I’ll believe that when I see it. Agreed. In fact, I think AS will redeploy most of the Hawaiian wide bodies to be based out of AS and perhaps out of some West Coast hub and grow out of that/those hubs and maybe even attempt some Europe routes perhaps? Do people really think AS is going to start fly...
Jump to postHowever, at CDG, it’s much more business-based and is designed more in mind of those business passengers, in addition to leisure. RDU works because companies like bioMérieux (who has thousands of employees in RDU area) fill the business cabin and there is the leisure demand to fill the rest of the ...
Jump to postAF/KLM Groupe decides on routes and capacity for AF/KL. AF will not operate CDG-MNL before KLM is able to operate AMS-TPE-MNL every day with fully laden pax/cargo B77W aircraft and is short of capacity. I’m curious, what is the deciding factor for AF/KL to operate long haul route over the other? Si...
Jump to postSo AFKL might be going narrowbody for MXP - JFK? Feasible? B6 Competition? Speculate away... https://simpleflying.com/air-france-klm-direct-flights-from-milan-to-new-york/ Lufthansa will be pleased to know this. Should ensure that the ITA take over can be cleared. Given that ITA just gave up MXP - ...
Jump to postThe legacy HA operation becomes profitable when plugged into the much larger AS operation. This is adding 2+2 and getting 5. Can i get that crystal ball also please. Because thats not adding up lol. (In all seriousness because I can see it's needed) Go Google "Economies of Scale Airline" ...
Jump to postDoes anyone here have information on % breakdown of where the international transit passengers are headed to? Something like North America - x% Europe - y% South Asia - y% East Asia - z% Just curious. In the context of this thread, I am wondering which set of passengers are impacted, what alternati...
Jump to postDoes anyone here have information on % breakdown of where the international transit passengers are headed to? Something like North America - x% Europe - y% South Asia - y% East Asia - z% Just curious. In the context of this thread, I am wondering which set of passengers are impacted, what alternati...
Jump to postThe FAA's own misgivings stem from the fact that for 25+ years, the FAA has employed way too few professionals (pilots, engineers, etc) and way too many government bureaucrats (political appointees or individuals promoted by political appointees) Isn't this due to the commercial part of aviation of...
Jump to postYes it does appear to violate the spirit. The MIA-BOG route on EK should have limits on both seats offered for sale and minimum prices. I dont see this as an advantage for Colombia. There are hassles of clearing US immigration and travelers to DXB must have a US visa. Columbia should have rejected ...
Jump to postThe legacy HA operation becomes profitable when plugged into the much larger AS operation. This is adding 2+2 and getting 5. We hear that all the time when mergers are announced......however most will not succeed in getting that benefit. I think the reason it's happening in Europe is that it's a co...
Jump to postLUX is getting an interesting new route - twice weekly service to Jersey (JER) from Blue Islands, aimed at Jersey’s finance industry. It’s currently quite a long and tricky connection, most people fly to LGW/LHR then self-transfer to LCY for Luxair. https://x.com/seanm1997/status/176856089563693105...
Jump to postWith the 5 month closure of Eindhoven creeping closer, will flights temporarily move to other non-AMS airports? Rotterdam, Maastricht, Groningen? Ryanair operates flights to Maastricht and Transavia to Rotterdam. During strikes in Germany and Belgium, flights have for one-day only operated to Maast...
Jump to postWith the 5 month closure of Eindhoven creeping closer, will flights temporarily move to other non-AMS airports? Rotterdam, Maastricht, Groningen? Ryanair operates flights to Maastricht and Transavia to Rotterdam. During strikes in Germany and Belgium, flights have for one-day only operated to Maast...
Jump to postsomeone needs to put this in perspective. There are several hundred thousand parts in any air craft, there are about 5000 process specifications, material specifications, policies and procedures that cover from engineering design, through manufacturing, assembly testing and data verification (QA) t...
Jump to postThere is also a difference though between audit findings and suggestions for improvement. If you operate on a true continuous improvement plan - then suggestions for improvement are good. Which is exactly how it works in our company. A finding is bad, an improvement suggestion is good. Our manageme...
Jump to postAudit findings are normal. If there aren’t any findings then the audit process likely isn’t working. This is not how our management views it. I know, the financial industry is not aviation, but our management really celebrates when we don't have audit findings and given that the audits itself are a...
