Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

lol yes SFO actually somewhat prefers the status quo, wherein they get to monopolize the use of the well-known name of the center city and the region. This is a real logical contortion. The City of San Francisco is “monopolizing” the use of their own city name? And Oakland should have every right t...

Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

lol yes SFO actually somewhat prefers the status quo, wherein they get to monopolize the use of the well-known name of the center city and the region. This is a real logical contortion. The City of San Francisco is “monopolizing” the use of their own city name? And Oakland should have every right t...

Re: Alaska / Hawaiian Air Merger Discussion

Between 24 A330s and 12 787s, My wish list is on at least some of these that would be more likely to fit within Alaska's network or are oddballs for HA: Domestic: SFO-HNL SFO-KOA SFO-ANC (just by the fact that I think SFO will become a bigger hub medium term) SFO-JFK/EWR LAX-HNL LAX-KOA LAX-JFK/EWR...

Re: Alaska / Hawaiian Air Merger Discussion

Between 24 A330s and 12 787s, My wish list is on at least some of these that would be more likely to fit within Alaska's network or are oddballs for HA: Domestic: SFO-HNL SFO-KOA SFO-ANC (just by the fact that I think SFO will become a bigger hub medium term) SFO-JFK/EWR LAX-HNL LAX-KOA LAX-JFK/EWR...

Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

I wish they would just call it Oakland/SF Bay instead of San Francisco Bay Oakland. Feels like they’re trying to hide the Oakland part, and I do think it will get very confusing. In other cities where there are two similarly named airports, both airports have something in the name that distinguishe...

Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Their true colors are showing, afraid of some flights to be shifted across the bay. Not really surprising, as they always do with the overshadowing on the city of Oakland. San Francisco sure loves to speak over Oakland on any taskforce that would hurt SF. The only way to get more flights is to chan...

Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Their true colors are showing, afraid of some flights to be shifted across the bay. Not really surprising, as they always do with the overshadowing on the city of Oakland. San Francisco sure loves to speak over Oakland on any taskforce that would hurt SF. The only way to get more flights is to chan...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

There are going to be a bunch of people mad that they arrive on the other side of the Bay. I don’t think awareness is Oakland’s issue. This is not a real issue. The BART travel times to Embarcadero are basically the same. SJC calling themselves a San Francisco airport on the other hand... Anywhere ...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Isn't Oakland airport actually closer to downtown SF? I heard that somewhere. When using “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line” yes. Logistically, no. Crossing the Bay Bridge can be time consuming with traffic and toll. The airport train to BART is time consuming with change ...

Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

There are going to be a bunch of people mad that they arrive on the other side of the Bay. I don’t think awareness is Oakland’s issue.

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

Pontius wrote:

N641UA flying again.

Re: United, FAA steps up oversight.

Any authority should take a look at an airline who has had a string of incidents like UA had. They and the airline need to know if we are seeing a statistical anomaly where a few "one in a x" events happened to line up, or, a systemic problem at the airline. Exactly. It’s not complicated ...

Re: United, FAA steps up oversight.

Interesting quote from JonNYC that purportedly comes from the union. The FAA has similarly witnessed this and recently stepped in to take substantial action against United Airlines. We have lost the ability to approve new Line Check Pilots, issue type ratings, and have regulator-imposed restriction...

Re: United, FAA steps up oversight.

Interesting quote from JonNYC that purportedly comes from the union. The FAA has similarly witnessed this and recently stepped in to take substantial action against United Airlines. We have lost the ability to approve new Line Check Pilots, issue type ratings, and have regulator-imposed restrictions...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

Supposedly UA’s current leadership was deeply unhappy with the price Smisek’s team negotiated for the A350s which was an initial part of the problem.

Re: Former Global Crossing Chief to start Florida based A220 airline: Air Flo

There goes that new United hub in Florida.

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

LAX-HKG 2x daily is pretty wild given that flight’s history.

