Re: United Airlines Network - 2024

it makes sense for them to be linked to IAD. adding MOB was a step in the right direction, but was also to appease Airbus I am quite certain that the decision to add 2x daily E145s to MOB has no bearing on any current or future deals between United and Airbus. If anything, UA added flights to help ...

Re: Why did icelandair choose pratt and Witney over cfm?

exFWAOONW wrote:

Give the P&W salesteam a bonus...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

While this is welcome news and will help, this still puts UA at a disadvantage to AA and DL who both IIRC still have a higher average seat count on domestic segments and have sizable A321 fleets already. Regarding the A321 fleets... It's not ideal situation for United. But AA's and DL's A321ceo fle...

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

I would love to see FLL, but it doesn’t make sense to me. Is there space to park widebodies and build a hangar?

MCO already has those things. And arguably better geography.

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

If United is in such a need of aircraft, would they consider A220 as a potential candidate to replace their ageing fleet of A319ceos and B737-700s? With production ramp-up, A220s could start arriving in ~ 4 years. And I am aware of commonality, or lack of it, a new type, a new subfleet etc. Let's n...

Re: United Airlines Fleet Discussion - 2024

Boeing will eventually get the MAX10 certified and I’m sure it’ll be a good plane. It just sounds like it won’t be a 2024 thing, and that United should change plans for the next 1-2 years. This could include delaying planned retirements. I agree this whole MAX program has been massively embarrassing...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

VC10er wrote:

As for the “help yourself” station at the back of the A321neo, I read that the deciding factor to install them or not will be based on flight time, not airframe?

Re: FAA starts rule process to require 25 hours of black box data

This has been a long time coming, with similar EASA requirements announced a long time ago and 25 hr CVRs that are already available on the market.

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

Sounds like UA's trying to make ORD an operating base for the 787-10s since ORD-BCN's also being up-gauged to a -10. By next summer, ORD's long-haul network's going to look like: 787-10: * ORD-HND * ORD-GRU * ORD-HNL * ORD-CDG * ORD-BRU * ORD-FRA (1 flight) * ORD-MUC * ORD-FCO * ORD-BCN 787-8: * OR...

Re: United Airlines Fleet - 2023

intotheair wrote:

I'm also okay that they didn't go with the Darth Vader-inspired PSUs that Delta picked.

Re: F9 CEO Issues Financial Warning - Only US ULCCs Currently Affected

The ULCC experience is just so frustrating and subpar, it's not worth it to fly on them anymore. If I need to do a quick turn (1.5 days or less) to a city they can serve nonstop, then it might make sense. But the moment you need to bring any luggage or travel somewhere needing a connection, all bets...

Re: American Airlines Network - 2023

Regarding United - DEN is going to beat out ORD for the top spot in S23. They are gaining at least 10 more gates in the next year or so as well. DEN - 460 ORD - 435 EWR - 425 I'm not sure where those numbers came from but they are slightly off. For S23 UA ORD - 483 DEN - 458 EWR- 423 IAH - 410 UA d...

Re: United Airlines Network - 2023

During the month of February 2023, United Airlines had the highest LF of all international airlines operating in Argentina. Its daily IAH-EZE-IAH service clocked in at a 97% LF. For comparison, American came in at 93%, Delta at 89% and Aerolineas Argentinas at 85%. Source: ANAC Argentina Estadístic...

Re: Iowa Aviation- 2023

I think it is fascinating how AA can go into some of these ‘smaller’ markets and just dominate because they commit to gauge and frequency increases as loads go up. Meanwhile, UA esp, will just ignore a market even when their planes are full. Yea that's a great point. It's been amazing to see AA dom...

Re: Iowa Aviation- 2023

It would be nice if DL would offer a mainline flight to MSP from CID and DSM. Both airports have taken a hit in DL service. DL is going up to a 738 from CID-ATL in Feb. It feels like DL has completely given up on CID. Are they just down to 3x total departures (2x MSP regional, 1x ATL mainline)? Kin...

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

I don’t see WN moving away from their point to point network in any meaningful way. I think a big appeal to a lot of the people who fly WN is being able to fly nonstop between medium size cities.

Re: Southwest Airlines News and Discussion Thread - 2022

As amusing as this is to watch unfold from the sidelines, this isn't the first airline meltdown to happen in recent years. I don't see any long term reputational damage coming out of this.

