Why is it that IAH tends to shut down for longer periods of time than HOU during times of heavy rain/weather? Is it primarily access road related (ie the airfield itself is fine, but the employees/staff/pax can't reach the airport)?
Jump to postWashington State at Houston on Alaska, LWS-DEN-HOU: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA9682/history/20190912/1725Z/KLWS/KDEN https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA9682/history/20190912/1952Z/KDEN/KHOU Why the tech stop in DEN? Runway limitations in LWS? Would they be able to go nonstop if they...
Jump to postTook a last minute spin up to Wichita and back last night and this morning. Was on the last AA MD-80 arrival into Wichita, and on the last flight for N965TW that was the 5 am dep back to DFW. ICT had two MD80s RON. Announcements were made at the beginning and the end of the flight up to Wichita, bu...
Jump to postTook a last minute spin up to Wichita and back last night and this morning. Was on the last AA MD-80 arrival into Wichita, and on the last flight for N965TW that was the 5 am dep back to DFW. ICT had two MD80s RON. Announcements were made at the beginning and the end of the flight up to Wichita, but...
Jump to postIntercontinental LHR is the only non-Star hub with more UA service. Seems big to me. Disagree 5 daily flights into a city the size and depth of AMS is really not a lot. Aside from London, are there any other examples of the US3 operating 5 daily flights into a non hub European airport? If not, by p...
Jump to postSo if a TATL airline announces DFW what airline do you think it’ll be IB adding DFW-MAD or AY adding DFW-HEL are possibilities as IB and AY are both in the oneworld alliance along with AA. Other transatlantic possibilities include EI adding DFW-DUB or AZ adding DFW-FCO. I agree with IB and AY, but ...
Jump to postQuestion for those in the know: is ICN/TYO-SIN covered by the DL/KE joint venture? If so, then Delta and Korean may have determined that it was better to have KE handle those pax and to route all US-SIN passengers through Seoul.
Jump to postNever any scheduled service but did stop by once or twice in the 90s for charter flights.
Jump to postEvery time this topic comes up, I feel obliged to repost this 2014 New Yorker article talking about the absurdity of the Emotional Support Animal programs. BTW, ESAs are different than trained service animals, which nobody in the US has any problem with. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20...
Jump to postThere is an article in the Daily Beast that calls the Atlantic article a "discredited conspiracy theory": https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-atlantics-william-langewiesche-dusts-off-discredited-conspiracy-theory-to-accuse-mh370-pilot-of-hijacking Interestingly, it says in the end: "Of...
Jump to postConsidering the source, I'd put money on it. JonNYC is pretty plugged in with AA--he has tweeted several proposed/rumored actions by AA that later became official.
Jump to postAA has indicated that the A319 will be their 757 replacement on the ski routes, which will probably mean an increase in frequency to make up for a lack of seats. During peak times, DFW-EGE is served 4x per day, 3x A319, 1x757. Given the unique mission and operating requirements, it's plausible that ...
Jump to postIn Australia we do not use mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood as the standard. We use % concentration of alcohol in the blood. Can you can translate, or direct me to a site that will let me? I agree it's a stupid way of measuring it, but there's no need to wait for the answer on a forum when Google w...
Jump to postOregon flying into LWS instead of Pullman to take on Washington State
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL ... /KEUG/KLWS
As someone who doesn't really follow Washington State football, is flying into Lewiston versus Pullman the norm, and if so, why?
On January 6 and 7 KLM wil also fly with a Boeing 747 to Las Vegas, specifically for the Consumer Electronics Show: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1396693 KLM scraps their flights to Freetown and Monravia (KL511: AMS-FNA-ROB-AMS) to allow the Las Vegas flights because of the slot p...
Jump to postMaybe the point of this new route is to draw people to Paris and onward, not the other way around. Yep. The primary goal is capture DFW area traffic heading to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East/India during the summer time--which is peak season for North Americans to head over to Europe. Skyteam ...
Jump to postI’m wondering if this move signals a small build up of DFW by Delta. I remember there being a lot of discussion about DFW becoming a sizeable base (along with NYC) of A220 flying for the carrier. I’m definitely not saying 150+ departures, but this type of flight could be the start of that plan. Jus...
