That doesn't even get into what happens with the OO CR7s which I don't think will make it to the end of the decade for contractual and cost reasons. AA already didn't renew a contract with OO for about 35 CR7 frames. Can you elaborate on this? Just curious. Simply, SkyWest wants premium $ for flyin...
Jump to postcathay747 wrote:For those of us not in-the-know, what was Set Jet? Sounds like a type of fractional ownership thing?
AA and Contour only have an interline agreement, I really don't see a need for them to move to Terminal 4 for only that reason. Maybe a code share is in the works, but has not been announced. It's all about the money. Facilitate better connections and work together on the timing of flights keeps th...
Jump to postI should know the answer to this but can B23 and B25 be used concurrently by widebodies? I’m just kind of wondering, with AA, BA, DE and AF all operating this summer on certain days, what the plan will be if there is any sort of delay for any of these flights, particularly the non-AA ones. I know AA...
Jump to postSchedule is 3x weekly (Sat., Tues. and Thurs), with it landing in PHX around 12:10PM and not departing until roughly 2AM. Not enough time to deplane, clean, and all that with a tow to a different terminal I don't think. I thought it left PHX at 1410. You're right, I edited my previous post. Ah no w...
Jump to postYeah, I had asked in the other thread if they would tow to T3 for departure, but the schedule wasn't given in that thread. 2 hours, it doesn't make much sense to tow. Schedule is 3x weekly (Sat., Tues. and Thurs), with it landing in PHX around 12:10PM and not departing until roughly 2AM. Not enough...
Jump to postI've noticed in the OO operation there has been kind of a shakeup among some of the CR7 ops over the last couple months. Frames N607SK, N608SK and N609SK have all been transferred from DL ops to AA ops and are now flying in AA colors. Meanwhile, frames N703SK, N738SK, N776SK, and N778SK (these are t...
Jump to postThere is a SkyWest flight (AA3298) from PHX to GJT that is supposed to be a RON that has delayed until the next morning every single day it operates since November 5. Anyone know what is up with this?
Jump to postWhat hub cities and operators remain for the DL Connection CR2s? DL got rid of the CRJ2 out of most of their network about a year and a half ago. The only ones that remained were the OO at-risk EAS operations out of MSP, DTW, and SLC. Now I think the only way to get on a CRJ2 would be out of SLC to...
Jump to postThankfully I've never flown on a CR2 (just the CR7 and CR9). It's the same fuselage but longer, no? That would at least alleviate some of the claustrophobia unless you were right in the front (which, you could feel on any aircraft, right?). Wouldn't it feel equally as cramped as far as personal spa...
Jump to postI'll be curious to see how WN reacts to this. They too added a quite a few routes out of AUS after AA's expansion to compete with them. It will be interesting to see whether they keep them now that they are the only player, or if they scale back as well. Anyone have insight on how WN's ops at AUS ha...
Jump to postContinentalEWR wrote:Austin's airport is a problem. It is badly laid out, too small to handle the traffic it does, and lacks a blueprint for serious transformation.
And AUS is not a “fad that has passed.” I am a believer that it will be one of the largest metropolitan areas in the US in 20 years. It may displace Chicago. That doesn’t mean you need to fly empty planes today, but it will be a crucial city in the future. I doubt it. For one thing, Austin doesn't ...
Jump to postI have a theory here, which might be completely wrong, but here it is. I really think a lot of this simply comes down to the fact that passengers have become a lot more aware of the game these ULCCs play by charging for every little thing. Let's be honest here, this business model relies on unsuspec...
Jump to postI've noticed that there are 10 former Hop! by Air France CR7s that have been acquired by OO in last few years, regs N681SK-N691SK. None of them are active however and a couple of photos on JetPhotos show that they still appear to be in Hop! colors as of a couple months ago (at least N683SK and N685S...
Jump to postE145s will linger on for another 3-5 years at a minimum barring pilot complications. By then there may be a replacement aircraft available. Piedmont Pilots will flow directly into AA service for mainline service .... Piedmont cities like many before them now will continue to shrink as aircraft age ...
Jump to postAir Wisconsin scratched my flight 5 days in advance. I'm assuming that things aren't great over there from a staffing perspective? Haven't had such a preemptive cancellation happen to me in awhile. They (ZW, upper Managment) are horrible, although the crews are pretty cool so I can't be hard on the...
