With regards to the ground handlers and forwarders involved, it's difficult not to wonder if other air carriers, logistics companies end up being implicated as this investigation and the trial run its course. If these 3rd part entities were engaging in pay-for-play with Polar, it's possible they att...
Jump to postThailand is dirt cheap, backpacker central. People who go to Thailand are people who can't even afford to go to Palma. Completely different clientele. Which is not to say that people with money don't go to Thailand but you get the gist. On the other hand, Hawaii is expensive in and on itself. Peopl...
Jump to postCould Hawaiian end up being a takeover target? Alaska, Jetblue, one of the Big 3 all seem like they could be acquirers. Not sure there's much value for any of the mainland carriers in taking on what's currently a loss-making operation. I don't think the crews would be at all happy with having to re...
Jump to postI have to agree with those who speculate HNL-LHR will be a route operated by HA rather than BA. I think there is an argument to be made that given BA's size and importance to the UK, BA has far more opportunities to deploy their WBs elsewhere, unless their network planning team is highly confident i...
Jump to postTo echo what others have touched on, it always bothers me when people try to pin blame on a 3rd party contractor as a means to absolve the airline they serve. As an airline employee myself who works in a department that is 95% 3rd party contractor, I recognize that our contractors failures are our f...
Jump to postA lot of "Snowbirds" also enjoy hitting PHX from say DSM. That doesn't make it cool. Is there even enough demand from JFK at this point to operate nonstop to HNL? I have to be honest, I live in CA and would rather be in FL vacationing at this point over HI. Hawaii in general is just more ...
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Jump to postThis is something I never considered before. Are there any non-hub airports in the country where all the majors fly but United is the market share leader? Looking at most of the major cities coast to coast, I couldn’t really think of one. HNL and CLE come to mind right away. Probably some other sma...
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Jump to postAre we some sort of joke to you ? Hahaha ! :lol: In all seriousness, your average cargo sales rep or cargo reservations agent may not know the intricacies of what sets a 737-900 and a 737-9ER apart but the cargo platform uses the same fleet codes as the rest of the company. The capacity inventory s...
Jump to postIs the A.net urban legend would lead you to believe, but boeingguy1's plan for Florida flying does work. This then frees up the -900ERs to fly longer segments. I flew the first one at CO, ship #401, in it's first week. IIRC, my last flight in a non-ER -900 was from DEN to PHX with a full load in th...
Jump to postI had an interline shipment transferring over to my airline wherein the transfer manifest denoted 1 shipment consisting of 3300 kgs of sex toys originating out of SGN bound for LAX. As others mention above, anything that people or businesses need quickly, have a short shelf life or even a beating he...
Jump to postI like a dark cabin on redeye flights.. yet I often find other passengers keep their PTVs or reading lights on the whole flight regardless of being actively used. An aircraft cabin with 100-300 PTVs on is far worse than sunlight from open windows, at least sunlight is natural light and not the exac...
Jump to postThis shouldn't be polarizing. It's really simple. If you've paid for a ticket, and booked a window seat, use of that window should be at the discretion of the window seat occupant other than as required for safety such as takeoff and landing.. For those who like a darkened cabin, next time select a ...
Jump to postThe United Tech Ops website lists the following airports as having UA hangars: CLE, EWR, DEN, IAH, ORD, IAD, MCO, LAX, SFO, GUM, PDX. https://www.unitedtechops.com/line-maintenance What about HOU, I know they're moving that work to a new facility at IAH. Is that project complete? Also what about TP...
Jump to postTrue, but you don't fill 364 seats every day. At 280, you can fill those seats more frequently, and add an extra 738 flight on the busiest days, increasing your capacity and frequency. If you had 364 pax each and every day, would a 77A be more efficient than a 764 and a 738? Yes. But if you have 39...
Jump to postThanks! Info rn is that the captain is not "feeling well2 whatever that means! Very dissappointing treatment from AA... So do you expect them to tell you why he isn't feeling well or go into his medical specifics? Granted communication could have been a little easier and clearer from the begin...
Jump to postDidn't we try this once before and the route failed? Why are we trying this again especially on off the short runway at SNA? It was tried in a really different environment. Now united has way more airplanes then they need. Business routes are gonna be a long time to come back, so united has to try ...
Jump to postSomeone better tell United Corporate Security to scrub the flights (operated by 777-224 N78009, oops, too specific?) off FA then. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2821/history/20201127/1035Z/EBBR/KORD You can joke around all you want it won't be a joke when someone posts future flight schedul...
