I’m sure this has been answered in several past forums, but what is the relationship between gates C2 and D1? I’ve never seen two gates designed so tightly; is C2 used when there is an aircraft at D1 (or vice-versa)? Last week on my way to MUC on LF, I saw an A319 parked at C2 (D1 was vacant). Does ...
Jump to postHere’s my honest feeling towards what several on this board have mentioned pertaining to a perceived need for more TPAC out of Logan: JFK & EWR are enormous international monsters within a 4-hour drive. Let’s face it: a VERY large number of New Englanders are willing to make that drive to get th...
Jump to postThere have obviously been very salient points already made. However, let’s be honest: there is nothing wrong with the M60. I take the M60 from LGA to 125th street MetroNorth more often than I can ever count (Mom lives in Croton). It’s just fine! And I can compare, because I frequent Copenhagen, Stoc...
Jump to postWe finally got LAX on an airline other than AA!!! Hallelujah & thank you NZ (Spirit)!!!
Jump to postAnd you see, THIS is why the “outdated” Dulles moon buggies (mobile lounges) are life-savers! If an airport has them, such as at IAD, it protects itself from things like this. An aircraft could be towed to same the parking space it would have occupied at T1 but instead of connecting to the jetway, i...
Jump to postOn my last AA flight from JFK to DCA we had the dubious privilege of TWO straight missed approaches by coming in too high over the Potamac (on the River Visual in very foggy weather). After going from Manhattan to JFK, going through TSA, boarding, taxiing & then flying the 45 minutes before havi...
Jump to postTraveling through Detroit, it was shocking & sad to see how much DTW has fallen from the standpoint of operating woefully under capacity. I understand that NW helped fund the enormous McNamara terminal as an improvement over the old, dingy, overcrowded Davey & Smith terminals (present locati...
Jump to postAm I the only one who feels that it would have made much more sense to build another check-in head house closer to the future A north terminal, so that you don’t have to walk a mile to get there? Yes there’ll be moving walkways, but man that will be a long way from the current (and only) check-in co...
Jump to postBooking my current trip from CLT to DXB, it greatly surprises me that once DL pulled its daily ATL-DXB nonstop several years ago, EK never capitalized on that route. ATL-DXB did well for DL, as for many years it was the only US nonstop route to DXB on a US legacy carrier. If Dubai was your final des...
Jump to postAs a traveler living in a city that has a large hub, have you ever found yourself connecting through your home airport? For instance, I live in Charlotte (CLT) & I might fly to NYC to work for 3 days. From there I might have to fly to New Orleans to work for 2 days, but I have to connect on AA t...
Jump to postI’ve noticed that BUF-BOS on Delta is an A321 daily as flight 2714, and it’s the only daily service DL does on this route (though usually half empty). Why don’t more routes use one large plane instead of 3 or 4 CRJs? I’ve always thought using 3 or 4 puddle jumpers as opposed to one A320/321 was a wa...
Jump to postLeaving DCA a couple days ago, I was surprised at the number of departures in front of us that were departing on runway 15/33 (5200’). It seemed that several of those takeoffs barely cleared the threshold, leading me to wonder: (A) Is it normal to use that short runway to alleviate pressure from run...
Jump to postAs a resident of Charlotte (CLT) I can recall the days from the early 2000s where we had NO LCCs, but only the big 6 (USAirways, United, Continental, Northwest, AA, Delta). We had the highest airfares in the country, so it was VERY common for Charlotteans to drive to RDU to catch a reasonably-priced...
Jump to postWell LAX better not add ANY more gates to TBIT’s gate number until they expand the head house. How many more airlines are going to have to check in at other terminals and have their passengers bussed to TBIT(or remote) gates because the TBIT head house has no room for more airlines? It’s absurdly bu...
Jump to postHow many jetway gates are currently in place at T5 and T6? Each of those terminals had 13 gates for the longest time, even though each terminal could easily have housed 15 gates (up to the size of 757s). I know that LAWA was saying 15 gates were available in each but the most recent Google Maps imag...
Jump to postDoes anyone have insight into why it has taken so long for AA to reinstate LAX-GRU, or when it will return? As a business traveler, it is disappointing for me to have to connect through DFW or MIA (and sometimes JFK!) anytime I’m going from the second largest city in America to the largest market in...
Jump to postIMO there really is no way to truly know a city’s origin & destination traffic regarding certain destinations. My home airport is Charlotte (CLT), a huge hub for AA, but as a frequent traveler throughout Europe, I’m often unable to find suitable itineraries to various destinations. For instance,...
