Interesting, first time I've seen all the new D gates be occupied at the same time. Looks like the lines have been re-stripped https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53471858647_e2b8fcddf4_b.jpg Southwest Airlines concourse D by KoryC757 , on Flickr Great catch on that! I look every time I am there.
Jump to postSQ A350s seats not as comfortable as their 77Ws. Take their 77W or A380s if that’s an option over the A350s. :checkmark: I can attest to this. Their 77Ws are pretty much the most comfortable planes in the sky as far as economy class travel goes. It's a shame that more airlines don't configure their...
Jump to postYeah nice pics the biggest noticable difference on the 73J pictured above is the 12 vs 20 F seats, and 6 vs 21 C+ seats. The fact its upgauging routes that had been mostly 717 mitigates some of that and its a short flight ATL-ECP. I don't know how they route these through the network to keep the FF...
Jump to postI have something to mention that no one has done yet. We know that UA/EK have a codeshare coming on flights soon. I think this will mean UA will be updating their 787-9/-10 and 777's with very premium cabins that will give similar service to EK. It will mean the domestic F/C service won't even come...
Jump to postChetManly24 wrote:The Herb Retro is officially in WN hands in PHX. First revenue flight should be any day now
Unless you are top tier status on the majors, WN is less chaotic and more organized. But those preboards - I often count 15-20+ on my WN flights. And that’s a scam. if you strike a convo with crew or pilots about it they often say how curious it is that all those people rolled in on wheelchairs or ...
Jump to postI cannot STAND Southwest Boarding process. Last time I flew them I had position A55, which would have meant standing in line for a good 15-20 minutes. I have severe back pain and that day it was particularly bad. I told the agent I needed to pre-board as I could not stand that long. I was REFUSED p...
Jump to postWalking terminal C from East to West is in stark contrast to just how outdated the original design is. Great to see them upgrading, no longer dark and depressing.
Jump to postrjbesikof wrote:Big weekend for UA route TPAC resumptions/launches:
1) LAX-MEL
2) SFO-BNE
3) IAH-SYD
4) SFO-SIN 2nd daily
5) SFO-AKL becomes daily
Good catch. I kind of like it, but for sure a modern typeface.
Jump to postAnyone know...are there any plans to update the customer-facing IT? The website looks exactly the same as in 2013, the safety video the same since the merger, and the portal for the inflight entertainment has been the same as long as I can remember. The content has of course updated, like the movie...
Jump to postDoes the XLR that dense and bags have capability to add cargo? Plus - is cargo even part of the ULCC play? Not sure. I'm not even sure if you would need an XLR to go to Hawaii with 240 seats + bags and if there would he any room left over for cargo. ULCC type service to Hawaii ( a domestic vacation...
Jump to postUA735WL wrote:I would expect them to show up in Hawaii using the XLRs with all 240 seats filled (and the belly stuffed to the gills with cargo) before they add any premium seating and try Europe.
Agree with those on the LX/QF look similarities. Really exciting to see. These cabins look incredible and luxury, much different than their current cabins. With this type of layout - the 787-10 seems to be the needed airframe to help with the gap between 77W and 789. As suspected, business class is ...
Jump to post"Two in five Americans who traveled for work at least three times a year pre-pandemic say they'll never travel for work again, according to Quartz, which cites a new Morning Consult survey." I've seen some debate on here about to what extent business travel will return compared to pre-pan...
Jump to post763 in the UPS logo is one of the best. Love to see the top up orders.
Jump to postQatar has a trivial amount of first-class seats relative to their standard Int'l option. QF only offers it on A380s until Sunrise. BAs J product has been lacking for years and F is not offered across all types. If AA does come in with an improved J, by no means will they be lacking in OneWorld. Look...
Jump to postExciting to see that bird back in the sky. A sight to see those planes loaded with such efficiency of the passengers, it would be chaos Stateside.
Jump to postAny idea how the card drive is doing for the pilot work group? I hear they are close to getting an ALPA vote. It’s a done deal! Congratulations to the Breeze pilots! https://thepointsguy.com/news/breeze-airways-pilots-alpa-union/amp/ Is pay the only issue? I am not familiar with other benefits that...
Jump to postOne interesting thing I noticed when looking this up for another thread. AA has some really terrible timings for its first departure from PHX to a lot of major west coast cities. PHX - SEA (Earliest departure at 11:10 am) PHX - PDX (Earliest departure at 10:30 am) PHX - SFO (Earliest departure at 9...
Jump to post200 seats will be their next go in order to tackle both the growth on core routes, but also to get them more into the key longer distance routes they arent flying today or have cut in the past. WN still has a massive market transcon to expand to. However, with labor market conditions and the economy...
Jump to postJust to switch gears from the FA topic, does anyone find it interesting that the daily press release from Jetblue has gone silent? Pure speculation, as is virtually everything posted above, but it suggests to me that maybe there is some actual engagement between the parties. Where it all leads, who...
Jump to postWanna Get Away Plus seems to have but the difference between Wanna Get Away and Anytime in half. Classic dynamic pricing/price elasticity. The upgrades to Anytime are where the most benefits are for business travelers or others willing to pay, but not having status on WN. Seems like a smart move.
Jump to postThat is not my experience at all. Last time I flew AA, they were basically telling everyone at the gate that if you are in group 7 or higher there will not be room for your bag trying to get people to check it at the gate for free before boarding. My airline choice has shifted since moving to Dalla...
