Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

Furthermore, it hasn't been discussed but IND officials met with BA officials in the late spring, and since that meeting the director of IND said in an interview that flights to London were six-eight months away, I also talked to a member of the Indiana state government who confirmed that a late su...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

A friend of mine who works at BNA is saying MNAA will be making a major announcement soon. Mid-summer seems an odd time to announce new service. Their last few emails are updates on the BNA Vision. I suspect if there's anything, it may be that. What would there be to announce as far as the BNA visi...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

A friend of mine who works at BNA is saying MNAA will be making a major announcement soon. Mid-summer seems an odd time to announce new service. Their last few emails are updates on the BNA Vision. I suspect if there's anything, it may be that.

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

I would not rule out LH. With the VW factory in Chattanooga there could be some basic biz demand. Same with the Mercedes factory in Tuscaloosa Not sure about that. Chattanooga is closer to the city of Atlanta, but since the airport is on the far side of the the city, I'm not sure it evens out count...

Re: WN to Hawaii?

The lack of red-eyes has nothing to do with the WN pilot contract. What is the reason? I appreciate the correction, but let's take it a step further.. To get the reason for lack of WN red-eyes you would have to ask Gary Kelly as that is a management decision. All that I know is that the reason is n...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

Try arguing with facts instead of your opinion, darling, it'll make you sound a bit more intelligent.... City GDPs: St. Louis: $150 billion Indy: $134 billion Nashville: $113 billion F500 company HQs: St. Louis: 8(#9 is somewhat debatable with Monsanto, purchased by a Dutch company last year) Nashv...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

The fact you think the business climate is better in IND and STL than BNA is laughable. Research and most media says you are wrong. Nashville is consistently in the top among corporate relocations, startups, and quality. If your two little cities were so special, you'd see more traffic at your airp...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

Wondering if STL-BRU makes sense on SN because of the Inbev Bud acquisition? One single corporation isn't going to cause an airline to begin service. All these cities in this thread, sooner or later will get their TATL services. Some may be BA, others DY, maybe DE. FI and WW would be in the mix as ...

Re: OAG Changes 7/16/2017: DY Adds EWR-CDG/FCO; DL Adds LAX-ABQ/MEX, SEA-MFR, Seasonal AUS-AMS; Y4 Swaps OAK-MEX to SFO

I'm not so sure the Frontier schedule change is insignificant. It appears to be a very significant business model change. Perhaps it is an error but there appears to be major changes in the works. My guess is this is only the beginning. If one looks closely, there are market increases and decreases...

Re: WN to Hawaii?

travaz wrote:

Does anyone think WN would set up inter island operation? I can see tag flights but a full blown inter island operation?

Re: WN to Hawaii?

How far inland will the A32l LR be able to fly from Hawaii? LAS! KPHX? KDEN??? And this question belongs in this thread why? Perhaps because HA will be flying them, and likely with increased frequency, to just about any city WN would offer service from. They didn't order those Airbii to fly to Japa...

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

BNA continues to strike me as an obvious BA 788 route, and I personally think BNA-LHR is matter of when, not if. I spend 1/2 my time in Nashville, 1/2 in Dallas. My company does a rather good bit of business in the UK. The Nashville contingent is screaming for this flight. It'll happen, likely when...

Re: OAG Changes 7/16/2017: DY Adds EWR-CDG/FCO; DL Adds LAX-ABQ/MEX, SEA-MFR, Seasonal AUS-AMS; Y4 Swaps OAK-MEX to SFO

PSU.DTW.SCE wrote:

There are 4 DL AMS-AUS flights on 763ERs loaded across the two weekend period of SXSW.

The westbound flights are 3/8, 3/9, 3/14, 3/18
The eastbound flights are 3/8, 3/9, 3/14, 3/18

Re: Pan Am in Middle East question

Karachi isn't in ME, it's in Sout Asia also known as Indian subcontinent. And it's psuedo intellectual pinheads that don't thank you for the contribution & time, but instead only need to feed their need to nit pick something so insignificant, it make me wonder why I even bother with this. I'm f...

Re: Pan Am in Middle East question

klm617 wrote:

Varsity1 wrote:

So did TWA IIRC.

I think TWA served Baghdad, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Re: Air New Zealand Launch Yet Another Safety Video

Hopefully Peter Jackson will get to film 'Silmarillion' and we'll see a video from that theme.

Re: WN to Hawaii?

There is a lot of competition to HI right now. WN is going to have to do it from Califirnia (Don't think the MAX's will make if from PHX or LAS). They should concentrate on the Mexico and Central America and Caribbean markets.

