Yes Delta really messed up on dropping the 788 order. They would have been perfect 763 replacements. It seems as if even LH may eventually operate the 787 leaving DL as the sole mega airline without it. DL passengers will be seeing much more of AMS and CDG when the 763 leaves. Right now the Delta 7...
Jump to postThere's a proposal to extend the Metro Gold line to Ontario Airport, which would help make it a more viable option especially for those coming from Downtown LA- Maybe 2030 or later at best, with lots of stops on the way. Even then won't be to the terminal as initial studies have looked at existing ...
Jump to postIt is not a stereotype. The fact is that a large chunk of Tourism in Orlando now is from overseas. Brazil and England being the largest groups that come here. The outlet Malls near he parks are jammed with these tourist who buy suitcases and then shop all day and fill them. Low prices and low taxes...
Jump to postBut they are doing both of these things. AP prices went up this week too. And there is the Flex AP which requires advance reservations on days forecast to be busier. That's new, but for years they've also limited access to APs on busier days by selling different types of APs, with lower priced APs ...
Jump to postBoeing convinced Northwest to switch some 757-351s back to 757-251s That was the story when I worked at Northwest. If I am not mistaken Boeing got Icelandic to drop their order of a about three 757-300s to just one. For all I know Boeing might have had problems building the 757-300. I do know the t...
Jump to postA lot of people who are visiting Orlando are wealthy families from South American and Europe who have plenty of extra money to afford the parks. The core Disney traveler is hardly wealthy, but rather of average income; many are likely spending beyond their means. Trade publications estimate that Di...
Jump to postThat's the first I'm hearing of that. The A321 back when NWA placed their last 757 order was not nearly as capable as it is now. Also, if NWA only needed the capacity of the A321 then why did they order the 753? From what I was told NWA ordered the 753 to replace the domestic DC-10 fleet. NW's last...
Jump to postI think we'll see something A225 and/or 320neo on the narrow-body side. On the widebody side I think we could see a 788 or NMA. There will be some routes that DL will want to keep that would be too much plane to be flying on a 339 (DTW-NGO) I agree that future narrowbody orders will continue to be ...
Jump to postDL has said that it doesn't intended the keep up with the record-breaking new aircraft deliveries of the last couple years, and we know it continually monitors the market for used aircraft and has predicted that late production 737NG and 320CEO values would freefall as more MAX and NEO are delivered...
Jump to postRight on. It’s almost like you were in the briefing. As stated by Delta, nothing in production comes close to the 757-200 and 300. The 321 neoLRwhatever is the stopgap but can’t quite do the job but is the closest out there. They were banking on the 797 but that’s not working out presently either. ...
Jump to postIt’s absolutely about crowd control. Your entire post is precisely why they do it, particularly the second paragraph. Like any amusement park, they have finite capacity. Ever been to Disney World on a peak season day? They have to hold people outside the parks. Disneyland has a more local crowd, it...
Jump to postHard to believe now, but I paid less than $200 for a park hopping annual, non restricted, annual pass for DL/CA less than 15 years ago... It’s about crowd control. Besides, have you seen ticket prices at Universal? It’s about $180 and then hit you for another $100 for an express pass. Or you can buy...
Jump to postMost likely because DL has added everything it reasonably could from ATL, and there’s low hanging fruit elsewhere. Many of the potential routes listed within this thread have been tried unsuccessfully before. Ultimately, DL’s places more emphasis on serving those third-tier destinations from AMS and...
Jump to postI haven't been to CP since 2005, either. I've never been to Michigan Adventure, and I have a Cedar Fair pass that gets me into all of their parks... it auto renews and I'm too lazy to cancel it I guess. Boblo was a blast. I remember the Detroit vs. Amherstburg chants (screw off, Gibraltar!). The las...
Jump to postThe idea of any additional amusement park in the Midwest is a joke. For example... Cedar Point didn't surpass its 1990s-level attendance until just a few years ago, whereas sister park Knott's nearly tripled theirs in the same time period. It's tough saying this, but if Cedar Point were located even...
Jump to postThe 767 being in such high demand is proof that the market for a small widebody is actually very high. If they had more they would be flying them. The 767 has one of the worst fuel burn per seat of every aircraft in service. Despite this we have 30 year old 767's flying around because they are the ...
