In the US at least, long distance trains used to have great names, like California Zephyr . Even today, Amtrak has trains like the Crescent (NY to New Orleans) or the Palmetto (NY to I think Charleston SC). Of course there used to be the Orient Express in Europe. I always thought it would be cool if...
Jump to postI suspect many of those parked planes will stay exactly where they are. Between COVID19 and the public's likely unwillingness to fly the plane, only a handful will be back in the air any time soon. The idea that the majority of the flying public (who are not avgeeks) actually know what they are fly...
Jump to postThere is plenty of blame to be laid at the feet of AF and the flight crew specifically (for being overweight). However at the end of the day all of those factors are secondary, just like any other crash there is always a primary cause that starts the chains of events that leads to a crash. Some are...
Jump to postOK flame away if you must but I am wondering if an unintended effect of this crisis is to make larger planes like the 747 and A380 more attractive - at least for a while. I maintain it might be less crazy than it appears. Even after the immediate crisis is over experts say consumers will be wary and...
Jump to postAirtran is a disaster in winter. That should have been there top priority imho. I can't even count the number of times the airtran has ruined my nights in winter. PANYNJ Get a monorail that can handle cold weather! Airtrain to EWR is a disaster almost all the time. One reason amongst a host that I ...
Jump to postCould EWR's runway 29 be extended to accommodate larger aircraft? on any regular night at EWR there can be around 20 aircraft waiting to take off. Maybe dig 95 under the extended runway like in Malta? I think the problem is less the runway than the airspace. It's amazing how you have three large ai...
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National
Braniff (1)
Northeast Yellowbird
Continental
Northwest
US Air
New York Air
Air Florida
People Expess
TWA
Republic Airlines
Mexicana
TACA
American Airways Charters (A DC3 to Cuba in the 70s!)
Faucett
Jet Airways
A380 is ugly, and it is ugly in a spectacularly "American" way even though it is European. What do I mean by that? Think of the elegant lines of a 747, also a big jet. Now think fo the A380 which looks like a fat person trying to fit into clothes to small for him or her. A 747 is Ashley Gr...
Jump to postI suspect KUL has a bit of a Philadelphia problem. Would be (and is) a major city outright but is unfortunately too close to a far larger, wealthier, more major destination close enough to make serving both destinations not necessary for a lot of European airlines. And yes I understand, of course, t...
Jump to postActually, for LGA they should extend the N train to LGA AND build Airtrain but to Jamaica. Once Airtrain is built from LGA Jamaica, a few of those trains can run non-stop between LGA and JFK. While not seemless you'd still have to go through security, LGA can then server as a sort of "domestic ...
Jump to postComing late to the party but Best, AMS, DUB, DFW, MIA (Yes MIA if you take American Domestic to Intl, lotta windows for spotting) Worst LFW (filthiest airport I've ever been to), CDG, of course and ATL, Apparently Southern Hospitality doesn't carry over to the airport staff. I. hate. ATL. I am a nat...
Jump to postHmm, this is hard to answer because the airlines have more control over how comfortable your seat is, but Id say short-haul, the E-jets, for the reason that others say, 2x2 and big windows. Can't wait to fly the Maplebus. Long-haul, I rather like the A-330 window seat near that huge wing. plus the 7...
Jump to postOK Correct me if this has been mentioned - after 18 pages, it is hard to remember, but Assuming it is MCAS related, people will say that after Lionair, all pilots should know how to turn it off, but, would there be enough time for simulator training, and drill after drill after drill? Would there ev...
Jump to postWhat is the criteria for grounding a plane in this modern age? I see arguments for both sides. Aviation has become so safe, and EIS is usually fairly painless that two crashes of a type so early in service is worrisome. Especially since, at first glance to a layperson, they seem similar. I am sure t...
Jump to postI could understand love for the Pan Am and TWA terminals, Please don’t ever pretend to love the old international building. No windows, old sterile hallways, public address system that didnt work. Bad setup. Just one big mess. That being knocked down was the best thing that could ever happen to JFK...
Jump to postI am actually curious how this works. I mean if a scheduled flight from country A to country B goes the country B every day, I would think there would be some sort of blanket permission for that scheduled flight so you don't have to file paperwork and get permission for each and every flight. Of cou...
