The only true home bases were pretty much ended in 2020 with the pandemic (legacy US 757s assigned to PHL, legacy AW 757s assigned to PHX, and legacy US A330s assigned to PHL). Before that, you had the MD-11 pretty much out of DFW and the A300 pretty much out of JFK and MIA. I remember for much of ...
Jump to postYes hard to believe this has been 50 years ago day by day. I was too young to remember the crash. This disaster was the first hull loss of a DC-10. This was the beginning of the bad reputation of the DC-10. This was due to a cargo door failure, hence a cabin pressure loss. However, one year earlier ...
Jump to postThey should have been, 20 years ago or so, when they made the decision to stop building the 757. How do you think an aircraft that is 8t heavier than the competition would have fared? Extra fuel on board and more powerful engines. The RR engines were more powerful than the PW engines, although mayb...
Jump to postAflimacon wrote:Boeing absolutely made the right decision by dropping the 757 and 767,
Boeing needs a short and precise mission statement. Or a slogan. Something catchy. Like the slogans of the German auto industry: Volkswagen - Das Auto Audi - Vorsprung durch Technik BMW - Freude am Fahren Mercedes Benz - Das Beste oder Nichts. Boeing used to be good at that stuff. If they didn't na...
Jump to postBut my question is do they still have 737s? Because it is not from one day to the next day that an airline phases out a large fleet of an aircraft type. Then I think you answered your own question here? I did, yes. But I wasn't sure. I wanted to see what others would be saying. That's why I wrote a...
Jump to postHi everyone, Yes I know there was a recent discussion about Transavia receiving its first A321NEO, registered (correct me if I'm wrong) F-GNEO. But my question is do they still have 737s? Because it is not from one day to the next day that an airline phases out a large fleet of an aircraft type. I i...
Jump to postHi everyone :smile: Today, December 17th 2023, marks day by day the 120th anniversary of the Wright Brothers's first flight in Kitty Hawk NC. The Wright Brothers were working in the bicycle business when they decided to work on an ambitious project: invent a machine heavier than air that would fly. ...
Jump to postI think that's a bit unfair, especially given how SAS and Privatair flew the 737 rather uniquely from Stavanger to both Houston and Boston! And also, don't forget that SAS was the launch customer for the 737-600 Series back in the late 90s. The story of SAS and the 737 began with Linjeflyg, a Swedi...
Jump to postI would not relate SAS to the 737 in any special way. Much different from say the DC-9 family that is really SAS DNA. I think that's a bit unfair, especially given how SAS and Privatair flew the 737 rather uniquely from Stavanger to both Houston and Boston! And also, don't forget that SAS was the l...
Jump to postHumps are gone for good as far as I can see. I think so too. Upper deck, it's now a thing of the past. It's a thing that started decades ago, long before the 747 existed. Correct me if I'm wrong but it's a thing that started in France with the Breguet Deux Ponts (Deux ponts, it means in French two ...
Jump to postDoes anyone have any pictures of what the last interiors of the AF 707 looked like in the 1970s, early 80s? Yes I remember the Air France 707 preserved in Le Bourget (Paris). That particular one was already painted in the then new barcode livery when Air France retired it. It has been many years I ...
Jump to postDoes anyone have any pictures of what the last interiors of the AF 707 looked like in the 1970s, early 80s? Yes I remember the Air France 707 preserved in Le Bourget (Paris). That particular one was already painted in the then new barcode livery when Air France retired it. It has been many years I ...
Jump to postThe SEA long haul gateway AA had envisioned in early 2020 is likely done for good. SEA-LHR, which was moved to seasonal, has been axed as well. Yes, although BA still flies the route nonstop daily. I don't see any any more long haul routes added on AA's metal out of SEA, even considering Alaska bei...
Jump to postHolding on to the 757-200s, 767-300ERs, and A330-300/200s would have given American Airlines the ability to deploy these full/nearly-paid down/depreciated jets on a number of secondary and tertiary international long haul markets easily and quickly, once borders reopened and test-to-enter restricti...
Jump to postThere are not many airlines left who could order the -10 IMO Every decently large carrier with -8s on order (American, Southwest, WestJet) is also a potential -10 customer. Yes I was thinking of American. I read somewhere they are thinking of buying more MAXs from Boeing (and also more NEOs from Ai...
