It is far to early for any of the US3 to extend 2019 status to January 2023 a decision like that would not be made until August or September. I largely agree, but with biz travel still so depleted I have a sense it is inevitable they extend it another year. (selfishly hoping being a 1K with very li...
Jump to postI'm very curious. this route has always been the mythical most profitable route on a.net. (Followed by JFK-LAX). But is it just the highest revenue flight, or is it actually the most profitable. My theory is that some much less glamourous flights are the most profitable. IE, city pairs with very li...
Jump to postEurope it’s going to be a problem for another year. The vaccine roll out there has been a disaster and they are locking down again This summer is toast and loading flights for the fall is useless unless you’re a B6 trying to get their foot in the door Try and tell that to UA after you look at their...
Jump to postSTT757 wrote:SQ ending the JFK-SIN nonstop and shifting it back to EWR June 1st.
Do you think FRA-JFK, LAX-NRT, or IAH-MAN will ever come back or will those be replaced by extra nonstop flights given that people will want more nonstops going forward? This is an interesting question. I suspect the answer is - we are unlikely to see many 5th freedom / add-on legs resume in the ne...
Jump to postMaybe I am being Pollyanna, but I'm very bullish on the return of business and leisure traffic. Every new invention was/is going to kill business travel. But it never materialized. The opposite always happened. And the reason is humans are social creatures. Make no mistake, there will always be a n...
Jump to postTen BILLION for a bus terminal! Who’s getting paid off here? 260,000 commuters go through that building everyday. The buses enter and exit the facility through a network of dedicated elevated roadways that enter and exit the Lincoln Tunnel through the middle of Midtown Manhattan. I never heard of s...
Jump to postUnited held its annual leadership conference virtually last week. A few interesting tidbits from the presentations I saw. o Only 10% of MP members have flown since April. That's just a staggering statistic, glad to know I'm one of the 90% there. Also leads me to believe United's announcement of rol...
Jump to postUnited held its annual leadership conference virtually last week. A few interesting tidbits from the presentations I saw. o Only 10% of MP members have flown since April. That's just a staggering statistic, glad to know I'm one of the 90% there. Also leads me to believe United's announcement of rol...
Jump to postI know that EWR-CPT is off the table in December. With South Africa reopening, do you think they will resume it in January? https://www.google.com/amp/s/thepointsguy.com/guide/south-africa-is-reopening-for-tourists-but-will-u-s-travelers-be-allowed-to-visit/amp/ Interesting, hoping we can get it as...
Jump to postWhen I got my giant JFK email from United and read that it will be operated with a high J 763, I actually got a chill down my spine! I live in the West Village and getting to EWR by car service is the closest thing to an SUV with a “spore drive!!!” - I barely finish reading the news before we are i...
Jump to postx1234 wrote:What will be the future of T7 with BA/IB moving to AA's T8 soon?
This one I bet has a much higher shot as delta has no other option then to push people to klm or af if they delay and that adds alot of time thru Europe. It doesn't, really, relative to travel times for that distance already. Examples from schedules of early January: ORD-ATL-JNB, 19 hrs, Great Circ...
Jump to postI am interested to see what happens to the FRA-JFK leg. Recently, SQ secured rights for launching NRT-JFK. I wonder if we might seem them move the routing to SIN-NRT-JFK at some point... https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/01/08/singapore-airlines-secures-rights-for-tokyo-new-yor...
Jump to postDoes anyone know how many meals are served on this 18 hour flight? Is it 2 or 3? On SQ21/22, in W it was 3, one close to take-off, another mid-flight, one close to land. Is the midflight meal served on a standard tray? Are all three meals about the same size? I've taken it SIN-EWR twice and every m...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:Does anyone know how many meals are served on this 18 hour flight? Is it 2 or 3?
I get it, I just don't know who is flying on this flight right now. NYC-SIN was about business O&D at the best of times. How much VFR can there be? Seems like they're expecting some connecting demand? But there's other options unless you want to get to some niche secondary SE Asia markets. Anywa...
Jump to postDoes UA have an aircraft now that can go direct from EWR to BLR? If not, can the A350 handle this flight (if and when they take delivery)? That maybe on par with SFO-BLR in terms of traffic. EWR-BLR is shorter than SFO-BLR. I'm very biased as my remaining extended family in India is largely in Bang...