Re: Update: United Airlines orders 100 787’s plus 100 options, orders 100 737MAX

strfyr51 wrote:

mixed fleets have their place if an airline buys an airplane for a specific lob or stage length for what they need it to do

Re: Update: United Airlines nears order for over 100 787s - Bloomberg News

The A321 NEO/XLR would be such a good plane for domestic routes, I wouldn't mind at all if they converted the A350 order into more A321s. I'm sure the A350 is great too (I haven't been on one), but the 787s seem good enough for UA so it wouldn't surprise me if they consolidated the WB fleet around 7...

Re: CDG to be temporarily renamed

I appreciate the intent behind this - and though I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other - I just wonder if this might be confusing for people.

Re: EWR To No Longer Be Considered NYC Airport

USAirALB wrote:

I wonder if UA lobbied the IATA to make this change so they could exercise greater pricing control over Newark.

Re: I flew on an interesting United A319

The ex-MU A319s are very nice, the interior definitely feels a lot more fresh/new than the other A32X in the fleet. Looked just like any other plane in the United fleet as far as I could tell.

Re: German lawmakers want to ban advance payment of air tickets

That would make no show rates sky-rocket (IMHO). They think there is an overbooking problem now? Airlines would be forced to raise fares considerably. How to they plan schedules and demand? Why would no-show rates 'skyrocket', or increase from what they currently are, or adversely affect schedules?...

Re: Significant DL DTW cut?

Or that DL simply doesn't want the self-inflicted ops problems AA experiences on a daily basis at CLT. I'm flying my first DL trip in like 4 years tomorrow specifically because I'm so sick of delays and misconnects at CLT, and that was the only routing AA offered me for anything approaching the tim...

Re: Southwest new partner airlines?

Partnerships don't have to be codeshares. Could also be basic interline agreements. That still could help WN Carry passengers where they don’t fly like Europe. Exactly my thoughts..... LH service starts at STL tomorrow. There was a lot of speculation about where LH would operate from. Lots of us as...

Re: Delta Network Thread - 2022

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:

Memorial weekend has all the ingredients for an operational meltdown

Re: DL proactively trimming schedules July 1 - August 7

I just flew in and out of SBN last week and the ATL - SBN leg was downgraded from a CRJ900 to the horrible CRJ200. A stroke of luck had it upgraded to the CRJ700 the day before! I'm moving back to SBN next month and not looking forward to the Skywest service. According to statistics it appesrs that...

Re: JetBlue bids 3.6B for Spirit

I can't tell what's better for the customer, having a national ULCC (F9+NK) or something in-between (NK+B6) that can compete with WN and the big 3.

Also, I'm out of the loop, but why is everyone trying to buy NK? I thought they manage pretty well. Are they vulnerable right now?

Re: Delta in talks to purchase 100 737MAX-10's

So just looking at the engines, the A321NEO should do much better on missions significantly longer (TCON). The MAX should be a bit more economical in climb and thus better on missions that are below 2 hours. Thanks for sharing your analysis. I was curious (and wrongly assumed, earlier in the thread...

Re: Delta in talks to purchase 100 737MAX-10's

For a large operator, it makes sense to split the fleet between different vendors. But I wouldn't be mad if they instead doubled down on their A321 order.

If the operating cost is actually lower than the A321neo, I could see these MAX10s on longer 2.5+ hour routes (and not Florida).

Re: Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the US Getting Closer to Reality

Being able to enjoy "the extra hour of sunlight in the evening" assumes you keep your current work/school/etc schedule. I hope everyone enjoys waking up and commuting in the darkness as much as they think they will. Especially for those of us up north. Maybe "9 to 5"s will become...

Re: Updated: American Airlines Business & Finance Discussion

It would allow UA to takes parts of CLT over along with some LLC's, allow Delta to move back into DFW to fill that void CLT and DFW are the crown jewels of AA's network, I couldn't see them ceding those. However, scaling back and letting UA overtake ORD is an interesting thought. One significant is...

Re: Frontier and Spirit to Merge!

Sure it is. Just like we were told all the previous mergers were too. You tell me how it’s bad that two small ULCC’s, one of which (F9) didn’t have a coherent strategy to grow, combining to gain scale to better compete with the big incumbents like WN, which they wouldn’t be able to do on their own,...

