I don't think it's a coincidence that the legacies all merged into three airlines that all have a big presence in New York and Los Angeles. If an airline is going to compete nationally and be relevant on a national scale, then it's going to need to have a sizable presence in NYC. UA must have known...
Jump to postI think KE should order both the 779 and A35K. The 779 can replace the 748/A380 and then the A35K can replace the 77W. The 789/78J can replace the A330/77E and 773.
Jump to postThey should move the aircraft to JFK for display.
Jump to postGreat photos. Yes, UA 747s were common at JFK. In the pre-deregulation days, think it was mainly SFO and maybe LAX. When UA began operating it the LHR routes, at JFK it used 747s and 767s, then settled on the 763 for the 3 JFK frequencies. NRT was flown with a higher-density "Conoisseur Class&...
Jump to postI'm keeping the outlook I have fairly conservative until there's solid evidence to show a larger movement away from the current orderbook. More 321s, many with slots moved from other operators (JetBlue, Spirit, etc.), are very likely to be announced at some point in the near future based on recent ...
Jump to postHey Guys, I read that back in the late 90's/early 00's UA had planned to renovate Terminal 6 and the TWA Flight Center into it's own dedicated terminal. With 15-20 gates planned could UA have made JFK into a hub operation? Below is what T5/6 would have looked like if UA took part in the JFK termina...
Jump to postHey Guys, I read that back in the late 90's/early 00's UA had planned to renovate Terminal 6 and the TWA Flight Center into it's own dedicated terminal. With 15-20 gates planned could UA have made JFK into a hub operation? Below is what T5/6 would have looked like if UA took part in the JFK termina...
Jump to postThat's correct although they weren't in merger talks but rather had a deal in place that raised DOJ scrutiny over the DCA/IAD overlap which led to the proposed "horse trade" as we called it at AA. As I previously stated, the horse trade involved swapping JFK T5 and TWA's JFK slots for US'...
Jump to postB6 Wasn't for sale at the time, they were owned by Venture capital in '01 and they sure weren't going to sell to anyone. AA owned TWA's TATL rights and had full intent to restart a lot of those routes had 9/11 not happened. In an alternate world, your proposal would have given UA a JFK hub, but it ...
Jump to postI think he was asking why UA didn't buy TWA's JFK routes from AA and the answer is that they were too valuable. AA was interested in eventually bringing back those dormant TWA routes then 9/11 curtailed AA's plans. Keep in mind not very many European nations had open skies agreements with the US is...
Jump to postI've always wondered why UA did not buy TWA's transatlantic routes like what DL did to PA's transatlantic routes. I can imagine that had UA bought TWA's transatlantic routes along with the TWA Flight Center. UA would have been 2nd place at JFK behind DL with PA's transpacific, LHR and Latin America...
Jump to postWhy would UA want to build a hub at JFK when they already had a hub at KEWR? This was long before UA and CO ever thought of merging. UA had plans to buy US immediately prior to 9/11 around the same time AA bought TWA. DOJ initially objected to UA/US's post-merger dominance of the DC market which le...
Jump to postPre-merger, UA served IAD, ORD, and DEN out of LGA. At EWR, in the 1990s, UA had a larger presence, with service to IAD, DEN, ORD, plus LHR (1 x daily on a 777), NRT, and to MIA, to help feed what was, at the time a Latin America gateway for UA. UA also flew to LAX and SFO out of EWR. At the time o...
Jump to posthttps://viewfromthewing.com/american-ai ... -new-york/
Just received word that AA will finally operate the 787 from JFK.
caverunner17 wrote:Francoflier wrote:Long story short, the massive engines compensate for the undersized wings.
Is that reason why the 777X has less thrust (110 vs 115) due to the larger wing?
I see this being an A359/A35K order for American. 47x 772s need replacing. The 78X has an MTOW nearly 100k lbs less than the 772, and, while it seats more and cost less to operate, it carries less cargo and has less range. I see this being a 789/78X order to replace the 47 77Es. The upgraded 78XER ...
Jump to postA -1000 is closer in size to the 77W than it is to the 77E. Unless the management team wanted to get ambitious, it's simply too much plane for a 77E replacement. Cargo is only a tiny portion of AAs fleet. It doesn't make sense to cater your passenger planes around that. I'm not sure if a 1-1 777(x)...
Jump to postI can only see a few airports where the A350 (-1000) would make sense. Heavy lifting to LHR, Australia and maybe HKG? All the rest can be done by 787s but if they need the cargo then A350 are better. 77X? I dont know the multi hub system in the USA really discourages that. Why use a 77X if you can ...
Jump to postBloomberg reporting that UA is close to acquiring more A321neo slots but also that any new spots they acquire would likely have to have CFM engines https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/united-airlines-nears-deal-airbus-jets Would this order potentially be converted from the long-standi...
Jump to postCRJ900 wrote:Airbus should look at the beautiful Douglas DC-8-63 and use that as an inspiration for the "new" A321 update.
TWA was going to be merged with AA at the time. This plan originally was developed just prior to that announcement, then it was going to be just UA and B6 before being dropped. UA was also technically a small player in JFK at the time, although they were just "large station" with a crew b...
Jump to postYou were on the DC-10 that would later crash as UA232.
Jump to postWOW what a crazy first week has it been for 2024. First an A350/DHC-8 collision at HND and now another MAX grounding.
Jump to postThere’s never been a replacement for the A300-600R You’d think there would be a market for a widebody with modest range and significant cargo capacity, as it is airlines have no choice but to use aircraft on shorter routes that have far more capability than needed This topic comes up from time to t...
Jump to postBobMUC wrote:UA857 wrote:Second day of 2024 and yet we already witnessed the first A350 crash.