Jump to postUA flew EWR-SNA and back with no weight restrictions on the 73G regularly. Yes they use 737-700 which has little or no weight restrictions. They also used the 737-700 for a few years of flying SNA-HNL after Aloha Airlines went bankrupt. They held off 20 seats depending on head winds every day going...
Jump to postCALMSP wrote:UA cargo also outsources call center functions to a facility in MNL
Now what they did with freight is above my pay grade, but I can tell you we are always at max gross for takeoff. I assume you are a pilot with UA?? Just like pax on an oversold flight who don't get on, the cargo shipments get rerouted onto the same flight the next day or reroutes via a different ro...
Jump to postIn August, United plans to resume more long-haul routes: - Chicago to Brussels and Frankfurt - Houston to Lima - Newark to Brussels, Munich, São Paulo, and Zurich - San Francisco to London and Papeete https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-airlines-newark-flights-august-schedule/ It’s also interestin...
Jump to postClassic example of United being cheap to a fault. The CR2 is horrible from a passenger experience. It is a bit confusing, when they spend the money to make CR5's. But I think they think the ER4's and CR2's are similar experience, as neither has F or true Y+. It is frustrating, as I've spoken to peo...
Jump to postE145XR: N12142 has been transferred to ExpressJet, back in service N11106 has been transferred to ExpressJet, back in service N11107 now parked at TYS N17115 exited fleet, stored at IGM N14180 exited fleet, stored at IGM E145: N15910 is now back in service N11539 exited fleet, stored at IGM N12569 ...
Jump to postToday is 25th anniversary of first service in the skies with 777 Boeing. United Airlines was the very first customer to receive and flew 777. We all can enjoy our many different 777 stories on that aircraft! Congratulations, 777! https://www.youtube.com/watch? Thanks for posting this! The trip7 has...
Jump to postJust off the top of my head and in the US, DEN, DTW, MCI, OAJ; to lesser extents PIT, SMF, and RSW. DEN has had convenient rail service to dowtown for a few years now. Considering DEN has been operational for ~25 years, and the rail link was completed in the last 5, DEN certainly deserves mention. ...
Jump to postYou forgot Continental left Skyteam for Star Alliance. No I didn't. Think about why CO left for Star.......... I think DL and EK’s relationship is already too far gone for them or fix it. That's because you're assigning human emotion to what would otherwise be a cold numerical calculation. Corporat...
Jump to postThe 777 is very probably the noisiest widebody passenger jet still being manufactured into the 21st century, even the DC-10 felt quiet in comparison. And noise levels are not up to the airline, that’s a hard fact. As for cabin configurations, indeed it’s not the manufacturer’s choice, but the overw...
Jump to postAgain, you missed his point, pilots who bend metal or damage airplanes already do not last long with their carriers. Then a "performance" rating already exist to weed out the bad performers; and that should be enforced first during lay-off. If all who stay after that have the same perform...
Jump to postThose who complain about seniority don’t have any.... The 3 most important things in the airline business ; seniority, seniority, seniority If someone can make it 30 years without getting fired he or she can’t be destroying too much of company property. If only the key to career longevity, and prim...
Jump to postDidn't American utilize their 788s on there seasonal ORD-HNL flight? Prior to COVID-19 AA's intentions were to return to this market year around with a 788? Also AA if Im not mistaken flew a 788 year around on their ORD-CUN route and on Saturdays during the winter months they operated 2x 788s? Look...
Jump to postActually, the shortest scheduled flights in the US has to be 9X/MW (Southern Airways Express/Mokulele Airlines) flights from LUP-MKK on Molokai in Hawaii. 9 miles! I believe itʻs an EAS route so itʻs still being flown. Both my shortest flights under 25 miles, are JHM-OGG flying an Island Air Twotte...
Jump to postFor the life of me, I don't understand all the drama that seems to be part of the A.net culture. Nicknuzzii, with regard to the title of this thread, "El Al set to collapse." No, that's not what the attached article implied at all. The context of the article is simply that FOR NOW, the Is...
Jump to postThis is what I think UA should fly on Premium Transcontinental Flights in order to compete against DL, AA, B6 and AS SFO-EWR: 3x 752 (p.s.) 5x 763 (Polaris, High-J Polaris) 1x 764 (Polaris) 2x 77E (Polaris) 1x 77W (Polaris) 3x 78J (Polaris) LAX-EWR: 3x 752 (p.s.) 5x 763 (Polaris) 1x 764 (Polaris) 3...
