This is what the 2x daily SEA-AMS-SEA schedule will look like DL142 SEA-AMS 1:20 PM-8:20 AM DL144 SEA-AMS (NEW) 5:50 PM-12:50 PM DL143 AMS-SEA 10:15 AM-11:35 AM DL145 AMS-SEA (NEW) 2:30 PM-3:45 PM How are they going to feed 2 SEA-AMS flights if Asia traffic is pretty much decimated. SEA is the Asia...
Jump to postNobody in small towns like that is going to bat an eye at a $10 increase (if that were truly what the increase was) in comparison to driving hours over the passes to SeaTac So, to the comment to which I was replying, they would rather spend hours driving over the passes than take a Q400? People on ...
Jump to postMissed in all of this is that United announced yesterday it is suspending several SFO flights until February. Nonstops to YYC, YYZ, XNA, STL, and OKC. They are also cutting Sonoma-Den, and SJC-ORD non-stops. This is on top of the other already announced cuts to MSY, ATL, PIT, and Shanghai. Is Calif...
Jump to postway cool. these are always so much fun. i would love to see more IAD-Latin America, i.e. BOG, LIM, perhaps even EZE. Also, IAD/EWR-DSS LAX-PPT would also be a really interesting option, ahead of the return of AF which has been operating PPT via YVR since the pandemic. Totally agree here.. Never und...
Jump to postPretty sure it’s been an Airbus base for a really long time.
Jump to postHere are the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for WN flights out of Hawaii in June 2021: HNL-ITO - 12051 passengers, 41300 seats, 29.18% load factor HNL-KOA - 15006 passengers, 40075 seats, 37.44% load factor HNL-LAS - 12104 passengers, 16275 seats, 74.37% load factor HNL-LAX...
Jump to postTo answer your question about ABQ to PHX - since its a pretty short flight, you’re going to fly some odd directions to intercept the STAR route into Phoenix. Theres a whole bunch of military airspace east of Phoenix, and the main arrival from the east is the EAGUL6 - which comes from the northeast i...
Jump to postAnyone know about the web site Fare Measure? According to them, 123 Passengers fly between Spokane, Washington & Santa Ana, California. Maybe there is high enough demand to warrant Embraer 175 flights? I would love to see Alaska Airlines add more non - stop flights to cities from Spokane, Washi...
Jump to postrjbesikof wrote:If and when this route starts, will DL add domestic widebody service out of PDX to position the aircraft that will go to Korea?
Wonder why they just don't fly them direct into IAD? Maybe there is some type of clearance that can only be done at a military facility first before sending them to a commercial airport? Probably makes more sense from a security stand point to screen them thru something more rigorous than normal cu...
Jump to postAirlines stocks have been taking a beating since late last week because of this. That's incorrect. AA & UA's stock climbed last week, while most other airlines' was stagnant or down by an insignificant amount. Which is a complete overreaction. Cases will plummet in the next few weeks... Yeah, b...
Jump to postSaw TSA numbers were lowest yesterday since late June. Spirit meltdown? Variant concerns? School starting up?
Jump to postAre you sure? I’ve been monitoring the flights between RIC and LAX and I’ve observed that these flights are full or very near full. If it were that bad, B6 would have pulled this flight a while ago from RIC…but they haven’t and are not going to for, at least, a few more months…if at all! Well, in t...
Jump to postI think this would be Envoy OO operates the PHX-RDM flights on the CR7's, but maybe you're right. We'll see shortly I guess. One other big hub we do get seasonal service to, is ORD on UA as well, but this is year around. I can see many miles on AA for us if the flight happens, it's at least twice a...
Jump to postYou better get on that LAX-RIC quick, loads are rough and I’m not sure how much longer that will stick around. Good luck! Are you sure? I’ve been monitoring the flights between RIC and LAX and I’ve observed that these flights are full or very near full. If it were that bad, B6 would have pulled thi...
