Re: Denver Aviation - 2024

LAXdude1023 wrote:

If you care about it, post your thoughts in the East Africa Aviation thread. You’ll get the answers to all your questions and opinions.

Nah, I'll give you the pleasure of telling them I was right, when ET announces ADD-FCO-DEN-FCO-ADD

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2024

It would certainly not be a simple mere formality to request 5th freedom routes from the EU. Aircraft utilization on that would be astronomical for a marginal business case. There is no comparing Togo and Italy when it comes to requesting 5th freedom. No comparing at all. The EU has never had much ...

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Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

" I don't see TK.. you need a lot of India connections and that's something they just don't have. but QR/EK I could easily see in a couple years, especially EK after they get their 787s" Qatar serves 13 destinations in India. Turkish serves 11 destinations. Emirates serves 9. I swear, eve...

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2024

Interesting comments because a ADD-DEN-ADD route would stop in FCO in both directions. Makes perfect sense to me. Kill 2 birds with one stone. DEN gets its much wanted direct route to Africa for marketing purposes but in reality it's really a new European route. Everyone is happy :D Do ET’s flights...

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Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

I say this because India alone is 75-85. https://chaibuzz.com/article/direct-flight-from-rdu-to-india-more-of-a-dream-than-reality This is the link where it shows PDEW for top 20 markets to India. If you scroll down all the way to the bottom, there is a slideshow with more info! So not even Middle ...

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Re: Denver Aviation - 2024

DEN-ADD, really? That will NEVER happen, it doesn’t matter how much the city is willing to subsidize it. That route would just be setting money on fire. [...] If the airport really wanted more international service, they should be aiming for things like FCO, CDG, DUB, LIS on UA. Interesting comment...

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Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

The tech travel crash also affected RDU, and by extension DL's focus city routes. While there has been some recovery of tech-related travel, it's been by far the slowest segment of business travel to return to normal (and will likely never be back to 2019 levels). If there's been a business travel ...

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Re: Salt Lake City Aviation - 2024

Why does the SLC headhouse look so small and not modern? In contrast, the concourses look very big! Interesting. I never spent time in the headhouse, don't even know what it looks like 'cause I go straight from the rental car drop off to TSA and gates, and viceversa. But I found the concourses narr...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Sounds like Etihad will be upgrading to daily… https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/2024/04/01/etihad-boston-abu-dhabi-inaugural-flight/ First flight was Sunday and already going on record to announce flight will be going daily. Impressive. That's pretty standard. Make the announcement while the ...

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Re: Fate of Condor 757-300s?

ZuluTime wrote:

Icelandair as short-term 757-200 replacements?

FI barely uses the 757's that they have. They are either parked or have very low utilization rates.

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

A couple things initially come to mind: 1). I believe WS didn’t fail on BOS-YYZ. My understanding is that the route was a high performer for loads and revenue, but WS withdrew all DH8 ops from YYZ and relocated them out west (YYC), no? I thought that’s what I read at least, but please correct me if...

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Re: NYC Airports Sterile Side Terminal Connectors

If there were an issue where someone or something gets by the TSA, or the terminal needs to be evacuated and everyone rescreened. These types of issues can be compartmented to the affected areas instead of the entire airport. Where would you put all the people if you had to evacuate the entire airp...

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Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

ausinTex wrote:

manchester "Boston" airport

That's actually an example of how changing the name did nothing. MHT has actually lost passengers and service since changing its name although those losses have nothing to do with the name change. But they did waste money on the name change.

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Thanks for the info. I’m guessing that the next possible routes might be IAH, YYZ, YUL, PDX, SDQ. Outside of those I don’t really see where else they would add given the hub isn’t really the best for connections. I'm surprised DEN is not 2x daily. I think DL serves every major city at least 2x dail...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Thanks for the info. I’m guessing that the next possible routes might be IAH, YYZ, YUL, PDX, SDQ. Outside of those I don’t really see where else they would add given the hub isn’t really the best for connections. I'm surprised DEN is not 2x daily. I think DL serves every major city at least 2x dail...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

iyerhari wrote:

BOS Feb-2024 BOS numbers are out:

1. Domestic - WOW! should we say driven by DL?

More specifically the return of business travel.

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

I think in 20-30 years just level the airport and start from scratch, like SLC or LGA. By then for sure you'd need to do something about terminal C, etc. New design and concept. It doesn't have to wait 20-30 years but it will probably take a lot longer. Massport has been very good at making increme...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

The solution is pretty straightforward the way I see it
Build A-B connector. Move AC to UA's gates and DL gets 3 new gates.
Build A-E bridge so hundreds of passengers don't have to take a bus. It's also more environmentally friendly

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Re: Boom Supersonic Overture Development - 2024

Did I see this right in their video release -"The first privately funded supersonic aircraft". Well Northrup might have a issue with that - the F-20 Tigershark Based on Wikipedia it doesn't sound like it was privately funded: "Much of the F-20's development was carried out under a US...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Has there ever been discussion of having a Delta A to E connector that operates behind security so pax don’t have to re clear TSA? That would sure be a more pleasant experience for passengers. If this has been tried in past forgive me haven’t been to BOS in many years. I think there's a real proble...

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Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

The Delta BOS hub strategy was for sure on display last night. I flew back to BOS on Thu at 6:30pm and we parked at gate A10 which is next to where you catch the bus to terminal E and the crowd waiting for the bus was huge. And this is low season :o I can't imagine what a mess it might be during pe...

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Re: TAP A321 nosegear first touchdown at LPMA

There are some reports that there were no passengers onboard. That factor could have played a role in the pilot's decision. That plane flew from LIS to FNC yesterday and had to divert o Porto Santo. It was making its way to FNC so it could fly back to LIS. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft...

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Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

AN-124 enroute to PVD from Leipzig: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ADB361F/history/20240323/1037Z/EDDP/KPVD America’s Cup yacht will be loaded tomorrow morning and the aircraft will depart to PSM for a quick tech stop, then on to Barcelona. Damn it! I was just driving past PVD at that exac...

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Re: Salt Lake City Aviation - 2024

Fort Lauderdale – Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, Salt Lake City I am surprised that B6 would be dropping SLC-FLL nonstop service with the limited amount of nonstop service that SLC has to the MIA/FLL market and with DL and AA being the only other airlines currently serving the MIA/FLL mar...

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Re: AC Gates at BOS

That secluded section of terminal B was just recently redone. AC likely covered the majority of that renovation to their specs, so I suspect AC has plans to maximize that investment. I don't think so. The remodel was part of the larger terminal B modernization project which eliminated the "sec...

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Re: Misdemeanor weed charge

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