There are reports coming in that on the 20th December 21 EK231 operating DXB-IAD was involved in a serious incident on departure Below are the key points involved in the incident though some of it is unconfirmed at this point in time EK231 operated by 77W A6-EQI Aircraft departed DXB with flight di...
Jump to postActually they do even have two liveries on their 737 Max fleet. The older ones (like TF-ICE) have this shiny 757-style logo and the newer ones (likeTF-ICP) have a different logo which is not shiny. It’s even more simplified. That’s just like what UPS did with their logo. Actually, if you look at th...
Jump to posthttps://www.bwiairport.com/flying-with-us/about-bwi/press-media/june-22-2021-new-international-service-from-icelandair-coming?fbclid=IwAR1hJsSg4nAcAZrvjNqtSIiJJSdrcpI5Ts_TFjDJfZYfzU4tAHX28fPWwP0 Third time's the charm? FI most recently operated KEF-BWI in 2019 before it was cut, I believe. Flights ...
Jump to postIt’s not really rising from the ashes of WOW. It has some staff that worked at WOW, but the relationship ends there.
It’s a well funded new airline. They’ve raised around $50m and are planning to raise more from an IPO.
It’s almost certainly a scam. But the question is, who is being scammed? Is it her or is she scamming others?
Jump to postIs there no info on the config / LOPA of the plane as a whole?
Jump to postAirlines almost never have a uniform fleet on that level... especially if they acquired them second hand. If the fleet is new, it's because an airline will have acquired them at different times and through different orders. If it's second hand, you can be sure that the MTOW and MLW will be different...
Jump to postIt does look like there may some remedy slots for BOS-LHR. Maybe they applied for that. But it looks like the LHR slots haven't been announced yet... I can't find the document on the ACL website. I wonder if they applied for LGW and STN as backup and intend to return it if they get LHR. They have so...
Jump to postThree 757-200s will be sold for freighter conversion: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/07/2105265/0/en/Icelandair-Group-hf-Sale-of-three-Boeing-757-aircraft.html - Customer is unknown but paid $21 million USD for these three 757s "which is USD 2-3 million above book value.&qu...
Jump to postIcelandair’s worst mistake Care to explain? I'd like to be educated too. The A321CEO lacked range for Icelandair, but for many airlines was a great cost savings. The A321CEO had 1,800 ordered, with a surge post Sharlets and engine PiPs as that was needed for many operators, in particular the US3 (r...
Jump to postThe government imposed a quarantine requirement a few weeks ago of 5 days for anyone arriving, so demand disappeared. It’s a direct consequence of that.
Jump to postIf you had the pilot do safety function couldn’t you hire a lose wage person to do service? All I know is if there was an inflight emergency I wouldn't want a pilot in the back some where who can't get to the cockpit in time because his company asked him to do double duty. There should NEVER be onl...
Jump to postAccording to Icelandair, they had started training pilots over the weekend. Apparently, they needed about 1-2 days of additional training above pilot training.
Jump to postA new deal between the union and Icelandair has been signed tonight. Looks like taking the nuclear option worked for Icelandair. Assuming the union members approve the signed deal in a general vote on the 27th, they will keep their jobs. It begs the question: were they truly ever planning for this w...
Jump to postThe union contract that was agreed to, but then voted down didn’t lower salaries, but rather raised the lowest group (most junior), whilst keeping the rest unchanged. Most of the changes came from keeping the monthly wage unchanged, but adding around 150 blockhours per year to the roster. The flight...
Jump to postMy guess is that the test at VIE will be paid for either by the airport or the Austrian government. I doubt passenger would be paying it themselves. This might put many off thus making the opening of VIE commercially unjustifiable. Why would the airport or the government do that? The test is not an...
Jump to postA lot of RR-powered 757's will become available on the other side of this crisis. They are expected to be looking for home, even if relatively inexpensively. Is it possible that once Icelandair emerges, and travel restarts, they could actually lease in some 757's, replacing some of the older frames...
Jump to postNot much is known yet about evacuation or if there were any injuries. I would hope there was no evacuation at all. An evacuation might have led to injuries whereas it doesn’t look as if it was necessary to evacuate. But okay, it’s easy to say this in hindsight. Apparently pax are still in the aircr...
Jump to postHi everyone. I'm booked on a flight up the east coast from SRQ to EWR in the next few days, and as is my custom, I've been watching on FlightAware for delay trends, routings etc. Of late, there's been a nearly daily S turn in the flight track over southern to central Virginia. Could this be some ki...
Jump to postFlying in a fully loaded 737 is like traveling with two people in a Prius. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704901104575423261677748380 And those numbers are 10 (TEN) years old with a CAGR of just 2% fuel burn decrease...you do the math... Airline travel is not the reason for climate ch...
Jump to postWith JetBlue announcing that they will carbon offset all their domestic flights and easyJet having done the same a few months ago, what are other airlines to limit their carbon impact? I know that a large number of airlines have programs for their passengers to pay for carbon offsets and some airlin...
Jump to postI don't quite understand their new strategy of opening bases in western Europe. Lower labor costs in eastern Europe is what brought them success. Now they are trapped in places like London and Vienna with a lot of competition and the next downturn may be just around the corner... Perhaps they shoul...
Jump to postSince this could be a major strategy change for Frontier, I think this has to justify its own thread. F9 will take 18 A321XLR. With the acquisition of the A321XLR, Frontier will have the ability to take on transatlantic routes to the U.K. and Western continental Europe. From Frontier’s main hub in ...
