Anyone have any insight about this? Will be a big improvement for the E175 experience. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-becomes-first-airline-to-add-new-larger-overhead-bins-to-embraer-e175-aircraft-302099459.html Quick math -- if being able to take 29 additional bags is about an 80%...
Jump to postWhy was the AC turned off? Fred Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Probably one of those emergencies. I suspect the airco simply didn't work, which is reason enough to return to the gate. PS since most people on this site aren't from the US, mentioning temperatures in Fahrenheit is not exactly conv...
Jump to postReason for the flight: (Lots of) Money - I would venture a guess that this flight carried something very important, timely, and valuable. Just maybe figured that one out. My guess would be the art collection of the Hermitage museum, which was on display in the formerly Hermitage Amsterdam..The Herm...
Jump to postFrom the Air Cargo thread (thanks to factsonly for spotting the flights to LED). https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23869845#p23869845 Interesting to see Chinese full freighters operate Russia-EU flights these days: - July 1st, 2023: YZR7461 Suparna Airlines LED - AMS B744BDSF B-2432 h...
Jump to postAeroflot has been permanently damaged. Any chance of the airline operating ''normally'' again is unlikely. Additionally, Aeroflot has lost a lot of market share they won't get back. A large majority of international routes they used to serve outside of Russia are not operating. When you also consid...
Jump to postThe acting CEO of AMS has just announced a plan for several major restrictions for the future operation of the airport. He wants these to be implemented towards the end of 2025. -Private jets are no longer welcome at AMS -No takeoffs between 0000-0600 -No landings between 0000-0500 -No more of the ...
Jump to postThe pay is different by Terminal?
Jump to postIts also the hub-and-spoke banks working perfectly. CM has found its better to run a flight at 9:15PM and 9:35PM, for example, instead of one at 8:00PM and one at 9:15PM. And then take a look at the NORTHBOUND flights - could be that the 9:35PM flight sticks around on the ground longer to maximize ...
Jump to postPassengers from China, India, and the Gulf Coast nations will suffer. We are suddenly going back to the Cold War era now. Maybe you have missed what is going on in this world. We are in the middle of a war, not just a cold war. But I think it is wrong to blame the US or the EU for this. The countri...
Jump to postThis is the problem of US airports. In many other countries one can park at a remote stand and be bussed to the terminal. I guess that's not how we do things here in America. Yeah I don't get this either. I was doing a mileage run SAN-SFO-MIA a few years back, and I misconnected because there was n...
Jump to postANZ2 also did the about face. 15.5 hours AKL-AKL. No fun Surely there was a better solution than that. Weather in DTW was fine today. Charter a DL DTW-JFK-DTW to get everyone to/from NYC. ANZ2 could have gone EWR...a *A Hub... I'd be pretty ticked if I was on that flight. The alternate airport is 9...
Jump to postWhy do they need to divert to a different airport? Why not a different terminal? Tell me you've never been to JFK without telling me you've never been to JFK. Do you think they have a spare terminal worth of gates? Also, at least 3 (EWR, LGA, White Plains) nearby airports and 4 if you count Philly ...
Jump to postHow far offshore does Argentinian airspace extend? Seems to cover the entire of the Falklands. https://citationjetpilots.com/CJP/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FIR-01.png How can airspace "ownership" extend into international waters and beyond the 200 mile EEZ? I get the US claiming everythin...
Jump to postmy long held belief is that AS and B6 will each end up merging into one of the US3, down the (long) road. Wouldn't be surprised, with the seeming obvious two being AA/B6 @ JFK+BOS, ceding LGA+FLL assets to appease the DOJ; and DL/AS @ SEA, ceding SFO+LAX (well, AS's part of LAX). Leaving UA sorta o...
Jump to postI am still shocked they don't fly PS 757s at peak Business Travel times a couple times a day to SFO and LAX. It seems strange surrendering the premium O&D from Long Island and Connecticut that on a workday would be a several hour drive to EWR.
Jump to post32andBelow wrote:I dunno but I can’t stand flying overnight.
