Surprised AA is not looking at used 77W, I assume there are some out there. No idea if any compatible 787 are available.
Jump to postWhy are there "NO STEP signs on parts of the wings, when you can't walk on the wing anyway? The fun police is on patrol. The wings are several meters wide at the wingroot. So very low risk to fall down. The HARS Aviation Museum near Sydney offers wing walkting tours on their B747. https://hars...
Jump to postdrgmobile wrote:What is the concern? Is it damaging to the aircraft?
tenHangar wrote:Short video -crash: https://imgur.com/gallery/xmlCU5x
codc10 wrote:LAX #2 was a slot trade with AC (https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploa ... -to-UA.jpg).
DEN #2 probably was as well, but from a reshuffle among EWR/SFO frequencies. The original DEN-LHR is a lease from LH.
Posted from Ishrion. Here we go: American Airlines will be announcing new international routes tomorrow. - DFW to "Somewhere Hot" - PHL to "Somewhere Fun" - PHL to "Somewhere New" - PHL to "Somewhere Glitzy" - ORD to "Somewhere Classic" "Classi...
Jump to postMust be pretty far. United routinely used the much less capable 777A model on OGG-ORD with a 6,998 ft runway and 4,200 nm Almost the same: 4,389 nm and with the added bonus that AEP-IAH is pretty much a south-north flight and is not as exposed to headwinds as an OGG-ORD is. No headwinds OGG-ORD, it...
Jump to post[threeid][/threeid]Saw the renderings of the livery. Gorgeous. Tail and belly sport the green 90’s Huichol livery. While the tail logo and fuselage title and font are reminiscent of the Golden Aztec livery of the 70’s-80’s. Engines are painted red. The livery is Red White and Green. https://www.cnn...
Jump to postNoticed the postings on the DL and AF A350s at CLT yesterday. Saw they were parked remotely. Would the folks stay on the a/c for refueling or need to deplane at the terminal and clear customs or does it depend on the situation?
Jump to postSpot checking a few dates in late Oct and Nov on both QR and AA websites for PHL-DOH, interesting that AA lists the QR flight as the first option but QR doesn't list the AA NS flight at all. QR only lists QR to AA conx.
Jump to postIn the end, AA has MIA. It’s the single most important market for South America travel. That in itself will always keep AA close to or near dominant in the region. Sure, who owns MIA has the advantage. That has played on AA's favor thus far. But I think that over time we will see the DL/LA JV partn...
Jump to postTerminalD wrote:JONNYC on Twitter says confirmed Air Canada
The flight operates from Orlando, not Tampa for the Sat service as a MCO-GSO-BNA-GSO-MCO out and back on an ATR42-600. Ahhh I see that now. Odd, as Flight Connections is normally very accurate. Looks like you may have been right, Ishiron just Tweeted it. Also looks like they are launching FLL-GNV, ...
Jump to postGHB is actually a resumption. It was served by AA from MIA in the 1990s using a Saab 340. As PI, we operated several of the Bahamas islands from FLL and PBI on DH8 (don't think any from MIA). GHB, MHH and RSD were others, believe there was one more. Anyone remember the details? According to my Apri...
Jump to postAA conceded FRA and MUC so that LH put Eurowings on the route. If I was AA, I'd jump right back. I still don't know understand why AA doesn't use their A321NEO's on some European routes, such as PHL-CDG, PHL, DUB. AA seems way too strapped moneywise and planewise. With the NEA history, what flights...
Jump to postjmc1975 wrote:GHB is actually a resumption. It was served by AA from MIA in the 1990s using a Saab 340.
AA PHL-TLV was well-traveled but allegedly lost $20M per year. Found that hard to believe but that’s why AA stopped it while US made it work for years. Lots of Israeli and Jewish loyalty to El Al as well; also perceived safer. NYC once again kills PHL with its fares. Key word here being allegedly. ...
Jump to postAny talk of AA bringing back boxed meals for purchase? I believe these went away during COVID and I haven't seen them offered on any flights I have been on since. AA has been offering buy on board (not full meals) again since about mid 2022 on flights over 1,499 miles. Which just seems LONG. If you...
