The longest route out of PUS now is probably as far as KUL only.
Jump to postFor Lufthansa group as a whole, there is a lot of possibility as they have a few airlines with the capabilities in their hand. Plenty of opportunities for Vienna / Zurich into Asia as well as Berlin. Berlin and Vienna are both having limited direct flight into Asia Pacific, and of course for other G...
Jump to postThey have planned to / already fit their 788 with crew bunk so should be good for all 3 routes. Now their 788 only used to fly regional routes across Asia and Australia so they should allocate the 6 788 into Europe. If the demand is good I'm sure they will upgrade to A359 later.
Jump to postI don't think another low cost airline will work in Taiwan. Tigerair Taiwan is struggling, V Air struggled during its existence, partially responsible for dragging TransAsia Airways into oblivion. Far Eastern Air Transport is coming up with ATR services to complement MD-80 series services, their B7...
Jump to postSomehow I feel that AirAsiaX India will probably has higher chance to success than them as AAX has the recipe.
Jump to postIt will definitely be a price war. Wondering when TZ will secure the license to fly into US.
Finally TZ can fly direct to KIX from SIN. Previously they worry TZ will eat into SQ's share if they fly direct into Japan but it seems they have figure out that KIX is a very strong market.
I think TG will start MAD or BCN sooner or later and they are just waiting for more A350/B789 to arrive. As per the latest update, they have planned to increase BRU by another weekly flight and they are also trying to get more A350 on the other Europe flight. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airl...
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Interesting route. Wondering what would the frequency of this route be. 2 - 3 weekly?
Guys, the plan is off the shelf. Benyamin Ismail cites the fare dumping by airlines, particularly by Emirates, have depressed the profit so much taht it is not worth any effort to resurrect the route now. Maybe sometime in the future when all numbers and right aircraft at right price come along. &q...
Jump to postThe only way I'd see UA adding either destination, would be from Guam & really neither would draw the military travelers that would be the targets of the destinations. Keep in mind KUL & DPS or CGK flights aren't expensive from the U.S., they are low yield markets that UA isn't interested i...
Jump to postThe 330 indeed is bigger than the 763 but there isn't an a/c replacement in the 219 seat range for long haul flying save the 788. Even then, the 788 does seem quite a lot bigger than the 763. Looking at American Airlines configuration (taking the 763 config that seems closer in terms of J seat comf...
Jump to postI doubt it, considering a main factor in their decline (even before the two crashes) was overcapacity from primarily the 380. A 777X would bring too much capacity into the MH network. I see I travelled on those A380s last month. The things were absolutely chock-a-block. I have also repeatedly read,...
Jump to postIs Garuda ordering or leasing 787's? I don't see them on the Wikipedia list of 787 customers, for whatever that's worth. It seems to me like a smaller a/c more frequently would have better chances. I remember seeing a Malaysia 744 at LAX some years ago and am glad I caught sight of it! Jim Garuda h...
Jump to postI think E190 is too big for AE to operate on Magong and Kinmen routes, so ATR is definitely more suitable as Uni air is currently operating and Far Eastern has just ordered some ATRs. CI is really ambitious on the European routes, let's see if they can maintain the flight as Taiwan local market may ...
Jump to postThis will undoubtedly be a precedent to more ASEAN carriers, and some other neighboring Asians too, ordering the 777X. Just when I thought A350 has won east Asia. I don't think so because SQ is so specific versus other carriers. In particular their yields are much higher. Meaning they can get good ...
Jump to postEK will need to focus on how to generate more revenue and fill up the seats on their big aircraft before thinking on the smaller one.
Jump to postBawliBooch wrote:The A321LR will be perfect for EK if they decide to add a narrowbody.
SQ had a 3 to 4 types of wide-bodies in it's fleet in the past with A330, A380, 777 and leaving 747. This LOI if it goes through would maintain this diversity with A350, 787, 77X and A380. It would also indicate that SQ will not be an A330 NEO customer. And it raises question about the A380's futur...
Jump to postThe first of the 2013 order of 30 787-10s will start to be delivered next year whilst the 19 soon-to-be ordered birds will initially be ready for revenue service in 2020. The question is; does that mean the earlier batch of 30 will all be in the hands of SIA group in the two or almost three year pe...
Jump to postOne hour ground time at Ahmedabad is confirmed by Malindo From 21 February until 25 March 2017, Malindo Air flight OD267 will depart Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and Saturday at 1.30am and arrive Ahmedabad, India at 4.30am. It will then depart Ahmedabad at 5.25am and arrive Jeddah at 8.15am. The return f...
Jump to postLike others, I was surprised by this: I was expecting the A350-1000 to be the winner, with the 787-10 they had on order to go Scoot. That said, my view is I do see SQ in the future ordering the 777-10 as a replacement for their older A380's and I wonder if Scoot's experience with their 787 fleet ha...
Jump to postSo 39 wb aircraft and maybe $7-10B of capital invested out of sympathy? Hmmm...seems totally likely... It's in SQ's interest to have a good relationship with both: they're heavily invested in both: They fly A330s, A350s and A380s, as well as 777s and 787s (future), TR flies A320s, MI flies A320s an...
Jump to postWith 67 A350 already on order, I too believe SQ will split the order to Boeing to maintain the relationship...
Jump to postFinally they order some widebodies. Let's wait and see if they will order A350
Jump to postI am interested to see how well they do. As mentioned earlier, there are already 4 flights per day KIX-HNL. Lots of competition but it is a big market. It will be interesting to see how well Air Asia X does competing against 3 other airlines. Air Asia X has no brand recognition in either Hawaii or ...