Jump to postWill these new India flights have late night arrivals/departures into/from India? It's interesting, UA may very well stagger them out. Post pandemic, EWR-DEL is still an evening-evening (9PM-9PM) flight, but EWR-BOM is now a morning-morning (8AM-8AM) flight eastbound, and a daytime flight westbound...
Jump to postJayunited, I enjoy reading your posts. You bring a fascinating and at times exhilarating point of view to aviation. Just curious as to whether UA made this public that EWR - CPT exceeded expectations or if its from a purely speculative point of view. It looks like its still going to be 3x weekly. C...
Jump to postI'm surprised how 'sensible' these routes seem (as in, in a non-COVID world these are reasonable asks). Given the world we live in and the complete unknown around business traffic at all in 2021, I figured they would take that opportunity to try out leisure/VFR routes that otherwise would've been an...
Jump to postSan Francisco to Bangalore Newark to Kaluhui and Johannesburg Washington to Accra and Lagos Chicago to Kona and Delhi https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/status/1303709783300747264 Amazing. God bless and Good luck to United. Who even knows if some of these are allowed to run (or passengers are allowed t...
Jump to postAnyone else feel like this may ironically be more historic than their "historic" announcement back in December 2018? Yeah, I was trying to remember the particulars of that one. United way overpromised on that one (though admittedly it was a sizable announcement in totality but nothing too...
Jump to postUA intends to start more than 25 international routes in September. ORD-TLV/AMS IAH-AMS/FRA SFO-MUC ORD-FRA, SFO-LHR goes daily LAX-SYD and ORD-HKG 3x weekly BOM/DEL to restart. SJU-ORD/IAD EWR-STT And many more Latin America restarts. https://hub.united.com/2020-07-31-united-airlines-plans-to-resu...
Jump to postEWR is the only destination that "needs" the -ULR capabilities. This is, to me, a great sign that they'll resume the NYC nonstop; as the -ULRs are advertised as being able to transition back to standard 280T birds, seeing as how little physical differences there are, and even fewer of the...
Jump to postmaverick4002 wrote:What is loyalty revenue?
United 8K filing today gives insight to booking trends. Heading wrong way. NYC in particular took a hit with the 14-day arrival quarantine. https://i.ibb.co/b7w6Wbf/UAL1.png https://ibb.co/R7rgvj5][img]https://i.ibb.co/b7w6Wbf/UAL1.png https://i.ibb.co/fF7H5h8/UAL2.png https://ibb.co/Pj8gn7T][img]h...
Jump to postNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut to place a 14-day quarantine on anyone arriving in the region from a state with a high #coronavirus infection rate. Not good for travelers looking to head out of the city to say, Florida or Arizona. Fully depends on what the restrictions are, and also if you liv...
Jump to postNew York, New Jersey and Connecticut to place a 14-day quarantine on anyone arriving in the region from a state with a high #coronavirus infection rate. Not good for travelers looking to head out of the city to say, Florida or Arizona. Fully depends on what the restrictions are, and also if you liv...
Jump to postwho is flying on the flights out of DEL or BOM into NY or others?
Are those only US residents trying to return to the US?
I talked with my friend who is a Bosch Executive and he says everyone within the company is trying to get traveling ASAP. He also said they, along with many other companies will not be waiting for a vaccine before starting to travel. Additionally, they are planning for a large conference in Germany...
Jump to postOn SQ26/25, is there a down-gauge of equipment proposed? With the A380 now very uneconomical, I'd expect a 4-class B77W or a 3-class (253-seat) A359 to fly the route instead upon resumption (EWR will, of course, be on the 161-seat A359). Good question, but also by the listing, SQ bringing back SIN-...
Jump to post“Insane crosswind”, and one youtube “takeoff traumas”. Clickbait verbiage by those that hardly understand and don’t deal themselves with these situations. All in a days work. Ah yes, same reason I hate watching highlights of Nadal or Federer hit 'insane shots' because it is all in a days work for t...
Jump to postHi guys, there's a lot of comments above and I haven't got the time to trawl thru them all, however could someone explain to me why there are still departures showing from LHR to various points in the USA tomorrow. Maybe I misunderstood but I thought there was no travel permitted currently between ...
