T5 interior I believe may be closer to 35 years old. I was based at LAX through 1990, I saw a reference to a 5-year project that finished in 2015 and included “aesthetic improvements”. I assumed that included what you see as you walk through the terminal, but it probably makes sense that the genera...
Jump to post... The other airlines in T5 are NOT moving their ticketing positions to the new T4 headhouse. (AA built that facility for itself.) The other airlines will remain at their current ticketing positions (left at the existing T5 "atrium" entrance). Will some AA ticketing positions remain in T...
Jump to postOn top of that OO just recently moved some 700 frames between DL and AA as an exchange. What would drive such an exchange? (Both specifically in this case, if known, and hypothetically, if there are other reasons.) I'm guessing it would have to be something substantial to justify the cost of the re...
Jump to postNoticed when passing through MFE that the AM Connect flight arrives at 4.30pm and then sits on the ground until 6am the following morning. A very strange schedule Minimum rest requirements? I don't know how it works legally for AM, but I know some regionals that RON at outstations in the US will ac...
Jump to postN416AN is just about to depart HNL for PHX as AA9789. FR24 shows it as returning to service tomorrow, so I assume the hard landing didn’t damage the aircraft as much as first thought. Was it a revenue flight or a ferry flight? That looks like a ferry flight number. I would agree with that, but I fo...
Jump to postA question and an observation from watching the ramp a bit this afternoon… It seems that DEN has more LPG-powered GSE than I’ve seen elsewhere. Is this a local rule or guideline? I see a lot of comments here about the interior condition, but the outside terminal cladding looks bad too. In serious ne...
Jump to postYX E175 N447YX is enroute from SDF to ABI for transfer to MQ https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/N447YX I thought all E175 were coming straight from embraer ???? I can't remember if any were left to transfer, but could that be one of the frames that was originally supposed to go to MQ on ne...
Jump to postLikely still needs various approvals and certifications from the FAA. If you change something in the cabin the FAA wants to know what and how you did it, its not just about what the final product looks like compared to what you already have. I don't want to speak for the other posters, but I'm havi...
Jump to postDFW is back on the 31s this morning. I haven't seen any 36 departures yet, but I'm not keeping a close watch.
Jump to postThat's not surprising. My guess is that TYR-DFW, SPS-DFW, ABI-DFW, and GGG-DFW are high on the list as well. I know a few people that either fly to ABI from DFW and either drive a loop around West Texas and return, or open jaw with a MAF/LBB/AMA/ELP return (or the opposite, or some combination ther...
Jump to postNow, if you’re coming from somewhere else and connecting through DFW, then sure, flying makes more sense. Yes, that was my perspective. Connecting in DFW vs orig/term at DFW and driving to/from ACT. I agree that nearly no one O&Ds DFW<>ACT. (I'd actually be curious to see how often that happens...
Jump to postF should have been a clone of D with the FIS areas left un-built. Those could have been finished a few years later as demand will surely require. AA insisted on the strip mall approach presumably to minimize competition. I have no sources but I bet the Terminal F design is still fluid. If SWA signs...
Jump to postI agree with you, but if that is the case when can expect Terminal B and E to eventually be rebuilt too. Terminal A has been rehabbed already. B & E were TRIP'd alongside A, so there's nothing imminent there. (Not including the E infill and other changes to accommodate F.) C is the only remaini...
Jump to postUAex cut Waco, Del Rio (which it actually started back in the day), Ellington Field (I miss the intracity Houston flights), San Angelo, Abilene, Texarkana, Tyler, Beaumont (then there was a bus for a while), and some I am likely forgetting. Back in the DL hub days before '05 DL matched a lot of AA'...
Jump to postOn one hand, frequency to ABI is 'nearly-free' revenue because they're probably flying a few planes back-and-forth between DFW anyway. OTOH, I think almost everything DFW<>TUL for MX is a ferry and not sked (they used to be sked flights), so I'm not sure what drives those decisions. I posted on this...
Jump to postThere have been some comments about Asbestos in Terminal C. Not sure if that is true. I read the ACM report for Terminal C a year or so ago, and I saw nothing that wouldn't have been present in any other building of that era, including the other terminals. IIRC, it was just glues/mastics, a bit of ...
