BealineV953, thank you for setting the record straight.
Jump to postTwo major thwarted deals ( AA and Spirit) has left Jetblue in a strategy vacuum. The transatlantic operations seem to be gobbling management time. Net result: a very vulnerable company. Opportunists always circle companies like that. How much better it might have been if Jetblue had chosen simply to...
Jump to postRumour is that two directors of this company have resigned today. Anyone got more detail on this?
Jump to postIt has always been surprising to me that any JV's have been allowed. They were always designed to benefit the airlines and NOT the consumers. They are always presented by the airlines as offering "substantial" public benefits. Let us hope that this DOT action is swiftly followed by similar...
Jump to postExcellent news. I cannot think of a single airline merger in the world that has done anything good for consumers.
Jump to postExcellent news. I cannot think of a single airline merger in the world that has done anything good for consumers.
Jump to postHow many female flight deck crew are employed by/ under contract to RYR group companies?
Jump to postHow about Britannia/TUI.They started 737 ops late 1968 or early 1969.
Jump to postWriting as one very well experienced in international regulation I love this issue. Lots of details have been aired in this thread and many of them have real relevance but right at the core is an open skies agreement BETWEEN the USA and EU. JetBlue have, in my view, a very powerful complaint that th...
Jump to postA very odd route announcement. 7 pw NYC and 3 pw LAX can easily be operated with 2 aircraft. That fourth LAX requires a third aircraft. Crazy to add another A380 for one flight a week.
Jump to postThe only new aircraft ever acquired by Dan-Air prior to its financial reconstruction in 1991 were s pair of 732's that were allocated to TXL services. They were I believe the only 732's for airline use that were delivered with supplementary fuel ranks in the hold. This permitted non stop services to...
Jump to postBetween 1945 and the reunification of Germany the only airlines able to fly in or out of the non-Russian controlled parts of Berlin were British, American and French. Dan-Air was one of many British airlines to operate flights there.
Jump to postVasu, the livery shown in that picture is only the exact livery the old Monarch used in the 1980's. It is not new.
Jump to postIt seems odd that they have selected a champagne supplier before they have even applied for an AOC.
Jump to postI do not know why a.netters are anticipating a BA order for a replacement for their 77E fleet. They have said through IAG financial reports that they are planning on 30 year lives for these. That means that they will be replaced gradually (at an approximate rate of 1 every 3 months) between 2027 and...
Jump to postThank goodness it will get rid of the train service. It will also facilitate the construction of an additional north pier. Looks like a good plan.
Jump to postHave they applied for an AOC yet? Could be challenging for them to get one in time for summer 24.
Jump to postBCAL also had it on some DC10's. It only lasted a few months and was an operational nightmare. Passengers loathed the restricted rear cabin which resulted.
Jump to postFar more important than minor accessories such as scratchcards is whether the fundamental product is delivered. I have been using RYR for 15 years and have flown perhaps around 100 sectors. All have been on time and I have been very happy with the value. In that time I have tried EZY on about 20 occ...
Jump to postLooks very much to me as if this airline is heading straight for the knacker's yard
Jump to postThe uniform in Europe which is most viewed by customers in Ryanair's. 160 million viewings per year and growing. I cannot imagine that any one of those cares one iota what it looks like, how long it took to develop, who designed or how much it was tested. All they care about is that they get what th...
Jump to postThey should remember that there are far more UK airline failures the there are successes. Any risk assessment will them them that the financial risks are high and serious, particularly in a recession. The main market at this time will be travel from the US because of the strength of the dollar.
Jump to postDoes anyone have an up to date list of all aircraft owned by/controlled by/ under contract to Amazon by type and base?
Jump to postRyanair is one of the top ten air lines in the world in terms of pax carryings. It looks as if it will be the only one of these to carry more pax this year than in 2019. Its monthly reports indicate that it is storming ahead and leaving all the others miles behind. Well done RYR
Jump to postFrom my very extensive airline experience and now as a very satisfied customer I hope they stick to what they are doing so well. There are plenty of opportunities to prosper in UK market
Jump to postRe goosebayguys comments. A few years ago I shared an office with a guy who was present at those negotiations with Freddie Laker. The airline concerned was British United and it was the first ever order for the BAC 1-11. Freddie did ask for that final discount as an inducement and when it was offere...