Jump to postAny talk of AA bringing back boxed meals for purchase? I believe these went away during COVID and I haven't seen them offered on any flights I have been on since.
Jump to postNorse is axing FLL and moving service to MIA https://twitter.com/ishriona/status/1663729869354860545?s=46&t=pNNzyFM2qNZxoqqzrGdFSQ No surprise there. It sounds like both passenger and cargo customers will prefer this switch! https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/norse-atlantic-switches-florida-ro...
Jump to post[quote="Pi7472000" ]United is at a disadvantaged on the East Coast as they put so much emphasis on EWR and they only have 2 hubs on the East Coast to work with and zero East Coast focus cities. AA and Delta have multiple hubs and focus cities up and down the Eastern Seaboard so they have ...
Jump to postAbsolutely! It has already started. Delta had Tech Team members on-site quickly. DL doesn’t have maintenance in CLT they would Have to fly in from ATL on the next flight. So I don’t know how you define quickly. Probably used AA maintenance to asses the damage and maybe move it off the runway with a...
Jump to postDL is pulling 717s out of storage and sending them to Mexico to be overhauled and returned to service. They have their own sheet metal shop in ATL. There's zero chance this plane is a write-off. Incidentally, does anyone know how to pronounce "Queretaro"? :D K-re-ta-rō, (phonetically), ac...
Jump to postGlad everyone is ok. Wonder if this ends up in the AA hangar for a bit for initial repairs by the DL crew.
Jump to postHonestly the most surprising thing here is that AA wasn't already flying these routes! AA was flying to insignificant markets like BGR and CAK from DCA, but not major population centers like FLL and MKE?!? IIRC US didn't even serve DCA-MIA, it served the South Florida metropolitan area via DCA-FLL....
Jump to postDoes anyone have the daily flights to LHR for AA, UA and DL? Daily flights except when noted plus equipment: AA (182 weekly) BOS 1 77E CLT 3 77E ORD 4 789 DFW 4 77W LAX 2 77W 1 77E MIA 1 77W 1 77E JFK 3 77W 1 77E PHL 2 789 PHX 1 77E RDU 1 77E SEA 1 77E DL (75 weekly) ATL 2 764 BOS 1 764 DTW 2 A332 ...
Jump to post[/quote] The excuse to everything is lack of 787 aircraft and pilots. Especially in the months of May and October the difference was and is striking. Delta had and will have 4 daily flights to Athens and AA only 1. Chicago and Philadelphia start too late and finish too early if you compare to what D...
Jump to postThe law is the law. 'But, but, but - You let them do it!' was never a smart defense. I repeatedly posted links to the DOJ horizontal merger guidelines that allowed DL/NW, UA/CO, WN/FL, and AA/UA with divestitures, and was used here to shoot down the NEA. Market share at an airport isn't, of itself,...
Jump to postrjbesikof wrote:I know DL's contract has a provision that requires them to grow in tandem with their JV partners. Does AA's agreement have a similar provision?
I definitely think the loser here is AA not B6. They have a much larger network to bring back on their own metal. B6 might “right size” a few markets frequency wise and cut cities like AVL but they didn’t totally withdrawal from routes to the extend that AA has out of LGA. I know slots at LGA are t...
Jump to postAre AA and its pilots looking at a provision in their pilot contract that will require them to be more aggressive with long haul flying on their own metal (ala DL)? I was thinking the same thing. Thanks for posting this question. I mentioned this a while back about DL pilots and was told I was wron...
Jump to postA Gold 75K gets 1 AA systemwide upgrade and a 100K gets 2. These are the "international upgrade certificates" listed here: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mileage-plan/membership-benefits?lid=nav:mileage-elite&int=AS_NAV_MP_EliteStatus_-prodID:MileagePlan. But they operate the same ...
Jump to postusflyer msp wrote:Both DFW-DUB and CLT-MAD are JV hub to hub routes, we shouldn't be surprised about them going year-round.
