Re: Which realistic routes do you want to see announced?

WN DEN-JAC
WN DEN-ANC
WN ???-SXM

Re: Insane Cockpit Video of 737-300 Landing

Wow, the FO busy with his phone also filming the landing is like the cherry on top.

Re: Unusual routes/destinations

Air China on IAH-PTY just before the pandemic was an odd one.

Re: Houston (IAH/HOU) Aviation Thread - 2021

IAHFLYR wrote:

Any intel on the WN IAH load factors?

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

Re: Wright Amendment What are the remaining limitations/restrictions that would allow WN to operate out of DFW? Thank you. Forfeit a gate at DAL for every gate they open at DFW (more specifically any airport within 80 miles of DAL) up to the first 8. The provision expires in 2024. Thank you. How wo...

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

av8tiongeek wrote:

Re: Wright Amendment

What are the remaining limitations/restrictions that would allow WN to operate out of DFW? Thank you.

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

If they do end up announcing South America then I hope they know what they're doing. I flew them to MEX about 10 times back when that was still around and every flight was an empty plane and dirt cheap ticket. I still don't see how they can make something like BOG or UIO work if they can't make some...

Re: Will AA return to DAL in 2024?

Wneast wrote:

AWACSooner wrote:

Wish someone would sue over that gate cap.

I could be wrong but doesn’t the gate cap expire in 2024 ?

Re: Houston (IAH/HOU) Aviation Thread - 2021

Someone asked about the WN jetways at the Gate A3 "barn". I took a not-so-great picture with the Texas sun beaming down. The ground jetways are connected to the Gate A3 walkway, and the three jetways are labelled "A3E", "A3F", and "A3G". All of Gate A3 is now...

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

Anyone notice how WN flew out Lonestar One and California One for the inuagural flights at IAH and SBA? I thought that was thoughtful. As a current resident in Chicago, in hindsight I'm a bit disappointed that ORD service didn't get the same fanfare. Anyone know if there were any plans for Illinois...

Re: Frontier Announces ANC/DRO/GJT/FCA

How are there even going to be enough rental cars to support all of this traffic to leisure/outdoor destinations??? Not sure about other destinations but I tried to get a rental car at BZN for June, and Avis and Enterprise were already sold out. Hertz was $400/day.... Keep in mind we are still mont...

Re: When where and why did you last fly pre Covid?

IAH-MSP-HND-MSP-IAH on DL in March 2020 for a two week visit to Japan. The shutdowns were starting while I was there and while it was annoying it was not my first visit to the country so I was okay with just making do with whatever was still open. I got back home just as things really started going ...

Re: Southwest Fleet/Network Thread - 2021

How have the loads at MIA been recently? I booked a flight MIA-HOU-MSP for a week from now a few days ago and since then the price has dropped $65 for the one-way. Would this have anything to do with loads? I've never seen price drops like that so close in. Peace :box: Make sure to update your rese...

Re: WN adding SBA & FAT in Q2 2021

wnflyguy wrote:

OAHU747 wrote:

What gates are available to WN at SBA?

Sounds like WN will now occupy gate 1 at SBA.

Flyguy

Re: NEW & Resumption SWA Routes announced today

b777900 wrote:

My question why does WN add routes back in 80's 0r 90's than stop them after 20 years and than bring them back??? how long will IAH last and JAN this time around??

Re: WN to Launch IAH and ORD service in 2021

My biggest gripe with IAH vs HOU is that even though I'm closer to HOU 45 is always backed up making any time savings a wash. Also, back when going to school in person was a thing I would frequently get stuck behind a school bus doing pickups while going through the neighborhood which can be frustra...

Re: WN to Launch IAH and ORD service in 2021

I'm not surprised to see them finally enter ORD and return to IAH. I never understood why it was apparently acceptable to serve all the major airports in the greater LA area, Bay area, DC area (and most recently South Florida) but not Chicago and Houston? If they are happy with the results then I su...