What does the A350 has to do in your comment? Are you expecting more crashes of the A350 this year?
RIP to the members of the Japanese Coastguard crew!
Second day of 2024 and yet we already witnessed the first A350 crash.
Jump to postI was on the a.net homepage today and found this photo of an all-white ANZ 77W. According to the photo description this aircraft is currently on lease from CX. Anyone know why ANZ is leasing a 77W when their scheduled to replace them with the 78J next year?
I dont see any Taiwan carrier needing a 779, not with Starlux in the picture. Pre covid, BR had far more RPKs than CI running those 77Ws across pacific etc to more destinations and more frequencies, yet their revenue from pax was not proportionately that much greater and with CIs huge cargo revenue...
Jump to postWasn't Riyadh Air original intention was to operate 787s, A350s, 737 MAXs, and A320neos and to rival the ME3? If so why hasn't an A350/A320neo order been announced?
Jump to postNone of the US3 are doing very well TPAC except UA at SFO, and even that is below pre- Covid levels. DL needs a west coast TPAC presence and SEA is it for better or worse. Maybe the thought is tough it out and hope travel to Asia eventually picks up. Hmmm… Maybe United should take over Asia and pac...
Jump to postI was expecting CI to go for the A35K and BR to go for the 779 similar to how JL went for the A35K and NH went for the 779.
Jump to postDoes this mean that the 779 has been ruled out by BR?
Jump to postI just don't get anyone ordering the 779, that hasn't already yet. The increase in passenger count is so marginal compared to a 10 across 351. and it costs so much more to operate. Even in the most slot constrained places, I can't see the math working. I'm American. I would love to see Boeing regai...
Jump to postI predict Emirates will order 50 more 777-9s and order 70 a350-1000s This all to replace the a380. I expect Emirates to order the following aircraft: 70 779 50 A35K 30 78J possibly the HGW variant The 789/A359 can be used for expansion on to thinner routes. The 78J can replace the 77W on shorter ro...
Jump to postAny possibility that UA orders 22 778s and 22 779s to serve as the GE 77E/77W replacement next decade? I can see the 778 being a good fit for ULH/cargo-heavy routes out of ORD/EWR + JNB-EWR/IAD and the 779 being used on high-capacity routes out of SFO/LAX.
Jump to postIf EK decides that the 779 and A35K are best suited for ULH. Is it possible for Boeing to offer the 778s to non-A350 customers to (UA, AC, NZ and MS) at discounted prices. I can see Boeing offering the 778 at discount prices to customers who want a 1:1 replacement for the 77W.
Jump to postWe can see, as was postulated, Boeing only holds eight outstanding orders for the 777-8 (believed to be Etihad), so Emirates doesn't have any -8s on order currently. If those eight B777-8 are indeed Etihad orders I doubt they will ever be taken up. Etihad already operates the A350-1000 and has more...
Jump to postThe Flight Center was landmarked in July 1994, I believe out of concerns it would be demolished/significantly altered from proposals in the late 80s/early 90s. I'm talking about the satellite terminal at the TWA Flight Center. If you mean the gate areas at the TWA Flight Center, accessed through th...
Jump to postA route map showing Pan Am's Dulles routes on it would speak 1000 words...all the route maps I can find show nothing of a Dulles hub. DId a Pan Am hub/focus city actually come to fruition? And feeding domestic passengers onto its international system through Dulles seems inefficient at best when mo...
Jump to postLooking at the picture to the left I suppose the original intention was to have the Sundrome demolished and renovated for B6 and HP and the TWA Flight Center terminal demolished and renovated for UA and TW although the AA/TW merger would have later seen UA takeover all of T5 which would have had cr...
Jump to postHey Guys, I read that back in the late 90's/early 00's UA had planned to renovate Terminal 6 and the TWA Flight Center into it's own dedicated terminal. With 15-20 gates planned could UA have made JFK into a hub operation? Below is what T5/6 would have looked like if UA took part in the JFK termina...
Jump to postWasn’t most of that actually handled at T6 and passengers walked over to T5? It was a much different time back then for sure. T6 was still around and UA was still using it IIRC for 767s on JFK-SFO/LAX and B6 was brand new and eventually took over the entire terminal. Back in 1999, UA was still flyi...
Jump to postSTT757 wrote:It wasn't going to be United's own terminal, it was intended to be home to TWA, Jetblue and United.
Hey Guys, I read that back in the late 90's/early 00's UA had planned to renovate Terminal 6 and the TWA Flight Center into it's own dedicated terminal. With 15-20 gates planned could UA have made JFK into a hub operation? Below is what T5/6 would have looked like if UA took part in the JFK terminal...
Jump to postWhich routes would require a 777-8 and why couldn’t an A350 operate them? Which “proposed” 777-10? Can you point me to anything that Boeing has said about it? This is from the thread about the Boeing 777-8 future prospects: I work on the 777X program. I have heard absolutely nothing about a 777-10 ...
Jump to postscbriml wrote:Which routes would require a 777-8 and why couldn’t an A350 operate them?
My prediction for this EK order: 35 777-9X to replace the 777-300ER. 115 777-10X to replace the A380 with deliveries beginning in 2032. 20 A350-1000s presumably in 10 abreast 3-4-3 layout in Y. 30 787-10s presumably the IGW variant. Converted from the existing 787-9 order. Total: 200 aircraft I wou...
Jump to postSir Tim Clark in an interview with New Zealand Herald: The airline will be ordering extra A350s and B777Xs Link: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/emirates-president-sir-tim-clark-on-the-a380s-future-airfares-and-why-penelope-cruz-is-on-board/MJBFLPRM7NGUXCRLKSLB345EX4/ My prediction for this EK ...
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