This is what passes for "bullish" and "big" at AS? This was at best a timid response to B6's LAX growth and TCON expansion out of Newark. It actually sounds like they got a courtesy heads up from AA about the B6 codeshare and threw something together to get out there as a compet...
Jump to postWhile VX had never served AUS nonstop from LAX, VX adding LAX-AUS nonstop service might have happened if VX were still around and the AS-VX merger hadn't taken place. AS adding LAX-AUS nonstop service might still be a possibility with AS's FF base in Greater Los Angeles, the AS-AA partnership, AA's...
Jump to postAA has done a very job of route planning/expansion outside of DFW. Vasu Raja is finally turning this around, albeit with a weak hand. Given AA's weak financial condition, he did not have much of a choice but to leverage AS/B6 on West Coast/NE respectively to compete DL. DL used the same logic on int...
Jump to postSeems like AS has figured out how to grow these markets profitably. a) extend the network to Pacific NW b) pick transcon's to leisure/seasonal markets Not a bad strategy; it allows its presence to grow in S Cal and probably offers a future launch pad to other destinations such as RDU, AUS and perhap...
Jump to postAviation for this part of the world is critical. No train or car alternatives. What do you expect ? Air India to take over the air traffic ? To India, quiet possibly. If not Air India, some airline running a point 2 point service. The biggest risk is to see the Dubai economy collapsing. But as ever...
Jump to postBy the time Vande BJP Mission is done, it will reveal true popular O&D routes, these routes are based on actual requests, not network planners imagination. I take it that this was not meant to be a complement to the ruling party. However it appears that you seem to be in agreement with their po...
Jump to postContinuing from the previous thread. What you are suggesting here seems to be a network driven by NB's. Really no different than IndiGo. The question becomes, at what point someone will be willing to pay a premium for Vistara. Yes NBs all. What I was suggesting in the previous thread was: Delhi – S...
Jump to postVistara S20 International operations as of 03MAY20 Planned operation listed below remains subject to change. Delhi – Colombo eff 01JUN20 6 weekly Delhi – Kathmandu eff 18MAY20 1 daily Delhi – Singapore eff 18MAY20 4 weekly (1 daily from 01JUN20) Mumbai – Colombo eff 01JUN20 6 weekly Mumbai – Dubai ...
Jump to postI'm not Indian but I find the obsession with partisan politics in India perplexing. The economy is expected to grow and the pandemic has hit far less compared with the West. The mood going around East Asia is that the West will be far harder hit due to their poor handling of the pandemic response. ...
Jump to postFor e.g., in May UA has cut all India service and by the tone of Oscar's letter, it seems June also will be the same. I think they (UK) might be able to deploy the Dreamliner for 1 x LON (I don't think VS is coming back as strongly and given their financial position they might lease them a LHR slot...
Jump to postFerrying connecting passengers from BOM would offer very marginal upside since most of the destinations probably already have connectivity to ME3 or SQ. Only 11 of 30 domestic destinations currently served by UK from DEL have "connectivity" to ME3 or SQ. ................. However, the big...
Jump to postFerrying connecting passengers from BOM would offer very marginal upside since most of the destinations probably already have connectivity to ME3 or SQ.
Why add a 4 hr stop for another 45’ to 90’ leg.
:checkmark: That again brings up the question of whether the govt. , with their now judicious use of their financial reserves, would want help Air-India or SpiceJet . (?) During this lockdown and downtime, AI would be burning through far more cash on a per day basis compared to Spice. I hope the go...
Jump to postA Wamos Air A332 is on its way from Bali to Madrin with total flight time of about 15 Hours which leads me to believe a 332 can very easily be used by an airline between Toronto and Delhi...Aah but then All of it is only possible when the Chinese Virus is gone. The weight of the a/c is a key factor...
Jump to postI don’t subscribe to cynicism. This is not to say that politics and corruption can be separated. Having said that, list of well run carriers seeking bailouts is quiet long: SQ LH DL Even Southwest is falling under this camp. Having said that, SpiceJet is a small fry in this. One week of a mismanaged...
Jump to posttrinidadeG wrote:
HDFC might simply be betting on the horse that currently is the government's favourite.
Sadly, favouritism didn't die with the Congress rule, as some would want the world to believe.
Also, a reasonable conclusion. If Warren Buffet buys shares of American, Delta and United in open market, dtw will credit Narendra Modi for that as well. BTW, this is how Warren Buffet makes his purchases. July applying Occam's razor principle. When a hen goes missing in an Indian village, usually ...
