So, what is the big deal if B6 gets dragged into as well? B6 was also nearly last (WN) to add bag fees. They are slow to these product changes, although Mint appears to have been a great move. Because B6 right now is the best positioned to be a "premium" experience in ecomony. There is a ...
Jump to postI hate Basic Economy and find it to be a scam, but frankly it's the gateway drug that sells ancillary. B6 can't have a lowest price that is more than the US3 and survive outside key markets like BOS, particularly when NK/F9 are both undercutting even Basic Economy. When the lowest fare menu looks l...
Jump to postI get the impression B6 has more of revenue problem than a cost problem - I'm not quite sure how BBB helps with that. They need someone that specializes in revenue development. Jetblue has a cost problem compared to ULCCs and a revenue problem compared to legacies. I just wonder whether he was brou...
Jump to post77W can also haul over quite a bit more cargo from Asia, especially to SFO.
Jump to postI feel like AA needs an A321 between the standard config and the T, which will basically be what a standard TATL A321LR would be. Order enough to handle TATL needs and premium but not T premium transcon. Maybe something like 12C/16W/24Y+/112Y (no idea if that fits) The problem is, AA has likely the...
Jump to postJFK-SEA/LAS/SAN are all not doing well at all. Facts to back it up? here is 2018Q1 for SAN/LAS CityPair Dist Carrier Board %Regional AvgFare NSFare ConnFare % NS LF AvgAsm PRASM JFKLAS 2248 AA 48019 0.00% 255.12 255.22 254.54 84.42% 87.17% 222.49 0.099 JFKLAS 2248 B6 81343 0.00% 252.95 252.63 286.6...
Jump to postBoof02671 wrote:And yet AA couldn’t make PHL-TLV work, or so they said.
Smart. They can sell connections all over Asia with JAL. NRT-ORD loads must be pretty low to change it up like this.
Jump to postI feel like at the spirit Price point they should be able to fill an a320 in any market I think their business model is ultimately flawed. They pack 20% more seats into a plane than say jetblue, and charge half the fare. They make up the difference on fees. The ticket as a loss leader thing only wo...
Jump to postI think there is going to be a difference between an "ultra" premium 3 class with lie flat F & J like on the AA A321T's (which definitely has a market but really only on jfk-lax/sfo, mia-lax) and general domestic F lie flats (like Jetblue Mint). My opinion is jetblue is going to roll o...
Jump to postWhy couldn't it be added to TSA screening? Only passengers with tickets are allowed to go through TSA checkpoints. Also, its required to show a photo ID to enter the screening area. If the flight is international, a valid passport must be shown why not have passport scanners at TSA checkpoints in t...
Jump to postAs a resident of one of these towns, that is simply not true. The driving distance is anywhere between 40-50 miles from the east LAC/north OC to LAX, and between 15-25 miles to ONT. Factoring in the traffic, the difference is night and day. MKIAZ before making such statements I'd do some research f...
Jump to postFares would, of course, need to be competitive with LAX. However, how many premium pax that work closer to LAX actually live closer to ONT? If the flight is at midnight, I can see some of them choosing ONT. You do bring up some good points, but I feel like CI has decided there is enough premium dem...
Jump to postThis is what I don't understand, at SAA in the 70's to 90's we flew the A300 and these aircraft flew max capacity day in and day out, especially JNB-DUR or JNB-CPT, that was 270 odd seats. Then suddenly the fashion becomes smaller aircraft and they down size. Why airlines don't fly A330's on domest...
Jump to postI don't see why no one gets this, so I'll say it again. ME3 lose money. They don't mind losing money because they're subsidized. US3 do have investors to account to in the private sector, and a government that won't protect them from losses. Trying to outcompete ME3 to losses is like trying to melt...
Jump to postIndustry consolidation has also played a huge role. Going from 6 major network carriers to 3 means that traffic can be condensed more. And as the economy expands, more people want to travel. So you have fewer airlines and more people travelling, you're going to need larger planes.
Jump to postWHY CAN'T EVERY AIRPORT UNIFORMLY JUST PUT A BIG FREAKING BRILLIANT EYE-PIERCING KING-KONG SIZED RED "X" THAT LIGHTS UP AT THE APPROACH END OF EVERY TAXIWAY AND EVERY RUNWAY NOT IN USE?? (And a giant green smiley face for the ones that are in use, to make it kindergarten-simple.) Because ...
Jump to postYea this is like Best Buy saying hey we would open more stores and create jobs if we could just get the government to step in and shut down Amazon. Let's face it. DL cannot compete. The ME3 will win every time. They are cheaper, more convenient, have better hard products (at least in business/first)...
Jump to postIf we are going to do that and have a bulletproof cockpit door, do we really need the other security at the airport to be so crazy? Woah, how are we going to justify spending billions and billions of dollars on security theater? Stop injecting logic into these arguments. We need incidents like this...
Jump to postWhat's the point of such a non-stop flight? Anyone on such a flight (including both crews) would arrive at destination in no state to do much other than stumble and mumble about and go to bed, not sit down at a meeting table and negotiate future business contracts! The operational costs would be ho...
Jump to postMaybe part of the reason Alitalia is failing is routes like LAX-FCO. No way AA starts it.
I think the only other destinations that would even be possible from LAX would be CDG or a partner hub (DUS/MAD/BCN) And even those probably only if AA takes over the route from the partner.
It's actually a security concern as that passenger had effectively boarded the flight without a proper ticket. It's not really a security concern. She had a ticket for another flight and went through screening. Nobody's safety was in jeopardy because of this. Ask your local TSA Inspectors and I bet...
