WN has fare sales all the time with fares as low as $39 yet don't have the problems that NK gets. G4 and F9 don't seem to have this problem either. You don't need a PhD in Psychology nor an MBA in Marketing to see the dynamics of anger in play: WN: free carry-on, two free checked bags NK: carry-on ...
Jump to postWho is to say the Qantas 717s will not be placed with another operator? After all, the 717 bears didn’t believe the Volotea fleet would find a home or that DL would extend their 717 outlook to end of decade - and both of these have turned out to be true. In the greater picture, the simulator cost s...
Jump to postIf I’m reading Delta’s press release correctly, ATL-TLV and TLV-ATL fly on the same day. On a 3x weekly service, I’d expect the return to operate a day later. Does anyone know how this flight will fit in with the JFK and BOS flights? Another way to ask is where does the plane flying TLV-ATL come fr...
Jump to postA 280 seat 772 is too much but BF can fill a 411 seat A350 pretty well? Not sure what your question is. Nobody has mentioned the A350 (yet). You claimed that the 772 would be too much aircraft for AF. I responded by saying if a 772 with 280 is too much aircraft, how can Frenchbee fill a whole A350 ...
Jump to postIt appears that ATL-HNL will be upgauged from an A333 to the 3-class ex LATAM A359 (35L) for the winter. This increases the daily seats from 282/296 to 339. Makes sense as DL is trying to deploy the 35Ls on more leisure orient routes and also to take advantage of the 36 additional seats versus the ...
Jump to postIn my opinion, with expansion, DL needs to order another hundred within 3 years. Although, I believe they could just use options. Lightsaber Order or have delivered within 3 years? I used to think DL needed NMA to replace some of the 763 routes. But I don’t think that is the case now. Long haul can...
Jump to postMaybe, but this war has been fought before, look up RJDC at ComAir (USA). The mail ones don’t want it because of cost. The regional pilots, at the bottom, will happy, but not the senior captains. They want to incur ALPA merger policy and LPPs. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-intern...
Jump to postCheers! Do you know if the extra aircraft are options they have exercised? They were extra leases. Last month VS canceled a A330neo though (now only 7 on order instead of 8, it’s strongly possible that DL’s out of left field order for 1 A330neo last month was them taking over this order). It’s curr...
Jump to postSuprised ATL didnt make the list either despite delta not running a great operation these days and in fact running a very industry standard one
Jump to postI read the article and thought LGT was subcontracting, but that's not the case, Icelandair itself contracted LGT for the overhaul, and KF for the installation : Since the issue was that there were incorrect components installed on the gear, assuming that's part of the overhaul, it seems Icelandair ...
Jump to postHuge commonality with DL products. J, PE cabins almost identical to DL 339 cabins aside from minor cosmetic differences. Wonder if this is a sign of things to come fleetwide. They are also running delta flight product screens, and run on the delta back end, so yeah virgin is becoming an arm of the ...
Jump to postRegional carriers that choose to go independent assume all the risk, that's why almost all regional players are under Capacity Purchase Agreements and the rest have gone bust for the most part. I was wondering also why the regionals have some of their jets painted in their own liveries? Regionals l...
Jump to postQ. When and how often does a temporary slot become permanent? A. Only if the slot owner is prepared to sell it to the temporary operator. By the way, what is the longest period for which an operator has been continuously operating a "temporary" slot? 2 years, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years or...
Jump to postPoor piloting in VFR conditions for sure. However, in the article it says the controller decided to "let them land". Did they receive clearance to land on 28L instead of 28C? I didn't know a controller had authority to "allow" a wrong runway landing, and that seems questionable ...
Jump to postAlaska Airlines doesn't have a scope clause. I'm not sure if that gives the an advantage or not. Management isn't stupid enough to try putting 737s at their wholly owned regional operator Horizon (QX), and I don't think Skywest could operate a 737 given their operations with other major carriers. I...
Jump to postWow, they're down to just 28 active CR9s? I knew YV was struggling, but...yikes!. What percentage of regional flying are they doing in the PHX and DFW hubs? It seemed to me YV was still contributing quite a bit to the Eagle ops in PHX, so I'd be curious to know what the plan is if/when they go away...
