Somaliland cut ties with Qatar and shut air, land and sea access. Somaliland is not internationally recognized and realistically has no way of enforcing a flight ban... It's mentioned, but they may have SAM's. Avoiding it would require a bit longer detour around the horn of Africa. Better take prec...
Jump to postThe Country Music Awards of all things is not a draw for european tourists, lets make that clear, and I know someone is going to comment "well actually I have met plenty of europeans who come for the CMA awards." And to that I will respond 400,000 people(not including tailgaters outside o...
Jump to postI disagree with that assessment. Each city has their own unique tourism draw. People want to come to these locations for different reasons whether it be sports or music or anything else. What people do NOT line up for is an unnecessary and miserable international arrivals experience that is ORD &am...
Jump to postAs a resident of STL, I believe we could support one daily flight to a large Euro-hub. Our biggest problem is we are just out of range of the current crop of mid-range narrow bodies. LHR is just not happening without a 788. May be just a touch too much aircraft. KEF/DUB might be doable, but with fe...
Jump to postBeing realistic, europeans aren't lined up in the thousands waiting to buy tickets to IND/STL/BNA of all places when Chicago and Atlanta are so close, so to again be realistic tourism is not going to drive these flights. I disagree with that assessment. Each city has their own unique tourism draw. ...
Jump to postBeing realistic, europeans aren't lined up in the thousands waiting to buy tickets to IND/STL/BNA of all places when Chicago and Atlanta are so close, so to again be realistic tourism is not going to drive these flights. I disagree with that assessment. Each city has their own unique tourism draw. ...
Jump to postFinnair HEL/NGO is an anomaly I do not understand. HEL/FUK ???? FUK is not ideally located for service to other cities in Japan. ICN is, however. Below are cities in Japan, rank-ordered by "city limits" population. Fukuoka and Sapporo are isolated, whereas all 8 others are part of the Hon...
Jump to postsouthwest1675 wrote:I really think Nashville is up next for a nonstop to Europe. Most likely London.
Re: AMS, I hear you. We'll see if anything comes of the AF/KL low cost concept. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it... but both near-term and long-term history don't paint a pretty picture for Amsterdam-Florida. Remember, it wasn't just KLM: Martinair Holland tried both central and south Florida...
Jump to postMost up to date passenger numbers (2011 brookings institute data) London: (2011 passenger total) Indianapolis- 30,732 Nashville- 27,456 Columbus- 24,968 St Louis- 28,417 Cleveland- 24,532 Milwaukee- 6,048 Frankfurt: Indianapolis- 13,932 Nashville- 9,984 Columbus- 7,603 St Louis- 16,092 Cleveland- 1...
Jump to postI'm an american living in Europe and I love that people actually are telling this guy to shove it. In america, no one would step up to this in fear of being criticized. They'd just all be sitting their with their cameras out and posting it to facebook. One thing I love about Europe... these are the...
Jump to postSomehow I think AZ will rise out of the flames as they have done before, in a slight different type of carrier, then fall apart again a few years later.
Jump to postWhat would the US use to back up it's resistance to the route this time? Softwood lumber duties, support of a Boeing lawsuit against Bombardier, increased border hassles? With the current administration all bets are off. If AC were confident in the security and making some money on the route, the c...
Jump to postQuoting TWA902fly (Reply 2): I imagine this is a result of low fuel prices, it's a long and thin route, and other than some smaller mountain-west cities, this flight will overlap with UA's own IAH and ORD services to some extent, and will be competing with DL's MSP and AA's DFW services. There is p...
Jump to postSaudi can barely hit the ground with bombs in Yemen...even with the US doing the targeting. I don't think even the great pumpkin is silly enough to green light an invasion of Qatar. You overestimate him - he's looking for any kind of distraction from his current self-inflicted woes. On a serious no...
Jump to postDefinitely SAT. It has upped its international flights, although to Mexico and Canada only. IMO, SAT is too close to AUS which is exploding with growth. AUS is likely going to get some more service to Europe before SAT.. The best hope for SAT is a Norwegian, Condor type service and I'm not even sur...
