Re: AF/KL to begin charging for seat selection in longhaul Business class

Wondering how many minutes until DL announces this policy? UA then has all the incentive in the world to hold out, and see how much traffic it drives their way. Though knowing DL, if they did this, exemptions wouldn't have anything to do with being Medallion/Elite.... it'd just be if you have the A...

Re: United Dropping Springfield, Il and Erie, PA

For Erie, is there any reason AA is serving it from Charlotte only now? It is way closer to ORD and PHL as AA's hubs go. You more or less just answered your own question. The shorter the distance, the more competitive that buses, trains, and/or private cars are; and thus the more pressure that's pu...

Re: AF/KL to begin charging for seat selection in longhaul Business class

Keith2004 wrote:

SkyTeam elites get seats free in economy, this should be the case for business class with this new policy.

Re: AF/KL to begin charging for seat selection in longhaul Business class

Business class is overrated. Just stick with an economy class seat on the cheapest flight that fits your schedule (Yes, I do practice what I preach - I flew Ryanair almost 50 times last year) The word "longhaul" is in the title for a reason, and no, I'd never do that. However, realistical...

Re: AF/KL to begin charging for seat selection in longhaul Business class

Business class fares are so high right now which makes this completely absurd. I paid $11k for a long haul flight to LHR recently and would have been pissed if I couldn’t select a seat. Right? They haven't implemented it yet (at least in the US, it was first announced on their New Zealand site, of ...

AF/KL to begin charging for seat selection in longhaul Business class

Ugh! This crap is the ONE thing I did NOT want to EVER see spread to another mainline global carrier. :mad: :banghead: If indeed prescient, then you can dish out 5figures for a business class seat, only to be asked to pay 70-90EUR per person each way, to select a seat... just like with BA. https://w...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

SEAorPWM wrote:

The 752 was considered back then for long thin routes, but the NEO killed it

Re: Rumor: BA considering LGW-HNL

I think the only way this makes financial sense is to launch LON-HNL-AKL. Hardly. You just doubled the amount of aircraft required, massively lengthened/increased crew requirements, and all to be a third-run participant on a medium-sized route with two long-entrenched competitors? Two competitors? ...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

The first 77E's are from 1996. I think they will start going sooner than later (other than UA and AA who will keep these mid 90s gas hogs well past 30). 1997, and I love how what was the world's longest ranged and most efficient airliner only 19yrs ago, is now derided as "gas hogs," lol. ...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

The subject here is airline pilots

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Just about any career over 40 years is worth $5 million. So in other words, arbitrary nonsense that you just made up? Figures. Let's see: average career length in US as of 2022 is 13yrs 2mo. Men over 18 hold an average of 12 full time jobs over their working lifespan. Average lifetime earnings for ...

Re: Rumor: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

When is the 787 delivery issue set to be resolved. Seems like everything I see/hear seems to pin everything bad on 787 delays. Bet Boeing would love to know the answer for that themselves, if anyone had a crystal ball. Alas, the most recent 787 delivery-halt has ended a few weeks ago. Here's hoping...

Re: Rumor: BA considering LGW-HNL

BeachBoy wrote:

I think the only way this makes financial sense is to launch LON-HNL-AKL.

Re: American Airlines considering flying to SIN

I would guess DFW-SIN. No 787, offered or envisioned, would have the range for that, with a typical load. This is already being discussed in American Airlines Network thread This is the problem with the monster all encompassing threads - stuff gets lost. ^This. Always amazed me that AA and DL have ...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

It has a relatively poor relationship with AI and sees it as a direct competitor ....because it is. UA and AI do not have anti-trust immunity and thus are direct competitors, from multiple stateside hubs to multiple Indian gateways. That they belong to the loosely-organized mass FFP marketing agree...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Unfortunately, it'll happen overseas first, since the US is abrogating its leadership role. Why's that "unfortunate"... no one other than corporate bean-counters in a dark cubicle actually WANTS that. “We” as in the USA, as a population of 330 million don’t give out $10 million careers li...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Unfortunately, it'll happen overseas first, since the US is abrogating its leadership role. Why's that "unfortunate"... no one other than corporate bean-counters in a dark cubicle actually WANTS that. “We” as in the USA, as a population of 330 million don’t give out $10 million careers li...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

BA777FO wrote:

Where else are they going to send it?

tlecam wrote:

It reads as an article that started with an agenda and looked for a story to fit it.

