A funny little segment from Kyle Clark on 9News tonight – the RTD A Line train turns 8 years old today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coMef2-ff2M The train was initially so unreliable that he did a daily segment on his show to gauge whether the train was working that day or not. Now, the A Line ha...
Jump to postCranky Flier has a good analysis today of United's load factors to the South Pacific for December and January, and they aren't good... https://crankyflier.com/2024/04/22/united-struggles-to-fill-all-those-seats-down-under/ The best-performing destination to the South Pacific is AKL with a 68% load f...
Jump to postsUAisDL wrote:By the time the 10 ever makes it to UA those seats will be as outdated as the Domestic 777 config seats.
That is the purpose of the XLRs on order. I think what CriticalPoint was getting at is the creation of a premium transcon/PS subfleet to replace the 737-10 premium subfleet (I believe that subfleet was 50 aircraft). The XLR is still the international replacement for the 757-200. The original 737-10...
Jump to postThe US-New Zealand market is overwhelmingly California oriented. Only 21% of US holiday visitor arrivals to NZ are from California (albeit California is the biggest single source state). And only 25% of US visitor arrivals to New Zealand fly into New Zealand on direct services from Californian port...
Jump to postThe airport posted a video on social media as well:
https://twitter.com/DENAirport/status/1 ... 44/video/1
They a little bit like mini SF BART cars to me, which I guess makes sense considering it's the same manufacturer.
Any update on N898UA? Supposedly the wing clipped another aircraft while parking at SFO on Thursday night. I didn't see any pictures or video circulating showing the damage. I didn't see any tail no. of the other aircraft involved.
Jump to postWhy change aircraft type for the first day only? And why announce a route with less than three months’ lead time when clearly they’ve been planning this route for a while? Such strange choices from an airline.
Jump to postWait, the new A gates are at ground level? Why? Who's bright bureaucratic idea was that? It was Frontier Airlines's idea. Nothing bureaucratic (or particularly bright) about it. But these were built for United Express use couple years ago. When I heard if F9s 'new' A gates, I thought they were actu...
Jump to postIt has not been discussed for a while, Frontier will start to move into their "new" ground load facility starting in March. They will start with just two gates and will ramp up over the year until they reach 14 gates just before winter. As they move their existing gates will start the con...
Jump to postQuestion: I sometimes see UA planes parked at the D gates at SFO terminal 2. Are these United's gates or are they common use? I thought Alaska had most of the D gates at terminal 2 (with Breeze using one occasionally). That would be overflow parking for UA. That’s not just overflow parking. UA now ...
Jump to postDid SN drop IAD? They only mention JFK in the article. I’ve wondered if SN might launch ORD next. ORD-BRU seems to be a successful flight for UA, just by daily service and with aircraft type, 781 year round. I don’t have any data because I’m too lazy to look it up but with this news maybe they will...
Jump to postUnited are converting more Pratt 772ER's to domestic? What? I thought it was only the first four and that's all. While domestic first class (basically international premium economy) isn't a bad option, I don't know how many leisure travelers will pay extra for that, especially since there would be ...
Jump to postUA and LH agree to turn BRU into a US-Africa hub. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/lufthansa-group-and-united-airlines-to-turn-brussels-into-us-africa-hub Did SN drop IAD? They only mention JFK in the article. I’ve wondered if SN might launch ORD next. ORD-BRU seems to be a successful flight for ...
Jump to postI could maybe see some kind of future 772 HD or low-J configuration that's just 32 Polaris J seats between doors 1 and 2 and then all coach aft of door 2. They could probably fit at least 330 seats on a configuration like that. That would probably be okay for hub-hub and Hawaii, but probably not int...
Jump to postUnited tells Boeing to stop making the Max 10s the airline ordered: report - Fox Business "We’ve asked Boeing to stop building Max 10s, which they’ve done, for us and start building Max 9s," Kirby said Tuesday at a JPMorgan investor conference, according to Bloomberg. "It’s impossibl...
Jump to postI don't think UA is just posturing about Boeing. United and Boeing have been in lockstep for so long. UA executives never even went so far as to publicly criticize Boeing during the first MAX grounding. That they're doing it now and are describing it as "the straw that broke the camel's back&qu...