Jump to postHDFC must know something that we don't... A bailout package coming out I need to buy SpiceJet shares... Maybe they got a call from PMO. That is the only plausible reason to depart from their longstanding conservative approach because they don't have a choice to say NO. Like I said a couple of weeks...
Jump to postFor too long, AA had ignored the growth areas and hunkered down to its hubs. At some point, AA had to approach AS with a weak hand. Might be optimum for AA to let AS pick-up at LAX. AS already has strong LAX to Pacific Northwest; also has decent intra-CA. AS probably was hemmed at LAX by gates/slots...
Jump to postWhen looking at the aerial pics of BOM, it's always sad to see the "broken" (half-built) pier of T2. If built fully to completion, would have looked lovely, just like in the master plan, and would have served its purpose better. But thanks to the corrupt Maharashtra politicians (Shiv Sena...
Jump to postThis has been questioned for ever back to the days of America West.
If anything, PHX has a significantly more O/D traffic. Even if they just run as a rolling hub, there will be opportunities for connecting traffic.
want Vistara to be a world class airline or at least come close to Jet, in its heyday. But, it won't with its current geniuses in its fleet planning and route scheduling department You might want to get educated about the recent history of airlines like EK or SQ as to how they started. Buying 3 LHR...
Jump to postSeems like IndiGo is the only one that will survive the Chinese Virus as per bloomberg Id also add AI to the list being GOI Sweetheart ofcorse ! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-26/the-airlines-most-in-danger-as-virus-inflicts-252-billion-blow With all the business that will require ...
Jump to posthttps://simpleflying.com/garuda-air-india-heathrow-slot-lease/ It is a shame that the geniuses at Air Vistara didn't pick these up. Air India pulled the rug from under Vistara's feet. Now Vistara has a brand new 787 that will be baking under the sun for months on end. Vistara is presumably trying t...
Jump to postWhat will be the lasting effects of the worldwide pandemic on the aviation industry? .... I'm interested in hearing what peoples' thoughts are on the aviation industry a year from now, five years from now, etc.. Airlines that survive this are bound to be different, but what, if anything, will chang...
Jump to postYou do realize that this virus is not going away and it's not gonna pass over India forever India can't lock down each time this happens Now I'm not against the lockdown (I'm for it for other reasons) but the economy is the largest factor you gotta consider second to health. This is a one-time thin...
Jump to postFinally, a country actually reacting to the crisis instead of using the BS "but the economy" excuse that some in the western world are still using. Funny thing is that when you shut down the country and eliminate the virus, you can get your economy back up to normal much faster. People in...
Jump to postYes, you make a good point. But, as is the case worldwide, the corrupt people will create a new "system within the system" in no time. The only way out of this situation, IMHO, would be greater transparency. If airlines are forced to release full-page advertisements containing their curre...
Jump to postI suppose the highest level of toeing the government line, for any airline, would be to order a fleet of NAL-Saras aircraft and use it for UDAN flights. Now that, would be one heck of an idea, because every government would love the good publicity for the Saras program & the UDAN program. ;) Wh...
Jump to post[ But then, part of the reason that EK (And other gulf carriers) has so much Indian connecting traffic to India from Americas and Europe is because it flies to a lot of these smaller cities that were not previously accessible via one stop options. Big cities like BLR, BOM, DEL were always accessibl...
Jump to postSure but precisely my point. Why cap EK flights? Publish a negative list of airports and open the rest up. You know, this is all based on an assumption that IF these caps are removed by the government, then Emirates (and other hallowed foreign carriers) will start flying to ALL eligible Indian airp...
Jump to postPNQ as big as it is does not have the international traffic of many smaller South Indian cities. Except for DXB, there is not much ME3 or even SE Asia O & D traffic to/from PNQ. Don't know why it is, may because of the leakage of some traffic to BOM. PNQ had a flight SIN many years ago, but was...
Jump to postPNQ as big as it is does not have the international traffic of many smaller South Indian cities. Except for DXB, there is not much ME3 or even SE Asia O & D traffic to/from PNQ. Don't know why it is, may because of the leakage of some traffic to BOM. PNQ had a flight SIN many years ago, but was...
Jump to post[ Much smaller cities like TRZ, IXM, IXE and CNN have plenty of international flights simply because they are South Indian, even though they are far removed from the state capitals of MAA, BLR and TRV. Indeed, as I have mentioned, IXC and GOI despite being civil enclaves (part-military) get lots of...
