Re: Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

Isn't Oakland airport actually closer to downtown SF? I heard that somewhere.

Re: Switzerland Aviation - 2024

JoanMiro wrote:

It is really surprising that two financial centers like that will not have a direct link any more. I recall we had BA cityflyer twice a day, City Jet with AF code share also twice a day long ago.

Re: Josh Cahill banned from QR after posting negative review

People saying he’s too negative is weird. He is supposed to be a critic. He’s supposed to look for faults and what airline can do better. If he’s not your cup of tea I get it but come on.

Re: WestJet announces Seoul

Calgary? Aside from summer tourism what possible traffic is there?

Re: RUMOUR: Iberia looking to launch a new destination East

346NEO wrote:

I'd say ICN has a chance too but ONLY if it has something to do with KE+OZ deal.

Re: Jerry Springer dies aged 79

An end of an era.

Re: New Thai carrier “Really Cool Airlines”

Hopefully it doesn’t become Really Short Lived Airline

Re: US Airlines lobby to restrict competitors access to Russian airspace

Didn’t Belarus just force Ryanair to land in their territory to take away a political dissident? Could be argued any flight flying through Russia to get to US and marketed to Americans could be deemed security risk.

Re: PLAY to Hamilton/Ontario (YHM)

Will they market YHM as Toronto-Hamilton?

Re: Aeromexico Connect E190 shot at in Culiacán

SESGDL wrote:

I’m honestly surprised this doesn’t happen more often.

Jeremy

Re: Where Jetstar Japan Will Fly Its Airbus A321LRs

Can 321LR reach Perth from Tokyo?

Re: OAK to start production of 20 Tu-214

What happened to MC-21?

Re: Kukes airport, Albania - future or will it close ?

As an Albanian myself, this is what i can tell you: this airport is nothing more than a vanity project by our beloved corrupt government. The airport was built with minimal expenses and infastructure, and was extremely rushed just in time for this year's elections. Air Albania was forced to operate...

Re: PAL Airlines (Canada) Announce Eastern Canada Expansion

I am not your pal, friend

Re: France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights where same journey could be made by train in under 2,5 hours

Who is most aggrieved by this? AF or any of the LCC? I think this is good news for AF.

Re: Korean Air makes bid for Asiana

Korean Air clears another hurdle to the Asiana acquisition, securing approval from shareholders for stocks issue. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210106000804 "In a meeting at its headquarters in Seoul, nearly 70 percent of stockholders who were present voted to pass an amendment of a...

Re: John Leahy blames the engines for the A380 failure

It sucks how whats profitable, and whats cool, do not often align.

Re: Updated: SAA shrinks even further, laying off staff

So the whole airline will consist of nothing but JNB to LHR and JNB to CPT. My goodness.

Re: Korean Air Chairman: business conditions poor, looking to divest assets, form more JVs

Is it possible that how Korea dealt with Covid-19 could mean KE will be in a favorable position once traveling becomes normalized again?

Re: Will Korean Air Be Shutting Down?

Korean aviation industry as a whole will be fascinating if current trend of their COVID case continues while rest of the world still has yet to hit the peak.

Re: Will Korean Air Be Shutting Down?

Korean aviation market will shrink but I highly doubt Korean government will let both OZ and KE fail.

Re: Will there ever been a new greenfield major airport in the USA?

N776AU wrote:

The problem with 1 and 3 is that you have environmentalist wackos in charge. Not gonna happen in a million years.

Re: AS to join oneworld

Varsity1 wrote:

WOW!!! AA going to India out of Seattle!?!

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

Would AA switch ICN flight from DFW to SEA now?

Re: Rumour: Virgin Atlantic to announce W20 schedule with new routes

I don't think right now, we can automatically assume VS's new routes will be from LHR. Could be from MAN.

Re: Future of YUL

Given that the city will only become more populous in the future, perhaps YMX will once again become a commercial airport. Maybe the idea was right, just the timing was wrong. Oh Noooooooooo! That whole debate was awful-so much finger pointing. Let it die once and for all please. Why didn't they cl...

Re: JetBlue CEO Warns Flight Shaming Is Coming to the U.S

The problem in this country aren’t planes, its cars. I do think we need bit of plane and car shaming to finally invest some money in to rail systems, whether its subway, commuter rail or bullet trains. Replacing some of the BOS-NY or PHL or DC flights with trains would do wonders for air traffic aro...

Re: DL159 to ICN Diverted to FAI

NWAESC wrote:

Currently -14F in FAI. Hopefully, they won't have to do an engine change.

Re: Updated: Jetblue trims LGB further

Dieuwer wrote:

Instead of LGB, B6 should consider SNA.