Jump to postShe was a beautiful and talented woman. She sure was, yes. I remember quite a few songs from her. Ex-fan des sixties, Baby Lou,...and others. Baby Lou is my favorite. Born in 1946, she was originally British but she lived in France for a long time. So she was as much French as she was British. She ...
Jump to postI think that another reason the A319 is now discontinued, I mean...Airbus may be still building it but it is not taking orders anymore at this point, is the A220-500 is looming on the horizon. The A220-500 is a stretch variant of the A220-100/300. It could be called the A221.
Jump to postFYI the JL birds were built as such, not sure on the UT ones. Only 2 JL -100SRs were built as SUDs (MSN 23390 & 23637) in 1986, out of 11 -100SRs FL operated. Because the SR was so specific, they kept calling it -100SR(SUD), vs -300 for the factory-built "-200(SUD)"; so, Boeing never ...
Jump to postAirKevin wrote:American 767 wrote:The big 3 in the US fly now the A321NEO, so I'm sure Northwest would also.
When did United start flying them.
Hi everyone, what are your thoughts about that? Northwest and the A321NEO. Northwest being a 757 operator of a long time, and having operated a large fleet of A319/A320 aircraft also for a long time, the A321NEO would have been a perfect addition to the fleet. It would have been the 757 replacement....
Jump to postAA launched SJC-NRT in 1991 on a DC10, though the switch to the MD11 happened not long after. Reno Air was only founded in June 1990 and established its hub in SJC in 1993, using physical space it leased from American Airlines. Reno AIr joined AAdvantage in 1994 or 1995, and was purchased by AA in ...
Jump to postBoeingGuy wrote:AA once had almost 80 daily departures from SJC also. That’s gone.
I believe that US Air took delivery of the last passenger 727 built in 1983, correct me if I'm wrong. It was painted in the three-tone rust scheme, the first US Air livery after the airline was renamed from Allegheny to US Air.
Jump to postIt appears that FCO became the second most important market for American in Europe, first of course is LHR. Interesting. FCO even surpasses CDG in terms of number of flights and number of seats sold. I always thought that CDG was American's second most important market in Europe, after LHR. Just won...
Jump to postThose who live in France must know him, or at least have heard of him. January 2023 is now 40 years ago famous French actor Louis de Funes passed away. He was a comic actor. He played in numerous movies, including a bunch of them where he played the role of a police officer in the South of France. I...
Jump to postUA is successful in this market partly due to its historical lead. Yes, since the mid 80s when they took over Pan Am's Pacific routes out of SFO. Before that, United wasn't very strong in the Pacific Rim. They had maybe one SEA-NRT flight. To a degree DL too as they had the NW routes and network/pa...
Jump to postThis makes me think of something: if American ever brings the second daily JFK-CDG back, what AA120/121 used to be, I'm sure it will be an A321XLR. JFK-MAD could also see it if the 777 is too large when not so much capacity is needed. JFK-BCN could also see it. Wasn't JFK-MAD a 757 ten years ago or...
Jump to postWhat's a CF versus an F? The DC-8 62H started out as passenger I presume. Just guessing: CF - Converted Freighter F - Freighter I don't think that any DC-8 was ever built as a freighter fresh out of the factory. All the DC-8 freighters that you see were built originally as passenger variants, unlik...
Jump to postAre they planning to make CVG into another AUS or BOS type operation? I think that they should consider selling seats on their BOS-LAX nonstop, as three-class layout, like they have on JFK-LAX/SFO. They already do. Yes you're right. Twice daily. Thank you. I didn't know. I just checked on aa.com an...
Jump to postAre they planning to make CVG into another AUS or BOS type operation? I don't see CVG becoming an AA hub. BOS isn't a major AA hub but will remain at least a focus city for AA, facing tough competition against JetBlue and Delta in both BOS and JFK. So in order for AA to remain competitive in BOS ag...
Jump to postIf the A321XLRs won't have first class doesn't that put AA at risk of losing its film industry contracts in the LA region as they require First for certain customers? I thought that was the reason that AA kept first on the A321Ts when they replaced the 767s. This was discussed extensively in the th...
Jump to postI'm wondering if the transcons JFK-LAX/SFO flights will ever see the A321NEO. I think that will be the next aircraft that will be assigned on those flights. Not now yet, because it has been not even ten years that a subfleet of A321OEO has been reconfigured in a three-class layout for those flights,...
