Re: Big cities without any airport

Leicester UK has no airport. Population over 500K. EMA is less than 20 miles away, and most of that is motorway. I know EMA's closer to Notts and Derby than it is to Leicester, but that's not too bad of a distance. It's as close or closer than many airports are to the cities they allegedly do serve...

Re: Big cities without any airport

ChrisKen wrote:

Since there's a few pendants.
The City of London is without an airport.

Re: Big cities without any airport

Washington has Reagan National Airport, no international flights though.Washington Dulles International Airport is servicing the Washington area. This thread will lose all meaning if we go in that direction, but the above post is off the mark for multiple reasons: (1) DCA isn't DC - it's across the...

Re: Big cities without any airport

Washington DC? Washington has Reagan National Airport, no international flights though.Washington Dulles International Airport is servicing the Washington area. This thread will lose all meaning if we go in that direction, but the above post is off the mark for multiple reasons: (1) DCA isn't DC - ...

Re: Woman fined $500 by US CBP for saving Delta snack

If she is saying to the press she was saving it gor the next flight then she for sure said that to the officer. And then she asked if she could throw it away. Too late. That assumption makes very little sense. Most people say very different things publicly than they say to cops, especially when say...

Re: Woman fined $500 by US CBP for saving Delta snack

There seems to be an unusually high proportion of people on this site who think they never make mistakes. This woman's situation is unfortunate: what she did is clearly against the law and she should have to pay the fine (ideally without whining about it), but the people above who are saying things ...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

Just curious because I have been thinking that IAD would be a great place for B6 to expand in the future since it seems from the outside to have room for growth. How much gate space is available in the main terminal? B6 used to have a much larger operation at IAD than it does now, but drew it down ...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

If you take Orange it's not a single seat you have to get off at East Falls Church and wait for the Silver. Peak hours, no big deal. Non-peak it's about as bad as the Blue transfer. Then get on a Silver line train instead, like any sane person would do. They're on the same tracks all the way throug...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

METRO will not be a game changer. No express service. So it’s 15 stops to Foggy Bottom. You’ll have around 20 stops just to get to the Mall. Whereas Amtrak or MARC from BWI has three stops or less for Union Station. Union Station is a stones throw from all the tourist/business downtown DC areas. It...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

The Metro will increase it's viability as an O&D airport for folks visiting DC. Even more desirable as a long layover place. It's not going to be any bigger of a hassle than the train from BWI once it's done plus there's the Smithsonian Air and Space on site. MEM recently stated it wants IAD se...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

IAD would be good for North/South if UA ever decided to expand its presence in the Southeast at all. It's a good location for Northeast-Southeast connections. Honestly, it's not a great connecting facility, for a couple reasons. One is that C/D is a dump. I say this as a DC-based UA mid-tier elite,...

Re: United's Plans for Dulles

IAD would be good for North/South if UA ever decided to expand its presence in the Southeast at all. It's a good location for Northeast-Southeast connections. Honestly, it's not a great connecting facility, for a couple reasons. One is that C/D is a dump. I say this as a DC-based UA mid-tier elite,...

Re: WN 1380 LGA-DAL emergency landing at PHL, 1 fatality

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/one-southwest-passenger-dead-others-injured-after-boeing-737-engine-blowout/ Dominic provides a good summary of what is currently known about this crash, as well as historical background information. ps - it is entirely realistic to expect most...

Re: Airlines whose flights begin or terminate at one airport only

rubiohiguey wrote:

Copa from PTY
Wamos from MAD

Re: Airlines whose flights begin or terminate at one airport only

SQ, KU, Cargolux? SQ has multiple tag-on routes, including fifth freedom. For example, IAH-MAN is bookable as a standalone. KU used to operate a number of segments not touching KWI as recently as last fall, but I believe all are now dropped - so that one should be right. CV has a ton of segments th...

Re: LH A350 New Colors - Hideous!

You think this is bad, imagine landing at MUC or FRA once the entire fleet is repainted. It'd be like landing at MEM today but in a black-and-white movie. Seriously, the new LH livery just looks like someone walked into a graphic design firm with a photo of a FedEx 767 and said "like this, but...

Re: Why does F9 still fly to DCA?

With SY exit from DCA back in January, I wonder why F9 hasn't done the same. F9 received its beyond-perimeter slots for DEN service way before it transitioned into the ULCC it is today. With no further expansion possible at DCA due to slot restrictions and many business pax giving up on F9 when it ...

Re: Domestic US Routes You're Surprised Aren't Flown

afcjets wrote:

GSP psgr wrote:

United
LAX: MSY

Delta
ATL: ONT

American
LAX: DTW

They flew them in the past.

