Re: Paris-Orly 2035: skybridge, 90% contact gates

It's interesting to see the metamorphosis of European airports adopting more of the U.S. philosophy of jetbridge usage. I'm not sure I would agree with that. What they are saying is that 90% of the stands will be contact stands, not that 90% of flights will use contact gates. There's just not enoug...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Taking off from BOS on Sunday I noticed that it looks like they are adding a second jet bridge on some of the new E gates. I know this was the original plan for all the new gates but I thought it got shelved. Definitely saw them on E14 and E15 at least. Does anyone know if they are going to be adde...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Taking off from BOS on Sunday I noticed that it looks like they are adding a second jet bridge on some of the new E gates. I know this was the original plan for all the new gates but I thought it got shelved. Definitely saw them on E14 and E15 at least. Does anyone know if they are going to be adde...

Re: Boeing 737 MAX Fails Dozens of Tests in FAA Audit

micstatic wrote:

I'm rooting for them to finally realize a top to bottom culture change is urgent

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

I thought I might try it out just for the novelty of flying an older widebody into FNC from my home airport but 2-4-2 on the 67 sounds like more of a punishment than a treat. I prefer the old 67 wide body any day over the A321 sardine tube. The A321 neo did not make it better for the passenger, jus...

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

Why would anyone fly from ORH to NYC unless it was to connect? There are some 50+ daily flights between BOS and NYC. Plus Amtrak. Are you saying that every passenger on those flights/trains are either connecting or live in Boston? Lots of people fly between greater Boston and NY. Worcester's catchm...

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

With many countries and businesses souring on China due to governance issues and a clampdown on dissent, India and Phillippines are the beneficaries for economic investment. United isn't there for VFR, they're there for the higher yielding business traffic. Lets not discount tourists. Cebu is hugel...

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

bgm wrote:

airbazar wrote:

I don't think travel to Egypt is going to be popular while a full blown war is raging only 200 mi from Cairo.

Yet UA fly to Amman, Jordan. What's your point?

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

NK’s expansion is an interesting situation, given that I believe they only have 2-3 gates in the B-C connector. And I can’t imagine there’s much space available, given that they’re boxed in by AS/WN, and B6 on the other side. I've seen them use all 4 gates: B37-40. Here are 3 out of 4, yesterday. B...

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

CAI would definitely be a summer seasonal service at minimum. I don't think travel to Egypt is going to be popular while a full blown war is raging only 200 mi from Cairo. The first one I believe is EWR, based on what looks like Cape Cod towards the end of the clip. I think the 2nd is IAH and going...

Re: John Oliver's Take on Boeing

How many people watch John Oliver though? He's right, and Boeing deserves the public pressure. Boeing's mostly just really lucky China's commercial aerospace industry isn't completely mature yet... I don't but that was all over social media so I suspect a lot more people than his regular audience, ...

Re: Rest of New England Aviation - 2024

Well stated. Even the most ardent MHT supporters would happily choose BOS for obvious reasons: Price, schedule, and multiple options should something go sideways. MHT loses every time those factors are considered. I’m originally from southern New Hampshire and flew hundreds of business flights into...

Re: Does Delta have an oversupply of widebodies?

jbs2886 wrote:

This is wild...because DL charters a widebody in low season, it must have an overcapacity that means deferrals?

Re: Hawaii Aviation - 2024

Is anyone else surprised HA didn’t install a Premium Economy cabin in their new 787s? Yes… even 2 or 3 rows worth… something I definitely expected to see I think when they ordered the planes in 2018 premium economy wasn't as in demand as it is now. Maybe the cost and time to retrofit would be subst...

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

AA has almost 150 older A319/A320 in their fleet. A MAX8 or 321NEO is just too big as a replacement. That's why I'm in the MAX7 camp. Those A319/320 are from a distant past. These days it would be very unusual to see a large network carrier put in an order for A319/320. I would expect the competiti...

Re: Delta Air Lines Fleet - 2024

That makes sense based on 1) the NEOs are more fuel efficient, which of course makes for a bigger cost saving on longer routes, 2) looking at the current 75G routes, the majority of which are short hops, and 3) the previously mentioned handful of retirements. That said, time will tell. On that note...