Jump to postAre KL's the last F70's or does Alliance in Australia still operate them?
Jump to postReality is that unless an A388 aftermarket develops, lease rates have to go up or sales prices have to come down neither of which is good for the line's prospects. IMO the best aftermarket for an off-lease EK A388 is EK. Not for the very early frames, but later builds. Way cheaper than getting fact...
Jump to postBNA stands a pretty decent chance of getting BA next summer, once the expanded FIS facilities should be open by then.
Jump to postBNA stands a pretty decent chance of getting BA next summer, once the expanded FIS facilities should be open by then.
Jump to postTrump caused this, he will not be solving it. I'm not trying to start a debate, but I don't see the connection between Trump and Qatar choosing to better their relations with Iran. Can you please explain that? Trump said to the Saudis that Iran is the devil, do everything you can against them. Saud...
Jump to postI really hope this crisis to be solved as soon as possible. The Trump statement and that KSA revoked all Qatar Airways licenses give the impression this crisis will take a long time to be solved. This reeks of Trump diverting attention away from the fact he is going to get skewered in Congress this...
Jump to postFriends in Qatar are stating that this is just some political grandstanding and will be over within a week's time. Either they have blinders on or they know something that we don't know...... I really hope this crisis to be solved as soon as possible. The Trump statement and that KSA revoked all Qa...
Jump to postWithout getting into an argument, that would agree with my original comments: It might have been a one-off. . . . Sounds like it was an odd week or so, and it would have to have stopped for fuel - IAD would be okay, but BA would not have had local traffic rights. Yeah it did DFW-IAD-LHR. I seriousl...
Jump to postOne thing I find odd, this is getting zero media attention in the US. On TV at least. The only place Ive seen it is on Al Jazeera America. A multi billion arms deal could silence a lot of things :) CNN has had multiple, live reports today including in person interviews with Admiral John Kirby. He i...
Jump to postRestrictions on Qatar nationals and airline personnel, offices etc. seem extreme. One thing I find odd, this is getting zero media attention in the US. On TV at least. The only place Ive seen it is on Al Jazeera America. A multi billion arms deal could silence a lot of things :) Oh yeah, things are...
Jump to postWell, if the ATRs and Q400s are not suitable for the island-hopping style operation, what can LIAT, Carribean do? Turn into a shipping company? There is nothing else available on the market. However, I am not really buying the story. ATRs have served, for example, the Canary Island inter-island rou...
Jump to postActually, I did. In the DFW area since 1972. Worked for Braniff 1972-1977. I can find nothing anywhere on the internet (except your comments) supporting the idea of a regular BA Concorde service into DFW after Braniff shut down and until BA took over the old British Caledonia (not sure what the dat...
Jump to postCanadaFair wrote:Restrictions on Qatar nationals and airline personnel, offices etc. seem extreme.
As airspace restrictions are now set in place, the picture below is speechless: https://imagr.eu/up/dSZ08_DBmJZVBXYAEoAHA.jpg Looking at the flight radar, (Which isn't including flights from other airlines),I think there is a significant threat for a mid-air collision Oh my goodness. You are saying...
Jump to postHello all, I'm curious about a few things. 1. How many 747s (each variant and including Northwest Cargo) did NWA have in the fleet at their highest number? 2. Besides Asia, what routes foreign and domestic did they fly the 747s on? 3. Would they be operating them for longer had they never merged wi...
Jump to postI agree. Service anniversaries usually get nothing more than a thank you ad in the market in question. The MAX is the story.
Jump to postdanj555 wrote:Why do all the pictures show flights routing around Iraq? It's not part of the ban...
I think they are buying time - a couple of years - with this to figure out if there is a marked for the A380-850/900NEO. Which likely there is no market. No new customers (aside from ANA and whatever agreement made re: the Skymark a/c) and used aircraft coming into the market likely means it's dead...
