Surprising that Qantas would have spare A380 Capacity for charters, with 14 787-9's and 8 out of 10 A380's available for all their LHR and USA flights. Those 787-9 also fly almost daily to Santiago & Johannesburg too.
Jump to postApparently, 787-9 WestJet Airlines C-FLWH MSN64981 LN1116 is on its way to Charleston, out of storage for rework. The last time a frame exited storage for rework to Charleston was in April 2023 for EVA Air LN1052. FlightAware: https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE047/history/20240415/1600Z/KSK...
Jump to postSo instead they moved to the swamp. As did Lockheed, Northrop and Raytheon. The Pentagon is the biggest customer for all of them. With Boeing buying Spirit maybe the time has come to say goodbye to McDonnell Douglas by selling or spinoff the defense business. If Boeing didn't have the MD defense bu...
Jump to postIt probably would be cheaper for the Argentine Government to shut AR down and pay everyone's salaries until they are 60 years of age so they can retire.
Jump to postThere would be a decent benefit to connect Terminals 1 and 4 inside security as domestic arrivals on Delta could depart on AF or KE without re-clearing security. That's really the only benefit I see. I don't know why AF hasn't moved to T4 yet. Considering their own airline KLM, and their best frien...
Jump to postThe late 1990's GE was because of Jack Welch trading at 40 Price to earnings ratio. When the next CEO came along he bought everything high and sold cheap. It was a disaster. The Spinoffs of the different divisions should have happened long ago.
Jump to postAvianca lunches Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Lima from Medellín from June Schedule: MDE 18.10 -21.10 LIM Tue, Thurs, Sat from 1 Jun. LIM 01.55 - 05.00 MDE Weds, Fri, Sun. MDE 17.45 - 0045 SCL Mon, Weds, Fri, Sun from 2 Jun. SCL 01.45 - 06.59 MDE Mon, Tues, Thurs, Sat. MDE 16.45 - 01.25 EZE D...
Jump to postLATAM has large Brazilian operation but at its core its is based in Chile. They have operations in most countries in South America's west coast, merging all that with GOL & Azul would require an act of Congress in Washington plus many parliaments in Europe. Buy a lottery your odds are better.
Jump to postUnited purchased London Heathrow from PA with that hub's flights to Germany. Delta got the FRA hub with flights to many cities in Eastern Europe, those were mostly flown by 727-200 via FRA. After the FRA hub was dismantled some were flown nonstop from JFK with 767's.
Jump to postSAS was an investor in Continental back in 1988 as they left bankruptcy under the excellent leadership of Gordon Bethune. Around that time SAS transferred their New York gateway to Newark. The SAS CEO at that time Jan Carlson was a big EWR proponent. Switching to Skyteam mean flying to new places fo...
Jump to postThe reason Delta is relying so much on Seoul and Korean Air is their lack of a true west coast hub allowing nonstop flights to places like Singapore and Hong Kong. Neither Delta's LAX or Seattle hubs similar to UA's SFO gateway. Delta's strength is flying from ATL and DTW to Asia with A350-900's.
Jump to postWhat is the sudden interest in Seoul to Salt Lake City ? Delta and Korean Air cover the USA very well, DL through their SEA, DTW & ATL hubs plus KAL through all their flights to both coasts with huge A380, 748 & 77W's. What does Salt Lake bring to the party ? I find it much more interesting ...
Jump to postGreat JAL will standardize with Flagship A350-900/1000 on their long haul flights. If the A350-1000 currently used to JFK is a guide things are looking bright in for JAL's long haul flights. Can't wait to fly after flying their 77W in First Class 3 times.
Jump to postNot surprising to see JAL buying more A350-900, great they are for International flying. Will they have First Class or top out at JAL's excellent Business Class.
Jump to postWhy should KE replace their 25 still young 77W with 20 A350s now? I was not suggesting that they should replace their B77W now . I was only stating why they would be a good candidate for the A35K because of the way they configure their B77W, whenever that replacement plan may be. Why wouldn't their...
Jump to postIf this happens it would be another large long time 777-300ER fleet operator replacing their fleet with A350's. EVA was the first and won't the last. If this doesn't set off alarm bells in Seattle and Washington DC then we should just surrender our aerospace industry.