Jump to postI don't think it's a coincidence that the legacies all merged into three airlines that all have a big presence in New York and Los Angeles. If an airline is going to compete nationally and be relevant on a national scale, then it's going to need to have a sizable presence in NYC. UA must have known ...
Jump to postThe 2001 FRA flight on UA metal and the attempts at LHR in 2008, 2010, and 2011 were on 772s. Aside from the performance challenges as described above, the configuration of the plane back then was probably not ideal. Those 777s were 3-cabin planes with international F, lots more business seats, and ...
Jump to postHas anyone taken pics on the NEXT interior on N36447, a 2012 built 737-900ER? Yes, there are some here on this Reddit page, which I think is safe to share on here as I don't think Reddit is really a direct competitor to a.net at all: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/17eg7h2/united_n...
Jump to postHas anyone taken pics on the NEXT interior on N36447, a 2012 built 737-900ER? Yes, there are some here on this Reddit page, which I think is safe to share on here as I don't think Reddit is really a direct competitor to a.net at all: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedairlines/comments/17eg7h2/united_n...
Jump to postI'm shocked. Were they going to be on a different assembly line, or is Boeing still producing planes for UA that it can't deliver? I just assumed with all the unknowns with the Max10, UA would convert 10 orders for 8/9's, and once it's certified, they can just swap future 8/9 orders back to 10's. W...
Jump to postLet's take a look at the original quote from OMAAT: I imagine Delta gave the captain as good of a deal as it could on this adventure, given the number of years he spent flying for the airline; at least it’s still winter, and Delta no doubt has some spare wide body aircraft My emphasis added. He's cl...
Jump to postUA's annual 10-K filing is out. As always, the fleet information is the most interesting, and this year, the order table is fascinating: https://i.ibb.co/31f3px1/Screen-Shot-2024-02-29-at-9-54-12-PM.png As UA executives have promised, they have taken the MAX 10 out of the fleet plans altogether unti...
Jump to postYou are amazing!! ty! Here are also the Pantone codes that were listed during the Her Art Here contest a few years ago. https://i.ibb.co/nMww9QZ/United-palette.png United Blue, Rhapsody Blue, Sky Blue, and Runway Gray are the tones used in the livery. Since the Her Art Here contest, United has had ...
Jump to postIt's sounding like the AS move from T2 to T1 could happen this summer.
Do we still have any idea who's moving into T2? WN, F9, more UA? I feel like I haven't really heard anything that seemed confirmed.
random question, does anyone have the Hex Codes for the Evo Blue livery? Trying to replicate it on a 1:144th scale 757-200, thx in advance! United Blue #1414D2 Dark Blue #051464 Light Tonal Gray #F7F4F2 White #FFFFFF Black #000000 You are amazing!! ty! Here are also the Pantone codes that were list...
Jump to postBloomberg reporting that UA is close to acquiring more A321neo slots but also that any new spots they acquire would likely have to have CFM engines https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/united-airlines-nears-deal-airbus-jets If they end up with a chunk of them with different engines, th...
Jump to postAll routes heading anywhere except the States. Well, the other two US3's already fly LGW-NYC - DL to JFK, and AA (in the BA JV) also to JFK. There's also other BA routes to the Americas, plus B6, TS, N0, BY, WS, etc, on TATL ex-LGW. LGW has been associated with lower fares and I doubt many premium ...
Jump to postUA will not return to DAL. UA is clearly not very interested in secondary airports. They don’t serve HOU, OAK, MDW. The only cities I can think of where UA serves multiple airports are NY (EWR, LGA) and LA (LAX, SNA, BUR, ONT). In 2019, then-president Scott Kirby gave an interview to SFGate in whic...
Jump to postI'm looking up a work trip NYC - San Diego for early May and the United option (UA 1891 on a 757-200) is coming up on the booking platform as having a tech stop? Is this normal for this flight? Looks like it’s a flight number that’s reused. 1891 is EWR-IAH on a 752 and then continues IAH-SAN almost...
Jump to postRegarding a South hub - hubs are for connections as well as non-stops. FL hubs should have Carribean and SA routes. A Florida hub to some extent could flow some IAH connection traffic. South Florida hub wouldn't pull much traffic from ATL as connections to SE wouldn't work. TPA seems too far south ...
