Re: Scraping the Andes with LATAM (SCL-MDZ) and adventures in Bolivia

Absolutely amazing geography and scenery...just stunning. Thanks for sharing!

Re: The FlAAgship Experience: Vancouver, Los Angeles and New York inc. CX/QF First lounges

Fantastic report!

Re: How Did AA Survive Not Declaring Bankruptcy?

I don't know if this will be scoffed at or not - I'm not an expert and don't pretend to be - but their entry, and perhaps more importantly, AA's exit from BK was extremely well-timed to put them in a competitive situation with when the Wright Amendment was repealed and their cross-town neighbor WN w...

Re: WN Cutover to ALTEA Tomorrow

So a family friend was at MDW today from 2AM until 13:30. Nothing happened at all. The only hiccups we're user error for frontline employees getting the rhythm down using the new system. It was otherwise a normal Tuesday morning in Chicago! Good job to everyone at Southwest! Flyguy I'm in HOU now o...

Re: Will the Western Airlines brand be revived by a new LCC in the Western United States?

oosnowrat wrote:

PlanesNTrains wrote:

Could it? Sure. Will it? How can anyone really know?

A good answer to all this guy's posts.

Re: Status of Alaska Airlines at DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field with AS-VX merger

DAL will keep both DCA,LGA,SFO & LAX. Dropping DAL-LAS But add SAN,SEA,PDX & SJC to the west. I see them adding ORD,BOS,JFK and MIA. This would make DAL a nice focus city. The small increase of flights from DAL wouldn't affect AA much. WN is Maxed out at DAL so responding to increased compe...

Re: Status of Alaska Airlines at DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field with AS-VX merger

To me, its not about DAL, but the slots at DCA and LGA. DCA slots are in-perimeter as are all LGA slots of course (Saturday exceptions IIRC). So, does AS want to keep them at DAL, or switch them to another city more geographically optimized to flow to the entire west coast? I agree, and disagree. I...

Re: Southwest outlines initial 737 MAX operations

bigbird wrote:

How many will have been delivered to them by Oct. 1?

Re: OAG Changes 3/19/2017:EK Reduces LAX, QR Reverses ATL Cut, DL SEA-ORD 3X

WN dropping PDX-HOU (and SEA-HOU)...looks like time for AS to add PDX-IAH. And they're down to one daily SEA-SAN...why bother? They've already pulled out of SEA-SNA, are dropping BNA and MKE (seasonal reductions?). It seems their SEA schedule is getting less and less. I know for certain that the PD...

Re: AS Looking to Cancel VX Airbus Orders

I think Tilden is going to shoot himself in the foot by not giving the A321s a chance. The aircraft has proven is superiority over the 900er. I just think it's asinine. We were told that they would evaluate the Airbus fleet and that it would be around for a long while. But it seems that Alaska is p...

Re: AS Adds SFO-MCO/MSP/SNA, Seems Committed to DCA/LGA

FWIW....friend of mine spoke to an AS employee last week on her flight from LAS to SEA and he said AS plans on keeping VX's ops at DAL and AS's single gate at DFW as well. Not really sure how that'll work but we'll find out soon enough If the above turns out to be true, I can't help but wonder if t...

Re: AA transfering two Cuba routes from mainline to Republic

Somehow I'm not surprised. This is extremely telling of what's to come for all the new carriers serving Cuba.

Re: Question about PHX and AA

#2.) All of the "growth" in destinations have been RJ flights with 1x daily frequency. Meanwhile, mainline destinations such as ANC and YYC have been cut. Not to mention that many routes have had frequency cuts including big upcoming cuts to HNL. What upcoming HNL cuts are you referring t...

Re: question on swa hawaii

The biggest is ETOPS training and certification - which we haven't even started yet. We had initially spooled the program up, but have since shut it down. It will be no secret when Hawai'i is on it's way, as the training and certification for ETOPS will be common knowledge (here in Anet land). Did ...

Re: AM connect MTY-JFK, is this the longest ERJ 145 flight in the world?

They have a decent-sized fleet of E-jets...wondering why they wouldn't use an E170 on this route.

Re: Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

I suppose I should've clarified my question with the assumption that all operational requirements (ETOPS, etc.) are met prior to announcing the route. That assumption is the whole ball game. The expense and time required to be able to serve the market doesn't make financial sense when there are oth...

Re: Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

[/quote]They can't just jump on and give it a try. ETOPS approval is a significant investment for an already competitive market. Until they can't profitably deploy aircraft elsewhere, it probably doesn't make a lot of sense.[/quote] I suspose I should've clarified my question with the assumption tha...

Re: Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

Ok, so to pursue a tangent thought related to this thread... I mentioned specifically B6 and NK in the opening post as not flying to Hawaii. On that note, I am surprised B6 hasn't entered that market yet...maybe if they would've won the bid for VX, they would've been a lot closer to doing that from ...

Re: Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

Speaking as a California native, I spent my honeymoon in Hawaii and then made 3 return trips over the years. My wife and I talked about the Caribbean but never really wanted to go. Then we finally took one cruise. Since then we've been to the Caribbean probably 10 times and have not returned to Haw...

Re: Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

Haha, seems I have basically tried to compare apples to oranges. I didn't realize it was that much cheaper to travel to the Caribbean. Also, between population, current competition, and general aircraft utilization, it seems flying to the Caribbean is a much less risky business decision. Appreciate ...

Understanding Hawaiian vs. Caribbean markets

Hello, I haven't posted in quite a while, but this topic just got me thinking and I hope it's worthwhile for the forum. My question is this: What are the differences between the Hawaiian market and the Caribbean market? I find it very interesting that you have certain low-cost carriers, say B6 and N...

RE: P.2 United Island Hopper - HNL-GUM & MNL (PICS)

Really enjoyed Part 1 and 2 so far!

I was just curious...did you notice if they refueled at each stop, or did they tanker fuel from one airport to the other on those short hops?

WNTex

RE: WN Jan '16 Load %, Also Flt By Airport Vs The Past

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/knope2001" class="quote" target="_blank">knope2001</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>92.8% <acronym title="Philadelphi...

RE: AS VX Merger Official

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rta" class="quote" target="_blank">rta</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>I can't wait to see more <acronym title="Alaska Ai...

RE: Southwest At DCA

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/catiii" class="quote" target="_blank">catiii</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i>They're not "stuck" anywhere</i></font></td>...

RE: Southwest At DCA

I flew <acronym title="Washington - Ronald Reagan National (DCA / KDCA), USA - Virginia">DCA</acronym> - <acronym title="Dallas - Love Field (DAL / KDAL), USA - Texas">DAL</acronym> last night on <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>. Compared to the other terminals at <acronym titl...

RE: Iceland February 2016

Stunning photos! Enjoyed your report.

WNTex

RE: Service Announcement 3/8 - MEM, EVV, TOL, MDT

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/dfwjim1" class="quote" target="_blank">dfwjim1</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Albuquerque - Internationa...

RE: Conquering The Rockies: Aspen Via American Eagle

Great report! I never thought about a day trip to ASE but that looks pretty tempting.

WNTex

RE: Longest RJ Flights By Aircraft Type And Airline

Don't think I saw <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KAUS), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym> - <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>. I fl...

RE: WOW Air To Start KEF To LAX And SFO

I'm not sure about the competitive dynamic between WOW and <acronym title="Icelandair">FI</acronym>, but was wondering if this could be some kind of pre-emptive move against <acronym title="Icelandair">FI</acronym> starting <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">...

RE: Frontier Wants Give Back 6 Gates At Denver

Any guesses on who might start using these gates?

WNTex