Jump to postI am surprised that WN is currently only operating 1 daily nonstop in each direction between PHX and ATL, especially with PHX-ATL being a hub-to-hub route for WN and the significant FF base that WN has in Greater Phoenix. WN really needs to increase frequency on the PHX-ATL route to remain competit...
Jump to postSounds like the UA 789 config. With a bar.
Jump to postSouthwest has some challenges, but the model at its core is not broken, Covid didnt break it. It is not going to be anything radical. Operational challenges (personnel and uncertainty in supply chain/covid) are what needs to be the focus. First Class, assigned seats, other types of planes, assigned ...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:DenverTed wrote:Could WN put in some rows with extra legroom and still have open seating?
Bring back the club seating.
That's definitely a lot of seats in the current environment. Especially since some of the connections this would depend on are places that haven't opened up yet. This route is targeted at the O/D. Lots of money being made right now and business travelers are traveling. What is the most capacity SQ ...
Jump to postAlways one of the best A.net posts, thank you for taking the time. Great data to look over.
Jump to postSweet new ride. Hopefully they can use it on the short hop to LA for the super bowl.
https://www.azcardinals.com/news/arizon ... eam-travel
I'm surprised that QF seem to be pushing for the use of the A321XLR on domestic routes. That said they may just be placing orders early, and QF's deal with Airbus does give them flexibility to order normal A321neos as well. I suspect the 20 A321XLRs will be used for Transcon/Trans-Tasman initially ...
Jump to postBack to the new fare tier, some light has been shed. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/southwest-airlines-introduces-new-fare-type-heres-what-we-know/2834689/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DFWBrand&fbclid=IwAR0Gr7rHQoLhbT74QGvic3ttSWHLuQyMmB5VMPqfZpu8f5ceCOIg-jB78dY "Think of this as above Wann...
Jump to postI too really don't see the advantage of SAF. Better option would be utilizing just the most efficient aircraft (A220 foe example) and fewer flights Good point. How many of these United "eco-friendly" flights are negated by ferrying just one empty 777 across the Pacific to have a communist...
Jump to postNot saying this isn't a cool project, but what is the potential scope? 20 flights a day? 1000?
Jump to postThey can start by getting rid of absolutely asinine things like: (1) charging people who paid business class for seat selection. Why should I GAF how your "elites" think about it, if I just paid you 4-5 figures for your product? I don't want to feel nickel&dimed over a seat. Why on Ea...
Jump to postHA is gambling on lower yielding connecting itineraries from Australia/New Zealand/Japan/South Korea to its large West Coast and growing East Coast network (AUS, MCO, JFK, BOS). How much connecting traffic do they get? It seems that lower yielding by is nature is not going to be in the front cabin....
Jump to postStart with small packages and deliveries, then to small air taxis. I guess this is the new "adjacent possible". How many resources are being devoted into this? I dislike Mesa for many reasons but this is not one of them. I get that you don't necessarily solve a problem by throwing more bod...
Jump to postCan anyone breakdown what UA’s EWR transatlantic service look like next summer with frequencies? I think LHR just went back to 2X. Will it stay there for now? Here’s my list that I made myself so there could be a few errors; 1x 787 AMS 1x 767 ATH 1x 767 BCN 3x weekly, 757 BGO 1x 767 BER 1x 777 BRU ...
Jump to postI wonder population demographic-wise how many of the 125K Boeing EEs are at risk? More than 75% of deaths occurred among those over the retirement age. Do any on this board know if Covid call-offs/illness has been a challenge for the company? I don't know about Boeing, but we have had issues where ...
Jump to postI wonder population demographic-wise how many of the 125K Boeing EEs are at risk? More than 75% of deaths occurred among those over the retirement age. Do any on this board know if Covid call-offs/illness has been a challenge for the company?
Jump to postOr they just need to realize that is a market for turboprops, while longer markets should get E175s at a minimum. Would be cool to see an analysis of stage length of current CR2/E145 flown by ATR Did this for the trailing 12 months for all the Western Hemisphere. This was pretty half baked and I di...
Jump to postaden23 wrote:I can't think of worse PR than pilots refusing to keep their passengers safe.
Are Southwest pilots going to advocate that a couple drinks before flying is OK now too?
50 seats is not too small. If you burn less fuel, 50 seats can be a magic number, as you only need 1 FA. 100% - which is where a breakthrough plane needs to come from. There isn’t anything that meets that criteria today or even publicly being developed. Or they just need to realize that is a market...
Jump to postThe CR5 exists due to scope issues. It has the side effect of becoming a 50 seat airplane, reducing FA costs. They can use the airplane to backfill yield needs in markets that support it. Agreed. What I was trying to say was that if there was a market for 50 seater that had worthwhile yields, we’d ...
Jump to postPart of the problem is consolidation. The larger market cap majors have return on equity and other ratios where it just doesn’t make sense. Unless you are earning very high revenue per passenger, the smaller planes don’t make sense for the majors. The CRJ550 is an interesting take on 50 seats but n...
Jump to postPart of the problem is consolidation. The larger market cap majors have return on equity and other ratios where it just doesn’t make sense. Unless you are earning very high revenue per passenger, the smaller planes don’t make sense for the majors. The CRJ550 is an interesting take on 50 seats but no...
Jump to postThis seems to make total sense for EK.
oldJoe wrote:An airline that has always looked out for a young fleet in the past is now buying used ones? The pocket must be pretty empty there !