Jump to postThe saga continues: Venezuela is no longer allowing aircraft registered in Argentina (LV-xxx) to enter their airspace. According to a source in Aerolineas, this is "obviously" related to YV3531. Argentina's foreign ministry has summoned the Venezuelan ambassador. https://www.infobae.com/e...
Jump to postUX would add 10 unique South American destinations: - Asuncion - Caracas - Cordoba - Medellin - Montevideo - Puerto Cana - Puerto Plata - Santo Domingo - San Juan - San Pedro Sula Source: TP/AF/KL/UX schedules None of which are prime markets from a non-Spanish perspective and 3 are more leisure bas...
Jump to postis there any reason AF couldn't now try to buy it? They're investing in SAS so I assume the ban on investments has ended. They're now focused on investing in TAP. TP is considered a bigger "prize" than UX, thus why spend money on UX whilst you can get TP. Moreover, as long as IAG is takin...
Jump to postis there any reason AF couldn't now try to buy it? They're investing in SAS so I assume the ban on investments has ended. They're now focused on investing in TAP. TP is considered a bigger "prize" than UX, thus why spend money on UX whilst you can get TP. Moreover, as long as IAG is takin...
Jump to postLufthansa says it could walk away from its plan to buy ITA Airways if the EU competition authority demands are too severe. The EC competition authorities have until June 6 to announce their decision. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-03/lufthansa-warns-eu-it-could-walk-away-from-plann...
Jump to postOn January 22 Swiss started a scheduled service between ZRH and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM). Six flights per week with the Airbus A220. AFAIK they cancelled this service after seriously reducing the schedule and postponing the first flight. Reason for the cancellation is that they cannot secu...
Jump to postLHR has been weaker on yeilds for the US carriers as of late. UA has mentioned that, and even reduced EWR-LHR this summer (I think leasing out the unused slots).. Isn't this the slot SN is using for its extra BRU-LHR-BRU rotation (arrival in the evening, departure early morning)? As for DL, aren't ...
Jump to postAvianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Yes it does appear to violate the spirit. The MIA-BOG ...
Jump to postMaybe stupid question, but why would there be an increase of 10% in all fares if only 12 - 17 less MAXs are delivered? Did Ryanair already sold the -800s they're replacing? Moreover, a system wide increase of 10% only due to late delivery of a few aircraft seems more like Ryanair is running out of e...
Jump to postHawaiian Holdings shareholders voted to approve acquisition by Alaska Air Group https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/releases/hawaiian-holdings-stockholders-approve-acquisition-by-alaska-air-group And there you have it. I can't recall, did AAG shareholders already vote? No real surprise that HA sh...
Jump to postIf Lufthansa gets ITA they probably have enough slots for in their portfolio for ITA to "rent" a few if they need them. Maybe they can get the slot which SN is using for W23 and S24 and more likely a slot squatting flight (arrival around 21:00, departure early morning around 07:00). Howev...
Jump to postI suppose that’s better than using the resources to market Chicago to locals in Lazio... Which begs the question, how many people in Italy really want to go to Chicago these days? (Or NYC for that matter). Are Italians still enamored with tall buildings? Or are other US destinations garnering more ...
Jump to posthttps://www.aviation24.be/airports/eindhoven/eindhoven-airport-facing-five-month-closure-runway-renovation-to-impact-travellers-and-locals/ eindhoven closed for 5 months while AMS movements reduced. Should be interesting to see how this is gonna pan out traffic wise...if they gonna divert all the L...
Jump to postHumble questions... A Venezuela AOC A Venezuela Registration (YV-) Plane in Argentina Iranian Crew So, why on Earth USA needs to get their hands on a bloody old 743 civil&cargo that passed through a lot of companies/airlines outside US along his life, and resting and rusting under the sun for t...
Jump to postLet’s the forensics begin. Unfortunately, we probably won’t hear a peep more. The information uncovered will be highly secretive. We will not hear anything soon, but if we see suppliers getting raid or suppliers suddenly disappear from the market, we'll hear from it (or not). However, I do think th...
Jump to postWhere would they fly in Europe where both of the following are true: (1) they don't step on an alliance partner but (2) they can count on any feed on the other end? It's quite hard to think of destinations. I suppose maybe the answer is "they don't rely on alliance feed and fly point-to-point....
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:FR24 currently shows it near San Antonio in Peru.
Altitude about 35,000 feet and speed 0 knots.
You mean the 12 787s HA ordered? I though these were for the Pacific. HA’s 18 A321neo’s have the range for many new routes to HNL from the mainland. Their 24 A330’s, with a range over 8000 miles, were likely pegged to be replaced eventually by new 787’s but can all be retained with lease extensions...