Jump to postJust a quick seat count on today's UAL #219 - ORD to HNL. 81 in coach on the 777 (out of 336 seats). Business was full (no doubt mostly upgrades). Hope the plane had a lot of cargo going to the islands! UA 1040 737-900 EWR-AUA had total of 4, 1 in first, if the online seat map is accurate Have to i...
Jump to postBreaking: The CDC is recommending against gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks. Do 51 people waiting to board an aircraft count as an un-recommended gathering? https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/16/coronavirus-live-updates-us-cdc-events-europe-lockdown-uk-deaths-a...
Jump to posthttps://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120279430/coronavirus-prime-minister-updates-nz-on-covid19-outbreak From Midnight Sunday New Zealand will require all International passengers to self isolate for 14 days, and will be in effect for the next 16 days. Would see an sharp drop off of ...
Jump to postI had to come out to Chicago for some personal work from LAX and I'm seeing fares as low as $65 on United one way, last minute. Booked my return earlier tonight...its $65 on basic economy but still. Yup fares are creating. been doing a project in Toronto, my normal EWR-YYZ-EWR fare is around $450-5...
Jump to postAnd somehow UAL stock is up 10-12% This is where I shrug my shoulders and realize I will never understand the stock market, but god bless those that do. That's probably a result of President Trump saying he'll provide help to the airlines, though he hasn't given specifics just yet. https://finance....
Jump to postSome developments on the wires: March 10 (Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL): * UNITED AIRLINES PRESIDENT SAYS NOT TAKING DELIVERY OF A SINGLE AIRCRAFT - JP MORGAN CONF * UNITED AIRLINES PRESIDENT SAYS OUR GROSS BOOKINGS IN THE PACIFIC ARE DOWN ABOUT 70% - JP MORGAN CONF * UNITED AIRLINE...
Jump to postThey are running major mileage bonuses for trips bought and flown over the next few months. Especially if you purchase a PREMIUM seat. I feel bad for all travel and hospitality businesses. I'm far from a germaphobe- but it's even crossed my mind to bring antiseptic wipes. Last, for those who lost t...
Jump to postThe US Department of State just announced that South Korea and Italy are a level 4 travel advisory, which means do not travel to those countries. This is going to have a large effect on the US3, especially the Italy flights. https://mobile.twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1233831407262294016?ref_src=t...
Jump to postI think there is a lot of scaremongering in the media. I have flights to Milan next weekend and I will still be flying. Think I’m more afraid of the Ryanair 737 that I’ll be travelling on than the possibility of catching anything out there. Honestly, as you (kind of) should be. I have a trip with t...
Jump to postI don't expect tpac travel from USA to be back until at least September. People make travel plans to Asia months in advance and no one is thinking of going to Asia right now. Depends on what you mean by 'back'. As in historical demand returns then absolutely, if not way after. If you mean the retur...
Jump to postdanman132x wrote:Apparently Japan just canceled all school until after April
This is getting ugly fast...with Narita gone in March it also guts DL's ability to get passengers to almost anywhere in Asia. Delta is temporarily reducing the number of weekly flights it operates between the U.S. and Seoul-Incheon (ICN), South Korea, due to global health concerns related to corona...
Jump to postIt's not just safety, it's also outlook on selling tickets. AC (or the US3) are probably less willing to send out 77Ws and 787-9s with <100 people than CA/CZ/etc are. Less willing, or less subsidized? Little of column A little of column B Anyway, not totally relevant. Basic point remains is it is n...
Jump to postChina-USA demand is coming back. Attended briefing end of last week were Air China local management informed airport officials they will reestablish separate LAX and SFO flights for April. Current LAX flights are seeing increased loads (150-180 per flight) far above 30-50 few weeks ago. Really? Int...
Jump to postA good write up (with lots of photos) of the 752 refits: https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-refreshed-757-first-look/ The newly refreshed FIRST CLASS, in truly a ”refresh” and not a ”refurbishment” - if you do not instantly notice United’s new entry branding plaque (which I personally find to be ...
Jump to postI'm a biased UA 1K flyer, but personally I think UA is playing this well. They know what their weaknesses are and are working on them. If anything, they probably like the fact that AA & DL have decided to start this mini-war with DL shacking up with LATAM and now AA moving into SEA, the hub that...
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