I just flew <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> last week. The beers were $5 or 7 CHF. I'm not ...
Jump to postLMP737- thanks for your posts on the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80's. It is great to get this type of feedback from an expert. It is these bits of information that keep me reading through the forum. It's too bad I have to wade through so much other crap. While my perspective is onl...
Jump to postA company callled Jetran bought and re-sold some ex-US Airways MD-80's.
Some were broken up in Mojave.
Some are stored in Tucson.
AA's <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80's are reliable; no less reliable than most anything out there. Also, since <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> has so many of them, there are lots of spare parts for them. I always look forward to flying on them. You'll get More ...
Jump to postMy last flight out of <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym> was April 12th, 2004. My <acronym title="Mandarin Airlines (Taiwan)">AE</acronym> ERJ was number 33 for take off on our runway. I didn't time the entire delay, but it was more than 45 min...
Jump to postIf we are looking at airports with the highest percentage of connecting passengers relative to total passengers, then it seems hub airports with the least number of O&D passengers will have the highest connecting percentage. For these reasons, I would look at <acronym title="Pittsburgh - Internation...
Jump to postObviously, the DC-9-80 (MD80) is still flying with other US pax airlines. I consider the DC-9 to be more significant than the 727 since it led to newer versions (MD80 series, 717) while the 727-200adv was the end of the road for that model.
Jump to postIt would be great if they put at least one MD-80 on the ORD route as well.
Jump to postIt seems US Airways is being slammed for its price gouging. Upstate New York markets were referenced. US is not alone in this tactic. Try buying a same day out/return ticket on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (B...
Jump to postAnother option....In November, I took a shuttle van from <acronym title="CURRENT: Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany AND OLD: Munich - Riem (MUC / EDDM) (closed), Germany">MUC</acronym> to Tyrol, wihich is right on the way to Innsbruck. They may offer service to Innsbruck. It only ...
Jump to postMy opinion- he was the best US President in my 33 years.
Jump to postI'm flying a 737-700 from <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (BUF / KBUF), USA - New York">BUF</acronym>-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> N/S in a couple weeks. What are the odds that I would get a 700 with th...
Jump to postThat's really too bad about BED. I really thought that would become a decent alternative to <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> for the regionals. When Shuttle America started, they flew out of <acronym title="Buffalo ...
Jump to postNonRevKing- what could the airline do if they found out?
While we're on the topic of non standard ticketing, what about booking back-to-back tickets on two different airlines? I imagine partner airlines might be able to find out, but non-partner airlines probably wouldn't.
I wonder if <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> will add mainline service back to some cities if they are forced to reduce <acronym title="Royal Jordanian">RJ</acronym> flights? For example, last year in New York, <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (B...
Jump to postMake note of the leg room difference between the <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-90 and the <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80. With <acronym title="American Airlines (...
Jump to postYesterday when I was in <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>, I saw <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> DC-9-14 N8908E built on 9/11/66. I believe this is the oldest or 2nd oldest DC-9 <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (U...
Jump to postWGW2707- great points! We need to keep the delicate balance. There is a place for cartel carriers, and they are really hurting now. I don't blame them for leveraging off their strengths, just as the LCC's do.
Jump to postThe end of the runway you can see from the Thruway is 23.
Jump to postUnited_Fan: <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (BUF / KBUF), USA - New York">BUF</acronym> lost <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> and <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> mainline just as <acronym title="Rochester - Greater Rochester ...
Jump to postThe airlines, especially <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>, <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym>, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, and <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym>, are going to love the short taxi out to 32. I wo...
Jump to postToo many of these posts turn into anti-US war bashing. I won't perpetuate the problem by offering my political views because no one asked for them and the Airlines.net General Aviation Forum isn't supposed to include anyone's political views. I have a mental list of people on this forum whose posts ...
Jump to postJust a FYI since there appear to be some on this post who are nostalgic about Piedmont.....there is a bar in North Myrtle Beach called "Flyers Too" that is a tribute to Piedmont Airlines. I recall a Piedmont mural and memorabilia when I was there two years ago. Have any of you been there? I will be ...
Jump to post9V-SPF- I totally agree. I just flew <acronym title="Atlanta - The William B Hartsfield International (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym>-<acronym title="Munich (- Franz Josef Strauss) (MUC / EDDM), Germany">MUC</acronym> last week. Since my origin is Buffalo, I had to fly all the way down to...
Jump to postI have seen the new paint on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> DC-9-50's in <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (BUF / KBUF), USA - New York">BUF</acronym>. At <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (BUF / KBUF), USA - New...
Jump to postDon't <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> and <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> already compete on <acronym title="Baltimore / Washington - International (Friendship) (BWI / KBWI), USA - Maryland">BWI</acronym> to Florida routes? There seems to be room for them both in <...
