Re: New airline to an airport

As mentioned above, in the vast majority of cases, no. There's charts and all of that which are standardized and easy to ready, and in most cases there's nothing special about an airport as far as arrivals/departures go that would require any kind of special review or training.

Re: AZ9430 to El-Paso today.

The Germans have troops stationed at Fort Bliss and at Holloman (though Holloman is being drawn down). Interesting about Holloman being drawn down, thanks for the info. I've been there a few times and it was always interesting to see the German number plates driving around this (sorry to say) truly...

Re: Was SkyBus ahead of its time?

enplaned wrote:

filipinoavgeek wrote:

It was shut down the same week as ATA and Aloha. The stories are still available on the web.

Re: Southwest adding Steamboat Springs

I don't have any firm numbers. It's still active in the summer, with nonstops to three or four places, including some mainline stuff. But nothing compared to winter. Very seasonal but there are two peak seasons. Summer is actually bigger than winter. Nonstop destinations number over a dozen now. ht...

Re: Southwest adding Steamboat Springs

Very exciting! The international realm appears to be fraught with risk for WN (if MEX was a failure, the likes of BOG, PTY, SDQ and even YYZ simply may not be worthwhile), while the largest unserved domestic metropolitan areas are now GSO (a risky venture in its own right) and MDT (an airport WN de...

Re: Mahan Air Ran Secret Flights to China Leading to Outbreak in Iran

Propaganda or not, the possibility that a communicable disease can spread via international air travel has moved out of the realm of science fiction, into science fact. It's not really new. Previous diseases have been spread by air travel, including H1N1. I'm almost 100% certain I picked up my case...

Re: AA to make SEA an INT hub/launches SEA-BLR in Oct 20/AS to join OneWorld

This is interesting and exciting for me. I get to Bangalore once or twice a year and currently have to double-connect MCI-DFW/ORD-LHR-BLR. Now the opportunity to go MCI-SEA-BLR is going to be very, very tempting. I'm really quite excited.

Re: New York to London - New Subsonic Flight Time Record

Let's see, JFK to LHR set a subsonic speed record. Passengers probably wondered what to do with extra time. Can they check into their hotels early? Drag their baggage to a cafe for coffee? I haven't seen anyone mention the poor saps flying westbound from London. To JFK is usually about 45 - 60 minu...

Re: Why are HNL - mainland USA flights not bookable beyond August?

Plenty of airlines have flights available beyond August to/from Hawaii. The two you chose just aren't two of them. Flights won't end mid-season, they're just not for sale yet.

Re: DoT to restrict Wuhan originating pax to 5 US airports

I get that they may be trying to do the best that they can, but there are so many ways around this (not saying intentionally) that it may be tricky. For example, what if I buy a one-way ticket from Wuhan to, say, Shanghai and then the next day fly PVG-DFW...would the US government have any good way ...

Re: Flight path changes

which I understand is the shortest and most efficient route. I think you misunderstood. Shortest by distance, sure. Shortest by time is a factor of other things, most notably wind. Sometimes you want the fastest route, sometimes you don't. Most efficient also isn't always the same thing as shortest...

Re: The Impeachment Hearings

Well this morning has brought some stunning events already. The GAO has announced that the White House BROKE THE LAW in witholding aid to Ukraine https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/gao-report-administration-violated-law-withholding-aid/index.html decision issued Thursday, the GAO said that the...

Re: A DL 772, Flying LAX-PVG, Makes Emergency Landing And Dumps Fuel On School

Would Kansas City make it ok? C'mon people, let's be rational. Pretty sure the pilots did not think "cool, let's dump fuel when we don't need to and let's aim for a school". Some of you are such sensational alarmists, similar to the media these days. The other day I spilled fuel on my han...

Re: A DL 772, Flying LAX-PVG, Makes Emergency Landing And Dumps Fuel On School

I really, really can't wait to see the reason that this couldn't have occurred over water, or the justification that dropping fuel over a heavily populated area was deemed a better choice than landing heavy.

Re: Boeing 737 Max supplier Spirit Aerosystems to cut 2,800 jobs as workers feel pain of grounding

So Spirit doesn't expect to restart MAX production soon? There are something like 100 +/- fuselages already sitting at Spirit ready to go, so even if Boeing started assembly again tomorrow, there would be quite a while until they would need more product from Spirit. That's on top of the aircraft al...

