Initial request is limited to the following routes:
AA Code on PR operated service between:
TYO-CEB/MNL
MNL-GUM/HNL
PR code on AA operated services:
LAX-ATL/DEN/IAH/LAS/MIA/MSY/MCO/WAS
Americans can and do travel to Maldives, and the destination is increasingly popular with the opening of newer, mid-market options; while Hawaii and the Caribbean are closer, the Maldives attracts a higher en clientele and “once-in-lifetime” travelers from the United States. Bali, Thailand, Fiji, an...
Jump to postAnother reason not cited yet may be crew accommodation. Kinshasa is an incredibly expensive and difficult city to operate out of. It can take hours to get from N'Djili to Gombe, the neighborhood where most of the high end hotels are located. Brazzaville (and the RoC for the most part) is much more s...
Jump to postHow many Latin American markets has AA pulled out of so far? Not knowing anything about aircraft, I am wondering if the 321XLR would allow them to reopen LPB Recently, Belo Horizonte and La Paz... not sure when they cut Recife. Other recently terminated destinations include Salvador, Viracopas, Por...
Jump to postThe whole DC Air sham was designed to grease the wheels with what had been a Democratic-controlled administration at the time the merger was announced: "The first African-American-owned airline!" The fact was that DC Air was going to be leasing a bunch of old planes from the "new Uni...
Jump to postDCAir was not going to be owned by AA,Robert Johnson of BET was going to be the owner. AA was going to get the Shuttle routes. https://money.cnn.com/2000/05/24/deals/united_johnson/ The Shuttle routes were going to be split between AA and UA; the final plan before the merger was abandoned was Bob J...
Jump to postThe market concentration in the DC area was a big sticking point. With the UA hub at IAD and US holding a large slot portfolio at DCA the authorities frowned upon this. IIRC - UA/US initially proposed divesting the DCA operation into a new entity called DC Air that would have been partially owned b...
Jump to postIn my opinion you nailed it!! Think back to when UA had the GSA contract for IAD-KWI, UA also had a contract that provided life line for IAD-DXB when the contracts came up for renewal UA couldn't compete with the low ball offers from EK and QR and we lost those contracts to both these airlines beca...
Jump to postThe end of the AA code share with QR and the partial GCC embargo hurt the route's loads; AA held (and still holds) quite a few Washington, DC to the Middle East and South Asia GSA city pairs and pushed much of that traffic onto IAD-DOH (and on EY nonstop and via JFK). The remaining AA GSA pair contr...
Jump to postAA will remain on the route, they are only dropping a daily American Eagle frequency. There are only 1 stops available for sale on AA from 12/21 through the end of their loaded schedule in May 2019, where are you getting that there will still be non-stops? There are still 4 daily IAD-FLL though on ...
Jump to postAA will remain on the route, they are only dropping a daily American Eagle frequency.
Jump to postJetBlue has served all five at one time or another; they now serve LAX, SNA, BUR, and LGB; they served ONT until 2008.
Jump to postDoes anyone know who the wet-lessor was?
Jump to postI'm interested to see how this impacts the new transatlantic flights departing from Oakland. Any indication if parts of the original 12/30 will be used to allow aircraft to taxi on or if aircraft will need to back-taxi down the runway for full-length departures?
Jump to postThere is heavy diplomatic, UN, and NGO related travel between Washington and Geneva; New York to Geneva has those three, plus finance, pharma, banking, and business related traffic - though it pales in comparison to the banking traffic between New York and Zurich.
Jump to postAny word on any airline lounges being opened in the new terminal? Will Delta keep a SkyClub in MSY?
Jump to postBrussels Airlines' success in Africa has a lot to do with the fact that they've "figured out" how to operate in a complex operational environment. They leveraged Belgium's historical ties to the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi and more broadly with Francophone Africa's economic and familial ties ...
Jump to postWhen given the choise, 9/10 times military crews will choose a civilian FBO. Why fly into a military airfield with surly or slow service that's inaccessible to town when you can get fuel at an FBO (at a contract rate), quick service (from an eager facility that is more than happy to sell you several...
Jump to postHad a chance to try out Brussels Airlines' new Economy Privilege (... or Economy Plus, or Premium Economy, whatever it's called today) yesterday. I was assigned a bulkhead seat (14K) on an overnight to Brussels on an A330. The cabin has four rows of seats that are differentiated from the rest of eco...
Jump to postThe A332 flight will be an extension of the existing 3x/week AMS-LAD service. KL has decided to use the enforced 12 hour ground stop at LAD to improve load factors for this service by extending the flight to WDH, on a AMS-LAD-WDH-LAD-AMS routing. This is the first time KLM serves Namibia. Fascinati...
Jump to postI have several long haul sectors coming up on Brussels Airlines; I called their reservation line to purchase an upgrade to Economy Plus, their agents don't seem to be aware that there is a new class of service between Economy and Business on their Brussels-Africa sectors. They all want to upgrade me...
Jump to postAmerican Airlines reports Q1 2016 income of $700 Million on revenues of $9.44 billion, (barely) beating analyst estimates of $9.43 Billion.
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Rdh3e" class="quote" target="_blank">Rdh3e</a> (<a href="#71" class="quote">Reply 71</a>):<br/><i>And yet, that would not constitute "dropping l...
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Jump to postN194UA flew me most of the way to Afghanistan on a military charter; I had the pleasure of being on baggage detail in 100 degree Texas heat and 110 degree Kuwait heat unloading her. It was well worth it, I got a J-class seat on the upper deck. I saw 194 for the last time at Dulles at the end of Augu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aaron747" class="quote" target="_blank">Aaron747</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Right, because that's what happens with th...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JohnM" class="quote" target="_blank">JohnM</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>At this point the US<acronym title="Air France">...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/desertjets" class="quote" target="_blank">desertjets</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>As much as I love <acronym title="Garu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135TopBoom" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135TopBoom</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i> Does that mean Boeing will still ...
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Jump to postThis is a fairly common occurence. Runways numbers are based on magnetic headings, and magnetic headings are not constant due to fluctations in the magnetic poles. If the shift become significant enough, the runway will be renumbered to reflect its new magnetic heading. Runway 02/20 has a magnetic h...
Jump to postThe state of Alaska turned down 8 former Army National Guard C-23s after they failed to reach to reach agreements regarding their airworthiness with the FAA. <a href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/09/23/alaska-rejects-army-offer-of-8-free-demilitarized-cargo-planes.html" target="_blank">ht...
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Jump to postNever seen it in person, but <acronym title="Air Algérie (Algeria)">AH</acronym>-64s from the South Carolina Army National Guard wore 'gunship grey' during an OIF tour while flying as part of a MAGTF. There's a picture here of an aircraft in the color scheme at the Western Army Aviation Training Sit...
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Jump to postProbably easier and safer to simply land and wait out the bad weather than attempt to get an IFR clearance while flying low level. And yes, all Army aviators are instrument rated.
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Jump to postThere are also two pilots on board. While passing off controls while flaring isn't really feasible or reasonable, it is for the other 98% of the flight.
Let's not overreact to what is an isolated incident.
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