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Because the get the benefits. Good things in life don’t come cheap, somebody pays. Reading is a good thing. Should that be expensive to learn? As a modern society, we’ve all agreed that a certain baseline of literacy, maths skills, etc are expected, so education, however good or bad are provided by...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

The backlog is in precarious shape Quite an exaggeration, seeing as even without IR/D7 they still have 4yrs' worth of build for the A33N at the current production rate....... .....however Airbus decided just last month to increase that production rate, so they can't be all that worried about it: ht...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

Metchalus wrote:

When new engines go on the 787 Airbus can't respond by putting them on the A330 it's too old and too heavy.

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

So far airlines retiring A330CEOs aren't chomping at the bit for NEOs thus far. Part of that is internal, as quite a few A330/A340 customers (SQ, FI, SK, AF, LH, EK, etc) decided to go with derated units of the A359 for some of their regional/shorthaul TATL needs, instead... which is a tradeoff I'm...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

A330neo is coming up for replacement. They should be targeting this space and the potential for an Airbus made 787 sized aircraft should cause Boeing concern. Unless you meant "CEO" then this makes almost no sense. The NEO isn't even 5yrs old, and hasn't yet targeted a replacement-cycle i...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

I don’t think the MAX 7 and 10 are without a foreseeable delivery date. ....the obvious followup being: well, then when is it? Not to be flippant, but I don't even think it's safe to try to predict which quarter it'll be in, let alone a foreseeable date. For Boeing's sake, one would hope that it'll...

Re: Is Boeing turning things around ?

Looking better? Sure. Things still aren't all that rosy: ⋅ B37M and B3XM are running way behind schedule with no foreseeable date of delivery to customers. ⋅ B779 is still stuck in regulatory hell. ⋅ B778 has questions as what market role it will actually play (thought ...

Re: BA A380’s and 3rd LHR runway.

Do you mean the JV between BA and JAL? That's between Europe and Japan, not transpacific. Also, there's no agreement with Qantas, unless you're referring to the Qantas/American Airlines joint venture, which is unrelated to a thread on BA. D'oh! Was thinking about it from AA's perspective, forgot it...

Re: BA A380’s and 3rd LHR runway.

the A380 will probably have ceased production. Huh? The A380 ceased production in 2021, so why are you writing this in future tense? Even LAX is a better run operation without it. #CitationNeeded But does BA make my money by revenue sharing or using its own aircraft?. Doesn't matter, as all USA-ori...

Re: Updated: Japan Airlines orders 737 MAX

Japan remains a difficult market for Airbus and a good market for Boeing. Is there any reason for this? Airbus has sold A32X of all kinds, plus A359s, A35Ks, and A388s to Japanese airlines. About the only modern thing missing is the A330NEO, and that's yet to really hit its stride in any region, mu...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Unless, AI ops for the A359LR They might very well have right? Almost zero chance, seeing as it's a defunct concept compared to today's standard-produced A359s. Then there's the upcoming sunrise A35Ks, which will offer greater range at far superior payload; another factor for the obsolescence of th...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

GalaxyFlyer wrote:

a $10-$15 million career isn’t cheap, nor should it be.

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Isn't it true that Congress rarely gets involved in aviation rulemaking? Is Congress going to spend its time certifying aircraft and going through ADs? No, that's what executive delegation is for. Is Congress going to get embarrassed into asserting itself as the final aviation safety authority? Hap...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Thanks for the civics lesson. There may be those who needed it. Indeed, yourself included, seeing as you missed the biggest takeaway: Congress doesn't need "a reason," and as such often acts without having a particularly compelling one.... any of the 535 can get a hair up an orifice, and ...

Re: Senate bill reintroduced to raise U.S. pilot retirement age to 67

Why is Congress involved? Why doesn't this follow normal FAA rule making procedures? All legislation and regulation (involving interstate transportation) is the under the original jurisdiction and purview of Congress. The FAA, as an Executive agency, is only granted the power delegated (expressly o...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Would be interesting to see DL add India from LA with their market share in LA. That is add India servie, if they get an A350K or Russian overflies happen again. Although their track record to India is in and out historically(for legit reasons such as COVID etc). Highly unlikely for now, but only c...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

that also has a payload limit departing JNB Do you not understand that any aircraft operating beyond 14ish hours is going to "have a payload limit".................. the block time as per the GDS system is 15:50 hours only. ................or that 16hrs departing from 5600ft elevation, is...

