I know at United, an FA from the aft will work their way to the overwing exit and conduct an evacuation. This is interesting to me - say there was an unplanned emergency evacuation on a 737/A319/A320 and let's assume all doors are available for use/safe to open, how would that be possible? Upon hea...
Jump to postNov 2023 AA LHR-DFW on a 773, around 75 people on the whole plane
Feb 2001 AA BOS-CDG on 763, around 40 people in Y
PA812 crashed on approach to Denpasar on April 22, 1974. It was flying Hong Kong - Denpasar - Sydney - Nadi - Honolulu - Los Angeles. All 107 onboard were killed. The aircraft was briefly featured in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".
Jump to postA321: B6 JFK-LGW
A330: EI SNN-BOS, EI DUB-JFK, DL JFK-AMS, DL BOS-AMS,
A340-200: LH EWR-FRA, LX BOS-ZRH
A340-600: IB MAD-JFK
767-200: AA CDG-JFK
767-300: AA BOS-CDG, DL ATL-DUB, DL JFK-IST
767-400: CO CDG-EWR, DL JFK-LHR
777-200: BA BOS-LHR, AA BOS-LHR, AA CLT-LHR,
777-300: AA LHR-DFW
Weird that B6 would add unnecessary crew when they aren't doing well financially
Jump to postPrior to November 1991, Delta flew to: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Munich, Paris, Shannon, Stuttgart Delta received from Pan Am in November 1991: Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Delhi, Geneva, Helsinki, Istanbul, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai...
Jump to postWhat is it about EDI that US pilots lose their minds?
Jump to postDL only flew the 763 to FRA & CDG from BOM. ATL-BOM started in 2006 on the 772. I see. And do you know which carrier got the Karachi rights? It was a stop on the PA1/2 RTW which got absorbed by United, and a separate service from the Frankfurt base which of course got absorbed by Delta (United ...
Jump to postSRQLOT wrote:Wasn’t he banned from dealing with airlines???
Karachi, Delhi, and Bombay were operated from Frankfurt after the RTW flight stopped. Bombay was served by DL via FRA and later CDG until 2006. Do you know what equipment was sent to Mumbai? L-1011-500, MD-11, 763? And was it out of JFK or ATL? Also, was it United or Delta that acquired Pan Am's ri...
Jump to postDoes anyone have the specific routes UA purchased from PA? I tried to find in the forums and internet but no luck. Specifically it was service to Osaka, Seoul, Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland. Additionally Hong Kong, I believe. Many were served via NRT. ...
Jump to postTheir own. Correct. Note that the 727 they lost near La Paz on 1/1/85 was a -225 (EA), not a -227 (BN) It should be noted that the aircraft lost at Mt Illimani on approach to LPB was a 1982-manufactuted aircraft and had the necessary performance needed for operations at El Alto, one of the highest ...
Jump to postOf course, the big news I want to hear in 2024 is a second lounge. I am still surprised we haven't heard this yet. To be frank, it’s a crummy spot. Tucked away in AA gates and faces the on-ramp. No panoramic views or outdoor seating. Pales in comparison to DL’s Sky lounge. Too bad the architects di...
Jump to postIt’s crazy how at that point, PAA had ZERO Transatlantic flights, and that their only long-range routes were to South America. It’s also interesting how much of their operation had become B722’s, with the A300’s and B747’s almost totally gone. I think it’s funny that PanAm featured prominently in t...
Jump to postDoes anyone know or recall what Pan Am's operation at JFK was like as it shut down in December 1991? I am aware that essentially the entire JFK operation was sold off to Delta, but did Pan Am still serve JFK from MIA at the time of the shutdown, and if so, from where did it operate? The Worldport o...
Jump to postPan Am was poorly run for much of the 1980s and that was in large part what led to its collapse. There was a glimmer of hope in 1988 when Tom Plaskett was brought in from AA to run Pan Am. He expanded the MIA operation, hired more front line staff, and invested in cabin interiors and the product. T...
Jump to postExpatVet wrote:Fascinating. Only PA flight we ever did was late 1990, must have been september or october - it was a Pan Am plane from Heathrow to JFK. Evac from Eastern Province KSA. No idea which plane it might have been, no idea where to find that.
TransWorldOne wrote:Interesting, thanks for sharing! How random that there was an Ambassador Club at ABQ.
Per the final timetable published on October 27, 1991: Buenos Aires 11:15am PA453 Santiago de Chile 747 (Except Tuesday & Thursday) Caracas 4:00pm PA443 Recife A300 (Friday Only) Guatemala City 7:45am PA415 San Salvador A300 Daily Los Angeles 10:15am PA481 727 Mexico City Daily 11:45pm PA415 A30...
Jump to postSXDFC wrote:When TWA800 went down, what flight number took its place? Or did they use 800 all the way till the end of July 1996?
Did TW always use 800,848, 880,881,882,888 to their respective stations, or did they alternate like airlines do today?
Boston 8:50pm TW810 Paris 762 Daily Cairo 4:30pm TW888 Riyadh (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Only) 763 New York-JFK 8:40am TW154 Santo Domingo 762 Daily 5:15pm TW882 Tel Aviv 742 (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Only) 5:55pm TW880 Athens 747 Daily 6:20pm TW904 Madrid 747 Daily 6:20pm TW840 Rome 747 Daily 6:...
