instead? Was this a fifth-freedom flight or some type of government arrangement? What gave? There were so many long distance trips broken u...

Turkish DC-10 Paris-London..why?

Why was Turkish flying the DC-10 between Paris and London when the terrible crash took place when, obviously, they could have flown it non-stop Istanbul-London instead?

Was this a fifth-freedom flight or some type of government arrangement?

What gave?

Re: Avianca's LAX 757 ops

aaway wrote:

AntonioMartin wrote:

I just saw a video of an Avianca 757 at LAX in 1993.

Wouldn't Bogota to LAX be too long a route for a 757? Or was there a stop-over in Mexico or Central America?

Thanks and God bless!

I recall the routing was BOG-MEX-LAX.

Re: Avianca's LAX 757 ops

Ohh ok. I think Im still thinking about the movie Commando, where LAX-(Bogota) was said to be 11 hours on a Western DC-10 lol But yeah I see what you mean1 Thanks1 God bless1 Jeanette I’m just here to point out that the flight in “Commando” was not to Bogata, but to the fictional country of Val Ver...

Re: Avianca's LAX 757 ops

I may be wrong but BOG-LAX is about 3000nmi, so it's doable with a 752. I don't know how Avianca in particular configured their 757s, which may play into it. Ohh ok. I think Im still thinking about the movie Commando, where LAX-(Bogota) was said to be 11 hours on a Western DC-10 lol But yeah I see ...

Re: What was the largest carrier at your home airport in 1985? And today?

1985 at SJU Eastern
Now at PHX American

Re: Short flights that are served “better” by trains

Are there any flights that operate from one airport to another in the same metro area? For example MDW to ORD or LAX to LGB? I believe there is LAX-SAN service. That is the closest today from LAX. But maybe sometimes it is faster than doing the 125 miles road trip. I think there was a LAX-SNA servi...

Re: Avianca's LAX 757 ops

I may be wrong but BOG-LAX is about 3000nmi, so it's doable with a 752. I don't know how Avianca in particular configured their 757s, which may play into it. Ohh ok. I think Im still thinking about the movie Commando, where LAX-(Bogota) was said to be 11 hours on a Western DC-10 lol But yeah I see ...

Avianca's LAX 757 ops

I just saw a video of an Avianca 757 at LAX in 1993.

Wouldn't Bogota to LAX be too long a route for a 757? Or was there a stop-over in Mexico or Central America?

Thanks and God bless!

Re: Europe moving to LCC from Full Service Legacy carriers

Heinkel wrote:

Ziyulu wrote:

Look at most European carriers. BA, IB, LH, SK, AY charge for soft drinks. These are legacy carriers.

Since when does LH carge for soft drinks?

Did that change after Covid?

Re: My new airline AtlanCaribe's route map

CairnterriAIR wrote:

Nice route system. Though I would add BDL on as a route. Huge Puerto Rican population in Southern New England. Would fit nicely.

Re: Eastern and the Concorde: is there any info about their ops out there?

Hey guys, I have many books in my collection about Concorde, but have never come across plans by Eastern to fly them a la Braniff. Nor have I read of the Iran Air charters. Both are fascinating ‘what ifs?’ I have seen models of Concorde in many fantasy schemes, including Iran Air, Air India and Ame...

Re: Eastern and the Concorde: is there any info about their ops out there?

Oh cause I heard that Eastern flew them from Miami to Caracas , in an operation that was similar to Braniff's with a BA owned Concorde and in a BA codeshare. I even saw a photo of an Eastern liveried Concorde, but that could be a computer-generated photo? Photo must be either AI or Photoshop, there...

Re: Eastern and the Concorde: is there any info about their ops out there?

Hey guys, I have many books in my collection about Concorde, but have never come across plans by Eastern to fly them a la Braniff. Nor have I read of the Iran Air charters. Both are fascinating ‘what ifs?’ I have seen models of Concorde in many fantasy schemes, including Iran Air, Air India and Ame...

Re: The Little Known Fact thread

There was an attempt, and I cannot find it online so I cannot quote but I read about it circa 2000, by AeroMexico and the Puerto Rican government, to start Aero Puerto Rico, similar to how AeroMexico had a partnership with AeroPeru in the late 90s. Also, totally unrelated but, Diaz Aviation once ope...

Re: The LITTLE KNOWN FACT thread

An airline called Sunair started operations, and ceased operations less than 24 hours later There was a new Western Airlines in 2007 that was starting operations out of BLI with a 737-400. That lasted about 20 days. Western actually flew to Mesa near where I live at. I wish I lived near Mesa in 2007!

Re: The Little Known Fact thread

Japan Airlines flew into Puerto Rico many years ago.

Granted, they were not scheduled flights but rather a stop over on their Brasil to Japan route, that is why I don't say "to" but 'into" instead.

Still. you could see JAL metal in San Juan...

Re: Eastern and the Concorde: is there any info about their ops out there?

Eastern never flew any Concorde. Only 4 airlines ever flew the Concorde, Eastern was not one of them. There was only one US-based airline among them, which was Braniff. They flew it between IAD and DFW. They didn't own any Concordes but used AF and BA concordes with American registration stickers o...

Eastern and the Concorde: is there any info about their ops out there?

As the title says?

Re: Hubs with flights to multiple cities with the same name

Caracas: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo del Tachira

Re: Loudest and/or most festive flight you've been on

Eastern from SJU-SDQ and back.

People clapped at both landings..

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

On a side note, AA removed the "DC-10 LuxuryLiner" titles and replaced them with "American Airlines LuxuryLiner" after AA191? Did they actually think that was going to make a difference in the public's perception? Of course. Most people don't know what kind of plane they're flyi...

