DEN has very little intercontinental service due to much smaller O&D than ORD. There are flights to LHR, NRT, FRA, MUC and seasonal service to CDG and that's it. It's really hard to imagine a nonstop to AKL working from DEN. I agree. Never say never; could be a seasonal ops in the northern hemi...
Jump to postORD is definitely the weakest US route for NZ however. Whether ORD is actually resumed for summer 2024/2025 remains to be seen. If ORD is dropped, I wonder if that might open up the possibility of a seasonal NW DEN service down the line. I'm not sure how DEN would be any stronger than ORD. I don't ...
Jump to postGalaxyFlyer wrote:FLL, OUE, MCO, OPF, ILM, BGR, PSM, OSH, BUF, IAG, BTV, DOV, CMH, everywhere can be a gateway, if they’ll agree to it.
I could maybe see some kind of future 772 HD or low-J configuration that's just 32 Polaris J seats between doors 1 and 2 and then all coach aft of door 2. They could probably fit at least 330 seats on a configuration like that. That's effectively what the 77G/M/O subfleet is, except with the old 2-...
Jump to postWhen NZ begins retrofitting the existing 787s with the new cabin, will they be starting with the Code 2 aircraft? Is a tentative timeline for getting that done? The code 2 aircraft are newer, I would expect them to start with the oldest code 1 aircraft first, although some maybe done coinciding wit...
Jump to postWhen NZ begins retrofitting the existing 787s with the new cabin, will they be starting with the Code 2 aircraft? Is a tentative timeline for getting that done?
Jump to postI'm booked on the inaugural Breeze BTV-TPA, and the flight is about 3/4th booked with people who have pre-bought seats, meaning it's probably pretty close to being full. Nicest is full aside from 2 seats, Nicer is full and Nice has the rest of the open seats. Promising start hopefully, will post ag...
Jump to postBTV with what appears to be a route announcement tomorrow and it's looking to be RDU on Breeze via Ishrion on Twitter. Jeez, the Florida routes haven’t even started yet and they’re adding another one. Perhaps the early bookings are encouraging. I wonder if they would offer a BreezeThrough on that r...
Jump to postBreeze will be launching flights to Montreal: https://i.ibb.co/XxJ1xgc/IMG-0776.jpg Sounds like an intern is confusing Plattsburgh, NY with Montreal…. FWIW, PBG is indeed marketed as "Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC" on Breeze's website, so the Tweet probably was name dropping Montreal int...
Jump to postSo…will the -9 be flying next week or not? Seems unclear… The transparency of the FAA seems more like opacity to me. I suspect that they still wait for Boeing to tell what happened on their side. And we don't hear anything about that, either Boeing cannot figure it out or the answer opens a bigger ...
Jump to postBut where now? Maybe AUS before DL gets really serious there. Maybe SJC when tech rebounds. Maybe AUS, SJC. What about BNA? It's a fast growing market, albeit dominated by WN. What about RDU? They gave it a go around 2021 only to pull back once other cities opened up after the pandemic. Maybe try o...
Jump to postYea...I rolled the dice as well... lost. LAS-IAH... is now LAS-DEN-IAH... at least it's more pqm and segments Am I correct in thinking that UA uses the NG and MAX interchangeably for the 8s and 9s, so that the type in the reservation system is mostly a placeholder? I seem to recall reading that her...
Jump to post“Delta also entered into agreement with engine manufacturer Rolls Royce to service the XWB-97 engines.” I interpret this as RR will be doing the overhauls, not DL Tech Ops It can honestly be interpreted both ways (DL entered agreement for RR to service the engines, or DL entered agreement with RR s...
Jump to postConsidering all major brands are packing up and relocating from San Francisco I doubt QF services will return to pre-COVID levels anytime soon. I’d say ORD is launched before we see any resumption of MEL/BNE-SFO services. I was last in San Francisco early 2020 - it is a city that had really changed...
Jump to postDesperate times I guess call for desperate measures. All of these routes will be gone within six months. Breeze loves to cut and run. Notice all of the ticket sales this airline is having currently also. Passenger demand with them right now must be terrible. Isn't that just SOP with all LCCs/ULCCs?...
Jump to postAt the risk of adding confusion, this isn't really true. The door plug is larger than the opening, it just isn't larger from the inside pushing out but rather larger from the outside closing against the smaller fuselage opening. The door plug has a seal around the edge facing the fuselage opening. ...
