Re: Would a complete refit to update the B757 be profitable/worth it?

The Concorde never had a 1:1 replacement, either.

Re: Air Canada & WestJet collude on fees for check bags

I highly doubt there was not collusion of some sort, but there is little evidence at this point. Perhaps discovery would turn up something. Considering how long it takes Air Canada's IT to do the most basic of things, the fact that they pulled this off days after WestJet announced the fees, is highl...

Re: AvWeek - "AA Executes On Merger Promises"

This was my last year as EP on AA. The airline and program went completely downhill after the merger. Which is a real shame, because I switched to AA from UA as a 1K. UA also went completely downhill after the merger. Here's to hoping that the same thing won't happen to AS...

Re: Long-haul Y pax experience: Boeing 77Ws and 787s vs Airbus 350s and 330s.

For the Airbus A350, it was designed for and remains 3-3-3 with 18" seat width. There is already a 10 abreast A350 in the works despite it being a LCC. How long after EIS was it until the first 10 abreast 777? Not this quick. I've flown on each of the following configured types on at least 2 d...

Long-haul Y pax experience: Boeing 77Ws and 787s vs Airbus 350s and 330s.

The Boeing 787 used to be 8-across in 2-4-2, and sold that way, but the majority of airlines now do 9-across. That means 17" seat width or less. The only exception is JAL. Similarly, the Boeing 777-300ER used to be 9-across in 3-3-3 configuration, and now virtually every airline is retrofitting...

Re: SAA announces A330-300 service to IAD

They would have been the perfect 787 carrier..

Re: Emirates PR move pays off

So tell me guys, why do airlines spend millions every year on naming rights for stadiums and sponsoring various events? Should they be hiring the geniuses of airliners.net for fleet management ideas instead?

Re: Is the Air Canada livery ageless?

I find AC's livery very ugly and dated.

If you want something that's timeless, look at Lufthansa, or SWISS/Swissair.

Re: Air Canada transfers Bogota service to rouge from Oct 2016

if Avianca would enter the market they would easily overcome AC. much better airline with much better planes and service. but i guess most of the traffic is leisure and thats why it became a rouge flight. The problem is with the flying patterns of Canadians. They seem stubbornly loyal to AC even wh...

Re: Emirates expected to introduce ancillary fees

That premium airline, huh?

Re: Congrats to Alaska

You forgot about the part where they run only one aircraft type without any long-haul! AS has new planes 737-800/900/900ER's the 700's are going soon. Then AAG also is buying E-175's & already owns Q-400's. So that's three types. That AAG operates, plus the 30 E-175's operated by OO. They fly a...

LO, AB, UX: Why were these airlines left out of the NA-EU JVs?

All of them have long-haul service to the US, but correct me if I am wrong, they are not part of the JVs/ATIs for NA-EU services. Why?

Re: Congrats to Alaska

Not a huge surprise to those who fly AS. Their main hubs tend to not have too many weather related issues, and aside from dealing with some increased holds for gate space at SEA, they run a tight ship. Congrats! Keep up the good work! You forgot about the part where they run only one aircraft type ...

Re: Will Vietnam Airlines leave SkyTeam and joins Star Alliance

VN can't even process seat assignments let alone meet the IT requirements of a Star carrier.

What are airports that the C Series could operate from, that heavier aircraft cannot?

LCY is the prime example, which what SWISS had in mind for the aircraft. LCY of course can handle BA's A318 too.

Are there any other airports?

I was hopeful of YTZ's expansion given the noise abatement improvements from the CS100 but few politicians were on board with it.

Re: Virgin Australia Posts $224.7 Million Loss

So between VA's 225mil loss, AB's 500mil loss, AZ's 200mil loss, how exactly is EY staying afloat with these investments?

Re: WestJet flights to London prompting a wave of complaints and compensation

This is what happens when you try to do something the cheap way. Lets get cheap planes, have them serviced in a cheap place for a cheap price and then try to compete with AC with lots of transoceanic experience. You buy cheap you get cheap thrown right back at you. Serves Westjet right for trying t...

Re: OMG thank you admins

THANK YOU. The blue scheme is also a homage to the old site, tasteful!

Re: Transport Canada certifies Bombardier CS300

airBaltic doesn't have the prestige and weight as Swiss/Lufthansa Group do, but I can see them doing great things with the C Series. This should open up more routes to the Balkans and North Africa!

Re: Rumor: Alitalia 'close' to merger with air Berlin

ZKNCL wrote:

gregn21 wrote:

I assume totally new branding would be necessary.

So a big unprofitable mess can lose even more money?

Re: Fifth freedoms operated by narrowbodies

Yes. Similarly, B6 operates Embraers out of SJU as a mini-hub to various nearby islands.

Re: Rumor: Alitalia 'close' to merger with air Berlin

On another note, I wonder will the new airline end up in oneworld or skyteam Likely neither, and will just stay in the Etihad equity partner group. It will be a disappointment to the thousands of Chinese people who abusively status matched to airberlin Gold just for oneworld Sapphire status to the ...

