With the supposed success/high booking rates of the new LH flight, what's the likelihood other EU carriers will notice? Personal opinion on how it will/the airport would like it to play out. Get LH flight to daily and make sure it is strong. Then get a 2nd route when the A321XLR finally is delivere...
Jump to postSFO restart on UA pushed back to January…. We are going to have more flights to Germany a week than the Bay Area this summer. I wonder if that is more of a bay area problem and less of an STL problem. Didn't a bunch of people move out of there once WFH became acceptable I don't think SFO-STL has ev...
Jump to postHere is the update that was presented to the Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board last week: https://www.skyharbor.com/docs/default-source/pdfs/rio-salado-project/paab-april-2022---ted-update---jdf5.pdf?sfvrsn=58a26189_2 Here is the full letter from the FAA to the City of Tempe: https://www.skyharbor.co...
Jump to postWhat am I missing here with the cargo movements? PHX has over 1000/cargo movements/day? That doesn't sound right.
Jump to postIt has nothing to do with a new terminal. It has to do with middle management making sure their workers are doing their job. I was there for three hours because of delays, literally nobody came through to police the place or empty the trash. That’s unacceptable. I’m sad for my hometown airport and ...
Jump to postSurprised no one mentioned this: https://twitter.com/AmericanAir/status/1506709104475136007?cxt=HHwWjoCzgdP88-gpAAAA This could go many ways, 1) AA could find a stopgap for the 787 delivery fiasco. 2) More JV routes with Qantas. The planes that will be used to places such as VCE, ATH, and LIS this ...
Jump to postIf only that was still true. :/ Crazy how expensive the valley has gotten over the past couple of years. Even gas is now regularly more expensive down there than it is in Flagstaff, which seemed to never be the case until recently. It's still true compared to many cities. It's definitely much more ...
Jump to postSomething tells me the US govt knows where it is. They just can’t say so without revealing secret technology. If that was true, the US could just say "look here but we can tell you how we know, period" They wouldn't need to reveal anything except the location which doesn't tell anyone any...
Jump to postAs much as I'd love to see the 330-900 graced by the 'Roo (ok, the handicapped, legless QF variant!) , I don't think we will.... They'd probably be better off by going with the already established 787, and use the type on a mix of routes; with the A350 taking over ULH and the more premium routes. D...
Jump to postPassenger numbers are so deeply stunted right now between the US and Asia that the notion of new growth which did not exist pre-pandemic occurring at any point in the next two to three years is frankly a pipe dream. A full recovery is probably 3-5 years off at least (likely more), and continues to ...
Jump to postYou are throwing out a lot of rhetoric based on your personal belief with no facts. There is more than enough demand for a flight to Asia, there just needs to be more business traffic to tilt the economics in its favor (once the pandemic subsides). Hopefully you recognize the hypocrisy of making th...
Jump to postI think JAL could make a daily 788 work. I mean, shit, if STL can get a flight to FRA on LH, Tokyo on someone like JAL from a OW hub isn't the craziest thing I've ever heard.
Jump to postDL has been "stay the course" for a while now. Doubt they will be investing dollars into a Skyclub at STL. And welcome to a.net! I agree with this and as a DL flyer, their service into STL is fairly consistent. There really isn't room for a SkyClub in A and I don't see DL putting in the i...
Jump to postKent350787 wrote:DFW was not-LAX to connect to other places in the US. Noone in Australia actually wants to go to Dallas!
The burning question is who is operating it? And on whose maintenance program is it? Just getting a couple of contract pilots is asking for trouble, and also, as the Patriots found out, dramatically-limits your ability to use it for anything other than team flights. If I'm insuring this thing, and/...
Jump to postAZ Cardinals new 777 arrived this afternoon: https://www.azcardinals.com/news/arizona-cardinals-buy-new-boeing-777-airplane-for-team-travel Wondering which airline will be operating the aircraft. Seems to me to be a waste of money for 8-10 road trips a year. Possibly Swift? They operated the team j...
Jump to postHow many people are on a football team? This seems a pretty big aircraft considering its only 8 games a year and the vast majority are just a couple hours flight time? 53 active players, 20 or so coaches and then assorted support staff and front office folk. Easily over 100 people. Most of these gu...
