Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

Did CDA update the schematic diagram on their website for TAP? I’ve never seen this one before but maybe I missed the update. Compared to the earlier drawing, they’ve changed the shape of OGT (main area more rectangular), the second satellite concourse (reduced area where the concourse connects to ...

Re: What does SAS departure from Star really mean?

I hope it means United will launch more service to Scandinavia once their A321XLRs start arriving. Although that was likely to happen anyway. SAS didn't really bring much to the table for Star Alliance. It'll still have the best network in Europe of the three alliances.

Re: United “Actively investigating… corporate campus activity” outside DIA

People are reading way too much into this. United is merely trying to get government zoning approval to do basically whatever they want with their land. It would be corporate malfeasance not to do so. This doesn't mean squat.

Re: UA ORD-KEF

Congestion at EWR might have something to do with it as well. I'd bet money on IAD or EWR-KEF coming back next summer.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

From that data, these routes standout to me as being the most plausible additions for S24 from United. I'm excluding routes covered by Star Alliance partners and LAX due to competition, hub size, and gate availability. SFO-DUB - currently served 2x daily by Aer Lingus... United should be able to eff...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Am I the only one that takes that LOT lounge info with grain of salt? Why would any Star Alliance members invest into a new lounge in T5 with the OGT on the horizon? I don't doubt there will be new lounges in general though. I would love to see a Centurion or Chase lounge come to O'Hare. Could easi...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

There was a recent article in local Chicago media about the size of United's workforce in Chicago now surpassing the pre-pandemic total. It also says that headcount at Willis Tower bottomed out at 2,500 in 2021 before climbing back to about 5,000 now. Total employment in Chicago is nearly 17,000 wit...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

Right now, United (and everyone else) is gate-constrained at ORD and doesn't have room to grow, while AA has plenty of gates that they aren't using. At some point, as I understand it, ORD will go to a use-it-or-lose-it system of gate assignment. If AA doesn't bring back capacity, they will start lo...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

I agree. AA should put its ORD hub out of its misery (though I realize that’ll never happen), and consolidate around hubs where it can provide competent service. Stretching resources too thin around too many hubs makes for sub-par service and poor profitability. Of course, there’s no guarantee that...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

ORD metro area GDP grew by $75b (+11%) between 2018 and 2021 to $765b. IAD metro area GDP grew by $67b (+12%) between 2018 and 2021 to $608b. IAH metro area GDP grew by $58b (+12%) between 2018 and 2021 to $537b. DEN metro area GDP grew by $39b (+18%) between 2018 and 2021 to $253b. Chicago is not t...

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2023

CHI787ORD wrote:

Why is AS moving from T3 to T2? I thought T2 was slowly being emptied for eventual demolition?

Re: Why no DL on LAX-ORD?

It's just a matter of time and likely a combination of all the factors you mentioned that is causing them to delay a launch. They definitely have nice facilities on the ORD side now (although much of T5 is still an under construction mess) and can certainly handle more growth.

Re: US Airlines lobby to restrict competitors access to Russian airspace

I think a lot of people are misunderstanding what would happen. The US Government can't and won't going to tell Air India that they aren't able to use Russian airspace when flying between India and Europe. What the US Government can and might say is that Air India can't use Russian airspace when fl...

Re: United/Delta Summer 2023 Departures by Hub and Aircraft Type

The ORD situation:

United is now 50% larger than American by seat count and 25% larger by number of flights. United is 60% mainline while American is 40%. United serves 158 destinations while American is at 123.

The disparity between the two seems a lot larger than I recall it being?

Re: US airline applies for "direct" service to Bali -- who??

