In my opinion, any cities in that list should be at least directly connected to 3 major hubs of the two airlines, which is not the case for now. However, from what I know from living in that city is that half of the people I know choose to fly from YUL because it is usually half the price, and to a...
Jump to postI think in years to come the demand for the A380 will resurface. Crowded skies and lack of airport gates will see to that. Effectively, for air travel to grow in future, regional airport growth is the only way forward. The major airports will be full. To be fair, this is pretty much exactly the arg...
Jump to postI think in years to come the demand for the A380 will resurface. Crowded skies and lack of airport gates will see to that. Effectively, for air travel to grow in future, regional airport growth is the only way forward. The major airports will be full. To be fair, this is pretty much exactly the arg...
Jump to postAs I am not a gate agent or flight attendant, I don’t know the rules about this. But I am guessing there are several on this forum that do know. :) And a recent experience made me curious. Towards the end of the boarding process, two of the passengers sitting in Exit Row seats on my flight received...
Jump to postInteresting and unique trip report, thank you for sharing! The legroom looks really generous, especially compared to pics I've seen of Norwegian and, for a short TATL run like that, I'd imagine it's totally doable. I found it interesting that the GBP menu prices were more expensive than the price in...
Jump to postI had my money on it would be to JFK this time around. Maybe my perception is off, as I've never been anywhere near NYC, but I don't picture EWR as a premium airport, nor an option many people consider when heading to New York. it's an option pretty much anyone flying United to New York considers. ...
Jump to postBHM always seems to have RnB playing just loud enough to be slightly annoying. Always kind of fun around the holidays, though, when they switch to the holiday RnB soundtrack. This isn't terminal-wide, but on the train from arrival gates to customs at ZRH, they pipe in the sound of cows mooing, dista...
Jump to postWow, great report! Loved the stories and narration behind the photos, and really enjoyed experiencing these unique places from your point of view. I've been to Udaipur and immensely enjoyed it; this makes me want to go back to Rajasthan to see the rest!
Jump to postWe don’t need any more mergers. All this has done is reduce competition, raise fares, add fees, shrink seats galleys and lavs, and see who can race to the bottom first. Makes me really miss the good ol’ pre 9/11 days when you had a multitude of airline choices to look up when searching for a fare. ...
Jump to postI just loved how they were desperately looking for Peach Core volunteers in ATL. We need you to come in and help us please asap!! We won't pay you of course, but will use your experience non the less. Are you kidding me?? Meanwhile, while his staff -- paid and unpaid -- was working mandatory overti...
Jump to postNashville is growing fast, and is a lot more high value than you think. In addition to some corporate traffic, there is a large entertainment industry based there, with the incomes to match. The idea that BNA is a "hillbilly" town is outdated and has been for a while. While a LCC presence ...
Jump to postI'm simply another voice in the choir at this point, but wow, what a fantastic report! Great pictures, just enough information, and excellent writing. I couldn't agree with you more about the nose of the 74 feeling special; I think I'd take that over a private jet any day. Just something about feeli...
Jump to postNice report! I really enjoyed this as I was just in Delhi/India for the first time a few weeks ago, so pictures of the flight/landing brought me back to a great trip. You certainly seem to have lucked out with the flight loads and the customs line--for us US citizens, the customs line took a good tw...
Jump to post727200 wrote:At what point does the US limit the amount of carriers into the US? We could have have an entire thread on this topic and the amount of fiscal damage caused especially with so many carriers on just this one route..
another piece of advice I give to my friends visiting India (which they never listen:)) - dont try to squeeze in too much in one trip. Take things easy and enjoy. I have had friends who left their jungle safari trip midway to try and squeeze in a quick roundtrip to Goa to catch some hippy festival....
Jump to postHi all, 1) Travelling with American passports, how early should we arrive at the airport (especially DEL) for a domestic flight? Depends a lot on the airport, terminal and time of the day. During busy periods at T3 in Delhi, check-in and security lines can get really long, and remember the terminal...
Jump to postanshabhi wrote:1 hour is good. The check-in counters in Delhi are usually very less crowded.
And yes, transfer will work for switching airlines.
Hi Jordan, Thanks for visiting India! Once in India, your American passport will make no difference. You will be treated like all other domestic passengers. 45 minutes before scheduled departure is the minimum reporting time in India. Because of cross border threats, you will go through more intens...
Jump to postHi all, Apologies if this has been discussed; I ran a few searches and didn't find anything too similar. Some friends and I are headed to India for the first time in March, and will probably do side trips DEL-IXC or DEL-DED (to access Shimla or Mussoorie, respectively) as well as DEL-UDR. Two questi...
Jump to postThanks for the great report! Informative, concise, and consequently well-written, with lots and lots of good pictures. And those models are incredible--reminds me of ones I used to build in Google SketchUp (not nearly to your level of detail/expertise, of course!). Hope to see more trip reports from...
Jump to postIf we apply for the multiple entry visa, we'd have to send in passports/have a long wait, which I guess would be fine, but just seems like more hassle than it's worth for a 10 day trip. I got one last year, and got in back in a week. that's actually really good to know. do you live in the US?/what ...
