Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

I thought the eagle nest was going to midfield south what happened with that? MSC South was only possible because AA gave up its maintenance hanger so they had a lot of leverage to get the lease terms it wanted. I doubt they agreed to MSC South if T5 is also available. And like I said, AA has the f...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

T5 is totally fine. DL spent a bunch of money on it right before they moved to T2/3. The only issue is any further work to integrate the exterior facade with T4 and interior refresh depends on when LAWA can reach new exclusive use agreement and master lease with AA. That is expected to happen after...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

T5 is totally fine. DL spent a bunch of money on it right before they moved to T2/3. The only issue is any further work to integrate the exterior facade with T4 and interior refresh depends on when LAWA can reach new exclusive use agreement and master lease with AA. That is expected to happen after ...

Re: Cathay Pacific News and Discussion - 2024

The classic green livery from the Tristar days looks great on 777!

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

I may be wrong, but reading the project details on the LAX website suggests all modernization efforts will be centralized and concentrated on Terminal 4. There is a separate project (in the conceptual phase) to redo the interior and the facade of T5. The new AA terminal (whether they call it T4, T5...

Re: 15 years ago European legacies were struggling. What happened?

European legacy airlines organized themselves into regional monopolies with backing of European Governments and EU basically. The three legacy mega companies stopped competing with each other and their fortress hubs allowed them to grow margin and picked off the remaining weaker legacy carriers.

Re: Philippine to launch Manila to Seattle

JX's decision to pull out of MNL makes a lot of sense if everyone believes PR will start a price war.

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

I think they're not doing that because while Delta and United are the sole tenants in their two terminals, AA isn't the sole occupant of 5. T2 has other airlines too. Virgin Atlantic and West Jet are there. AA is supposed to get all the T5 gate once MSC South opens and Eagle's Nest is eliminated. T...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

I I also would combine T4 and T5 because once AA completes renovation, it will functionally be one terminal with two concourse. Exactly the same as Delta's current T2/3 and UA's T7/8. Why are they combining terminal number 2/3 and 7/8 and not 4/5? I think they're not doing that because while Delta ...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

I would have just stuck with easier to understand 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx etc. Adding a letter to the gate is unnecessarily complex. I also would combine T4 and T5 because once AA completes renovation, it will functionally be one terminal with two concourse. Exactly the same as Delta's current T2/3 and U...

Re: MU5735 crash investigation report after two years

If one of the pilot committed suicide, the investigation needs to find out why he decided to kill himself. Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc. And the problem is that if there are no traces, notes, witness reports, medical exams or any event that could lead someone to depress...

Re: China Southern Airlines to start flights to MEX from Shenzhen April 17

Shenzhen makes sense since there are tons of supply chains that will tether Mexico to Southern China as more US companies move final manufacturing from China to Mexico. This flight is probably as much for people going back and forth between manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico as it is for b...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

I almost wonder if MNL or HKG might have been better choices for DL out of SEA (yes, HKG did fail before but the A339 might change the calculus a bit and UA increasing LAX to 2x/day shows some potential). Hindsight is 20/20 though, and while it’s premature to discuss DL’s demise when none of CI/JX/...

Re: Taiwan Aviation - 2024

Australia is infamously protectionist ... A load of mainland carriers serve Australia though? Surely if they can, it shouldn't be hard for BR/JX to? It's not up to BR or JX. Air service agreement has to be negotiated by the Governments in question. If Australia doesn't want to play ball, there is n...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

If I were DL, I would have launched TPE from DTW as opposed to SEA. There is still significant demand in the East and South of the US to TPE and they would have to lay of the land as opposed to being in a four way race where they are certain to finish in 4th place. After all, SEA-TPE O&D is abo...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

why doesnt any Taiwan carriers fly to BOS or Washington DC area???? If TSMC ever finish their Phoenix plants I see CI turning their present PHX chartered flights to regular scheduled ones. BR was making noises about BOS and IAD before COVID. It is the one best positioned to do it so they may revisi...

Re: Japan to trial "pre-clearance" at TPE

Well, it is just a trial program. If the trial results in very high % of "pass" rate, maybe Japan will indeed consider pre-clearance for departures ex-TPE. It may be more cost effective to do that than to beef up immigration staffing at small regional airports where the primary internation...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

Talking out of ignorance here, but SEA/TPE have a combined population of 11-ish million people (Taiwan itself has 24 mill); wealthy populations; tech-centered economies. Isn't it sufficient for 4 carriers to cover the route? that's just O&D markets. Good point, ultimately, it is not the number ...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

DL's flight time makes it clear that they are doing this flight to feed their US network only and they are not that interested in TPE point of sale, or connection beyond TPE. Actually I would argue they are looking for both US and TPE point of sale; it’s only traffic beyond TPE that they are not in...