Jump to postCPAs aren’t trained in cost accounting, not at all. No CPA exam for that. Easy to route certain types of traffic connecting over CLE, less efficient aircraft, burden CLE cost accounting with the sunk cost of D which was planned for a bigger hub, etc. you’re waaaaaaaay too trusting of three letters ...
Jump to postWhich is a shame considering the retention rate of the CLE hub was near captive. Smisek threw it away due to costs he didn’t want to deal with (he threw CLE under the bus). During the merger ops quite a few CLE routes got upgraded to sUA 757 metal (EG: LAX / MCO) and got canned completely for no re...
Jump to postWhich is a shame considering the retention rate of the CLE hub was near captive. Smisek threw it away due to costs he didn’t want to deal with (he threw CLE under the bus). During the merger ops quite a few CLE routes got upgraded to sUA 757 metal (EG: LAX / MCO) and got canned completely for no re...
Jump to postI have never seen a one-way fare on United as low as $44 on CLE-LAX.... and I analyze the schedule often. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fare that low on any United route out of Cleveland. Next time you see it, I’d sure like you to share it with me^^ United competes HEAVILY with low cost c...
Jump to postCointrin330 wrote:73G would make the most sense.
You are incorrect. They tried it again. They tried JFK-SNA and when that didn't work they tried DTW-SNA. That failed and then moved it to LAS-SNA to slot squat. No, you are incorrect. I have residences in both Orange County and Metro Detroit, and fly between the pair at least once a month. NW launc...
Jump to postThey have used the 73G on SNA-ATL. AA uses the 738 on SNA-DFW. Delta could just get rid of DTW-SNA since it's been stopped and started more times than I can remember and just move that SNA slot to ATL and use all 738 on SNA-ATL. The additional frequency would make up for the drop in equipment size....
Jump to postDang, I missed the CLE-LAX "OW$44" UA fare cause they sure as hell aren't selling for that now that I can find. I can find days where I can fly UA nonstop cheaper for a roundtrip BOS-LAX Poor you, guess you'll have to settle for one of those OW$49 fares currently available through the spr...
Jump to postCLE-LAX was reduced last summer because of the MAX grounding. Not because there wasn’t enough demand. Load from May-August was 96%. CLE-LAX, CLE-Florida routes make money, so it makes sense for them to expand. CLE-LGA/DCA were a long time coming. Have you seen the average fares on CLE-LAX? I doubt ...
Jump to postIt’s official: UA is dropping both DCA and LGA but adding capacity to IAD and EWR, so there will be no net loss in seats:
https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020 ... ional.html
I care about reductions...drama? See above Sure, UA (possibly) ending CLE-LGA is more newsworthy than if DL were pondering ending CLE-BDL, because NYC is the 800 lb. gorilla in our news-cycle. It's no different than how Amazon pulling "HQ2" from NYC was bigger news than Foxconn reducing i...
Jump to postI don’t like the negative posts either (and there are plenty), but the truth is CLE is in a challenging position. Regardless of what you think of the airport authority, they are not in an envious position. Much worse than most. CLE is basically an airport that should be a UA focus city, but isn’t b...
Jump to postWith AA and DL service in the market, who cares? As UA's frequent flyer base in Cleveland melts away, UA's CLE schedule will become hubs-only... The sooner the better... 6yrs after hub dismantling and reduction drama continues You should care about reductions, since it'll yield less options and ult...
Jump to postWe do know Airbus was pitching both the A321LR and A330NEO to United going as far as to fly the A330NEO to Chicago to show it off first hand. Half of that deal has so far come to fruition with the A321XLR order. https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/airbus-and-united-talk-a321lr-and-a330neo-specifics...
Jump to postUA reductions have been the topic around the water cooler at CLE for at least a year. Nothing's happened yet, but it won't be surprising if something does - average fares have been low to/from CLE for quite awhile. A good time to travel to/from the area, but not so great for the carriers. Over the H...
Jump to postVery little chance this order is for DL - it has orders for nearly 50 A330/A350 for delivery within the next six to seven years. I'd expect DL to monitor economic conditions over the next several years, and pricing of used and new aircraft, before proceeding with a large order - which likely won't b...
Jump to postEd Bastian never mentioned anything about ordering the NMA. Serious, how has this thread not been deleted. The reporter asked Bastian if the industry was losing confidence in Boeing, and Bastian responded by saying that everybody hoped Boeing would rebound, because there were only two aircraft manuf...
