MSN or RSW feel like the top two candidate all things considered. Decent brand recognition in both markets and already having a handful of p2p routes out of both airports. If it's not one of those I would assume some other medium sized airport in the midwest or Florida. Places like CLT/IAD/SFO woul...
Jump to postAnyone have some info of the timings? Quite excited for the Cebu service and want to see the schedule, but UA website isn't loaded yet. UA032 NRT CEB 1730-2205 UA033 CEB NRT 0930-1515 Connects to and from all of UA transpacific flights at NRT. UA could easily do something similar with DPS (Bali). W...
Jump to postAvianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Where in the U.S-Columbia bilateral does it state more...
Jump to postAvianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Where in the U.S-Columbia bilateral does it state more...
Jump to postWhat happened to all the other posts? Did someone delete them as there quite some good points?
Jump to postJust saw this interview with someone who is putting drone pads on his apartment buildings on the island of Roatan (RTB). https://youtu.be/RqrZunBc08A?si=retczTAMRWKgvA1z Super interesting but not sure if this will actually work as considering how small the island is what is the effect of this on fli...
Jump to postN1120A wrote:seat1a wrote:Curious if LaCompagnie could make this work, and to Montreal, too. Key East Coast French markets.
Very few people at YQB would take that up. Canada is one of the most price sensitive markets on earth.
The 400 knot cruise speed at FL 350 may be too ambitious. The issues are still there, it looks like a scam to get those delicious EU subsidies and they are now targeting the american market to attract US investors with more money than common sense. They are claiming a higher cruise speed than all t...
Jump to postIberojet just announced summer seasonal 1x weekly MAD-MCO https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231206-e9ns24mcosnu
Jump to postBack when they started HPN, at the press conference he said they would fly from there since there’s customs in DUB/SNN and HPN wouldn’t need to have an FIS.
Jump to postthe NEA and this merger and Nobody can stop themare NOT at all equal. the NEA was Delta trying to hedge it's bet in BOS and B6 trying to profit from it. Not nearly the same as a merger. If either Airline would claim to be going bankrupt like Spirit claims? then the DOJ wouldn't need to look hard to...
Jump to postDue to lower demand than expected, the number of round-trips from the Faroe Islands to Stewart Airport (NY...kind of) has been reduced from 7 to 5. The last 2 flights have been cancelled. Link in Faroese only, sorry. https://kvf.fo/greinar/2023/08/10/ahugin-fyri-new-york-ikki-so-storur-sum-vaentad ...
Jump to postFavoring consumers is the goal. If merger is allowed all connections to American Airlines must be dropped. One World affiliation also must be dropped--anti competitive You’re speaking about the AS-HA merger? Doesn’t the codeshare bypass the anti competitive laws due to it being done through the all...
Jump to postAccording to Ishrion Avation’s ‘X’ account, Breeze is considering flights between OGD and SNA (4x weekly). Incentives up to $250,000 for MX. The city of Ogden is voting on the proposal tomorrow. If it does come to fruition, I’m sure they’ll be as successful as Allegiant and Avelo were at OGD. Whey ...
Jump to postaviator2000 wrote:Volotea launching:
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Iberojet to launch 2 really interesting seasonal routes from Spain next summer: Madrid - Bangkok: 1 weekly A359 Barcelona - Port Louis: 1 weekly A339 https://x.com/AeroinfoBCN/status/1724730449975459989?s=20 Got to find somewhere to put the planes that aren't going to Cuba anymore. What happened to...
Jump to postIberojet to launch 2 really interesting seasonal routes from Spain next summer: Madrid - Bangkok: 1 weekly A359 Barcelona - Port Louis: 1 weekly A339 https://x.com/AeroinfoBCN/status/1724730449975459989?s=20 Iberojet doesn’t codeshare with anyone correct? They also have started flights to the new a...
Jump to postDoes anyone have historic loads on AZ’s JFK-MXP? I always heard that they were the worst operator load wise on the route (something in the 30%-40% from people I’ve talked to in the MXP spotting community) but not sure if it’s accurate. The fact that once IG left the market (mainly southern italian a...
