Largest all glass, not first, or only, just largest. I can believe that. Syracuse and Wichita both see about two million passengers a year. MCI sees nearly six times that. I haven't counted, but I'd be a tad surprised if either Wichita or Syracuse has 39 gates, let alone 39 bridges. I don't want to ...
Jump to post^I thought the super-broom was a weird buy too, but they got use out of it last winter. Maybe somebody knows something we don't. (Hopefully at least something I don't.)
Jump to post^I think weird dreams are almost the norm these days. STL-ORD-LHR actually almost makes sense. Might as well originate at the big crew base, make a stop at the big O&D source, and then head along. TWA surely flew a lot of heavies out of STL at one time, and they had a bunch of routes like that s...
Jump to postBrett Snyder, aka The Cranky Flier is selling STL terminal overview T-Shirts on his site: https://crankyconcierge.com/collections/airports?page=2 Some other cool airport options as well. I have no financial connection with the site, just thought I would share. And yes, I ordered one. Whoa doggie th...
Jump to postA DL 777 from Shanghai to ATL just diverted and landed at STL. Sounds like it is medical. Hope the passenger is okay, but damn, I work right under the approach for the 30s and just missed it by a half hour, it would've been right over my head if I was walking to my car at that time. My BIL has fami...
Jump to post^If nothing else I think that tidily explains why the idea crashed. Southwest alone probably would have killed it to prevent consolidation to T1. Honestly, I think it's an idea with merit: there's plenty of capacity there and it would be more efficient and should bring down fees for everyone. But it...
Jump to post^Mom was going to come back from London Sunday but couldn't get a ticket at all, so she pushed it back until Monday. (I tried to talk her into waiting until Tuesday, but . . . there's no winning with your Mother.)
Jump to postGlad you had a good time. I fly to Tan Sohn Nhat somewhat frequently for someone who lives nine thousand miles away, but I've not flown Vietnam Airlines before. (Most frequently it's worked out to be China Eastern, but also Korean, JAL, or even United.) Will be taking my first trip aboard the nation...
Jump to postThat's a wild trip! Glad it all came out okay in the end.
Jump to postAs to why to expand in STL, I have to assume it's because you can do so here without negatively affecting CPE. No need to build anything new at all, just lightly update what's here. You need a crew base? No problem. There's plenty of space. There are crew lounges in both C and D. There's a vacant op...
Jump to postNeat, I was on N801NW in August, DTL-AMS. :) Oh, and the A340 you couldn't make out is a Virgin plane, you can just make out the top of the V, and the red nacelles as well. Saw it was Virgin, but never could decide which one. There were several of their 340s that might have been parked in London th...
Jump to postThank you jrfspa. Duxford really was fun. (Got up to the train museum in Yorkshire, too, since planes aren't the only transportation I enjoy.) And indeed, the variety of aircraft at LHR is second to none.
That truly is a lovely little plane, and a very nice report. Thank you!
Jump to postI love that you caught not only the WN 73 taking off in parallel, but also an RJ of some kind, looked like maybe a CRJ-100?, landing on yet another parallel runway. Nice report and neat stroke of luck that you found the video of your flight.
Thank you! It's my first semi-serious attempt at a spotter's trip report. I've really only been spotting for about three or four years, but I like the challenge of identifying aircraft, so I've gotten halfway serious quickly. And I definitely saw some neat ones. Just wish I'd started sooner.
Jump to postSo over the summer and part of the fall I took a lengthy trip to the UK to deal with a complicated problem that required a lot of intervention. (There's a real chance I'll be going back, but I'm hoping it's stable for now.) Long story, but . . . plenty of planes. The first leg was DL2084 aboard a ve...
Jump to postI put very little stock in this quote but I am going to pass it along anyway. For the first time, business leaders in China’s commercial centers like Xi’an, Mianyang, and Kunming will have convenient access to points across the USA, and the same for Americans headed to China. Chinese carriers will ...
