Re: Singapore Airlines Group News and Discussion - 2024

I really do wonder where else can sustain 18h flights across the world high premium demand and yields. I wonder whether SQ may return to South America one day - potentially non-stop from SIN? Those would be incredibly long flights, longer than SIN-EWR and SIN-JFK which have great circle distances o...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

2023-2024 Overview: Basic overview of 2023 Fleet changes: 2x 78J Delivered 763 PP mod (76A->76Q) completed 764 Polaris/PP mod (76S->76U) completed 752 Refresh/slimline mod continued (only 2 remaining in old config) NEXT Interior modifications began for 319, 320, 738, and 739 fleets 31x 7M9 delivere...

Re: Porter Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

Its nice to see the commitment to my hometown, YOW. Finally with the partnership with Alaska....i can get home now WITHOUT AC/UA. Imagine if Porter and Transat merged and joined one world… that would be a dream! Of course, that’s not happening any time soon, but still, it would allow for some inter...

Re: Have you landed on the Alphabet - 2024!

A: ADL, AGP, AKL, AMS, APW, ASP, ATL B: BHE, BNE, BOS C: CBR, CDG, CHC, CHT, CNS D: DCA, DEN, DUB, DUD , DXB E: EWR F: FRA G: GBZ, GIS, GRU , GVA H: HKK , HLZ, HND, HNL I: IAD, IST J: JAX, JFK K: KAT, KIR, KKE, KUL L: LAX, LGA, LHR, LIS, LRE M: MAD, MEL, MFN, MUC N: NAN, NCE, NGO, NLK, NOU, NPE, NPL...

Re: Have you flown the Alphabet ? (end of 2023)

0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 3C (Air Chathams) 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - A - A5 (Air France Hop!), AA (American Airlines), AS (Alaska Airlines) B - B6 (JetBlue), BA (British Airways) C - CM (Copa) D - DJ (Virgin Blue, Virgin Australia), DL (Delta Air Lines), DS (EasyJet Switzerland) E - EK (Emirates) F - FJ (Air P...

Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2024

Tahitian startup Fly Coralway has abandoned its project "due lack of financing" https://newsroom.aviator.aero/fly-coralway-calls-it-quits-due-to-lack-of-funding/ Although disappointing, I can't say I'm surprised by this - it always seemed quite ambitious to take on the existing heavy hitt...

Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2024

Talofa lava! Manuia le tausaga Fou! Afio ma tala mai aao i le Pacific Islands Aviation 2024 thread! Greetings and happy New Year! Welcome to the Pacific Islands Aviation 2024 thread! The purpose of this thread is to cover aviation in the Pacific Islands which don’t already have their own threads: ht...

Re: Boeing 737MAX 10 Development / Testing / Production - 2024

airbusmikey wrote:

MAX 10 N27751 currently flying around Yuma.

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

Delta should bid for a percentage, allowing Hawaiian to continue to exist under its own volition more than AS would. IMO: 1) Hawaiian assets will be better utilized by a significantly better domestic network; 2) Fleet commonality superb (A321, A330, 717). And Delta can offer A220 fleet experience i...

Re: Singapore Airlines launch London Gatwick

luckyone wrote:

But let’s call a spade a spade.

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

Just to be sure I understand the NX label: I believe UA has no XLRs so is the NX a designator for the non-XLR A321neo as I suspect it is? Yes, and specifically those with the Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) layout which permanently deletes the Door 2 exits ahead of the wing, and instead has two overwing ex...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

The revised plan was for 4 in 2023 so that looks promising. I believe ORD-RSW/MCO/LAS are all supposed to get the A321NX the second week of January, so hopefully they will be delivered in time for that. Just to be sure I understand the NX label: I believe UA has no XLRs so is the NX a designator fo...

Re: US House of Representatives Bill on DCA slots

I see ONE place where you could add additional gates at DCA - between the A concourse and the B concourse. There -used- to be a concourse there but it was torn down. MWAA’s plan for the redevelopment of Terminal 1 involves building a new concourse on that footprint to replace the current concourse....

Re: Lufthansa Group Orders 40 A220s & 40 737 MAX + 120 options

I'll give it to the LH group.. They throw fleet simplification out the window.. Why pick on the LH Group? They are following IAG's lead on adding 737 to their portfolio while emphasizing diversity over commonality. Indeed. And then you have UA with the A321neo and 737 MAX 8/9/10, and DL with the A2...

Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2023

PX (Air Niugini) has added another 738 to its fleet, in a special livery. Looks great. https://islandsbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Photo-Dr-Billy-William-Joseph-MP-Facebook.jpg https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/air-niugini-4/ https://apngbc.org.au/news/air-niugini-welcomes-new-b737-...

Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2023

OL and FJ are negotiating a codeshare deal. Is my reading correct that there's a possibility of FJ opening APW-AKL services? Discussions according to Leatinu’u are focused on how many seats Fiji Airways can sell to Samoa Airways to operate flights going to New Zealand and other countries around the...

Re: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

If AS ever wants to be a formidable competitor to the big 4, then they better start thinking outside of the 737 platform solely. There are only so many markets they can reach with a max and after that then what. This is their best shot at immediately doing something beyond Hawaii/Mainland US/ and M...

Re: Pacific Islands Aviation - 2023

Lulutai Airlines in Tonga has had an accident with its Saab 340. The aircraft apparently diverted back to Tongatapu from Vava’u, and has ended up with one of the landing gear collapsed. Here’s an article, albeit a bit hyperbolic, with some details: https://www.kanivatonga.co.nz/2023/12/lulutai-plane...

Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

Out of the over 1400 daily flights operated by the combined company, only TWELVE flights overlap. Let that sink in. 12 flights or 12 routes? They are different. Pardon me for not being more specific; 12 shared markets. And, as was stated, all have multiple, aggressive competitors. It is interesting...

Re: AA’s Retro Liveries

I’m a fan of the retro liveries that American Airlines has incorporated into their fleet. However, if I had a complaint (albeit a very minor one), I wish that they would use their B737 aircraft instead of Airbus for the retro liveries. Granted, a few of the absorbed carriers may have had Airbus air...

Re: AA’s Retro Liveries

I posted this in the American Airlines Fleet thread, but it makes sense to post it here too now that this thread has been started: American Airlines Retro Liveries Currently Used Retro Liveries These are the current 10 retro liveries, ordered by when they were first used as a retro livery and includ...

Re: American Airlines Fleet - 2023

⋅  Air California 1967-1970 Livery 1188234 1970-1981 Livery 2455141 ⋅  PSA 1960s-1972 Livery 6020705 1972-1977 Livery 1158157 V/F Awesome list and photos but you missed one Air California livery. The one you show as 1970-1981 with the thicker red stripe was actually their 3rd li...

Re: American Airlines Fleet - 2023

Probably will be completed by the end of the week.. N579UW has been out and about for a few days now: 7376235,7376239,7376311 7376553,7376621 According to Flightradar24, N580UW arrived in DFW from AMA about an hour ago, so I’m sure we’ll see some photos soon. https://fr24.com/data/flights/aa9782#32...

Re: American Airlines Fleet - 2023

Do we know when A321's 579 & 580 are scheduled out from paint with the new heritage liveries? Probably will be completed by the end of the week.. N579UW has been out and about for a few days now: 7376235,7376239,7376311 7376553,7376621 According to Flightradar24, N580UW arrived in DFW from AMA ...