Free Euro-style business class on all seats through September is awesome. What a crazy time. Cash is king.
Jump to postIt's a sad day for the 747, but inevitable. I don't want to seem like the guy who's complaining, but as an airline worker, I have given this a thought. I tried to imagine how much it would cost Qantas to do this publicity stunt. Of course, I came up with these numbers by searching on the internet a...
Jump to postPHX will likely see a lot of mainline going down to 76 seat regional. But PHX has great metrics as a connecting hub. 76 seat regionals don't work in that model. Once AZ (TX and FL) have the cases and hysteria come down (that will happen), those are the growth markets in the country. A321s and 738s ...
Jump to postI mean, the premium passengers are generally in business anyway right, so I assume this wont affect them. I am an economy traveler based in the NorthEast and I'll pay a bit more to travel on B6 or DL. The F cabin is who is getting the service cut. With the AS and B6 partnerships, those are the bird...
Jump to postThe 145 with winglets is a sharp plane. Can't complain about 1-2 seating either.
Jump to postTwitter update from JonNYC (assuming its meant to be public) PHX, LAX expected to lose 800+ flight attendants, MIA maybe more than that. These are the "significant reduction" bases outlined in the info distributed yesterday - 30% smaller management saves $500 million dollars -money lost p...
Jump to postHow very sad. The 747, certainly in the BA livery, is iconic. Still not the same without them here in PHX. Had plans for upper deck one way and nose back this Fall. End of an era.
Jump to postGreat report and detail. Classic summer PHX evening !
Jump to postIn case anyone wanted to know how desperate AA is to generate cash flow, look no further than trying to add SEA-Shanghai. It's idiotic to be adding international in this day and age to begin with. Then add your debt is $40 billion, your credit rating sinks, you can't borrow more money unless it's a...
Jump to postDamn. 100 airplanes is half of the combined Qantas/Jetstar fleet. I'm highly skeptical we'll see any of those A380s come back. Does QF own those outright or are they leased/financed? Such a sad way to end the 747 era at Qantas. The A380's were financed through syndicated loans. Unfortunately, we do...
Jump to postThe Layout 3 for the A333 looks great and much more sense than the in between config with PY. Side note, ACs fleet page is great.
Jump to postThe economic and industry cycle were not favorable for the 757-300, wish there were more. Nothing like sitting towards the back, leaning your head against the sidewall, and seeing the visual twisting of the fuselage.
Jump to post(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) is planning to raise around $1.5 billion by selling shares and convertible notes, as the airline shores up liquidity after travel disruption due to coronavirus Bloomberg News reported bloom.bg/2AYPaXv on Sunday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amer...
Jump to postDuplicate post. My apologies. My iphone has been acting up this morning. Mods please delete. If UA could acquire the real estate it would be a good strategic move. I think they’re just fine with their current operation (again they have the only single airport long haul/short haul hub in the NYC are...
Jump to postGet the bucket list 744 nose and upper deck flights flown while you can. Sad to think the BA 747 days could be done even sooner.
Jump to postFirst memory on an MD88 was PHX to CVG connecting to a newly delivered 772ER to LGW. Sat in the back, window view partially blocked. Having mostly flown Southwest and America West, getting that full meal was a shocker, but that sound was one of the things that got me hooked on aviation. I was on DL8...
Jump to postWith regard to a configuration change, I could see some of the 76L fleet going to a smaller J cabin if LHR/ZRH/GVA/FRA premium demand projects to be impaired for an extended (multiyear) period. Scott Kirby has said they have no plans to retire any fleets at the moment, and would prefer to keep airp...
Jump to postPhilMcCrackin wrote:PHX-Hawaii has gone all A321(N) which was a large reason for the existence of the LUS 757 fleet. They're done.
Going back to the 90s it certainly made an impact being so digital with its CAD design. It had a size and capability scope that was the biggest for 2 engines at the time. Excellent reliability. Over a thousand in operation. It’s an impressive plane. Not to say others aren’t but the A330 took a littl...
Jump to postThis is where being nimble should help them. Chase markets that are opening up. Why unfortunately? It is good they are ramping up service and hopefully is proves fruitful with good pax numbers. Or is there something I am missing? Agree completely. We want service to rebound so the industry doesn't d...
Jump to postClear out salaries and other expenses due to Covid related business adjustments and they can make the finances work.
Jump to postDoes Southwest have a death wish? No other airline is in a better position to grow in their core markets. Not saying the US3 will roll over, they can flex (Expensively) with higher gauge idle wide bodies for one thing WN cannot. But WN has flexibility to capture core O/D. 1 fleet type, common group...
Jump to postUsed to leave SFO weekly in the afternoons on WN and would look across at the AF380. Such a great looking plane, shame to see it leave. No reason to ever set a foot on an AF plane ever again. I've had both the best and the worst flight on AF. The best was A380 to MIA and the worst 77W to FDF both in...
Jump to postHorrible plane. Has made Boeing lot of money and tortured passengers around the world. Noisy and cramped. you have NO idea what you're talking about? What airplane is better? He read that no one in their right mind would fly a 10 x 777 in Y. Doesn’t take into account the premium cabins. Probably al...
Jump to postIt’s the big twin! The largest of the twinjets and always has been. Iconic triple landing gear, engines the size of a 737 fuselage (the GE90s at least), longest range airliner for a while (77L), great freighter. It’s done a lot for us. Proudfully it’s my birth-plane (I’m from 1994). Hope to fly on ...
