The CR2's will be phased out by moving more 700/900/170/175's into NYC, so you'll just have bigger RJ's Yes but on the same token some of the "heavy" RJ flying will be replaced with 717 and eventually the CS100. I would expect to see that more out of JFK where frequency isn't as big of a ...
Jump to postT4b has around 53-55 depending on configuration Isn't it more like 30-32 gates? How many widebody gates have split parking spots and jetways for narrowbodies? Correct. OP probably said 55 because the B gates go up to B55 but they don't start at B1. The first B gate is B18 but that is the gate for t...
Jump to postEvening, I will be flying on a C130 this summer encampment, and i've been told that we are allowed to bring a camera, and sit freely as to whoever we pick... [list=]I'd like to get a window seat-- and those can be VERY scarce on these 130's from what i've been told: Where are the windows located on ...
Jump to postBy comparison, t4A has 6 gates, while T4b has around 53-55 depending on configuration: Why hasn't T4A been extended? In the evening, there are a pool of wide bodies that surround t4a but don't have an airbridge: This could easily be solved if t4a adds 4-5 more extra long jetways such as at heathrow'...
Jump to postwhere will the a310 go when AT retires them
Jump to postI believe it is one Conair have had at YXX for a few years now The ex-Atlantic L-188 that sat at CYXX for several years was not owned by Conair. Worth mentioning it seems the CL215 flying is done too. NWT has signed up for their own Air Tractor's for fire fighting. Buffalo secured the 10-year contr...
Jump to postI assume it'll be scrapped in OSC in the coming months. goddamnit, it is in nearly perfect condition... can it be converted to a freighter...who will buy it? Nobody has converted a 744 in nearly a decade, who the hell in their right mind would convert a 742? who the hell would scrap a 742 that is i...
Jump to postflyDTW1992 wrote:kennedyspotter wrote:what will happen to the 742
I assume it'll be scrapped in OSC in the coming months.
Again, here in Venezuela, at least 3 airlines (Avior, Estelar and Albatros) have acquired or will acquire a total of upwards of 10 733s and 734s during the last few as well as the coming months. isn't the economic situation terrible? how can they afford to keep purchasing these aircraft-- Yes, the ...
Jump to postwhat happened to KISP? We used to get service i believe...
Jump to postDelta currently has a daily ATL-PHX A330 flight. this seems bizarre, PHX not a particularly large station for DL. Maybe cause it's winter? You called it, Snowbird season. DL has always flown 767s on the route during busy season. NW used to fly Dc10s and 742s. Terminal 3 in the 90s/Early 2000s was t...
Jump to postWhich gates at T5 are a332 capable? Already cleared or not? Aer Lingus tends to use Gate 12 or a gate near there, but it's pre-cleared. Hawaiian Airlines used to use a gate near there, but it now shares Gate 30 with TAP Portugal (which is not pre-cleared into JFK). Before Gate 30 was available in t...
Jump to postAnd t address the 733/4 part of the question: The 734 is pretty dang popular right now with the freighter conversions churning them out as quickly as they can. It doesn't hurt that we've had 3 written off in the last year, including probably one this past week. The 733s are however not getting conv...
Jump to postWhat is the situation down in curaçao? With insel nearly bankrupt, will they be adding retiring or removing planes in terms of fleet plans? Because barely 4 out of their 18-strong fleet are vying with the rest unserviceable
Jump to postAre there any buyers interested in these old veterans? Why are so many 727, 732, md80 and dc9 for sale still? Do they have any more flying hours left in them?
Jump to postSpacepope wrote:They also just bought a former Atlantic Airlines Electra, not sure if for parts or if they will fly it back across the pond.
...Maybe the HS748 too, which is fine as a a -3/-46 replacement (its own increasing parts scarcity not withstanding), but is less capable than the CV580 and cant begin to touch the higher end which they may need to do if the downsize from the L188. I do think the DC3 can be around "forever&quo...
Jump to postklm617 wrote:What a surprise no domestic widebodies on Delta out of Detroit.
flyfresno wrote:SFO-ATL also on the A330
only VGAS of the 346 fleet has the new livery. VRED and one other has an interim livery
Jump to postI am surprised AA is retiring the A333. They should look at Deltas's love with the aircraft instead of the 777 as the A330 has around a 10% lower fuel burn per mission than the 777-200ER. This is due to the lower range/lighter body but fills the mission for Europe/South America well. The 787 is wel...
Jump to postMaxTrimm wrote:DL
ATL-LAX
ATL-SFO
ATL-SAN
ATL-LAS
ATL-PDX
ATL-SEA
Off the top of my head with the 767-300's
ATL-SLC still sees at least one widebody a day (as part of the larger ATL-SLC-HNL-SLC-ATL round trip). Most of the year it seems to be a 767-300, but it appears to have been an A330 since the end of last October. Casually looking, there have been some intermittent 763s on other flights of the day, ...
Jump to postSeems that it's missing the new FOC-JFK route. do you think the second LATAM flight to SCL, santiago Chile, will be changed to a 789 like the first? Why operate one 763 and one 789? When will it be changed over? Latam only operates one flight a day from SCL to JFK. Do you mean the LIM flight? No. T...
