Re: First Time You Flew on an A320?

This will seem silly, but it was May 25, 2010 on an AC A320 YYZ > LAX, after which I connected to a UA 747 to SYD. I was impressed they all personal TVs and I watched a movie (or three). The sad UA 747 featured no such luxury, and played movies on screens placed throughout the cabin for 15 hours aft...

Re: Will existing codeshare partners check a bag through on two adjoining itineraries?

Godspeed on this journey, but there's no way in hell I'd ever put faith in Air Canada Express getting my bag from Terminal 7 over to an Etihad flight out of Terminal 4 several hours later. My mind went to the same place, so in the end I opted to fly to LGA and find a locker for my luggage if I need...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Having one YVR frequency operated to LGW is not a positive development, nor was losing YYC entirely. BA/IAG is basically just status-quo in Canada at this point. Honestly, if they were to pull out of YUL tomorrow I'd be really disappointed but it wouldn't come as the surprise of the century. Non-re...

Re: Will existing codeshare partners check a bag through on two adjoining itineraries?

Depends on the mood of the check-in staff. In theory, it shouldn't be allowed as if AC damages the bag, EY (as final carrier) bears the repair cost. What I don't quite get is why changing terminals at JFK with your bags seems to be more of a hassle than changing NYC airports (with your bags)? It's ...

Will existing codeshare partners check a bag through on two adjoining itineraries?

Okay folks, I'm curious what you think about this. I've got a booking on Etihad departing from JFK to MEL. My plans have shifted since I made it, and now I need to make my way from Toronto earlier in the day to catch my departing flight in New York. AC and EY codeshare with each other, and they are ...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Today's press release from AC confirms that the A321 cabin refit will also stretch to the A320s and is slated to be completed by the end of 2025. https://media.aircanada.com/2023-10-23-Air-Canada-Unveils-First-Upgraded-Airbus-A321-with-an-All-New-Interior-and-Industry-Leading-Cabin-Technology "...

Re: ANA and the Airbus 380

It does surprise me that there is *no* other market the A380 could serve NH in beyond HNL. I understand the dynamics of HND, but for example it has always felt like NH underserves Australia as an example (although I see that they've finally upped SYD to twice daily). I'm guessing ANA has crunched th...

Re: Paris Air Show 2023 - Boeing Orders and General Discussion Thread

Boeing is fine, has been fine, and will continue to be fine. I mean, I really think Boeing *hasn't* been fine. It's gone through arguably its worst series of crises ever, with major issues on every single element of its lineup, so let's not diminish that. That said, I do think Boeing will be fine, ...

Re: United to Install 4k IFE Screens

Arguably this is the point of Bluetooth connectivity. You'll be able to just connect up your higher quality, personal headphones (that probably have noise cancelling capabilities, etc.). You need to BYO to have a good video/audio experience really misses the point, and then advertising 4K is largel...

Re: United to Install 4k IFE Screens

Hopefully they will also improve the quality of their earphones, which was absolutely miserable in the spring when I flew with them (787 and 777). And, as others have pointed out, who cares, on such a small screen? Spend the money on more comfortable seats in cattle. :mad: :mad: :mad: Arguably this...

Re: Is this actually a viable new cabin layout?

It's about passenger comfort? Can you name a few details in an economy class passenger cabin that has become more "comfortable" in the last 50 years? The food? The drinks? The seat pitch? For premium cabins, yes, but none of that has to do with them having bigger windows, but more about l...

Re: Is this actually a viable new cabin layout?

You'll get that with or without this cabin layout, in the next 20-30 years, if not sooner. unfortunate how much we innovate the world towards fake It's not to make it fake, but to save weight. Save fuel. Save the environment. Not so unfortunate, after all. I know this is the assumption, but I'm cur...

