Interesting add. Not too many Danish Americans living in Georgia, figure SAS would add CPH-SLC ahead of that (where Utah has one of the highest Danish American populations in the country.) Then again, I could be wrong. Look at SAS overall loyalty to EWR which is not known to be a state with a heavil...
Jump to postI think if you read the CNBC reporting, it is not about what Delta is adding now, but is about what Delta is intending to do. CNBC is saying Delta is now treating Austin as a connecting hub (which is open for dispute I think), so this is a departure of mere focus city if Delta is intending to build...
Jump to postHaha! Saw this posted on Facebook yesterday: Now that Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines have announced their engagement... let's talk tails. Alaska Airlines' "Chester" and Hawaiian Airlines' "Pualani" are both icons of North American aviation and have been for decades. Now that airli...
Jump to postLong-time coming. Back to the whole separate brand thing = not sure if it makes sense. If that were the case, AS would've given a nod to keep some of the popular Virgin America branding around. If AS doesn't like Airbus, whatever, they'll have to deal with them regardless. Branding-wise, AS has a ni...
Jump to postI thought SAS has been serving ORD nonstop for years?!?!? Don't they have a lounge there? "For VFR reasons" is the important part of that sentence. SAS serves Chicago for business and tourism reasons. :checkmark: What I meant = more Icelandic people in ORD than NYC.... The Icelandic diasp...
Jump to postAlso there are likely more native Icelandic people in Chicago much like their Cousins: Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes trying to visit home with less flight competition. That was probably a huge reason to drop the route and not the destination. I hope you're making this post in jest. Iceland has a po...
Jump to postAlso there are likely more native Icelandic people in Chicago much like their Cousins: Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes trying to visit home with less flight competition. That was probably a huge reason to drop the route and not the destination.
Jump to postI count 27 ex-Song 75D-configured aircraft. Along with the 15 75H frames, are these the only 752s (out of 100) with the small 7" screens in IFE? I'm not certain which specific aircraft have the ex-Song PTV system, but for sure they're in the 15 ex-NW aircraft that were delivered in 1995 (into ...
Jump to postThe A300-600s were used on some JFK-LHR frequencies, EWR-LHR, one of the BOS-LHR turns, and BOS-ORY for a period of time in the 1990s (I think from '97 or '98 on). In some respects, they were nicer than the 763s. I flew in one once from JFK to LHR and I believe they had PTVs. The 763 fleet did not....
Jump to postWow, Holy S*** that T5-T6 terminal complex for 1990 was so ahead of its time. I feel like today's T1 and T4 copied from it in some ways. Too bad TWA couldn't be salvaged. It's Atlantic Division coupled with Eastern's South American routes or Northwest's Pacific Division would have been awesome. TWA...
Jump to postWasn’t most of that actually handled at T6 and passengers walked over to T5? It was a much different time back then for sure. T6 was still around and UA was still using it IIRC for 767s on JFK-SFO/LAX and B6 was brand new and eventually took over the entire terminal. Back in 1999, UA was still flyi...
Jump to postThe hardest landing I've ever experienced was November 2016 (a perfectly clear night mind you) on ATL-PBI on a brand new DL 737-900ER. That initial "thud" took everyone by surprise, some even shrieked. It had to be a new pilot behind the controls. I am not new by any means and still thump...
Jump to postWow, Holy S*** that T5-T6 terminal complex for 1990 was so ahead of its time. I feel like today's T1 and T4 copied from it in some ways. There was a much earlier plan TWA had to modernize the T5/T6 terminal complex around 1990. Check it out: https://www.airporthistory.org/blue-concourse/a-forgotten-...
Jump to postI was on a 737 the other day and it was a hard landing. Definitely felt it more than other landings. I wonder if it has something to do with the airport. LOL. With the airport, I definitely think so, we'll see what the pilot people on here think. My experience, in the late 70's/early 80's was with ...
Jump to postI think UA would have run into the same problem that B6 did when they built their T5, when it comes to the original gate areas of the old TWA T5 being recycled/incorporated into a new terminal (the trumpets). First, the dimensions were quite small as it was an old terminal so it wouldn't have that ...
Jump to postPan Am's A320s were ordered for delivery until they went Chapter 7. Some with Pan Am interiors ended up with Braniff 2 and America West, IIRC. It's a shame Pan Am and Northwest couldn't pursue a merger deal in 1989 because those Pan Am A320 orders would've really found the right home as NW was an ea...