Jump to postThis was definitely written by someone who doesn't live in Dallas! Does anyone in Dallas refer to their hometown as The Big D? Or is The Big D to Dallas what Frisco is to San Francisco? That's like the media calling NOLA "The Big Easy" and we all speak with a Cajun dialect. When in fact n...
Jump to postThe 175s will probably improve yields and margins, but AS wasn't bleeding money on those flights like it was to DCA/LGA (and, as VX, to LAS and AUS) How do you know that? Sorry, should have said that VX wasn't bleeding money on those flights. Not sure how they were doing post-merger, but if it's an...
Jump to postSo what? If I lease an apartment, I don’t have to move my things in there, nor can someone else argue they should have the right to use it since I’m not always there. As I said before, if I’m Brad Tilden, I’m using one gate for flight operations and renting a dumpster and parking it in front of the...
Jump to postOne of the biggest differences from UA/DL/AA is that ESAs are limited to only one per customer. My folks have been flying AA a lot over the past couple of weeks, and they've told me of several customers who have brought multiple animals on board. FAs are sick of this, and it's only a matter of time ...
Jump to postHopefully AA will diversify it's LatAm network by adding BOG, EZE, GRU and SCL from CLT. Not a fan of MIA and DFW getting all the South America fun GRU and GIG performed horribly--they are much better served from JFK and MIA where most of the demand is. EI and FI are possibilities. CLT is in the sw...
Jump to postFlights are loaded now. From routesonline.com Charlotte – New Haven eff 22DEC18 1 weekly CRJ200 (PSA Airlines) AA5053 CLT0735 – 0920HVN CRJ 6 AA5053 HVN0955 – 1158CLT CRJ 6 It doesn't appear timed for the Caribbean AM connections. HVN-CLT roundtrip in January Saturday 5-12 prices at $2,063 right no...
Jump to postDFW's access road can double as a tollway, but it has a unique pricing model to favor people picking up and dropping off over the people just using it as a highway (aka "pass throughs"). If you are in and out in under 8 minutes, it's $4; 8-30 minutes, it's $2; 30-120 minutes, $3. All and a...
Jump to postWhy did DFW need to be built if GSW was already located near the current site of DFW? Why couldn't GSW have been expanded instead? Midway/Greater Southwest had an inefficient runway layout and I don't think the site was large enough to accommodate the forecast traffic. Most importantly, though, it ...
Jump to postjb1087xna wrote:XNA-DFW is getting one A319 rotated through this summer on what is normally an all-RJ route.
Not DOJ. This was a civil class action lawsuit. No admission of guilt by AA.
Jump to postHere we go again, USA bullying it’s competition in international trade ..... They want to fly to the USA? Then pony up! Don't act like you've got the rights as you DON'T! The EU might not say or do anything, But! Where do you think the US3 GOT their information?? Except that the ME3 did have the ri...
Jump to postIf Trump decided to break another treaty, maybe. However, I have a sneaking suspicion he won't do anything to any of the airlines from the Gulf States. Trump didn’t break any treaty. Assuming you’re referencing Paris or Iran. There were no treaties to be broken. Congress didn’t ratify, therefore, n...
Jump to postOn the specific subject of AS at DAL, isn’t AS primarily (or mostly focused) on being a West Coast carrier? Service from western cities to DAL might make sense for them whereas major operations outside of a western city focus doesn’t? If so, then operations from DAL-LGA/DCA would be outside of thei...
Jump to postAS needs to consolidate back at DFW. Sooner or later, and like it or notm WN is going to get those two gates. No airline should be legally permitted to control 100% of the gates at ANY airport. You underestimate the extent to which DL is determined to fight WN on this one. Even airlines like AA, UA...
Jump to postA shame, but pretty much expected. Back to the Southwest/AA virtual duopoly on DAL/DFW-LGA/DCA. As a reminder, those gates are not owned by Alaska. They are subleased from AA, who was forced to give them up, but not sell them, as part of the merger between US and AA. I can't remember the full detail...
Jump to postFor years AA has decreased the number of destinations and frequencies in JFK I think it is a weaker HUB, Delta Airlines and JetBlue are leading JFK , have decreased a lot in Latin America and Europe, and lost their flights to Asia, I hope that in a future AA improve their connections in JFK I belie...
Jump to postSlots at LGA and DCA are what is keeping Love Field around for Alaska. FWIW, they have really decreased marketing in the DFW area--they eliminated a billboard that VA used for years that was perfectly situated to catch the eyeballs of all the drivers heading off the tollway into either the Downtown ...