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

BoeingERJ1000 wrote:

bohica wrote:

American - Luxury Liner.

On a side note, AA removed the "DC-10 LuxuryLiner" titles and replaced them with "American Airlines LuxuryLiner" after AA191?

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

Swissair named their planes after Cantons in Switzerland. How do you pronounce 'Kloten'? National had a great advertising campaign around the names of flight attendants on it's jets. 'Fly me, I'm Barbara'. Social justice warriors and the thought police would have none of it today. Different time, d...

Re: Airlines naming aircraft

Dominicana had Puerto Plata, and Iberia had Rosa Chacel...

Question about Frontier's SJU-SDQ flight

I have a question about Frontier flying from SJU to SDQ..I don;t see on Wikipedia that any of those airports is a hub or focus city for Frontier.... Is the flight a continuation from a Frontier hub to SDQ then? Alao, now that Frontier will enter the fight against Delta on Santo Domingo to Atlanta, c...

Re: Will Delta return to Manchester?

PatrickZ80 wrote:

AntonioMartin wrote:

That makes sense but would it be from LGA?

Definitely not from LGA due to the perimeter rule, flights over 1500 miles are forbidden from LGA. MAN is further than 1500 miles from LGA. Even though it might technically be possible, it wouldn't be allowed.

Re: Will Delta return to Manchester?

Just curious...and, the one in the U.K. I believe Virgin Atlantic flights out of Manchester to the US carry a Delta codeshare flight number, they're part of Delta's network. There's no need for Delta to fly it with their own metal. The relationship is more than a codeshare - the DL-VS joint venture...

Re: Will Delta return to Manchester?

I believe Virgin Atlantic flights out of Manchester to the US carry a Delta codeshare flight number, they're part of Delta's network. There's no need for Delta to fly it with their own metal. That's what I thought too. But Delta had longstanding service there and brand recognition. Maybe both fligh...

Re: Any likelihood of WN adding any new nonstop routes out of OAK in 2023?

On the other hand, what are those numbers, what do they mean? PDEW means passengers per day each way, which is the average number of passengers traveling from point A to point B per day. Here is a formula for computing the PDEW: PDEW = (number of passengers from A to B per day + number of passenger...

Will Delta return to Manchester?

Just curious...and, the one in the U.K.

Re: Any likelihood of WN adding any new nonstop routes out of OAK in 2023?

Strange they dont serve TUS from the Bay areaq.

On the other hand, what are those numbers, what do they mean?

Re: Flight Attendant Who Shared Her Transition Journey in United Video Dead After Posting Emotional Final Message

This is very heart breaking! She was very beautiful and inspiring ! As a transgender woman myself, I can tell you how difficult it is. From people telling you that you are not transgender (my parents and my sister)to people deadnaming you or pretending that your coming out is just another crazy inv...

Re: Departures halted at TLV

wonder how this will affect El Al, Israir and Arkia....

Re: Flight Attendant Who Shared Her Transition Journey in United Video Dead After Posting Emotional Final Message

Some of us here lived through the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Seeing men being thrown away from their families and dying alone and being told that this was a plague from God and this was a good thing we should be celebrating. As a kid finding myself and hearing this was very tough to deal with. I w...

Re: Flight Attendant Who Shared Her Transition Journey in United Video Dead After Posting Emotional Final Message

This is very heart breaking! She was very beautiful and inspiring ! As a transgender woman myself, I can tell you how difficult it is. From people telling you that you are not transgender (my parents and my sister)to people deadnaming you or pretending that your coming out is just another crazy inv...

Re: Flight Attendant Who Shared Her Transition Journey in United Video Dead After Posting Emotional Final Message

This is very heart breaking! She was very beautiful and inspiring ! As a transgender woman myself, I can tell you how difficult it is. From people telling you that you are not transgender (my parents and my sister)to people deadnaming you or pretending that your coming out is just another crazy inve...

Re: New Thai carrier “Really Cool Airlines”

I hope this really cool airline gets to stay around!

Re: Did Whoopi witness PSA 182 collision?

tootallsd wrote:

Well she worked for some time (unsure) as a dishwasher in a restaurant in South Park -- very close to the crash site.

Re: Are gay pride rainbow paint schemes the new trendy thing for airlines?

GLM too after all

Did Whoopi witness PSA 182 collision?

https://people.com/celebrity/fear-of-flying-these-celebs-battle-with-aerophobia/ She said according to this, in 2011, that she witnessed an air collision about 30 years earlier in San Diego..that would pretty much place her in the area this crash took place, around the time it did. Could it be that ...

Re: Puerto Rican Aviation - 2023

I’m surprised PR isn’t expanding the runway for MAZ. They have space and the terminal is arguably the same as BQN and way better than STX. Both of which receive flights to the mainland. A huge missed opportunity.. Pan Am the 3rd wanted them to in the 2000s.But someone denied them. With BQN up north...

Re: Puerto Rican Aviation - 2023

I think AEagle even can fly MIA-MAZ/SIG as their runways can support an E175. I’m surprised PR isn’t expanding the runway for MAZ. They have space and the terminal is arguably the same as BQN and way better than STX. Both of which receive flights to the mainland. A huge missed opportunity.. Pan Am ...

Re: Puerto Rican Aviation - 2023

This one is for the old timers out there like myself. In the late 1970's and 1980s I recall arriving at SJU at about 0400 having taken one of the red-eyes from the NYC area. Every time I would leave the SJU airport at that hour I would notice what looked like 12-15 Eastern L10-11s lined up in order...