Re: LY 777 Diversion Halifax

Would they be permitted to travel the 30-40km into the city for the day or is that a sabbath no no as well It's really going to depend on the person and their beliefs. Depending on how orthodox, conservative, reform, etc. your practice of Judaism is, you may or may not believe driving and/or riding...

Re: CAP Airport (CAP Haïtien)

AA's flight is daily, not weekly. They also had Spirit for a quick minute from Fort Lauderdale. Thanks for the tip! Anyways, with an A319 in 124 seat configuration, it gives a 868 passengers per week asuming full capacity. This, times 52 weeks, gives some 45k tourists per year. The Symphony of the ...

Re: LH600 Frankfurt to Tehran returning to Frankfurt

Also, OS871 VIE-IKA is diverting to SOF. Sofia is barely an hour flying time from Vienna, why not return to the base in stead of landing in Bulgaria. Quite odd. Yeah, that's odd to me too. Obviously had the fuel to make it back to VIE if it had enough to make it to Tehran. Curfew issue, perhaps? St...

Re: Porter Airlines suspends routes news. Why did it?

PD can still connect pax to Florida thru B6 network. I have to imagine it's hard to attract people to fly YTZ-XXX-Florida versus just taking one of the many nonstops between YYZ and Florida on any given day. Even harder when you need to extend that connection in XXX to clear US immigration/customs ...

Re: Royal Air Maroc 787 stuck at LHR

Don't know why such a big plane is needed for this route. A narrowbody would be a better fit. B737? Lots of pax and cargo between Morocco and UK that may necessitate more than just a 737 Slots at LHR pushing RAM to consolidate operations to a larger aircraft Better use of 737s elsewhere 787 may jus...

Re: Best and worst airport in Europe???

My favorite major airport is definitely MUC. However, if I had to choose one decently sized airport in all of Europe, it would be Rotterdam/RTM.

Re: AA botches launch of JFK-GEO

Remember Latin Americans like to SHOP for family in the USA. This is similar to East Asia a few years ago where VFR would always bring very heavy luggage's for family. But recently as American multi-nationals have expanded their presence into Latin America & East Asia the same stuff in the stor...

Re: Car crash at SRQ

Wow, I'm flying in to SRQ next weekend, curious to see what it looks like!

Re: Air Macau considers widebodies for service to US and Europe

Has Macau had any European wide body service since TP flew LIS-BRU-MFM years ago? Given Macau is a popular destination for a large demographic I could see it working, at least to the US. Was the BRU stop a requirement for the aircraft to make it from LIS-MFM? Just seems like an interesting place to...

Re: Cathay Pacific 777-300 YVR-JFK

stl07 wrote:

No Preclearance?

Re: Flybe to become Virgin Connect in 2020

2 Props 2 Hop

Re: Vigin Atlantic Tampa flight

I sure bet the Bucs were rethinking their “arrive Friday morning” strategy after seeing how lackluster the Bears played first half with that strategy last weekend...

Re: MIAT Mongolian acquires 787

mercure1 wrote:

Could this be the answer to MIAT statement from earlier this year it was seeking to establish US service with routes to IAD and LAX?

Re: NASA flight Palmdale - Stuttgart, Germany?

SOFIA is a joint project between NASA and German Aerospace Center. It’s an airborne telescope/observatory. It’s based at Dryden/Edwards AFB (just north of Palmdale) usually.

Re: Canadian lobster to China

belly fully of Lobster! That plane is living my dream Not that big of a deal around here (Nova Scotia). Some years you can get lobster at McDonalds. It is available from countless food trucks. Back in the old days the poor kids would have lobster sandwiches at school. The rich kids had bologna. I’v...

Re: Canadian lobster to China

ghYHZ wrote:

belly fully of Lobster!

Re: American Airlines Adds 7 New Summertime Routes to Montana and Alaska

ORD-ANC doesn't surprise me. ORD-FAI a little more so. Definitely looks like AA is keen to take on more of the national parks traffic! UA already flies ORD-FAI has been for a few years and the truth is the flight is just as popular as our 2x daily (seasonal) ORD-ANC flights especially during the he...

Re: AUS eyes nonstop flights to 7 interc’l destinations: AMS, BJS, DUB, CDG, ICN, PVG, TYO

I read BJS as BJL (Banjul, The Gambia) and really started scratching my head. That would be a fun route...

