Re: Atlantic Airways coming to SWF, Newburgh, NY

Yes, I posted this on the Nordic Aviation thread a couple of days ago, but it was before I could start new threads (I'm a new member). As a crew, I've got mixed feelings about this. While it is clearly interesting to get the opportunity to stay the night in another place than Copenhagen, or Bergen ...

Re: FAA to prohibit many flight operations due to risk of ‘5G’ wireless interference

Sorry if this has been asked, but how come in countries where 5G is already rolled out one hasn't heard of any issues? In fact I was in Korea last year for half the year and I don't remember hearing of such a storm around 5G and aviation. The same problem exists in other countries. The difference i...

Re: Arkansas Aviation Thread - 2021

Any word on how MX is doing at XNA?

Also, G4 had their first PGD flight this past week.

Re: Spirit Airlines sued for FA sexual assault in the air.

How is Spirit liable? Because it's their employee, who was working at the time, and legally has power over passengers? But yet the passenger didn’t call the police nor file charges. It’s simply a money grab. The FA didn’t exert power over the passenger. The only power is to ensure the passengers fo...

Re: Spirit Airlines sued for FA sexual assault in the air.

Ah, the old mantra of there's no victim if he's male. "He should have known". Treat this as any other case of sexual assault. Swap the male passenger with a female and nobody would think twice about this. How is Spirit liable? Because it's their employee, who was working at the time, and ...

Re: New Norwegian low-cost Norse Atlantic Airways announced

Should I be shocked that Orlando isn't an initial market? I feel like I should.

Re: TLH losing UA service

Go to page 30 & 31 of this document and you will see that there was a state-contracted airline agreement as recent as 2019. The legislature modified this in 2021 with a weasel-worded passage in the Statue governing state travel that says basically, while you can use whatever airline you wish, t...

Re: AS unveils their newest "special livery" Russell Wilson

In my memory at least, he is one of the few living celebrities to have his own Logo Jet. The only one that comes to mind right now is Taylor Swift with Air Asia.................Russell Wilson has a great reputation, but imagine the nightmare that would unfold if some huge negative PR scandal involv...

Re: TLH losing UA service

It doesn’t matter what the FF share is if the traffic shows a different pattern. No reason to get defensive. I didn't challenge what you said. I posed a question as part of a discussion about whether AA was growing more off of a FF base or more casual travelers. I’m stating facts, not opinions. Aga...

Re: TLH losing UA service

JAX is 2 1/2 hours drive time from TLH and ECP is a 2 hour drive, so I doubt too much traffic from Tallahassee is bleeding in those directions. I used to fly in and out of TLH frequently on business and learned that the airline that is granted the state government's air travel contract tends to dom...

Re: TLH losing UA service

AA carries more passengers than DL out of TLH. That doesn't surprise me if that has changed given the different destinations and levels of service AA has been offering the past several years. I'd be curious to know what FF market share is like - TLH has been a very loyal DL market for a long time, ...

Re: TLH losing UA service

JAX is 2 1/2 hours drive time from TLH and ECP is a 2 hour drive, so I doubt too much traffic from Tallahassee is bleeding in those directions. I used to fly in and out of TLH frequently on business and learned that the airline that is granted the state government's air travel contract tends to dom...

Re: Orlando Sanford International Airport?

I drive I4 everyday and none of this is remotely true if you drive between 10am-2pm its only about an hour and 15 mins from MCO-TPA Ah, so a very limited time window when there might not be a massive traffic jam, assuming there's also not any wrecks. Or you could just take 417 from MCO to Disney re...

Re: TLH losing UA service

So that makes it all the more confusing. If TLH is closing in on 1-million passengers *and* bleeding passengers to JAX & ECP, then TLH realistically has over 1-million total passengers. TLH is def not a place one would call a tourist destination, but just shy of 1-million passengers annually is...

Re: Orlando Sanford International Airport?

Because MCO is a huge airport and it recently took me an hour from my arrival gate to driving away in my rental car. That eats into that 45 minutes. MCO is also losing Disney’s Magical Express as a free Disney transportation option next year. That is because Brightline is going to have a non-stop t...