Jump to postWhat I will say though is that it still surprises me they didn't go for the A321neo to begin with to at least cover the routes that aren't as reliant on the 757's range, but it is what it is. Yes, I think it is becoming more and more clear how big a mistake that was. And that was even pretty obviou...
Jump to postThe reason Icelandair doesn’t take the flights out right away is because they start by zeroing out all inventory, then they spread the rebooking process over a couple of days, or weeks, to make sure they still have good customer service, and not overwhelmed costumer service staff. Then they take out...
Jump to postMy friend went to the star wars celebration event in Chicago this weekend and toured around till he saw the booth that was hosted by NH. He talked to the reps at the booth for sometime and eventually mentioned that he was from Toronto. That's when not only one but two reps from the airline leaked i...
Jump to postApparently it went to mainline because Rouge A319s don’t have ETOPS so performance on the MAX was better. It should revert to mainline one those planes come back to service. Although not needed for either YYZ-KEF nor YUL-KEF, Rouge has 2 A319s equipped for ETOPS 120. They are the two that mainline ...
Jump to post[quote="enilria"] Is MCI the only USA route to gain KEF last year that still has it? *FI CLE-KEF MAY 0.3>0.0[0.4] /quote] No, SFO is still there. Remember that there were two seperate times in which these routes were added. CLE and DFW were added in the fall of 2017, and then BWI, SFO and ...
Jump to postSo they bought shares at $0.077/share price? Quite the fire sale! Wingnut That price is not a fire sale, it’s basically the market price right now. Icelandic stocks are priced in Icelandic crowns that are denominated like cents, so most stocks are actually penny stocks. However, it doesn’t have the...
Jump to postNo hint they're looking to change their business model (multiple routes, high frequency services hubbing at Reykjavik taking advantage of narrow-body economics...) Among carriers with mainly single-aisle fleets they're also unusual in needing 757-type range. Technically the 797 would be great - a b...
Jump to postBOS is remarkably close to downtown.
Jump to postThat’s gonna require a hard landing inspection.
Jump to postFI KEF-MSP JUL 1.5>1.0[1.5] AUG 1.4>1.0[1.6] SEP 1.3>1.0[1.2] The EI effect. Note that they upsized the planes from B737-8 to B757-300. That’s an increase from 160 to 225 per flight, or 40%. That means that they decreased the frequency by 36% but increased the seats per flight by 40%. That leaves t...
Jump to postFI KEF-MSP JUL 1.5>1.0[1.5] AUG 1.4>1.0[1.6] SEP 1.3>1.0[1.2] The EI effect. Note that they upsized the planes from B737-8 to B757-300. That’s an increase from 160 to 225 per flight, or 40%. That means that they decreased the frequency by 36% but increased the seats per flight by 40%. That leaves t...
Jump to postlavalampluva wrote:FI as well as WW are trimming the waste. They are shrinking as fast as they expanded.
Is anybody else a little skeptical that this may just be a system/filing error or maybe an equipment change (maybe an upgauge to 767 now that WOW is collapsing and off the route)? The flights have been bookable for year-round service, well into the summer next year, and suddenly all flights after n...
Jump to postResults for the first 9 months of 2018 have (surprisingly) been made public: https://wowair.is/investors/media/ "Total loss for the period was USD 33.6 million compared to USD 13.5 million loss for the same period last year." Yep. Revenue increased 31%, cost increased a whopping 49%! If t...
Jump to postmjoelnir wrote:I counted 8 WOW frames leaving Keflavík this morning, including the one A330.
Looks like a WN 737 and WW 321’s winglets collided at the E gates a short bit ago. A nice little FU to WOW before they leave us for good I guess..... Wonder what the plan is for all the pax who were supposed to go to KEF tonight, do they even have a spare bird to send here? I'm guessing several con...
Jump to postYou may be just fine on FL, but many business folks will not be taking a carrier that with any operational problems will misconnect and always be at least a day late with no options for rerouting on the carrier. With UA,DL,AA you will have many options from all over Europe. Last winer I had a fligh...
Jump to postDoes anyone have an idea of the load factors of the AA flight to KEF? It would be an interesting comparison given the different business models of the flights.
Jump to postOverbuying of aircraft in the first place. They knew WW was dropping big time capacity the whole time. They should have been more conservative with their fleet plans, 757 or not. Icelandair is one of the most conservative airlines in the world when it comes to fleet matters. It has very little debt...
Jump to postAs usual.... did a search.... did not see this posted yet, so here goes.... Several Nordic media are reporting on this after Icelandair has published an official notice to the stock markets. "Icelandair Group initiates discussions with bondholders" Here's their message: https://globenewsw...
Jump to postThat is a bad deal for WoW. I agree with the Air Berlin analogy... They should have sold the company. Lightsaber Does anybody know the implied default risk in a 9% rate? It depends on in what currency the bonds are. The 1 day lending rate at the Iceland central bank is 6 % and for 7 days or longer ...
Jump to postCleveland.com has an article with some nice background and quotes from the carrier. https://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/09/icelandair_cancels_winter_flig.html. How Frontier-esque. On July 31st Icelandair extended it's schedule to include year round CLE service, and PD wrote about it, no...
Jump to postIt seems CLE's status was unclear. Nobody from FI is correcting this article so maybe winter operations were in doubt. Needless to say this isn't the case anymore. Yeah my take is that it was a conditional year-round service, if CLE met its marks (which it appears to have done) the year-round servi...
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