Fifth freedoms operated by narrowbodies

I can only think of two:

PR: CNS-AKL in an A320
UA: HKG-SGN in a 737

Anyone know any others?

Re: Farnborough Air Show 2016 - Other Manufacturers Orders

Way too early for a Bombardier announcement!

Re: food on domestic US flights

Sounds like you only get ULCC customers cause all the legacy carriers in the US have free snacks and drinks in coach and free meals in F. The whole premise of this thread is rather hilarious as the guy who started it has apparently only ever flown Spirit domestically. You realize they just bought b...

Re: Largest equipement-shortest route, smallest equipment-longest route

Sadly, the use of narrowbody for long-haul low-yield routes is the future. I'm not talking about a WOW Air/Icelandair/Copa kind of network, but airlines fitting planes to markets instead of geography. For example, Qatar flies A319/A320s to many destinations in Europe, as well as Gulf Air and Oman Ai...

Re: Rise of "Ultra" Low-Cost Carriers

I'm going to talk just from the passenger perspective. For me, an ULCC is one that charges for carry-on. Basically, it's an unavoidable fee for 99% of passengers. I would group Spirit, Frontier, and Allegiant in this category. In Europe, that's just Wizz Air. I would also call WOW Air a ULCC given t...

Re: A Really crazy idea for YVR

Sounds great. Now we just gotta ask ourselves why AA just reduced YVR-LAX to 1x daily from 2x, why AS just pulled out of YVR-LAX completely, and why AA put YVR-DFW to some of the worst time slots

Re: some weird routes need to be explained

Dusseldorf to Fort Myers Florida on Air Berlin, over 20 years and running.

Anchorage to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Yakutia Airlines.

Caracas to Tehran on Conviasa ("terror flight" now cancelled)

Re: What is your favorite Airline Alliance?

It's pretty balanced in terms of quality. From an American-centric view, all airline alliances have terrible US airlines and great partners. Coverage is very different though. I need to fly from Sao Paulo to Auckland, and looking at Skyteam options, I had to touch 4 continents to get there: South Am...

Re: Qatar back in talks with Meridiana

Between Meridiana in Qatar's hands, and Alitalia in Eithad's hands, and Emirates securing MXP as a fifth freedom.. what is with the Middle Eastern obsession with Italy? Is it simply the corruption?

Jordanian complaints over Ramon Airport opening in April 2017 to replace Ovda and Eilat

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israe ... SKCN0Z81KD There is challenge from the Jordanian side about Israel's new to-be-opened airport serving the Eilat region, which is 10km away from Jordan's own Aqaba airport. There is history behind this: Aqaba airport in Jordan was supposed to be a joint int...

Re: YYC International Service

A lot of ex-YVR transatlantic traffic is also fed through YYC and YEG. Even Air Transat has domestic feeder flights for this. YVR on the other hand, has a very high amount of international service for a city of its size, particularly to secondary cities in China from the huge amount of Chinese peopl...

What alliance would/will Cubana de Aviacion join?

As the US normalizes relations with Cuba and the American bilaterals get implemented, what codeshares would Cubana involve itself? What alliance would it join? Has there been any moves by US carriers?

Re: PER - New Airlines

It could have worked if there wasn't a crash in the oil and mining market

Why has there not been a premium airline using aspects of the LCC model?

By "LCC model" I mean: point-to-point network, Navitaire/ticketless system, high fleet utilization, singular aircraft type, non-unionized crew, unbundled add-ons. The closest I could think would be Porter Airlines in YTZ. Their clientele is largely business or business-targeted. Many legac...

Re: Are Thomas Cook Airlines & Thomson Airways considered scheduled or charter airlines?

In Canada, Sunwing and Air Transat are both scheduled and charter operators. Sunwing also flies YVR-YYZ during the low seasons and fills up on domestic travellers. Whether these leisure airlines pick up "flight only" passengers seems to be how well marketed they are on GDS. Air Transat is ...

What airlines play their own custom soundtrack for boarding/deplaning?

One thing I noticed from the better-run airlines is their music selection. It's part of an attention-to-detail mentality that many airlines overlook, and a sign of good management of the air passenger experience. Delta plays downtempo electronica music that you'd normally hear at a bar, it's very hi...

Re: AS May Keep VX as Separate Brand

That would be a smart move to do. Since there is not much significant market overlap and also a different airplane type, I'd imagine most benefits of the merger will come later on down the road. As many speculated, Alaska buying Virgin is more about denying JetBlue from becoming an even bigger playe...

Re: Saturday Only Flights

YVR-ATL on mainline Delta and YVR-IAD on mainline United run seasonal for Alaskan cruise traffic. Delta flies on Wednesdays and Saturdays and United flies on Saturdays only.

Re: New Site.

I miss the darker scheme. This feels too bright on the eyes.