Jump to postI'm wondering if they are considering PHX-MAD, While O/D traffic is low, there are tons of connections on both sides that could make it work. Twice this month I've had flights from MAD that would have made sense via PHX. Unlikely. AA/IB/BA can only make LAX-MAD during the summer time. Phoenix is mu...
Jump to postconsolidating at VVI is a fairly smart move. LPB is of course the main market, but it's impressive that AA has stayed in the market as long as they have, with the operational issues. if AA is going 737MAX to LIM, UIO, etc I hope they add frequency, like they did with BOG. What's so Impressive? An A...
Jump to postNo. Southwest has regularly shifted it's model one it runs out of room to expand or grow. For years they claimed they would never serve DCA and LGA because of congestion issues--but they ended up flying there and making it work. They also claimed they would never fly international--but they do now. ...
Jump to postPHL but I suspect that it will be a 2019 add as by then it will be a bit more defined what is happening with the 333s and there are a few other higher priority adds that only consume a single aircraft. What about DFW-TLV? That might work, because there is a large Jewish population in the Dallas are...
Jump to postWow. For as much flak as Spirit gets on here for being a bare-bones operation, they have clearly not skimped on professional training for their crews. Hopefully that crew gets the recognition they deserve.
Jump to postI'm retired from AA. (HP) I'm going on a cruise that ends in SJU; I looked at the loads over a month ago and decided to buy a ticket. Yep, the CLT hub really has a lot of Caribbean traffic during the winter! I'm booked on a cruise terminating in SJU also. Was surprised that the flights are relative...
Jump to postDFW nonstops to places like Hong Kong, Peking, Tokyo, Santiago, Lina, Buenos Aires....not going to happen from CLT. DFW is in a great location to connect high yielding business travel between Asia and South America which AA is targeting. CLT will likely have a flight to Asia within the next ten yea...
Jump to postFirst off, no one who seriously follows the industry ever thought Charlotte would be de-hubbed following the merger. Some idle, uninformed posters may have blabbered about it or speculated about it just to get attention, but I don't recall any well-informed user stating that Charlotte would be serio...
Jump to postWasn't there previously IAD-DOH on UA? Or was that a tag to/from KWI? Realistically, the only carrier who could make US-AUH/DOH/DXB work would be UA because of the amount of government traffic from the DMV region to the Middle East. Outside of that, there's really not much O&D traffic to that a...
Jump to postCurious to see if they would bring DFW-PTY back and time it to provide for connections to AA's Asia flights. Since a 738 was too much, I wonder if DFW-PTY could possibly be done with an ERJ170 or a LUS319. The growing importance of LAX for AA is understated, even though AA at LAX is talked about fai...
Jump to postWhat about DFW-TLV? I don't think that's a big enough market. Certainly PHL/JFK, ORD, LAX, MIA before DFW. I was just thinking DFW since it is AA's flagship hub and they can route a fair amount of connections through there to make it work. I agree PHL is the most likely city for any AA service to T...
Jump to postSorry to burst everyone's bubble, but future transatlantic flights to Helsinki are not likely to happen in the near future--even from a hub as strong as CLT or DFW. There's just not enough traffic volume heading to Finland or the Baltic region from the U.S. that isn't already served through JFK and ...
Jump to postI don't see TLV coming back until they settle the TWA lawsuit. I believe the Israeli courts still assert that AA still owes the workers money. Unless that has been settled, any AA property can be seized, sold and used for payment. Gown much do they really owe? With NYC-TLV being a money pit, PHL be...
Jump to postDFW has made some tremendous gains in the past few years. Here's to hoping 2018 is just as good. In my personal opinion, here are some possible adds: High probability: -Norwegian to LGW or BCN -Aer Lingus to Dublin -QF bringing back a Brisbane flight, and/or Melbourne when 787s come online -Japan A...
Jump to postIt helps that both UA and CO flew the 777 pre-merger. DL and NW did not share a common widebody type pre-merger nor did AA and US.
Jump to postJust got off my first flights with AA - not impressed to say the least. When we checked in, knowing it was a CRJ900 (Mesa), I asked if there was sky check valet for carry-on available, the staff's response was "no" so I paid to upgrade us to Group 4 as they said it'll let us take our carr...
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