Jump to postI am interested to see how well they do. As mentioned earlier, there are already 4 flights per day KIX-HNL. Lots of competition but it is a big market. It will be interesting to see how well Air Asia X does competing against 3 other airlines. Air Asia X has no brand recognition in either Hawaii or ...
Jump to postQuick check on airliners photo and airfleet for SQ A343 route:
Europe: ATH, CDG, VIE, CPH, AMS
North Asia: PEK, NGO, TPE, HKG
SEA: BKK, DPS, BWN
Australia: PER, BNE, MEL, SYD, ADL
New Zealand: CHC
North America: YVR, SFO
So they are doing the exact same job as the current 777 families
Love the blue LED light across the overhead compartment. LH should be the second operator to select that options after Qatar... SQ, AY, CX, CI all do not have the LED lighting... Shame those other airlines haven't opted for it, very nice feature in my opinion. Me too, not sure how expensive is that...
Jump to postBut what I'd really like is for them to provide a useful connection to Europe. London already has plenty of flights and there are 50 different airlines to choose from. Istanbul would be much better. These days people know how to book two separate tickets to find their own connections, believe me. A...
Jump to postI was giving the route a thought, recently MYR has been taking a beating badly and devalued much, same goes to other currencies around the region. A lot of local Malaysian have scaled back their spending as cost of living continues to rise and showing no sign of stopping. Rather than O&D traffi...
Jump to postLove the blue LED light across the overhead compartment. LH should be the second operator to select that options after Qatar... SQ, AY, CX, CI all do not have the LED lighting...
Jump to postKUL-LGW is now approved, announced by Malaysia Aviation Commission. http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/52958-airasia-x-granted-london-gatwick-rights-to-use-b777s 9x weekly with B777-300ER effective June 2017. Ticket sales will commence shortly. Both B77W will come from BR, dry lease. D7 is curr...
Jump to postScoot have reduced frequency to ATH. For those who haven't flown Air Asia, they already have an excellent business class hard product with flat beds - similar seating to what is found on most Air France long haul aircraft. The fare of Scoot to ATH is really not attractive at all ex-SIN. Usually EK ...
Jump to postKUL-LGW is now approved, announced by Malaysia Aviation Commission. http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/52958-airasia-x-granted-london-gatwick-rights-to-use-b777s 9x weekly with B777-300ER effective June 2017. Ticket sales will commence shortly. Both B77W will come from BR, dry lease. D7 is curr...
Jump to postI might give SWISS the benefit of keeping a separate brand but that's it. Why keep the SWISS name, but not Austrian and Brussels? That makes no sense at all to me. Europe is still very divided and people are still proud about their origins. Nationalism has gained momentum in a lot of countries in E...
Jump to postScoot have reduced frequency to ATH. For those who haven't flown Air Asia, they already have an excellent business class hard product with flat beds - similar seating to what is found on most Air France long haul aircraft. The fare of Scoot to ATH is really not attractive at all ex-SIN. Usually EK ...
Jump to postWell, there's no shortage of 777 pilots from MH who had not found employment at any of the ME3. Like I said, this is a reactionary move to combat Scoot's introduction of SIN-ATH so I don't think they have thought it through. I'm confused. What does Scoot starting SIN-ATH have to do with D7 starting...
Jump to post9 abreast 77W with D7 is very interesting. The lease rate must be very attractive for them to do such decision.
I am more interested in the DMK - FRA route though. If the route is performing well then TAAX should be able to expand a few more EU route.
I was wondering with AirAsia X to recieve their first A350 in 2018 how feasible would it be for them to start Asia-Europe flights with it and perhaps the A330neo one-stop, or order more A350's, and partner with Norwegian for US flights? I think the biggest partnership would be for domestic Europe f...
Jump to postOne of the bases of 'pure' LCC operations is that connections are not provided. Do Norwegian and AirAsia X/Air Asia wherever provide connections currently? Would this idea produce traffic rights problems ? and, without trying to be controversial, how palatable would it be to Pres. Trump and the US ...
Jump to postOA940 wrote:Will they try mainland US from Hawaii or wait for the A350? Or just not at all?
Looking forward to the new widebody order from MH...
Jump to postQantas has replaced their domestic 767 with A330 and B738 combo so UA should be able to do the same...
Jump to postI would assume that the 77W's would be ex EK birds and would probably seat well over 400 passengers My sources indicated that they would be 12 year old, ex-EVA Air aircraft - I suspect that they looked at the ex-Sri Lankan A359s but the lease rates were too high. B-16701 and B-16702. Both planes we...
Jump to postMy current carrier also flies the 350....I will admit I do not fly it, but it doesn't appear to be the most "efficient thing in the sky", at least the early models. I would be surprised if they can actually do this route, as the 350-800 seems to struggle on 12-13 hour flights, often paylo...
Jump to postMy biggest guess is that they do not have a huge base such as the 3 Big brother in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou), hence they will need to do something different to use different branding at smaller city to get their market share: HNA group has a lot of companies and airlines: Air Chang'an Bei...
Jump to postI think the flying to JFK via FRA is viable along with direct flights between SIN and EWR. SFO will sustain a flight to SIN via HKG, along with the non-stop. I honestly think that SQ will fly to direct to LAX from SIN along with a flight coming from an Asian stop, like from NRT. I feel like SIN-ICN...
Jump to postI will fly with them if the fare is below SGD500. Finnair sometimes can be had for below SGD800 so Norwegian need to be really cheap to attract people.
Jump to postThis has been discussed before and as far as I remember some credible members mentioned that 245t should be possible with the current gear configuration. I am just lacking a link, maybe someone remembers in what thread this was discussed. John Leahy on the 245t A339 http://www.flightglobal.com/news...
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