MEM is currently under going major renovation where the large center concourse is being removed and replaced with a much wider and larger terminal, The best I recall we always had braniff dating back to the 60s, mid 70,s to early 80,s looked like Delta- dc8- dc9 -727- l-1011 cv 880 for a while Sout...
Jump to postSimilar to my "Classic Mississippi Aviation" thread, I wanted to start this sop that we can all discuss and learn some things about the past of Memphis International Airport. I've read up on things such as Delta L1011s serving ATL-MEM and Braniff Airways serving MEM for a short time. Anyt...
Jump to postAccording to Bombardier it’s a single class configuration with 28 inch seat pitch to cram those 90 seats in there.
Jump to postLooking forward to the suites on the ER's & LR's. Done six segments on the A350 in the suites. Overall I am very pleased with the suites Does anyone have any insight as when the suite retrofitted ER or LR will be put on ATL-NRT-ATL? Not sure when that will happen, but talk is ATL-NRT will be go...
Jump to postWith slack in the fleet the charter side picks up more during the fall and winter especially with college and pro football and basketball in the U.S.
Jump to postHaven’t checked the schedule recently, but DL has been running them on JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO as stated above. The best chance to catch one domestically on DL is during the winter when there is slack in the widebody fleet due to the international summer flying season drawdown.
Jump to postCheck out airlinesimulation.com. I’ve always enjoyed playing it. They have an online version as well as a stand-alone PC version. It’s a very extensive and detailed simulation.
Jump to postVarsity1 wrote:Word on the street is delta will start directly capacity dumping on the transatlantic LCC routes. Blood in the water at Norwegian.
Mainline pilots in the US will not relax scope in the current environment. What I think you'll begin to see is more mainline flying into smaller markets with larger (100 seat) aircraft as Delta is doing while reducing Regional flying. This will result in seeing fewer flights in some markets (6-10 RJ...
Jump to postActually, The Wright Amendment was amended a few years ago adding Alabama, Mississippi, and Kansas to the list of the states that border Texas. Congressmen from these states managed to push this through in hopes of getting <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> to add direct flights ...
Jump to postI have flown <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-80's on <acronym title="Portland - International (PDX / KPDX), USA - Oregon">PDX</acronym>-<acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym>-<acr...
Jump to postHowever, they ought to be reminded that there are plenty of out-of-work and underpaid aviation professionals out here salivating for the opportunity to take their place! Union or not!
Jump to postContinental has a great thing going the way they are running it now. I've flown <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> the past couple of trips I've made, and that's because they were offering the best deal!! It was even better than a widely-known LCC I could've flown. BTW, if I ha...
Jump to postActually Delta still operates out of Terminal A at <acronym title="Houston - George Bush Intercontinental (IAH / KIAH), USA - Texas">IAH</acronym>. I believe they have at least three gates in A. I flew Delta recently from <acronym title="Salt Lake City - International (SLC / KSLC), USA - Utah">SLC</...
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