Jump to postThe area surrounding LGB has dramatically changed since the start of the Millennium. Places like Lakewood, Westminster and parts of Long Beach that were decaying... have been re-gentrified into thriving communities And places like Seal Beach, which were once working class communities housing many o...
Jump to postDefinitely not the case nationwide. I’ve been photographing various malls in various states, and most Macy’s have far more foot traffic than JCPenney’s. The level of inventory reflects this, too - Macy’s has very little of their made-for-Holiday doorbusters remaining, whereas JCPenney is loaded with...
Jump to postOrlando being low yield is a myth that keeps getting propagated on A.net. People live here too you know. MCO competes with LAS and FLL in having the lowest average airfares in the nation. Obviously a raw metric that’s not adjusted for stage length, but as a whole, yes MCO is low yielding - it’s myt...
Jump to postI too took a ton of pictures in concourses D, E and F in the mid-late 90s but most of the pictures were out towards runway 21R and there's very little that actually shows the terminal. Next time I'm at my parents' house and have time I'll look through those pictures again to see if there's literall...
Jump to postClarification on the 717 longevity: if you read the transcript, DL said it's keeping the 717 around because of its low capital cost, and that the type will be its "flex fleet" going forward (e.g. their utilization depends entirely on economic conditions & needs). They also mentioned th...
Jump to postSelect the '8-K, Current Report Filing' from the available choices. https://ir.delta.com/financials/default.aspx#sec This is the first time I recall DL talking about fleet simplification as a goal : Reduce complexity with fewer aircraft types. From 13 (2020 estimate) to 8 fleet families by some uns...
Jump to postOne issue which won't help "fleet simplification", but still needs to be dealt with is replacing the ex-NW A320s. The newest A320 just turned 20 years old, and much of the fleet is 25+ years old. Many of these aircraft are older than the 717s, and they're going to need to be retired in th...
Jump to postA couple of implications of the fleet rationalization idea: First, DL can now say that they’re not ordering the MAX to keep their fleet simple, not because of any of the issues related to the MAX. Second, DL has no interest in acquiring a new fleet type to allow it to fly >5000mi routes with planes...
Jump to postI'm surprised the Long Beach branch of BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything) hasn't staged a protest louder than a water-injected DC-8 at LAX on a hot day. After all, Long Beach's ONLY source of pollution is that incredibly nasty airport that everyone wants torn down! And by ever...
Jump to postA lot of people are reading too deeply into his comments (although I know that a.net loves nothing more than a good fleet replacement thread). Let's add some facts to this thread. Here is a breakdown of DL's fleet, by the total number of aircraft and the year in which they entered service for their ...
Jump to postI'm pretty confident that there's few photos of the Davey Terminal readily available within public domain. I've searched hard, posted the ones I found, as well as some of my own, and these are the same photos routinely shared (e.g. the FB group). The Detroit Historical Society and the airport itself...
Jump to postSWA has indeed operated 737-800 into SNA, and even the new 737-MAX-8 as well. Per airport statistics the latest month of September saw 3 737MAX-8 ops and 7 737-800s by Southwest, Looking at overall annual counts the 737-800 has been a regular for SWA at SNA for years - for example 1,385 times in 20...
Jump to postCo-workers breathing. Used to drive me nuts. My first internship, I worked alongside somebody who complained my breathing; apparently, he thought I breathed too heavily. But he also complained about the clicking sound my keyboard and mouse made. And anytime I ate or drank (if I ate chips, you'd thi...
Jump to postWell, I guess that is true in the case of the Heritage Brands. However, you can make the same argument for Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, which in addition to many preferring to buy those brands directly, are also ShopRunner members (IZOD and Van Heusen are not). Note that Ralph Lauren last year ...
Jump to postI really don't get some of the logic here purely focusing on her age. It's clear the Anglosphere, in general, considers a person her age more of an adult in most ways. Examples (not my opinion): - 16/17 year old with a couple grams of weed: drug offender with a record the rest of their lives - 16/1...
Jump to postThere's zero chance PVH will pull its brands from Amazon. PVH pays retailers like Amazon, Kohl's, JCPenney, etc. big bucks to promote its brands, including sponsored listings on their website searches. PVH needs these retailers to survive. Nike, OTOH, doesn't need any retailer to promote its product...
Jump to postIt’s a 767. It flew for UA, but was phased out of service and parked in the desert awaiting scrapping.
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