Will SAS switch the Stockholm and Oslo flights from Newark to JFK and if so, when will that take place. In the short-term SAS could respond to changes in demand/yield by swapping the A333 on CPH-EWR with the 1st A321 operating CPH-JFK. I am not saying this will happen. This is the sane option and w...
Jump to postAnybody want to put out their estimate as to how many of the remaining 99 non-charter 757-200s get a heavy check before DL wraps up 757-200 flying? I think the answer has to be 80 or more. All of the 5600s and 6800s and all but the very oldest of the original Delta birds. If 777Mech is telling us t...
Jump to postWhy would they order the E1 instead of the E2? I'm assuming two words: Scope clause What would happen if the government changes emissions, noise and other rules that would force the unions to give on the weight limits in scope clauses. I don't think the government would and to be honest blocking th...
Jump to postWas there any logic in which 739s DL took up out of this batch versus those it didn't? Speedtape Films/Cockpit Casual showed a ferry flight of one of them, N357AG, which didn't join the others and appears to still be stored. Steve replied to a comment of mine where he said it was "rough",...
Jump to postLHR has been weaker on yeilds for the US carriers as of late. UA has mentioned that, and even reduced EWR-LHR this summer (I think leasing out the unused slots).. Isn't this the slot SN is using for its extra BRU-LHR-BRU rotation (arrival in the evening, departure early morning)? As for DL, aren't ...
Jump to postDon't Ryanair FAs (which I believe are contract) hawk all kinds of merchandise in flight. That certainly would subsidized money losing base fares. So far other than credit cards that business model hasn't been introduced in the US. Correct - an FR flight is pretty much the equivalent of a shopping ...
Jump to postAA also has more employees than DL and UA. And why is that? And if that’s the issue then why hasn’t AA addressed its lack of productivity with its workforce? Jeremy See there you go blaming employees lack of productivity. AA for example does more in-house maintenance and other things in-house inste...
Jump to postOne would wonder how exactly the UA shareholders or employees benefit from repeated cash infusions to Mesa. Presumably by avoiding disruption to the operation if Mesa were to unexpectedly shut down. It'd also be difficult to replace the Mesa lift even in a more orderly wind-down of the airline sinc...
Jump to postDoes NK own them or are they leased ? Even if the units are leased, the aircraft lessors will be eager to recover the units and sign new contracts with other carriers. A plane on the ground is not making money. UA would be perfect considering the current PW GTF and V2500 engine profile in the fleet...
Jump to postMy question to the group is: would Delta operate a 110-ish seat 321 with roughly 50 J and W seats, 21 C+ and 42 Y? This thin but premium option would seem to counteract the no-narrowbody rule. This definitely feels like something AA (or at least old AA) would do. But a special, premium sub fleet is...
Jump to postIf AA's projected numbers dont reflect the new contracts, thats pretty paltry. I cant speak to anything other than route revenue and size, but this is from what Ive seen revenue generation is more unbalanced between hubs vs. UA and DL. Id imagine AA's operating costs are higher too though that is a...
Jump to postCan someone clarify if they will be using the same airline code for the separate airlines after merger? All the releases say combined airline - so single code but two different brands. Presumably, the HA aircraft will just get the "operated by Alaska Airlines" sticker on them. The release...
Jump to postSuch as? One thing - I believe the DL-AF-KL-VS JV is a profit-sharing JV whereas the A++ JV is based on a revenue-sharing model. Pretty sure the DL/AF-KL/VS (is it still called "Atlantic Excellence JV"?) is more than just profit sharing--it involves sharing expenses. Hence why Delta and K...
Jump to postAnd soon the A330-900 will be the largest fleet in the A330 family. I still wonder what the strategy is when it comes to 767 replacements, the A330-800 is adequately sized but is a no go according to Anet. The -900 is too big. Unless DL gets some 787-8 I really fear many EU destinations will get ax...
Jump to postWe won’t even attempt JFK-HND, instead just handing the market over to AA. It’s rather disappointing with UAL smoking us from a network perspective just across the river, especially with our mgt playing the semantics of NJ not being NY. I’ve always wondered why/how UA has been able to make EWR-HKG/...
Jump to postThose planes will also operate until they time out and are scrapped as they are not scope Compliant on weight and were grandfathered in under their specific serial number. What makes them different aside from the higher MTOW. I have worked on those specific 175s owned by Delta and other 175s operat...