Jump to post737 400 was grounded in 1989 after Kegworth crash
Jump to postTo me it all seems like a way to pour money down the drain.
Jump to postIIRC in late 1980's/ early 1990's the 757 was the dominant airline product in Europe. It was in use with BA and Iberia and with many holiday airlines. The holiday airlines had high density seating, long sectors and high utilisation. This generated vast numbers of pax kilometres. Together with BA and...
Jump to postBCAL did not have enough aircraft. This SN operation followed the use of a chartered Royal Jordanian L1011.
Jump to postThe phrase "flag carrier" traditionally applied to state owned airlines that operated as 'instruments of state'. The best examples were the state owned European airlines, such as Air France, BOAC, Lufthansa. They operated on routes decided by their owning governments, frequently losing mon...
Jump to postDelta is one of the best managed airlines in the world. Of course they know what they are going to do about succession plans for all their aircraft. I very much doubt that anyone at senior levels in the industry even reads Simply Flying, it is now at the sub- tabloid level. Good for some enthusiasts...
Jump to postWould Branson have done better with his airline investments by buying BA shares when they were first floated?
Jump to postI am a little surprised about all this. I was on a British Airways Super VC10 in early October 1976 flying from JFK to LHR. The runway time achieved that night was 4 hrs 45 minutes.
Jump to postHow long before we see an application for an injunction to stop this weird deal to save an airline that seems to be in desperate trouble?
Jump to postNormal certification of new aircraft requires at least 5000 hours of certification flying. Does anyone know whether this level of testing is going to be required by Branson, Musk et all for their space tourism machines. If so how is this going to be accomplished by 2020?
Jump to postBy far the craziest of all was the Scottish Flyer service of Channel Airways in the UK in early 1970's. It routed Portsmouth, Southend, Stansted, East Midlands. Teesside, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen on a Viscount with an average stage length of 74 miles. A money drain if ever there was one.
Jump to postVFR traffic is visiting friends and relatives. It has been used as a standard industry teem for decades.
Jump to postNigeria needs a good well managed airline flying efficient aircraft. This new airline shows every prospect of being that. If they really are good they will find a fabulous market in Nigeria. Good luck to them.
Jump to postI do not see how the European Competition Authorities would ever allow IAG to acquire Norwegian. The very acquisition would reduce competition in UK- America and Spain- America markets at a time when the BA transatlantic joint venture is already under investigation to see whether it has fulfilled it...
Jump to postThat is going to leave them with a lot of surplus aircraft capacity. At least for the time being that will not change inescapable costs but will reduce revenue. That equals much diminished cash flow. Does not look good.
Jump to postOf course DL and other owners of VS are interested in Flybe. For them there is the massive asset of LHR slots. IF they can acquire BE they can potentially transfer all those slots to transatlantic operations after the qualifying period (2020). The problem they have to address is what ownership laws ...
Jump to postI cannot see any reason why any other airline group would want to buy Flybe. It operates at the ultra-short haul end of the market and that means it has a large proportion of airport costs per flying hour. It is that cost problem that has always made this the graveyared end of the industry. Flybe ha...
Jump to postWent through O'Hare earlier in the year without global entry and it was far faster than entering my own country(UK) at STN.
Jump to postAlthough i have been involved with the European airline industry in a senior capacity for more than 30 years i do not understand this thread. By far the largest European airline in terms of pax numbers is FR, currently carrying around 140 million pax per year. It also has the strongest profitability...
Jump to postWhen, I wonder, is USGlobal going to issue a press release announcing that it will issue a letter of intent to have discussions with Boom about the possible use of new supersonic aircraft?
Jump to postWhile this outfit may never have done anything it continues to provide a great source of humour in this turbulent industry. Above all the press release quoted by LAXintl is a masterpiece of saying absolutely nothing about absolutely nothing. Keep up the good work, US global.
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