Jacob02 wrote:Welcome to this trip report of my flight from Prague to Los Angeles in August 2022!
Any comments and questions are welcome!
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Thanks for reading!
WorldFlier wrote:Blankbarcode wrote:Seems pretty close to the coast, any idea of the water depth around there? I'm so happy they're alright.
Hawaiian waters can get real deep real fast.
They are still offering passengers to provide their e-mail only when they click on "Reserve Now". They added some photos of first, business and economy class seating and pricing on the homepage, but not much more. Hard to believe they could pull this off, especially with travel bans not ye...
Jump to postGood opportunity for Eurowings - Prague is one of the more underserved markets in the region with a great potential but strong competition from WAW, VIE, MUC and BER.
Jump to postA very short time to fill the aircraft once bookings start (if it really goes forward) but would be great if it worked out. Cannot wait for the LAX-PRG route.
Jump to postI think the concern is not necessarily whether someone was vaccinated (that's certainly an important thing to say politically) but the low underlying risk of infection in the country where passengers come from. I think the risk of anyone traveling from the US to Europe carrying the virus will be sma...
Jump to postStill sounds rather suspicious but the founder suggests bookings could start in late-April with flights commencing after travel restrictions are eased. Interview with Budinski: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1612903/8226162 I do not know how to feel - while it would be fantastic to have better long-haul...
Jump to postSome good news - a few scheduled operational restarts: TK Turkish "Turkey's national flag carrier will resume domestic flights in June and reintroduce international flights gradually, said the sources, who spoke anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to the media. According to the three-mo...
Jump to postWhat are the chances of LAX's renovation being expedited due to reduced travel volumes these days and weeks? What a great surprise to tens of millions of us this would be - and could help many find much-needed jobs. Is there any hope?
Jump to postLooks like EK is restarting operations on April 6: some hope on the horizon for stranded travelers, though travel restrictions will keep air travel anemic for several more months. I wonder what precautions could be taken to allow for greater travel freedoms without putting countries at risk (e.g. th...
Jump to postWhat is the reason for Qatar's continued operations in light of suspensions by most airlines in the region, especially EK? I realize QR operates a reduced schedule but still, I am amazed that they can fill their planes (hopefully). To tell the truth, I am surprised air traffic has been cut down so a...
Jump to postA LH flight from AKL via HND is planned - will it be operating on LH metal?
https://www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight- ... ion#rescue
Prague (PRG) airport now has a high-definition live stream of its main runway 06/24 with ATC feed included: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FErqlWO7V4 To see the live stream and FR24 live map next to each other, visit the official airport website: https://www.prg.aero/planespotting What other airpo...
Jump to postBamboo has started selling tickets for 2x weekly flights between Hanoi and Prague, with the inaugural flight planned for March 29, 2020, on their new 789. QH602 HAN-PRG 0820-1600, (Wednesday and Sunday), flight duration 12:40 QH601 PRG-HAN 1805-1040+1 (Wednesday and Sunday), flight duration 11:35 Th...
Jump to postOne of the underserved TATL destinations is Prague, with large unmet need for flights to Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco and a complete lack of long-haul competition (similar to ATH, and unlike VIE and WAW). Given Prague's appeal to travelers from around the US, I think DXB-PRG-LAX/BOS would b...
Jump to postHard to evaluate comfort of the seats but the pitch looks awful!
At first look, I thought this was Delta Comfort+ at best.
Prague Airport notes this route should start 2x weekly in Q2/2020 and run year-round. Discussion of a third frequency added based on demand from local sources. Total expected traffic in both directions is over 50,000 (if flown 2x weekly for 52 weeks, the total capacity will be 62,000). Source: https...
Jump to postGood luck for them ! I can`t see much traffic between those countries year around. To Germany, maybe, cause I travel much to Vietnam from here The unmet need is quite enormous, with 38,500 passengers one way on the previously unserved route (https://www.prg.aero/en/node/5156 ). We will see how they...
Jump to postIs three months not exceptionally late to begin ticket sales? Only gives two months to fill the plane. Would not be surprising if they pushed it back after the paperwork is finalized. But the best time to visit Prague is late-April + May so I do not think they need to push it back by more than a fe...