Jump to postHopefully rationally we can open the economies back up and get planes filled and flying again. Things will bounce back eventually. I know they want to stop the bleeding, but this seems like overkill for a short term issue. Were they bloated and needed to shrink before and the downturn is a convenien...
Jump to postShame to see this happen. Those planes have useful lives. I for one think we are going to see a the economic conditions recover to the point where someone takes these planes. Predicting DL will retire all Boeing aircraft and be strictly an Airbus user by 2025-29 What is the basis of that prediction?...
Jump to postIsn’t New York a bad example, JFK and LaGuardia service the same market? I would hazard a guess that United has other airports With less competition on the major routes, versus EWR.
Jump to postWow, yes I forgot about that fiasco with DL wanting to extend the ERJ-145 contract in 2016 out for another 5 years and the subsequent Ch. 11 filing. Farther back there was the whole Mesa/Freedom Air ERJ-145 operation that mostly flew out of CVG & JFK, then at the very end a little bit of DTW as...
Jump to postWhat a great report. Need to try this!
Jump to postCertainly makes sense during this time to consolidate fleet types. With demand down, their current fleet can be spread to cover more operations. No different than DL parking MDs, AA the 190s/A330s, etc. One beautiful quote from the article “Until they need an order from the Ryanair Group, frankly we...
Jump to postThere may be a push by UK airlines to allow all passengers to take a quick(er) test as per the ones available at Vienna and Dubai airports to avoid the 14-day quarantine being imposed. https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/06/coronavirus-travellers-charged-190-at-vienna-airport-to-avoid-14-day-covid-19-...
Jump to post... Pension benefit plans and currency hedges decide the comprehensive income to a large degree. Operating income is important, but far less than the currency hedges. Comprehensive income fluctuates extreme. It would fluctuate less without the currency insurance. But I believe manager bonuses depen...
Jump to postI never read airline financial statements. What I observed with Airbus: In billion Euro: 2015 profit for the period: 2,7 / comprehensive income for the period: 0,05 / net change in fair value of cash flow hedges: -4,7 2016 profit for the period: 1,0 / comprehensive income for the period: -0,9 / net...
Jump to postIf a resource is limited not all demands can be met. It's the price that decides whose demands get satisfied and whose demands can't. Beside costing money, fuel hedges contradict the distribution function inherent in the oil price. Therefore I believe airlines shouldn't be allowed to hedge their fu...
Jump to postit will be interesting to see how EK rebounds from this. With no "small" planes in the fleet for quite some time, will it be years of red ink for EK? Closure of routes (something we don't see from EK)? Do small planes work for EK? There is a reason they only have the 2 biggest flying plan...
Jump to postit will be interesting to see how EK rebounds from this. With no "small" planes in the fleet for quite some time, will it be years of red ink for EK? Closure of routes (something we don't see from EK)? Do small planes work for EK? There is a reason they only have the 2 biggest flying plan...
Jump to postAll this capacity reduction is going to drive prices up, paired with less demand, further reducing demand. That being said BA has LHR and the more premium heavy O/D airport. The A35K are over 100 J/PY seats, the 77Ws were going to hi-J, the 781s are 4 class. Plus what is existing.Very interesting to...
Jump to postThis seems like a slippery slope. There are HIPPA among other privacy areas of concern. The poor airline workers that are going to be stuck delivering the bad news.
Jump to postSuch a cool project. I am looking for some business class seats for recliners. I am trying to piece together the early 80s United FC/Biz cutlery/cups/etc. Love you idea of recreating the seat map items.
Jump to postcarlokiii wrote:It’s fitting that the 747 gets to fully live on and prosper ‘til its end as what it was originally envisioned to be - a freighter.
Boeing gave them a hell of a deal (again) it's what's more than likely what went down. Those 787-10s seem to have teething issues, shouldn't they wait or did Boeing give them away essentially for free? All airlines get a hell of a deal, there are very few that buy these planes in large quantities. ...
Jump to postSeems like another airline that will use this to shed unfavorable business units/operations. While Covid shut down is impacting, there is no way Rogue was long term part of the plan or profitable if they are axing it. With TS in house, they have further redundancy to do so. Seems like a bad proposit...
Jump to postFrom my perspective the western aviation industry is more likely to be affected long-term than the Asian aviation industry because East Asians have the history of SARS to compare with (e.g. knowing everything will be fine for them) especially since the pandemic didn't hit so hard in Asia despite it...
Jump to postThe official retirement announcement - retire in June. https://news.delta.com/delta-retire-md-88-md-90-fleets-june I think the end of the press-release was equally interesting.... "Delta continues to evaluate its broader fleet plan and will consider additional aircraft retirements to focus on ...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] That was a quarterly earnings. Much like the way Southwest has to operate those linear routes because of the way the airlines is constructed hurts their ability to cancel to the level of demand. Southwest was insulated by virtue of its domestic route structure from what the other ca...
Jump to postOn what level are you claiming that WN is performing better than? AA -$2.2B UA -$2.1B DL -$607M WN -$144M So I would say they are performing better in the P/L category That was a quarterly earnings. Much like the way Southwest has to operate those linear routes because of the way the airlines is co...
Jump to postSouthwest is forced to fly a lot of flights due to the structure of the airline versus their competition. EK with a single hub can cull flights easier than WN and it’s linear routings. All airlines will lose money in this market. The other airlines can reduce a greater amount of money losing servic...
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