I seem to recall flying Pan Am DTW-JFK in 1982 or 83 on a 747. Although, could it have been an L1011-500? Unfortunately I don’t have my records from that time period. But I really think it was 747s both directions. Maybe some can verify if PA used the 747 in that time frame even for a short period ...
Jump to postLooks like HA will continue to operate 2 daily flights from HND to HNL after they return this slot pair. They are not leaving HND. Plus, they are still operating NRT-HNL.
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LAX to AKL has a 2:20 HNL connection. LAX to SYD has a 1:10 HNL connection.
Why didn't you just check yourself before posting nonsense?
-DBC
[/quote] Wonder if HA would get any benefit if they adjusted the Oceania timings to allow connections from the mainland? Still cannot book LAX-HNL-AKL or LAX-HNL-SYD. earliest arrival still misses the connection.[/quote] What utter nonsense. I just went to HA's website and had no trouble displaying ...
Jump to postAlways enjoy the annual post on one of my favorite topics!
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The A300-605R - and the memories of my time at AA trying to make those aircraft work. It was not the right aircraft for TATL operations for several reasons: 1. Range limited, causing significant westbound problems in the winter or if there was bad weather forecast in BOS and/or JFK in the summer mon...
Jump to postI used to regularly fly 2 single aircraft TWA long haul routes:
SFO-LAX-HNL-GUM-OKA-TPE-HKG (707-331)
SFO-PIT-BDL-BOS-Santa Maria, Azores-LIS-MAD-FCO-ATH-CAI (707-331)
Seat pitch was a lot more generous back then as was the in flight service.
-DBC
It's not like F9 is unwilling to have people arrive in the middle of the night. (Who wants a 00:59 departure from LAX with arrival to DEN at 04:26? Not me! Nor a 01:09 arrival to MCO from DTW.) Yields will be poor but they have the costs to make it work. I regularly take F9's 0055 LAXDEN flight - i...
Jump to postaemoreira1981 wrote:Do the Seahawks still fly with Hawaiian, or just the Raiders now?
2 simple things would create more train capacity from the Main Hall/Terminal to Concourses A/B/C: 1. Open up the A Bridge Pre-Check more often. It is often closed which forces all Pre-Check passengers on to the train after Main Hall Pre-Check screening 2. Expand the opening hours of the A Bridge Sec...
Jump to postDIA could expand train capacity tomorrow if Pre-Check was consistently available on the bridge to Concourse A...and if that checkpoint had expanded hours.
-DBC
HA has announced an intent to serve FUK.
Source: https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/r ... lu-service
-DBC
Dear MME,
Please bring back:
1. Air service to LON
2. Rail service and a means of getting from the station to the airport terminal. Do you still have that electric cart?
3. More rental car options
If you do this, I will return and stop flying NCL or taking the train to Darlington.
-DBC
Assuming DL is successful in moving NRT-USA flights from NRT to HND (and that is no sure thing), what's to stop them adding SEA-MNL-SIN to take care of NRT-MNL & NRT-SIN? Seems like that would take care of both issues, especially if 5th freedom traffic is available MNL-SIN?
Jump to postI used to take that flight regularly when I flew between MSP & TOL. I would take PA's L1011-500 MSP>DTW and connect to the Frontier MD-80 DTW>TOL flight on Fridays, reversing course on Sundays or Mondays. It was always super cheap - $49 RT on PA and $19.99 RT on Frontier. So I turned 2 tags (MSP...
Jump to postI think it is fascinating that F9 has become UA's de facto route planning department ex-DEN! Appears to show that UA's team can't think outside of the box.
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AA initially served LPB on a MIA-PTY-LIM-LPB-ASU routing. This became MIA-LPB-VVI-MIA. The triangle routing achieved several objectives: 1. Addressed payload considerations ex-LPB 2. Provided a more hospitable crew overnight for the sea-level based MIA crews; F/As really struggled with the LPB stop ...
Jump to postHere is how HA does it: https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/b ... -new-route
-DBC
LAX - RAR relies on a subsidy from the Cook Islands (like RAR - SYD does), which has been controversial there at the best of times. Thanks for the comprehensive info. If NZ didn't fly LAX-RAR I would not have gone - that flight is very convenient despite the low, once/week frequency. Both direction...
Jump to postI recently flew LAX-RAR. I noticed it is now the only non-AKL non-stop point served by NZ south of LAX. Didn't they used to fly a more extensive network to South Pacific Islands ex-LAX on the 767? Would be very interested if anyone knows and can share the extent of the non-NZ, South Pacific islands ...
Jump to postI used to fly LHRMME a lot. At one point, there were 5 roundtrips on business days!
Viscounts
DC-9s (ex-TWA -15s as well as DC-9-30s)
737s
F70s
Now there is nothing.
Truly bummed...and I miss BD's great service on this short-haul, domestic route.
-DBC
The MKE Int'l. Arrivals Bldg has a single jet bridge that swings between 2 parking positions.
- DBC
[quote="Starlionblue"]As TheDBCooper says.
Whoa. That is the "fake" DBCooper.
- The real DBCooper
BravoOne wrote:Weasel, that 1st guy off the UAL 727 kinds reminds me of DB Cooper:)
AA and <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> used to do this with 727-200 aircraft. An <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> 72S would operate <acronym title="Fairbanks - International (FAI / PAFA), USA - Alaska">FAI</acronym>-<acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens Inter...
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I was reading, with interest, some of the info about the Captain. One of the items that struck me was that he had created a 777 simulator at home...which I thought was fascinating. In the interest of leaving no stone unturned...have the authorities checked that simulator to see if there are any "int...
Jump to postSo does anyone know if this aircraft had been delivered or modified with the post-TW 800 fuel tank inerting system?
Apologies if this has been discussed previously...
-DBC
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GentFromAlaska" class="quote" target="_blank">GentFromAlaska</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>The time savings is not much...
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Jump to postThe 319 will not be locked into TTN-only service. The aircraft will most likely rotate with the rest of the 319 fleet via a point in Florida.
- DBC
Looks like there are 3 more new <acronym title="Trenton - Mercer County (TTN), USA - New Jersey">TTN</acronym> routes on the route map... So <acronym title="Trenton - Mercer County (TTN), USA - New Jersey">TTN</acronym>-<acronym title="New Orleans - Louis Armstrong International (Moisant Field) (MSY...
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Jump to postLosing <acronym title="British Midland">BD</acronym>'s <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> link has really hurt. Losing meaningful rail service has also hurt. That is how I used to get to/from <acronym title="Durham - Tees Valley (Teesside / Middleton St. Ge...
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