Several months ago, my long-standing account (ChrisNH) was blocked from entering the forums. I could successfully log onto the main airliners.net site, but got the 'Error 502' code upon trying to go the next step into the Forums. Almost as though the main site and the Forums are disconnected from ea...
Jump to postWhen do we find out whether JL will shift things from NRT to HND? I understand from some people that this is the most likely outcome.
Jump to postI’m surprised B6 doesn’t run an advertisement saying “All we fly are mainline jets.” The more RJs DL throws at BOS, the more that difference stands out.
Jump to postFrontier is like a hoodwinking carnival barker who grabs what he can at one stop before packing up and going to the next town.
Jump to postIMO Boston has enough service already to LHR/LGW based on 2020 announcements and then of course what JetBlue eventually does down the road. Only thing I could see BA doing here is making the A380 year-round, but even that is probably a stretch.
Jump to postNo one is debating WN's relevance nationally. In BOS however they have become irrelevant, and they dragged MHT down along with it. This indeed has been the result. But truth be told, consolidation dragged MHT down. UA swallowed up CO; AA swallowed up US; DL swallowed up NW. None of the three 'winne...
Jump to postWhile we're discussing whether WN needs five gates, one could also ask whether UA needs six.
Jump to postI don't quite get EK bringing the A380 back for December and January before going four months with the 77W. Is there some spike in demand in December & January? Maybe they just want some winter-time practice at Logan before going year-round with it in 2020 and beyond.
Jump to postWith all the gymnastics at Terminals A & B, is Air Canada going have a nicer setup? I always thought I was heading into a third-world airport with them.
Jump to postWN has had some good success entering 'big-city' airports (DEN comes to mind, with what they're planning), but BOS is decidedly not one of them. Oh, they won't pull out of Logan. But nor will they really grow. And that's the paradox since they are going to (in my view) occupy more gates there than t...
Jump to postUA and AA are token players at Logan nowadays, and I never thought I’d see myself type that. DL and B6 have grown up around them. Across my many years of business flying, I never ‘invested’ in one carrier’s FF program until two years ago when I decided that JetBlue would achieve a critical mass at L...
Jump to postI can't help but think WN's arrival at BOS wasn't such a positive thing for them. They hold no leverage with Massport and they can't turn their planes anywhere near as fast as they might like. Plus, I see all sorts of 'bargain' fares at BOS, signaling (to me, at least) that they are pressured from a...
Jump to postHow likely is it that BOS gets something from ANA? We only have the JAL to NRT and I tend to think the demand for HND is equal to that, at least.
Jump to postDo you think by going to LGW Delta is betting B6 fails in its quest to go to LHR? Of course, we know B6 would LIKE to go to LHR but it doesn’t mean the chips will fall in that direction for them.
Jump to postN717TW is indeed on its way to Scotland from PWM right now. The ‘broken’ one is still there.
Jump to postAA yanked these off the BOS-LAX route and replaced them with ordinary A321s. I don’t know if this is signaling that JetBlue’s Mint is ‘winning’ because the route has more than those two on it. But years ago, AA ‘owned’ BOS-LAX while UA ‘owned’ BOS-SFO. Now, both carriers have been marginalized at Bo...
Jump to postNoticed an interesting departure from PWM this morning. An old WN 733 (N636WN) flying PWM - KEF. Anyone know anything about this?? All I can guess is that some airline somewhere bought it...and not necessarily Icelandair. KEF just might be a fuel stop along the way to its ultimate destination. It c...
Jump to postA replacement 757 (9970) is expected to come up from JFK but hasn’t yet departed, according to FlightAware.
Jump to postIf Airbus goes ahead with the 1000ULR to win 'Sunrise,' isn't that a fool's errand? I mean, who besides Qantas and Singapore would want this plane? Development costs could only be spread among those carriers, who would 'expect' favorable pricing from Airbus I would reckon. Is there any money to be m...
Jump to postI think swapping metal in Boston was smart. I never got the sense that Virgin built much of a following at Logan, and the whole thing becomes better by virtue of DL flying these routes. So I guess that leaves Virgin with the lone flight to LHR...back to the future.
Jump to postI know that SAS uses a too-big A330 on the Boston route and was wondering whether they have a new aircraft coming along that would make it more viable and sustainable than it is now.
Jump to postI think with DL building out Boston in a big way, switching to their metal makes sense. They are fortifying Logan against the eventual arrival of JetBlue on the transatlantic scene, and that isn’t necessarily saying that JetBlue is coming to MAN. But they are connecting dots where prudent. I’m also ...
Jump to postUser001 wrote:Delta to launch daily Manchester and Gatwick from 21st May 2020, 3rd daily Heathrow from 28th March 2020
While a sad and unfortunate set of circumstances, it ended up with a HiFly A380 doing Rome-Boston-Rome today.
