My total flight count on the 767 is 44, which is mostly bound to the -300ER (42) but I also have 1 flight each on the 767-200ER and the -400ER, as the 762 was mostly before my time and the 764 is quite rare. Most of my 767 flying has been with Icelandair followed by BA and I have flown on a 767 as f...
Jump to postHere’s an article from two weeks ago on how Icelandic volcanic activity/uncertainty is hurting tourism. I saw a similar article in last few days but can’t seem to find it right now. To see how DtW is doing I suggest also checking fares at the more mature FI markets on the same days you’re looking a...
Jump to postFI barely uses the 757's that they have. They are either parked or have very low utilization rates. The two existing 753s are each flying one ~6-hour rotation between Iceland and continental Europe daily. They used to fly in a scissor pattern with roughly double that level of utilization alternatin...
Jump to postThat would give DEN 8 Long-Haul Int’l airlines - EI, AF, BA, LH, FI, WK, UA, and TK. I wonder who else could join in. Most of the low hanging fruit has been picked so here's my list - KLM is the biggest missing EU carrier. UA likely won't launch AMS from DEN - EK? Would be a nice addition with thei...
Jump to postMost of them I've flown to/from KEF, but there are also flights to/from Canada, S-America, Australia, Asia along with some European hubs in there. Off the top of my head: ATL - Atlanta, GA BOS - Boston, MA BWI - Baltimore/Washington, MD DEN - Denver, CO DFW - Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX EWR - Newark, NJ IA...
Jump to postSpare a thought for the pax going from TRD to LPA yesterday, as OY-TCD only managed to push back and taxi a short bit, before doing a 180 and returning to gate. Eventually DK had to bring up OY-VKA from CPH, so they finally got away with a 12 hour delay. On another note, FI1259 KEF-IAD appears to h...
Jump to postFI and EK just signed a LOI for a new codeshare agreement between the two airlines:
https://ff7.is/2024/03/i-samstarf-vid-e ... ugfelagid/
This is the 7th FI codeshare partner and the one furthest afield. The others are AS, B6, SK, AY, BT and most recently TK.
Incidentally, on what routes to mainland Europe is Icelandair operating their 763s this year, as we're only discounting TK from the fringes of Europe, and Reykjavik is still part of Europe? They regularly flew from KEF to AMS, CDG and CPH last summer. GLA was a regular 767 port of call last year. I...
Jump to postWonder if this could mean WN dipping into the Europe market out of their BWI hub once they get the MAX 7. I always thought that a Max 7 in the seating density of the Max 8 would get to western Europe just fine, it's just that WN would need to revisit their inflight service offerings (similar to wha...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:Do you think they will make a great partner with Air Asia?
Any idea which European destinations will see OS 787 ? Here are some routes I can think of: IB MAD-LHR 350 UX MAD-AMS/ORY 787 SK ARN-CPH 350 AY HEL-LHR/AMS 350 LX ZRH-ATH 77W in April and May Can MAD-LHR still be considered intra-Europe? it's as much intra-Europe as HEL-LHR is... And yes, of course...
Jump to postYes running half empty 767’s consistently during the summer Play months after launch. Prices were very much cheaper during that period and swamped the market. FI have never used the 767 so consistently over months (having only been adhoc previously). Make of that what you will.. That theory makes n...
Jump to postI think Play has a chance to learn from Wow's mistakes. They need to let their current routes continue to mature and build some cash before expansion talks can happen, unless there's a foolproof gold mine of a route out there somewhere (maybe PHL or CLT?). If you remember, in 2018 it seemed Wow add...
Jump to postmore investment finance just injected.. Source? https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/play-seeks-further-investor-engagement-as-largest-shareholders-commit-to-extra-funding/157114.article "Play seeks further investor engagement as largest shareholders commit to extra funding. Icelandic budget ...
Jump to postthegreatRDU wrote:I heard that FI is tight on planes (A21Ns) at the moment, is this true?
This would obviously be a culprit as to why no formal announcement yet…
What still surprise me is the fact, that currently no US-airline is serving MAN after the lifting of the COVID19-restriction. That this NATL-gab is filled by Virgin and Aer Lingus, which each build up a small hub, shows that there is a certain demand. Is there any specific reason for that? Been a b...
Jump to postWhat happens to North Atlantic ETOPS with KEF closed? KEF isn’t closed at all. In fact, it’s outside of the plate boundary where the geological action is concentrated. The main problem point in any hypothetical KEF issue connected to this volcanic activity period would probably be if there was lava...