Re: WN Kelly seems to think change fee elimination won't help the legacy carriers

Just speaking for myself Southwest had been my preferred airline for a while with no penalty changes and cancellations being a very significant factor in that. I felt this was a much stronger perk vs. free bags for my situation. Going forward I will be much more likely to book a legacy especially if...

Re: Simpleflying, thepointsguy, and onemileatatime; are these reliable websites?

Of those three One Mile At A Time is the best. TPG is okay but their focus is more about credit card sign ups and FF programs so I would not go there looking for any real aviation news that isn't primarily about points and credit cards.

Re: Is it worth it to pay more for 9-abreast Y on a 777?

I've never really noticed any real difference in personal comfort between a 3x4x3 vs 3x3x3 777. To me it's a bit like when people here complain about long haul on narrow bodies

Re: OAG Changes 8/4/2020:SEPTEMBER SLIDE;AA Drops LAX-YVR;AM Drops AUS;AS Adds SAN-SBA;

I had booked UA IAH-YYC in September hoping that everything would be settled by then. Flight got pulled so I opted to just cancel outright.

Re: How common is self-transfer?

I used to do it more often but have started getting away from it just for less stress and hassle on the day of. I came close to missing the onward flight once or twice but so far have made it every time. Worst was when I was doing a self connect in NYC from LGA - JFK for an onward flight to CDG. As ...

Re: End of an era: Last Qantas 747 retired today

My one and only time on a 747 was on QF BNE-LAX a few years ago. With the way things are going I suspect that will turn out to be my only time on one. That particular trip was also interesting in that it started off with me sleeping in my rental car in a grocery store parking lot right outside of AK...

Re: Airports named after people that died in plane crashes

Ted Stevens (Anchorage/ANC) died in a chartered plane crash. The airport had been named after him while he was still alive though.

Re: Airports named after people that died in plane crashes

O’Hare was shot down and killed during the Battle of Midway.

Re: Berlin Tegel (TXL) to Close from June 1

I flew through TXL a few times last year during a trip to Berlin. I'm glad to have checked it off my list but I will not miss it.

Re: Most geographically nonsensical routing?

My most notable:

NRT-ATL-IAH
LIH-HNL-ATL-IAH
IAH-IST-BUD (RT)
TXL-HEL-ORD-IAH

Re: Can underwear being too heavy set off the TSA bodyscanner machine?

I've noticed that I set it off more when my shirt is wet from sweat.

Re: Southwest adding Steamboat Springs

About time they try seasonal service. I would like to see JAC one day.

Re: United seeks additional MEX slots

Pretty amazing how poorly Alaska, JetBlue and Southwest have done in Mexico City. Agree, if the LCCs wont use the slots as intended, giving them to United is a good outcome and provides for competition against AM/DL which was entire point of the slot divestiture. It's not that surprising actually. ...

Re: Major delays at ATL

I flew through ATL Thursday night. Hit 3 or 4 big bumps and drops on the way in (DL75 from AMS) that got some of the other passengers a bit excited. I guess I got lucky in that both my inbound and outbound were delayed about 30 minutes so everything evened out for me. I overheard lots of other peopl...

Re: Taxi stand bureaucracy

I don't know about the MSP green card thing, but organized taxi systems are a good thing that need to be expanded to more cities worldwide. It helps prevent customers from being scammed. That said, the method in London Luton is a mess. Absolutely agree. I was recently impressed with the system at t...

Re: What former carriers have you flown?

AirTran
America West
Continental
Transaero
WOW

Re: SuperShuttle Goes Out of Business

I used to ride them before Uber/Lyft but once those came along I never went back.

Re: Southwest May Be Considering Basic Economy

There have been surveys suggesting a basic economy is at least under consideration. Given their insistence that they will never charge for bags I would assume that it would probably be something like one bag and boarding group D sort of deal.

Re: United airlines Cape Town

I'm confused, how is 25 October 2020 two months earlier than 15 December 2019? I think the assumption is that if the flight started 15 December 2019 this year, seasonal service would potentially resume 15 December 2020 next year, but it's not--it's starting almost 2 months earlier. Which, presumabl...