Re: Orlando Sanford International Airport?

TVNWZ wrote:

Smart people use TPA. Fast to the rental cars and an hour and some change to Disney.

Re: New Norwegian low-cost Norse Atlantic Airways announced

I’m not sure where STN and “FR self connects” come from as a business model. Norwegian operated from Gatwick and offered protected connections with easyJet through the Worldwide by easyJet product. If that didn’t work, why would STN, with far lower O&D passengers work? From what I heard, the ea...

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread - 2021

Apparently not all modern browsers are supported at flybreeze.com. I tried Firefox and I get a popup Browser not supported. Hopefully this is a temporary thing, Firefox a modern browser? I know back in 2005 they were the most popular for around 5 years until Chrome came out. As of now they only hav...

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread - 2021

I just booked a CHS-MSY in late August. Incredibly excited that these two cities are now connected by a nonstop. The app was intuitive and definitely user friendly. Also they give you a $5 credit just for making an account. Needless to say I’m looking forward to flying with BZ and it’ll be interest...

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread - 2021

Pleasantly surprised to see XNA get some love. I think TPA and MSY will do okay, in that order. SAT seems a bit odd but that's just me. Those are purely gut-feelings and having lived in the area for 10+ years and not founded in any passenger numbers. I don't think many would argue our area is under...

Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Allegiant is more likely to add ATL as a destination hub/focus city than it is to start service at LZU or elsewhere as a spoke. See G4 at BNA, SFO, LAX. The Allegiant business model has evolved considerably from what it was just ten years ago as a purely small town to vacation destinations, which ba...

Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Thinking more along the lines of a Skybus type operation, or at least just Allegiant, how about AHN? Doesn’t do anything for Cobb, but it does for Gwinnett.

Re: Why no second commercial airport for Atlanta?

Atlanta has no need for a second airport. Unlike most cities, ATL is very close to the central business district. In current conditions, it’s a 15 minute drive. It is also easily accessible by transit, and has a station at the airport. New capacity is being added with the 5 additional gates on Conc...

Re: Historical ops in HKG

I don't recall BA flights using HKG as a transit point from the 70's onwards (possibly before that) on their Australian flights which operated via BAH/DXB/AUH/MCT/BOM/BKK/KUL/SIN/BWN. As for BA LHR-HKG flights before the nonstops, in 747 days they operated via 2 stops (sometimes 3 stops if FRA or F...

Historical ops in HKG

I've recently become curious about the history of Hong Kong and Macau. HKG has its own major airline in CX. What sort of operations did BA, BOAC, etc. maintain in Hong Kong prior to the handover to China in 1997? Was it a meaningful hub? Did TP (TAP Portugal) have any operations at Macau prior to 19...

Re: Breeze - News and Discussion Thread

As for the Los Angeles area goes, I think ONT is a perfect fit for Breeze. The airport has available gates and could easier expand if needed. Neeleman said they are going to add routes that will have no competition and I could see many routes added from there that would not have direct completion s...

Re: Boeing announces first annual net loss since 1997

I agree with not rebranding it. Rebranding it in my opinion will make the public trust it less. Trying to rebrand the aircraft can be viewed as a cover up by some and that can make it even harder to regain trust at that point. Rebranding worked out great for ValuJet after the media firestorm. The p...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

Certainly positive news, and I would think these are all part of a strategy to capture passengers fleeing elsewhere in a bid to land WN. Hearsay, but I understand the airport director recently spoke to a business group and doubted the airport’s ability to land WN. It was reported to me that he said...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

I wanted to post this article that's nearly half a year old just because it points to stuff we'll be hearing about in late summer and early fall in regards to more gates, a club for business traveler, ect. https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/aug/22/xna-board-looking-at-200-000-million-in/ This foll...

Re: XNA (Northwest Arkansas) Aviation 2020

The bleed to TUL and LIT will stop when someone comes in with stimulus through seats and lower fares, whether it’s WN or F9 or someone else. Very little hope given how F9 and NK operate though. Yet another example of the downside of consolidation.