Jump to postB6 started codesharing with LO: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231120-b6locodeshare
Very interesting as the only non-TATL route being codeshared within Europe is on LO is WAW-AMS.
A sign that they probably got AMS slots.
U.S-E.U Joint committee currently in Brussels working out what to do about Jetblue: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/keith-gl ... member_ios
Jump to postNeos Air is launching new Palermo-New York direct flight eff from 08JUN24 (2xw) NO787 PMO 1125 1450 JFK [Su/Tu] NO789 JFK 1700 0720(+1) PMO [Mo/Sa] A great addition, given Sicily's ever increasing popularity as a tourism destination. United had announced daily EWR-PMO-EWR service in 2019 to begin i...
Jump to postSolid add. Captures the Pitbull traffic (Miami to madridddd) sort of Reporting live from Spaaaiin, Mr WoRlDwIdE! Is level part of the IAG/AA jv? Yes it’s part of JBA. You can’t even book a Level flight on its own code, it’s all IB*. New flight has later departures from BCN/MIA and compliments the d...
Jump to postMonty1988 wrote:zm093 wrote:
Kuwait Airways to end Amsterdam.
A few weeks ago, I was looking at the loads for Air Canada’s YHZ-LHR flight. A route I thought about trying, operating on a 737-800. I noticed that the flight departs YHZ early. I also noticed that it was packed! I have a few questions of interest: 1. Why is this route so packed as a daytime flight...
Jump to postIs it always the same tail number? What's kind of interesting is that these flights are more than 50 miles off shore, which means the aircraft is equipped for extended overwater operations IAW FAR 135.167 (basically, life vests and life raft). I can't imagine all of the JSX aircraft are appropriate...
Jump to postgdg9 wrote:LAXintl wrote:Egypt Air applied to resume LAX service starting W23 season in October.
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I wonder if that would be 773 or 789, as well as frequency.
Will be interesting to see if PD add any YOW-Florida routes this winter too. AC have cut YOW-Florida significantly. I believe YOW-TPA is only going to be 1x weekly this winter. I would bet YOW gets MCO & FLL as YOW has been getting route adds at about a 1:2 ratio to YYZ. Porter is also adding Y...
Jump to postI did read this article a few months ago (in Spanish, but you can use google translate) that has a rather different point of view. The article was written by fans from LCG so it is probably not unbiased either, but I feel like it's important to listen to both parts of the argument. https://vuelamas...
Jump to postDuring college years I worked for an Alaskan Salmon Cannery and I was in charge of prepping the fresh salmon shipments to Seattle. We used 50 lbs wetlock boxes with a plastic liner inside. Inside the liner, every fresh headed and gutted salmon; got a scoop of fresh/clean ice and when we closed the ...
Jump to postRed Way airlines (based in LNK) has something where if you're an "influencer," you get benefits from the airline if you advertise them on your social media. I'm honestly surprised with all the expensive champagne and AmEx cards they aren't getting some washed up celebs to further toil wit...
Jump to posthttps://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/italys-cap-island-airfares-ignites-feud-with-ryanair-2023-08-10/ Italian Government introduced price cap on flights to Sardinia and Sicily which I assume will be struck down when it eventually gets to E.U. Courts. How long will it take to get to th...
Jump to postI truly wonder how many years this was in the making. Could this be like AY where it took them more then 9 years to develop their new current business class seat to then see their market get completely blocked off (not trying to get political but wondering more if there’s was the same foresight at C...
Jump to postWe tend to ignore many poor countries and their contribution to aviation until something like this happens. Mauritania-Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger-Chad-Central African Republic are all at risk of political instability as the new cold war plays out. The impact for North America/Europe-to-Sub-Saharan Afr...
Jump to postFlew out of OSL and LGW this past week and I was really surprised at the number of Norse 787’s I saw! Does anyone know offhand their number of airframes? They seem to have been growing quite quickly! 15, but with 5 leased to Air Europa, that leaves 10 aircraft with Norse. Of those 9 are active and ...