Re: EWR and Foreign Carriers

Maybe more people outside the country would view EWR as a NYC airport if airport displays labelled the destination as "New York-Newark", just as they do with "New York - Laguardia" and "New York - JFK." When they just display "Newark", it makes EWR seem like ...

Re: Airports operating at capacity in the United States

SAN? One runway airport in a city the size of San Diego surely got to be running at almost full limits.

Re: Updated: JAL longhaul LCC ZIPAIR discussion

Iranian airlines got better, more creative livery.

Re: Canada Could Be JetBlue’s Next International Destination

I can see Winter seasonal FLL-YYZ or YUL.

Re: New EWR Airtrain, New LGA AIRTRAIN, New EWR Terminal 2

The LGA airtrain is nearly pointless. Goes to Willets Pt, the opposite side from Manhattan, only served by one LIRR line and the 7 train. A bus is still probably going to be faster for 95% of pax. In a perfect world it should have been planned for Woodside, but unfortunately nothing's perfect with ...

Re: Air Canada Announce Summer Seasonal YUL-BNA, YYC-BOS & More YVR-EWR

Dominion301 wrote:

tphuang wrote:

JFK-YVR seems like such an under served market in summer time. It's too bad AC doesn't fly into JFK. I'd love to see them do that route.

AC used to fly into JFK, but it made more sense to consolidate everything to EWR to feed UA.

Re: IAG to buy Air Europa for €1 billion

Detroit313 wrote:

Good luck to IAG! This is great news for Madrid and the One World alliance!

Paris and AMS are controlled by one airline. It is only fair to let IAG increase its share in Madrid.

Re: Tel aviv aviation thread

I hear Air India is beginning BOM-TLV now. Is this true? Why is Israel and India so close? I had a Israeli person on a flight to Brasil and he says to me that he feels welcome in India. What is the connection? Take a look at tech(bio, computer) industry centers and you will see that India and Israe...

Re: Sheikh Ahmed: Emirates still denied access to 'many cities'

Emirates is arguing a dead horse. History shows that people will fly direct whenever possible. Once aircraft can tie together any city pair, the need for Dubai disappears. Keywords there being whenever possible. Airlines like Emirates will always exist because there will always be a need for connec...

Re: Southwest employee dances, listens to music on headphones while de-icing.

God forbid he try being happy while working eh?

Re: Korean Air Chairman: business conditions poor, looking to divest assets, form more JVs

Wonder when KE will sit down with AF/KLM to start talking JV. Haven’t heard a peep there.

Re: Are London Heathrow Airport Slots the Only Airport Tradeable Right?

My guess is in theory all slots are tradeable. But at other airports, its simply not necessary.

Re: JNB NRT flights soon?

Well, according to ANA's Group Corporate Strategy for FY2018-2022, they identified Africa as a 'white spot', or areas to serve in the future They could start serving ADD and CAI and getting pax with MS and ET before starting direct flights, Africa is very big and diverse, but I highly doubt any dir...

Re: DHL to make ICN its largest Asia Pacific gateway

ITSTours wrote:

Still a lot more to go to take over Hong Kong, but surely ICN is well positioned as an int'l cargo hub.

Re: Flybe to become Virgin Connect in 2020

'Virgin Connect' .... connect to which VS flights exactly? They have 5 destinations from Heathrow: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, New Quay, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Nice destinations, all of them, but even together they are hardly likely to be huge feeders for VS' LHR operation. Plus, BE operate out of T2, ...

Re: Flybe to become Virgin Connect in 2020

questions wrote:

LAX772LR wrote:

This is, what, the 4th attempt by VS at a shorthaul operation?

Not a pretty legacy.... I wonder if alliance assistance and J/Vs will be the difference this time?

I agree. Why did VS believe this is a good idea? What is the strategy?

Re: Flybe to become Virgin Connect in 2020

Virgin Connect sounds like one of their mobile plans.

Re: BER News and Discussion Thread

T4thH wrote:

BER will open Oct-2020 (the more important information) .

Re: LAX to end curbside pick-ups by rideshare companies, taxis

The problem is the absence of high quality public transport. Where are the state-of-the-art subway lines running directly under the main concourses of US airports with station embarkation within steps of check-in? Go to say e.g. AMS and look how it is done. LAX is building a people mover that will ...

Re: LAX to end curbside pick-ups by rideshare companies, taxis

The problem is the absence of high quality public transport. Where are the state-of-the-art subway lines running directly under the main concourses of US airports with station embarkation within steps of check-in? Go to say e.g. AMS and look how it is done. LAX is building a people mover that will ...

Re: LAX to end curbside pick-ups by rideshare companies, taxis

People Mover cannot open fast enough, will make it a LOT BETTER.