Re: When will Nashville (BNA) get a non-stop flight to Europe?

Let me ask this question because it is going over my head (no pun intended)... Why would anyone WANT to start Europe to BNA? I mean we are talking Nashville TENNESSEE right? What is the appeal? As far as I know, Nashville's only real claim to fame is being the Country Music capitol of the world whi...

Re: New SAT-DCA Flight Sought by Rep. Cuellar

There should be one...and only one amendment to the whole stinking thing and it can be done on a single line. "DCA is not longer bound by any 'perimeter rule' and all flights are allows to operate to any airport in the United States of America". Real Simple. It should be opened up and let...

Re: Man Checks In Single Can of Beer on Qantas Flight

I love that all of the Aussie's say that no one drinks Foster... if that was the case, they wouldn't sell it. No one said no one drinks it. They said no one in Australia drinks it. It is apparently made mostly, if not entirely, for export. And my experience down under in 2012 seemed to confirm that...

Re: Spain's Iberia airlines fined for making female applicants take pregnancy test

Sounds like a throwback to the 60's and 70's when "stewardesses" were subject the weight restrictions, hair styles, marriage, etc. Not very PC in 2017.

Re: Man Checks In Single Can of Beer on Qantas Flight

Virtual737 wrote:

anshabhi wrote:

Why is this a news..?

It's funny, unusual and, if you had to guess the nationality of someone doing this you would (well not you obviously) probably pick Australian.

Re: New Potential Routes - CLT Concourse A Expansion

USAirALB wrote:

They never flew CLT-ANC.

US never had a presence in ANC until the HP merger, when they flew ANC-LAS/PHX. They added PHL-ANC with a 752 for two seasons a couple of years back.

Re: New Potential Routes - CLT Concourse A Expansion

Does anyone know how CLT-BNA is doing? I know it's new, but seems like an oddball to me, unless WN loyal pax connect to flights from BNA westward.

Re: Other side of the coin -- EK contributes $21 billion, 104,000 jobs to US economy

RL777 wrote:

Varsity1 wrote:

104,000 jobs

I'd like to see the figures on that.

It doesn't state whether that figure is direct/indirect in the article, I too am interested to see where they pull that number from.

Re: rappers claim Delta racial profiling

in fact worldwide problem wherever white people are the majority. It's not just where white people are the majority, although admittedly that is the biggest case. I live in a foreign country, am white, and see pure racism against me every single day. It only seems to be called racism where white pe...

Re: rappers claim Delta racial profiling

I think as a Southern company Delta is at risk of these types of charges, whether they are guilty or not. It is an unfortunate outgrowth of the current climate and the company's historic attachment to the South. The U.S. south is not the only place racism exists. They may be more blatant about it, ...

Re: Could DFW or IAH fictionally become a hub similar to the ME3 hubs?

The only airport in the US with TWOV is ANC. Seeing as deep SA and east asia are practically antipodal, ANC on paper is the best connecting point in the US for those regions. However, for obvious reasons, it's not used as such. All the AA ads in HK, position the DFW flight as the best way to South ...

Re: Could DFW or IAH fictionally become a hub similar to the ME3 hubs?

DFW is one of the largest hubs in the world already. Given that the ME3 runs all of their capacity through one hub, I think it's impressive where they are today. Think about how much publicity and pomp and other bs EK gets, and then think about the fact that AA @ DFW alone carries nearly as many pa...

Re: Could DFW or IAH fictionally become a hub similar to the ME3 hubs?

I meant more geographically could it possibly be feasible including range, like with an EK fleet, not necessarily pax numbers but a center point to connect around the world To fly to where? DFW already has service to five continents. It's not going to turn into a cnx hub for pax doing Asia-DFW-Sout...

Re: OAG Changes 7/9/2017: AS/DL/NK/UA

mtnwest1979 wrote:

Perhaps V8 is Iliamba Air Taxi, they alteady fly sched flights ANC-ILI from ANC FBO. Guessing code is now theirs?

Re: AA Expansion - Pacific NW

jbpdx wrote:

I don't see PDX-JFK for AA either. MIA and maybe BNA.

Re: Delta "security incident" - passenger attempts to enter cockpit

This was a non rev? That's outrageous. I hope the employee is burdened with the cost of the divert and medical bills up to the point they are terminated. They should be forced to give a video apology to the company for their non revs actions. No. Please, no. Your desire is outrageous. It kinda soun...

Re: Emirates America ? is that possible?

Why would any person want EK America? While their service levels are generally better than US carriers, they aren't even close to the Southeast Asia carriers. Let us know when seats go on sale for LBB-DFW on a 380.