Jump to postA few more shocking facts... Accumulated loss of (107')! for an airline with 10 airplanes... RASK is 5.2cpm and CASK is 5.6cpm. Both are low, but costs are significantly higher than Norwegian, Wizz, Vueling or easyjet. They are significantly behind their cash forecast. Looking at their "end of...
Jump to postThanks. So it's not quite as dire with $21.6M in cash & equivalents on hand and they had their first-ever profitable quarter earlier in the year. Seems like Q4 is a LF below 79% is where they lost the majority of their money and the volcanic eruptions certainly wouldn't have helped. Even WOW Ai...
Jump to postNot doubting what you're saying, but is there a news article or podcast to link to read/listen to? Sorry, thought I had posted a link: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/08/2826351/0/en/Fly-Play-hf-Year-of-immense-growth-and-progress-revenue-doubled-unit-cost-decreased-and-EBIT-impr...
Jump to postPlay posted a loss of 35M$ in 2023 and their equity is now only around 2M$. Their CEO has stated they will need to raise an additional 20-30M$ in cash to pursue further operations, which they are attempting to reach by doing another share offering. They raised around 30M$ with their latest share of...
Jump to postPlay posted a loss of 35M$ in 2023 and their equity is now only around 2M$. Their CEO has stated they will need to raise an additional 20-30M$ in cash to pursue further operations, which they are attempting to reach by doing another share offering. They raised around 30M$ with their latest share off...
Jump to postWill be interesting to see how many of the 3-400,000 people who are expected for the NFL draft fly in That number seems like an extreme over-estimate. I thought so too, but somehow it isn’t: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefffedotin/2023/08/25/the-2023-nfl-draft-generated-1643-million-for-kansas-cit...
Jump to postAny updates on Play to KEF? Rumours ‘elsewhere’ it will indeed be back for further season. Im doubtful myself after what seemed like some FI ‘dirty tricks’ Curious about that myself and also interested in what those 'dirty tricks' might have been ? Placing a 767 on the route ? I believe Play have f...
Jump to postN-American flights have been trimmed down for January and February, with IAD suspended, BWI going down from daily to 6x weekly and BOS/SWF both going from daily to 5x weekly.
Jump to postWhile flying with MIAT on their 5th freedom route Moscow-Berlin during the 2018 World Cup, I missed my self-connecting flight from Berlin due to a Mongolian prize horse somehow escaping from the cargo hold of our 767 on the ramp at Sheremetyevo and leading to a 2 hour delay.
Jump to postNothing much planned so far, highlight is a trip to the beach at Barra in June. FLOWN January FI 562, Keflavik (KEF) - Rome (FCO), Boeing 757-200 [TF-FIR] FI 563, Rome (FCO) - Keflavik (KEF), Boeing 757-200 [TF-FIK] BOOKED February FI 821, Keflavik (KEF) - Raleigh/Durham (RDU), Boeing 737-8 MAX FI 8...
Jump to postLimiting it to airlines that are still operating, off the top of my head so not a full list - regional airlines are especially prone to me forgetting them: Air Atlanta Icelandic - 742, 743 Air Canada - 763 Air Europa - 332 Air Iceland - DH1, F50, FH227 Metro III airBaltic - 735, DH4 American Eagle (...
Jump to postThis was one of the reasons WOW failed, flying to the west coast meaning the aircraft doesn’t have enough time to do another turn to Europe. PLAY seem to have learned from this as they have been conservative with their new US destinations so far. I know when Icelandair flew to Edmonton, the plane t...
Jump to postI am looking for Europe, with easy links to the UK as possible. I'm particularly interested where Eastern fly their JS41's. The AIS JS31 is a good call. I can fly quite cheaply YVR - KEF then get Play to CPH, get the AIS JS 31 to Karup, then get down to BLL and get the BA 328 to LCY. Maybe you want...
Jump to postThere's data for this sort of thing. It depends on how you define "focus city" and how you define "most" (as in, most flights, most passengers, most seats, etc, or, do you mean the highest percentage of flights on regional jet?). But here's one attempt to answer the question wit...
Jump to postThere's data for this sort of thing. It depends on how you define "focus city" and how you define "most" (as in, most flights, most passengers, most seats, etc, or, do you mean the highest percentage of flights on regional jet?). But here's one attempt to answer the question wit...