Re: The cost and reasons for building Northwest's DTW WorldGateway in 2000-2002

Great thread - I've enjoyed reading the responses and learning more about DTW. I think DTW is my favorite airport to connect it in within the US. The facilities are beautiful and spacious. Unfortunately I end up connecting in ATL most of the time when flying DL. I love connecting through that termin...

Re: Will AA return to DAL in 2024?

I will say AA isn't that strong in secondary airports in major metro areas outside of the NYC area and the LA basin, especially compared to DL, and they have really cut back on such flying over the years. I don't disagree with you. But I'll be curious to see if that changes in the future. Recently,...

Re: Delta Orders Another 25 A321 NEO + 25 Options

I think DL has been quite happy with the A321. And as a customer, I like them as well. When they've been flying them on routes like GRR/DTW, you know they'll be able to find a place for them anywhere. I think the 737MAX at DL is very unlikely.

Re: Why isn't MSP a busier airport (in normal times)?

MSP is a great metro area, but I think the location is pretty bad. It just seems so far out of the way unless you’re traveling within the surrounding states.

Re: What might have been: United's legacy 757-200 fleet...

I can understand UA's fleet rationale at the time. Why not replace your older, less reliable, expensive to operate, and in need of refurbishment planes with brand new planes that you already have a ton of fleet commonality with? Sure, today UA is buying old A320-series plane, but they have high flee...

Re: Unverified: Fiji Airways skips 737 MAX quality inspections.

I would take this those post with a heaping load of salt. If this was some legitimate concern, the most logical action would be to ask someone in the company (supervisor, coworker, etc) and/or file a complaint with through the appropriate avenues. There is a non-zero probability that there was a hig...

Re: Delta’s Hubs

they can charge higher fares due to lower competition than they would be able to if all their hubs were in highly competitive metros Agreed. Aside from NYC and I guess Los Angeles, DL does not have to deal with [significant] competition from secondary airports or other hubbed airlines in their hub ...

Re: IAG 737 Max Order Is Prompted by More Than Just Price: CEO

Revelation wrote:

BA uses containers at LHR T5.

BA doesn't use containers at LGW and other places.

While hand loading has its down sides, containers are heavy and they add other inefficiencies to the system.

Re: KLM calls for people to fly less

While KLM isn't wrong, its weird that they're publicly taking this position. I hope they don't start flying around with lower load factors, because thats not going to help the environment.

If they're serious about it, they should just cancel routes that they deem are too short to fly.

Re: IAG 737 Max Order Is Prompted by More Than Just Price: CEO

Doesn't BA use containers for luggage? Is that going to change with the 737 MAX?

Re: Delta SLC-DTW lands due to fire scare

DL 2122 on 14 June.
A321 N325DN diverted to CYS, landing at 15:31. Looks like DL ferried in B752 N900PC from SLC departing CYS at 01:05 next day.

Re: Is regulatory approval required for livery changes?

There are probably regulations that airlines have to follow for marking doors, emergency windows, registration, etc but as long as they meet them, I doubt the specific livery matters that much. Just a guess.

Re: British Airways under fire for offering a new “afternoon tea” that doesn’t come with any tea

This is a semantics problem

Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery released

Anybody knows which planes will get the new livery next? Are they being painted as we speak? What I've heard from my sources at UA is that due to the 737-Max9 groundings, the paint schedule is vacant for the moment. What would otherwise be spare aircraft are instead flying to cover for the grounded...

Re: Why can’t UAL close the revenue/ profit gap with DAL ?

UA hubs are more expensive to operate at, and they face heavy competition. Chicago: AA @ ORD, WN @ MDW New York: DL/AA/B6 @ LGA/JFK Houston: WN @ HOU Denver: WN/F9 @ DEN Washington: AA and others @ DCA San Francisco: UA is big but does not dominate Los Angeles: Free for all between all airlines Also...

Re: ORD Global Terminal proposals released

Usually I like stuff from SOM but not too excited by what they put out there. I'd probably pick Foster then Studio ORD. I'm slightly nervous about the glass roofs after seeing ORD T1 in its current state. The proposed designs are beautiful but I can't help but wonder if ORD would be better off with ...

Re: AA New Uniforms Revealed

vhtje wrote:

Come on, AA - you can do better than this! Your employees deserve better.