Jump to postI do think that competitors with longer range narrow bodies, especially LLCs will cut into the Majors' loads in Latin America. However many of the Deep South markets sell out premium cabins, so the LCCs and perhaps ULCCs could cut only into the lowest fare market. Business travelers are not go to b...
Jump to postMake no mistake about it, the real winners from long range narrowbodies will not be the big 3. They will be hurt.
Can you imagine the damage Jetblue can do with the 321neoLR? They have hubs in BOS/JFK/FLL. What about Easyjet?
Not surprising in part to seeing that TATL traffic is saturated and under heavy LCC pressure these days. Its a business cycle related issue, not anything in part caused by the manufacturer. I mean, I don't really see TATL widebody traffic improving. Especially once the 321NEOLR comes out. Someone l...
Jump to postThere was a super easy way to solve this that would have taken a couple more minutes and would have been free to united. Close doors of plane and announce "doors closed now all phones must be in airplane mode". Have the FA's walk the aisles and the first 4 people they see texting kick them...
Jump to post"Failure to follow flight crew instructions" - you mean the instructions to leave in violation of the Contract of Carriage? Rule 21 spells out the only reasons United can remove someone from an aircraft, none of which applied to this customer. By boarding him, they threw Rule 25 out the w...
Jump to postAirlines value honesty and integrity above all else. Do not waste the time/energy on trying to have a conviction expunged. Almost nobody has a prefect resume - some have failed a checkride or two, and some have a slightly checkered past. This issue will definitely be asked about during any intervie...
Jump to postNo they aren't. At the point of advertising , cars and hotels are prices pre-tax all the time. At the point of final sale , all the taxes and fees are of course listed - just as has always been the case for airlines. That's the big objection that many had to the aforementioned rule - many of us vie...
Jump to post. Stop density becomes an issue. That is how many stops can you deliver in say a 1 mile area. Amazon may ship an insane amount of packages everyday (and I witness it first hand), but Prime Air will struggle outside of the cities, as it does not make financial sense. That's where they benefit having...
Jump to postI'd like to know which 10 markets AA will start the basic economy fare with. (didn't see it in the AA link above) I'd imagine it will be the 10 markets with the most competition from spirit. I'm actually surprised they kept 100% miles earning. I would have thought they would cut it to 50. This actu...
Jump to postThe future of AA's fleet looks to be all 14+ hour AC. 787, a350, 77W, 77E, (332 is a bit less) but still these are mostly very long range AC. It would seem to me to be a waste to fly these heavy frames on Dallas/East coast - Europe routes which are usually max of 9-10 hour flights. So I could see th...
Jump to postAmazon is in this for one reason, and one reason only, lower costs. This is a cost-saving measure for them. Yes, they have FC's within 2 days of everyone, but not every item is in every FC. They are so massive that there are TONS of orders that will need to fly from coast to coast and they are tryin...
Jump to postAA will not go to TPE or ICN. It is too hard for them. KE and OZ and now going double A380 and BR and CI are flying 5 total 77W flights a day. SIN will be hard if not impossible for them too. They do not have the A350ULR on order. I'm not so sure. Look, with the US merger AA got a lot bigger base o...
Jump to postLAX-RAR is usually a 763 with an occasional 777 during peak periods.
I do remember reading somewhere that the route is subsidized by the cook islands, but unsure if this is still true.
You're missing alot. You can't just figure salary cost as the actual salary. You also have to pay benefits, retirement, taxes, ect. This can add 50% above the straight wages. If you're selling 150 business class seats, you're going to need lounge arrangements. I'd figure you'll pay $25-35/pp to give...
Jump to postI see what other people are saying, but IMO this is a really clear case of where an evacuation should have been ordered. They got VERY lucky. How many seconds did they have before the fire burned through into the tank? Even an empty tank has vapor. They really could have been seconds away from every...
Jump to postvery interesting they aren't starting LAX. The 789/350 are going to really change the game for SQ. Their huge problem that allowed CX to leapfrog them was no economical non-stop service to the US. Looks like the 350 is changing that. I'd expect them to try and launch as many cities as possible. LAX/...
Jump to postRE: <acronym title="Miami - International (Wilcox Field / 36th Street / Pan American Field) (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym>-<acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAOR), South Africa">JNB</acronym>-<acronym title="Cape Town - International (D.F. Malan) (C...
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/prebennorholm" class="quote" target="_blank">prebennorholm</a> (<a href="#35" class="quote">Reply 35</a>):<br/><i>If 17" is enough room why woul...
Jump to postIf your competition hedges and you don't, statistically, over time, you'll do better. But if fuel jumps like crazy, you're going to have a big problem since your competition will have lower costs than you. The fact that airlines got burned with hedging when fuel fell, probably resulted in the missin...
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/crownvic" class="quote" target="_blank">crownvic</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>With a lot of cargo coming off the west ...
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Jump to postI always find these types of things crazy. Are your private areas showing? No? Ok then carry on. Airlines don't need to be the fashion police. Remember a few years ago there was a male frequent flier on US Air who would dress in women’s panties and was allowed to fly. Possibly nsfw link <a href="htt...
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/coairman" class="quote" target="_blank">coairman</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i> So let's say <acronym title="American Air...
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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/catiii" class="quote" target="_blank">catiii</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> It's true about Mint...they might lose a heft...
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/peanuts" class="quote" target="_blank">peanuts</a> (<a href="#22" class="quote">Reply 22</a>):<br/><i> You're right, my mistake. I think <acrony...
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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/guyanam" class="quote" target="_blank">guyanam</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i> I'm referring to any potential slack in the...
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