Well keep in mind "back in the day" these gates served 150 passenger aircraft without any problem. Now, it's a problem. ;) To be fair, they weren't really 150 massager jets back then. TWA's MD-80s had around 140 seats and so many of the flights were on DC-9s with as few as 76 seats (in th...
Jump to postSTL-FRA was scheduled to (re)start in the spring of 2001 by TWA but was never started by AA.
TWA had operated STL-FRA at different times in the 80s and 90s but never year-round nor on a consistent basis.
TWA also operated STL-OGG in the final few years.
Unless DL puts a refurbished 777 with the Delta One Suite on LAX-SYD consistently, it would seem this route is ripe for the A350 as DL will otherwise have a less competitive product in what is a crowded field. QF are upgrading their A380s, AA has the 789 on the route, as does UA, or is the A350 too...
Jump to postkjeld0d wrote:How does a company get a passport?
N649DL wrote:klm617 wrote:
The only other competitor NW was considering merging with was with Pan Am in the late 1980s.
No Northwest should have stuck with Continental. From a network and mgmt perspective, NW was better off with DL than CO. Sure CO would provide a better NYC hub and a Texas hub. But nothing in the west or in South. DL would have then ended up with UA. But more importantly, lets remember that NW's ma...
Jump to postUA857 wrote:Is JFK-Europe and JFK-South America Profitable for DL and AA?
UA (through CO and I guess because of the old People Express) has a fortress hub at EWR that has prevented much if any meaningful competition whereas JFK by virtue of its status as the primary international gateway has a lot. For the most part, UA doesn't compete too much on its Asian routes or it h...
Jump to postIts supposed to warm up tomorrow and hit 50 on Thursday. It was horrible yesterday all around the Boston area. It got so cold at one point that the road salt wasn't melting the ice. It had warmed up and the snow/ice melted under the noon-time sun...but by 3:30 the street in front of my house was a f...
Jump to postIronic considering we're talking about Delta, but I think that JFK's T4 -- the DL terminal at that airport -- is the worst I've encountered. IIRC I took a bus from one end of the same terminal to the other to connect...I get that there are infrastructural limitations and other factors that I don't ...
Jump to postPA's main Brazil base was GIG. This had a lot to do with the fact that GRU wasn't the main Int'l airport until the mid-80s. PA operated from Congonhas until 1985 and Congonhas didn't have long enough runways to operate n/s to much of anywhere. Even afterwards, PA was running GRU-GIG-XXX.
Jump to postIts not possible that DL has brought catering in-house at Logan, is it? I noticed back in December that the catering trucks all said Delta on them rather than Gate Gourmet. I paid attention today while our flight was being catered (it was easy as it was during boarding and I was in row 1). The truck...
Jump to postHappy Holidays everyone. Did some reading of the filings for merging the AF-KL-DL and DL-VS joint ventures. B6 requested full slot information for LHR/LGW/AMS/CDG which the other airlines provided. https://airlineinfo.com/ostpdf103/309.pdf It has been mentioned that B6 requested LHR slots but this ...
Jump to postNot sure if this has been covered, but looks like DL will be upgauging BOS-LHR from the 763ER to the A332 next spring (based on a dummy booking I started for April). Will be the first DL A332 in BOS IIRC as BOS-AMS is an A333. The 332 was scheduled on the second AMS rotation a few summers back and ...
Jump to postDoesn't that mean you can't fly nonstop into the US? I thought that was the reason why DL couldn't start NBO and PK had to have stops in MAN/DUB, etc
Jump to postSame thing was said about XNA, MKE, and BNA. As I pointed out, yields (and even LFs) have gone down drastically in recent years, and with DL using more CR2s instead of CR9s (which are aircraft with much higher CASM), profit on the route has undoubtedly shrunk. Although moving to CRJs will reduce tr...
Jump to postSame thing was said about XNA, MKE, and BNA. As I pointed out, yields (and even LFs) have gone down drastically in recent years, and with DL using more CR2s instead of CR9s (which are aircraft with much higher CASM), profit on the route has undoubtedly shrunk. Although moving to CRJs will reduce tr...
Jump to postI’m surprised no one has jumped in questioning if one or both of aircraft will be written off and scrapped. I wouldn't be surprised if the 757 was written off as they're not worth much in the used market. I think an '04 build is worth only about $14M US. Compare that with a 15 year old 737NG or A32...