Jump to postBanner towing, vintage aircraft, flight schools and interesting history don't seem to be enough to sustain an airport that size? Plenty of room at nearby airports for the towing, flight schools and vintage aircraft. It's close to 150K movements per year, many GA. MIA and FLL don't need a long line ...
Jump to posthere are Iranian terror groups I.E Hezbollah and Hamas i am not taking side because both of them are worse but i mean let's be honest here I always cringe when some people throw names and assumptions that are massively inaccurate without any knowledge or background. Hezbollahis a militant in South ...
Jump to postTechnically an Asia route, but an odd-ball one for NW was DFW-SFO-NRT after TG exited the market and before AA got the SP's. One could purchase flights on the domestic routes only. I don't think it lasted very long.
Jump to postI think they are buying time - a couple of years - with this to figure out if there is a marked for the A380-850/900NEO. Which likely there is no market. No new customers (aside from ANA and whatever agreement made re: the Skymark a/c) and used aircraft coming into the market likely means it's dead.
Jump to postWhich side of the airport is this? Off Airport Road or on the side of the FoF Museum?
Jump to postIIRC, a long time ago there was a PBI flight, likely seasonal but I can't remember. WN tried BNA-GSP, it didn't stay long either. RIC? I don't see it. While not the same, the ORF nonstop lasted maybe a year. It seems like everytime WN adds at BNA, they also subtract - sometimes frequently, sometime...
Jump to postSo Saudi Arabia doesn't support ISIS? Laughable... as usual the Arab Gulf has to be the most hypocritical area of the world, even more than Israel.. They better fix this before the World Cup.. FIFA is saying "they are in touch with Qatari leadership and has no further comment at this time"...
Jump to postSo Saudi Arabia doesn't support ISIS? Laughable... as usual the Arab Gulf has to be the most hypocritical area of the world, even more than Israel.. They better fix this before the World Cup.. FIFA is saying "they are in touch with Qatari leadership and has no further comment at this time"...
Jump to postIIRC, a long time ago there was a PBI flight, likely seasonal but I can't remember. WN tried BNA-GSP, it didn't stay long either. RIC? I don't see it. While not the same, the ORF nonstop lasted maybe a year. It seems like everytime WN adds at BNA, they also subtract - sometimes frequently, sometimes...
Jump to postOf U.S. interest... the USN 5th Fleet, including a carrier strike group, and US CENTCOM, is based in Bahrain. So... no shortage of surveillance. USCENTCOM is based at MacDill AFBin Tampa, FL The Al Udeid Air Base southwest of Doha,Qatar has according to latest media reports roughly 10k US troops th...
Jump to postSouthwest could expand from Atlanta to Sacramento, Omaha, and Nashville as these are some of the largest markets out of Atlanta that Southwest does not serve nonstop from Atlanta. I am not sure if the expansion into these three markets from ATL will happen on June 22nd, but these are destinations t...
Jump to postSomeone needs to put a stop on this pox of an airline. One round trip made me wish my primary carrier in the US was Spirit. Yes, Norwegian is worse than NK. You must be kidding people as I have flown OAK 8 times to and from LGA and always in coach and it was very comfortable and what a value at $45...
Jump to postSomeone needs to put a stop on this pox of an airline. One round trip made me wish my primary carrier in the US was Spirit. Yes, Norwegian is worse than NK.
Jump to postI don't disagree it's possible, there is a long history of carriers doing this. It just should not be presumed. You need to look up the definition of 'presumed' in the dictionary, my friend. SFOtoORD clearly wrote, " could be to retaliate..." Could be to retaliate for AS and then UAs incr...
Jump to postThe issue of statehood has come up often. If it ever makes it to Congress it won't happen, at least no time soon. As is the case with the District of Columbia, both would lean heavily in favor of Democrats. If Puerto Rico were to become they would be entitled no more than six seats in the House of ...
Jump to postI've always been a big fan of Southwest, which I had the opportunity to fly twice this month (I'm admittedly not the most frequent of fliers). I've noticed some serious problems with Southwest customer service that I haven't seen before. For example, the front-line ground staff at LAX is abysmal .....
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