Sure there’s lineage going back 100 years, but BA claiming to be 100 years old makes about as much sense as me claiming to be 1000 years old as I have ancestors stretching back to antiquity. While BA has a notable and storied history, and one that should be rightfully celebrated, I personally felt ...
Jump to postIts odd as I'm sure they tried claiming they were 100 years old not that long ago. Which was tenuous at best . The current livery works and I'm not sure the average person cares that much anyway I don't think 'tenuous at best' is at all fair. There is a pretty clear lineage from Imperial Airways/Br...
Jump to postIts odd as I'm sure they tried claiming they were 100 years old not that long ago. Which was tenuous at best . The current livery works and I'm not sure the average person cares that much anyway I don't think 'tenuous at best' is at all fair. There is a pretty clear lineage from Imperial Airways/Br...
Jump to post18C36C wrote:vhtje wrote:JoseSalazar wrote:“JetBlue Airways” wouldn’t surprise me in 5-10 years.
“American Airlines” is much more likely.
Do you really think the DOJ would allow that one?!
Is there any chance the end goal final combined brand could be a 3rd brand? "Pacific Airlines" "Oceanic Airways" or something similar, acknowledging that Alaska or Hawaiian doesn't make too much sense for the combined airline? I think it'd be easy to say "Alaska Air and Haw...
Jump to postWell, if he gets sent to prison, Nathan Jones will be definitely gone too long.
https://youtu.be/WMDKXGB91Es?si=ajEfG3SAmcNSL8bb
AN SYD to MEL, 1996. I hadn’t paid attention to the aircraft upon boarding, but as we taxied I noticed the wingtip fences and realised I wasn’t on the usual Boeing.
I usually flew TN and them QF, but a change in employer meant a change in travel policy.
Clues; Indiana Jones themed, 3 routes all from a location by the ocean, 1 787 heads east, 2 737 max 8, headed south east. My guesses: EWR or IAD to CIA or CMN (787) EWR or IAD to Georgetown Guyana (7M8) IAD to BOG (7M8) CAI would definitely be a summer seasonal service at minimum. Summer is not pea...
Jump to postcloudboy wrote:What's the drawer underneath the center seat?
Getting rid of the 110v AC power socket seems a backward step. The USB sockets are usually too low-powered. My biggest hope is that the seats are more comfortable. If BA are keeping the awful A321neo on 5 hour sectors to the Middle East, a more comfortable seat is desperately needed. Sadly, they are...
Jump to postGetting rid of the 110v AC power socket seems a backward step. The USB sockets are usually too low-powered. My biggest hope is that the seats are more comfortable. If BA are keeping the awful A321neo on 5 hour sectors to the Middle East, a more comfortable seat is desperately needed. Sadly, they are...
Jump to postMAX 10 is interesting especially since United has taken them off the fleet plans due to the delays. But hopefully this will be an up gauge from the A319s and A320s that will need replacement soon. It's clear that AA is not looking at the MAX 7. Did you read the article? The 319s and 320s will be re...
Jump to postMerger terminated by mutual agreement. On the announcement, JetBlue's stock rose some 5%; Spirit's stock fell 16%. The market has spoken! https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-03-04-2024/card/jetblue-stock-rises-premarket-after-deal-to-buy-spirit-called-off-b6TeAwmQwORvvp7Vy5...
Jump to postI don't understand how this could happen - I understood your booking is marked once your authority to fly - that is, passport, visa - is verified by a member of airline staff. On the other hand, you don't need to show your passport at security (just your boarding pass if you use the electronic secur...
Jump to postI think Australia also has this "dedicated gates plus a common user terminal area"-approach. I can only speak about SYD, I believe pre-covid QF U.S & North America bound flights were always allocated bays 8,9, & 10 for security reasons. Im not sure if this is still the case. As fo...
Jump to postDoes this mean B6 will re-engage with AA and reestablish the NE Alliance?
Also: shouldn’t the title of this thread be updated to reflect this change in status?
AC4500 wrote:Given Alaska's reluctance for Airbus aircraft (i.e. A321s going to AA), what will end up happening to HA's A330s?
About bloody time. The LEVEL strategy has been at best confused, at worst a random hotchpotch of unconnected services. What is remarkable is that has been going on for nearly six years. Yes, there has been a pandemic within that timeframe, but still, it is enough time for IAG to have worked out and...
Jump to postAbout bloody time. The LEVEL strategy has been at best confused, at worst a random hotchpotch of unconnected services. What is remarkable is that has been going on for nearly six years. Yes, there has been a pandemic within that timeframe, but still, it is enough time for IAG to have worked out and ...
Jump to postqf789 wrote:First QantasLink A220 has been painted and is wearing a special
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... art-livery
AY is my favourite route to Australia from London - I've been doing it every two years for the last 20 or so years. In that time, the routing has been BKK/HKG/SIN, on MD-11, A340, A330 and now A350. I have been lucky and only flown in their Business Class; service has always been excellent, with att...
Jump to postAnd good job VS for making this move. They've got less than half the number of LHR slots as BA. I’m sorry, but I’ve got to call you out on this. BA have 4,779 slots, for 51.84% of capacity. VS have just 392 slots, for 4.25% of Heathrow’s capacity. Even if you add Skyteam partners’ slots, it hardly ...
Jump to postHow does QF increasing services to Europe impact the JV with EK? Since there is a JV, and QF gets the revenue anyway, why bother adding additional European destinations? Why not just let EK handle it all?