Hey our forecast high on Thursday got bumped up to 3 degrees below zero. With 30mm winds, that’s pretty dangerous for ground crew. For them it was the coldest day of their lives, or as they call it in some parts of the world...Tuesday. It's -35 degrees and falling (bonus at that temperature it does...
Jump to postClosing your only fuel refinery while living on a remote island dependent on the outside world for most non-food items (for presumably "environmental" reasons) has negative environmental and economic impacts? You don't say. It's a simple economies of scale thing for NZ refining, just as A...
Jump to postNo crew base but if it's known in advance couldn't a crew be sent to HNL ? From what I can see NZ has no refining capability, this seems unwise. This situation is just another reminder of how tight the fuel situation can be due to political or economic decisions made months or years ago. This is so...
Jump to postAN-22 taking off from Siberian mud up to it's engines - apparently the mud is combustible enough... Spotter's View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtYlR28Yb4 Passenger's View (includes massive splatter all over the window, right behind the landing gear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGduq-xb8...
Jump to postAN-22 taking off from Siberian mud up to it's engines - apparently the mud is combustible enough...
Spotter's View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtYlR28Yb4
Passenger's View (includes massive splatter all over the window, right behind the landing gear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGGduq-xb88
rutankrd wrote:Current and ongoing COVID restrictions prevent Beijing being served directly , Tianjin isn’t to far away and is a freight hub
Well didn’t FA and Pilots went thru security FOR YEARS before KCM was crated? I don’t get the big deal. Just get them a dedicated metal detector and Xray machine and voila.. But there won’t be a dedicated line (maybe at some superhubs). Everyone a trip to security just got longer. Enjoy the crews c...
Jump to postThe point is that demand is not growing. No one is moving to Majuro or anywhere in Micronesia for that matter. If UA can't fill a 737, why would there be room for a competitor? Also the atolls could very well be underwater within the next decade or so due to erosion. The atolls may be threatened in...
Jump to postThere must be some subsidy for this route. Can the A321neo fly HNL-GUM with full payload? The islanders in Guam are SICK of the UA monopoly. May be pushing it too close with the standard Neo's capability, especially with ETOPS. If HA had the LR, it should be a bit better. The XLR though wouldn't ha...
Jump to postAmerican 767 wrote:They are just a few months, maybe one year at the most, shy of celebrating their 100th anniversary, so they gotta hang on to it whatever the outcome might be. It would be a pity if they collapse and not at least see their 100th birthday.
With DL's new boarding policy they are starting boarding ~40 minutes prior to departure. If I'm in F, whats the point of fighting the cattle heard gate lice, then sitting on the plane while everyone bumps past me. If I have large bags for a camping/backpacking/ski trip I'm checking bags. If I'm on ...
Jump to postOn Tuesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated he would like to see foreign airlines operate domestic service between Mexican cities, to increase sevice options and drive down prices. As with many nations current laws do not allow domestic cabotage, but the president says “Let for...
Jump to postIt's really not a good idea to have non-pax hanging around in a secure area. Those with a genuine need to be in the secure area, should be allowed... those without a strong reason should be denied access. There's plenty of space in airports to say your goodbyes in the landside area. Boosting retail...
Jump to postPicking up regarding EWR global awareness from the UA network thread: I would hope that however big or small the global population is who may get the willies flying into a less familiar airport, that the NEW Newark Liberty will gain some notoriety. I’m not sure if NYC should be adding to the name, ...
Jump to postTata is really pushing them to become a global player Yeah well the US can’t compete because they can’t fly over Russian airspace….. An airplane flying a routing (without landing, of course) of SFO-CTS-ICN-BLR is only 4.7% longer and it flies along Aleuts and avoids the Kurils than the great circle...
Jump to postI can’t talk for EWR specifically, but as a general rule the issue will not be the bus driving in lightning. It will be the passengers crossing the ramp to and from the bus, and the staff present to supervise the passengers crossing the ramp, with lightning in the area. V/F At Newark they have stat...
