Re: QR 728 (PHL-DOH) flew to ATH yesterday?

Crew issue. They were short an FO leaving PHL and had to make a planned stop in ATH to change tech crew.

Re: Is Delta truly a one hub airline.

I would say DL is probably the least likely candidate to be considered a "one-hub" airline. There is plenty of connecting traffic through all of those hubs. Just because one is bigger than the rest doesn't mean the others don't matter.

Re: Spirit sued because allegedly of anti-semetic FA

That story seems to be embellished quite a bit by their counsel. However, assuming the facts about what transpired are true, they have a legitimate complaint against the carrier. They followed the rules of the car seat, the airline pushed back but it got resolved by a CRO (even though I don't belie...

Re: Spirit sued because allegedly of anti-semetic FA

That story seems to be embellished quite a bit by their counsel. However, assuming the facts about what transpired are true, they have a legitimate complaint against the carrier. They followed the rules of the car seat, the airline pushed back but it got resolved by a CRO (even though I don't believ...

Re: UA announces seasonal LAX/SFO-RAP, expands EWR-RAP

And the sturgis motorcycle rally!! You would think that, however I happen to be in Rapid City years ago when Sturgis was happening and quite a few people said they shipped their bikes in a flew from their homes that were far away. Obviously most will ride in but you would probably be surprised at h...

Re: Does Emirates carry its own return catering?

I don't work for Emirates however I have to assume that the do not do the catering for the return sector in DXB. The carts from the outbound need to be removed and cleaned, plus if there is any fluctuation in meal counts (i.e. a flight cancels and now the next several are full), you would have no wa...

Re: Philadelphia Aviation Thread - 2019

PHLspecial wrote:

Does anyone know if PHL is ever going to get a in ground fueling system?

Re: Philadelphia Aviation Thread - 2019

My predictions for PHL are: Lufthansa is obviously going to launch MUC-PHL American Airlines is going to move Milan (MXP) from JFK to PHL A new daily flight to London Heathrow between American and British A new Asian destination JAL with NRT-PHL or American / China Southern with PHL-PEK New routes ...

Re: Airports with interconnected baggage systems?

I would think that if a city was at the point where they needed to rely on connecting between two airports (unlike a situation like NYC where all 3 serve different purposes) that it may be time to look at building a new airport outside the city that can adequately handle the capacity needed.

Re: EK A380 Abuse?

* Angel starts playing in the background of a panning shot of the DXB ramp * "Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan. Every day dozens of A380's are abused by flying them into over-saturated markets. These poor aircraft only want to be filled up with happy travelers, only to have their hopes dashed multiple t...

Re: El Al Plane Takeoff. at Stall Speed After FMC Input Mistake

An interesting and detailed report summary has been released on AvH http://avherald.com/h?article=4c0febbf&opt=0 The most disturbing is that the captain saw the mistake on the FMS, tried to correct it but actually entered back the same incorrect data... Also, the only reaction the crew had duri...

Re: Access of terminal area for non-passenger coming back?

When was this not possible? There is nothing today at most U.S. airports stopping non-travelers from accessing the gate area. It's not well known or advertised but it is allowed. It's called an escort pass and you ask for one at the check-in desk. They don't just give out escort passes for no reaso...

Re: "Vanity Plates" for Aircraft?

Fairly common, QR launched the Q-Suite on A7- BED EI used to have them on the A330's, ones like EI-DUB/SNN/JFK/ORD/LAX/EWR etc. BA have a good few also Their existing registration scheme happened to work out well for them in this case. All of their Boeing aircraft are A7-BXX, with the 77L being A7-...

Re: Airlines leasing houses instead of booking hotel rooms

Kinda off topic but Im actually surprised a company like Uber or Lyft doesn't strike corporate deals with airlines to lock in a fixed price so crew members can call for transportation to/from the airport. I know most airport locations have their own shuttles but there are alot of locations that don...

Re: Confirmed: Aer Lingus Add PHL-DUB

Skyblue39 wrote:

Am I correct in saying that PHL will therefore only have 4 European Carriers: Lufthansa, Icelandair, British Airways and Aer Lingus? If so, that seems really strange.

Re: Cancellations and rescue flights

Things happen while in flight? Not all maintenance issues happen on the ground. What if you lose and engine in flight and need to divert? You don't know that is going to happen before you leave an outstation. Aircraft get damaged on the ground. You can't predict that. What about an issue that comes ...

Re: QR flying A350 to MIA effective 1SEP17-30SEP17

The Doh-JFK flight on the 350 is usually payload restricted.... Was talking to couple of A350 captains an hour ago and nobody can figure out how this will work. We are often leaving staff travelers behind even on 777 due to extra cargo Not sure what QR's mission rules are but I think Zeke has point...

Re: Where will be the ME3 next expand in the US?

The XXX is close to YYY argument always gets thrown out there and is typically baseless: especially for large metro areas. Sorry, but one of the fundamentals of the economics of geography still holds. Proximate airports compete with each other for local traffic, and compete to aggregate regional tr...

Re: Qatar Airways debuts QSUITES new J cabin 24 June

I'm sure this is on purpose, but the first aircraft to have the QSuite, the first aircraft with a double bed in J/C will be registration A7-BED.

Re: Hard Stand Airline in the US......

Most airports most likely have some sort of capability to handle some hardstand ops. I don't think it would save any time or money to do hardstand ops vs. a jetbridge. If it did then more would use them.

Re: Tail Stands Used at Alaska Airlines