Jump to postMasala is Masala, whichever way you look at it. Right now, VT-TSD has taken off from DEL, flying south on what i suspect is their DGCA-mandated "proving flight". This is after 10 days of 'baking' :) These “proving” flights are a jaunt for civil aviation authorities to try out the flat bed...
Jump to postDon't mislead people, it wasn't 'emotional way of judging land prices' you have ready reckoner rates prescribed by GOI. For( I believe you expressed opinion regarding a specific airport to which I pointed out some specific facts. Why bring ‘ghost’ airports in this discussion? Those have more to do ...
Jump to postI am only sharing what was agreed by the Govt. and then backed out. When the talks had started, they had said we would pay market rates and have one person employed in Indian Railways (could have been cleaner, people in maintainance, driver, signal men etc. the list is endless especially in Indian ...
Jump to postIn Alaska’s news announcement, they say “Seattle is also a gateway to Asia with nonstop flights on our Global Partners to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore”. Less love for Seoul & Korean Air? :-P What about their new partner to India :scratchchin: Their new partner needs to offer a E Coast strateg...
Jump to postThis is why I drive to BOM directly from my hospital in Pune (a 2.5-3 hr trip), park at T2, fly to DEL/MAA, return to BOM next day, pay approx 1500-2000 Rs in T2 parking, fill petrol at Khalapur toll, return home and end up spending much less time on the trip (and only marginally more money) than I...
Jump to postedealinfo wrote:vadodara wrote:
DL is starting out of MIA but guess what they have a LATAM partnership.
And what partnership does DL have out of BOM?
For life of me I can’t understand why a 2nd parallel runway can’t be built. Perhaps because its basically a major Air Force Station and they want the civilian traffic to have their own seperate facilities. And getting so much land is a huge project in itself. IXC and GAO also need to move from thei...
Jump to postFor life of me I can’t understand why a 2nd parallel runway can’t be built. Perhaps because its basically a major Air Force Station and they want the civilian traffic to have their own seperate facilities. And getting so much land is a huge project in itself. IXC and GAO also need to move from thei...
Jump to post>>>>>>>>Any long haul flight not ending at a SkyTeam partner hub ain’t happening unless it is from Atlanta. If this is the case, how come JFK to BOM with Delta happened?[/quote] You can go on your rant but please find how many such exceptions you can find. DL is starting out of MIA but guess what t...
Jump to postThis is true as well as the fact that was mentioned in last month's thread as well. The fact is both PNQ and BOM are slot-constrained with PNQ being more. I have talked to numerous drivers who just do the PNQ - BOM and vice-versa and most of them have said that 80% of the time it's the westerners w...
Jump to postOf the 2 new American Airlines long haul routes from Seattle- to BLR and London. Delta fights back by adding a non stop of its own to LHR. Will BLR be next? https://simpleflying.com/delta-takes-aim-at-american-with-seattle-london-announcement/ DL probably has some spare capacity; having said that, ...
Jump to post...With Subramanium Swanmee breathing down their necks.. I think he already ruined Tata's chance. Any Tata-owned airline will have a tough time getting the US Department of Treasury clearance to start or continue US ops. Of course, GoI may pull out all the stops. Do some offline research, google &q...
Jump to postLooks like NRT is headed to be the LCC hub. If so what would make Vistara fly there?
If anything this might be Air Asia turf but for such a long route it is doubtful the LCC model would work.
I think even PNQ would be a great candidate. They used to have the Privat Air flight for a long time which was discontinued. I'm pretty certain that the first instance LH gets a plane capable of flying to PNQ, it will be launched. Their PrivatAir flight was very popular and would not have been with...
Jump to postWith AA partnership, there will already be a suite of flights to AA E Coast hubs. This is the extent of American’s presence at PDX: https://i.postimg.cc/bvM9BsjZ/C3-C5-DD17-6-DBF-4-E85-8374-56-D7-ED312-D3-C.gif 1 daily to CLT 1 daily to PHL, June—October Probably expect to see MIA roll in. Perhaps ...
Jump to post[ Weekly ASMs for fun Summer 2017: VX - 86,174,974 AS - 19,571,913 Total - 105,746,887 Summer 2020: AS - 93,950,778 ~11.2% drop in ASMs....nearly in line with capacity change Interesting; the A321’s have been redeployed. Mainline replaced by RJ’s. Yet only 10% drop. AS extremely profitable. Seems l...
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