Re: HiFly A340 without centre-main landing gear deployed

Interesting; I wonder what the weight delta on the center gear was on a light vs MTOW takeoff. Obviously at a point if there is air under it, there is no weight on it. Wonder what point that is though. My guess is that its use came into effect somewhere at the 235-238tonne range, which was the limi...

Re: Short-field capability of a shorter 787?

The takeoff performance of the 787 is already very, very impressive. Exactly. Here's a BA 787-8 carrying cargo (complications with which made us 45min late) and fully laden with pax, operating a nonstop transatlantic (MSY-LHR) off of an only 7000ft/2134m runway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmxW...

Re: HiFly A340 without centre-main landing gear deployed

and whether this has been done before? Was done all the time in ferries and the like. 0414986 I am guessing the A340-500/600 would not have this ability however? Correct. The -500/600 center gear was designed to bear weight upon landing as well as takeoff. The -200/300 gear only did so by coinciden...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Malayil wrote:

I’m sorry but your situation is not normal.

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

hl8208 wrote:

To avoid having to make a connection with any city where the primary language isn't Hindi.

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

the A359 with 300 pax on board (AI configuration) has that been confirmed? to perform BOM-LAX/IAH/DFW nonstop without a payload restriction There's no aircraft extant nor planned that could perform any such route "without a payload restriction," the question is, if they want them done non...

Re: When will we ever see Vietnam Airlines launch flights between SGN and LAX?

LAWA CEO has confirmed talks with all three of Vietnam's longhaul airlines for a nonstop to LAX, and at least two of them have confirmed their intent to eventually serve. The interesting thing, is the most advanced talks area actually with VietJet, but since their longest-ranged current aircraft is ...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Unless, AI ops for the A359LR, it is highly unlikely that DEL-LAX-DEL can be operated by any of the airplanes on order by the carrier. The A359ULR is more or less defunct, because standard A359s now have the same fuel capacity and 3 more tonnes of MTOW with which to opt toward using it. Definitely ...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

In Mumbai itself I heard chatter about BOM-LAX on AI (I was on the inaugural "new AI" SFO-BOM, which was an experience akin to if not better than SQ/QR/ect.), but chatter is chatter even though the flight was full of executives. When they were here 2004-2008, it was a direct BOM-LAX fligh...

Re: Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

A while back, I saw one analyst's take on LAX-DEL, finding that it would've never worked with the economics of the 77L (but this was pre-pandemic). Which is interesting and odd, if accurate... seeing as the difference in distance is only 270nm, and both AI + the usual 1stop providers all charge sim...

Nonstop between LAX and India, still in the works?

Checking not-so-recent stats from right before Covid: LAX remains the 5th largest US metro for Indian-born and Indian-American population in total (behind NYC, SFO, CHI, and WAS), but the only one lacking a nonstop. Seen a lot of false starts over the recent years, both immediately pre-covid and aft...

Re: Are gay pride rainbow paint schemes the new trendy thing for airlines?

I may be in the minority but in my opinion it feels less like a supportive gesture and more like a “jumping on the bandwagon” scheme….identity politics? It is. But still would rather see it than not. Hopefully someday it'll become a non-issue, because no one on either side will care one way or anot...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SNA) Aviation - 2023

I’m surprised other Asian carriers haven’t started at ONT since the majority of Greater LA Asian population lives closer to ONT. Shouldn't be, because that statement is in no way accurate. Majority of Chinese and Taiwanese, sure... but that's about it. Koreans, Filipinos, Thais, Japanese, Malay, In...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SNA) Aviation - 2023

Interesting to see DL separating themselves as the clear No. 1 carrier at LAX. Hope they can continue to grow there. Despite what DL inherited at LAX when they bought WA, I doubt anyone would have predicted 20 years ago that DL would be the #1 carrier at LAX. Funnily enough, go back a decade earlie...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SNA) Thread - 2023

The more likely scenario for DL intetnational ops is a return to the T2 FIS once that is reopened & redeveloped. BTW, where are we with that? Has LAWA/CBP (or whomever was the holdout) allowed FIS to return to the non-TBIT terminals? If not, is there a timeline for such? But now that the airlin...