Jump to postYes, DL is the largest currently at LAX, but as you would expect all the US3 are fairly close to each other with there being no dominant player. UA has the most expansive long-haul network out of LAX, but I would imagine by a good amount the weakest domestic network. Agreed. Even AS & WN need t...
Jump to postIMHO - SFO to MNL is long overdue but nice move. Ditto with resuming LAX-HKG. BTW, isn't Delta the largest at LAX at this point? Unless I'm mistaken, I was totally stoked to read about this. UA has some catching up to do with both DL and AA so that's probably why LAX-HKG is being relaunched. Yes, D...
Jump to postIMHO - SFO to MNL is long overdue but nice move. Ditto with resuming LAX-HKG. BTW, isn't Delta the largest at LAX at this point? Unless I'm mistaken, I was totally stoked to read about this. UA has some catching up to do with both DL and AA so that's probably why LAX-HKG is being relaunched. Yes, D...
Jump to postIMHO - SFO to MNL is long overdue but nice move. Ditto with resuming LAX-HKG. BTW, isn't Delta the largest at LAX at this point? Unless I'm mistaken, I was totally stoked to read about this. UA has some catching up to do with both DL and AA so that's probably why LAX-HKG is being relaunched.
Jump to postSEA is in no way owned up by DL. Not even close, they barely have even 1/3rd the market share of AS. Also something that was completely omitted in the article you cited was that even DL was running SEA-LHR at a mere 3x weekly last winter, with VS filling in with 4-5x weekly while AA/BA were running...
Jump to postOne thing I wish American would do is sell tickets on Alaska on say SEA - DFW and then connect onwards. Currently that isn’t possible In regards to SEA - LHR I don’t feel that market is big enough for all these airlines: Virgin Atlantic, Delta, British airways, & American. Coupled with gate spa...
Jump to postDon’t they have an arrangement with AS akin to the one they have with B6 on the East Coast? If they’re not flying internationally from SEA, what do they add to the agreement? Akin? No. AA/AS is traditional code-sharing, not revenue-sharing nor capacity-coordinating. 'What do they add?' depends on y...
Jump to postSorry to hear this. I've been a Saab owner for over a decade, hope they'll never blow up on me...
Jump to postGreat thread! Who can forget that US flying ex-PI 727s could actually make CLT-SFO nonstop with smoking allowed onboard? And man, that takeoff roll was long. 50+ seconds on the roll and it almost scraped trees. And the commentary in the background, were they clocking it lol: https://www.youtube.com/...
Jump to postIt wasn't a swap (usually that would've been a downgrade) but some rarities I was able to track down and book as "one-off's". In August 2010 I flew on a domestic DL 763 on ATL-EWR and then DL EWR-MSP on the return with a 752 with AVOD. This was all connecting in and out of LAX. There were ...
Jump to postEntitlement issues. It's not just on planes or with overbearing parents, it's just going around in a post-COVID society. It just happened to me with several roommates in a housing situation. Some people have just become nasty, demanding, surly and fake (or a combination of all) and it took a pandemi...
Jump to postI do like the A321. I was just on one this past weekend on Delta from LAX-DTW and like the wide seats, mid cabin lav, and funny green "return to seat" signage. Only problem is the deplaning is really slow as there's no 2nd boarding door like on the 757.
Jump to postYou would think as brand conscious that DL is that uniforms would match the official colors of Blue and Red. To convey a premium image perhaps a tasteful blues with red trim or reds with blue trim. But gunmetal grey will look like they were ordered off Amazon. I hope Delta does not lose a competiti...
Jump to postIs the A321 really that much of a brick? I feel like the last few times I've flown DL I've been stuck on them and takeoff performance was pretty slick. Maybe the climb was a bit slower, but does DL operate some sort of high performance version of the A321 considering they're new and have winglets? ...
Jump to postThe 737NG, at least the -800 I fly, does not need babysitting at .80 or .81 if it’s smooth. Even if it’s light turbulence I wouldn’t blink at .80. Some may just get more nervous earlier than me but if the autothrottles don’t react fast enough it still takes quite some time before you have an oversp...
Jump to postI was amazed when Boeing introduced the 737-300/400 and 500 with much more efficient CFM56 engines but retained the same basic wing as the far shorter range 737-200 It made for a painfully slow optimal cruise Mach around .73, if flying into a strong headwind it took forever to get anywhere, combine...
Jump to postApparently there's a massive arctic-based cold front headed down from Canada this week which could be affecting SEA. Lows in North Dakota might go down to close to -30 or -40 degrees and even in Orlando it's expected to go below freezing. Last night in SoCal it got down to 42 and it felt cold as s***!
