Re: United to Start Offering Some Business Travelers Access to Private Terminal At LAX

I’m quite surprised by some of the routes that include access to this too, such as: Aspen (even though it’s not listed here, it’s listed on CNBC), and even EWR surprises me. Those two don't surprise me at all - seems very targeted at entertainment industry big wigs. EWR is UA's only offering in the...

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

The777Man wrote:

No one flies SFO-MEL.

QF is starting SFO-MEL in September. 4x weekly on a 789 if I remember correctly, alternating with a 3x weekly 2nd LAX-MEL frequency.

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Re: DL to add new routes after agreement with ME3

So, I don't think anyone feels JFK-BOM will be minting money So why JFK-BOM now? The big changes from when DL last flew JFK-BOM: 1) The relatively new and successful 9W partnership: so now the nonstop would connect two business capitals and benefit from corporate contracts and connections on both e...

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Re: AA's position in NYC

Another AA in NYC thread, huh? I guess it has been two weeks... Nonetheless, good to hear that they're thinking about trying to co-locate with BA at JFK. It's good that they realize their overall limitations given the slot and facility constraints at both LGA and JFK, and given the strong and advant...

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Re: DL to add new routes after agreement with ME3

CDG is connected to ~35 North American stations. How many domestic connections DL can offer from JFK? How many domestic connections 9W can offer from BOM/DEL. A non-stop in reality ends up being two-stop, last mile on a nasty RJ from JFK. No match to a A330/A350 experience from CDG/AMS. North Ameri...

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

Maybe the below will help. As for when I post information 1.) I post all widebody movements on ANet into/out of any maintenance - If not listed, unknown or minor activity to be completed 2.) I post narrowbody movement on ANet into/out of maintenance bases where reconfiguration/mods are happening an...

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Re: DL to add new routes after agreement with ME3

I hope we see a return of nonstop JFK-BOM service, this time on the 359. If DL were to get back into India, I can't think of another route that would make more sense than this one. There's currently no competitor on JFK-BOM (although UA and AI both fly EWR-BOM), and with a strong 9W hub on the other...

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Re: Delta 767-300 Last Flight Date?

As of July, the two remaining 767-300s will be flying a LAX-ATL-ANC-ATL-LAX-ATL-LAX routing.

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Re: United Airlines Network Thread 2018

If you look through UA's schedules in some detail, you'll notice that their average turn times are longer than what AA and DL schedule for the same aircraft types. I've mostly noticed this on the narrowbody side. Even for 50-seat RJs, you probably won't find a turn less than 30 minutes on UA while ...

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Re: United adjust Mexico network - ends service to HUX, MZT, & VSA

So UA is retrenching to beach markets only from LAX: SJD, PVR, and CUN.

Sad to see HUX and VSA cut from IAH. I'd guess AM will be the primary benefactor since many people will now need to connect through MEX to reach those destinations from points in the U.S.

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Re: United Airlines Network Thread 2018

Got data to support that? Everything I've seen and heard indicates that due to UA having much longer average stage length on mainline the utilization is higher for UA than AA/DL.[/quote] If you look through UA's schedules in some detail, you'll notice that their average turn times are longer than w...

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Re: UA to Initially Base 787-10 at EWR

Lets think what transatlantic routes are 777 out of EWR EWR-CDG EWR-FRA (777W) EWR-DUB EWR-LHR EWR-BRU 2X EWR-BCN As of this summer, the 777 transatlantic routes out of EWR will be: DUB (77A) MAD (77A) BCN (77A) BRU FRA (77W) MXP The 77A is the domestic-configured version that is being used on TATL...

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Re: Delta Aircraft Refurbishment - 2018

1603 is back in service as a 76Z https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1603 9 76Ls have been converted to 76Zs. Not sure why my update didn't post, but anyways... It should be 11 76Z's with one more in mod and a few more to eventually get the mods. So do we know what the final split will be between ...

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Re: Japan Airlines To Miami By Next Year?

From past MIA-Asia threads, my memory is that the top 3 Pacific O&D markets from MIA are actually TPE, MNL, and HKG (not necessarily in that order). With well-timed connections JL could feasibly serve those markets in addition to whatever demand there is for MIA-TYO, but the question is whether ...

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Re: How large could DL grow at JFK?

Given that dl has the lowest margin in nyc of all major players, I don’t see how they would benefit from a recession more than others. In fact, more of their routes that are already loss making would be prime candidates to get cut. What's the source for the margin data? Given that DL has arguably t...

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Re: How large could DL grow at JFK?

In the early morning and throughout most of the afternoon/evening DL is quite gate-constrained at JFK. All those widebodies flying TATL routes take longer to turn around than narrowbodies do, and even with hardstands for temporary parking, the gates are pretty well spoken for. KL's 3 daily flights a...