Re: Orlando Aviation Thread - 2019

Any updates on the runway incident where Hi Fly dumped fuel?

Re: Frontier Airlines Network Thread - 2019

Any news on the performance of XNA?

Re: LH to announce two new US-routes from MUC

I'm going to say one will be MUC-ATL. With the amount of German auto companies in the area, I'm surprised it's not served already. Their FRA flight does really well even with the entry of QR and TK While there is assuredly some overlap, the German auto companies in the Atlanta area are Mercedes and...

Re: Boeing' s Trouble: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet

And "indoctrinated" as well into the virtues of joining a union and all that comes with it? No doubt. Given how predisposed South Carolina and its residents are to rejecting unionism, I doubt that is much of a concern. Regardless, it really says something that Boeing as well as many poste...

Re: Boeing' s Trouble: Claims of Shoddy Production Draw Scrutiny to a Second Boeing Jet

Want evidence? "The NY Times also declined Boeing’s invitation to go to CHS and discuss" says it all. Most print news organizations would have declined the invitation. What would the NYT have seen? Floors scrubbed so clean they shone like mirrors? Aircraft inspected five times by five dif...

Re: Midwest Express files with SEC in first step toward official comeback

I hope it comes back and fails miserably just to spite the people of Milwaukee. Their public protest to AirTran buying YX and the “save the cookie” campaign was embarrassing. DL and WN own MKE now and will ensure that they flood any market that the new YX tries to take from them. I don’t think this...

Re: G4 flying with a missing panel?

Just asking the question. G4's MX and safety issues are well documented.

G4 flying with a missing panel?

https://twitter.com/gpbwesh/status/952545713648488448 Media reporter on board: Allegiant just announced there is a missing panel on our plane from NC to Sanford, nothing mechanical, nothing to worry about they say. Maintenance is coming to document it and it will get fixed in Sanford, please pray fo...

Re: Doug Parker on United's Lack of a Southeast Hub

I don't think the lack of a SE hub is going to kill UA. They've really never had one. IMO, Miami didn't count went they took the PA Latin routes because the feed into MIA was minimal. Besides, there really isn't a viable option in the SE to build a hub. What about BNA? Is it off the table because o...

Re: Is the Bay Area the only region in the US to have three Int'l airports?

From a purely international perspective for airlines, LA does as well with LAX, SNA, and ONT. The latter two have limited intl flights to Canada and/or Mexico.

Re: How will Boeing name its future aircraft?

Just add -Max to everything. 707-Max, 717-Max, 727-Max, etc.

Re: SV to have 15 777-200ERs put up for sale/lease

Can someone explain the pros and cons of buying an A/C that is high cycle but low hours and vice versa? Most aircraft have a certain number of certified cycles, which has to do with the pressurization, fatigue in the metals from the extremes of takeoff/landing, etc. So if you are buying high cycle,...

Re: Unserved markets in the US.

Two areas in Florida that are a just a bit too close to the major airports to have service - Ocala (OCF) with a metro pop around 300k, but about 30 minutes from GNV and about an hour or so from MCO Lakeland (LAL) with a metro pop just under 600k, but within an hour or so either way from TPA and MCO ...

Re: JetBlue and Spirit merger could it work?

The smaller players cannot fully compete with the big guys until they fill out their networks. While they can try to grow their way organically, that generally takes many, many years. The notion that mergers always mean less competition completely ignores the realities of the airline business and t...

Re: JetBlue and Spirit merger could it work?

I am not in favor of mergers and the fascination with them is funny since we now only really have three players and SWA. With that said, this would be a bulking up of JB, problem is, the clientele is not the same. Serve many of the same international destinations in the Caribbean and Central Americ...

Re: Can we expect Norwegian to order more wb aircraft soon ?

I really don't know how NAI can survive long term. There business plan only makes sense for 5 or so years. Low cost carriers within Europe and the US survive because you can travel cheaply, stay with family, eat at McDonalds etc. You can have a cheap vacation for people who cannot afford to spend m...

United Emergency Landing at TLH