Jump to postQuick scope question: Are there large-ish airlines with either no union, or no scope clause? And do these airlines have a significant competetive advantage of scope-clause airlines? Alaska Airlines doesn't have a scope clause. I'm not sure if that gives the an advantage or not. Management isn't stu...
Jump to postI wonder what the terms of these slot allocations will be. Does the CAA reserve the right to give back to SU if the war against Ukraine ends, given the UK-Russia bilateral deal of access to each other will no doubt incur a tit-for-tat once relations are attempted to be normalised. I.e. don't get to...
Jump to postAirbus and Boeing will most likely be the ones building these hybrid/electric aircraft. Tesla has zero experience in the commercial aircraft market. 15 years ago you would say Volkswagen and Toyota will most likely be the ones building emission free cars today. Tesla had zero experience mass produc...
Jump to postAA does not want to be put in the position they and Delta were in a couple decades ago where one one huge wholly owned affiliate controlled all, or nearly all, of their regional flying. Having multiple options prevents a single regional strike or work action from crippling the airline. Those risks ...
Jump to post"Piedmont Airlines" might not mean anything to modern travelers, but AA might still hold enough value in it to preserve the trademark so no one else can use it to start/rename an airline. That said, consolidation between AA's wholly owned regionals is inevitable. It's a lot of unnecessary...
Jump to postCongress ought to extend the deadline for the 737-10 and 737-7. Everyone knows will be the last 737 derivative models. They are the same generation as the 737-8 and 737-9. I really don't see the problem. Both models were in the works before the horrible 737-8 crashes in in 2018 and 2019. There won'...
Jump to postVanBosch wrote:So a 80 minute connection from a SH flight to the US seems madness right? I may need to rethink my trip.
That's a dogmatic and unreflected way of looking at it. BA have a dominant position at a significantly constrained airport and command premium fares. The structure of competition is very different from what you describe. No free coffee is one thing, operational meltdowns that are regular occurrence...
Jump to postAlot of the "electric startups" some of the big 3 have invested in are all turboprop. Embraer has reveled there new turboprop reginal. The flying public will just have to get over it. "electric startups" are nothing more than pie-in-the-sky concepts. By the time the E3 flies and...
Jump to postGenerally at the mainline careers the shortage is of training capacity necessary to move people onto the hardest stressed domestic operations, whereas the true crew shortages are at regionals which pay a lot worse and are really only interesting if your planning to build a career and need the hours
Jump to postUnconfirmed by anything I would deemsuper credible but supposedly may start to see some of the acquired second hand 739s start to be inducted / through maintenance starting late summer and starting to enter service this fall. My unsubstantiated opinion is that there isn’t a huge hurry to get them i...
Jump to postI think countours biggest issue will be the pilot shortage. EAS operators often fly networks like these. Pilots and cabin crew i see their real issue. If you dont pay comperatively they will have some real turnover for the foreseeable future. That causes huge issues. They can fly non rev flights an...
Jump to postVuelings handing agent failing is not beyond vuelings control they could choose a different contractor or self handle I think at this point in time you will have the same issues with every contractor, and self handling is a massive investment of both cost and time to train or even just get new peop...
Jump to postStaff shortages meant the operation of boarding was constantly delayed, and ultimately the pilot decided to fly the plane empty for positioning purposes as Florence air space was going to close on them. Utterly pathetic. The compensation claims are going to hit these airlines hard. https://www.theg...
Jump to postRejecting a flat out obvious better offer and not even try to up the frontier price and when half the spirit board were appointed during the Indigo ownership days under Bill Franke, and they are just like 'nope, we want to go with F9" and not even do a a market check like every other M&A h...
Jump to postEveryone did; it's not an excuse for overscheduling your resources. Certain other airlines (like AS and B6) are also doing it, and we're currently seeing the results of that now with big frequency pulldowns and route cuts. AA and UA seem to be having better luck with their staffing, it seems. Certa...
Jump to postDelta had planned on the pandemic to be a protracted recovery. Everyone did; it's not an excuse for overscheduling your resources. Certain other airlines (like AS and B6) are also doing it, and we're currently seeing the results of that now with big frequency pulldowns and route cuts. AA and UA see...