Jump to postIndia gives out multiple entry visas. I would look into getting one of those. Plus you could go back! 1) As far as I know, it is valid for one entry and one exit, so it wouldn't work for you. 2) Two visas within such a close proximity might raise some red flags. I would get a multiple entry visa as...
Jump to postHello all, So this coming March, a few friends and I are headed to India for about ten days. We're still working through different possible itineraries, but we really like the idea of seeing some mountains/doing something to contrast with Delhi and Rajasthan, and are consequently thinking about flyi...
Jump to postIt is interesting to see how many 767's are coming and going in to SEA for long haul, especially over the Pacific. I love the layouts on 767, but they are starting to "get up there" in age. Even some of the ex-NW A330's are 15+ years old. Is the plan to phase-out the 767's over the next, ...
Jump to postso wait, is KL going to be operating AMSCUR direct on a A330 as well? Or it that being totally cut in favor of AMSSXM?
Jump to postI was on a full DL flight from DUB to ATL back in July, and we had a passenger die about halfway through the flight. As they had laid out the gentleman across a middle row of four toward the back (A333), they had several non-rev passengers who were flight attendants sit in jumpseats for the rest of ...
Jump to postAs an alternative argument, I would think that, from an aircraft utilization standpoint, the legacies probably have higher priority routes to serve ML or with larger RJ7/9s than somewhere within reasonable driving distance to ORD. As another poster has mentioned, they have chosen frequency over gaug...
Jump to postDelta is successful today because of all the consolidation not because they are doing anything radically different. I challenge them to us this same business model 15 to 20 years ago and let's see how far it gets them. The reason airlines are making money now is not because they aren't doing anythin...
Jump to postBecause Delta is more interested in going after the high premium passengers rather than the low yielding MNL traffic. Delta is all about making money rather than the overall customer experience MNL is manly a VFR station which means it is not very high on Delta list as far as convenience and ease o...
Jump to postHi all, Was just looking through Diio at work, and came across the 3x weekly TPE-VIE flight on CI. The only possible explanation I can think of for this route continuing to exist would be Asia-Austria ski vacationers, but even that seems like it would be insufficient to fill a 343/744 three times a ...
Jump to postI really like. Do we know where the KLM blue colour came from, its not the same blue as on the Dutch flag? Good question. It's very old. http://airliner.narod.ru/airliners1913-22/fokker-f2-c.jpg As KLM is such an old airline, maybe it's as simple as 'the colour of the sky'. That could be it, but I ...
Jump to postNot to digress too much, but could this also impact Emirates 5th freedom flights between <acronym title="Milan - Malpensa (MXP / LIMC), Italy">MXP</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym>? Presumably US-UAE Open Skies c...
Jump to postHey! Great report--loved the detail, and loved hearing about an airline/destination less commonly seen. I especially enjoyed the pictures of Oman, which looks absolutely gorgeous! I suppose I had figured it would just be desert and a few beaches, but wow! Stunning. I'm not sure when I'd have a chanc...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AirlineCritic" class="quote" target="_blank">AirlineCritic</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i>But I would have put the 777 o...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/trent1000" class="quote" target="_blank">trent1000</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> ^This is gr...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ExpatFlyer" class="quote" target="_blank">ExpatFlyer</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>Yes, indeed Air France has done a gr...
Jump to postGreat report! Strange to imagine arriving at 6pm on a <acronym title="North American Airlines (USA)">NA</acronym>-Europe flight--any word on how the onward legs flown by that aircraft were affected? Seems like the <acronym title="Air France">AF</acronym> J cabin needed the recent refresh but, aside ...
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Jump to postI'm a little late to the party, but nonetheless, I have a few considerations as to why I think this is unlikely: 1) Pretty sure <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> already codeshares with <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym> on inter-island flying; perhaps somebody c...
Jump to postQuoting jns13 (Reply 18): the impoverished in third world countries... Totally irrelevant to this particular topic. Completely relevant, at least by way of analogy. The point is not whether talking about airport worker strikes is directly applicable to jobs opportunities/living conditions in third w...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RIX" class="quote" target="_blank">RIX</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Oh yes, why not just make...
Jump to postGreat report, and brought back memories from the summer, as I had a similar experience going to <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> and back from <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>. A few notes: 1)...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DexSwart" class="quote" target="_blank">DexSwart</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> I'm sorry, but those cabins don't look so...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AR385" class="quote" target="_blank">AR385</a> (<a href="#24" class="quote">Reply 24</a>):<br/><i>He would also need to be fluent in Spanish as ...
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Jump to postYou can add a tally to the "747 Upper Deck" camp on my behalf, but I will say that, even though the cabin is more intimate, there is still definitely the feeling of being on board a much larger machine, especially if looking out the window. The same holds true for the front; even though it isn't as ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hongkongflyer" class="quote" target="_blank">hongkongflyer</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I dou...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/readytotaxi" class="quote" target="_blank">readytotaxi</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I'm no ex...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DiamondFlyer" class="quote" target="_blank">DiamondFlyer</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Sounds like a hush kit for a GII/G...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rampbro" class="quote" target="_blank">rampbro</a> (<a href="#27" class="quote">Reply 27</a>):<br/><i>No, I would imagine it would be sorting ou...
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