Jump to postwhere are the DCA slots coming from? What has DL dropped? are they picking up slots from somewhere else? Reduced frequencies with larger aircraft at other hubs (i.e.CVG-DCA is going from 4xCR7/9 to 3xB717). Per BOS forum: DTW, ATL, RDU, and CVG all lost 1x frequency to DCA, LGA lost 2x Thanks.
Jump to postwhere are the DCA slots coming from? What has DL dropped? are they picking up slots from somewhere else?
Jump to postThe AF reduction of the order from 12 to 10 should have been a clue, given they should have had attractive launch pricing. The same clue goes for LH, who also cut a few frames and says it has no plans to take more. Not only the cancellation of the final two orders but also the comments that Delta's...
Jump to postThe DOJ/DOT restrictions that AS agreed to (mostly around LAX and DFW if I recall) would still apply and take precedence over any alliance rules. AS could easily apply to have the agreement changed arguing that conditions in the marketplace have changed (lets assume for this thread that it would be ...
Jump to postI agree that the Shuttle is more about NYC/LGA than BOS, I just wonder how much longer the useful life of the Shuttles are and how long DL and AA stay committed to them. I say this as someone who spends a lot of time running between NYC and BOS--most of it on planes despite my better judgment. The ...
Jump to postAgreed. Despite AA shifting flights to PHL from JFK, they still have a large LGA operation. The shuttle to BOS is more about NYC than about BOS. I agree that the Shuttle is more about NYC/LGA than BOS, I just wonder how much longer the useful life of the Shuttles are and how long DL and AA stay com...
Jump to postPrevious slides [Edited for emphasis] Slide 7 - 120 daily departures increase over the next 3 years - B6 - 150 to 200 (50), DL 100 to 150 (50), WN (surprising) - 41 to 56 - meaning 11 turns a day on their 5 gates.. that's some going... and another surprise UA 44 to 51 (7) July board meeting highlig...
Jump to postWe have no evidence that the A330neo is "tens of millions" cheaper than the 787. It could even be that the 787 is less expensive. And the 787 is also highly efficient at short to moderate stage lengths. Is DL buying the right tool? Maybe. They think so, but is it? And is it the best tool ...
Jump to postWhen you run a business you do not buy "the best," you buy the right tools for each job. Buying the 787 to fly it DTW-AMS is like buying a Bugatti to go 75 MPH. Not necessary. The A330neo is perfect for that job, and tens of millions of dollars cheaper than 787. Again... because the 787 b...
Jump to postBobloblaw wrote:Are there other industries that receive anti trust immunity?
*IF* DL has plans for AUS then this won't deter them. NK & DL chase totally different demographics and I don't think they view each other as true competitors. yes and no. NK's m.o. of 1x daily or less than daily flights and few connecting opportunities makes them less than ideal for business tr...
Jump to postHow often does the central garage get filled? I was there today and I had to park in the terminal E lot I took the last available spot. When walking from A to E I noticed cars double parked that happen often? A lot, hence why Massport is trying to build more, even though they really don’t want to (...
Jump to posthinckley wrote:N717TW wrote:Only BA, IB and LH have all continuously operated from Terminal E since it opened in '74 . . . IB was missing for most of the 80s and 90s.
So did you mean BA and LH only?
Aside from BA, who are the longest serving tenants of terminal E? Logan Terminal Map from June 1974 ... when Terminal E opened as the John A Volpe International Terminal https://scontent.fbed1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/46055165_10213602474600801_3604604938719592448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scont...
Jump to postThe "eagles nest " is a nickname used for the old American eagle area. Calling it a terminal is really an exaggeration. No jetbridges or any real amenities. It's located right next to the massport fire station, at the entrance to the J pad Was it originally built as a terminal for America...
Jump to postSome of the answer will depend on how BofA does it corporate travel. I've sat next to a number of Merrill Lynch folks out of NYC and BofA international banking folks from their BOS (former BankBoston/Fleet) office over the last year...a lot more than I used to or remember. It could just be people wh...
Jump to postuh, yeah they can. Example, The Delta/United "swap" of JFK/EWR slots was actually United selling Delta JFK slots and Delta selling United EWR slots. Except it wasn't a sale. It is a lease and the DOT rejected the EWR lease...then did away with slot restrictions at EWR making it all moot a...
