Re: Tel aviv aviation thread

Bigant0408 wrote:

Does anyone think LY will start a new US route at some point and if so to where?

Re: WN's most profitable stations

I think SNA, LGA, BUR, SMF and DCA are their highest yielding routes.

Re: High frequency ULCC routes

Ryanair flies STN-DUB 8 times a day IIRC. I bet they and EasyJet both have many routes like these (probably many interhub routes).

Re: Why UA chose LAX-MEL over SFO-MEL?

I think if UA is to expand into Australia, it will be MEL-SFO next. UA has had an established presence in MEL for well over two decades now and will probably need to consider expanding the market beyond daily flights to LAX, with MEL-SFO starting to grow, UA might be waiting to see how well QF does...

Re: Largest unserved markets from SLC?

flyoregon wrote:

nadavatar64 wrote:

I think its weird AC dosent fly to SLC, YVR-SLC and YYC-SLC are two easy targets.

Why? So Delta can pulverize them?

Re: Largest unserved markets from SLC?

I think its weird AC dosent fly to SLC, YVR-SLC and YYC-SLC are two easy targets.

Re: The most important routes for different airlines

Well, most of the airlines have their most long haul routes and short haul routes:
TP: LIS-GRU and LIS-OPO
IB: MAD-BCN and MAD-EZE
QR: DOH-LHR
LY: TLV-JFK
LOT: KRK-WAW and WAW-ORD
AC: YYZ-YUL, YYZ-LHR and YUL-CDG
TK: IST-ESB or IST-TLV
SU: SVO-LED or SVO-JFK

and there are many more...

Re: Unconfirmed: China Southern to DFW

Sounds too odd, especially when there is a DFW-HKG flight.
TK to DFW actually sounds pretty promising, but I think YVR/SEA would work better before.

Re: Qantas future longhaul routes

PER-JNB is already served by SAA... does the route has enough demand for a second player? I think NOT. QF owns the big part of the pie which is SYD-JNB, and I think that route serves greatly the Australia-SA market, although Idw If it’s daily though Im not sure SYD is the big part of the pie, I thi...

Re: Qantas future longhaul routes

PER-JNB is already served by SAA... does the route has enough demand for a second player? I think NOT. QF owns the big part of the pie which is SYD-JNB, and I think that route serves greatly the Australia-SA market, although Idw If it’s daily though Im not sure SYD is the big part of the pie, I thi...

Re: Unusual airline routes

Well PHE-DPS is also pretty strange... Is it strange because of the size of Port Hedland? Bali is one of the favorite holiday destinations for Australians. And it's only two hours flight from PHE. It also saves time transiting at DPS rather than backtracking to PER when people from Port Hedland goi...

Re: Royal Air Maroc Launches Miami in April 2019

That one is pretty odd, I hope it would work for them.

Re: Unusual airline routes

Hey guys, To me the proposed Vietnam Airlines service to Port Hedland, Western Australia was totally crazy... And then it was suggested that the flight would continue on to Auckland, New Zealand! Crazier still! Haven't heard anything about it for a few months ago now... The Jetstar Dreamliner fligh...

Re: DFW-FCO/AMS Performance

AA does plenty of interline connections beyond AMS, FRA, all their European destinations. It might not be oneworld, but they certainly do offer connections, and a lot of the passengers do travel onward beyond AMS on KL and FRA respectively. Every time I've gotten off a DFW - FRA flight there have b...

Re: Update on Hawaiian - Interview of Dunkerley in SA

HKG seems like a good choice, its weird it hasnt been served by now. I also think PVG could do well.

Re: What are chances LGU (Logan, UT) gets air service?

I think UA to DEN or AA to PHX are the most likely to happen.

Re: Norwegian considering expanding services in SWF

I wonder if PVD also going well for them. Anyway I think MAN/BHX or maybe something more risky like ABZ or NCL can work.

Re: Turkish Airlines mulls 787s, A350s, refutes 747-8i order, eyes China growth

NichCage wrote:

Turkish Airlines serves Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. What city would they serve next in China?

Istanbul to Sydney would basically be a few hours longer then from Istanbul to Jakarta. A 77L could even do if I bet.

Re: Icelandair Announces DFW

The distance is 3250 nmi...8 nmi longer than KEF-PDX. I have to wonder if there will be any sort of winter restriction. But I expect FI to win out, as the plane they're using is right-sized...116t MTOW versus 238t MTOW. This is where WW could really be using the A321neo, but that would be heavily r...

Re: WOW Air to start Iceland - Israel flights

I have made some dummy bookings and for most of the markets WOW's fares were not that low, I do hope they will manage to succeed.

Re: CX to BCN Performance

fjmm92 wrote:

Stats of the second month of the route (August):

-Number of flights: 34 (A359)
-Pax: 8.587
-Load factor: 90%

Re: RJ 787 at TLV on Sunday ?