Jump to postI think the criticism from various posters regarding the ARFF response and the crew’s evacuation decisions has been thoroughly debunked by now. Has it? I haven't seen a report from the investigators yet. So the proper first steps are: 1. Assess the situation, including especially to identify hazard...
Jump to postI'm sure this has been stated before, but it appears as though the fire at the front of the A350 the length of the runway was the nose landing gear dragging the starboard wing of the Dash 8. Port wing looks like it stayed with the Dash 8 and was the source of the major fire. I wonder if the starboa...
Jump to postSo apparently, the Coastguard crew were given the instruction: "Taxi to holding point C5, JA722A. Number 1. Thank you" I'm willing to bet the inclusion of the "Number 1" in the taxi instructions led the coast guard crew to believe they were not being told to hold short of the ru...
Jump to postLooking at the C5 Intersection, I wonder if the close proximity of the 16L-34R CAT II/III Hold Position markings (not applicable) with the immediately adjacent standard hold markings was a factor, it only takes a split second to miss the second pair (the ones that count). The Cat II/III markings ar...
Jump to postAny daylight pictures yet? Have been searching cant find any A good video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqj5C-FswQk Indeed not pretty https://i.ibb.co/LZTXJFY/2.png https://i.ibb.co/tYYD7bX/1.png The Dash-8 was clearly aligned with the runway. Wow, that is a powerful image Am I missing some...
Jump to postPolice always takes FOREVER everytime there are incidents in the airports. The fact he had time to do all that, before anyone could get to him speak loads about the state of Police security in US airports. But don’t forget to take off your shoes! Lol SLC appears to be about 5 square miles in area. ...
Jump to postI suppose we can only compare to the other routes NZ flies in North America. LAX-AKL: 7-9 weekly at lowest - 77W IAH-AKL: 6x weekly at lowest - 77W YVR-AKL: 6x weekly at lowest - 789 SFO-AKL: 5x weekly at lowest - 77W JFK-AKL: 3x weekly at lowest - 789 ORD-AKL: 2x weekly at lowest - 789 As an outsi...
Jump to postIf this season proves to be worthwhile, why wouldn't NZ & UA work to make a CHC-SFO service a year-round service using the UA 788,? They could funnel a higher proportion of passengers for Wellington south, through CHC. This would take some of the pressure off AKL while continuing to offer the r...
Jump to postThe last few days I have been watching the LA Flights livestream on Youtube. They are in NYC this and a few times I have seen Qantas arriving from Auckland. Is this a regularly scheduled flight? Are they carrying passengers from NZ or is it a tech stop? If regular, how long has this flight been in ...
Jump to postRotterdam (RTM) and Rotorua (ROT) is 11,397 miles.
Jump to postI bet you’re right. And I’m going to go out on a limb and say B6 may come back in the not too distant future. The Champlain Valley has a lot of simmering upside. You can see it with things like Beta Technologies, and with Burlington’s selection in October as one of the 31 official national Tech Hub...
Jump to postNew electric aircraft for NZ confirmed, and to join the fleet in 2026. Initially cargo-only services, in conjunction with NZ Post. Air New Zealand has today announced the ALIA as the airline’s first purchase of a next generation aircraft in its Mission Next Gen Aircraft programme. Designed by elect...
Jump to postIn an interview with Reuters, Neeleman says Breeze has officially applied for Flag Carrier status so it can commence service to Europe. Can't decide whether trying lowball NE TATL routes on an A220 is a good idea or destined for failure. The only similar service I can think of is the sporadic Air S...
Jump to postA senior Russian diplomat has said the US would be mistaken to believe it can win the next arms race. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister in charge of ties with the US, non-proliferation and arms control, warned a military conflict between Moscow and NATO could not be ruled out. https:...
Jump to postAll of the above makes sense to me, except that I don't think it is a case of redeploying the E190s to make more money elsewhere. I think it is to retire the E190s and free up slots to make more money flying an A220 or A321 elsewhere. I bet you’re right. And I’m going to go out on a limb and say B6...
Jump to postGreat Barrier will be a hard one, as it will most likely require the aircraft to have the range for both legs of the trip. Pretty sure Great Barrier Island, uses on Island Generators for there mains power. This, is the ironic problem of the whole, "lets electrify everything" movement. Let...
Jump to postFair, but doesn't B6 have lower operating costs than the legacies? I wouldn't expect to see the same fares on B6 that I would see on UA, DL, or AA. Well, if I can put on my internet CFO hat, this is what we know from the ground: - B6 has been exercising capacity restraint at BTV (trending down to o...