Re: Is protected US domestic market really unique?

This is a sincere inquiry, to which I seek out information and thoughtful opinions. This is not about the domestically Oligopolistic US4, the reputation for poor service, or the state of US airports. It is about barring of non-US carriers flying US domestic routes. I consistently read, and am occas...

Re: Delta Pan Am 747 Retrojet & Farewell Tour?

This showed up on my facebook page a few hours ago. I thought it was very interesting: Remembering the Pan Am Worldport 3 hrs · This is our latest rendering of a United/Pan Am livery. This one is important because we had a big development today. We talked on the phone with the United executives in ...

Re: Qatar to cancel 4 A350s due to supplier issues

It seems the love affair with manufacturers with the ME3 is becoming strained. Perhaps those carriers are not as great as so many a.netters want to believe. All three are having their own issues. Now would be a good time for the European and Asian carriers to do a good job of convincing pax flying ...

Re: JetBlue and Spirit merger could it work?

The only logical merger (which there really need not to be anymore, period....but....) is NK and F9. Jetblue is kinda screwed. They either try to compete with a not so attractive network, or give it up and become the next VX.

Re: Qatar to cancel 4 A350s due to supplier issues

It seems the love affair with manufacturers with the ME3 is becoming strained. Perhaps those carriers are not as great as so many a.netters want to believe. All three are having their own issues. Now would be a good time for the European and Asian carriers to do a good job of convincing pax flying t...

Re: Boeing 125 737-8MAX order to Undisclosed Customer.

Probably China. Seems like when they announce a big order from one manufacturer, another order comes around for the opposite company. That is what I thought after the CASC Airbus order earlier this week, but Boeing would not refer to CASC as "a major airline". As such, I do not believe th...

Re: Boeing 125 737-8MAX order to Undisclosed Customer.

Probably China. Seems like when they announce a big order from one manufacturer, another order comes around for the opposite company.

Re: What's Going On In Nashville? Part 2

RE: DTW, I am flying into BNA next Friday from DTW on the 7am DL flight and for an A320 so far it's 90% full, and those are all of the seats on the map that show assigned already excluding basic economy. I've been observing that this flight has been super full even oversold lately. This flight leav...

Re: Another UA screw-up: twice-sold seat

I will get a ton of hate for this, but for too long airlines have been able to do as they please in many ways when it comes to customer service. It was bound to hit the fan, and 2017 seems like the year for it. So many people are afraid to speak up when it comes to airline issues, because you could...

Re: Can we expect Norwegian to order more wb aircraft soon ?

They are expanding REALLY fast. In the past, that has backfired on carriers. As of yet, they have no low cost, long haul competition in the U.S. It looks like it will get interesting.

Re: China buys 100 A320s, 40 A350s

The A320s are bread and butter (almost boring), but keep the money flowing in. The A350 order is very nice. I've thought for a while that China needs more A350s. I just hope this new order is not previously "Unidentified customer" I can't speak for the A320 part, but the A350s are certain...

Re: Atlanta Airport Service Question

Delta has Europe very well covered from ATL. The only shuffling of international flights is between Skyteam members. I would have thought maybe one if the Icelandic carriers, but DL serves KEF.

Re: China buys 100 A320s, 40 A350s

http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/airbus-auftrag-china-103.html Airbus-Chef Tom Enders sprach von "einem der größten Verträge, die Airbus in einer langen Zeit abgeschlossen hat". Ihm zufolge befindet sich der Flugzeugbauer zudem in Gesprächen mit China über eine Lieferung des Großraumfl...

Re: DL accused of racism

Should there be a, DL ongoing PR issues thread? Family says DL wouldn't allow them to travel due to them being Asian. http://m.thesundaily.my/node/458558 What did DL do wrong? Anyone who has ever flown knows once your boarding pass is scanned you enter the aircraft. Perhaps there was a language bar...

Re: Two new Norwegian routes - Gatwick to Chicago/Austin

What is the draw to Austin, TX which merits service to both LHR and LGW? Technology industries drive the BA service. It appears DY thinks there is enough leisure traffic for LGW. My employer has a facility 8 miles from LGW, I'm sure we'd like to see a DFW flight again, but not likely. I'm still ske...

Re: Who has bought one of the Transaero 748i

The modifications required would pretty much require rebuilding the entire airplane. I would be curious to know if the VC25 replacements will be based on the -F or 8i model (short upper deck vs. longer one on pax models). I don't understand why they would need an aircraft the size of a 748 these da...