Re: American Airlines Adds 7 New Summertime Routes to Montana and Alaska

ORD-ANC doesn't surprise me. ORD-FAI a little more so.

Definitely looks like AA is keen to take on more of the national parks traffic!

Re: How come Aeroflot doesn't fly to Singapore or Mumbai?

x1234 wrote:

realised Aeroflot flies to LITERALLY every airport in Europe (both Western & Eastern).

Re: 35 injuries; 12 to hospital; Rough air on MRU-MAD

I think that regulators, aviation authorities and airlines across the globe need to be more strict on seatbelts. I don't how to enforce that, but that's how I see it. Noteworthy that I'm aware that sometimes it's not best thing to stay stuck in your seat for so long... At least keeping the belt on ...

Re: Flights from Northeast Brazil to West Africa

Looking at the history in the civil aviation forum as well as a general search online I could not find much - has there ever been or are there plans for any flights from NE Brazil, say FOR, NAT or REC to ROB, ABJ or ACC in West Africa? I’m not sure about the history, but I very much doubt there is ...

Re: Most Painful Red Eye Flight of 2019?

The worst redeye I have ever done is LAS-DFW. Leave at 1am, arrive at 545am, with barely 2h15 in the air. Truly painful.

Re: Hong Kong airport cancel all flights today

Looks like cargo flights are still departing without much issue (as would make sense), but nothing commercial coming out still.

Re: Hong Kong airport cancel all flights today

gdg9 wrote:

AA125 DFW HKG still showing a go as of now on aa.com. Departs in about 90 minutes

Re: Why is there no service via the US3 to Vienna?

This one is easy. The population of Vienna isn't that big, its like 1.8 million if you include the countryside. Just curious - does that number include nearby parts of Hungary and Slovakia? Bratislava isn't huge but does total up to about 500,000 people for which VIE would be the easiest airport th...

Re: Why is there no service via the US3 to Vienna?

This one is easy. The population of Vienna isn't that big, its like 1.8 million if you include the countryside. Just curious - does that number include nearby parts of Hungary and Slovakia? Bratislava isn't huge but does total up to about 500,000 people for which VIE would be the easiest airport th...

Re: Drunk FA fired (UA Express, ORD-SBN)

I assume the return flight was cancelled or delayed since they were down a crew member, unless a crew swap was happening at SBN. I believe it was her first flight of the day (if I understood correctly) and I feel like it would be unlikely to have her come in, fly what is essentially one of the shor...

Re: Drunk FA fired (UA Express, ORD-SBN)

I love how the photo of her on the ABC article says the flight was going to "East Bend"...north, south, east, west, whatever. Yeah well the original news article I read on my phone a little bit ago said the flight was operated by Wisconsin Air. Gotta love the press. Hey, at least that's j...

Re: Drunk FA fired (UA Express, ORD-SBN)

I love how the photo of her on the ABC article says the flight was going to "East Bend"...north, south, east, west, whatever.

Re: Socialist Democrats of America - Cringeworthy

If any of your political candidates pushes Socialism seriously reconsider your voting choices. How about you not tell me how I should or shouldn't vote... Well it is your vote. I guess if you want a political system like what destroyed Venezuela have at it. Until the infestation of Socialism took o...

Re: Socialist Democrats of America - Cringeworthy

stratclub wrote:

If any of your political candidates pushes Socialism seriously reconsider your voting choices.

Re: CAAC issued security warning against Cathay over Hong Kong protest, ban protest-supporting staffs from flying into C

PRC: "Hong Kong, you're ours"

HK: "Ah, I see...so we have free reign around the PRC in exchange, right?"

PRC: "Well, no..."

Re: Why are there SO MANY flights between Moscow and China!?

On population alone, Moscow Metro Area + Shanghai Metro Area = something like 47,000,000 people. That's the same as NYC metro area + London Metro Area + Paris Metro Area. And think about how many flights there are between those three cities. Obviously, demand will be different due to economic and bu...

Re: Free flights on F9 if your last name is Green/Greene

Does Frontier require checking in at the ticket counter for this? To verify ID? If not, a creative loophole for an airline employee to fly somewhere on a confirmed ticket for free. Or someone with a fake id Back in high school, my fake ID was "Green". Damn, wish I still had that bad boy.