Jump to postSouthwest to start Philadelphia flights By Bob Fernandez and Tom Belden Inquirer Staff Writers In a surprise move, Southwest Airlines - the nation's largest discount air carrier - is expected to announce today that it will begin scheduled service at Philadelphia International Airport in May, accordi...
Jump to postWith the upcoming retirement of Airtran DC-9's, I'm wondring what will happen to them. Is there a market for them? Are some of the remaining Airtran DC-9's low cycle? With other DC-9's sitting in the Desert, I'm guessing there isn't much of a market. Since some of Airtran's DC-9's have the new cockp...
Jump to postThe Concorde was out of reach for most people. What percentage of people could afford it? I agree it was a great engineering feat and should be regarded as such. However, the outpouring of emotion by the masses over the retirement of something only the very rich could afford seems ridiculous to me. ...
Jump to postThere are many people who won't get on a prop, ever. My wife is one of them. We had a bad flight on a J-31 around a thunderstorm once. I know the Dash-8's are much better than J-31's, but the average person doesn't. Also, even the Q400 has a max alt of 25k ft., so it can't fly over some bad weather ...
Jump to postFor people who want to avoid old aircraft, it's better to look at the equipment used by the competing airlines on the specific route you plan to take. For example, if someone avoided NWA because of the old DC-9's but was traveling to Europe, they would miss out on the newest transatlantic equipment,...
Jump to postJust wanted to calarify-the National Weather Service has stated there were no lightning strikes in the Niagara region yesterday. I have no idea why the Canadian Government came out with that explanation. In fact, there was very little power interruption in Buffalo and the Niagara region. In the pape...
Jump to postAnother article mentioned <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> domestic plus AEagle is still greater than <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> in May. Since <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and <acronym title="Mandarin Airlines (Taiwan)">AE</ac...
Jump to postFor the non-golfers here..... There are 4 Major <acronym title="Page - Municipal (PGA), USA - Arizona">PGA</acronym> Golf Tournaments. They are often referred to as the "Majors". They are: The Masters, The US Open, The British Open, and the <acronym title="Page - Municipal (PGA), USA - Arizona">PGA<...
Jump to postI flew <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>-<acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> on an <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> 767-300ER Hawaii configuration la...
Jump to postI think every able bodied passenger should take a few minutes and think of how/what might be done to stop a terrorist. The chance is extremely remote. However, it doesn't hurt to have a plan. After all, we plan for how to act during a crash at the beginning of each flight. Why not do the same for a ...
Jump to postThanks for the info Zrb2! I can't wait to see the <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11 in <acronym title="Buffalo - Niagara (Greater Buffalo) International (BUF / KBUF), USA - New York">BUF</acronym>. It's good news for the Bills too. They will be able to stretch out and move around a bit...
Jump to postI was surprised to see them scrapped. The older DC-9-30, 40, 50's seem to go on to other operators. Why didn't anybody want NW MD-80's? (I'm not 100% sure they were scrapped).
The DC-9's used to have a small metal label riveted just inside the main door which listed the serial number as well as the date of manufacture. I remember taking note of these when flying on US Airways old DC-9's before they got rid of them. <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> ha...
Jump to postDoes anyone know when the runway 14-32 extension will be complete? With 14-32 extended and 5-23 also open, that will really allow them to avoid cross wind take-offs and landings. I've been at the driving range at the end of 23 and seen some pilots fighting strong cross winds out of the west. On stil...
Jump to postDepending on your dates of travel you could fly Houston-Columbus on Southwest for $240.00 RT plus tax and fees and this requires a making a stop. It's a 125 mile drive between Columbus and Cincinnati. So you save $115.00 by flying the LCC, but you add a drive onto both ends of your trip and the flig...
Jump to postWe all know how terrible it looks when contrasting paint peels off aluminum fuselages. If the paint is silver, I imagine it won't look as bad. Maybe it will extend the timespan for repainting.
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Cloudy wrote..., "Few seem to think that any boycott of France will have any long term impact on traffic or trade between those two countries. Maybe a small to moderate impact in the very short term. But in the long term, life goes on. Havn't seen to many disagree with that." I think it depends on C...
Jump to postDoes anyone else think the new color scheme makes the 9 look shorter? At first glance, I thought it was a DC-9-10. I think the old colors with their linear contrasting colors had the effect of making the planes appear longer.
Jump to postAlpha1- you are so off base, I don't think any common sense reasoning will do any good for you. But I'll try....... Bush isn't scaring me by playing hardball with countries that harbor war criminals and sponsor terrorism. What scares me is leaving them unchecked. You can't reason with some people. S...
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