Jump to postI used to fly to FLL monthly in the late 70s to visit my father. Fond memories of Delta L1011's from JFK and my first Airbus ride on an Eastern A300. I remember those train tracks because they were at grade, meaning if a train was coming through, the gates would go down and you would have to wait at...
Jump to postFrankly, I think the new branding is awful. The riot of green on an Aer Lingus A330 signals you are in Ireland even before you leave your home airport. There is no other airline like it. The b-o-o-o-ring Eurowhite and lighter green of the shamrock signals that Ireland is experiencing a major drought...
Jump to postThe image of a 200kg fat American (or fat anybody) having his rear wiped by a "stewardess" is an image I wish I could permanently delete from my personal memory banks.
Are these not allowed in carry-on?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DQU8P0
Newark is way more convenient if you are in Midtown or Downtown Manhattan. ~30 min on NJ Transit from Penn Station, or ~20 min on PATH+NJ Transity from WTC Public transit takes almost an hour to JFK (on the A train) Traffic is bad in either direction, maybe JFK gets a slight edge if you are taking ...
Jump to postI find it hard to believe a UA B6 merger would ever happen - even in today's more lax business climate. United would either have to give up its EWR focus hub (ain't EVER gonna happen) or would have to lose B6's operation in JFK. If the latter, it wouldn't make United a bigger player in the NY metro ...
Jump to postMaybe someone could open a dialogue with her by bringing her a present, for example a model LH plane. Instead of dragging her image across the internet, try and do something positive for her. You know, that’s a fantastic idea. I think I will do that. This is restoring my faith in humanity. I hope i...
Jump to postFairytale of New York.
Yeah I know nobody will agree, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8
Considering that US citizen touristic travel to Cuba is still prohibited, the waiting list for hotels must be for Canadian and European travelers. I've always wondered why there was such a rush to have all these flights from the US to Cuba when US citizens cannot yet travel there as tourists. From ...
Jump to postHi gokmengs I am really not sure what the point is you are trying to make. I fear we are arguing about two separate things. Your last post actually proves (mostly) my point. I was wrong about the guinea fowl native to east africa, actually thought it was native to west Africa as well as North Africa...
Jump to postSo does Turkey's flag carrier do something special on Thanksgiving for its US routes, given that the holiday centers around the turkey bird? Wow what an ignorant thread and amazing its not locked by our normally sensitive hard working mods. The English name for the country Turkiye Cumhuriyeti and t...
Jump to postYeah, quads tend to be great at hot and high because you only lose 25% with an engine out. I thought twins were actually good at hot and high because you have to be able to lose 50% with engine out which means each engine has to pack a lot of power. For example, wasn't July in Denver one factor (of...
Jump to postYeah, quads tend to be great at hot and high because you only lose 25% with an engine out. I thought twins were actually good at hot and high because you have to be able to lose 50% with engine out which means each engine has to pack a lot of power. For example, wasn't July in Denver one factor (of...
Jump to postseb146, I totally agree and it is something I've been arguing about since I joined. Basically the influence of ethnic populations generating a route is overestimated. First-generation immigrants may want to return but they are very price-sensitive,probably will go back when the kids are out of schoo...
Jump to postWhat we should have is more time zones!!! Look at Chicago. it is the easternmost part of Central time so during the longest day of the year sunrise is at 5:15 and sunset is at 8:28. Detroit which is towards the western end of Eastern time has the same hours of daylight as Chicago, yet the longest da...
Jump to postFrom LAX it must be the SV route to JED. With no tourism to KSA This is a common misconception. Tourism is Saudi Arabia's 2nd source of revenue. Saudi Arabia had 18 million tourists in 2016; more than popular destinations like India, Netherlands, Portugal or Brazil. https://data.worldbank.org/indic...
Jump to postDelta: Pro: Best of US majors in terms of service. Great friendly staff. Terminal 4 and LGA are better than most other NY area terminals Com: Pricey, IFE is not much to write home about, ATL is awful to xfer in. JetBlue: Pro: Great out of NY, great IFE, awesome legroom Con: Wx means a sh*t storm of...