Jump to postThe big air frieght carriers to the islands: 1.) Fedex 2.) UPS 3.) Pacific Air Cargo 4.) Asia Pacific 5.) United (belly) 6.) Hawaiian (belly) 7.) Aloha Air Cargo 8.) Amazon (Atlas) Chime in anyone who I missed.. But if Im right these planes (Non cargo) are flying empty to the islands. You missed AA...
Jump to postThe big air frieght carriers to the islands: 1.) Fedex 2.) UPS 3.) Pacific Air Cargo 4.) Asia Pacific 5.) United (belly) 6.) Hawaiian (belly) 7.) Aloha Air Cargo 8.) Amazon (Atlas) Chime in anyone who I missed.. But if Im right these planes (Non cargo) are flying empty to the islands. Yesterday, UA...
Jump to postCorrect. And can cause real headaches for Cargo Sales and Ops departments as the 28 position 77E’s tend to show up on routes at random. At least in my experience. 77H You are correct however for cargo charter flights 77Es are not being used. There are still some 77Es in service flying regularly sch...
Jump to postWas doing a dummy booking for EWR-SEA and found a routing via IAD which lists UA1964 (IAD-SEA) as a 777-200 on August 8th. Is this a one-off or what? Yes, that was the plan - who knows now, though. The 772 was to fly IAD-SEA as you noted and return on a red-eye SEA-IAD. I was surprised to see this ...
Jump to postJay, that makes perfect sense. The 767 floor issues and lack of taking normal pallets or LD3s width-wise is the problem. However, if using narrower LD2 containers (25% less space than an LD3), the 767 can pair those units for decent cubic footage, but isn't standard for many shippers. For what it t...
Jump to postBut the eastbound flights will generally benefit in lower fuel loads due to the tailwind. So, it's most likely a wash. Probably tight both ways and payload restricted. Tailwind isn’t enough to make up for a short runway, might save 20 minutes off the flight but it’s still five hours Based on first ...
Jump to postMight be a use for the 333s. Not a chance. Hawaii has instituted a 14 day quarantine for all of those coming into the islands from somewhere else. No one is going to Hawaii for tourism related reasons right now. Perhaps Boof is speaking long term? As it is, PHX-HNL was being operated by the 333 sin...
Jump to postIs the A321 NEO getting the job done to Hawaii for AA? Maui to LAX was always a problem for the A321 with seat restrictions and baggage limits. The NEO was going to replace the 757 on PHX-Hawaii flights. Is it working? If I may make a suggestion, you may want to consider having the title of the thr...
Jump to postJay, that makes perfect sense. The 767 floor issues and lack of taking normal pallets or LD3s width-wise is the problem. However, if using narrower LD2 containers (25% less space than an LD3), the 767 can pair those units for decent cubic footage, but isn't standard for many shippers. For what it t...
Jump to postJay, I've been looking at a combination or United.com and the UA app for the schedule, type flown and seat map before and after departure. Of course I can't see what's in the bins, but it looks like the flight schedule should be 3 or 4 a day evenly timed out and probably all wide bodies, assuming t...
Jump to postLooking at the MAX saga, originally was predicted back in the air in three months. When will domestic air travel return to half its previous level? I would hope a month, but looking at the MAX, a year is not that farfetched either. What correlation exists between the MAX and the commercial aviation...
Jump to post(ericm2031) "I think UA was already planning to drop down to 1 LAX-HNL, 1 SFO-HNL, 1 ORD-HNL, 1 IAH-HNL based on dummy bookings for the 1st week of April. They are relying on HA to get people to the other islands." Please quote your source. ericm is correct though UA is also maintaining 1...
Jump to post1) Scott Kirby at UA is far worse. See their refund policy for 'Rona or the instance on no hand baggage for Basic Economy pax for examples. 2) The government should not be micromanaging these companies but, if the government is going to bail them out, it should receive shares just like any other in...
Jump to postNone of you on here arguing against aid are thinking realistically... it’s obvious many of you don’t know or can’t comprehend the extent of the US3s influence on our economy. Even without one it would do immediate and possibly irreparable damage to many industries. Please wake up and realize this i...
Jump to postAccording to Statista, UA was 4th in terms of cargo revenue in 2018 behind FX, 5X and 5Y (Atlas) with AA being 5th in the domestic market. The page I found does not list FTK/Ms UA was the 17th largest air cargo carrier in the world, up 3 positions in terms of FTK/Ms in 2018. 77H Something is not co...
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