Jump to postI can't see it being a winter route so at best you might see it in the summer but I would see other cities coming to PHX first (notably CHS, BHM, ORF, CRP and SDF). It is a long use of what would likely be a 319 so not the most ideal. I've always wondered if we'll eventually see AA add PHX-GRK and ...
Jump to postI can't see it being a winter route so at best you might see it in the summer but I would see other cities coming to PHX first (notably CHS, BHM, ORF, CRP and SDF). It is a long use of what would likely be a 319 so not the most ideal. I've always wondered if we'll eventually see AA add PHX-GRK and ...
Jump to postNot to sure how good the Hawaii flag will look as a livery if that is the way they are going. Guess I will W8NC. Still wish we would get an Oklahoma One. Wow, I embarrassingly had no clue what the Hawaii flag looked like. I'm going to guess this won't be a typical flag-themed "One" aircra...
Jump to postNot to sure how good the Hawaii flag will look as a livery if that is the way they are going. Guess I will W8NC. Still wish we would get an Oklahoma One. Wow, I embarrassingly had no clue what the Hawaii flag looked like. I'm going to guess this won't be a typical flag-themed "One" aircra...
Jump to postI wonder why WN doesn't just paint all new liveries on new build MAX 8s, like they did with the recently launched Desert Gold and Canyon Blue retros.
Jump to postWhen I say under utilized I mean building a 8 gate concourse where they can only use half of them at a time... That's objectively a huge waste. And according to alasizon, AA also has gate adjacency issues as well. Granted, they operate multiple fleet types. How do we officially know that WN is resp...
Jump to postAnd legitmately whoever in Ops Performance, Scheduling and Stations came together and decided that needs to be publicly flogged. 25 minutes is inhumane, perhaps even a war crime. I've miss connected many a time arriving "on time" at B15-20 and leaving from A20-25. If you are unlucky with ...
Jump to postNo, they don't get to just say uhm, we're going to make PHX 25 minutes. It's a number set in conjunction with the airport and other operators at the airport. Setting it at an artificially low number that can't be met, would make no sense as it would negatively impact operations. Additionally, it wo...
Jump to postFlightstar does indeed still do overnight work for the 145s, I am not sure if they have anything contracted for the 175s but I know that they did expand hangar space a few years ago in anticipation of the 175s becoming primary as the 145s were drawn down. Thanks for all of the detail. If CMI has be...
Jump to postAlso, on a somewhat unrelated topic, does anyone have any insight on why the windows on SkyWest's CR7s are so filthy? Many of their 700s flying for Eagle have dirty windows that in some cases are so bad you can barely see out of them. And the issue seems to mostly be concentrated on just their 700s....
Jump to postAnyone know what's up with N872DC, SkyWest CR7. Says it flew DFW-SGU back in late December and hasn't flown since. I don't think SGU is a maintenance base, is it?
Jump to postPretty crazy to see how fast the E175 has entered the PHX market. Looking on FR24, it appears most regional markets out west are now getting a mix of 175s and CRJs with only a few holdouts left. After so many years of the regional ops at PHX being CRJ only, kind of nice to see a little variety now.
Jump to postUA operated flight 2509 today from SLC to LAX on a 777 that someone told me was a rescue flight for stranded WN passengers. So there might be a few. Rose Bowl charter for the Utes. https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1607866152776044544?s=20&t=UczKn_zvaqtFKwhj7lOVcQ My bad, thanks for the cla...
Jump to postI am curious what the spillover is to other airlines. I have to imagine that every seat on every other airline is full for days out of some of the WN hubs. Is anyone else upgauging or adding extra sections? Why? Those other Carriers should just stay in their own lane and take care of their own cust...
Jump to postAccording to FlightAware, over 58% of their flights for today are now canceled. Another 21% delayed. Almost 80% of their flights messed up. Yikes. I feel so bad for their passengers and frontline employees. They don't deserve this.
Jump to postIt appears that Mesa flies around 40 aircraft for AA right now, focused on routes from PHX and DFW. If they were to stop service to AA, then I presume AA would backfill some of the flying with other regionals. Of course, AA would be down 40 regional aircraft so some routes may lose frequency (or ev...