Jump to postAs far as I know, any time lightning is in the area, the ramp is shut down, which I guess would include the buses if they're driving around on the ramp. Most city buses aren't driving around on the ramp or anywhere near a plane. Yes, but they drive in a thunderstorm...pretty sure its illogical espe...
Jump to postSo once T-A opens up, I assume UA will offer a bus shuttle service between A and C right? However, and based on personal experience, due to the much more higher demand for the bus once opened, how will EWR deal with thunderstorms, as currently as soon as a lighting warning hits, the bus system gets...
Jump to postSo once T-A opens up, I assume UA will offer a bus shuttle service between A and C right? However, and based on personal experience, due to the much more higher demand for the bus once opened, how will EWR deal with thunderstorms, as currently as soon as a lighting warning hits, the bus system gets...
Jump to postFor Boeing the 787F would perhaps be the cheapest replacement for the 767-300F, due the current difficulties within the Boeing Company. However for the cargo/parcel airlines it would be a very expensive variant (ownwership cost), especially seen the relative low utilisation of their fleets, compare...
Jump to postHow many ARJ21'S have been built? Have they sold any to foreign carriers? How many could be realistically built in a month? How many are in domestic fleet, What is the average daily usage?. Almost 70 ARJ21s have been delivered, all to Chinese airlines. They are reports of orders from Indonesia, Lao...
Jump to postJDub wrote:The FAA is not going to change a thing. There is no way to mandate wider seats. It is impossible.
AF and KL can just fly in with enough fuel to perform the return as well, even if this is not an environmentally friendly decision. But for United,Emirates and Virgin, the inconvenience will be inevitable. Can a United 787 or 777 not make it a round trip (at least from EWR, IAD, or ORD)? no How can...
Jump to postAZa346 wrote:AF and KL can just fly in with enough fuel to perform the return as well, even if this is not an environmentally friendly decision. But for United,Emirates and Virgin, the inconvenience will be inevitable.
Jeez. Just overpay a few temps to sort through the 20,000 bags and get them on the way. A few temps to sort and label with like one real worker or security person to watch over it. It's a one time cost to catch up. That is probably a union job, and there's rules...donchaknow. The whole operational ...
Jump to postIt's shocking how many airports were completely unprepared for the large surge in passenger numbers once the vaccines had brought the pandemic under control. I don't find it at all shocking. All kinds of businesses are understaffed and struggling to find people to fill positions. Airports and airli...
Jump to postfreakyrat wrote:Whatwver happened to Handflying to the correct Runway if the automation fails like it obviously did here and then discuss what happened in the ramp area?
How is it that the Danish could "erase" (i.e. pay) SAS's debts without breaching EU competition laws? If Italy can no longer support its carrier, then why would any of the Scandinavian countries be able to do so? My understanding of the concept is that help for former flag carriers is sup...
Jump to postBusiness and money wins over societal health after airlines cry enough about the policy. Just from personal experience, I've known quite a few folks (such as crew members on personal travel) that thankfully were identified by the test and were able to remain isolating until well and avoid risk to o...
Jump to postIf it had pax on board, likely longer than any normally scheduled B737NG flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_flights#Longest_passenger_flights_(by_aircraft_type) No idea if it has any PAX onboard but considering what i believe is a charter flight number it might just be, and beats out a GO...
Jump to postIs this general practice across the industry world wide, or just something the US airlines do? I would be surprised if other countries let the airlines get away with paying their crew only for time spent in the air. Totally! I would be very surprised to see this happening in Western Europe. Here th...
Jump to postOfficials at AUS saying masks no longer required at their airport. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/masks-no-longer-required-at-abia-flights However, officials at PDX saying otherwise: https://komonews.com/news/local/federal-judge-in-florida-voids-us-mask-mandate-for-planes-other-travel Not confusi...
Jump to postc933103 wrote:Wouldn't PD-14 be too much power for SSJ?
Because current Supply Chain issues aren't enough to tell companies that it is a bad idea to expand operations in China?
Can China be *that* much cheaper right now, with all of their factory gate inflation, than say Romania?