There is a post on another forum stating that her last flight (the Spirit of Delta) occurred today. I don't know if that is true or not, but the posting said that the flight attendant announced that it was the plane's last flight when it landed in <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson Interna...
Jump to postI had the pleasure of flying Spirit on one of the <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>-<acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> legs a couple o...
Jump to postI, too, love the upper mezzanine of TBIT. The large variety of international carriers, the view of their aircraft, the view of the taxiways and runways, and the general hubhub of a busy international terminal are great. I spent a several hour layover there recently and it is a good place to spend th...
Jump to postIn this vein, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> was scheduled to begin direct <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym>-<acronym title="New Orleans - Louis Armstrong International (Moisant Field) (MSY / KMSY), USA - ...
Jump to postI flew the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> Concorde <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> in Dec 2001 soon after they resumed serv...
Jump to postI think that it is a boring interior. Basically all solid blue. BORING!!
Jump to postI can't answer all your questions, but I did a roundtrip on the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> Concorde <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">C...
Jump to postThis is currently the lead story on cnn.com. According to the story, a Comair spokesman said that there were over 1,100 flights cancelled today and 1,100 tomorrow stranding over 30,000 passengers each day. He said some were being accomodated on other carriers, but many were delayed and stranded. The...
Jump to postWas diverted from <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> to <acronym title="Richmond - International (Byrd Field) (RIC / KRIC), USA - Virginia">RIC</acronym> on <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> a couple of ye...
Jump to postThere is a notice on the Fedex website that their operations at <acronym title="Memphis - International (MEM / KMEM), USA - Tennessee">MEM</acronym> are significantly affected by the ice storm yesterday. http://fedex.com/us/update.html There is also an article currently on the cnn.com website about ...
Jump to postLiving in <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym>, I remember that a few days after the AA1420 crash, the local newspaper reported that the NTSB had returned control of the aircraft back to American. They moved it to a local hanger;...
Jump to postBack to the thread: I flew the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> Concorde on Christmas Eve 2001 <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>-<acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym...
Jump to postI connected through the <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> terminal last weekend and it was a ghost town. Having flown through <acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> on <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> for many...
Jump to postThe diversion of my flight to <acronym title="Alexandria - International (England AFB) (AEX), USA - Louisiana">AEX</acronym> was weather related. Interestingly the pilot told us before leaving <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym>...
Jump to postYes, many diversions from <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> yesterday. I was on CO2447 diverted to <acronym title="Alexandria - International (England AFB) (AEX), USA - Louisiana">AEX</acronym>. Pilot originally said that we would be dive...
Jump to postYes, diverted due to <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> weather. I saw the KLM 747 when we arrived at <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym> last evening. There was also an <acronym ...
Jump to postLiving in <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym> as I do, there is a story on a local <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym> station website about how busy <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regio...
Jump to postI have had "extra" security twice this year flying to the US. From <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym>, on Air France, flying to <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> last win...
Jump to postPerhaps the best evidence that the BOB food is good is that I have repeatedly seen people in First Class buy the coach food because the First Class food is terrible. And I have, in one case, bought the coach food because the only choice in First was eggs for breakfast and I don't eat eggs. I think t...
Jump to postI think that one of the reasons for <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym>'s growth in <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym> is the slow, painful demise of <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>. For m...
Jump to postI flew on an <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-88 last week with the new interior. We were on an <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional)...
Jump to postThe Wall Street Journal is also reporting that an agreement has been reached. It is supposed to save <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> $1 billion/year. Details are supposed to be released tomorrow. The negotiators bargained all night on Monday until Tuesday afternoon. They then too...
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