Jump to postWhat a rollercoaster for them. And an A380 was used today to get folks from Rome to Boston and then back again.
Jump to postSummer 2021, that is an awful long time. Long enough for the competition to derail your route plans. I would believe their start-up would be a lot sooner. On the surface, I'd agree. But this whole thing might not be a venture worth trying to 'derail' inasmuch as they are going PTP and supposedly st...
Jump to postLooks like CX is a casualty of the upheaval in Hong Kong. Seeing that these flights operate nearly 100% full, that's a lot of people new itineraries need to be crafted for.
Jump to postI’m going to Kyoto next month from Boston and the JAL nonstop to NRT makes things a bit more complicated... not less. So I’m taking Korean’s 787-9 to Seoul and backtracking to Osaka. Same in reverse. A HND nonstop from Boston would certainly have kept me on JAL metal (or someone else’s).
Jump to postAnother BOS A380 data point: EK brings theirs back on Jun 1, 2020, just as they did this year. That leaves BA to commit, which they will likely do. That means three daily A380s at Logan for the summer 2020 season.
Jump to postThey’re gonna give up on Boston and leave it to DL and B6
Jump to postBOS, from what I gather, is one of the tighter places to maneuver the A380...yet will have three of them visit next summer...BA, LH, and EK. We know LH will; BA and EK currently use it and would presumably reinstate service next spring (no one is using it here through the winter, aside from a brief ...
Jump to postBOS is NOT scheduled for full-year service on the A380; only SFO is. BOS will get it during the summer 2020 season but will likely revert back to the 346 after.
Jump to postIt sure would be a P.R. dream at DL to announce BOS-HND at the same time B6 announced details for service to Europe. "Sticking it to the Man," as that old commercial said.
Jump to postOr, Delta might be wise to try Haneda-Boston now that they're ditching NRT. They're the only U.S. carrier with the capability and the enthusiasm for Boston.
Jump to postIs there anything precluding ANA from flying to Boston from Haneda? Would the agreement between both countries prohibit or allow it?
Jump to postTheFlyGuy wrote:Several in the thread linked below suggest PHL as one of two new US destinations LH is planning to launch from MUC. Fingers crossed.
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BA didn’t send 239 across tonight, but VS did send 157. So we know of one flight tomorrow that’s a casualty of the work slowdown.
Jump to postaemoreira1981 wrote:EK77WNH wrote:So let’s get this straight. They won’t divulge a list, instead encouraging the masses to CALL, where beleaguered operators will be overwhelmed and ‘elevator music’ will rule the day?
Sounds bright.
So let’s get this straight. They won’t divulge a list, instead encouraging the masses to CALL, where beleaguered operators will be overwhelmed and ‘elevator music’ will rule the day?
Sounds bright.
Will Boston have a nonstop to Haneda? I'm going to Kyoto next month, which means Osaka. I have chosen to go Korean to Seoul on the 789 and then backtrack on their 777 hopping the Japan Sea. Same in reverse. But JAL to NRT is more of a hindrance than a help in my case.
Jump to postA KC-46 is at Pease here in New Hampshire right now. Not sure if it 'belongs' to them or if it's just a loaner for familiarization purposes.
Jump to postLet’s not forget that QR used a ‘little’ 788 for a bit!
Jump to postVery pleased that EI is able to keep BOS-SNN going through the winter, thanks in part to the A321 coming on-line. Relatives in Killkenny area make SNN more convenient. It's interesting that BOS-SNN was pulled last winter but it's back this winter. Nice to see.
Jump to postLOT axing flights to ORD and EWR (both 788s). Precursor to coming to Boston?
Jump to postWe don’t know what EK’s intentions are for S20, since they switch back to the 77W after December ends, I think.
Jump to postI think for BOS, they bang out their flights consistently.
Jump to postCan someone help me understand the basic differences between the 787-10 and the A350-1000? Are they both of a similar size, but the 787-10 has much shorter legs than the A350-1000? I think I read somewhere we'd likely see a 787-10 in Boston, but never an A350-1000. Thanks.
Jump to postI remember when folks talked about the 'secondary airport' strategy WN used. To me, it seemed not to be much of a broad strategy but rather a very selective one. Serving Boston from MHT and PVD was a great example, but I don't know how many other examples there are. DAL instead of DFW? MDW instead o...
Jump to postAs the DL/B6 battle grows at Boston, I wonder if they’d pull the plug there, too. Still hoping they'll return to MHT in a big way? Forget it. BOS gets up to 37 departures to 15 cities; MHT is 1/3 of that - and they have 5 gates at MHT! No, I'm beyond hoping for that. I was just wondering if the 'bi...
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