Upon the merger with US Airways, American Airlines moved away from the rolling hub concept and re-peaked their hubs. Banked hubs, while optimizing revenue, also puts significantly more pressure on airport infrastructure and doesn't work very well in already congested airports like JFK. Nearby PHL is...
Jump to post6x JAL
4x Air Canada
2x Air Canada Rouge
2x LAN Chile
1x American Airlines
1x Asiana Airlines
1x Canadian Airlines
1x Delta Air Lines
A330-200: Air Berlin
A330-300: Swiss
A330-900: TAP
A340-600: Lufthansa
A380-800: Emirates
747-200SUD: KLM
747-400: KLM
757-200: Finnair
767-300ER: Air Canada, American Airlines, Canadian Airlines
767-400ER: Delta Air Lines
777-200ER: British Airways
787-9: Lufthansa
A340-300: Cathay Pacific
A350-900: Delta Air Lines
A380-800: Asiana Airlines
747-200: Korean Air
747-400: Air Canada, EVA Air, Korean Air
777-200ER: American Airlines, Korean Air
777-300ER: Air China, Cathay Pacific
787-9: Air Canada, ANA, United Airlines
HECA wrote:Any pictures, videos or other coverage of the last flight today?
ATL - YYZ, ICN
BOS - YYZ, ZRH
CLT - YYZ
DFW - YYZ, ICN
DTW - YYZ, LHR
IAD - YYZ, NRT
JFK - YYZ, TXL, MUC
HNL - YYZ
LAS - YYZ
LAX - YYZ, YYC, ICN
LGA - YYZ
MSP - ICN
ORD - YYZ, DUS, SEL
SFO - YYZ, SIN
WAW-ICN (6x weekly): WAW is in a strategic location to serve as an efficient connection point for Korea-Europe traffic. BUD-ICN (4x weekly): The Hungary-Korea air services agreement (Korea negotiates ASAs with individual EU countries) allows airlines from other EU countries to operate 7th freedom fl...
Jump to postSeems a bit odd that there's almost no publicity surrounding the launch of YUL-ICN. Can't find anything on the AC website about it. Does AC usually load flights on the GDS several days before making official announcements?
Jump to postStill, I continue to be shocked the case isn't there in the numbers to justify a EWR-ICN route - such heavy Korean diaspora, plus strong business ties even if you limit to just NJ (vs. the wider NY metro that still has JFK-ICN). Anyway, one can still dream... I think there are the numbers to fill u...
Jump to post346fetish wrote:AC launches YUL-ICN
AC67 YUL-ICN 789 D1246 1235-1625+1 18JUN24-24OCT24
AC68 ICN-YUL 789 D2357 1800-1830 19JUN24-25OCT24
Glad to see UA convert the seasonal 2nd daily SFO-ICN to a year round service. Especially since ICN is an outstation for UA with limited onward feed. Focusing on expanding SFO-ICN rather than opening a new route from another hub makes sense from a revenue optimization perspective since it can captur...
Jump to postFirst one could be EWR-ICN? I've seen some IAD-ICN speculation on Reddit . I don't think either EWR/IAD-ICN fit the video, but even then I would be surprised if they launch IAD-ICN before launching EWR-ICN, given NY metro, including NJ is a far larger Korean diaspora than does the DC metro, plus no...
Jump to postdmstorm22 wrote:On rewatch, the last one could easily be leaving from ICN/GMP - does ICN-GUM have potential?
Korean Air 747-400 from Jeju to Seoul Gimpo, which is approximately one hour. Business class, but assigned a seat in first class. It was my first time sitting in the nose section of a 747. Korean Air 787-9 from Seoul Gimpo to Jeju, in business class (Apex Suites), 1hr. Japan Airlines 767-300ER from ...
Jump to postB747forever wrote:Lamp1009 wrote:So it looks like the last flights will be in the upcoming days to CTS?
What I could find from looking at their schedule, it seems that a ICN-TPE rotation on March 25 will be the last flights.
Regarding the runway situation at PUS, the simplest solution would be to have a tech stop at ICN (just like LH did when they served PUS from 2007 to 2014), although this would likely put some downward pressure on yields. When PUS experiences southerly winds (usually more common in the Summer months)...
Jump to postkottok wrote:Swiss (LX) is launching ICN ! 3x weekly from 07 may with a 343.
LX122 ZRH1340 - ICN0825(+1) 257
LX123 ICN0955 - ZRH1650 136 (13h55 block time !)
In this instance, who pays for the damage ? Lets say its the fault of the Korean Air Pilots - does Korean air pay Cathay for the damage to their aircraft? Or is it like a car accident, one sides insurance pays? From what I read in Korean language sources, the aircraft was being pushed back by a tug...
Jump to postSuch fares are also quite common in Southeast Asia, especially on routes like KUL-PEN and MNL-CEB.
Jump to postGreat to hear this. I guess the primary focus will be Canada-Korea O&D traffic since the arrival and departure times at ICN are not optimal for onward connections on KE.
Jump to post2003 seems right since UA introduced lay flat seats in 2004 on the PS 757s (the same product as the old SQ SpaceBed)
Jump to postLCDFlight wrote:Didnt NW previously serve TPE from NRT?
A handful of updates from the Polish media: 1. The new agreement between Poland and South Korea allows for up to 7 flights to Seoul and up to 3 to Pusan. LOT already announced that it will increase the number of flights from Warsaw to 6 per week, interestingly twice on Sunday. It will continue with...
Jump to postI was on the inaugural American Airlines DFW-ICN flight on May 9, 2013. Lots of festivities at the gate, including speeches and free food.