Jump to post^To be fair, the Apple loads are part of package deals with hotel stays and possibly other services, correct? So I'd guess they're not going to use quite the same calculus as your usual airline execs. The flight could be the "loss leader" in the package. They need a plane. They took the mo...
Jump to postCame across a photo of the old Ambassador Lounge above C28 and C27 https://web.archive.org/web/20010611052918if_/http://www.cruisinaltitude.com:80/images/special/twb727lastflightstl/pigparty1stll.jpg Great find. That looks like it's an employee event. Was it before the lounge opened? I can't imagin...
Jump to postSo out of curiosity, anyone know what the Omni Air 763 was up to?
Well, jshank, I do hope you will apply. If they're looking for someone who promotes the airport I would think you fit the bill. STL07. Trololzila, if he's on here. I'd think I'm third string at best, but I will apply. But you guys . . . I'd hope you'd make the cut. Depends on who applies, I guess. ...
Jump to postWell, jshank, I do hope you will apply. If they're looking for someone who promotes the airport I would think you fit the bill. STL07. Trololzila, if he's on here. I'd think I'm third string at best, but I will apply. But you guys . . . I'd hope you'd make the cut. Depends on who applies, I guess. A...
Jump to postEegads, the loads on that DL flight to Cincinnati look terrible. I know it's a short hop and all that, but . . . eek!
Jump to postListening to ATC and an AA jet was given 12L to land on. Asked for 12R but was denied do to broken down vehicle blocking runway :roll: Then asked for 11, due to better braking, and it is closed also. I didn't realize 12L is that much worse than the others that AA would rather use 11 over 12L It is ...
Jump to postWe should all crowdfund a replacement for India Palace :lol: Could even be more planespotting oriented than food oriented... It could cater to the digital cabbie crowd, too. Now that they're not chained to the staging area in the same way. Would be interesting to find out what they want in rent on ...
Jump to postYear end noise report out. Includes Aircraft type usage, runway usage, individual airline movements. Interesting stuff. All in chart form. Also shows all the take offs/landing tracks for the busiest day of the year (June 15) Newest runway used 13% of the time. E145 was the 4th most used airplane :(...
Jump to postOf course Volaris will fly in while I'm out of town. Grr! I am genuinely surprised Apple is ditching Swift/Eastern, but it will be neat to see some new iron in town. Even if it is the same old routes to the same old vacation factories.
Jump to postI've seen DL's STL-ATL service on 739s a good few times now. If they're working to phase out the 752s A321s would be a logical replacement. Even if you're a Boeing fan, on paper the 321s come a little closer to matching the capabilities of the 752s. I gather they're not as leggy, but for STL to ATL ...
Jump to postSo that brings me to the other side of the discussion - if you're in STL and you're wanting to head down under, it appears your best bet is to fly through IAH or DFW, at least timewise. Asia - there's MSP or trekking up to ORD or over slightly to DTW. Actually, for DL there's even connections throu...
Jump to postThe runway was needed because STL was a poorly designed airport from the get go. Don't you think that's just a bit unfair? I'd say it's more that it's unusually old for a major airport with a site that dates to 1920 and a current configuration dating essentially to 1956. (Albeit with quite a few ex...
Jump to postI think WN would just codeshare with someone if they wanted a European connection. Couldn’t name who they would be but I think that’s the route they would go. If they did it themselves, I think they would invest in 787/797 but it has to be a really small chance they would even consider it. They don...
Jump to postI think WN would just codeshare with someone if they wanted a European connection. Couldn’t name who they would be but I think that’s the route they would go. If they did it themselves, I think they would invest in 787/797 but it has to be a really small chance they would even consider it. They don...
Jump to postWell, if WN were going to start service to the EU maybe they might try to make KEF a focus city so that they can do connections to other destinations. Can't imagine any airline would try to stop that. It's just so . . . obvious. But marginally more seriously, if one were to dream impossible dreams, ...
Jump to postI think one issue is the working group doesn't even have much information yet to share. They just started this a couple months ago. People keep wanting answers that no one has. It is easy to say give us info! But what info do they really want to know that the working group has an answer to? It seem...
