<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TOMMY767" class="quote" target="_blank">TOMMY767</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>CO is strictly from ORD-EWR and this rec...
Jump to postIt is actually quite insightful to the threat that DL presents that AA and UA would even think about expanding this promotion to ORD-LGA. Given that everyone is matching, the real loser will be AA and UA who will see mileage accumulation and redemption increase dramatically on one of their top route...
Jump to postI believe this is fair and a solid improvement to Skymiles. ATLANTA, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NY<acronym title="DAS Air Limited (Kenya)">SE</acronym>:<acronym title="Dallas - Love Field (DAL / KDAL), USA - Texas">DAL</acronym> - News) is eliminating award ticket redemption f...
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/Mir" class="quote" target="_blank">Mir</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>There aren't many of them, because they have to be a...
Jump to postyou're right Mad Dog,.. think it was either 1607 or 09
Jump to postI flew the route last week and it was one of the 1500 series a/c with winglets and the full lie flat crew rest cabins at the front of the business elite cabin. It was a good flight and went by quickly. We flew right over central Mexico and the spine of Central America so lots to look at if you get a...
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Jump to postThis is precisely why LFCs have a hard time setting up shop in traditional network carrier markets. From <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>'s perspective, the cost is minimal to provide these benefits but the value of those routes to <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</ac...
Jump to postyes, it is a far better measure of an a/c's range. the challenge is that there are tradeoffs on how much payload you carry vs. fuel. but assuming a constant payload per seat, then hours is an equalizing factor. winds are what effects an airplanes range and range charts don't reflect that. It is hard...
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Jump to postThere are many 767s that are well less than 10 years which means they could easily have a dozen or more years of service. New 767s are still being built. the bottom line is that the 340 is considerable more expensive to operate than the 767. Even the oldest 767s will not be replaced by 767s. 330s mi...
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Jump to postI don't have to know all of the statutes of the land to know what is right or wrong whether it deals with murder, taxes, or aviation (and the three are related. )
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Jump to postLet's be clear. There is a big difference between reducing fuel loads in order to minimize the amount of unnecessary weight that is being carrier <acronym title="Anderson - Regional (County) (AND / KAND), USA - South Carolina">AND</acronym> reducing fuel loads in such a way that safety and the effic...
Jump to post<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1144640420080313?rpc=44" target=_blank>http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...sNews/idUKN1144640420080313?rpc=44</a> here's a link w/ hedging positions for US network carriers plus <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>. On top...
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Jump to postI am not a tech expert but I believe that there are a couple errors in what has been said. 1. The fuel capacity of original and ETOPS 757s is the same, approx 75,000 pounds. I do not believe there are any extra tanks on long range 757s 2. Higher thrust engines are not needed in order for the 757 to ...
Jump to postI didn't say I used the largest hub for each carrier - just the largest one that had a significant number of int'l flights. Yes, the US at <acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym>, <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> at <acronym ...
Jump to postThe 764 isn't equpped with crew rest bunks which are necessary by <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>'s pilot contract since the return flight is almost 13 hrs long and requires 2 sets of pilots. as for the pax/bag ratio, the whole point of using the 777 as has been mentioned is to m...
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Jump to postplaneguy, I am comparing apples to apples. The fares I reference are the average SEGMENT fares, not O&D fares. The ability to carry high segment fares means that <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> is getting higher fares across the entire flight. And <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsf...
Jump to postas for the question about what needs to be cancelled, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> is not flying its 777s as hard as it could so there is some flexibility in the schedule. <acronym title="Seoul - Incheon International (ICN / RKSI), South Korea">ICN</acronym> and <acronym title...
Jump to postThere is often discussion here about the size of US carrier domestic vs. international operations at their hubs. To help provide some clarity and help us all learn, I researched the size of US carrier domestic vs. international carrier operations as defined by destinations and seats offered from eac...
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Jump to postso, since they have indeed invested something, then you are proosing that airspace access be granted based on the investment carriers have made in airports? not going to happen. you do realize that airports and airspace are not even operated by the same governmental bodies in the US, don't you know?
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Jump to postATLSVO is less than 400 miles longer than ATLFCO which <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> has flown with a 764. Further, the 764s <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> has used on ATLFCO (and the longer return) have been the domestic 764s which carry more about 280 pas...
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Jump to postVirgin America didn't release the information voluntarily. It was gathered from US DOT data which all US airlines are required to file. As for the positive spin some would like to see, it is hard to put a positive spin on a negative 300% operating margin. There were surely alot of startup costs but ...
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Jump to postDL and <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> have shared revenue on their main routes, including ATLCDG, for several years but the next phase will take effect in March w/ Open Skies when they will share profits. <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> probably is a lower cost operator...
Jump to postbased on DOT data for 2Q07, 25% of DL's passengers on ATLBOG were local passengers. Bet that is a lot higher than you thought.
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Jump to postAnd the US is trying to negotiate much greater access for US carriers to Brazil, including cities outside of <acronym title="Sao Paulo - Guarulhos International (Cumbica) (GRU / SBGR), Brazil">GRU</acronym> and <acronym title="Rio de Janeiro - Galeao International (Antonio Carlos Jobim) (GIG / SBGL)...
Jump to postthere has been so much written you would have to be asleep to not recognize that <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> has said it is willing to sell itself or its assets. Now, just send me your address and we'll move on to the next topic - or discuss the paint job which we'll all be l...
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Jump to postOA, as long as consolidation continues to be pushed by investors in the industry, there will be talk on these boards until something happens. It does seem high unlikely that we will be here a year from now without some move having happened. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1...
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Jump to postsince nothing has been announced, it's all speculation at this point. <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> has said they want to be the acquirer and <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> wants to sell. As has been discussed many times, the merits of each carrier's brand ...
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