Jump to postThe best plane won, time for Boeing to bring a clean sheet competitor to the market rather than reheating a 60 year old design.
Jump to postOff the top of my head I can think of Boeing and Anheuser-Busch/InBev SA/NV with operations in St. Louis. Anheuser was purchased by InBeV, ( which is based in Leuven, Belgium) maybe ten years ago. InBev also has regional headquarters in Bremen, Germany and London among other places. Inbev moved the...
Jump to postOff the top of my head I can think of Boeing and Anheuser-Busch/InBev SA/NV with operations in St. Louis. Anheuser was purchased by InBeV, ( which is based in Leuven, Belgium) maybe ten years ago. InBev also has regional headquarters in Bremen, Germany and London among other places. Inbev moved the...
Jump to postI actually think covid made this flight possible. If there was more premium traffic Lufthansa might have placed this aircraft in a more premium heavy route. Since leisure traffic will be king in the summer of 2022 and premium traffic will be the icing on the cake STL got the nod. I suggest all thos...
Jump to postMy guess is they renovate and reopen the CBP facility in C. I don't think connections are going to play much of a factor. Wasn't there some sort of long range plan to renovate the CBP in C in anticipation of more international flights? The one existing gate over on D/E seems inefficient if this is t...
Jump to postIt's Lufthansa. I sit on the board of the World Trade Center - St Louis. We have been trying to get Lufthansa for years. We finally did it. Also, people underestimate St Louis. It's not just about business travel but the giant tourism market and our large expat community. We have a lot of German na...
Jump to postThere's essentially zero chance of Delta serving Germany from St. Louis. They don't even serve FRA from all their hubs, let alone point-to-point. Plus, those PIT and IND routes you mention are gone. DL has cut most of their international point-to-point. It makes more sense than Lufthansa does. LH d...
Jump to postThis could be said for many of the point-to-point TATL flights that popped up prior to COVID, though, especially from DL and BA. Who ever saw PIT, IND, BNA, CHS, MSY, et al gaining nonstops to Europe? Money (dangled by local governments and companies) talks. Right, I could believe BA because that's...
Jump to postLufthansa doesn't make much sense considering there are bigger and better dots to connect in the US that don't have LH service and they don't have a small enough aircraft with the range to open a marginal destination like STL. This could be said for many of the point-to-point TATL flights that popp...
Jump to postLufthansa doesn't make much sense considering there are bigger and better dots to connect in the US that don't have LH service and they don't have a small enough aircraft with the range to open a marginal destination like STL.
My guess is DL or Condor.
The airport has the space for a good size cargo operation. It will be interesting to see if this business grows. Aren't we still waiting on that "China" hub that was all the talk a few years back? I believe the current pie in the sky that they're chasing is a "livestock cargo hub&quo...
Jump to postWeek 8 action, starting with Thursday night Packers at Cardinals, DL A333: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8863/history/20211027/1825Z/KGRB/KPHX And just because I don't see any current threads about MLB Charters, there are two DL charter flights tomorrow morning HOU-ATL for the World Series...
Jump to postDisregard. It's demand to Hawaii. I didn't see the top of the chart. TW was able to fly HNL daily for years from STL. I bet a few weekly flights during peak season would do well. BUT we all know that AA would be the most likely to do that and they won't. They'll just filter through DFW/LAX. With TW...
Jump to postAllegiant extended their schedule thru mid May next year. No new routes but we do get some restarts earlier and added flights. JAX starts up in March 2x a week. It started May this year CHS starts in April 2x a week. It started May this year. SRQ is 3x a week in March. Never has been more than 2x. ...
Jump to postInteresting that two days later, a lot of information hasn't appeared. I understand official sources withholding the information, but plainly by now, a lot of people know a lot of information that one would think would have made it into social media somewhere: (1) Who owned/leased the aircraft? (Na...
Jump to postCondor? :) I'd rather have Eurowings than Condor at this point since now Eurowings is the LH partner and Condor isn't. That said.... I know Aer Lingus has been close in the past it could be them, just not sure how much Centene would be gunning for that flight. Also, could be BA to a different Londo...