Re: The current club of global airports with non-stop services to all other 5 populated continents

I don't want to get caught in the "I'm better at geography than you" game but for me YYZ makes the grade. HNL is in Oceania so it ticks that box. ADD is now direct and so it ticks that box. All others are covered in spades. Also if you count same plane, same flight number routes AC33 runs...

Re: The current club of global airports with non-stop services to all other 5 populated continents

I don't want to get caught in the "I'm better at geography than you" game but for me YYZ makes the grade. HNL is in Oceania so it ticks that box. ADD is now direct and so it ticks that box. All others are covered in spades. Also if you count same plane, same flight number routes AC33 runs...

Re: The current club of global airports with non-stop services to all other 5 populated continents

I would say it is just a matter of time until ORD joins the club, with Ethiopian now filling to Africa hole and either Qantas or Air NZ likely to fill the Australia hole within the next year or two. ORD is just one flight away from being in the club, as will be IAH tomorrow. Any other major airport...

Re: Dep/Arr Airports you've flown with one letter difference

trauha wrote:

From one music industry capital to another: BMA to BNA.
Other than that, IAD to IAH, and LAX to LAS, which are also probably the most common pairs meeting this criteria.

Re: Cans of beer on a US domestic flight.

Ufsatp wrote:

COSPN wrote:

At $6 a can only the very rich can afford it

$6 is really not that expensive. "Very rich", nice hyperbole.

Re: Why so few high wing airliners?

This is something that I have wondered about. Maybe the question might be better expanded to avoid the A vs B debate. Why are the most popular short-haul turboprops often high wing if low wing is so much better? Q400 (and its predessors), and ATR are highwing. Is there a reason that on a turboprop ...

Re: When traveling with your significant other, would you let them have the Window Seat?

If it's an issue, just sit in separate seats.Do you *always* have to be up each other's cheddar all the time? This. I'm a window person, she's an aisle person. Therefore we sit that way, often with a stranger between us, but sometimes not even in the same row. If she wanted the window for some reas...

Re: What FF program should I use? (AC, LH, or UA)

I am flying LAX-YVR-LAX next month on a K class Tango fare. I am trying to decide which FF program I want to use. For reference, my home airport is LAX. I am trying to decide between Air Canada, Lufthansa, and United for the account I want to apply my miles to. With AC, I will receive miles equival...

Re: Boeing 707-320B vs. Airbus 321LR: an unfair comparison.

This is a very interesting exercise. I wonder what the difference in specs would look like if Airbus had tried to optimize the 321 for something closer to the 707 mission profile (that is, without changing the wing). I suppose you'd basically have to take the 321LR, stick even more fuel space in the...

Re: Aircraft 2-3-2 Cabin, more space & speed?

Just from a layman's perspective, I'd think they'd be trying very hard to get LD3s in. I've heard this a dozen times. LD3's require a 9ab cabin. So pretty much a 787 width. You could only go a few inches narrower than a 787 before the LD3's won't fit. Boeing won't make a fuselage a few inches narro...

Re: Reports of crash in Kathmandu, Nepal

At the end of the day, the confusion over which runway (02 or 20) didn't matter because they ended up "landing" perpendicular to both approaches. The pilots appear to have been completely disoriented. On the contrary, a very good way to get disoriented quickly is to attempt too late of a ...

Re: Aircraft 2-3-2 Cabin, more space & speed?

A tight 7 abreast oval the side storage bins would be useless. It can't work. The middle bins would be too small. You have just highlighted why it won't happen. An 8ab double bubble provides more height and allows full sized middle bins and side bins. They can fit LD3-45's or bulk load if they need...

Re: Reports of crash in Kathmandu, Nepal

So... They approached from the wrong direction? Can anyone explain how this might happen? I too want to know how this resulted in them being in a field in flames as well... Some of it may be a problem of the mind processing what it expects to hear rather than what it is actually hearing - the bias ...

Re: I love/hate the Boeing 777

I appreciate that its existence has in some ways contributed to lower costs of air travel. I also don't mind the cabin noise. Otherwise, the 777 is (ironically) about as close as it gets to a flying bus, at least among widebodies: ubiquitous, functional, minimally comfortable, and relatively economi...

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

capitalflyer wrote:

capitalflyer wrote:

Looks like DL832 757 headed to runway 33

No dice, go around.

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

UA 1767, a 753, is headed up the Potomac and looks like it's still headed for DCA. Can't tell if it's going for 33 or 1 yet. Edit: Went missed on 1, now headed downwind and looks like they're trying again. Just saw it go by. It missed again. I would think it would be prudent to head to IAD at this ...