I assume the NRT-CEB 737 comes from the GUM sub fleet?

Re: A Tale of Fire and Ice at DUB (1 March)

Ok, 2 it is.

Also, on taxi out it did look like the flames were from a fire training area.

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

[ While UA is rumored to be going to Airbus for more 321's, you see in this graph that even Airbus stiffs UA on 21 planes in 2025 - I wonder why? How can UA be talking to Airbus about more near term delivery slots if they cannot adequately fulfill their current order? Also, wonder why the graph doe...

A Tale of Fire and Ice at DUB (1 March)

Dublin got an inch of slush and is a real mess today. Not enough deicers, planes stuck in gates, planes stuck on the tarmac, and planes circling to land. It seems like a real cascading mess. About a half an hour ago from the terminal I saw flames shooting up in the air out past the parking area that...

Re: Frontier cancels 12 routes exiting Harrisburg and Los Cabos

ausinTex wrote:

MCO BOS ends August 12
MCO CMH ends August 12
MCO MDT ends May 23
MCO MSY ends August 12
MCO PIT ends August 12
MCO SDQ ends August 12

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

I read many of the posts and wonder, "where is the hole in the network?" Current UA hubs: ORD IAH IAD SFO EWR DEN With a strong focus city at LAX The weakness is Southeast US and Pacific Northwest. The later isn't an easy market. The former is low yield and requires taking on ATL/FLL and ...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

But, if it was the AS blow out that started this ball rolling Kirby had to get to TLS and back in 10 days, in the middle of sorting out Q4 earnings statements etc so basically called up Airbus and said on my way, we need to chat.. not sure if thats better or worse for Boeing Considering it´s the to...

Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

United actually did not lose any time and reiterated its application for GUM-HND merely hours after Hawaiian surrendered them. Schedule: “ United flight UA849 will depart Guam at (7 p.m.) and arrive at Haneda at (10 p.m.) the same day. On the return, flight UA849 will depart Haneda at (11:55 p.m.) ...

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

gatibosgru wrote:

Smart move. I wonder if UA initiated the discussion, or if this is preemptive.

Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

It was always clear these were squandered slots. Glad HA finally gave them up rather than continuing to pretend they’d operate them.

Re: Egypt Air 787 diverts to DUB - cracked windshield Jan. 20

rrapynot wrote:

Dublin is always best for the craic.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

Remind me again, what do UA30xx flight numbers signify? I was booked on a MAX 9 SEA-DEN-IAH-AMS routing but was rerouted PDX-DEN-ORD-AMS, with DEN-ORD being UA3016 (and operated by an A321neo!!!!). Is this a position/ferry flight? The seatmap shows a mostly empty ride... It looks like brand new A32...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

United found loose bolts in 5 of their https://theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatches/united-finds-loose-bolts-on-plug-doors-during-737-max-9-inspections/ Yikes. Seems like a Boeing/Spirit issue then. I’m not sure how they can be trusted. They’re going to need more than a short safety webcast to get tha...

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

this seems like obvious QC issues that the B39M should certainly be grounded for. I know, the ‘737-900ER has the same exits’, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that on the MAX, those same exits are not being installed properly. Do we know this to be true? Is there any chance AS may have removed the ...

Re: Unconfirmed: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

I assume the plug is installed by Boeing. Would AS staff ever have reason to do anything to/with the plug?

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

The spreadsheet has updates as time goes by. New units, configurations, paint, WiFi. Other sheets and documents as well on the Site. I update daily in the evening (under an hour usually) checking aircraft in maint. bases and whether new units are entering maint bases. Thanks to everyone who contrib...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Are there really 23 787s coming in 2025 and 28 in 2026? Wow. I hadn't realized the deliveries were that aggressive. Also, their WB retirements (assuming nothing goes bad) seem to be very slow considering the growth. Six retirements over the same period of 51 787 adds? The beauty of this plan is tha...

