Also just from tracking AA Ops at CLT on various days (their website has an easy-to-use flight status for the whole day) it seems AA is more apt to run a flight 8 hours or more late rather than cancel it. I've even seen multiple cases of flights that were scheduled for the previous evening operatin...
Jump to postI vote for whatever is easiest for the moderators but I would prefer one thread. I think we all agree that this could all be split into 50 threads and we would read all 50! With that being the case, it would probably be easier to have one thread as a single source for our information. That said, I’d...
Jump to postDUB was a surprise, but I think it is a credit to the 787 (and A350 for other airlines) that these routes are viable today. UA’s overall build up of the hub has also helped to support these new international routes. Asia/Pacific markets will always dominate from SFO but the European build up has bee...
Jump to postCan't remember if this was posted before, looks like 5 more 787-9s info.... Nose#......./Type......./MFG.S/N......./N Number/ ......Fuse # TBD ..........787-9 .....66134 ............TBD ..................0960 TBD ..........787-9 .....66135 ............TBD ..................0970 TBD ..........787-9 ...
Jump to postNo, EWR has been 5x to LHR for a while. Do you remember when EWR went from six down to five flights? It definitely used to be six but I don’t remember when it went to five. I always thought it was to fund the DEN flight. At least that’s where it came from for the seasonal DEN service. I thought the...
Jump to postI can't imagine they'd be okay with cutting EWR-LHR back to 4x in the winter. DEN-LHR has now been loaded into the schedules beyond November, but I don't see any cut anywhere. There are slots to get. The issue is always how much you are willing to pay, even within an alliance. Maybe I’m remembering...
Jump to postTSA125 wrote:It was just that in my experience on UA 763s, the old Y seats were still onboard and I wanted to verify if they had indeed all been swapped out
According to the link, the 787-10 will only fly one route at a time, LAX until 31Jan with SFO starting 1Feb.
Jump to postTokyo is different, DL said earlier during the SEA-KIX announcement, that their goal was to have Japan strongly connected to the US as their ICN hub would make for a huge backtrack, where almost no one would do want to travel that way. I’m not sure that LHR is a SkyTeam hub, VS is not a part of Sky...
Jump to postIshrion wrote:LHR?
How long will seven flights to HND last on DL? They said in the past that NRT yields were challenging with no alliance feed, so I’m not sure how HND would be different. HND is the preferred airport but seven flights is a lot. Are there any other international non SkyTeam hub cities with that much DL...
Jump to postFor a while, WN was the largest carrier @ DEN....is THAT still true??? Not as of April 2019 (year to date): UA (Mainline and Regional): 9.1 million passengers/45.1 percent market share UA Mainline ONLY: 6.55 million passengers/32.3 percent market share WN: 5.76 million passengers/28.4 percent marke...
Jump to postI think most of WN’s growth came at F9’s expense, as they are a fraction of the size they were 15 years ago, with significantly fewer gates on the A Concourse.
Jump to postPacoMartin wrote:United mainline has reduced operations in Pennsylvania
https://onemileatatime.com/korean-air-captain-drinking/ Crazy story but a KE captain tried to drink alcohol before and during an AMS-ICN flight. In KE’s response, the captain was given a verbal warning but not more since he didn’t actually drink (!). The cabin chief who stopped him was demoted after...
Jump to postDelta once offered nonstop flights from Salt Lake City to Tokyo, but said the route failed largely because it then offered few connecting flights from there to other parts of Asia. I wonder what that means for the seven routes to HND. Will they all survive on traffic originating and terminating in ...
Jump to postAren’t UA international planes already more premium-heavy than the ones flown by AA and DL?
Jump to postAnd yet they have one of the largest worldwide networks not just compared to US carriers, but in the world. Countries served: American: 55 Delta: 52 United:48 What is the source of these numbers/countries served by each carrier? I would have thought United served 50+ countries.. more than Delta? Pe...
Jump to postWith Tokyo becoming an international spoke and ICN taking over the role of intra-Asia hub, what are the chances DL, as a distant third in alliance market share, will maintain seven flights a day years down the road? Tokyo is a huge market but I don’t think any other non-Sky Team international statio...
Jump to posthttps://youtu.be/2QjbeFqfajI
Interesting behind-the-scenes look at an air-to-air video shoot of the updated livery. They got some great footage.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/02/21/faa-moves-to-reduce-weather-related-flight-delays.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo The article mentions ORD/MDW and DEN specifically, but would benefits be seen by other airports too (NYC, SFO)? I’m not very familiar with the technical aspect of it, b...
Jump to postProcedural Timetable: Petitions for Reconsideration February 14 Answers to Petitions February 19 Applications February 21 Answers February 28 Am I reading that right? Airlines need to have their requests in by next week and the answers will be delivered two weeks later? Seems very fast compared to ...
Jump to postThe short of it is, United’s latest product is 7 to 8 years behind that if DL. If that’s the case why is DL light on international premium cabin seats relative to UA,instead of the other way around? DL 777s have 37 premium seats compared to 50 on UA. The A350s have 32. The UA 777-300s have 60 seats...
Jump to postInteresting how excited UA fans get to be able to fly on UA metal when LH hard and soft product are way better. https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2018/10/05/lufthansa-vs-united/ Not everyone agrees you. This blogger flies UA and LH frequently and says he would choose UA over LH, unless it was...