Jump to postI live directly under the final approach of CLT and while we have long been able to handle triple simultaneous landings, I’ve never seen them happen as frequently as they do now. At our busiest banks of flights, it’s literally 3 planes landing side by side, followed by another 3 planes side by side ...
Jump to postLast month I flew Spirit on CLT-FLL. My buddy & I took only a small backpack each (quick beach trip), ostensibly to fit under the seat as stated. However, when we boarded the flight, we calmly placed our backpacks in the overhead bin, sat down, flew to Florida & no questions were asked. So I...
Jump to postIt seems that when I land at certain airports, there’s almost never an available jetway. Landing in FLL on NK the other night at 9:30pm, we still had to wait 45 minutes for a gate. Landing there in the AM recently, there was also no gate available. My question is: do airlines systematically schedule...
Jump to postI’ve brought this up on this forum before: why is it that AA refuses to serve CDG from Charlotte? I live 10 minutes from CLT and fly to Europe frequently, so it’s a bit frustrating that the second largest American Airlines hub lacks even SEASONAL service to Paris. What good is the AA hub when even n...
Jump to postI’ve brought this up on this forum before: why is it that AA refuses to serve CDG from Charlotte? I live 10 minutes from CLT and fly to Europe frequently, so it’s a bit frustrating that the second largest American Airlines hub lacks even SEASONAL service to Paris. What good is the AA hub when even n...
Jump to postOn an airline’s website, it states that CDG to PEK is considered an “overseas” flight. But technically, couldn’t you drive from Paris to Beijing? And even if there are not highways through the Eurasian deserts and mountain ranges, I believe you can still traverse it by ground in some way. Is the fli...
Jump to postAfter recently visiting SDU in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, I was stunned at how fast that A319 takeoff roll had to get us up out of there (thank you LATAM)! Afterwards I looked it up & understood why: 4,341’ runway?!? It has me wondering: what are the shortest runways with regular Airbus or Boeing...
Jump to postTo bfitzflyer’s point, on my recent trip from EWR to ORY, I had the option of purchasing a meal onboard French Bee. Instead, I chose to dine at a mediocre restaurant in United Terminal C. It was UNIMAGINABLE how expensive my meal was, given the portions. Like, good Lord! I certainly would have paid ...
Jump to postI’ve got one that very few of you have ever heard of. In the mid 90s I lived in Charleston(SC) & we flew to JFK on a little-known airline called “Air South.” They used wet-leased 737-200s replete with mechanical issues and skipped aircraft inspections. Air South would fly from CAE to MYR to JFK,...
Jump to postWell color me a layman, but seeing as she was flying first class, it seems she probably has the means to be sued and actually repay some of the fuel-dumping costs she accrued by being a class A idiot. This is absolutely ridiculous and penalties must be harsher or else people will continue to show th...
Jump to postI keenly remember the days when food was almost always offered on transcontinental domestic flights(& shorter flights too). In the U.S that largely ceased in the late 90s/early 2000s, but in my travels within Brazil I notice that airlines like LATAM continue to offer FREE meals for even short do...
Jump to postI’ve always viewed DL’s decision to demolish the original PAN AM worldport as a tremendous missed opportunity. While T3 did have a relatively large footprint (especially gates 4 through 15), how much apron space was truly gained by destroying the beautiful worldport “saucer” portion? The saucer buil...
Jump to postMaybe I’m missing something here. It seems to me that the clear solution to this Terminal 4 issue is to simply add 3 or 4 more widebody gates to concourse A(by slightly expanding the length of the concourse). Once that is done, you would move 3 to 4 of DL’s widebody gate operations from concourse B ...
Jump to postOk with all factors considered, if I book a JNB-ATL-LAX will the technical stop time be factored in to my schedule at booking, or would I risk missing my flight home to LAX due to the technical stop? Do they warn me when I book the ticket? How does DL schedule that?
Jump to postSay a pro basketball team is based in Florida, but they have 2 straight road games: Monday they’re in Chicago & Tuesday they’re in Milwaukee. Would they fly from Chicago to Milwaukee or just bus it? I’ve driven that stretch of interstate 94 & it’s CERTAINLY quicker to drive to Milwaukee from...
Jump to postI’m sure this has been addressed somewhere on this site, but what are the most difficult gates to utilize at some of our major airports? For instance, gate C2 at CLT is very squeezed in there & should only be used by E175s, but they occasionally park A319s(extremely tight). Are A319s towed to th...
Jump to postGoing into 2022, all things considered (including hopefully coming out of the pandemic), which airports in the U.S are projected to be the busiest O&D? I’d think LAX would continue at #1, but it probably gets interesting after that since AUS, SAN & DCA continue to rise. Your thoughts?