Jump to postThis is interesting as I always thought that the 717s were getting Viasat as well. Hopefully the experience will the same for Hughes Ka band equipped aircraft as Viasat ones. Same here re ViaSat. One would think that the fuselage dimensions are similar between the 717 and 220 (quick search yields t...
Jump to postAlso A359 ship 3514 (N514DN) returned from Viasat mods after about two weeks a few days ago Turns out that visit did not include ViaSat installation. this is the last LATAM bird to be inducted....everything else coming will be new builds from the factory Until they go back into mods in 12-24 months...
Jump to postOK, and maybe some scope clause on capacity too. But with just 25 frames flying around they can easily get ride of Air Whisky -taking some crews- and join PSA or OO. All of this to offer a consistent service. PSA & SkyWest are better on staffing than ZW but they still are not to the point where...
Jump to postIs the Max 10 seen as the main 757 replacement for DL? Aka are we going to see it on the routes the 757 is currently flying? No. These days the 757 is mostly doing short-haul from ATL (for example, most flights to FL are operated by the type), adding seasonal capacity & doing special performanc...
Jump to postPictures here. I presume that’s a write off at this rate. Very nice work by the crew to land safely. https://twitter.com/parks3811/status/1674045558623698945?s=46&t=TE5FAkbnLlOQzMerpVdliw Why would it be a write off? I’ve seen worse get fixed. We had an F100 do the same thing at CLT and we fixe...
Jump to postAccording to Planespotters.net PSA has 7 CRJ900's Parked. N551NN, N566NN, N609NN, N616NN, N617NN, N618NN and N619NN. N616NN, N617NN and N618NN are parked in Mexico at MMQT. N619NN is parked in TUS. N551NN ,N566NN and N609NN are not specified. Those aren't parked. Those are the current planes in the...
Jump to postAmerican’s CFO just said that their NYC flying will not change this summer. He assured flyers who were booked that their reservations were safe. I guess the 30 days isn’t really 30 days? He said if there were adjustments they would be “longer term.” They have 30 days to cease communication and reve...
Jump to postIf the pilots agree to a staple, that would be one thing, but given the rights of EDV pilots to not accept a staple and the pilot shortage, I'm not sure why they would. The NLRB might have something to say about that. Why the irrelevant to the discussion NLRB, it’s a NMB issue under the RLA. Yeah, ...
Jump to postWhat all will be featured in the 738 cabin mods? Rumored to be getting the same F seat as on the NEOs New IFE systems up to current generations. The usual carpet, lavs, and trim updates Supposedly the 738s will be getting similar fittings interior upgrades that the 739 subfleet J/R fleet will be ge...
Jump to postFor instance, Barcelona-Manchester has 4 carriers (easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair and Vueling). Berlin-Milan has two (Ryanair to BGY and MXP, and easyJet to LIN). Can chalk all of that up to labor costs. The EU and Asia have an advantage that the US does not. EU LCCs can and do source a considerable portio...
Jump to postI noticed that the two smallest DL stations in AL - MGM and DHN - have transitioned away from CRJ2 recently. MGM seems to be all -900, and DHN a mix of -700/-900. Did not realize the phase out plan was taking effect as soon as it has. Only -200 flying these days from ATL seems to be the Georgia sta...
Jump to postThis is the future. Those that live in cites with less than 100,000 people in the metro area (rough guess) will be down to one carrier or no service at all in the next 2-5 years. Certain seasonal markets will be spared as well as a few political markets. It's best to be the first carrier to do this...
Jump to postThis is just the other side of the oscillation no one intervened when regionals were paying 21 dollars a flight hour and no one should intervene when its 100 canada see much smaller oscillations jazz has moved from 41 to 60 but they never paid 21 to start with.
Jump to post73J 3945 did another test hop yesterday, and its exit has been pushed to today 717 9555 on track to exit SBD today 717 9554 to ferry QRO-ATL tomorrow and go back into service 3/22 IFC 223: 5/15 complete 320s: 59/61 complete In mods: 3219 (SAL mx), 3230 (@ATL - bird strike repair) 73J/R: 5/33 comple...
Jump to postAllegiant: You're either wheeled on the plane perfectly with your luggage intact or you're not getting there. I'm surprised to see DL at the #1/#2 spot in on-time and cancellation even with their perceived hit to reliability. I'm less surprised to see B6 so far down the list. I'm not looking forwar...
