Re: AA orders 85 Airbus A321neo, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10 and 90 Embraer E175 aircraft

AAtakeMeAway wrote: SRQLOT wrote: Ummmmm, I would like to know if there is info on any updates to the economy seating, such as bringing back in seat entertainment?? The only update as far as I'm aware is that the LAA 319's and 321T's will be fully Oasis'd which will include removing the seat back IF...

Re: Have American Airlines announced where they'll fly their A321XLR's?

Is there any possibility that AA could use a couple of these XLR's to resume direct service from JFK to cities like Franfurt and Zurich?

Re: HQ Video of 'Urban Route' Approach and Landing at HND/RJTT

I enjoyed this--thanks!

Re: AC returns to JFK

Why wouldn't the offer transcon service from YVR?

Re: Westjet group places Boeing 737-10 order

LH982 wrote:

Aseem747 wrote:

Nice! Best looking narrow body in production imo

If we could add two more engines and a hf antenna

Re: EWR To No Longer Be Considered NYC Airport

If the purpose of this change is to "ensure consistent pricing..." then how does this make any sense to separate EWR? Won't this have the opposite effect? Who at the IATA instigated this change, and what was their true motivation to do so? I can't imagine both the PANYNJ and United will no...

Re: How would you rank the aircraft that you've flown on by looks?

707 (in Pan Am livery no less) 747-100/200 747-400 DC-8 727 777 767-300 A300 DC-9 Other beauties I never got to fly on: L-1011 A340 (not incl -500, 600) 787-9 A list of meh's: 737 757 (sorry, I just never thought it could compare to the 707) DC-10, MD-11 A330 MD-80/90 And the not so pretty: A380 A350

Re: Braniff International 1982 - 2022

The route map surprised me, why would Braniff have several trans Atlantic routes out of BOS? Apart from that, reading through this thread had me wondering if Braniff would have been a more suitable airline for PanAm to merge with than National. Wasn't NA already loaded with problems by the time PA t...

Re: Why are the A380's windows so small?

It's even worse upstairs. Due to the slanted ange of the walls on the upper deck the windows seem to be set in very long tubes which reduces the view by a lot.

Re: Airbus A380 - Who's have you flown ?

Korean: JFK to ICN.

Re: FAA approves LGA Airtrain

Dead! Enjoy the cab ride. Never complain about the clogged roads again. First up will be Thanksgiving weekend Wed prior and Sunday/Monday prior. That’s when people usually leave their cars and walk. What a stupid and boneheaded move. A real project literally waiting to break ground…and they did the...

Re: Your shortest flight on a widebody and longest flight on a narrowbody

Longest narrowbody: Tokyo-Haneda to Moscow SVO on a JAL DC-8. 4039nm (1972)
Shortest widebody: JFK to BOS on Pan Am Airbus A300 or A310. 160nm (1987)

Re: Boeing 757: Who's have you flown?

American
TWA
Continental
Delta
ATA

I think that's it.

Re: Boeing 767 - Who’s have you flown?

What makes this question interesting is how many replies mention how few, yet the 767 was no doubt a very successful aircraft. I think I've flown on 747's from three times the number of carriers. So... AA many times, both 200 & 300 DL several times, possibly once on a 400. Maybe Continental once...

Re: Airport architecture question: the rise and fall of the rotunda

... passengers tend to have long walks out to/from the end of a concourse to reach gates, and its unlikely one's connecting flight will be in the same rotunda unless the hub is very small. . The only thing that I disagree with this comment (and other similar comments here) is that the rotunda desig...

Re: Feeling nostalgic about 747s. Who’s have you flown?

I thought I had posted on here but perhaps that was on a similar thread some time ago. So... Pan Am LHR to JFK in 1972. And through the eyes of a six year old I will never, ever forget the awe and astonishment of the size of the cabin when we boarded. Mom found a row in the middle all to herself whe...

Re: U.S. Airport Lounges

I've always experienced polite and friendly staff in AA Admirals Clubs.