Jump to postDelta full time agents above & below wing start at $13.63. They cap out at $30.13 after 10yrs of service.
Ready Reserve (part time) agents start at $14.13 and cap at out $15.01 after a year.
I was a little surprised to read about these incidents after the Nigeria racism thing, but crew misbehavior seems to be causing BA some headache, as described here: http://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2018/02/17/sources-british-airways-cabin-crew-behaving-badly-flight-attendants-done-now/#.Wos7aKgbM2...
Jump to postSyracuseAvGeek wrote:H3w1tt wrote:What was the reason for them withdrawing service from IAD? Was it just not profitable?
The cities thy served from IAD were EAS cities, and the DOT picked another airline for service.
I think video taping a customer service agent is the best way not to get service.
Jump to postThe passenger probably deserved it.
Jump to postrbavfan wrote:Is this not usually a seasonal route? It might just be an annual cut.
Delta used to fly JFK-GEO IIRC. Large guyanese diaspora (of mostly Indian origin) in NYC. But I assume the numbers weren't there. Delta flew JFK-GEO for probably 4 or 5 years on the 757. Instead of downgaugiqg the A/C type they just dropped it all together. You'd think a 737-700 could make it profi...
Jump to postEven if they had local rights on DUB-ORD, it's departing DUB at like 0500 with that schedule. Would they be able to take advantage of customs and immigration preclearance in DUB (assuming it's even open at that hour, or the flight were re-timed) or would that not be possible for a flight originatin...
Jump to postThe gate area of the MAT is tiny. It sounds like it will be tight quarters with B6 & AS.
Jump to postI recall a handful of times, in a LUS A321, we used door 2L. My memory has me thinking it was in LAS, FLL, and CLT. For some reason, I thought all LUS A319s (pre HP) were EOW. I remember flying on some 737-300s and -400s with TV's in the aisle, the FA's (mostly ex Piedmont) said they were for the l...
Jump to postITH and ROA are shoe ins both because what they're asking for is reasonable and because they're asking for less in SCASD funds than they already have in community funds and because they're proposing network service. MYR is nice in that they are also offering more community funds than they're asking...
Jump to postThe C gates were designed for the Saab. The waiting areas are tiny. A full 50 seater's passengers would take up two gate areas. They would need to be a big redesign for anything larger than a 50 seater to use those gates.
Jump to postIt’s worth nothing that DL owns 20% of YX and 100% of EV. So those two will stay around for a while. OO is one of the most stable legacies, so that’s probably Safe. Anything else could change. The situation with CP is interesting, because it’s a former NW owned, with a since exhausted flow through ...
Jump to postIt’s worth nothing that DL owns 20% of YX and 100% of EV. So those two will stay around for a while. OO is one of the most stable legacies, so that’s probably Safe. Anything else could change. The situation with CP is interesting, because it’s a former NW owned, with a since exhausted flow through ...
Jump to postI wish more airlines flew domestic wide bodies. I've flown only a few in the last 20+ years.
DL ATL-MCO L1011
DL ATL-HNL A330
DL JFK-LAX 763
UA SFO-DEN 772
UA ORD-IAD 772
US LAX-PHL 762
A lot of Commutair's Dash 8s came from Horizon. I managed to only fly once on one, PVD-EWR in 2011.
Jump to postmillionsofmiles wrote:A good friend of mine was a senior flight attendant with Eastern, beginning in 1965. She said that Captain Loft was "difficult." She had flown with him on the DC-8.
In the video she clearly puts her hands on the hand railing of the escalator. Her family let her fly alone and did not make her a meet and assist. They said in the video that they assumed she would be escorted. The woman also declined help from Alaska employees. It's unfortunate this happened but I ...
Jump to postThat American Eagle Airlines operated from April 1980 to April 1981. The picture probably shows most of their fleet. Notice the Capitol DC-8 behind the two American Eagle 707s.
Jump to postGoing back 30 years, and I don't have the actual data, but I believe NWA had 400 flights a day in Memphis say around 87 or 88, not long after the merger. and now combined DL and NWA is probably 40 i f not less. I'd honestly be surprised if there was even 40 departures now. It was mostly an RJ hub b...
Jump to postColumbia, MO, (COU) now has service to DEN, DFW, & ORD on UA & AA. As recently as 2008 there was only empty B1900s to Kansas City.
Jump to postTheir instagram story says it's a 787 from SFO. The clues they give make it sound like a tropical destination.
Jump to postNice to see AC returning to PVD. They pulled out around 2013/2014. When they left, PVD-YYZ was on the B1900. I remember seeing Air Ontario Dash 8s in PVD in the '90s.
Jump to postUltimately I think it was TWA's route structure that did them in. They had one hub (STL) and a handful of focus cities (JFK, LAX, SJU).
Jump to postWhen I was a regional FA there were several flights with only 1 pax on a 50 seater.
Jump to postI think it's interesting to see what these aircraft looked like inside. Crashes are like a snapshot of aviation history.
Jump to postjfklganyc wrote:There are still Trump Shuttle ladies floating around LGA as gate agents 3 airlines later.
Airline industry is amazing!