I could easily see a 3x weekly GUM-DPS flight on a UA 737 working out. Nothing else makes sense.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Golfmikey wrote:

Ewr-kef canceled for summer 23..expanded season for ord

Ord-kef summer run now looks like 5/12-9/27

Re: 36 Injured on Hawaiian Airlines Flight

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/hawaiian-airlines-flight-to-be-investigated-by-safety-board/101791210 Sounds like people were up and walking about with the seat belts sign on Which is entirely normal when the seat belt sign is left on for the entire flight. If that is what happened on this f...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Service Update: 1. LH is temporarily reducing service to Frankfurt as follows: - 3/26 - 6/30 LH 433/432 down to 5x with A333 (7x for first week of June) - 7/03 - 7/23 LH 431/430 down to 6x 2. LH made the following changes to Munich service: - Starting 3/26, A346 replaces A359 on LH 435/434 - 2nd da...

Re: US Airline Q3 earnings thread

We see in the UA filings that they have $20b of cash and cash equivalents. They certainly do have the funds to pay off their debts as it stands today and wont be required to rollover at higher interest rates if they choose. Using up all their cash would not be a wise move, there’s always another cr...

Re: US Airline Q3 earnings thread

The problem is all the airlines have large bonds that are maturing in the next few years. It's not like a 30 mortgage - they are only paying the interest and when the bond matures they have to pay off the entire principal. Billions of dollars of this debt matures in the next few years and the airli...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

With all the route additions/restarts, will 2023 be a fully “back to normal” year after COVID? With all the new gates, will ORD be able to challenge ATL in terms of passengers or ops? Maybe operations. Pre-covid ATL had a 20 million passenger lead. I don't think ORD could even theoretically handle ...

Re: United Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Going to be disappointed if the Stockholm route is merely the resumption of EWR-ARN. Hoping for ORD-ARN as I would use that route a few times a year...

Re: Why wouldn't everyone want to fly Southwest?

None of the "big bonuses" you mentioned are unique to Southwest except for free checked bags, which every semi-frequent flyer would also get on the big 3. And then your "parts I accepted" are largely not applicable for the big 3. So what is the actual unique benefit?

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Overall great to see the improvements being made at O'Hare, but the city really needs to clean up the main tunnel to the CTA. It's increasingly becoming a homeless encampment...

Re: United CEO Tells Senate Panel that 100 Regional Jets are Grounded Because of the Pilot Shortage

Let's be clear about this.... There is not a pilot shortage. There is, however, a shortage of pilots willing to fly regionals for what United wants to pay them, when so many other opportunities are available. It is not 2008, anymore. Bingo. He should go talk to his yield management team about how s...

Re: United CEO Tells Senate Panel that 100 Regional Jets are Grounded Because of the Pilot Shortage

There is a shortage of pilots willing to fly 50-seat regional jets at the wages that make flying a 50-seat regional jet economical to fly. The answer is to park the 50-seat regional jets which is what everyone is and has been doing. That will inevitably mean that some markets lose service because th...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q4 2021

I hope United does something to reward/acknowledge the people that actually earned status in 2021... at least put those who earned status above the extended status flyers in the upgrade priority. I went out of my way multiple times this year to make sure I'd meet the requirements after they didn't e...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q4 2021

Speaking of new Newark schedule — I'm flabbergasted by 5 daily EWR-MKE on E-170/175s on weekdays (1x on Saturdays, 4x on Sundays). I've flown that off and on over the past decade and I don't recall it ever going higher than 3x ERJ-145 or 2x E-170. This is a lot of flights and a lot of seats! Two th...

Re: SQ and UA sign MOU on connectivity between Singapore and the US

SIN-ORD, 3x weekly? 200nm shorter than SIN-EWR but still probably needs the special birds.

Re: Debt Ceiling Drama

I think one of the biggest problems with the corruption in this country is how all power is concentrated in DC. Is more easy to corrupt a group of powerful politicians in one city, than go after 50 states individually. States interests and issues are all decided by DC. All of these social programs,...

Re: Taliban rapidly taking over Afghanistan.

If only we stayed 20 more years, then surely the defeat would have been more orderly.