Jump to postI think it’s very possible we see another Winter full of Florida and Arizona. Seems inevitable at this point. Will be interesting to see if CA or Vegas get cut close-in for Fall after these new restrictions. Seems like a matter of time for places like Seattle/NY/Chicago
Jump to postFlightaware has good data on the change in aircraft movements 2019 vs. 2020 vs. 2021. I've consolidated some of the top airports to see the change between 2019 and 2021 from the latest day's worth of data (June 13th). I excluded cargo heavy airports such as MEM, SDF, and ANC, because those would mo...
Jump to postI know the CEO’s say otherwise, but there is NO WAY the new restrictions coming about and Delta fears aren’t hurting forward bookings. Fall was already supposed to be suspect, but I imagine at least a few vacations have been canned.
Jump to postJust hours ago it was announced Senators Merkely & Wyden from Oregon have secured 800k in grant money to help start & support AA into flying a n/s to DFW from Roberts Field. Even AA wrote a letter of support to the service, Spring 2022 likely is a start up time. Sounds like a OO operated E-...
Jump to postJust hours ago it was announced Senators Merkely & Wyden from Oregon have secured 800k in grant money to help start & support AA into flying a n/s to DFW from Roberts Field. Even AA wrote a letter of support to the service, Spring 2022 likely is a start up time. Sounds like a OO operated E-...
Jump to postSo we're seeing an increase in domestic due to leisure right? Probably because people who were locked in for the last year are eager to get out and take a vacation? If that's the case once international opens up travel will easily exceed 2019 levels. I wonder how it impacts the bottom line of the m...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] More great info Indy, well done mate! Question, I've been looking at the domestic travel numbers the TSA puts out. It appears we've leveled off around +/-20% or so lower than 2019 traffic. On the surface this might indicate the adjusted "new average" of daily domestic but w...
Jump to postAhhhh… what could have been. According to the Triangle Business Journal, RDU was just inches away from getting AMS and FRA service before Covid. AMS I could see KLM on. FRA, I felt like UA opening a club at RDU was part of a bigger picture. It also said the Asia flight was a ways off, mostly due to...
Jump to postIf you ever see airline jets flying into Riverside, it’s military. Every time.
Jump to postI just didn’t realize an A321 on a route that length would have any fuel issues. I figure it could take a fair bit less than full and be fine. Doesn’t seem all that long. But shows what I know. It can carry enough fuel, but with a full load of passengers and cargo, the high temperatures, and requir...
Jump to postTo me, this shows that airlines don’t see a big business travel rebound towards the end of the year like many are predicting. To be allocating resources to long transcons to secondary Florida instead of building back pre-pandemic schedules in the Winter shows they expect perhaps a steep travel dropo...
Jump to postThe race to figure out what Winter will look like begins. I’m expecting a ton of the same; Florida, California, Arizona. Places people can go outside. Not much different than pre-COVID, but perhaps magnified now that we know how well the virus spreads when its cold and we’re packed inside.
Jump to postI don’t think so. EK has the money pit of government funding, and thus will be able to always undercut any fares an American carrier puts on sale. Except that isn’t how it works. You are spreading a complete falsehood and fabrication. Why don’t you tell us all how it works then, instead of just usi...
Jump to postAmazing, and we’re technically not in Summer yet. And very limited European travel. I travel again tomorrow and I expect all flights will be full and the airports packed. Domestic travel is at ~80% of 2019 (probably higher if you factor in domestic travel that is really connecting onto int'l flight...
Jump to postThere are domestic widebodies almost everywhere right now. Take any large market-large market or hub-hub right now and there’s probably widebodies.
Jump to postI don’t think so. EK has the money pit of government funding, and thus will be able to always undercut any fares an American carrier puts on sale.
Jump to postI think business/corporate travel in the United States starts to really shoot up here any week now. After California reopens on the 16th I believe, that leaves only a small quantity of states with any restrictions remaining. Most states have fully reopened, and the case trends continue to move down.