Jump to postTo answer the original question, some that come to mind:
Memphis, TN (MEM)
Savannah, GA (SAV)
Greensboro, NC (GSO)
Milwaukee, WI (MKE)
Expanding outside of the US: YMM Fort McMurray, AB, Canada ASP Alice Springs, Australia Osaka Itami, Japan (only served by EMB’s) Anything in Northern Sweden What a weird, weird list. As said earlier, Itami hosts multiple 767/777/787 aircraft every hour (used to see 747s back in the day). Also, mos...
Jump to postBack in the 'old days' this thread name used to be for airline IATA codes, while airport threads were under the name "Have you landed on the Alphabet"... - but I digress! :old: :mrgreen: Added two of the three letters I had remaining to the log this year, just missing that pesky Q! Bold le...
Jump to postCalgary? Aside from summer tourism what possible traffic is there? Ther seems to be many Asian students from what I heard? Canada is HUGE to the Asian folks. When I visited Toronto back in 2016, there were tons of people of Asian descent in the area from what I saw. Canada is quite popular to Japan...
Jump to postMy guess is KEF is the smallest double-airline hub out there, with Icelandair and Play both offering TATL connecting hub banks.
Jump to postnot unusual for smaller aircraft to deice because the fuel cooled enough to cause frost on the wings while on the ground That even happens on larger aircraft at outstation turnarounds that tanker fuel for a roundtrip, saw it on a 767 from Europe at JFK last year when NYC pipeline fuel prices moment...
Jump to postI was wondering why LAX wasn't mentioned in the interview, but agreed that LAX failing and ATL supposedly being off to a slow start don't make me the most confident about a potential SEA-ADD succeeding. LAX-ADD required tech stops both ways though compared to SEA-ADD which is long but doable as an ...
Jump to postVery interesting...but it's one of those "I'll believe it when I see it" thing. I guess my thought is that if LAX didn't work...how would SEA work. But they could surprise me! I agree that LAX would need to restarted before adding SEA. Also, SEA-ADD would have a tech stop in Dublin (DUB),...
Jump to postTWA772LR wrote:Idk about y'all but this avgeek is thinking about a joint Bermuda/Azores trip. That is what God really intended with this flight.
A quick google search and we can find all the answers directly from the airline's website :) https://www.azoresairlines.pt/en/node/1156 Yet the answer to the original question on the post is unsurprisingly not stated on the shared link, they just mentioned they are starting a flight in partnership ...
Jump to postI was interviewed before my flight from AEY to RKV in 2020 as it was the first domestic flight after the then-newly imposed COVID mask mandates.
Jump to postFollowing the birth of our first child this summer my flying has slowed down considerably, I might have some potential flying for work coming up in December but otherwise this year is close to finished in terms of flights: FLOWN January FI 454 KEF - LHR 737-8 MAX (TF-ICL) FI 471 LGW - KEF 737-8 MAX ...
Jump to postIs there any easy explanation for BWI-LHR traffic falling 43% last June? July was down a much more modest 7% and August was up 8%. https://www.caa.co.uk/Documents/Download/10281/12e30b54-31d1-4f61-9470-e621ae18c9ce/16106 Was it perhaps daily in June 2022? Looking at Flightradar24, in June 2023 it s...
Jump to postThis flight has been an Icelandair 767, not 757. The 757 goes regularly to Antarctica as well, but from Puerto Montt in Chile and not to Troll. Quite incorrect. Icelandair flew a 757 to Troll via ACC and CPT both this year and last. In both cases the flight continued to Punta Arenas where they oper...
Jump to postNorse is operating a one-off OSL-CPT B789 service: - 13 Nov 2023 OSL 17.11 - CPT 07.09 B789 LN-FNC https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n0787 Heading to Antartica from what I’ve read! Yes, that's correct. After a stopover in CPT it will continue to Troll Airfield in the Antarctic. I'm assume ...
Jump to postIf the eruption is not underwater that means business as usual and no affects on air traffic. The risk as mentioned earlier is if the eruption occurs in the ocean south of Grindavík and turns explosive, while it should hopefully not lead to any aircraft damage it would definitely close down the air...
Jump to postIf the eruption is not underwater that means business as usual and no affects on air traffic. The risk as mentioned earlier is if the eruption occurs in the ocean south of Grindavík and turns explosive, while it should hopefully not lead to any aircraft damage it would definitely close down the airs...
Jump to postI really don’t think we will see any international flights (other than what we already have) coming untill new terminal is done. Unless it is something like BA or something because of a buisness Connection down the road. Honestly, of all the potential international carriers, I figured Icelandair wo...
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