Jump to postA bit of a whacky list. Why is DFW so low? SFO and ATL have great transit connections with BART and MARTA respectively. I've never had to ever rent a car in either city traveling for work because of this. But ATL security lines are horrible and SFO has a big delay problem. Also how is MSP better tha...
Jump to postPiedmont was the airline that took my family "over the river and through the woods" to Grandma's house for Christmas every few years. Always RIC-DEN, the routing varied. Sometimes via CLT, sometimes via DAY. I have very vivid memories of the gate area in Dayton waiting for our flight on t...
Jump to postMy favorite airline Western. Some things forgotten about them that I want to mention. They were the first airline in the US. They pioneered using ground based navigation points creating early airways. Las Vegas grew hand in hand with Western. Las Vegas was a dusty small town that was a key stop on ...
Jump to postMy favorite airline Western. Some things forgotten about them that I want to mention. They were the first airline in the US. They pioneered using ground based navigation points creating early airways. Las Vegas grew hand in hand with Western. Las Vegas was a dusty small town that was a key stop on ...
Jump to postFrom an article written by PANYNJ chairman Kevin O’Toole: And this is just the beginning. A new world-class Terminal B will be designed and built, as the “Visioning Plan” for future development of Newark Liberty is developed in partnership with Arup, one of the world’s top aviation planning and des...
Jump to postWell it does look nice! I'll give it that... - Delta- 4 American- 4 That feels like a low number of gates for both..... That can't be right for either. AA uses like 7 and DL at least 5 probably more. UA putting certain mainline flights in the terminal will cause a headache & especially with no M...
Jump to postLooking at the earth cam for the new A, all airline signs posted and no sign for Delta is put up and all space is taken... I wouldn't be shocked if DL temporarily changed their mind about the migration from Terminal B to the new Terminal A. They have the new SkyClub, newly built out and expanded se...
Jump to postsz1998 wrote:Wow -- would this tank the PHX hub for the time being? I fear that this could have severe impacts.
Does anyone know how many PSA flight attendants were based in SFO in their prime? And Air Cal? Such a sad ending to this base, especially since AA had taken over both of those airlines. It's almost like AA bought these airlines just to dismantle them. TWA is another one. I am willing to bet most of...
Jump to postIt's beautiful how they are tying in the new terminal to the former 1973 era Central Terminals. The designers and architects obviously took cues from them directly into this terminal which really gives it its identity. New Terminals at LGA, JFK, MCO, MCI don't have any connections to the facilities...
Jump to postGreat pictures starting to come through, although an opening ~10 days from now seems rather ambitious! In terms of design, there are celarly some elements borrowed from the modernist existing terminals, specifically the tent-like roof of the headhouse with central columns to maximize open space (th...
Jump to postMore importantly, can anyone confirm if they're expanding the new Terminal A up to 45 gates? Looks like American's new style Admirals Club will be coming to the new terminal. Between AA, UA's new style lounge, the AMEX lounge, and I'm willing to bet Delta won't skimp on a new lounge, this could be o...
Jump to postThere's high demand especially with CUR. They will receive KLM 2x daily in December. And TUI Netherlands will be going there 10x a week from Oct-Dec. There was even a point where CUR was the top destination from AMS in 2021. Bonaire was nr 7 and Aruba nr 10 in the top 10 list. Though to be fair, th...
Jump to postI see in the Delta app DL9895 TPA-ATL at 1130 and DL9986 TPA-ATL at 1645, both 717-200s. Are these extra sections or for something else? DL has put a 717 doing non-rev turns on ATL-TPA throughout the day today. There is a morning turn ATL-TPA-ATL 9895, and an afternoon turn ATL-TPA-ATL 9896 (which ...
Jump to postWhat hostile takeover was this regarding? As far as I know, in 1989 NW was seriously considering merging with Pan Am with KLM as a partner (would've looked a lot like the DL/KL/AF partnership) but apparently KLM wasn't getting along with the Pan Am management during negotiations. Should this have o...
Jump to postBoeing tried selling Northwest Airlines the 717 to replace their aging DC-9s. Northwest's answer was to upgrade the DC-9s interior to something similar to the interior of the the 717 for a whole lot less money. The only noticeable diferance was the three and two seating arrangement was swapped. The...
Jump to postA couple notes - Pilots dislike the older A320s for some surprising reasons. The vent fans in the cockpit are incredibly loud on the earlier aircraft in the family. It's like a wind storm up there (in terms of noise). I'm not sure what Airbus did to solve that on later aircraft, but the difference ...
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