Jump to postairlineworker wrote:Avelo HVN-SJU two weekly flights Wednesday and Saturday starting November 15 2023.
Ehhh… https://onemileatatime.com/news/global-airlines-american-express-partnership/ Adding on to that: https://aviationsourcenews.com/analysis/global-airlines-london-few-announcements-many-attacks/ Most interesting part was where James says “stay and meet our people” but then his staff don’t seem t...
Jump to postQuite a few Europeans now flying for the legacies . Mainly very experienced pilots . Ie have given up a command to go be right seat for a us carrier . What european nationalities have you been seeing? Are they coming from legacy carriers in Europe like AF, KL, IB, BA, ect or low cost like FR, EZY, ...
Jump to postEvery country in the world requires permission to enter as a condition of transit. If an American has a DUI (driving under the influence), they are prohibited from entering Canada, even just to change planes. The hassle in the U.S. is that, unlike some international airports elsewhere, arriving pas...
Jump to postApparently United has shown interest in operating from AEP. There were reports about an inquiry to ANAC, but unfortunately I can't find the article right now. There were also statements from ANAC and Aerolíneas clearly suggesting that there would be reciprocity for US carriers. Any case we could se...
Jump to postAnyone know if there was any objection filed to the DOT or TSA publicly by AA/DL?
Jump to postSRQKEF wrote:Icelandair is starting seasonal flights KEF-INN next winter, 1x weekly through the peak season:
https://vb.is/frettir/icelandair-hefur- ... innsbruck/
Due to a delay in the auditing of AEP by the TSA, Aerolineas will not start flights to the US from the city center airport in Buenos Aires as planned, on 07AUG. The airline has sent an email to all reservation-holders for these flights for August and early September advising them of the delay. Flig...
Jump to postI'll be curious to see if the 330s have to backtaxi down the runway, some of the taxiways don't seem wide enough for a widebody. Indeed, initially there will only be one taxiway allowing widebodies to access the runway from that part of the ramp. They will then have to backtrack to the turning pads...
Jump to postdcajet wrote:The enlarged parking platform at AEP appears to be almost completed. First A332 operation (to JFK) is scheduled for 07AUG.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0jTzMOWYAISFN4
Norse reported its May 2023 performance operating 243 flights carrying 58,680 passengers with LF of 73%. https://news.cision.com/norse-atlantic-airways-as/r/norse-may-operational-update---load-factor-continues-to-rise-month-on-month-as-the-airline-enters-si,c3784596 June numbers out: 97,037 passeng...
Jump to postIf the rumor is true about A321 XLRs/330s how many gates are at the new T6 JFK? In addition how many are for widebodies? I believe those Widebodies gates were for their partners. It would constrain their operation even more with their own 330s considering how small the T6 expansion is. Whats the sto...
Jump to postI am not surprised about LXR. There are so many Spanish tourists in EG. And now EgyptAir fly plenty of charters to literally anywhere in Spain. Recently there was Albacete-Abu Simbel. I wonder why Iberia doesn't restart MAD-CAI. They used to fly the route before the economic crisis (I flew it a few...
Jump to postAerolineas Argentinas has confirmed operations with the A330-200 at AEP. Destinations served from the Buenos Aires downtown airport will be, internationally, JFK and MIA, and, domestically, FTE, IGR and USH. 7AUG will be the date for the first flight (AEP-JFK). https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/06/...
Jump to postStarlux has great ambitions, is there enough market for three airlines in Taiwan for flights to LAX, Sydney and any European destination you like ? EVA has a huge 77W fleet and a decent 787-9/10 fleet too flying to all important destinations. China Air flies the entire portfolio to JFK, LAX, SFO, S...
Jump to postWith ITA now in the hands of LH, will DL downsize/no longer prioritize growth in FCO/VCE/MXP/Italy? why would they do that? as is, DL does not really use ITA for onward connections for U.S. passengers for EU/Africa/Mid East connections that's what AFKL are for. CDG and AMS are THE SkyTeam hubs for ...
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