Jump to postDelta has shown little interest in going back to the old ways. I have been on more delayed/cancelled flights in the last 6 months than I probably had from 2010-2020. I think they will return to that soon its just staffing is bad right now and the profits to be had running lots of legs are massive r...
Jump to postI am struck by how, at the current network size, Delta is operating with a significantly larger number of cancellations than pre-Covid. This week, they have been running between 30 and 90 cancels each day. Most of these seem to be due to crew. Today, for example, one of the 4 LAX-MCO turns is cance...
Jump to postHas anyone had any experience of the new Viasat wi-fi not working or just simply turned off/disconnected for the duration of the flight? I was on N901DN this afternoon connected with the network appearing on my Settings, but the portal was unreachable. I have seen it be wonky a few times try connec...
Jump to postAll of OO UA/DL 175’s have wifi… It's not whether any of MQ's (or anybody else's) 175s have WiFi, it's when are they going to get some sort of satellite WiFi? Which nobody in the US has at this point. And, as mentioned, AS/QX/OO have announced a plan to install and obtain an STC for satellite WiFi ...
Jump to postI've noticed ATL-RSW recently went from all 752 to all 739, even during spring break. I also remember when ATL-DAB used the 752 (now it's 738s and 739s). It was always a shocker to see those big planes at small DAB. Now, I'm guessing this is part of DL's plan to utilize the ex-Lion Air 739 planes o...
Jump to postHow are you and some others even saying this statement with a straight face as you type it, aren’t you embarrassed for yourselves? How exactly are they “removing seats from the market by buying spirit“ let me remind you the both of them together have over 330 airplanes on order plus more eventually...
Jump to post73R 3959's exit might be delayed...TBD 35L 3569 popped up on FR24 today. 3571 is likely returning from SIN in the next week or so. IFC 223: 3/14 complete RTS: 8305 3/6 In mods: 8305, 8314 (induction) Entering mods: 8306 3/5 319s: 56/57 complete RTS: 3153 3/5 In mods: 3153 (SAL mx) *Final 319 to get...
Jump to postThis route to Seoul could be the anchor for more Virgin in North Asia, but will it. It just gave up on Hong Kong, where they flew for 20 years. Tokyo would be great to see them fly again, maybe wishful thinking these days with Russian airspace closed. Virgin Atlantic needs a "Pacific" str...
Jump to post73R 3959 to exit MCI 3/4 IFC 223: 2/14 complete In mods: 8302 319s: 56/57 complete RTS: 3153 3/5 In mods: 3153 (SAL mx) *Final 319 to get IFC 320s: 59/61 complete In mods: 3219 (SAL mx), 3230 (@ATL - bird strike repair) 73J/R: 2/33 complete In mods: 3951 (73J proto), 3962 (73R - induction), 3953 (7...
Jump to postSeems to me the European airlines should focus their complaints about the predicament they find themselves in to their respective governments, not about 3rd party nations. And why focus on China, when you have airlines like Emirates, Air India, Cathay, Turkish, Qatar, etc that transit Russian or Be...
Jump to postIFC 223: 1/14 complete RTS: 8301 2/20 In mods: 8301 Entering mods: 8302 2/19 319s: 55/57 complete, none in service with 2Ku In mods: 3122 (SAL mx), 3153 (SAL mx) 320s: 59/61 complete, none in service with 2Ku In mods: 3219 (SAL mx), 3230 (@ATL - bird strike repair) 73J/R: 0/33 complete In mods: 393...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:By the same token, Sears should ask Lowe's to pay royalties since they are selling Craftsman products.
capejet wrote:American is dropping Long Beach CA, Columbus GA, and Del Rio TX. Are UA and DL dropping small cities as well?
https://thepointsguy.com/news/american-cuts-us-cities/
Since they have a CVG base for DHL, maybe they’ll go hat in hand to DL looking to partner up and fly the CR9’s as DL Connection out of CVG and DTW. They could certainly use the added lift particularly from the underused DTW hub. They can't Delta can't have any airline operating as DCI which has any...
Jump to postHow exactly was AS supposed to fly the VA colors long term? the airline was owned by Americans in the majority wasn't it? and the only thing Virgin was the colors right? and since AS now owns the airline? do they NOT have the right to fly it in their Colors? am I missing something here? So what doe...
Jump to postWN 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 ...
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