Re: Josh Cahill banned from QR after posting negative review

Josh Cahill is nothing but a click-bait overhyped youtuber, making up scandals and exaggerating non-existent things. He's nothing but an aviation-Karen, nothing is good to his mind, and everything deserves to be a complaint. If you read his history he create trouble with all types of airlines like ...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

But which viable options do they have? LHR already has 3 daily flights, CDG 2 daily, AMS 1 daily, FRA 1 daily + few time a week a Condor fligt (on which AS already codeshares). Which which European city does Seattlt has economic ties which are big enough to warrant a flight? I reckon AS isn't going...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

It looks like the 788s are starting to hit maintenance intervals with one in XMN and one in PVG. Will these planes finally get repainted too? Any other enhancements coming for that fleet?

Re: United starting SFO-BCN seasonally from May 2024

Norwegian were first on this route and then IAG started Level to compete. In January 2020 I flew SFO-BCN on Norwegian for $129 and BCN-SFO for $159 on Level. Those were the days. Lately Level have been charging the same or more than the legacy airlines for 1-stop itineraries. Last September SkyTeam...

Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

This would give them access to a small long haul international operation and widebody fleet. They’d also dwarf UA on Hawaii-mainland and certainly bolster their West Coast credentials. On the flip side they remain weak everywhere else and become even more leisure oriented. BOTH separately right now...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

It's not about HNL/Hawaii - it's about the US as a whole, and going via HNL would offer more one-stop options into mainland US than via any Asian port? But HNL is out of the way compared to SEA PDX or ANC No it isn't. Australia/NZ O&D with the US is dominated by California. LAX/SFO-PER is much ...

Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

HNL as a hub for trans-Pacific international is pointless. Other than low cost leisure, no one wants to transit there. If they move those wide bodies to SEA they’d have a better chance.

Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

This would give them access to a small long haul international operation and widebody fleet. They’d also dwarf UA on Hawaii-mainland and certainly bolster their West Coast credentials. On the flip side they remain weak everywhere else and become even more leisure oriented.

Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

It’s on WSJ.com now

Re: IAG Firms Order for 50 MAX

The IAG order was always strange to me, timed as it was to give Boeing a lifeline at the depth of the MCAS crisis. I would not be surprised if the contract contained easy "walk away" clauses . Do we know how close the first is to production? An unenforceable contract is not likely to be a...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Any idea what the Polaris product will look like in the A321xlr?

Any chance they refit the 757s with that product or is it likely they’ll be retired as the xlr comes on property?

Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

The best public benefit would have been allowing Delta to move their slot to their gateway of choice. That would continue the balancing act of Haneda exposure when accounting for the JV’s. That was the DOJ rationale last time. Did PDX-HND when awarded to Delta really provide the best route for publ...

Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

AA responses are posted. They argue their proposal is by far the most superior for public benefit and fulfills the DOT criteria. United merely shifting flying from one airport does not even qualify as new service - the argument UA made criticizing DL when it wished to transfer NRT routes to HND in ...

Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

AA responses are posted. They argue their proposal is by far the most superior for public benefit and fulfills the DOT criteria. United merely shifting flying from one airport does not even qualify as new service - the argument UA made criticizing DL when it wished to transfer NRT routes to HND in ...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

The aircraft had flaps issues after departure and returned to DEN. Thank you! Ended up being a 753. Random q, but when that happens do the pilots scheduled to fly the 752 end up flying the 753? I thought maybe they were different pilot groups from a pay scale perspective. No difference what’s so ev...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Anyone know what happened to UA 478 last night? Was supposed to be DEN-BOS but quickly diverted back to DEN. That a/c (nose 3122) is supposed to operate my EWR flight tonight and curious if it will be back in service. The aircraft had flaps issues after departure and returned to DEN. Thank you! End...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Anyone know what happened to UA 478 last night? Was supposed to be DEN-BOS but quickly diverted back to DEN. That a/c (nose 3122) is supposed to operate my EWR flight tonight and curious if it will be back in service.