Jump to postSwitching gears, I am curious about American's lounge set up at LHR. Pre-pandemic, I thought there was a plan to refurbish the large Admiral's Club in T3. Then came COVID19, and AA consolidated all LHR operations at T5, then moved most flights back to T3, but for JFK, and then everything went back ...
Jump to postAlaska probably will not move out of Terminal 7 until closer to when T7 is scheduled to close, which is planned for once the first phase of T6 is complete and construction shifts to phase 2 of Terminal 6, which will be built on the T7 footprint. Alaska supposedly has a very good deal at T7, and run...
Jump to postGreat news for the 777-9 program and Ethiopian Airlines. Didn't see this one coming, will this be the only 777-9 fleet in Africa ? A350 & 787 cover most long haul needs from and to Africa vey well, a plane the 777-9 size is a niche machine. Maybe SAA or Egypt Air in the future.
Jump to postUnderwhelming order. Airbus 321s make sense but the Max 10 order perplexes me. If AA was to order a new Max variant, the Max 7 would have been a perfect replacement for the older 319s - offering relatively greater range and a bump in capacity. Dont see the need for such upgauging to the degree wher...
Jump to postFrankfurt is the closet large intercontinental hub to Eastern Europe. CDG, AMS and LHR really only work if you are going west to America, not so well if India and the Orient are your destination. These days with Russian airspace closed to EU airlines being east counts more.
Jump to postSo no widebodies? How much longer can these 777-200s stay in the fleet? The 777-200ER will be here from 5 to 10 years, they are not PA 747-100 circa 1990. These are well cared for and loved 777 with easy lives plying the skies of the world to Europe, Brazil, Argentina and Tokyo. These planes are no...
Jump to postAA never went for the 737-900ER sticking to the 737-800 and 737-8 MAX. They should stay with the Max 8 and leave the longer stuff to their large A321 fleet. The 737-10 would bring what to AA ?
Jump to postGreat they are getting a second airplane but where does it work outside US east coast ?
Jump to postThe 787-10 is a no brainer for AA. They have plenty of Europe routes that could use the additional capacity, and the CASM benefit of the 787-10 is great. What hub would you place it in? DFW and MIA seem like the best fit, maybe even ORD too. But at DFW the options are endless. LHR, MAD, AMS, DUB, F...
Jump to postThe A350 is the hot airplane right now but not everyone needs ultra long range Like Cathay Pacific. The 787-10 is capable of flying almost everything from North America to Tokyo plus all the Atlantic.
Jump to postAA has enough 787-9 to fly whatever 8,000 mile Pacific routes the future brings. A 787-10 would replace the 777-200ER very well since most are used to Europe and deep Latin America. Expecting to see many 787-10 at EZE & GRU tanning all day as the 777 do today.
Jump to postEastern's tenure in Latin America is not something to remember proudly, the whole way Eastern ended with Frank Lorenzo was sad. AA taking over was the best thing to happen to Miami in decades, 777 flights to Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires & London. AA bought a much better airline experience to Miami.
Jump to postDL bought the FRA hub, the PA Shuttle out of FRA, and some of the JFK routes including, what was considered the jewell of JFK-MEX. As for UA buying one route at a time, I guess if you consider purchasing PA's entire Pacific and South American operations one route at a time... Mexico the Jewel ? JFK...
Jump to postCathay leaving for Star would add to a crowded alliance( ANA, EVA, Singapore, Air China and Thai) presence in Asia and devastate Cathay by essentially merging it to Air China.
Jump to postSort of correct. Dick Ferris, UA's then CEO pestered Acker on their countless golf sessions. At each step, Acker said, "No." Finally, as the glory days of PA were behind it and the writing of a changed airline industry was on the wall, Acker agreed to hold discussions. As the price for th...
Jump to postHow many 787-9 does Oman Have ?
Jump to postAir China would be wise to leave Cathay Pacific alone and in One World where it has thrived. Switching its alliance to Star does little other than show how it "controls" Cathay. Asia is full of Star airlines from Air China, ANA, Singapore Airlines, EVA of Taiwan and Thai. Cathay fill a la...