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

Someone from another forum took this photo of a recently renovated portion of T1. I have to say.. this looks amazing. https://www.j-carlson.com/share/ord_jun29.jpg That looks amazing, like new. Are they doing this for the entire T1, B & C? My understanding now is that yes, the entire T1 complex...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

So they aren't cleaning/replacing the glass? It looks like a brand new terminal from the outside in the spot that was done. If that is just going to be a patchwork spot because of underlying HVAC work then that will be extremely disappointing. If you look thru the scaffolding is you can definitely ...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

So they aren't cleaning/replacing the glass? It looks like a brand new terminal from the outside in the spot that was done. If that is just going to be a patchwork spot because of underlying HVAC work then that will be extremely disappointing.

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2021

Someone from another forum took this photo of a recently renovated portion of T1. I have to say.. this looks amazing.

Re: AA Facing Summer Cancellations and Crewing Issues

But you cant fault them for retiring dozens of older planes and essentially flushing (and displacing) thousands of pilots that now need retraining ??? You can't fault them for making bad decisions? What the heck can you fault them for if not this? The entire world was grounded for over a year. Airl...

Re: AA Facing Summer Cancellations and Crewing Issues

Final tally is over 300 flights cancelled this weekend. Monday already has over 100 cancellations and 77 for Tuesday so far. Lot of apologists here for AAs poor decision making.

Re: AA Facing Summer Cancellations and Crewing Issues

jfklganyc wrote:

But you cant fault them for retiring dozens of older planes and essentially flushing (and displacing) thousands of pilots that now need retraining

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q2 2021

I booked three June flights today before the schedule got updated (for Newark at least) and all of them ended up getting slightly changed (thankfully no issues). Looking now, the price for each of them shot up by $100-$300. Timed that right it seems.

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q2 2021

@sldispatcher I know UA has been publishing an updated June schedule and so far DEN-SHV-DEN is still on the schedule, keep those fingers crossed you just might finally get your wish. @scarebus34 ORD-AUS-ORD gets a boost in capacity to 4x daily starting in June on certain days. Certainly a boost fro...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread - Q2 2021

Additionally, I must point out that nowhere did I state or suggest they should extend now, March 31, 2021. What I said was “if they don’t . . . “ implying that the combination of making it harder to be loyal to United and the fact that some might have a full year of start over could make it more en...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread, Q1 2021

When are you not seeing any availability? Sorry, I meant availability at reasonable prices about a week in advance. I'm not paying $700+ for EWR-ORD in coach when comparable flights on AA are $200-300 cheaper. So United only has to sell 1 seat for every 2 or 3 that AA or WN has to sell? And that’s ...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread, Q1 2021

All this talk from UA about keeping their fleet intact and utilizing it to sweep in and regain market share when demand returns has so far been a bunch of hot air. So far they're being the slowest of the big 4 to bring capacity back and with this April extension into May it is only getting worse. O...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread, Q1 2021

All this talk from UA about keeping their fleet intact and utilizing it to sweep in and regain market share when demand returns has so far been a bunch of hot air. So far they're being the slowest of the big 4 to bring capacity back and with this April extension into May it is only getting worse. On...

Re: United Fleet, Network, and Discussion Thread, Q1 2021

I've been flying EWR-ORD-EWR regularly the past two months and it's become a nightmare getting nonstop flights at decent times without paying absurd prices for Y. Half the flights are just completely sold out. I've yet to be on one that isn't full. I've had to book a couple flights on AA because the...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2020

The city is knee deep in debt, with a budget shortfall which will be well over 1.5 billion next year. The state is even worse, at the tune of over 5 billion. These are some very serious numbers. With air travel significantly down for the foreseeable future, there is absolutely no reason for the cit...

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2020

China Eastern back to daily, good to some some of the recent capacity lost being brought back.

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2019

After having moved to NYC from Chicago (for work), I miss the CTA pretty much every day. Transit in NYC is horrid, and I say that as someone who used to commute on the Red Line.

Re: United suspends ORD-HKG

Please keep in mind that, Chicago's Asian routes don't work well. AA cut Beijing and Shanghai, and Asiana Airlines cut Seoul. Please notice that the demand between Chicago and Asia is declining. I doubt this is true. I'm pretty sure overall capacity to Asia from Chicago has increased over the past ...

Re: LO BUD-ORD Cancelled?

This should have been a seasonal route from the get-go. No surprise here.