I dont think its that rare, IIRC they have used the 787 to TLV this summer regularly.

Re: What new routes do you want from your home airport?

From TLV:
-ORD on LY/UA.
-PHL back on AA.
-DXB/DOH on EK/QR respectively(probably not going to happen).
-LIS on TP.
-SIN on SQ.
-DEL on AI.
-GRU on LY/LATAM.
-ATL on DL.
-JFK on AA.
-SAS to OSL/CPH/ARN.

Re: The best/worst looking airliner?

Best: A340-500/600 and 747-8.
Worst: 737-800(very boring) and MD-88.

Re: Favourite/Best airline names

Vueling, Wizz Air, Avianca, TACA and all the Virgins:) .

Re: LH B747-8 to Dubai

I remember someone saying that FRA-DXB is one of LH's most profitable routes, I wonder if its true. Anyhow, kudos to LH!

Re: IAH Future Routes

I dont see TLV happening, the market is small and it would have to rely on connections. HKG seems like an interesting choice but that might take a while. I think CDG is a pretty big hole in the system. I think a seasonal BRU/ZRH flight might work.

Re: Philippines Airlines loads YYZ nonstop

CHI2DFW wrote:

Damn! Thought DTW was a given, oh well.

Re: Icelandair to increase S18 frequecies to some Canadian cities

The question remains at when YQB will be added. That could be an interesting new destination, as there are no direct flights to Europe . I assume we will see a few destinations added when the 737MAX arrive at FI. Regarding the frequency increase, FI always tries to up the frequency to at least 4 ti...

Re: Frontier to Offer Connections in CVG/CLE/MCO/AUS + possibly more cities

Do they have alot of connecting pax in DEN? I thought it was more of an O&D hub.

Re: TK and QR Loads from MIA

A bit off topic, but what other US airports posts LFs like MIA's website?

Re: UA announces start of PAE-SFO and PAE-DEN

Wow I did not expect this! Epic move by UA!

Re: Avianca will start GRU-JFK next December

Thats great! I guess MIA is going well for them.

Re: Iberia New Destinations?

Jayafe wrote:

Slightly off topic, which flagship route you think IB should use for marketing the A359 next year? Established or new destination?

Re: Iberia New Destinations?

I think WAW and HEL can be added.

Re: BA's Next US Destination

Is BA starting LHR-BNA? Because if not I think BNA could be a good addition to BA.

Re: Unserved routes from Helsinki

I think HEL is well covered, if not overserved because of AY's big hub in HEL. Also I think those Anna.aero figures are wrong, they are based on the number of searches for a flight and not on PDEW.

Re: TAP Portugal to lease additional A330neo capacity

globalcabotage wrote:

Well they need planes to serve: BNA, CLE, CMH, CVG, DTW, IND, MCI, MKE, PDX, SEA, SLC, STL, etc.

Re: TP to add CUR stop on CCS flights

It seems (according to local sources in CCS, can't find any sources online) that TP will run LIS-CUR-CCS-LIS flights from now on, with the crew change being at CUR (which is the whole idea of this, of course). I have no further details on this (dates, traffic rights to CUR, etc.), but will revert a...

Re: Avianca suspends flights to BGI indefinitely

The flight had 42.5% load factor, more like low factor...

Re: LH at TPA - chance of going mainline?

I think if MCO can handle LH mainline, so does TPA.

MAD-MIA market

I know that MAD-MIA is a big market. It is served by three airlines(IB,AA and UX) and was flown by 618,977 pax in 2016 according to Wikipedia. I do realise that its a big market but my question is why? Is it because of historic ties? Because both cities have rich Hispanic culture and history and of ...

Re: It's been fun seeing the small international growth at SLC, what's next?

redzeppelin wrote:

I would love to see HA get creative and respond with something like PVU-HNL. I think the market is there, especially if they go less than daily.

Re: It's been fun seeing the small international growth at SLC, what's next?

I think there is a good chance that Condor will start a SLC-FRA route.

Re: DFW Foreign Carrier Estimated May 2017 Loads

The link dosent work, can someone please post the loads?

Re: El Al add "proudly all Boeing" on new 787

Spiderguy252 wrote:

Wow, that graphic is tiny.

Should have been "Proudly all Boeing...perhaps not out of choice."

Re: Level to USA

I think its about time Level/DY will start a BCN-BOS flight.

Re: Over served cities

Basically as you have mentioned, alot of larger hubs are over served like ATL, DFW, CLT, FRA, DXB, DOH and I can keep on going. Im not saying some of the airports I have mentioned dont have high O&D pax numbers, but most of the traffic is connecting pax.

Re: The State of Israel looking at Tel Aviv-Jeddah flights for Hajj pilgrims

On paper it seems like a good idea, there are about a million and a half muslim citizens in Israel. But in reality, there is no way it is going to work unfortunately.

Re: Man Checks In Single Can of Beer on Qantas Flight

This man is a legend!