Given the length of the flight, it's flight time will have a large variance day to day anyway. On this particular day, the Northern routing takes it head on into a second jetstream over Northern Europe that it would've largely avoided on the usual routing. The routing also means it spends more time ...
Jump to postI doubt is has much to do with passengers, it for sure might be other things. Why would anybody leave a long haul market with little direct competition for murderous competition if there's nothing in it for you?? Probably because DY/DI have seen a notable increase in load factors and yields since m...
Jump to postVarsity1 wrote:Blueknows wrote:Also with the infusion of cash from plane sales...helps them boost liquidity. I don’t see DY going out if business anytime soon. This AC sale is smart move for DY
You realize they're losing billions right?
Heres hoping this is just the next step in their eventual exit from the marketplace. Why come up with such a puerile comment? Let me surmise...you’re either a troll or you’re an arch capitalist who dislikes upstart airlines and whose idea of “free” markets is a lack of competition, with the result ...
Jump to postAlex, I really can't agree with this comment. The refurbishment of the 777 fleet at Gatwick is now complete, it is very impressive in Y & Premium Economy, Is it? The new WTP is worse than the old hard product (aside from the fact it isn’t falling apart like most of the old WTP seats still on th...
Jump to postThey haven’t released the full summer schedule yet. They likely won’t release the full summer schedule until they know how many 787s (or rather, how many RR engines) are going to be available to them.
Jump to postBNAMealer wrote:Varsity1 wrote:NearMiss wrote:Man, it's been quite a year in terms of airlines dissapearing.
We aren't done yet.
Is Norwegian next? I am shocked that airline is still around.
The roads from Kutaisi to anywhere other than Tbilisi are horrendous and very dangerous. Single lane carriageways on major truck routes with driving standards very different to what we may be used to in most of Europe. Driving times are also much longer than one might imagine given the relatively sh...
Jump to postThe three 747 frequencies that have been replaced by three 777 frequencies - LGW was already 3x weekly last Summer. Hence a reduction in seats as detailed in one of my previous posts. A reduction of 15 seats overall from 3 mid-J 747s to 3 densified 777-200ERs. It's basically like-for-like and has f...
Jump to postI pointed out that BA has expanded considerably to LAS recently, Have they? Did you forget about the three 747 frequencies out of LHR that were dropped in favour of expansion ex-LGW? BA are actually offering 210 fewer weekly seats to LAS this Summer, including 42 fewer First and 12 fewer CW seats p...
Jump to postIt won’t stop the next bright spark attempting to do it their way with predictable results. You mean like your great Leader? After all, “Level” are the latest low cost long haul airline to the market. So do your management know what they’re doing or not? The sad thing is that, judging by your posts...
Jump to postYou've compared an airline that operates to NYC from one city to another that does it from multiple cities. So BA have no long haul passengers originating in AMS, OSL, ARN, CPH, DUB, MAD, FCO, ATH or CDG? Fact is, Norwegian take over 3000 people from Europe to New York each day that might have othe...
Jump to postI pointed out that BA has expanded considerably to LAS recently, Have they? Did you forget about the three 747 frequencies out of LHR that were dropped in favour of expansion ex-LGW? BA are actually offering 210 fewer weekly seats to LAS this Summer, including 42 fewer First and 12 fewer CW seats p...
Jump to postHurting BA to the extent of a £2 Billion profit whilst Norwegian are retrenching to almost being out of business? Wow BA have such a bloody nose from Norwegian, don’t they? :lol: BA are my employer too and I hate the management here but they certainly know what they’re doing, unlike the shambles ov...
Jump to postBy all accounts the RR engine issues will continue into the new year, so the catalyst behind seasonal cuts is most likely to avoid further wet leases. The majority of Norwegian's TATL passengers are American and leisure traffic from the US to Europe is significantly lower in the Winter. The only sur...
Jump to postBA send empty A380s from LHR to Manila regularly for maintenance. Big deal.
Jump to postAll else being equal, it's better for fuel economy to use your least efficient aircraft on the shortest routes. Which is generally why you'll see BA 747s on the US East Coast, and not in the Far East.
However, all else isn't equal, which is why there are plenty of exceptions.
Yawn.
No airline in Europe operates profitably between January and March, even more so if Easter is in April.
Change the record.
I don't think people on this website understand the purpose of airlines in developing countries, especially in Africa. They aren't necessarily out to make outright profits as an organisation, but to increase inbound tourism to the country and assist developing industries within the nation. So no, th...
Jump to postThis really does feel like throwing darts at wall for route planning. Except it's not Norwegian throwing the darts, it's a largely irrelevant aviation website. There is no source or reason to believe this is actually being planned by the airline. Don't let that get in the way of A.net armchair CEO ...
Jump to postWith so many CEOs and experts on this forum, at least they know where to find their new management.
Jump to postThere are some fundamental elements of my existence that some countries now deem punishable by death. So yes, I'm chosing not to visit them. But I'm also chosing not to support them via airline/hotel/other choice, as a small show of solidarity for innocents within these countries that could have th...
Jump to postIt's also why I now chose to not fly EK. While EY and QR are also owned by bigot governments, Dubai has been responsible flr some fairly terrible arrests and detainments of foreigners, which us a threat to my own safety. Perhaps Abu D and Qatar are too, in which case I'll add them to the list. But ...
Jump to post2019...the year it is fashionable to be offended or outraged.
A country has a right to set their own laws. If you don’t like them, don’t go there - but stop preaching to everyone else what they can and can’t do.
The world is beyond mad now.
I know some of you are wishing and hoping DY go under. it’s just sad. I hope they stick around for a long time. This generation now a days is just so negative about everything. I actually think this group of very vocal, very negative, cantankerous gits poisoning this site must actually be a gang of...