Re: LaGuardia Airtrain "Dead"

They just rebuilt the terminals, then they were going to spend another $7 Billion on an Airtrain or Subway extension. That is a lot of money, how many people would actually benefit? JFK's Airtrain had about 20,000 daily riders in 2022. Let's say LGA's saw similar numbers, that's $7 Billion for 20,0...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

LX has been serving YUL for decades, and they never got kicked out of YYZ. Has LX ever served YYZ? I don't think so. Maybe SR, back in 90s, but I don't believe LX has ever flown to YYZ. I could be wrong. Correct, LX (excluding WK) has never served any other destination than YUL in Canada. SR used t...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

ET is a member of SA, I am not familiar with *A. Toronto has an enormous East African Community, which is much larger than the south African diaspora. Though tourism wise JNB would make much more sense than ADD by any metric, I guess time will tell. Airline industry nerd moment: Most of us don't sh...

Re: Etihad Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Any word on EY replacing their 777s on the Australia routes? I'm booked on a trip there but it's by far their most outdated product at this point.

Re: Update: United Airlines orders 100 787’s plus 100 options, orders 100 737MAX

You're assuming that that's what the rationale would be for a second fleet type. A better way of saying it would be that in case one plane type has a grounding or a serious delay that another plane type from the other manufacturer will be there to pick up the slack, minimizing disruptions. That pos...

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

As suspected, business class is being branded as Flagship, and will be more about the overall experience than the cabin, similar to Delta One and Polaris. I thought the same as well, but if you look on AA's site they already call their long-haul lie flat product 'Flagship Business', so the fact tha...

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

mikejepp wrote:

Pottok wrote:

How many Y seat will have these airplanes

77W : 70 C + 44 W + ? Y
789 : 51 C + 32 W + ? Y

Have they announced the seat count breakdown for the 321XLR?

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

chonetsao wrote:

Also the new Business class really do look like JetBlue A321LR seats except it is reversed. I can't wait to see it.

Re: AA reveals new interiors for 787-9 and A321XLR

Notably, no mention of Flagship First in the press release. 77Ws will get 70 of the new suites, surely replacing First. I'm not convinced AA ever understood the value of Flagship First. There's been numerous articles written about the place that First has in today's super-premium Business product w...

Re: VS unveil A330Neo Cabin

Why did VS do away with the bar and install the Loft? You don’t have to staff a “Loft”. Thanks. On VA the bar wasn’t staffed. Passengers were suppose to ring a call button to be served. I thought that the reason was more around space utilization and actual amount of usage. The bar takes up more spa...

Re: VS unveil A330Neo Cabin

Have any of the upper class suites got doors? Don't like this idea of it just becoming a recovered DL product. Superficially nice though. As others have noted, it's all in the link above. In addition to The Retreat Suite, the A330neo will offer 30 brand new Upper Class suites. The fully forward-fac...

Re: Emirates Fleet and Network Discussions thread - 2022

Andreas Spaeth on Twitter: “Sir Tim Clark: No B777X cancellation yet. But our patience is indefinite” https://twitter.com/spaethflies/status/1518572047143776256?s=21&t=CHpeV4yBHKVB_fcXNas4bA Actually its "yet, but our patience is not indefinite" (very different meaning). Honestly this...

Re: Pilots of 777s and 787s warned over pitch-guidance mode slip before take-off

One can argue that any effort to design a fully proof system is a loosing battle. If a medical equipment designer is designing a more nurse proof system, then nature have the undesirable habit of developing a better nurse. I suspect this phenomenom is equally valid for aircrafts and it's pilots. Bu...

Re: Why hasn't the A330NEO been nearly as successful as the A330ceo?

The A330neo's main purpose might be to keep price pressure from the low end on the 787 while the A350 does the same from above. Bingo. The OP is assuming that 'success' for the NEO is measured in how many are sold. 'Success' for the NEO I would say should be measured in three ways: ⋅ Cast...

Re: Why hasn't the A330NEO been nearly as successful as the A330ceo?

The 787-9 is overkill in terms of range capability for the TATL market, but it can leverage its higher MTOWs to carry more cargo than an A330-300. I assume this is the strategy American Airlines used when they decided to eliminate the A330 from their fleet. But the 787-9 is probably more fuel effic...

Re: Why hasn't the A330NEO been nearly as successful as the A330ceo?

