Surprising that Qantas would have spare A380 Capacity for charters, with 14 787-9's and 8 out of 10 A380's available for all their LHR and USA flights. Those 787-9 also fly almost daily to Santiago & Johannesburg too. You make a good point, but the fact that it has been so widely noticed shows ...
Jump to postWhen NW and DL still had the Narita hub, I can remember at least two flights where we waited for connecting pax. They typically only had 1 large bank of arrivals and departures for the day as most cities only had 1X daily service. 50 minutes is a long wait, I don't think most airlines would wait muc...
Jump to postIt's a seasonal route and always has been, this was totally expected and planned. Slow news day. Except the fact that an airline that puts it on seasonal basis makes it *much* easier to quietly suspend and never restart the route than a market that is not seasonal. Exactly ... At LAN ... room for 2...
Jump to postGood points regarding stl and charter services. I bet the answer is both. WN dropped BDL, which creates room for an HVN flight immediately. Later down the line they can also fly charters I haven't heard anything about WN leaving BDL. They have flights available to book well into the future. They do...
Jump to postPilot deviation by definition. I'm 99% certain they were asked to call the tower afterwards ( I can't imagine any scenario where they wouldn't have been) Edit: BWI tower As you mentioned in your prior post, It's best practice to pull the CVR breaker in this kind of a scenario. FWIW I have pulled th...
Jump to postYou’re assuming there will be an investigation. All I see is a navigational error and a FR24 reading; which are not always accurate. It was close enough for the tower to call the go around. I bet they will want answers. Pilot deviation by definition. I'm 99% certain they were asked to call the towe...
Jump to postUCONN would have gladly flown them the other night rather than the 7 hour delay by Eastern, followed by flying Allegiant from BDL-PHX departing at 1:20 AM. With iaero bankrupt, there is high demand in the Charter Market right now, especially for NHL teams that had contracts with them. If New Pacific...
Jump to postAre these rumors coming from employees/airports or are they just from Enilria’s speculative post I think we may be taking a bit of a jump to say that HVN-STL summer flights were launched with the exclusive purpose of potentially flying for Apple winter vacations routes that are already sold commerc...
Jump to postAvelo is going to start flying 2x/week from BUR-LAS on Fri/Sun starting May 3rd. They said when they added the Super Bowl flights they were a success, does anyone know the loads? Don’t think they’re gonna have much success doing it 2x weekly when the competition is running multiple daily nonstops. ...
Jump to postThe Media has had lots of coverage about UCONN's terrible flight delays getting to the Final Four. It appears from Flight Aware that Eastern was the original carrier. The crew timed out, forcing UCONN to take an Allegiant A320 departing BDL at 1:23 AM. Eastern 9503 EAL9503 / 2D9503 LANDED OVER 2 DAY...
Jump to postActually it turns out, I was correct. Eastern has a delayed MCI-BDL flight, and Allegiant finally covered for them. Cross Country on Allegiant departing after 1 am. Does not sound fun, especially after a 7 hour delay and being well over 6 feet tall. Eastern 9503 EAL9503 / 2D9503 LANDED OVER 2 DAYS A...
Jump to postWith New Pacific only flying ONT-BNA 2X weekly I assume they are picking up some of this slack. They would be foolish not too, even if it means reconfiguring seats. With College Basketball season winding down, the timing isn't as bad as it could have been in terms of aircraft to physically move team...
Jump to postI heard a rumor just yesterday that the I-Aero staff got notice they will all be laid off, but I don't think that has been publicly announced yet, so its just a rumor currently. That act alone doesn't make it official, but it starts a 60 day countdown and sadly there will be not much of a savior. E...
Jump to postMy guess is MKE, or a return to PDX. When one thinks about it, SY tried their PDX mini-hub in 2019, we all know what challenges laid ahead in the next 12 months. The main guy in SY's route planning department is from AS. His input is what motivated SY to try the ULCC thing at PDX. That year saw SY ...
Jump to postNot really ... Southeast Florida is basically the 6th borough of New York Right, RSW and the Gulf Coast of FL traffic skews more towards the Midwest. People in Minnesota love the place for some reason - to the point DL flies A330's sometimes from MSP and SY flies MSP-RSW 6x on some days. New Yorker...
Jump to postI see lots of posts that seem to ignore the very clear mention of them wanting to fly to South America as they can currently only reach Aruba. DFW would give them that capability as someone mentioned a new terminal opening up down the road (which would align with SY mentioning this new hub opening l...