Jump to postEven though it’s still probably a pipe dream - this announcement is by no means insignificant. Sure, it will probably never happen, but it shows the airlines are interested and a market may exist - which many were skeptical about since Concorde went away. IF this comes to fruition, I would imagine o...
Jump to postUnited's (Skywest) first flight from SBA to ORD in 40(ish?) years took off this morning. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL5396 Mainline was originally supposed to take this over next month, but it looks like it's OO for the foreseeable future. Oddly, July 1 has this route being flown on a CRJ...
Jump to postI think we will see 2m sooner than people think. Airlines are adding a lot of seats in June compared to May.
Jump to postI’ll revise my post a little bit - what are city pairs with endless LEISURE demand? The business routes would just be your highest frequency routes in the world, but what about for tourism and VFR traveling?
Jump to postHello, I was just browsing A.net forums and saw many posts mentioning cities that seemed to have “Endless demand” between one another. While I know this is obviously rhetorical, and it’s not really possible for endless demand to exist, but I’m sure there are many routes where if just about any airli...
Jump to postWouldn’t be surprised if a COVID vaccine requirement happens for controllers, it seems like closures due to COVID at this point are either avoidable or can be solved without closing the facility. But I don’t know FAA protocol or health guidance or cleaning standards so I can’t be too sure my point i...
Jump to postJust some food for thought..... I wonder if Breeze could eventually launch nonstop SAT-PDX flights. The market is clearly there. At one point, SY was operating it 4x weekly with a 737-800. San Antonio appears to be a major focus point within Breeze's route network and since Portland is one of the l...
Jump to postLooks like Eurowings (with Lufthansa) is starting new FRA-SLC next Summer, along with RSW, PTY, and Kilimanjaro. Also in the release is MUC-CUN/PUJ/LAS, but I think those may be resumptions. https://www.lufthansagroup.com/en/newsroom/releases/summer-2022-seven-additional-long-haul-tourist-connection...
Jump to postLot of money coming into southern New Hampshire. The Manchester-Nashua housing market is red-hot and Concord is right behind it. There’s a migration inward from Boston-NY-Philly etc...folks who want to escape the urban life with its lack of space. So while MHT has languished for years, now may be a...
Jump to postWN3487 just departed 10 minutes ago on the normal route. If you’re looking at the Q400’s, they often are assigned turns immedietly after takeoff because they climb at slower speeds and often have different departure procedures.
Jump to postNot too surprising. There was a huge surge in demand for PPE and medical supplies through Spring and Summer. I remember AN-124’s literally packed to the brim with boxes of masks. What a weird time in history.
Jump to postFrontier is starting BUR-PHX. If Avelo wants to stay in the Phoenix market long-term, it’s going to need to advertise. AA going mainline, WN, and Frontier all offering low fares and they have brand recognition
Jump to postA while. With the global reach that aviation has, it’s going to take a global control on COVID before we start talking about masks optional in airplanes and airports.
Jump to postWell, CDC just announced that fully vaccinated individuals shouldn’t need masks indoors or outdoors, regardless of the size of the group. Obviously public transport will still need masks until it gets more under control globally, but this should further bolster what we already know will be a massive...
Jump to postHave to think Mother’s Day plays big into that, and many colleges/universities finished up Spring this week. I think we can officially start calling it Summer travel season.
Jump to postJUST IN: @TSA screened 1,644,050 people at security checkpoints yesterday, Thursday, May 6. It's the highest checkpoint throughput since the start of the pandemic. Perspective: On the same day in 2019 (pre-pandemic), 2,555,342 people were screened.
Jump to postBUR-AZA was advertised and ticketed as a daily flight, but has not operated since the inaugural on Monday. Read a post saying there was 16 people on the inaugural, maybe half of which are non-airline personnel. Could this be a reason, or something more technical?
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