Re: 4 airlines on TPE SEA

DL's flight time makes it clear that they are doing this flight to feed their US network only and they are not that interested in TPE point of sale, or connection beyond TPE. So my guess is they have a big corporates contract that requires TPE to be added to the network and SEA is the least bad opti...

Re: Taiwan Aviation - 2024

Glad its by Taiwan and not Canada. When will YVR get starlux??? TPE-YVR is bigger than TPE-SEA. Canada-Taiwan bilateral is maxed out by Taiwan, so unless that changes, it cannot happen. It's actually Canada because they are the one that won't increase the frequency. Each side is entitled to 21 week...

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

The “80 or so”, A319s can be replaced by up gauging and B737-Max 8 is the obvious choice, but I doubt AA will be willing to up gauge all 80 (they will probably do about 50). As for the rest of the 50 or so (of which 33 still are 15 years or younger), B737-Max7 would be a better fleet replacement an...

Re: CX may leave oneworld, be acquired by CA

Speaking of OW's hole in Asia. Did they ever try inviting other airlines to join? Like PR or PG. CZ is understandable that CX might block them due to the proximity of each other's base, but that will be solved if CX is leaving. OW has MH... not exactly CX but certainly has better networks and frequ...

Re: CX may leave oneworld, be acquired by CA

Could we see Eva join OW? It’s not as though China & Taiwan are exactly best of friends Don't see why they should switch to OW, when they even codeshare with Air China, further also with Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shenzen Airlines and Juneyao Airlines (and some other Star Alliance part...

Re: CX considering leaving OneWorld

CA taking direct control of CX instead of ownership thru the investment company would be the final nail on CX as we know it.

It will also leave a large hole in OW's network the region.

Re: AA Aircraft Order Coming - Return of the A350?

Does anyone know what the actual backlog time is for these different types? If AA places an order for 20-70x 787, 777X, A330neo, or A350, when would be the first delivery? I'm asking because these planes aren't showing up tomorrow. Everyone is analyzing based on their current network but we must re...

Re: Royal Brunei orders 789

Return on cost of capital is not a high priority for RB. They get new planes when someone spills some coffee on the seats

Re: Cathay Pacific News and Discussion - 2024

Whats the history behind the BKK and TPE minihubs? Were they acquired and was there a specific purpose for them? I posted the history behind the TPE hub before in another thread: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1363127 Basically, it was political... Taiwan wanted a UK flag carrier t...

Re: Cathay Pacific News and Discussion - 2024

CX resuming BKK-SIN. Why do they fly this route? https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240201-cxjun24bkksin 5th freedom traffic. BKK used to be a major 5th freedom stop for CX. At one point they operated BKK<->SIN/DEL/BOM/DXB/CMB/KHI. Whats the history behind the BKK and TPE minihubs? Were they acquired a...

Re: Cathay Pacific OAK-SFO diverted to LAX

DocLightning wrote:

atsiang wrote:

How is it that they didn't leave until 7:30pm on Feb 5, more than 24 hours after landing at LAX.

I think it was closer to 8.

Re: Cathay Pacific OAK-SFO diverted to LAX

Does anyone know if they have connecting flights to other cities in the US, could they fly them from LAX or would they have to bring them back to SFO? Given the way this flight has been handled, I'm assuming that any choice of action other than flying back to SFO would result in some kind of bureau...

Re: American airlines announcement 2/1

JFK-HND for sure... the clues basically gave it away - there was a shot of cherry blossom in the IG reel. The Gold Coast skyline is interesting... DFW-BNE? Hawaii... not sure. Which AA gateway doesn't currently have non-stop to HNL? LON could point to some frequency increase from an existing gateway...

Re: Los Angeles Basin (BUR/LAX/LGB/ONT/SBD/SNA) Aviation - 2024

If WN were to jump into Greater Los Angeles to Greater New York, where would they go? LGA is out unless they want to do a Saturday only service. They don’t operate to JFK, EWR, SWF, HPN. From ISP they currently only serve East Coast ports (BWI, MCO, TPA, PBI, FLL). V/F Isn't the Greater Los Angeles...

Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

Still operating with 737-800 equipment? Wouldn't be the worst idea for UA to drop one or two of its three 737-800 frequencies on GUM-NRT and replace it with a 77W turn. Would need the morning SFO-HNL flight to depart a half hour earlier and reduce the downtime in HNL to just under two hours to make...

Re: Taiwan Aviation - 2024

SEA is much smaller O&D market than SFO or LAX so presence of DL is not trivial. You also have to expect that CI and DL will probably cooperate with TPE point of sale. One positive note for JX is the DL flight seems to be timed for optimal US-connection so maybe there is room for JX from TPE O&a...

Re: Taiwan Aviation - 2024

Which expansion by Starlux can we expect in 2024? They expect five 359 this year and, I understand, the remaining four 339. The 359 should be all allocated to north American expansion, and I would expect Vancouver and New York in the mix and possibly bringing SFO to daily. I think they hinted at Se...

Re: Taiwan Aviation - 2024

Which expansion by Starlux can we expect in 2024? They expect five 359 this year and, I understand, the remaining four 339. The 359 should be all allocated to north American expansion, and I would expect Vancouver and New York in the mix and possibly bringing SFO to daily. I think they hinted at Se...

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

I think it is entirely fair to say the uncertainty on 779 delivery date probably weighted significantly on BR's decision. BR needs to have clear and definitive delivery dates before 2030 on its first batch 77W that entered service in 2006. They could very well go back to 779 for the replacement of t...

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

Ok, I looked up the seating chart and I was wrong but too late to edit the previous post. The oldest batch 77W B-16703 to B-16717 are 9AB, not 10 AB. My mistake.

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

This one hurts GE more than Boeing which still can't get 779 certified. BR has been a GE engine operator since inception and has invested a lot into mx and support for the GE engine family. So not only did Boeing screw themselves over with the long delays on 777X program, they really messed up the b...

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

Will BR convert any of the older B77W’s into freighters? Surely at only 15-17 years old, those aircraft have some life left in them? They are converting at least 3 of them. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/113479-taiwans-eva-air-to-convert-three-b777s-into-freighters The 77W fleet came into ...

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

Looks like it; EVA intends on upgrading 14 of their newest 77W fleet with new interiors in 2026, with the rest of the fleet being phased out: https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202312200011 Article says BR is adding more business class seats to the 14 newer 77W. So it's possible that seat count will g...

Re: Why don't all the ULCC make an alliance?

The business model of ULCC is incompatible with alliance, interline, frequent flier programs, code share, hubs, connections.

Adding all those perks will drive up costs which means they have to increase fares.

Re: Confirmed: BR odering A350-1000 and A321neo

Congrats to both parties involved. Are these 35K to replace the 77W or for expansion? BR ordered the 77Ws in two batches.. The first group was 9AB, and it seems this order will replace those.. They are close to 15 years old.. The 2nd group was 10AB and much newer, so they will probably be around fo...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Based on the video posted, I don't think it is fair to criticize that it took too long to initiate evacuation. The order to open door 1L and 1R was time stamped at 6 minutes after collision so the crew took about 5 minutes after the plane came to a stop to assess the situation. They can see flame un...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

The first full length video from the aircraft still moving, to the evacuation. ~7mins seems right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBLfnwhiJ1Y That is an incredible video. Here are some key times from the video (timestamps are from the cell phone video, not the youtube video) 0:00 plane is still sli...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

18 minutes appears to be the time from impact to when the last crew jumped from the rear chute at door 4L. Various interview on Japanese TV suggests the passengers were on the plane for only a few minutes while the crew assessed the situation and then the fire department arrived and started applying...

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

I wonder if fatigue is a factor? How many flight segments did the JCG crew operate that day and how long was the crew on duty? I haven't seen any flight tracking data yet for the aircraft since it is military, and also not familiar with JCG hour restrictions.

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

One thing that may see some focus is the ARFF response. That Red Air crash at MIA saw a very fast and very aggressive response from ARFF. Granted we're not talking about a runway collision in MIA, but the level of response at MIA seems much more intense. I don't think that will be much focus at all...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

AS, like it or not, and I’m on record as NOT liking it, is the best airline option in a HA acquisition. This is a purchase that I’m not sure even AS can make a success without the loss of jobs at HA. AS has all but promised job losses at HA, but not union or frontline job losses. So the HQ employme...