Jump to postBamboo Airways will fly directly to Prague from Hanoi from late-March 2020 on their brand-new 789s. First flight is expected on March 29, 2020, pending final paperwork. [This strikes me as very early to enable solid ticket sales... ] Flight is expected to operate on Tue, Thu and Sun as flights QH601...
Jump to postHey everyone, I am searching for the busiest unserved routes between Europe and the US. I have all the passenger numbers from Germany, but In cannot find any numbers from the US to see the indirect traffic to Cities other than German ones. Maybe someone knows about a list somewhere on the Internet ...
Jump to postHey everyone, I am searching for the busiest unserved routes between Europe and the US. I have all the passenger numbers from Germany, but In cannot find any numbers from the US to see the indirect traffic to Cities other than German ones. Maybe someone knows about a list somewhere on the Internet ...
Jump to postHey everyone, I am searching for the busiest unserved routes between Europe and the US. I have all the passenger numbers from Germany, but In cannot find any numbers from the US to see the indirect traffic to Cities other than German ones. Maybe someone knows about a list somewhere on the Internet ...
Jump to postI buy the others, but what on earth is good about Warsaw and Prague? Prague in my experience has been full of surly workers with limited dining options and a tired looking terminal. Likewise, connecting in Warsaw, admittedly only done once 7 or 8 years ago, was difficult (long waits), the terminal ...
Jump to postPHL-PRG is really an interesting story. As Prague doesn’t have any year-round transatlantic service, AA can be really succesful there, even though the service won’t be fully year-round. I wonder if Delta (and SkyTeam in general) will notice any change in their demand to/from PRG. Delta seems to be ...
Jump to postThis might give you a good idea of areas with the greatest potential for US-Poland flights: Polish ancestry in the USA (1990 census) and Canada (2016 census). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7d/Polish_ancestry_in_the_USA_and_Canada.png/1024px-Polish_ancestry_in_the_USA_and_Canada.p...
Jump to postAfter many years of struggling, it seems that Czech Airlines are getting a second wind under their majority owner, Smartwings. Recently, it ordered 4 A220-300 and 3 A321XLR jets, with deliveries starting in Q4 2020, and a first (interesting) service upgrade to Iceland was just announced for 2020. Of...
Jump to postThe 3 A321XLRs should be delivered in 2025: by then, OK should be in better shape to consider a longer-haul route. However, I am surprised by the small number of long-haul airplanes - that is barely enough for 2 or 3 routes, e.g. JFK and BOS 3-4x weekly each. More likely, I think they are thinking a...
Jump to postWhy is the highest speed airliners typically reach on their own around Mach 0.80-0.85? Could it be pushed higher using existing engines? Would it be perhaps less economical or would it not be even feasible? I understand the appeal of supersonic travel but that seems to have bad economics no matter w...
Jump to postThis comes with the inefficiency of cars dropping off passengers not being able to pick up anyone on the way out of the terminal area. If it were possible to enable pickups by cars already dropping passengers in the area, with additional pickup opportunities outside of the terminal area, I think ev...
Jump to postThis comes with the inefficiency of cars dropping off passengers not being able to pick up anyone on the way out of the terminal area. If it were possible to enable pickups by cars already dropping passengers in the area, with additional pickup opportunities outside of the terminal area, I think eve...
Jump to postLooking at the last 15 days, BA281 from LHR to LAX has been cancelled 4 (!) times, and is cancelled tomorrow too. This is a 789 flight. Does anyone have any insights into why so many? I am on the flight in two weeks' time and do hope to make it... but also, wonder if it's a technical issue or rathe...
Jump to postLooking at the last 15 days, BA281 from LHR to LAX has been cancelled 4 (!) times, and is cancelled tomorrow too. This is a 789 flight. Does anyone have any insights into why so many? I am on the flight in two weeks' time and do hope to make it... but also, wonder if it's a technical issue or rather...
Jump to postSeems it's many lesser or more leisure-oriented markets placed at T3. Looking at their 2018 Euro network from T3, they are not exactly very important routes. Barcelona Bilbao Budapest Chania Gibraltar Helsinki Lisbon Luxembourg Lyon Marseille Palermo Prague Pula Vienna Warsaw Not sure I agree with ...