Jump to postIn this new covid world, it is likely to take some time before U.S legacy carriers can fill a 777 or Dreamliner to certain overseas destinations. I just returned from Paris back to NY and saw this. DL and UA have been wanting to (and plan to) retire theirs for some time as well, but were wise enough...
Jump to postI’d appreciate you guys’ help here: I self booked a Ryanair ATH to CPH connecting at VIE. Both segments were booked separately because Ryanair’s website wouldn’t let me book the 2 segments together. The ATH to VIE segment arrives at VIE at 10:35a and the VIE to CPH segment departs at 11:25a (50 minu...
Jump to postWe grade airports by so many parameters; some are measured by the number of convenient connections available (ATL, DFW, IST, etc.) while others are measured by the magnificence of available amenities (ICN, PKX, DXB, etc). Still other airports are measured by the engineering feats involved in their c...
Jump to postThis past Friday I flew into FLL on NK from CLT. The scheduled arrival time into FLL was 9:00am. We arrived at 8:58am but had to wait 20 minutes for our jetway. Upon disembarking, I curiously observed that the previous NK flight at that jetway had a SCHEDULED departure time of 9:00am ON TIME (not de...
Jump to postI’m booking a connecting flight from JFK-CPH via Lisbon. While Denmark currrently allows me to avoid a PCR test when entering their country (due to my fully vaccinated status), Portugal still requires US travelers to provide a rapid PCR result to enter that country. If I remain at LIS for the overni...
Jump to postHere at Charlotte (CLT) we continuously lack multiple airlines connecting us with major cities. Case in point: NK announced a huge expansion at MIA, but left us out. So we STILL have only ONE airline connecting CLT and MIA. Many cities have 2 to 4 airlines connecting them with MIA, yet the fifth bus...
Jump to postI call foul! I live in Charlotte (CLT) and we STILL have only ONE airline connecting CLT and MIA. Look at all the cities who have 3 to 5 airlines connecting them with MIA, yet the fifth busiest airport east of the Mississippi River only has ONE? I travel the world regularly and I frequent Miami, but...
Jump to postCharlotte and Raleigh/Durham are separated by a bee-line distance of only 130 miles. After experiencing a CLT-RDU flight on AA’s workhorse A321, I’m wondering if you guys know of any shorter routes utilizing an aircraft this large or larger. I mean, CLT-RDU wheels up to wheels down was 31 minutes, o...
Jump to postWe enjoyed an amazing trip down to Copacabana/Ipanema/Corcovado back in 2011 and GIG airport was jumping, with numerous transatlantic heavies moving around all over the apron. But now it appears that basically all of that is gone indefinitely, including the vast majority of LATAM’s domestic stuff! A...
Jump to postSo I’m checking out AA’s flight schedule between MIA and MCO. The first flight from MIA to MCO departs 6:54am and arrives at MCO at a “scheduled” time of 8:07am (Flight 2537). But then that same 737 is scheduled to depart MCO for MIA at 8:15 (Flight 2537). I’m confused; is AA depending on that plane...
Jump to postIt seems EK is basically grasping at straws to find destinations for using their exorbitant number of A380s, not to mention restoring financially viable service to many cities where they operate their flagship B777-300s. Years before ORD finally got EK, I was on this board lamenting why it was takin...
Jump to postAs a kid I fondly recall flying NK out of JFK when I’d visit family in South Carolina. Not sure why they ever left JFK; Spirit saved tons of money by paying for SLOTS instead of leasing gates there. Think of the number of gaps between a lot of those jumbos heading to Asia(AM) and arriving from Europ...
Jump to postObviously this appears to be a dumb question to many of you, but it seems like the definition of “hub” airport has evolved many times over the years. While it’s fairly easy to identify a “fortress” hub like ATL, DFW or CLT, I’ve seen the term “hub” being used by airlines to describe operations like:...
Jump to postI think the better question is: why wasn’t BNA ever able to sustain a small focus city operation for one of the big three? Geographically, BNA would never have been a feasible place for a massive fortress hub (competing with ATL, ORD, DTW, CLT, etc). But looking at what DL has done at RDU has me won...
Jump to postNope lol; it was just purposely redundant so as not to lose the novice aviation enthusiast. In any case, which airports take the lead in this regard? Thanks friends.
Jump to postWhich U.S airports have the most jetway gates that are capable of housing dual isle widebody aircraft (767 or larger)? I think it changes from time to time due to all the expansions, but it seems that JFK, LAX and ATL have to be up there. Also, which airports have far too much international gate cap...
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