Is QF looking to wind the relationship with EK back a little?
And good job VS for making this move. They've got less than half the number of LHR slots as BA. I’m sorry, but I’ve got to call you out on this. BA have 4,779 slots, for 51.84% of capacity. VS have just 392 slots, for 4.25% of Heathrow’s capacity. Even if you add Skyteam partners’ slots, it hardly ...
Jump to postHaving spoken to a number of staff about the new uniforms, the consensus among staff seems to be a huge thumbs down for the ladies’ uniforms, and the men’s a qualified “okay”. One of them commented to me, “The designer clearly understands men’s fashion and bodies better than he understands women’s” ...
Jump to postAny word on how they will be configured? Please God, not the horrible Oasis product, particularly in Business Class, with its tight pitch, hard seat, no leg/foot rest and limited recline....
Jump to postI don’t understand how a modern car park can burn so fiercely and quickly. I understand vehicles are highly flammable but a fire started in one vehicle shouldn’t spread so quickly. A car park is made of steel and concrete. What material is there to burn to spread the fire? Is it the decorative exte...
Jump to postWhy does any person need to have a gun in their briefcase, ever ? I hope the HK authorities are brutal with him. How was he caught, though? If the TSA missed this and he discovered it reaching for gum from his hand luggage whilst onboard, was he stupid enough to brandish the wretched thing in the ca...
Jump to postI wonder what this will mean for IAG?
QR have had a strategy of investing in and taking board seats in other airlines, particularly oneworld partner airlines. Will this strategy be perused by the new leadership?
Noshow wrote:It will be interesting to find out if possibly a battery car started the fire?
I don’t understand how a modern car park can burn so fiercely and quickly. I understand vehicles are highly flammable but a fire started in one vehicle shouldn’t spread so quickly. A car park is made of steel and concrete. What material is there to burn to spread the fire? Is it the decorative exter...
Jump to postAs a SK*G that travels from Norway to Australia yearly, this is dreadful news. *A with SQ (and somewhat TG) has always been an excellent option. Skyteam is absolutely useless. You have a few options. What about VN, KR, CI, MU? Admittedly neither are quite as good as SQ, but KR isn't totally terribl...
Jump to postPardon my ignorance, but are US carriers allowed to start routes from any city to any city, without the need for route approval?
I do realise some cities give incentives to carriers to fly to their airports, but is there any centralised coordination? Or is it all purely down to market forces?
Dalavia wrote:I keep hoping that the Qantas ‘roo will have its amputated front paws returned one day.
The political fight against aviation in The Netherlands has reached a new low. Yesterday a majority in the House of Representatives approved a motion to make transfer passengers pay flight taxes and use the proceeds to reduce energy taxes. At the moment only departing passengers are forced to pay f...
Jump to postI can understand why people feel that LO should switch alliances, however , a big problem for LO is that they got rid of their own frequent flyer programme to become part of LH Miles and More. If LO decided to break away they'd need a new programme, but more importantly, LH would still hold a huge ...
Jump to postWasn’t there a rumour of IAG sniffing around LOT, pre-covid?
Is the Polish government looking to privatise LOT?
So is it basically just where the galleys are ? Toilets are all in the same place I’m assuming, crew rest would be silly not to have with the new generation aircraft. Aircraft that can quite happily and efficiently do say LHR-EWR-LHR then LHR-EZE-LHR. Seats are on tracks, they get shoved around and...
Jump to postPeople on a.net have some very strange ideas about alliances. Alliances exist primarily to facilitate attracting and sharing customers between airlines. This happens through coordination, alignment and cooperation of frequent flyer programmes, and codesharing on routes. Some airlines extend intra-al...
Jump to postFormer British PM David Cameron flew to a holiday in Portugal on EasyJet whilst in office. And I remember years back there was a show called Airport that followed staff at LHR. In one episode former Australian PM John Howard was flying back to Australia on a QF 747. Its been a long time since I saw...
Jump to postQF used to keep the upstairs of their 747s a child-free zone; if you were travelling with children you were put in the downstairs business cabin. I don't suppose they can do that with A380s and 787-9s. These days though, noise cancelling headsets have come leaps and bounds. My first Bose set about 1...
Jump to postThis has been widely repudiated already. Last month, Sean Doyle announced an expansion of the Euroflyer fleet. It's growing, not being sold off.
Jump to postQR has a history of withholding award seats from QF - e.g. QF FFP members have never been able to redeem points on QR on AKL-ADL even though members of other Oneworld frequent flyer programs could. Are you 100% sure that isn't due to regulation? I'm not saying it is (I don't know) but I do know QR'...
Jump to postGreat report, thank you! Please post more.
More snarky passenger stories, too, please!
QF operates LHR-Australia (PER) non-stop on a 789 with a modern and comfortable 1x2x1 J seat. It also flys LHR-SIN-SYD on their premier A380 with the same modern J seat and a spacious F seat & cabin. Yet BA operates LHR-SIN-SYD on a 789 with their oldest and most outdated international J cabins...
Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kReUn9t66Nc But seriously, aside from the fact that the dad was DRUNK and letting his 11 year old fly a multi engine plane, there is one thing I find fishy. Why isn't the dad sitting in the left seat?! The father was the only one who could have conceivably had the ex...
Jump to postWhat is one example of an airport that changed its name/rebranded and attracted new routes, frequencies, passenger traffic and profitability for doing so? None. Inept “authorities” listening to overpaid and equally inept marketing consultants leads to such wasteful spend. OAK should spend money on ...
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