Jump to postHave you looked at a DL route map lately? Used the interactive route map to look at routes into CDG/AMS/LHR? What new routes do you think would work, and why? https://dl.fltmaps.com/en Not the OP but a few ideas based on existing gaps in European coverage by SkyTeam: ATL-PRG or MSP-PRG (to compete ...
Jump to post31 million EUR (!!!) or 7.75 million EUR per year. That is absolutely insane. Something like 3.1 million euro would make more sense. This is for the two routes - OSR-VIE, OSR-MUC, so half of that for each (roughly). I don't know the parameters of the tender - guessing they require 10 flights weekly...
Jump to postOSR airport serves a region of about 3 million within 60 minutes... That's a perfect example where significant population in the catchment area doesn't lead to a successful airport because air demand isn't strictly a function of proximate population. OSR may be the 3rd largest airport in the Czech ...
Jump to postAnnounced a few hours ago on Czech TV , Ostrava Airport and the Moravian-Silesian Region want to spend up to 800 mil. CZK ($35 mil, or €31 mil) to subsidize regular flights to Munich and Vienna airports in the next 4 years. Both airports were served in the past but cancelled for different reasons (g...
Jump to postAs per reply’s in other threads, Can’t say why I know, but the JFK’s are heading to T5. Unsure what BA will throw over to T3, but it’s happening. And sooner than you think. Current plan is before year end. I am one of those benefiting from a same-terminal connection between PRG/VIE/BUD and North Am...
Jump to postI foresee EK expanding its USA services only after it gets the incremental bilateral seats for India which is expected by end October. It is expected that DXB will be given between 14,000-20,000 extra weekly seats. Do you happen to know the current, 68000? Unless it's been changed, it's 130,000 sea...
Jump to postI hope its BOS! B6 made such a show of support for EK when they were flying these types of routes. I think it is only appropriate that B6 gets to compete against them BOS Europe. And we can see more reasons why DL wants to crush B6 at BOS: the last thing they want is a viable feeder for EK TATL rou...
Jump to postAwesome move by KLM! Agreed. Most of the negative response does seem to come from US-based travelers for whom planes are as normal as trains and buses for Europeans, so anything critical seems unthinkable. However, with greater efficiency and high speeds, rail transport can replace planes on fairly...
Jump to postAnyone have any insights into how United's two newest, seasonal nonstop routes (new destinations that is) in Europe are performing and what are everyone's thoughts on further adds for 2020? In 2018, United launched EWR-KEF and EWR-OPO. Curious as to what else might be added in 2020. Malaga (AGP), N...
Jump to postIt is highly speculative, but out of the two I would bet on BOS because of the connections onto JetBlue I don't know that B6 would bring much value here. 1. Emirates already has pretty good North American coverage, and B6 out of BOS is still fairly thin, both in destinations and frequencies to many...
Jump to postIshrion wrote:I wouldn't say Prague in the recent years has struggled so far... last year AA added PHL-PRG and this year upgauged the aircraft from a 763 to an A332.
UA launched EWR-PRG this year on a 763.
What are some of the existing fifth freedom routes on the TATL sector? Are any new ones in the making? One of the rumors I recently heard was an Emirates' DXB-PRG-ORD or DXB-PRG-BOS idea (likely on a 772/773, but extremely hypothetical). Could EK's brand make this route work year-round, potentially ...
Jump to postFWIW, fares on EWR-PRG are relatively high and planes consistently 80%+ full, including up front. Not sure about yields though. I hope UA or AA will consider a year-round service to Prague soon!
Jump to postAA's international route network (TATL and TPAC) is a hot mess IMHO. Not as well defined, structured, or connected as DL or UA's network. A big part of AA's problem is trying to make main gateways at airports that simply do not have the operational resources to be a major hub or has the capacity to...
Jump to postA whole new connectivity with the rest of Europe will be required to make this a successful strategy, IMHO.
Jump to postA few interesting markets B6 should consider: Cologne/Bonn (CGN) Prague (PRG) Düsseldorf (DUS) Geneva (GVA) Berlin (TXL) All of these are a good mix of business and tourist traffic with very limited non-seasonal connectivity to North America. Exciting times ahead! Prague certainly not. PRG is seaso...
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