Jump to postWelcome to Lambert St. Louis http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/krewson-rejects-need-public-vote-possible-lease-lambert-airport#stream/0 I am a little torn on the issue, I don't really trust the alderman to vote with a clear mind (as usual), but I also don't think 95% of the voting public would ha...
Jump to postReally? Have you no familiarity with the Cincinnati orchestra, which might well be the finest in the US? Or the Carnegie museum? I think you need to go look at everything with a less jaundiced eye. In fairness I have no desire to start a pissing match. But let's be honest here: to someone from outsi...
Jump to postI have lived in Seattle and St. Louis and can confidently say that St. Louis is not even remotely comparable to Seattle. Earlier you mentioned that St. Louis doesn’t have mountains, an ocean, or a bigger city than something like LA or NYC. Seattle is definitely a bigger city than St. Louis and is g...
Jump to post[ I like the travel blogs. Neat idea. As others state, we “don’t have tourism” yet we have a ton to do here. I know we aren’t Chicago or MSP, but I think about when we have friends visit we spend 3-4 days and put a dent in the Must Dos for visitors. Pretty excited to see how this all plays out for ...
Jump to postProbably just doing simple stuff. Most big events have at least some volunteers. (Working as ushers, selling concessions, that sort of thing.) Sometimes it's a way to raise money for charity. My dad helped sell concessions at a Rams game to raise money for something. We used to have the Lions as ush...
Jump to post^Nice! . . . well, the airport was on record at some point in saying they didn't want to deal with the beached white elephant-whale, so . . . my money should probably be on that Sydney flight. Count me in the curious to see what comes in August, but well pleased with the way things have gone no matt...
Jump to postLooks like WQ has a leased MAX from Sunwing. Strange that a brand new plane is leased out already. https://www.flightradar24.com/SWQ451/1d3be6c9 Sounds to me like Sunwing mostly does charters anyway, rather like Swift. Maybe they have some kind of agreement with Swift/Apple/Eastern, but even if the...
Jump to postLooks like E29 is still used for all International arrivals and they move departures over to A15 (nor sure with the 767 though) Would like to have someone confirm that. E29 could accommodate a 767. They've reached the point where they have overlapping international arrivals. On the fourth, at least...
Jump to postI could add that there is a lot more connectivity between St. Louis and Kansas City or Chicago than St. Louis and Memphis. We just have stronger historic business ties to those two destinations. Even leisure ties, really. The ties are strong enough that even Amtrak serves that route. WN wouldn't wan...
Jump to post^I think I went back and looked at that one shortly after I posted. But it still shows a lot of vacant in E and I don't think there's anything vacant there at all right now. I arrived on one of the gates labeled "vacant." I suppose it's possible Southwest is only using them per turn, but ....
Jump to postWOW will be departing E29 as well? Hmm! I'm a little surprised at that, but I suppose it saves towing aircraft back and forth. And their market is more WN than AA. (Slightly. Maybe more Allegiant, really, but I don't believe BLV has customs.) E31 is also ATS, so that would work just as well. Or at l...
Jump to postTo get back to the international arrivals gate discussion for a sec,what gate did that charter use? Did they come back Virgin or by some other means. If they needed a 747 outbound I'd be hard pressed to guess what else they could have possibly used coming back, unless the party split up and some of ...
Jump to postYes, I am well aware of the strict codes. I don't know how it is specifically in St. Louis, but I believe in a lot of areas once you shut down an older structure for a period of time and then want to resume using it, you have to bring up to code. If close the building and it changes hands and needs...
Jump to postWhy did all of the ground transportation info on Wiki get deleted? It's on every major airport and this knowledge is definitely "encyclopedic" Some person came through and essentially erased a full third of the page unilaterally without even discussing it with anyone (me in particular, si...
Jump to postI'm fairly certain WN has a significant financial stake in T2 so it'll be a cold day in hell before they move out of there and C concourse certainly isn't an upgrade. Why do you say C isn't an upgrade? The only thing that's larger in E is the hallways. Other than that C has more of everything: more...
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