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

UA 1767, a 753, is headed up the Potomac and looks like it's still headed for DCA. Can't tell if it's going for 33 or 1 yet.

Edit: Went missed on 1, now headed downwind and looks like they're trying again.

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

Well this is quite interesting from my perspective. I'm almost under the approach path for 31R about 3 miles off the end of the runway. Lots of go-rounds in the last 30mins or so...looking out my window you can see the aircraft all crabbed over in the wind. AA2286 from MCO appears to have given up ...

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

A couple heavies on final to IAD now as the European flights start to come in. Looks like UA 988 FRA-IAD, a 772, is giving 30 a shot right now, with UA 914, a 788 from CDG following right behind.

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

You cant really depart 33. It is very short. Landing is different, you need less room especially with 50 kt winds. I would imagine 1 is being used for deps for mainline ac. Unless contaminated x-wind limits are exceeded...and then there are no takeoffs. A 757 out of DCA on 33 had to be full power, ...

Re: Nor’easter with High Winds Impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast March 2nd and 3rd

FX1433 A300 MEM-ORF diverting to RIC AA9490 B738 PHL-DCA diverting to PHL IAD is currently having a lot of go-arounds due to wind shear. I was watching that one. Ferry flight or replacement section? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL9490/history/20180302/1108Z/KPHL/KDCA Haven't checked DCA; ar...

Re: Hey DELTA! Why No SLC-GRR?

GRR/SLC sounds like a horrible idea. No local market, long regional jet flight, capacity would be moved from MSP ultimately downgauging from low cost mainline to high cost regional. Unless the GRR market has a large concentration of flyers traveling to Elko, NV or Redmond, WA AND paying a premium t...

Re: Smallest "city" with the most or largest # of jet flights?

As others have mentioned, if you're being honest about something and counting the actual catchment area for an airport rather than a municipal boundary (e.g., claiming that CDG serves the commune of Roissy - population ~3,000), it's almost certainly going to be a tourist destination that takes this ...

Re: United Polaris Promise Never Matched Reality

The problem is that the old UA no longer exists. Instead the folks from co run the show and as they have shown since day one of this 'equal merger' they have no clue how to run an American international airline. They are in the big league now but still act like they are only serving Waco, Lubbock, ...

Re: United Polaris Promise Never Matched Reality

I've experienced a mix of things with Polaris - the soft product with the old 772 J seats, the soft product with the 788 J seats, and the 77W full onboard Polaris experience. My $.02 is that the drinks/menu/bedding make very little difference with the old seats, and I suspect some of the reductions ...

Re: Aircraft Type with the most number of Hijackings

If you have a database of hijackings sortable by aircraft type, why don't you just answer your own question? It may well be the A300, and if not, it'd likely be something in widespread use throughout most of the mid-60s through 1980s when hijackings were more common, which would tend to suggest olde...

Re: A quiet place to clear US CBP ?

If you're willing to fly at an odd time (leaving 7:30 am) and on a 757, there's a UA flight LHR-IAD that lands at around 11:15 am Eastern, which puts it roughly 3 hours after a group of Asia and Middle Eastern flights arrive and before the wave starts hitting from Central America around 1 pm, follow...

Re: Can a pax land an aircraft?

It's not completely absurd, but there are a lot of variables that would play into how realistic it is. A 172 is a completely different animal from anything 320-sized and up, and it strikes me as really unlikely that a random Joe in 28E could hand fly a landing. If you could talk him into a position...

Re: Can a pax land an aircraft?

It's not completely absurd, but there are a lot of variables that would play into how realistic it is. A 172 is a completely different animal from anything 320-sized and up, and it strikes me as really unlikely that a random Joe in 28E could hand fly a landing. If you could talk him into a position ...

Re: Visiting lounges of airlines that you have never flown with

Is this "redundance" a coincidence dating from pre-alliance times or are airlines aware and use their lounge designs as marketing tools to win over passengers from the same alliance? Maybe a bit of the latter, but some of it is just making sure alliance elite customers are taken care of, ...

Re: Why does UA fly the 757 to LHR?

hohd wrote:

Now 757 is definitely no better than 739 with a few more seats.

Re: Rumor: Air New Zealand to announce Chicago

AKL-ORD is nothing - try AKL-DOH ORD - AKL on NZ's 3-4-3 77Ws or 3-3-3 789s will be horrendous (~16 hours 30 minutes). QR's service is all the more bearable, by virtue of the wider seats (and other 5 star perks). Cheers, C. Perhaps, but there's not much alternative from the US to NZ without connect...