Jump to postI also wonder if AA would build a connector between C and E? All of the other terminals are connected. Although the Skylink probably negates the need. The C-E connector is already approved as a listed project in the latest lease agreement. I can’t remember where I saw it, but I read something recen...
Jump to postTable scraps for this thread, but AA route execs were in Shreveport (SHV) in Nov to look at addition of SHV -DCA nonstop addition. Apparently unsolicited from airport board but obvious government relations play. I thought the BTR-DCA service was struggling. Would would SHV bring to the table that B...
Jump to postYVAMWB1900 wrote:Why was nothing mentioned here about the fire at AA's Eagle Nest the other day?
People quickly dismiss the idea of AA ordering A220. I wish it was that simple. Sure, AA needs fleet simplicity, and repeatedly said so. But the likely order to replace A319/320 is 200 strong. Add one fleet type of 200 to replace 2 types of sub-fleet is simplicity. Would the pilot (and various belo...
Jump to postI hope so anyway, With the BA/JL/AS/AA flyers all in there, it can get quite packed and subject to a wait to get into the lounge. In my limited experience observing while entering the lounge, they seem to get a lot of non-OW traffic. (Priority Pass, AmEx, day passes, etc.) If AS doesn't allow any c...
Jump to postI also hadn't had to show a boarding pass for a while- But on one of my recent trips, the TSA officer looked at me like I was crazy for not having my boarding pass ready to give them. It can vary literally from one passenger to the next at the same checkpoint. I don't think you were 'wrong,' but we...
Jump to postOr does the swap of 7 gates between F and E move those OALs to the hardstands? Meaning AA still picks up 7 gates in F? Maybe the LCC's get the hardstands? F9 will do that in Denver soon. There's plenty of ambiguity in their wording, for sure. I read that as 'F was designed for 15 gates, 7 AA and 8 ...
Jump to postDoes AA need another terminal check in facility? It would be best for AA to mover out of E except the satellite and move over to F. AA does not needs a concourse not another terminal. It depends on whether or not AA would want a check-in desk at a terminal (that has them) if they have gates there. ...
Jump to postSomebody refresh my memory… AA gets half of F, an additional chunk of E, and a couple more gates on D, correct? Quoting myself just to continue the conversation, as I couldn't find anyone else that said this in that conversation... I just found something that -I think- changes everything. Perhaps t...
Jump to postStandard ops: Yep, I do the same. Different parking location, but same concept. It's rare that I 'dread' arriving anywhere. (Except D1-D4, which your location somewhat avoids.) Somebody mentioned LAS. It's by no means a perfect parallel, but a good example of how it could work. In fact, F avoids th...
Jump to postthey had very valid reasons for doing F this way. I’m sure it comes down to money, no? AA would surely want to keep CPE low, and they (DFW) have the C rebuild, A stingers, misc. terminal work, and major roadway work to pay for on top of F. (Not to mention still paying off the original TRIP.) And I ...
Jump to postHard to know what the dumb paper means by "aborted take-off"; sounds like it happened on taxi out, thus "aborting" the departure, rather than an abort with engines at takeoff thrust and rolling. The FR24 replay is evidently gone, but it appeared to show it was indeed on the take...
Jump to postsoflaflyer wrote:Lord, look what I started by asking this question....Mods will probably ban me for inciting this chaos....
Somewhere I saw (I think maybe Ishrion posted the link) that AA is going to give up gates at E so they can take all but one at F. Thanks. I'm not arguing with what you're posting, but that makes the narrative around the 'E & F tango' a little more confusing. With only one non-AA gate in F, chec...
Jump to postSomebody refresh my memory… AA gets half of F, an additional chunk of E, and a couple more gates on D, correct? I’m assuming that 2-4 OAs (ULCCs, perhaps?) move completely over to F, in which case it will make the directions easy for those airlines. “Check in at E and ride SkyLink to F.” I agree tha...
Jump to postAssuming there’s a phased plan for F, I think what we’re seeing is a combination of AA wanting to keep both capacity and CPE down at DFW. As we have seen with the original terminals, the rest of the airfield and airport infrastructure is due for replacement. I know 17R replacement is either in proce...