Jump to postAt this stage the 77Ws to be replaced by 787s on order. Not one for one (at least by seat count) though? Not by seat count no. They will have 16 789s and 8 77Ws by late 2024, they have said a fleet of 23-24 wide bodies, there could be more leased 77Ws given the NEO issues while some of the 77W capa...
Jump to postBTVB6Flyer wrote:Looks like BTV is getting Breeze BTV-TPA/MCO
TPA starts 1/31/24
And yes I booked the inaugural TPA-BTV-TPA flight
I think everyone here would agree with your point, that PBG is weighted toward Quebecois. But that doesn’t mean it’s not pulling customers from BTV. If PBG was not an option, some of those Canadians would be flying out of BTV. And similarly, more Vermonters would likely be flying out of BTV. A 1-ho...
Jump to postI could definitely see XP doing BTV-MCO and maybe even RSW and RDU So the thing is that F9 did BTV-MCO. They flew around 3x per week and it seemed like loads were good. I don't know about yields but I looked at prices a few times and they were certainly not dirt cheap. So why did it not work out an...
Jump to postA carrier deck is less than 1000 feet. Why not? That is huge risk, there’s not arresting gear at Potomac, anything goes wrong, the planes in the dirt. A carrier has no obstacles off the end, A-gear and no GA traffic. FCLP will be flown Oceana or Norfolk, period. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uplo...
Jump to postI do wonder if b6 could be incentivized to start bos 1x daily to keep btv. Sadly probably no. They have passenger bookings on the books they could move most connections to. Quite a few seats would be sold till summer and we all know summer sells itself. B6 needed a lamb to sacrifice and btv was eas...
Jump to postI’m not really surprised, honestly. The long decline down to 2X/day E190s from the old days of 4X/day A320s never did seem like a good portent. But it’s still a punch to the stomach. Personally, I haven’t used jetBlue in recent years because of their reputation for poor operational reliability, the...
Jump to postWholly irrelevant. Whether they would miss more or less firearms than a perceived competitor (that largely does not exist in the states) doesn't change the fact that the organization the government runs is wholly incompetent. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2017/11/09/tsa-misses-70-of...
Jump to postWhat incentive is there for GE to DL GENx overhaul rights without an order? I don't know, does DL maintain any powerplants that it doesn't actually utilize on it's aircraft... like say the bleedless 787 rollers? DL can do that because they have bought a ton of Trent 7000s (more than anybody else)…w...
Jump to postthebigz wrote:So what is the story about this bird? DQ-FJV operating as FJ2394 from Fiji Airways (!) departed TLV 19:39 LT Tuesday evening bound for HKG with onward service to NAN (Nadi, Fiji) tomorrow. How many citizens of Fiji are in the conflict region?
Is jetBlue nearing another operational meltdown? My folks were scheduled to fly out to PBI tonight and their flight is 4+ hours delayed. A check of other flights and options for them yielded multiple flights either 3+ hours delayed or cancelled. Are other carriers experiencing the same or is it jus...
Jump to postall seems to have gone quiet on new Australian & new USA city. Anyone out there heard anything ? The original quote was 'possibilities we are constantly exploring' so it does not sound like any announcement was imminent. They might need to give the new A350s some time in the system to see just ...
Jump to postNot sure where this fits, but considering this network thread is kind of a catch-all these days there was a news release about DL's deicing training and operation and "bootcamp" at MSP. https://news.delta.com/boot-camp-no-other-delta-people-hone-deicing-skills-minneapolis I found the numb...
Jump to postNor do I believe we're at the level of USA patriotism to be naming airports after esteemed individuals. I can't imagine the enthusiasm for people wanting to choose Harold Holt Airport or Sir Edmund Barton Airport , if they even know who that is. I’m sure you’re aware that SYD is already named after...
Jump to postI wish they were using the 339 rather than the 359 ex Latam; the on-board product on this a/c just doesn't stack up with the best of what's on offer. And DL ordinarily competes on service. The Delta 1 product is arguably better than anything currently on offer between NZ and North America. DL proba...
Jump to post[ I think it would have been more appropriate for Delta to start AKL 3x weekly and/or use an A339. If demand increases, they can add more flights/use a bigger aircraft. ATL-ATH is a perfect example of this. In 2021, that route started in July (admittedly that was a COVID year) and used an A333. In ...
Jump to postYou don't need to order a new type. There A321NEO is a great aeroplane, it's the P&W engines that are the problem. To ensure there is redundancy in the fleet going forward all future deliveries should be delivered with the GE engine option. That is exactly what I am saying. I can’t actually say...
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