Jump to postThere is a new tab on PANYNJ website listing new services at their airports, which is interesting: http://www.panynj.gov/airports/newservice.html. Seems that it's missing the new FOC-JFK route. do you think the second LATAM flight to SCL, santiago Chile, will be changed to a 789 like the first? Why...
Jump to postThere was this tweet from April, don't know any more details though. http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l605/richard_j_cooper/Screen%20Shot%202016-11-13%20at%2010.35.05_zpsi8u4ed0l.png I have a feeling bastler bout this aircraft from buffalo. Do you know the latest on their fleet of dc4?
Jump to postinstead of sending 3-4 daily LGA flights (And sometimes 1 from KJFK) by DL (Endavor/expressjet), why not use a single 717 or 737-800/a320?
Jump to postWhy does everyone hate T2? I don't see any leaks in T2. I also don't see any pigeons in T2 now that T3 is gone. Pigeons used to migrate between T2 & T3 through the covered bridge. After T3 was demolished, all the remaining pigeons in T2 were either captured or killed. There seems to be plenty o...
Jump to postbgm wrote:rbavfan wrote:Hawaiian is HA, not HI. There is no listing for an airline with the code HI in the US.
That is however the code for the state of Hawaii, which is what I think the OP was excluding ops to/from.
aemoreira1981 wrote:What about for AA and DFW-LAX?
As for Delta, ATL-LAX, ATL-SFO, JFK-LAX, JFK-MCO, and occasionally ATL-MSP.
United uses both classic UA 772s (international) and ex-CO 772s on LAX and SFO to EWR.
Why does everyone hate T2? I don't see any leaks in T2. I also don't see any pigeons in T2 now that T3 is gone. Pigeons used to migrate between T2 & T3 through the covered bridge. After T3 was demolished, all the remaining pigeons in T2 were either captured or killed. There seems to be plenty o...
Jump to posthkcanadaexpat wrote:AA 763ERs are currently used on:
MIA-JFK
MIA-ORD
MIA-DFW
MIA-MCO
DFW-MCO
DFW-ORD
Things the A.net community must know through this thread: 1) Possible future, possible terminating, or existing domestic widebody routes, by IATA/ICAO Code, and aircraft operated with. (For example, DL KJFK-KSFO, 767-300er) 2) If domestic wide bodies will continue to be a thing of the future, as mor...
Jump to postMost will go to the desert, as most have. Airlines can make them work in low demand / high fare situations, but that's really their remaining bread and butter. I can't speak for the freight world, but these planes have been widely available for years, used, and there have been very few freighter co...
Jump to postFWAERJ wrote:For the ERJ-145, the future is a cheap bizjet. Just buy a gently used one, add some auxiliary tanks in the cargo hold, refurbish the interior, and you've got a cheaper Legacy 650.
And that's what smart businesses are doing.
What should be done is to extend T4A, and build a single terminal in the space occupied by 2, and the space left by 3. This will alleviate holding for gates.
Jump to postWith the 50-60 seat family of airlines such as erj 140/45, and CRj200 becoming less profitable to own and operate and maintain by the minute, which airlines can profitably operate these? will the freighter conversion of the CRj-200 find much success? would some consider the CRJ-200/erj-145 somewhat ...
Jump to postIn case anybody missed it, the Ice Pilots program on Netflix (which I don't have) has beaucoup footage of Buffalo Air C46s doing cold starts, flyovers, rough strip landings and so forth. It makes you feel genuinely familiar with the airplanes. Since TXW has crashed somewhat recently, TPO will becom...
Jump to postflyjoe wrote:sovietjet wrote:There is a DC-8-62 flying under "Samaritan's Purse". It was in RFD a few months ago.
That's correct. The Samaritan's Purse DC-8 is operational and based in Greensboro, NC.
Possibly building reclaimed land into the bay, for a parallel runway that will be on the opposite side of the terminals?
Jump to postIS there a way for SAN to build perhaps a parallel runway by filling in land that is now water?
Jump to postCongested airports in need of a new runway:
KRSW
KSAN
KEWR
KJFK
KBOS
KDAL
KDCA
How is insel doing? They retired 4 MD80 in 2016 alone. 3 more fokker 70 are coming from KLM. And only 2/6 fokker 50 are flying, as they acquired one for parts, dismantled another, and bought a flying one.
Jump to post4 - I can offer some info... CP-973 is listed as "stored at CBB" by ATDB. I saw it there in October last year (and have a nice photo which I haven't uploaded yet) - it looked in pretty good condition, but I have no idea the last time it flew. CP-1655 is listed by ATDB as "being resto...
Jump to postWhat options are there for Airbus? Boeing? Embraer? Canadair/bombardier?
From what I understand there is only
TOGA
FLEX
FULL THROTTLE
Whats is the difference between TOGA/FLEX? which one is more powerful? are they both found on the same aircraft make/model, or is it different by manufacturer?
How many of these venerable warbirds still fly? This aircraft is by far one of the most overlooked aircraft in the skies, in very limited numbers. The tally is: 2 Everts air 2 Everts air fuel 3 Buffalo Airways (1 for parts) 2 possibly in Bolivia, anyone know about them? 2 Commemorative Air force: Ti...
Jump to postDoes the IFL group only have 2 722? because all I've ever seen on flight trackers, are n215/216we
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