Jump to postInteresting. Sun Country has built that brand at MSP since the 1980s. From the article "we’re picking the next-best market, and so far the next-best market hasn’t been in this region,” he explained" That would leave MKE out of the picture. Florida is already over saturated with majors and ...
Jump to postONT - RNO is ending effective immediately. Apparently it had a load factor of 27%, yikes Reno is no longer bookable on the site. Nashville is still available however I'd like to think they are taking our advice and adding something out of Alaska, sadly I think their days are numbered. For some reas...
Jump to postI love that they included SWF in their "cuts". They haven't flown it in over 4 years. We kind of gave up on them coming back a while ago.
Jump to postI wonder what their emergency backup plan is should they ever lose their Government Contracts for whatever reason. I feel like several carriers have lost their, contracts on short notice and had to scramble to find new flying or then folded shortly after They seem to reinvent their revenue source ev...
Jump to postI'm wondering if they will hook up with the casinos in Southeastern CT for package tours. If its offered, I haven't run across it on their web site., however it might be targeted for the inbound to HVN markets. I'm thinking they should even consider trying to partner with tour groups and the CT Casi...
Jump to post60 flights in, Avelo punches through 10,000 passengers to San Juan from Tweed ... I had no idea that many citizens of Puerto Rican heritage resided in the area ... https://patch.com/connecticut/newhaven/100-days-flights-puerto-rico-10-000-flew-avelo-san-juan Levy and company obviously did their hom...
Jump to postWould people be willing to backtrack to Atlanta to then have connections on to Europe? As an airport manager, I would commission a survey to see the viability of that, then look to local businesses where employees for travel don't want to go to one of the city airports. Anyways, I think if done wel...
Jump to postI'm still wondering why 7H hasn't followed the Allegiant model and added ANC/FAI to Vegas & Palm Sprrings. They don't even have to get in a price war to make this work. Schedule could look like: ANC-LAS Wed, Fri, Sun Dep 11:15AM arr 5:30PM ANC-PSP Mon, Thu, Sat Dep 9:00AM arr 3:00PM FAI-LAS Mon...
Jump to postCertainly enough of an ACMI market around the globe right now with the number of delayed Boeing and Airbus deliveries and what seems to be groundings of new planes that I can't keep up with be it by type or carrier. Any airline that is struggling is foolish not to pursue as much of that work as they...
Jump to postMeanwhile they continue to apply for EAS funded routes with RAVN aircraft in the lower 48.
They haven't had success in the past.
https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/02/11/new ... contracts/
I got a glossy invitation to buy NP stock in the mail. High on glitz, low on content. Then Ravn got into cryptocurrency as a frequent flier program. High on glitz, low on content. Then, they built a lounge in the North Terminal with an IMAX. High on glitz, low on content. Now, they are trying to se...
Jump to postUnless something changes whether in their business model or the scheduling of their banks (for the 24-hour system), the only thing I can personally see is EWR/JFK (in that order of likelihood) whether in moving over SWF or doubling them up in the manner that they do BWI/IAD. Most other places in th...
Jump to postAt what point do we see Play shift their New York flights from SWF over to JFK or EWR? I don't think we'll see them moving anytime soon. They could have had chosen JFK or EWR when beginning NY Area service but they chose SWF where they can pick and choose the exact times for arrivals and departures...
Jump to postThanks for the info HeartofFlorida and crjflyboy. I knew somebody served Lakeland for a brief while and it seems like Avelo is committed for sure, but still waiting to announce exactly what routes. They do move slower since they acquire their plans at a slower rate. I've gotten used to giant announ...
Jump to postThanks for the info HeartofFlorida and crjflyboy. I knew somebody served Lakeland for a brief while and it seems like Avelo is committed for sure, but still waiting to announce exactly what routes. They do move slower since they acquire their plans at a slower rate. I've gotten used to giant announc...
Jump to posthttps://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1491715#:~:text=Is%20it%20possible%20to%20post%20the%20best%20and%20worst%20for%20Avelo%3F%20Thank%20you Check the Avelo thread, I believe it is posted. https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1491715#:~:text=5%20hours%20ago-,My...
Jump to postAvelo makes a profit: https://thepointsguy.com/news/avelo-airlines-first-profit/ Credit where credit is due, Avelo's had some rough patches however it's been breaking even since Q2 23 and is now profitable. For a young company operating in a market that's not in great shape, that's very impressive....