Re: AirAsia plan to become low cost network carrier

Good luck with that. "Low cost" and "network carrier" are two terms that don't fit together very well. Long haul low cost is the problem more than anything. Southwest is a perfect example of a successful low cost network carrier. Many LCC sell connecting tickets which makes them...

Re: AirAsia plan to become low cost network carrier

Good luck with that. "Low cost" and "network carrier" are two terms that don't fit together very well. Long haul low cost is the problem more than anything. Southwest is a perfect example of a successful low cost network carrier. Many LCC sell connecting tickets which makes them...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

BOS-EWR on B6 is 40%. Why even operate a flight if the average LF is 40%? Might as well decrease frequency then? You don't know how many of those are corporate fliers on high fares like the BOS-RDU flight I just bought for next month, for $560. What's better? 40% at $500 each or 80% at $200 each? D...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

DL launching BOS-HNL seasonally Nov 21-Apr 30. 767-300. https://news.delta.com/delta-deepens-leisure-footprint-new-routes-hawaii-and-miami I'll be honest, never would've expected this one. Me neither. The season seems kind of odd to me. I've been to Hawaii 3 times and never in the winter. I don't t...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Comparing pre-pandemic business travel to present business travel is not a fair comparison. Even on the other threads, reports of non-BOS AM flights consistently go out under 100 people. VS shifted its 2nd BOS frequency from a morning departure to an evening one. I am by no means saying that there ...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

F9 adding 4x weekly flights to CVG starting in May. Interesting route for them, we'll see how they compete with DL and AA. Personally, I wish B6 would add this flight instead... https://www.wlwt.com/article/frontier-airlines-new-flights-cincinnati-airport-florida/46767601 Do G4/F9/SY/Y9 get some ki...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

The comments here are pretty funny, blaming this guy for the demise of TWA. Like the complete mismanagement of the airline prior to his involvement never existed. This guy only gets involved at the very end, to pick up whatever value is still left after years of bad management. He's not the reason ...

Re: Icahn Takes 9.9% Stake in JetBlue

The comments here are pretty funny, blaming this guy for the demise of TWA. Like the complete mismanagement of the airline prior to his involvement never existed. This guy only gets involved at the very end, to pick up whatever value is still left after years of bad management. He's not the reason t...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

The airport ....being Terminal E....would be far from quite empty at that time. Hawaiian, Porter, LATAM, IcelandaIr, Korean Air, Lynx, Bermudair, Sun Country, Frontier, JetBlue Allegiant, etc. etc. Best come in now while there's still space available. I’ve said it for years, the terminal E morning ...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Does anyone know why UA JNB-EWR diverted to Boston this morning? I did a double take when I saw a UA789 taxiing over to E this morning. UA908 AMS-ORD B788 is also diverting to BOS. Per a close friend who works at UA: Last nights UA187 JNB-EWR diverted to BOS this morning due to an unplanned fuel st...

Re: Egyptair dumps A220 fleet

Jomar777 wrote:

Let's agree on the fact that most of the people taking these decisions nowadays on Airlines (ordering aircrafts and handling their fleets) are executives - they probably only know as far as they are briefed - so sometimes this things happen.

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

[ Business travelers aren’t going to spend a day on a flight that may or may not have wifi instead. I suspect that the market for these flights has heavily shifted toward US based premium leisure travelers who can afford to waste a day on a flight, I vaguely remember reading something when DL annou...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

[ Business travelers aren’t going to spend a day on a flight that may or may not have wifi instead. I suspect that the market for these flights has heavily shifted toward US based premium leisure travelers who can afford to waste a day on a flight, I vaguely remember reading something when DL annou...

Re: Boston Aviation - 2024

Rest assured, I’ve worked in terminal E for years, and TACV’s operation has always been a mystery to me. I’ll tell you one thing though, I’ve never seen a more cheerful bunch waiting to board an aircraft than pretty much every TACV flight. There's some real reason for it. Like so many developing na...