Jump to postNRT is an international connections hub. It's the only airport in Japan that allows for sterile zone transfers, which makes it ideal for the JL/AA and UA/NH joint ventures for connecting passengers to China, the Philippians, Australia, Thailand, and Malaysia. This is why a bunch of us are advocatin...
Jump to postScroogeMcDuck wrote:Looks like the new ATL-ICN frequency has been loaded, although it's not showing up on delta.com yet:
DL189 depart ATL 09:45, arrive ICN 14:20+1
DL188 depart ICN 16:30, arrive ATL 17:25
March:
LH471 YYZ-FRA 787-9
LH712 FRA-ICN 747-400
April:
LH713 ICN-FRA 747-8
LH470 FRA-YYZ 747-400
- Honolulu
- Boston
- San Francisco
- New York City
- Washington DC (especially for the museums)
In recent years (most of it actually in the post-COVID era), I've flown AC out of YVR, YYZ, YUL, LAX, LGA, BOS, HNL and ICN and have not had a single negative experience in terms of staff attitude or helpfulness. Either I'm extremely lucky or these customer service issues aren't as widespread as the...
Jump to postFor some reason, something in my memory tells me that ICN saw the HD 77W too (but out of YYZ) or was planned for Summer 2020 before COVID and never actually materialized. AC used the HD 77W on AC63/64 YVR-ICN-YVR in May 2020, albeit with a 2x weekly frequency. Later on, it switched to 4-5x weekly 7...
Jump to postSouth African Airways resumes its Johannesburg Abidjan route from 14NOV23. This route was previously served via Accra in 2010s with A330. It was already a resuming because if i m right this route was served early 2000s with SAA B767-200ER. This time SAA will compete with Air Cote d'Ivoire which ope...
Jump to postWhat are the chances of SAA opening up LHR and FRA again? LHR and FRA have been mentioned by SAA officials as candidates for service resumption. They still have LHR slots (I believe 14x weekly?). They will need to procure more widebody aircraft especially if they plan to operate a double overnight ...
Jump to postFLJ wrote:Or is it ZS-SXJ, which flew for AirHub but was stored after only a few months. And according to Skyliner it was ferried to Johannesburg recently.
Would anyone happen to know where the second SAA A330 is coming from? I saw on the SAA Facebook page that the aircraft is registered as ZS-SXI, but it appears that the aircraft formerly registered as such is still operating for FlyNas? Are they simply reusing the registration on a different frame? W...
Jump to postI once knew someone who was convinced SAA would fly to YYZ with the A350. I told him that SAA may as well sell tickets for free because whatever the price, they won’t be making any money. AC, as we’ve seen with UA is the US, is far better suited to JNB. And even then, rumours have existed for decad...
Jump to postFrom what I understand, they still retain 14x weekly LHR slots which were previously leased to QR but have since been returned. However, LHR was reduced to 7x weekly before the pandemic so I wonder if SAA will eventually sell some of the slots. FRA and PER seemed to be the most consistently well-per...
Jump to postInterestingly, American Airlines markets the premium cabin on flights to and from Canada as "business class". Delta and United do not.
Jump to postEAGaviation wrote:timberwolf24 wrote:AA ORD-ICN-CKG
out of all places, Chonqing?
To me, it seems like many Simple Flying articles have a similar accuracy to earlier versions of ChatGPT that hallucinate incorrect information, but nevertheless sound plausible to the layperson. An example that I can think of, from the top of my head, was an article about America West's short lived ...
Jump to postMy favourite one by far is Battleship Grey. Looks classy, formal and sophisticated. Second favourite one would have to be EVO Blue, one of the few livery redesigns that I really liked from the get go.
Jump to postIf I recall correctly, Air Zimbabwe also had a 2-4-2 configuration on their 767s.
Jump to postDelta: JFK-Dakar-Nairobi
Finnair: Helsinki-Busan (was supposed to start in March 2020, then postponed a few times before plans eventually withering due to the Russian airspace closure.)
Northwest: Amsterdam-Bengaluru
VARIG: São Paulo-Munich-Beijing
Just my luck. I'm in LA right now and I'm supposed to fly out on Monday at 8am to YYC on WS. Hope my inbound can arrive on time.
Jump to postYYZSpeedbird939 wrote:Did anybody else ever fly the A300 TATL other than AA? I know A310’s did TATL until quite recently with TS, and did with other carriers as well
UA (Domestic): I'd say they're strong in most parts of the US except perhaps the Southeast. I think that their Mainland-Hawaii operation is especially impressive compared to the other two. DL (Domestic): Southeast DL (International): I believe Korea and Netherlands are some of the few countries wher...
Jump to postIf I recall correctly, AC started Vancouver-Seoul (Gimpo) and Vancouver - Osaka (Kansai) in 1994, a year earlier than Hong Kong. I remember reading that Vancouver-Seoul was Air Canada's first transpacific route when it was launched in May 1994. It was not Air Canada's first foray into Asia however ...
Jump to postIf I recall correctly, AC started Vancouver-Seoul (Gimpo) and Vancouver - Osaka (Kansai) in 1994, a year earlier than Hong Kong. I remember reading that Vancouver-Seoul was Air Canada's first transpacific route when it was launched in May 1994. It was not Air Canada's first foray into Asia however s...
Jump to postICN goes back to once daily at the end of October. UA has said they are still interested in ICN-EWR and HKG-EWR when the airspace issue is resolved. Would EWR-ICN overfly Russia? After looking on flightaware at recent JFK-ICN & ICN-JFK routes, it very much dances around Russian airspace over to...
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