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Re: Southwest Airlines Q1 results

JammyBritton27 wrote:

The company ended the first quarter with 717 aircraft in its fleet.

I thought they sold all those to Delta!

Just kidding

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Re: TPAC connectivity for North America's gateways to Asia-Pacific of the West Coast featuring LAX, SEA, SFO, YVR

Zoedyn wrote:

The depiction may have omissions, but it should be able to give a sense of the overall picture

I caught a few omissions:
SFO-CTU (year round on UA)
SFO-AKL (year round on NZ)

It's crazy how many Chinese cities now have nonstop service to LAX when you compare it to just 5 years ago!

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Re: United at PVD - Service Level Desparity

It's weird to me that UA has dropped mainline service from ORD-PVD. Sure, AA entered the market relatively recently, but only with 2x daily E75s. UA's service to both IAD and EWR from PVD seems pretty reasonable to me, and I'm not surprised that there's no link to DEN or IAH as most of the other med...

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Re: WN leases slots from AS at LGA/DCA

Hopefully WN will start DCA-OKC with one of the 4 DCA slots.

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Re: Domestic 767-400s

As of this summer (looking at June schedules) there aren't too many options:
DL ATL-HNL x1
DL JFK-SFO x1
DL JFK-LAX x4
UA EWR-SJU x1
UA EWR-HNL x1

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Re: OAG Changes 4/22/2018:AA Drops MIA-OMA;AS Suspends DTW-PDX; AV Adds BOS-SAL, MCO-GUA/LIM/SAL;B6 +GCM-FLL;UA +ORD-SHD

3x daily mainline ORD-MSN! United is stepping up their capacity to try to win some business from DL in MSN. This summer they're starting daily SFO (E75), keeping DEN at 2x daily mainline (319/320), upping ORD to 9x daily with 3x daily mainline (mix of CR2/CR7/E75/319/320/739), and adding a second d...

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Re: Lufthansa to Swap A330 with B737 on DUS-EWR

C010T3 wrote:

Considering how LH is dropping the route in 2019 anyway, it is no wonder that it is treated as the stepchild.

I thought it was moving to EW in the Fall? Did those plans change?

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Re: B6 to begin FLL-GCM

Source? It makes sense to me, but around here you need proof for a statement like this

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Re: STR-ATL, MUC-CLT and automotive industry

Speaking from experience (I work in OPS in ATL) - there are very few if any guarantees on where a domestic inbound aircraft will park. It's more or less based on aircraft type - RJ's on D, 717's on C, MD-88's on B, 757 and 321's on A. 737's are a wild card. E/F can handle any aircraft type, and dom...

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Re: STR-ATL, MUC-CLT and automotive industry

That makes sense - many probably connect to ATL-GSP to end up right next to the plant. You can follow the traffic just by the flight numbers. DL130 is a GSP-ATL-MUC route. DL116 is a BHM-ATL-STR route. As for FRA, maybe someone can fill me in on why DL14 is routed SLC-ATL-FRA Is it merely coinciden...

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Re: Why does AA operate Ex-US Airways Aircraft strictly at former US-Airways hubs?

As others have said, the LUS airbus narrowbody fleet operates numerous flights from LAX, DFW, and ORD. And there are plenty of 738s in PHX and CLT (and some in PHL).

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Re: STR-ATL, MUC-CLT and automotive industry

burnsie28 wrote:

MUC-ATL see's a lot of BMW traffic. I've seen many of them in business class and economy when I've been on the flights before.

That makes sense - many probably connect to ATL-GSP to end up right next to the plant.

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Re: United's first 737 Max receives swoop livery

Do people even remember Continental anymore? Times have changed, ship has sailed, even the United folks should move beyond the Continental days. They need a new brand. I don't advocate brand changes for the sake of brand changes (like LH) but UA really needs to turn a page on it's identity. What's ...

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Re: AA SFO Plans

I think you'll see AA stay roughly where they're at, with robust service to their hubs.

Of note, SFO will see increased widebody flying on AA in August, with two of the daily SFO-DFW flights on 788 equipment and a return of the 763 on one SFO-MIA flight. That's in addition to the daily SFO-PHL 332.

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Re: STR-ATL, MUC-CLT and automotive industry

It has been discussed that DL STR-ATL flight is largely devoted to the Mercedes factory in Alabama. Yet it is whole 300 km (200mi) from the airport. I don't think more than a few dozen people on any given day would be flying this route specifically for the factory in Alabama. I'm sure Mercedes and ...

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Re: Delta CSeries deliveries to begin this year

The 717s obviously won’t last forever. Are the C series supposed to be the eventual replacement? Last I heard, the 717s are supposed to be getting consolidated to MSP/DTW/ATL eventually, with the CS100s taking over 717-type routes in the West and in NYC. I expect that as M88 and M90 aircraft are re...