Jump to postDo we really think that AF and/KL will do that this year? AF is starting seasonal service earlier this year (Mar 31st). If DIA offered revenue guarantees for winter service, it would work. STL has successfully used revenue guarantees for year-round service from LH. I'm not aware of any meaningful b...
Jump to postThe people of Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, et al have long fought against any kind of commercial service at APA. There was a big legal fight over it in the 90s. I don't think the neighbors would take very kindly to JSX starting up service there now. Some neighborhood groups have been fi...
Jump to postHaving moved here about 2 years ago, DIA is the one thing that I really can't stand about this city. I'd love for JSX to fly to APA. BJC is on the other side of town and at that point I might as well fly out of DIA. A year or so ago, I contacted JSX and suggested they look at APA; the demographics ...
Jump to postI don't really understand. How is that any more of a security risk than the existing checkpoints? Anybody could chuck something from level six down to level five as it is already.
Jump to postWhat airlines have had scheduled service to DEN on 747s? I know United, British Airways, and Korean Air. Any others? Lufthansa. They started DEN-FRA on an A340-300, but then switched up to a 747 in the summer in the mid-2000s. That stopped when LH briefly flew DEN-MUC around 2007-2008. The 747 came...
Jump to postI'd imagine Avelo and the DL mainline additions this summer have made gate space at the times that connect to hubs much harder to come by. Even DEN is only 1x. Daily right now. DEN-BUR is a good example of how UA is upgauging across the network – until maybe a year or two ago, it used to be 2x on a...
Jump to postI wonder if UA has considered additional adds from BUR? Particularly IAH and EWR - everything I've heard (and seen personally) suggests that JFK-BUR does very well for B6 (IIRC they've done 2x daily on that route in addition to BOS during the summer). UA themselves seem to be doing very well on EWR...
Jump to postUnited's big 133-acre land purchase near DEN might not scare some people here, but it has scared the Chicago Tribune editorial board enough to issue a pretty bold op-ed. It points out that UA is planning for 5,000 employees at the DEN site, meanwhile there aren't even that many at Willis Tower. Edit...
Jump to postThe concourse refresh project has been frustrating to watch, they have been discussing it for 3 years, come up with several designs, but so far no actual progress. The area that you are showing was completed by the concourse expansion contractor, nothing to do with the refresh. C48-C51 were redone ...
Jump to postDoes anyone have any new information on old concourse renovations? I too am curious of this I don't really know the specifics, but in the last few times I've been to DEN, it seems like they've made some slow progress in renovating Gates A26-32 (the westernmost original portion of the A concourse ju...
Jump to postI'd be surprised if there are very many people connecting onward at GVA. It's not really a hub for LX but is more so an O&D-heavy focus city. For LH Group, it probably comes after FRA, MUC, ZRH, BRU, and VIE in importance, in that order. The financial heart of Switzerland is in Zurich. The gove...
Jump to postI'd be surprised if there are very many people connecting onward at GVA. It's not really a hub for LX but is more so an O&D-heavy focus city. For LH Group, it probably comes after FRA, MUC, ZRH, BRU, and VIE in importance, in that order. The financial heart of Switzerland is in Zurich. The gover...
Jump to postI snapped these pictures at Christmas and wanted to share them as I hadn't seen this posted yet. Permanent concessions are now under construction in the new part of the A concourse! Looks like a newsstand near Gate A24 and some kind of bar/restaurant near Gate A18. https://i.ibb.co/kMDF1n4/B46-BADB5...
Jump to postThat's sooo many tow-off/-on's. Any way to make things more efficient on that front? Or is everything basically glued in by slots on the other end? Agreed. If UA could arrive on T7 instead of TBIT for the early morning arrivals from SYD/MEL/BNE/AKL and whatever early morning South America arrivals ...
Jump to postI'm pretty familiar with the OAK connector. It's not a bad system. Not unlike the EWR AirTrain, it also connects the airport to a just-far-enough-away commuter rail stop a few miles away. Doppelmayr is an Austrian company that develops ski resort gondolas, which is pretty much the same kind of techn...
Jump to postContinuing on the UA BNE-LAX topic, UA has 'provisionally' scheduled BNE-LAX in the NW24/25 for Dec 4, 2024 to February 12, 2025. The NW24/25 flights are not open for booking. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231214-ua1q24bne This might make sense as a good use of widebodies in North American winter....
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