Jump to postThe Continental/Technify engines are very reliable and efficient and easy to operate. I can climb with my aircraft to 18.000 ft and still get quite good performance. Fuel consumption on a DA42 is just about 10 gallons for both engines together, running on 70 % power. You usually fuel up with Jet-A1...
Jump to postThe great Steve Jobs said it great, "if you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will.". Hence being able to likely not need -ULR in your own A359 product. The plane is already the perfect fit for most airlines, so naturally it's improvements make the business case even better. At the...
Jump to postzuckie13 wrote:Serious question - How many flights do they actually need an FO on? Aren't all the planes in their fleet single pilot certified?
So the burning question now is what does DL do once the 767 and 757s inevitably exit the fleet? Any tertiary cities in Europe would be a non-starter with the smallest widebody which would be the 332. I see them continuing to just fly the trunk routes with A350s and 339s and letting AF/KL do the res...
Jump to postAs WayexTDI mentioned employee loyalty went the way of the dodo long long ago. In many cases the company really only cares enough to keep you around, so they don't really do anything to gain an employee's loyalty. I'd also argue employee loyalty means even less in a unionized seniority environment....
Jump to postPay and benefits aside, doesn't it lack integrity to break contract at all with any employer, assuming things do not get worse or surprises appear? Can you get hit with future employers for doing so? I understand the pay and benefits are low, though do we need to be so cutthroat and ditch our emplo...
Jump to postI’m surprised they kept it as long as they did; FO’s aren’t even required on 98% of their flights. Everyone knew going in that the agreement was to trade an ATP for a year as a captain, and almost everyone immediately forgot what they agreed to as soon as they hit 1500 hours. The training contract ...
Jump to postI was reading references of regionals flying 737's and what not in Australia is scope not a thing over there?
Jump to postI wonder if there would be any value in doing something similar from downtown locations to avoid long lines at larger hubs. If you could go through security and board a bus in downtown Atlanta for example, and hope a bus, would that offer some savings? I know we haven't been able to make helicopter...
Jump to postThe US market will likely stay South Florida (and maybe Tampa) to HAV and now a few other markets on the island direct from South Florida. The rest of the USA will stay Houston-Havana to capture west of the Mississippi and North Jersey/NYC to Havana for the North East. What else could they add? DL ...
Jump to postGee, I thought WN was bus service! :D That was actually their initial competition in their beginning. Buses have too many variables that can affect on time performance, IMO. They don't want to deal with it. If Republic is successful in their LIFT program getting an exception from the feds to have p...
Jump to postOnce again, there is no restriction on Americans VISITING Cuba. What Americans are not allowed to do is SPEND MONEY in Cuba. THAT is how the "embargo" works. Americans have, for decades, gotten around this by traveling to a third country, such as The Bahamas or Mexico, purchased everythin...
Jump to postin all seriousness, the biggest market gap I currently see is a 35-60 seat high-speed turboprop, essentially, somebody needs to redesign the DHC-8-300 with a significantly quieter cabin and the possibility of an electric engine retrofit... A turboprop doesn't in any way fix the pilot/FA/GA labor ef...
Jump to postWas this what the Delta pilots were picketing about? I am so out of the loop on this. What does this ultimately mean in terms of flying? Will this mean more widebody aircraft orders perhaps? Can someone explain this in dummy terms? LOL!! Ultimately not yet clear it basically turns all of delta's fl...
Jump to postThere are some things that would help at the margins-for example, I read that pilots used to be able to build time relatively cheaply on ultralights, but the FAA cut that off for whatever reason. I'd allow pilots to put up to 750 hours in ultralights towards credit for the 1500 hours. I'd also be w...
Jump to postOthers are very much in the same boat so don't see how that could be. How do you know it's because of pay? Many other factors have influenced the recruitment problems. Because no one who offers top dollar and top conditions has these issues ergo it's their failure to offer those things which is cau...
Jump to post3. In the event of delay/cancellation and pax going to small claims for Reg 261 compensation, U2 can show they took reasonable steps and makes any defence on exceptional circumstance grounds more robust. Failing to pay people enough to staff airplanes is not an exceptional circumstance. Others are ...
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