Jump to postI do completely agree with them being beat. I was hoping that they might have taken some of the 2020 downtime to catch up on maintenance and maybe refresh the cabins, but I think the CRJ9's are currently in worse shape than ever. I flew on one back in December where a window shade in first class wo...
Jump to postI'm assuming the 145s will be redeployed to CLT and PHL, and cities served by them from DFW and ORD will be seeing E170s, and maybe CRJs? Or will Piedmont continue to operate them for a time from those cities?
Jump to postRe: Mesa, they can barely staff the 28 aircraft they are scheduled to fly for AA each day. That doesn't even take into account their complete lack of maintenance staffing each day. I'd estimate end of year for a complete Mesa exodus from the AA portfolio. Wow, they're down to just 28 active CR9s? I...
Jump to postIs AA likely to pull out of smaller regional airports in TX/OK near the DFW hub such as LAW, GGG, TYR, ACT, or SPS, or is AA likely to continue serving these airports? There are some travelers in the Lawton area who would be willing to make the drive to OKC if AA did pull out of LAW, and OKC is app...
Jump to postBack to the ending of service, it appears if the plane doesn't have UNITED on it, success will not be found at ACV...Let see the list of airlines that failed. American Eagle x2, Delta connection, PenAir, aha, Horizon, Republic (mainline), PSA, Eureka Aero, United (mainline) not counting Pacific, an...
Jump to postAA dropping PHX-ACV August 15.
https://www.times-standard.com/2022/04/ ... in-august/
Officials at AUS saying masks no longer required at their airport. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/masks-no-longer-required-at-abia-flights However, officials at PDX saying otherwise: https://komonews.com/news/local/federal-judge-in-florida-voids-us-mask-mandate-for-planes-other-travel Not confusi...
Jump to postOfficials at AUS saying masks no longer required at their airport. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/masks-no-longer-required-at-abia-flights However, officials at PDX saying otherwise: https://komonews.com/news/local/federal-judge-in-florida-voids-us-mask-mandate-for-planes-other-travel Not confusin...
Jump to postYou can't make this stuff up! The Austin City Council is chock full of incompetent imbeciles. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-might-delay-airport-fuel-project-heres-why/ The Austin city clowncil in full effect here Are y'all honestly surprised? By the time they actually get any of the...
Jump to postAbandoned rental cars, hours long TSA lines too. Not a great weekend for AUS leadership planning foresight. https://amp.statesman.com/amp/7194370001 Funny how 23 years after Mueller closed, the city seems to be right back to the same issue: an undersized airport and local opposition to expansion ef...
Jump to postBusy day. AUS issued a fuel shortage alert due to the number of flights scheduled and a lack of fuel supply available. https://www.kvue.com/article/travel/austin-airport-wait-times-long-lines-rental-car-traffic/269-18f3ccd1-f65b-4f13-b7fb-94e028b4ed57 Abandoned rental cars, hours long TSA lines too...
Jump to postAppears Mesa is repainting more of their CR9s from the American Eagle livery to the Mesa house colors. Anyone know how many they are planning to repaint?
Jump to postatcsundevil wrote:cathay747 wrote:a reasonable cost of living.
The amount of entitled arrogant a**holes in the US now is crazy. And anyone who works in any job that deals with the public is unfortunately having to deal with them all the time these days. I was just watching a couple of YouTube videos the other night of two incidents that happened at restaurants ...
Jump to post928EV is also operating out of PHX - my understanding is there is a major backlog on the C-Check lines for the CRJ across all carriers. I noticed it parked at A1 earlier today and I did a double take. Also all of the generic livery (either all white, gray, or house) OO and YV Eagle birds that are h...
Jump to postIf 253 is 33% of flights as per prior post 302/(3*253) is about 40%. Considering here on the West coast I am about to have lunch... Which isn't half way through the day, we have days left to go in my opinion. The is the 2nd day promised to be better that wasn't. Lightsaber they may be making things...
Jump to postMore $19 fares..AZCentral is reporting that Frontier is going to start up PHX-BUR on July 15th with $19 fares..Sounds like I heard to $19 to BUR before, I wonder where. https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/airlines/2021/05/13/frontier-airlines-new-flights-phoenix-california/5054489001/ What is go...
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