Jump to postThe underlying premise of the thread is off: Slots at JFK can't be sold. The airline doesn't "own" the slot, they are simply assigned to the airline for its use with the presumption that they stay with the airline until it doesn't need it anymore. That said, the slots can be swapped and tr...
Jump to postBOS ramp/bag room in the late '80s and '90s was a notoriously rough place to work.
(Edited b/c I thought, about 1/2 hour after writing, that my line could easily be read out of context and therefore be insensitive to those directly or indirectly affected by the murder of Sue Taraskiewicz. Sorry!).
Call me a doubting Thomas I’m just highly skeptical that DL would do this add and fling RJs from DTW to ORH unless it’s to get something in return from MassPort at BOS. I mean they’ve been cutting DCI routes like LIT TUL and CAK from DTW and stuff like FNT and BMI from MSP and we think they may sta...
Jump to postSo when will this route be reallocated to DL? What's the indication that DL really wants the additional China, let alone PEK, authority? I'm not really sure they wanted LAX-PEK beyond blocking AA from adding the route. Now that AA has started LAX-PEK, does DL really want to start that route? At bes...
Jump to postSo when will this route be reallocated to DL? What's the indication that DL really wants the additional China, let alone PEK, authority? I'm not really sure they wanted LAX-PEK beyond blocking AA from adding the route. Now that AA has started LAX-PEK, does DL really want to start that route? At bes...
Jump to postI heard that AF (which has powerful unions as everyone knows) has more relief pilots per long haul flight than required. Can anyone confirm? There are lots of situations that on paper don't require a relief pilot. That doesn't mean it's smart. Honestly is it really a good idea to depart at 10pm for...
Jump to postThe return flight is most certainly longer than the eastbound flight. Plus, depending on how early the return flight departs using the crews "body clock" which would still be on Eastern Time in the US, FAR 117 could required 3 pilots. Interesting. The return clocks in around 7hr on averag...
Jump to postI was just on DL409 flying JFK-EDI and found it really odd that we had three pilots given that its only a 6 hr flight. Not only did I see all three in uniform but the Captain announced herself and the two other pilots just before we pushed off from gate at JFK. I thought that the standard for DL/AA/...
Jump to postI agree on PHL/CLT-Asia flight(s), particularly TYO with the JL JV. It wouldn't shock me to see an ORD-Asia 788 flip to PHL/CLT-TYO. With them talking more about Europe, I'd expect 788s to start appearing in PHL/CLT next year for some of the 763 flying that will need to be covered as those birds ar...
Jump to postI agree on PHL/CLT-Asia flight(s), particularly TYO with the JL JV. It wouldn't shock me to see an ORD-Asia 788 flip to PHL/CLT-TYO. With them talking more about Europe, I'd expect 788s to start appearing in PHL/CLT next year for some of the 763 flying that will need to be covered as those birds ar...
Jump to postWhen UA acquired PA's LHR (and IAD-CDG route) assets (for a bargain $400m) they got 16/17* slots at LHR. For a time, UA was operating 727s into Germany, AMS and OSL. It even ran DEL onto HKG for a while in the mid 90s. Eventually the slots all moved to being used for US nonstops. PA generally ran 9 ...
Jump to postThe didn't sell their remaining slots. AA inherited them through the merger/acquisition post Chapter 11 in 2001. The only slots TWA officially sold off were the LHR routes, and the slots were at LHR, not JFK. The airport wasn't slot controlled except for certain times of the day back when TWA was f...
Jump to postThe didn't sell their remaining slots. AA inherited them through the merger/acquisition post Chapter 11 in 2001. The only slots TWA officially sold off were the LHR routes, and the slots were at LHR, not JFK. The airport wasn't slot controlled except for certain times of the day back when TWA was f...
Jump to postWonder how much does having Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati weights on CVG traffic. One of Procter major Latin American regional HQ is in Panama City. Perhaps if Procter ask for it, CVG might get CM PTY-CVG at least 3-4 times per day? How is CVG Latin American traffic these days? It...
Jump to postIND has connecting traffic via DL and WN. What connecting traffic is DL flowing through Indianapolis? To be clear, I'm not saying that passengers have not made a connection in IND, but I doubt that connecting passengers are anything but incidental. Indy's DL destinations are almost all hubs / focus...
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