Jump to postLH658 wrote:Why is the Afghani airspace closed?
Isn't controlled rest practiced by pilots around the globe? I will NEVER NEVER NEVER take controlled rest. If I need it I’ll offload myself downroute. I will not allow some idiot to take a photo of me which can be used against me or my airline in years to follow. I will not allow my napping face to...
Jump to postDPS-LHR would be a struggle non-stop with the headwind component, so the flight would almost certainly have to stop en-route anyway. It makes a lot of sense to route it this way.
A.net accountants and armchair CEOs obviously know better, as always.
As somebody who flies across India almost every week, it is worth making a point that Air Traffic Control is often difficult to understand and chaotic. Many parts of the country, especially around the borders, are VHF dark spots and transmissions can often be unintentionally blocked by other aircraf...
Jump to postNorwegian are cancelling training courses due to having five 787s AOG with RR engine issues, and thus a temporary surplus of pilots. Nobody is being laid off, the notices were to people not currently employed by the company, awaiting the start of type rating courses. But why let facts get in the way...
Jump to postThe anti-Norwegian rhetoric on this forum is both hilarious and embarrassing. The fact that people are so offended by the company is laughable. I only hope jet fuel continues to rise. That will hopefully end the Norwegian experiment more quickly. I hope you lose your job, can't pay your mortgage an...
Jump to postThe anti-Norwegian rhetoric on this forum is both hilarious and embarrassing. The fact that people are so offended by the company is laughable.
Jump to postEmirates have a crew shortage at the moment, and they are simply taking capacity off crew-heavy routes to ease this. Each daily US service uses four pilots for a week (including rest afterwards). Cancelling two weekly US services during a fairly quiet period is less disruptive than cancelling 16 wee...
Jump to postIs it possible to have a thread on Norwegian without the ill-informed posts about their imminent demise? Do people not realise that people work for this airline, their livelihoods depend on it and pointless speculation from armchair Flight Simulator CEOs with no real world experience is not useful t...
Jump to postThe Small Planet flights were all operated on behalf of tour operators. The assumption is that the tour operators will use seats on other, existing, services.
Jump to postBribery? Poisoned? Is this really the world we live in? Whatever happened to just being nice? As crew, I'll always offer something to the cabin crew when I travel as a passenger, even on other airlines. Aviation is a fairly close-knit community, and good will goes a long way to improving the atmosph...
Jump to postIt was a standard go-around.
Rest assured that whatever lies Ryanair decide to tell the media and their paying customers, these cancellations are wholly and 100% due to a crew shortage. They were short when I left over two years ago, and over a thousand pilots have left since.
Jump to postThere's a difference between being tired and 'fatigued', I suggest you look it up before you cast your, seemingly misinformed, judgement. I would suggest that management and labor figure out how to get their shit together overall, because (whether deserved or not) this airline and its associates ha...
Jump to postFatigue is a major issue for pilots across Europe, particularly since the new EASA FTLs were introduced. There's a difference between being tired and 'fatigued', I suggest you look it up before you cast your, seemingly misinformed, judgement.
Jump to postThe Canadian Affair flights ended when Thomas Cook returned three A330s, which ended up transferring to Air Transat. Essentially TS took over the frequencies left by Thomas Cook (and Mytravel, before they merged). Very unlikely that they would return, certainly not to the extent they operated before...
Jump to postYes, they did. But that's not what the OP is talking about. Thomas Cook Canada was operated by Jazz, who used six 757s leased from the UK arm during the Winter to take Canadians down to the Caribbean and Central America. They operated for two seasons, after which the deal was scrapped.
Jump to postSuspicious? Perhaps, but if one look at it logically, terrorist usually claim credit after the fact, not before. They don't want their intentions known. Also, jihadist don't have any sense of humor, their ideology is somewhat like being in a feminist bookstore---there's no humor section But one per...
Jump to postObviously a case of mass hysteria. And a very inappropriate handling by the cabin crew, as "whispers were spreading around the plane about it". Sorry, but where does it say the cabin crew were whispering around the cabin? but I'm not sure if it was necessary to cancel the flight. If an in...
Jump to postI'm not sure BA are that bothered about profitability here, the route only exists as a means to affect Norwegian's loads and revenue. They let easyJet grow at Gatwick which ate into their short haul market share, they're not prepared to let Norwegian do the same with long haul. If Norwegian pulled o...
Jump to postBut as I've said, if you're predicting the demise of a carrier based on the fact that they're using remote stands, then every carrier in the UK went bust at 7am this morning.
Jump to postfew going on remote at Manc http://postimg.org/image/cajmiha85/ Sorry, but this is the kind of crap that the Internet doesn't need. If you're predicting the demise of an airline based on the fact a few based aircraft are being parked remotely, then every airline in the UK is going bust tonight. eas...
Jump to postSorry but 'repatriation' flights arranged whilst the airline supposedly ceasing is still selling flights and holidays - and not to mention is still operating as normal today. I'm not convinced. And fairly baseless rumours like that aren't helpful to those whose livelihoods depend on the company, inc...
Jump to postThe facts would actually suggest that a new runway at LGW would make more sense. Passenger numbers between 2011-2015 increased by 19% at LGW, compared to 8% at LHR, and LGW handled around 61,000 more flights 'per runway' in 2015 than LHR. A 2nd runway at an unrestricted LGW would provide far more ca...
Jump to postDidn't a certain Manchester 'willy waver' (his words) claim this would never happen ahead of a 4th daily into <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom AND Nampa - Municipal (Ritchey Field) (MAN), USA - Idaho">MAN</acronym>? I note his absence from this thread...
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