Jump to postAnd Yet...AA has not released the schedule of the Admiral Club Opening in STL. I have flown through STL on American the last 3 months and it has remained closed. I just checked AA App..still closed. Would be nice to see it open...I have both UA and AA Club Card. Loving the expansion though! Hope to...
Jump to postExcuse me what? The Lufthansa Lady. I've been down here 9 years, and every time I've been out to the overlook when LH arrives, she is out there. I didn't get out for today's arrival, but I assume she was there. As the plane approaches on final, she goes out and starts a singing/chanting/praying thi...
Jump to postWhat makes the 763F such a perfect fit for FedEX? (are A330 freighter derivatives just too big, too expensve?) Fed Ex has 100 of the now. Amazing for the 767 program that has just found increased life in tanker and freighter guise. http://www.boeing.com/resources/boeingdotcom/commercial/assets/imag...
Jump to postI'm not convinced ORD is profitable for AA, or at least not as profitable as other hubs. They seem to get their lunch eaten on any longhaul route that's not LHR out of there, even the Hawaii routes. SVO, DEL, NRT, PVG, PEK, FRA, DUB, MAN, FCO, etc. It'll be interesting to see which of those, if any,...
Jump to postBA744PHX wrote:PhilMcCrackin wrote:cathay747 wrote:Over in the AA Network thread was a post about the most recent update to AA's schedule, which had this:
From London (LHR):
Phoenix (PHX) - Delayed from August 17 to October 30
Are they still using the 77E?
All LHR flights on AA are 777
cathay747 wrote:Over in the AA Network thread was a post about the most recent update to AA's schedule, which had this:
From London (LHR):
Phoenix (PHX) - Delayed from August 17 to October 30
Will Southwest have to do proving run flights for their new PHX- Hawaii flights? Why would they have to do proving runs? They've been flying to Hawaii since March 2019. I was under the impression carriers had to do it for each ETOPS route, but I guess I was wrong Will Southwest have to do proving r...
Jump to postWill Southwest have to do proving run flights for their new PHX- Hawaii flights? I don't think so. Those were only done for ETOPS certification purposes, which Southwest has had for a while now. I was looking at PHX-LIH flight time and wasn't real impressed with an evening departure. I went for the...
Jump to postI was looking at the Spirit route map from PHX after they announced STL-PHX yesterday. I was a little surprised it isn't bigger. Seems like PHX would have a good draw at least seasonally in winter. I know G4 has AZA (and now a couple PHX) but even with the 2 big airline hubs I figured there was som...
Jump to postI don't understand the popularity of flight bans in this forum. Airlines aren't law enforcement agencies. Carriers aren't offering due process rights. The industry does receive a lot of financial support from city and federal government, even before covid, and so can reasonably be considered common...
Jump to postDoes SWA have a No Fly list? If yes, how about a lifetime ban? Just inches away from the mouth are your eyes.... thankfully they were damaged I don't understand the popularity of flight bans in this forum. Airlines aren't law enforcement agencies. Carriers aren't offering due process rights. The in...
Jump to postThe plane is a failure economically for them. They're just trying to spin it as, "Oh, we're soooooo concerned about the environment that we must remove this aircraft from our fleet" when the time finally comes. I'd wager the A380 is probably more economical in terms of pollution per passen...
Jump to postHow in the world do both Charlotte and Raleigh have non-stop direct service to London but neither St. Louis or Kansas City do? Makes no sense. There is a huge hole over the middle part of the country when it comes to that service: https://thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net/us/originals/2021/05/Scre...
Jump to postYeah, looks like they're used interchangeably out of PHX on long and short routes alike. I see ORD, DFW, DEN, PDX, SNA, DCA, LAX all operated by NEOs and regular CEOs flying some of those routes as well.
Jump to postHow in the world do both Charlotte and Raleigh have non-stop direct service to London but neither St. Louis or Kansas City do? Makes no sense. There is a huge hole over the middle part of the country when it comes to that service: https://thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net/us/originals/2021/05/Scre...
Jump to postWN might do better than HA on PHX-Hawaii due to (a) the stronger brand recognition, stronger loyalty, and bigger FF base that WN has in Greater Phoenix and other contiguous U.S. markets, (b) WN having fewer seats on its 737 MAX 8's than HA does on its A330-200 planes with WN having 175 seats on its...
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