Jump to postHi everyone, Let me first wish all of you a happy new year 2023 and safe travels wherever you may fly to. I decided to start the new year by reviewing the year 2022 in aviation: I think that the most important aviation news for the year 2022 is Boeing rolling out its last 747, thus about to close th...
Jump to post-Paint an ERJ-170/175 based out of LGA in an Eastern Shuttle retro livery. What does American have to do with Eastern? The Eastern Shuttle who became Trump, then the US Air Shuttle, then American. What do you think? Unfortunately they'd have to convince JetBlue to paint an E190 since American have ...
Jump to postHi everyone, Hope you are all having a good day. I've been thinking of retro liveries lately and I very much liked everyone of them, among the ones American has done in the past. Notably Air Cal (N917NN), Reno Air (N916NN) and TWA (N915NN), Astrojet livery (N905NN) and the clAAssic livery (N921NN), ...
Jump to postWasn't there another Air Belgium already, back in the 80s? They started operations with B737-200 aircraft, I believe a couple of those, then they added the 737-400 and the 757. The current Air Belgium, I would call it Air Belgium II.
Jump to postThey are just a few months, maybe one year at the most, shy of celebrating their 100th anniversary, so they gotta hang on to it whatever the outcome might be. It would be a pity if they collapse and not at least see their 100th birthday.
Jump to postAirbus: Half a century! Happy birthday A300. Congrats to Airbus to get from where they started to where they are today (early 2020s). The A300 was the first widebody twin, the first Airbus and the first non US built widebody. As a native European, I sure remember the days when the A300 was new. Back...
Jump to post16F 174-177Y possibly. I'd assume it would have an additional lavatory vs the MAX 8. Yes. And one extra Flight Attendant will be required compared to how many would be required on the -8. Which ratio does Westjet use for flight attendants is it 50:1 or 40:1? I believe that the rule for the airlines...
Jump to postJohanTally wrote:INFINITI329 wrote:What is the most likely layout for the WS's Max 10s ?
16F 174-177Y possibly. I'd assume it would have an additional lavatory vs the MAX 8.
Congrats to Boeing and WS. Could they convert their options from the -10 to the -9 if they want to? That of course will depend on the needs and on what markets a -9 would more likely to get a higher load factor than what a -10 would get, and if more range is needed. According to the Boeing technical...
Jump to postThe gate 60s concourse in Terminal C looks fairly new still. I believe that it dates from the 1980s, maybe the early 1990s not sure exactly when it was built. It always looked newer than the super old concourses in Terminal B which was recently rebuilt totally. So I am not surprised that Delta doesn...
Jump to postMAH4546 wrote:JohanTally wrote:MAH4546 wrote:
You can’t book it. Pretty clear.
You can't book LAX-HKG does that mean it's permanently gone?
Correct. AA has permanently discontinued LAX- HKG.
Hi everyone, Today August 19th 2022 is day by day the 40th anniversary of the very first delivery of a Boeing 767 to an airline. Aug 19th 1982 was the day when United was the first airline in the world to take delivery of a 767. 1182051 Since then, Boeing has delivered over 1000 767s of all variants...
Jump to postMichel Berger: those who live in France must know him. He was a French song artist. He died 30 years ago in the South of France, of a heart failure. He was young. He was a brilliant song artist, he wrote a lot of songs, he used to write songs for his wife France Galles who died about 5 years ago. No...
Jump to postGreat report Ben. Out of interest what date was your trip to SAV? I was also 21 in 1991 and with two university friends we flew from our home country to the USA and spent a month flying around on Delta Airlines. We had a special ticket which allowed for 30 days unlimited air travel on a standby bas...
Jump to postThe French Air Force just retired its last Mirage 2000 fighter jet in favor the the Rafale, Dassault's most modern fighter. The Mirage 2000 began to be designed in the 70s and entered service in the French Air Force during the 80s. It was designed, back then, to replace the Mirage III, a Delta wing ...
Jump to postInteresting overview of the hubs. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for posting this.
I would add SEA as Nmb 11 to the above list, because although it is not an AA hub as far as AA metal is concerned, it is a One World hub. Alaska is now part of the One World Alliance.
Very nice report. Thanks for sharing. I have never flown Cathay Pacific but I'm sure it is a great airline to fly with. Also I was impressed with the modern engineering and architecture structures of the terminals. That's the other beauty of air travel, aside from looking at the beauty of flight.
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