Jump to post"I think afterwards my mum might have slipped me a tablet" could be the best line from any trip report EVER!!!
Great TR thanks for the enjoyable reading.
My neighbor is Ethiopian doctor and seemingly whenever family members travel home they took Emirates or Turkish. He once told me bottom of barrel traffic flew ET and Saudia for what its worth. What a snob. He could fly Ethiopian from LAX to Addis but instead takes a slower connection on Emirates or...
Jump to postI think there are two separate issues. The enhanced screening where you get screened twice, once normally and then once at the gate seems par for the course now. Happened on almost every int'l flight I've been on. In JNB I got to the gate early and was sleeping when they asked everyone to leave and ...
Jump to postWhile I am an active participant in the Civil Aviation forum, I have found today that all my activity between September 2017 and July 24 2018 is no longer posted. I sure hope that there is no data loss that will happen as part of this migration, for this community is about user contributed content....
Jump to postSky Harbor is a great name. It should be kept. Also when airports or bridges are renamed after politicians, most of the time the public doesn't get a say and the public will defiantly still keep using the old name. More people, especially DC natives call DCA National Airport rather than Reagan Natio...
Jump to postFunny thing is as much as I loathe this guy and Drumpf, i think I sort of I get where he is coming from. In a very inarticulate matter, Giuliani was basically saying it was a "he said, he said" situation and which version is the truth, who actually knows? He actually has a point. Of course...
Jump to postI still don't get why Airbus allow itself to be dependant on US technology for their aircraft. They must have known that this day would come ? It wouldn't make any difference of they DIDN'T source components and systems in the U.S. If Airbus sold aircraft to Iran it could be prohibited from selling...
Jump to postYeah, I don't see it happening, other than as a prestige route. The only likely place is JFK. Long shot LAX but much further. Longer shot DTW, yeah I know huge Lebanese and Arab diaspora, but as I've noted before, that diaspora has got to be much larger than you think to generate pax who will sit up...
Jump to postjust going to hypothesize for a minute. is it possible that the man was *masturbating in his sleep?* Yes it can and does happen, probably every one here has had an erotic dream and woke up to find his/her hand attached to that person's joy bits. Is it possible that the woman made the complaint in a ...
Jump to post1. Considering so many fellow passengers went to her defense and then were thrown off themselves - while not proving it was the flight attendant's fault (i wasn't there) certainly makes me think the problem lies more with her than with the passenger. I mean if the passenger really had an attitude wo...
Jump to postI read Sonny Barger's autobiography. For those who don't know he was one of the founders of the Hells Angels - he was the archetype of the badass American biker. He admitted he now rode Hondas, said Harleys didn't have the workmanship of Hondas and were junk. Thus I was surprised to see that Harleys...
Jump to postBenin
Capital Porto-Novo
Biggest city and busiest airport is Cotonou
although they are only like 40km apart
and of course Bhutan has got Thimpu as capitol but Paro as its sole international airport.
Well for most of the Shea era the Mets were pretty pathetic so it offered something to see when the Mets were losing. But a lot of people are right, back in the olden days, a 727 or DC9 screaming out of LGA was *loud!*. PS I spent some time at Georgetown University in the early 80s, damn loved those...
Jump to postTommy, you’ve been though a similar situation in the 80’s and as much you were against Reagan’s position you can’t argue w the results. Sanctions? Who on earth still dreaming it's all caused by sanctions? And China? Do you think you can influence how a regional power treat its ally if not for the f...
Jump to postFrom the article: "His story is now going to be told in How To Start An Airline"
Why do I feel this is less about starting an airline, Sharia-compliant or not and more about promoting the documentary and himself as new niche reality TV star. The airline is just a storyline.
It is more difficult now because the people-to-people thing is tightened up. You have to go with an organized tour group. Blech. That also tends to make things very expensive. Add to that if you are going for a while you must bring all cash and even in the all-inclusives your US credit card won't wo...
Jump to postJust a week ago, i was on a flight from PAP to JFK and this happened about 30 minutes before touchdown. Luckily there was a medical missionary team on the flight so like 20 medical professionals to assist. I didn't see everything but I was close enough to business class (where the passenger was) to ...
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