The A330neo's main purpose might be to keep price pressure from the low end on the 787 while the A350 does the same from above. Bingo. The OP is assuming that 'success' for the NEO is measured in how many are sold. 'Success' for the NEO I would say should be measured in three ways: ⋅ Cast...

Re: Overnight connection in Toronto

If you want to go downtown to the lakefront, CN Tower, Railroad Museum, stadium area the UP Express train take 25 minutes and they have a special fare for long layovers if you leave from the airport and go back the same day. Interesting! Any idea how much it costs? Don’t suppose you know whether I’...

Re: Air Canada acquiring 26 A321XLR's

I'm not sure why anyone thinks having A321XLRs is not compatible with also having a 737MAX8 fleet. Both United and American have made clear that MAX and XLR fleets are in their future. The MAX8 costs are absolutely incredible and the XLR's range is similarly impressive, and quite a positive for an ...

Re: Air Canada acquiring 26 A321XLR's

ExMilitaryEng wrote:

EChid wrote:

YUL is crawling with A220s

Must be!

I can hear over my head that distinctive whaling sound about 2 - 3 times/hour...

Re: Air Canada acquiring 26 A321XLR's

YUL is crawling with A220s (not that I'm complaining, since they actually have WiFi and are nice to travel on) and I picture this A/C type being extremely present at YUL as well. Tonnes of opportunity to have long and thin routes (and compete with Air Transat) to many secondary cities in Europe, man...

Re: Boeing 787 - Wings turning black during the flight

Art at ISP wrote:

Looks like a shadow. Since you were headed west to east, perhaps shadow of the tailfin.

Re: Where have the composite planes gone?

the only way to fly an A380 on Star Alliance these days is via Singapore Airlines. It has limited operations in NA, but one unique way to do it is by choosing a day where its scheduled and booking from JFK/FRA I neglected to mention that my travel credit with US is only going to cover about half of...

Re: Where have the composite planes gone?

Well, first of all - the only way to fly an A380 on Star Alliance these days is via Singapore Airlines. It has limited operations in NA, but one unique way to do it is by choosing a day where its scheduled and booking from JFK/FRA (which you can do). As for catching a composite a/c, I would focus on...

Re: A350 Dimmable Windows will be standard from next Year

Every time I’ve flown on an 787 and cabin crew have dimmed windows, they’ve never been locked and I’ve always been able to turn the brightness back up. I am someone who loves to look out the windows and much prefer the dimmable windows for this! It’s always the best of both worlds to me - set the w...

Re: Royal Jordanian Expansion: Looking at A320NEO, B737MAX; additional Dreamliners

My favourite current oddity of the RJ network is the DTW-YUL-AMM pairing. It'll be interesting to see where they go to next.

Re: A350 Dimmable Windows will be standard from next Year

I personally look forward to this future. Would you mind explaining why? No Tax On Rotax I'm looking forward to them too. Contrary to the experiences above, most of my experiences on the 787 have been that - yes - while crews set the windows to automatically dim at certain points you ultimately ret...

Re: Update - Punch List of Bugs, Errors, Requests

I'm sure this is known, but when people are viewing the forums while not logged in the ads on the right side of the page obscure the content - making posts unreadable.

I'm on Mac, Chrome.

Re: Air Canada phasing out a 777-300ER

It's built into the IFE, not the seat Mine definitely wasn't. I'll dig out the registration later. It seemed like a very poor design feature. C-FIVW. The aircraft had controls in the IFE/back of the seat but there was also a set of buttons on top of the arm-rest, and they were linked to my screen I...

Re: Air Canada announced for Q1 2020 a $1.05B loss + retirement of 79 older aircraft

I don't understand their fleet strategy. They are retiring some A320 variants for MAXes. While maintaining many A320 variants on Rogue. But they are still keeping A330ceo. Presumably they are going to stick with MAXes and B787 in the future and abandoned Airbus all together? Rouge (not Rogue!) was ...

Re: Confirmed: Air Canada to buy Air Transat