Jump to postPolot wrote:TXRoadMan wrote:What was cut to use the slots at SNA?
AA got an additional slot at SNA for 2024.
Why does it take so long to reregister the ex-YX 170s? The last time I was on the Skylink at DFW, I saw a painted 170 with the presumably AA/MQ registration covered with a sticker, showing the xxxRW reg.
Perhaps it's all normal, but it strikes me that these are taking longer than usual.
I have been using the transtats database to fill in a few gaps in my logs but one flight lists fleet numbers which I cannot decipher. Can anyone provide me with the tails for this? N510MQ - I flew EWR-ORD, I think it was an E145 Generally speaking, the numerals of the tail number match up with the ...
Jump to postI didn’t know where to put this, but it’s capacity related (and thus sort of fleet related.) Is cargo ‘interlining’ a thing? I just watched 6 AKE cans with FedEx numbers and markings come off an AA 787 HNL-DFW. I know that the specifics for these 6 cans may not be known, but would that be a regular ...
Jump to postScattershooting while sitting at DFW… I’m looking at a LUS A319 sitting at D23. I thought that was interesting as I thought only LAA A319s made the longer international runs. I looked it up and, nope, came in from AMA this morning and is turning to OKC. Obviously, that didn’t take an international g...
Jump to postJust not true https://viewfromthewing.com/report-end-of-the-line-for-americans-premium-airbus-a321t-transcon/ And there's tons of other reports about AA ditched the A321T special transcon premium heavy config. It is true. Your linked report is correct about the A321T subfleet going away, but it omi...
Jump to postLooking at a satellite view, there are CR7s parked at the E Satellite. And some of those gates are pretty tight, even for E145s. I wonder if this is a 3-for-2 situation, or something like that. I'm not sure they can get away with just restriping and keeping the same gate count. (I have zero actual i...
Jump to postDid we already know that Term B was getting more mainline AA? From this month's board meeting: [...]convert five (5) regional jet gates to mainline gates in Terminal B and to convert 5 gates in Terminal E Satellite to CR7 gates. I suppose it's obvious that if the ERJs are gone and DFW will be EMB170...
Jump to postLooks like the TKI expansion referendum failed. NIMBY power must be strong in Collin County. That and people are sick of taxes. Honestly I don't blame them. I know there was at least some 'financial responsibility' component to the 'no' votes, and given the geography of McKinney, it wouldn't surpri...
Jump to postThat's interesting! I would have never thought about people using it as a cut-through. Makes total sense and I can see how it would cause a major issue. It's less of an issue now than it was 10-15 years ago. (Between Bush opening to the south and 114/121 getting their late aughts makeover) That sai...
Jump to postPutting baggage claim on the lower level does not. Unless you are going to change departure and arrival roadway system. Now its departures on the bottom and arrivals at top. What percentage of DFW travelers (that aren't parking and arrive by POV, and not utilizing a shuttle bus) actually use the lo...
Jump to postAll of OO UA/DL 175’s have wifi… It's not whether any of MQ's (or anybody else's) 175s have WiFi, it's when are they going to get some sort of satellite WiFi? Which nobody in the US has at this point. And, as mentioned, AS/QX/OO have announced a plan to install and obtain an STC for satellite WiFi ...
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This article this week was the first that I have read the entire original Terminal C will be demolished and rebuilt modularly: “Having learned how well the off-site construction of the High C Gates worked, we have decided to renovate all of Terminal C using the same modular methodology of construct...
Jump to postThe contract for the Terminal C TRIP renovations -exclusive of the South Skylink Stinger, IIRC- has already been let and enabling activities are underway.
Jump to postProposed December schedule is out with 0 E145 flights in DFW, markets like ABI and COU going E175 while DRT and GCK go CRJ7. I saw that yesterday. I just checked a few of the close-in cities (ABI, ACT, SPS, TYR.) I thought it was interesting that they appeared to just wholesale change equipment on ...
Jump to postWow, did AA already end DFW-LGB service? IIRC, a 1x daily E-175 service was launched last year or earlier this year. Must not have lasted long, if it ever even began... It did fly, but the timings were not ideal, a midday turn, IIRC. A coworker flew it DFW-LGB as part of an open jaw, and chose that...
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