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Re: Eurowings Ending Seattle?

I believe EW announced that they'll be consolidating all long haul ops in the Rhine-Ruhr metro area to DUS this autumn. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't keep SEA in the long run (they don't even fly to LAX or SFO on the West Coast), although I haven't seen any source formally announcing that SE...

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Re: United Fleet Upgrade Status - 2018

I wouldn't be surprised to see the 76L configuration used on both domestic and international routes. You could fairly easily rotate aircraft between EWR-SFO, EWR-LAX, and EWR-LHR.

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Re: US—Africa Nonstop Connection Thread

Considering the distance and the lack of colonial ties between the U.S. and Africa, I'd say the current service isn't half bad. The biggest airlines in Africa (ET, SA, KQ, MS, AT) have nonstops to the U.S., although it's true that coverage from U.S. carriers is much more limited. I could see UA gett...

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Re: SAS ending Boston?

my guess is that its cut due to winter demand plus the competition from Norwegian. BOS had a huge influx of international capacity (including to Europe) over just a few years, so we've seen some natural retrenching. DY cut BOS-OSL/CPH, BOS-DUS died as AB folded, EW cut BOS-CGN, UX cut (or maybe did...

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Re: Delta Widebody Thread - 2018

N509DN, the ninth A350-900, should be delivered this week. Not sure of the date though. It is scheduled to depart around 9am on Friday 4/13 TLS-ATL DL9959 After the 9th frame arrives, how many more are coming this year? Is it just two more this summer, or are there additional frames coming later in...

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Re: OAG Changes 4/8/2018: DL Drops EWR-CDG, EW Drops RSW-CGN;, Level Into EWR-ORY, WN Adds MDW-SNA, Y4 Drops LAX-ACA/PVR

Is there a difference between a “focus city” and any large market like LAX that just has a lot of flights because it is a big market? "Focus city", just like "hub", is a subjective term, but in my mind it denotes an operation that is O&D focused and has service to more than ...

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Re: Delta and Korean sign JVA

And this is why a second DTW-ICN should be added before a MSP-ICN should be added Detroit is triple what MSP is and KE flight would even bring that O/D up as I am sure there is leakage to ORD on this route for Korean nationals who want to fly their home land airline. We have yet to see any evidence...

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Re: OAG Changes 4/8/2018: DL Drops EWR-CDG, EW Drops RSW-CGN;, Level Into EWR-ORY, WN Adds MDW-SNA, Y4 Drops LAX-ACA/PVR

Is there a difference between a “focus city” and any large market like LAX that just has a lot of flights because it is a big market? "Focus city", just like "hub", is a subjective term, but in my mind it denotes an operation that is O&D focused and has service to more than ...

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Re: United Airlines Network Thread 2018

redrooster3 wrote:

What routes could UA look into out of CLE? Is CLE still considered hub?

UA is still cutting back at CLE (CLE-MKE is the latest casualty). With fewer than 50 daily flights, CLE is most certainly not a hub anymore. I wouldn't get your hopes up for new routes out of CLE on UA...

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Re: SkyTeam TATL at PHL

flymco753 wrote:

FSDan wrote:

MSPNWA wrote:

DTW

Royal Jordanian to Amman?

The accusation was that SkyTeam struggles on non-hub U.S.-Europe. Amman is not in Europe, and as such shouldn't factor into any comparisons between alliances in this context.

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Re: Delta 767-300 Last Flight Date?

Hello! I know this thread wasn't active in a few months, but I wanted to give an update as well as an analysis on the last 2 763s Delta has in their fleet. As others stated, it seems like the frames will most likely leave around Q3 of this year. Here are the stats and analysis: N140LL is the oldest...

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Re: SkyTeam TATL at PHL

It's not just PHL, SkyTeam struggles in U.S./Europe markets if they don't include a DL hub on the U.S. end. This seems untrue. SkyTeam transatlantic service from non-DL hub markets this summer: DL PDX-LHR DL PDX-AMS AF SFO-CDG KL SFO-AMS AF IAH-CDG KL IAH-AMS AF ORD-CDG KL ORD-AMS AZ ORD-FCO DL IND...

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Re: AA is revisiting some of the fundamentals of Latin America

Avianca Brasil (O6) has added a second daily flight to MIA, from GRU: O68510 GRU 09:55 MIA 15:25 O68511 MIA 07:00 GRU 18:30 O68512 GRU 23:59 MIA 05:35 O68513 MIA 16:55 GRU 04:30 Operated by A330, effective November 30th And Latam will change it's aircraft from A350 to 777-300ER effective June 30th....

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Re: Interesting LH Service Changes

phllax wrote:

What is/was LH's internal name for the 2-class 343 service? I saw it on here once but cannot find it via search.

I believe it was called "Jump".

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