Re: United adding seatback IFE - AVOD to older narrow body aircraft

Reading through this post, and having achieved Million Miler status on AA, it makes me sad to see how far AA's star has fallen.

Re: Why no Boeing 707 stretch?

The 707-620 was a proposed domestic range-stretched variant of the 707-320B. The 707-620 was to carry around 200 passengers while retaining several aspects of the 707-320B. It would have been delivered around 1968 and would have also been Boeing's answer to the stretched Douglas DC-8 Series 60. Had...

Re: Why no Boeing 707 stretch?

The 707-300 series was a stretch over the original -100 series. There was also the shrink 720, so three different fuselage lengths. Boeing also studied further stretches - a -600 domestic version and a -800 intercontinental ranged version. I believe development was dropped in favour of the 747. The...

Re: 737, shrinked 707?

I would say the Boeing 720 was the shrink version of the 707.

Re: The future of LaGuardia

I drove by LGA Monday night, first time in several months. I was shocked to not see the Delta terminal (D) but instead the skeleton of a big new terminal rising already. Having waited decades already for the 2nd Avenue "Stubway" and the LIRR connection to Grand Central get completed, the p...

Re: How many active NAMC YS-11s are left?

The PI order for YS-11's was a capacity increase on routes that were being served by Martin 404's and FH-227's, and the pilots loved flying it, although not a powerhouse like the CV580. Passengers liked it was a bigger plane even if still had "propellers." To those of us who rode in the b...

Re: What's the most boring airport approach you've flown?

Flying into DFW is usually pretty drab, and MCI ranks up there as someone posted previously.

Re: Your first 747/A340/A380 sightings

I think the first time I really saw an A380 was when I was about to board one; KE from JFK to ICN in 2014. I may have seen a AF 380 previously, while driving into JFK, parked at T1 but I don't remember for sure. I saw my first A340, a LH bird, on the runway at ATL I believe around 1991 or 92. I was ...

Re: A Fitting Tribute to one of the Greatest Airlines Ever - TWA

Great post, great videos--thank you! Fantastic 707 footage. During the 60's TWA 707's made countless cameo appearances in movies and TV shows. The Twin-Globe logo and arrowhead (Starstream) livery were iconic of the Jet Age. The way the end of the arrowhead design splits and the upper half is angled...

Re: Airports where you’re most likely to wait for a gate

It's happened to me at LAX on AA more than once, nearly missed a connection. It did happen to me one evening on DL at T4 at JFK.

Re: Boeing 377 Cabin question

Hi all, I have been looking at the 377 quite a bit lately and when I came across pan ams seating chart, I began to have questions about how the upper berths were sold. In the front luxury cabin, I get that they were included. I also noticed that aft of the staircase to the downstairs lounge, those ...

Re: The future of Laguardia

See, the same agency runs both airports and they dont want JFK to “take a hit.” Hence the reasoning Yep, I get it, just very unfortunate. Like when BAA basically controlled all the airports in London... I’d really like to see LGA unrestrained. Filling it full of RJs because of slots is a waste of t...

Re: The Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle Thread

Great post, thank you! I have always been fascinated by those triangular windows. Was it simply an interesting design, or they really market the concept of maximum downward visibility that you mention?

Re: 777 - 25 years in commercial service

Always one complainer:) The "cramped" issue if because of the operator, not Boeing. How true is that .... any aircraft type can be cramped ..... nothing to do with the manufacturer !!!! The airline operating the aircraft determines the * crampiness* .... gets your facts straight before ma...

Re: Why did UA have a monopoly at EWR?

The EWR hub is completely from CO. I think Peoples flew LGW, maybe other. But at some point CO from EWR serviced LGW LHR STN BHX BRS MAN EDI GLA BFS DUB SNN LIS MAD BCN CDG ORY BRU AMS STR DUS CGN FRA MUC TXL ZRH GVA CPH ARN OSL MXP FCO ATH TLV DEL BOM , CAI SVO were out for sale but never launched...

Re: New York Air vs Eastern Air Lines 1981