Jump to postEarlier this week industry consultant Ailevon Pacific published a summary of this year's SCASD grants and the results (to date) from last year's grant winners. Only 5 of 25 grantees had new service start or be announced during the last 12 months, and 4 of the 5 were ULCC service. For fiscal year 20...
Jump to postSome time ago they announced KEF-SPU, 1x weekly between late-May and mid-August 2024: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240118-ogns24spu this route will be served once a week on Tuesdays with A320neo aircraft. OG538 KEF1450 – 2135SPU 32N 2 OG539 SPU2235 – 0140+1KEF 32N 2 I wonder if this is tied in wi...
Jump to postThere is also the overall workforce within the EU. Many Eastern Europeans work in Western Europe, therefore more need to fly back home cheaply.
Jump to postI too am wondering about these LGA slots. I know in the past they used them very seasonally. MIA in the winter, DEN in the summer. but they would have to be dropping everything else at LGA and I still didn't think it would work. Then I thought, let me see how much they have according to the FAA Slot...
Jump to postWhat are the frequencies in all of these city pairs? Daily? Twice weekly? It seems like a 50/50 mix of Daily and 2X-4X weekly. The less than daily routes leave me puzzled in some cases, such as MSP-ATL. At 4 weekly will Delta just ignore them or match them on days and times and run them off? DFW-MS...
Jump to postThere are plug doors. The cargo door on the B737 is a plug door, as is the Equipment bay door under the fuselage. They open inward, and are held in place by air pressure. Then non-plug doors. A320 cargo doors are hinged at the top and latched at the base. Air pressure trys to open them all the time...
Jump to postI fear bankruptcy for Spirit is written on the wall. They have already stated they have revenue problems and issues with the current LCC model, they just sold owned assets for cash, plus the recent pilot contracts at other carriers and the Airbus engine issues are cratering expenses. None of these ...
Jump to postNot a single -900ER has had this issue. The issue is not connected to the design of the airframe, but instead poor QC at Spirit, Boeing and Alaska. To be clear, the Spirit mentioned here is the Boeing subcontractor, not the airline. I disagree that Alaska has QC issues. That would be like me blamin...
Jump to postSchool (college/university) tour groups still use agents. Not if they got an in-house expert who arranges it for them. And don't be mistaken, nowadays anyone can be an expert. Teachers, students, etc. There's always someone to be found who's savvy with booking things online and who's willing to arr...
Jump to postBangkok (BKK) - Oslo (OSL) also will be extended for sumer in competition with Thai Airways relaunching Oslo from S24 Not exactly a smart choice since summer in Thailand is rain season and thus tourism will be down. They could have used that plane better elsewhere. Thailand is quite popular to go t...
Jump to postHVN and Wilmington DE may be similar markets on the surface but there’s something pretty unique about the HVN market that IMO is partly psychological. Greater New Haven from Old Saybrook to Milford on I-95 and up toward Meriden is used to orienting towards New Haven for many things (ie, hospitals, ...
Jump to postI've seen that on Norwegian and probably elsewhere too. I imagine there are people out there who will pay a premium on a LCC. If someone was desperately planning that far out and was afraid they might sell out or something why not take their money.
Jump to posthttps://www.snsaproject.info/ Official website, from the Clark County Aviation Department though. I agree, LAS does not seem like it's bursting at the moment, and there is room to add space and it has four runways. I mean transportation is a massive pain-in-the-xxx, but they could fix that with eve...
Jump to postI didn't get a chance to read the whole thread, but this reminds me of the DC10 incident by AA over Windsor, Ontario in the early 70s. The Cargo Door blew out, I believe they lost seats, but no passengers. I don't recall if they grounded them , but not every airline got their's fixed.1974 a Turkish ...
Jump to postAgree with some of the above posts, Norse needs to get creative and come out of the 'shell'. Enough with trying to milk London by trying (and failing miserably) by offering fares that are clearly not competitive enough for the poor service they offer. They need to focus on the stronger US market(s)...
Jump to postI’m sensing Breeze will be folded into JetBlue by Q3. People laughed at me when I suggested that would happen… is it realistic, doubtful considering the NK situation, but it would be a good way to pick up some 220’s. I give this about a 5% chance, but I am glad I am not the only one saying it Not n...
Jump to postOverall, whether the city is big or small
and the tower short or tall
Most cities have airports in two
because the first one outgrew
In other cases, two cities nearby
both wanted, their own way to fly
So each built their own
and they've grown and grown