AS Gold 75K here - I much prefer AA to BA on SEA-LHR. Both J and Premium Economy are better on AA. While the service is better on BA, the hard product is superior on AA and the service is sufficient. AS Gold 75K and 100K also get AA systemwide upgrades, further incentivizing AA. Can you please clar...
Jump to postAS Gold 75K here - I much prefer AA to BA on SEA-LHR. Both J and Premium Economy are better on AA. While the service is better on BA, the hard product is superior on AA and the service is sufficient. AS Gold 75K and 100K also get AA systemwide upgrades, further incentivizing AA. Can you please clar...
Jump to postMost replies are mostly correct. We do fly AMS-EZE on day 1 (arriving in EZE at day 2), than usually one or two days off before we shuttle EZE-SCL-EZE and have another day off before returning back home on day 7. A pretty long trip indeed. As far as passengers staying on board. We have flights wher...
Jump to postJust flew KL702 this weekend from SCL to EZE, flight continues on to AMS. The crew announced that they would be deplaning in EZE and another crew would take over with a ground time of 2 hours. Two questions about this flight. Pax originating in SCL are required to deplane in EZE and wait in a transi...
Jump to postAn American Airlines first class passenger was kicked off the airplane after being refused pre departure beverage. According to the airline, the passenger became unruly when his request for a predeparture beverage was denied. Not sure what your source is for this. Flown AA many many times in F Clas...
Jump to postHello all, Growing up in Augusta Ga, it was always fascinating how much the town of Augusta comes to life in one week. Any idea why Delta doesn’t upguage like they did in the past? I remember days where DL would run 757 from ATL-AGS 6/7 times a day. Now it’s pretty much the same schedule with a cou...
Jump to postCan I be honest I can't wait til the current scheme is in the rear view, it's so ugly. Just a bad design. If I recall it was not a NY design firm but some firm with Texas sensibilities. Umm, No, your recollection is incorrect. I'm sure people from multiple locations were involved but Futurebrand is...
Jump to postCan I be honest I can't wait til the current scheme is in the rear view, it's so ugly. Just a bad design. If I recall it was not a NY design firm but some firm with Texas sensibilities. Umm, No, your recollection is incorrect. I'm sure people from multiple locations were involved but Futurebrand is...
Jump to postAC4500 wrote:PHL-PDX start date for AA now 1 month earlier; June 1st. Was previously July 6th.
Any idea why AA hasn't added free messaging yet? United has way worse wifi onboard and they've had it enabled for close to a year. AA has the same wifi as DL (Viasat), for the most part. DL just flipped the switch on their Viasat planes for Free wifi, meanwhile AA can't even offer free messaging? W...
Jump to postSo just had a 3+ hour layover in CLT last week and noticed that virtually all of the Airbii were L-US. Is this some coincidence or does AA still segregate the fleets to some extent? I assume they had been fully integrated for all aspects by now.
Jump to postLGA-ATL officially ceded to B6 starting in May ORD- ABE/BOI/FLL/RNO/PBI cut for Summer PHX-CVG/PIT cut for Summer Also extending lots of frequency reductions through the Summer: ORD-ATL/SEA remain at only 3x daily through August ORD-ORF remains at only 1x daily I could see reducing frequency on ORD...
Jump to post“American Airlines executives are keeping their promise that the airline will just focus on core partner hubs like LHR and MAD for its international flying from now on by reducing the international footprint of the airline almost on what it now seems like weekly cuts while their competitors are add...
Jump to postI noticed JFK and LGA are missing. :cold: Prior to the bankruptcy and merger, neither LAX, JFK or LGA were referred to as hubs historically. They are gateways. Maybe the Tempe crowd changed that, but the trAAditional definition of a hub was a station where well more than half the traffic is connect...
Jump to post“American Airlines executives are keeping their promise that the airline will just focus on core partner hubs like LHR and MAD for its international flying from now on by reducing the international footprint of the airline almost on what it now seems like weekly cuts while their competitors are add...
Jump to postLAX772LR, While it might be sexy to fly to fly to all corners of the world, from a business point of view I see the logic to focus on your strengths and feed partner hubs, and in the case of the JV's, AA makes money regardless of whose metal the customer is on. Vasu has stated the previous loss lea...
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