Jump to postAir China would be wise to leave Cathay Pacific alone and in One World where it has thrived. Switching its alliance to Star does little other than show how it "controls" Cathay. Asia is full of Star airlines from Air China, ANA, Singapore Airlines, EVA of Taiwan and Thai. Cathay fill a lar...
Jump to post1176 is GE powered Some sites report it to be GE-powered while others report it to be RR-powered Which one is correct? It will be powered by GE engines. Per Boeing's Orders and Deliveries webpage ANA only has GE powered 787-10's remaining on order. The sites that have it listed as RR presumably hav...
Jump to postTC957 wrote:32Bit wrote:All Nippon Airways 787-10 JA983A MSN66997 LN1176 made a flight (B1) (CHS - CHS) with callsign BOE301
JA983A or JA903A ??
Already announced that ITA are moving their LHR-LIN route to instead be LCY-LIN. It looks like their FCO route is leaving LHR after 30 March 2024 as well. That means ITA will no longer fly to LHR How can ITA not be a LHR, did all their slots go to Etihad when they injected money into Alitalia ? If ...
Jump to postHowever LAX is sliced between the US3 three international destinations dominate: Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow and Sydney. CDG, FRA et all are more driven by alliances. SFO is an entirely United dominated hub with flights before Covid to Tel Aviv and Bangalore nonstop. Two very different situations.
Jump to postYes, I corrected my original reply further down the thread. The second daily JFK-FCO is being made possible by the suspension of JFK-TLV which was tentatively due to return in May and will as of now, resume 10/26. Rome is now AA's second largest European station after LHR, having passed CDG, but on...
Jump to postHow much did it cost the US Marshalls service to make it airworthy & pay for all that parking in Buenos Aires ?
Jump to postUnited is better letting things be and use Houston as their primary Latin Hub. Flights to GRU & EZE from their strong hubs of EWR, ORD, IAH and Dulles are better with nonstop service. Mexico is flown from all primary hubs to so many cities I couldn't name them all.
Jump to postDoes anyone know how many 787-9 or 787-10 are in this order ? Doubtful any 787-8 would be ordered as Thai already has 8 787-8 plus 2 787-9 with Rolls engines. The order is with the GE engines which have proven so reliable.
Jump to postI don't think CX's oneworld hub at HKG is enough ... While CX is in OW, HKG isn't MAD, LHR, or HND ... HKG could work for AA if they developed a deeper partnership or even a JV with CX. Actually, CX's HKG hub offers AA a lot of connections that JL's NRT/HND hubs do not - like: Southeast Asia : CEB,...
Jump to postArticle below states they will continue to take deliveries of new Airbuses as well, so I assume A350’s will continue to operate alongside the 787’s, with the 787’s replacing the 77W? https://simpleflying.com/report-thai-airways-45-boeing-787-order/ Must be some further route expansions in the near ...
Jump to postPM wrote:It's beginning to look like RR are just giving up on the 787. Perhaps a prudent strategy.
A350 SE-RSC is coming back to SAS’ fleet https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/sas-looks-to-re-introduce-a350-previously-shed-during-fleet-restructuring/156844.article Great news for SAS they need all the A350-900 they can keep or get since they operate a diverse and distant route system to such pl...
Jump to postI don't understand DFW-Asia. DFW is so far south. What am I missing? Geographically you are right DFW is too south and not enough west, but it is the heart of AA. Their first flights to Paris and Tokyo were from DFW because that is the hub that generates the most traffic. Today flying to Asia makes...
Jump to postThai is reported to have firmly ordered 45 x B787s, with the number potentially increasing to 80 - no mention of engine selection. Formal announcement expected later this month - Reuters is usually reliable on these matters "Thai Airways (THAI.BK), has placed a firm order for 45 Boeing (BA.N) ...
Jump to postjfk777 wrote:When and where will the new 51 Business Class 787-9 be used, I would love to know.
Who knows maybe Southwest may feel it needs to expand and buy JB since their(SW) market in New York and Boston is "limited" SW has never flown to JFK and suddenly flying to Europe fills a hole in their route system like Hawaii a few years ago.
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