Jump to postThe hub carriers will all have numbers above the percentage listed since the non-hub carriers will be close to 100% local traffic at what is a line station for them. Not sure how much higher, though.
Jump to posthttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/united-airlines-expands-spring-schedule-171500941.html In a press release announcing expanded service to Spring Break destinations in Florida, Texas, Hawaii, the Carribean, and Mexico, UA detailed five new markets from DEN. Flights to Sarasota, Palm Beach, Pensacola, D...
Jump to posthttps://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article221625950.html An unusual story, but an AA flight attendant is suing the company after a 2016 fight with another flight attendant while working a trip. There are always two (sometimes more) sides to a story, but she says the company di...
Jump to posthttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/can-sit-can-stay-behind-delta-passenger-forced-fly-seat-stained-feces-224107240.html Making the rounds in the news and social media, a Medallion customer says he was told to either sit in a feces-stained seat or to not take the flight from ATL to MIA. He found his sho...
Jump to postIs there an estimate regarding when a decision can be expected? Do the UA/DL applications mean a decision on AA’s dormancy request would have to come sooner than if there weren’t any competing route applications?
Jump to postInteresting that the application is for a second EWR-PVG versus IAD-PVG or even something from IAH. Looks like the strength of EWR and relative lack of competition (compared to the amount of flights from the west coast) make this route appealing.
Jump to postThe AA thread is a nice unified place to follow the applications and see what DOT does. The DL and UA applications give interesting insight into their strategies in China and what they see as the routes with the post potential. Merging their applications into a thread that only references AA in the...
Jump to postLong existing discussion The title of that thread only references AA’s decision to reduce ORD-Asia flying. A reader would not intuitively know to go there for news on DL and UA route applications. UA’s decision to apply for a second EWR-PVG flight deserves its own thread, as it’s interesting to see...
Jump to postThe flight attendants do not know who is on a Basic Economy ticket. Only the CSR boarding the flight will see Boarding Group 5 on your boarding pass. Once on the plane, nobody will know. There is no restriction against using the overhead bins. There is a restriction on the size of what you carry on ...
Jump to posttbboko802 wrote:HUB...2017...2018....2019...18 v 17...19 v 18
DEN....397.....445.....482......
http://m.atwonline.com/airports-routes/united-target-business-travelers-denver-airport?NL=ATW-04&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPEN1000000436162&utm_campaign=16848&utm_medium=email&elq2=089c7e862ba24c65907a5a51bbe52d0b Looks like plans continue to rebank DEN early next y...
Jump to postHow is the revised livery different from the original livery change? A lighter blue on the tail?
Jump to postUnited is losing passengers. United’s strong operational performance (in spite of significant exposure to delay-prone airports), high growth rate, higher load-factor, and increased revenue paint a different picture. If you haven’t flown them in as many years as you’re saying, maybe it’s time to try...
Jump to postAgain, DL - who generally performs a lot better than UA - seems to have worked this out. I believe DL’s advantages come in large part from more fortress-hubs and significantly less exposure to LCCs. This minimizes the pressure on fares seen at AA/UA hubs with much more competition. Though UA seems ...
Jump to postneomax wrote:The demand is high on India but yields are definitely higher to NRT and TPE.
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2018/06/21/after-dropping-chicago-beijing-american-airlines-considers-ending-all-chicago-asia-flying/ Interesting comments from AA’s VP-Planning along with Gary Leff’s analysis. The piece discusses AA’s challenges with ORD-Asia and how the recently canceled O...
Jump to posthttps://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today
None of the cancellations appear on the Flight Aware statistics, even though there have been hundreds of them. Do they not appear because they’re a relatively small carrier?
Having seen video from a friend of mine whom works for SWA at DEN there is nothing “more at play” here. It was pouring hail. Wasn’t meaning “more at play” in a nefarious way. Just wondering if other airlines had planes damaged too but were able to complete the inspections and repairs before operati...
Jump to posthttp://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/05/14/flights-canceled-hail-denver-international-airport/amp/ Sixty Southwest flights were canceled in and out of DEN due to a hail storm last night that damaged over a dozen planes, but surprisingly other airlines weren’t affected. The article mentions that most of t...
Jump to postUnited proving yet again they can't compete in the Northeast. In the other thread on this, UA stated a goal of making EWR mostly mainline along with increased service in 17 markets. Seems like that will make them more competitive, especially since the cut markets have very little O&D with EWR a...
Jump to postI wonder if the used A319s coming online will be used primarily to fund the extra EWR mainline flying.
Jump to postEWR cutting service to 6 (mostly UAX) cities, but adding service to 17 others and eventually transitioning to a mostly mainline operation. I wonder which cities would remain UAX and how much of an overall capacity increase this would eventually result in. I’m guessing there would be more of a compet...
Jump to postWhat are the chances of the dormancy waiver being granted? DL’s was approved a couple of times for the SEA route before it was eventually discontinued. Does that mean AA will also get an approval or are chances less likely since DL is (presumably) wanting another shot at LAX-PEK?
Jump to postsimairlinenet wrote:To inject some reality into this debate, here are scheduled numbers for 2018 from current OAG data.
Departures/Day
United 418 / 58%
Southwest 161 / 22%
Frontier 37 / 5%
Other 108 / 15%
FlightLevel360 wrote:Then again, DL does have more legroom in regular economy compared with UA on average...
A friend’s flight to IAH departed an hour ago, several minutes early. Appears operational impact (if any) is minor.
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