Jump to postAlaska flies to a good dozen more middle America cities than JetBlue does. I’d say that makes them better known than just on the coasts. And I’d be willing to bet that some of them will soon have new non stop service to HNL. Nothing west of an arc from Dallas, Kansas City to Fargo is Middle America...
Jump to postSurprised its only 26 in J... seems low Why? VIE is not known for its high yield and thus 26 is most likely more than enough. It's also almost identical to the 30J KLM has in its 787-9s AC operate both YYZ-VIE and YYZ-BRU as part of the A++ immunised joint venture, so OS and SN metal is allocated e...
Jump to postThe devil's advocate in me is saying that a claim could be made by those allegedly responsible that "the bolts were reinstalled after that photo was taken". If that would be the case, there would be an additional photo showing it with the bolts. In the industry I work in the saying is &qu...
Jump to postSo did the airlines that got slots this winter - like JEtBlue and AI get permanent slots or temporary? Given AMS isn't at its max movements, it is confusing if they didn't get permanent slots. Given that the expectation is that all the paperwork for the reduction will be done by S25 so it can be im...
Jump to postOne nice example might be KL667/KL668 AMS - AUS KL started flying directly to Austin only because of SXSW back in 2018 i think. I believe the yields were significant enough to turn it into a regular three-weekly flight to this day. However, in case of Austin this had more to do with DL wanting to d...
Jump to postMy understanding is that all 737s are to be replaced. What routes are served by NGs that cannot be served by A320/1s? I understand that some of HV's Greek holiday destinations can not be used by a fully loaded 737-800 due to airport limitations. If that's the case, maybe they will stop serving thos...
Jump to postThen fire the process designer if the process is flawed. Somebody has to be held responsible. Remember that Spirit Airlines immediately fired the gate agent that put the minor on the wrong flight and they publicly said what they did. It has been nearly a month and Boeing has not announced any perso...
Jump to postThink it's worth pointing out that Airbus finding vacant slots, for instance by agreeing with other airlines to delay their deliveries, does not necessarily translate into a new order from United. It’s perfectly possible that Airbus and United are merely looking into reshuffling the sequence of the...
Jump to postAir France to operate new special flights connecting Los Angeles to the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival and Monaco F1 Grand Prix Flight schedules (local time) May 13, 2024 – AF041 – Leaves Los Angeles at 13:15, arriving in Nice at 9:35 the following day. May 27, 2024 – AF040 -- Leaves N...
Jump to postBoth NEOs currently operating for Transavia (ORY-based A320neo and AMS-based A321neo) coincided today at Barcelona airport, leaving a rather uncommon sight. Will become more and more frequent in coming years though. https://twitter.com/FlightradarCAT/status/1751942703317684644 Nice unique sight, in...
Jump to postDutch Parliament has voted to never open Lelystad (LEY) airport for commercial flights. https://nos.nl/artikel/2506867-kamer-wil-lelystad-airport-niet-meer-open-voor-commerciele-luchtvaart. What a waste of money. 200 million has been invested to make the airport ready for commercial use: a terminal...
Jump to postRef Icelandair's newest announcement of leasing 2 A321LR with 2025 delivery dates, there are leasing companies out there that obviously sits on near term delivery positions. And getting paid for delaying these deliveries could be a good deal. Getting paid for doing nothing, is always tempting. Woul...
Jump to postJuneyao operated some flights into LGW during the pandemic so a bit surprising they have chosen STN now. During the pandemic there were plenty of unused slots. Now everything is back to normal, those slots are used by the airlines which previously held the slots. STN is the only option as all the o...
Jump to postI wonder what this will mean for other airlines observing the situation. Clearly NEO slots are becoming harder to find in the short term. An airline like AF that doesn't really have a fleet replacement plan for their A320s/321s must be starting to think what move to make next? Fortunately, AF doesn...
Jump to postGood lord that A321 will take a long time to emplane and deplane... For the life of me I cannot understand why they don't invest in a US style first class section for at least a portion of the fleet. Coming off long haul biz class and sitting in a 3x3 with blocked middle seat is painful. You'd thin...
Jump to postWith JetBlue potentially pulling out of the merger with Spirit, does anyone think they will try to go after Hawaiian with a better deal than Alaska offered? I don't think Jetblue is foolish enough to outbid Alaska. The price Alaska is willing to pay is very high, up to the point that many people di...
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