Structurally, the merger did AA very little benefit. After DL/NW, AA needed to merge to stay competitive but CO would have brought much more to the table than US ever could have as AA's network weaknesses were NYC and Long haul flying, both of which a CO merger would've solved. There were whispers ...
Jump to postWhere is the new heavy hangar going to be built? United has two large multi bay hangars which are former B-52 hangars. I believe someone mentioned the plan is to knock one of them down and build a huge new structure that would replace both of the current former B-52 structures. In the early '90s wh...
Jump to postIf we keep talking about Orlando, how about a hub at SFB instead? United doesn't even fly to secondary airports like DAL, MDW, or HOU, all of which are closer to larger business-based cities. SFB is much farther away from the theme parks than MCO is. A hypothetical hub or focus city in Orlando woul...
Jump to postI flew PHL-MCO-PHL December 2011 on US Airways. The flight down was a 757 and the flight back was a 767-200. I loved that I got the opportunity to fly on the 767-200, my only time on that type, but it was absolutely showing its age. US Airways had a niche between the legacy carriers and the LCC's. T...
Jump to postSomeone mentioned Carl Icahn's philanthropy, I drive past his building on the Princeton University campus all the time. https://www.rvapc.com/works/princeton-university-carl-icahn-laboratory-lewis-sigler-institute-for-integrative-genomics/ 2024 is not the 1980s or 1990s, what Lorenzo did to Eastern ...
Jump to postUnderstand costs are higher for gates/landings/etc. but United could make some inroads in Dallas by flying into DAL (similarly American/Delta HOU). Unequivocally superior located airport especially for high-dollar FFs and a differentiator. Delta does a couple ATL-DAL and floated DAL-LGA/LAX but nev...
Jump to postpmanni1 wrote:10 largest WN stations by daily departures on the latest schedule
DEN 322
LAS 269
MDW 259
BWI 233
DAL 208
PHX 203
MCO 183
HOU 177
BNA 165
STL 133
I'm curious if UA is going to reduce service at PHL because of the F9 adds and just bank on people driving up to Newark. UA doesn't have much presence here. Same with DL on routes like MSP and DTW where F9 is competing. AA does not have a good domestic product. Agreed, but I live in the city and it...
Jump to postThat’s a ridiculous take. JFK handled 62M pax last year. Where will all those domestic passengers go? EWR and LGA can’t handle more than what they already have. Kennedy serves the least amount of domestic passengers of the three NYC airports. And they are only at the service levels they are domesti...
Jump to postWhy is schedule change data so secretive now in today’s world? I used to love to just be able to keep track of stuff on my own with the downloadable electronic timetable. Now it’s hard to do that and the only people who seem to have access to easy route and fleet changes are people who pay for serv...
Jump to postThere are tons of knowledge to be gained on the current conflict in Ukraine. The US needs to be taking notes because China is watching.
Jump to postContinental used to serve Cairns via Brisbane to Honolulu.
Jump to postDoes IAD not "cover the SE" for United? Yes, ATL and CLT are much more south, but United has IAD and they have EWR which is more than both DL and AA can say. Washington Dulles airport is as far South as Cape May New Jersey. It's closer to Buffalo than Charlotte. It's Mid-Atlantic Appalach...
Jump to postIt's hard to see what they would go with: 1) FLL is pretty full to begin with AND UA would be starting in 3rd place there 2) MIA has been locked up by AA for decades - could happen but difficult to make headway without setting money on fire for the next 5 years, plus the depressed yields from havin...
Jump to postUnited opened their first Asia routes from SEA in 1983. It was Tokyo and Hong Kong. UA continued to operate SEA-NRT for the next 30 years until the route was discontinued in JAN 2014. Not true, United was forced to sell their Seattle-Tokyo flight to Continental in 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988...
Jump to postThe pacific sale was perfect for United due to their SFO operation. SFO is the perfect hub to Asia just like MIA is the perfect Latin America gateway. Not sure how American could have taken full advantage of the Pan Am pacific routes without a fortress hub like SFO. I came looking for this point. T...
Jump to postTo correct some above posts, UA took PA's 747-SPs plus the remaining L1011-500s and a DC10-30. The SPs were a key part of the transaction. At that time 747-SPs were the only aircraft anywhere capable of West Coast to Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. JFK-NRT could be flown with new-build 747-20...
Jump to postAugust 1987:
NY Kennedy-Bogota 1 757 (Friday)
NY Kennedy-Panama City-Bogota 1 757 (Tuesday)
NY Kennedy-Panama City-Guayaquil 1 757 (Friday)
Arrivals used British Airways Terminal at Kennedy.
LAX-PTY-Bogota 1 757 (Monday, Thursday).
I think it's worth pointing out that the PHL metro is coming out of the pandemic strong with more employment growth than Boston, Washington, Houston, or New York (per capita). We're on par with growth in Austin and Atlanta. Things are heading in the right direction. I live in the city and the numbe...
Jump to postseabosdca wrote:All of the US majors except Southwest went through bankruptcy either after 9/11 or after the GFC.
New Jersey and New York airports just smashed this record The number of passengers blew away both 2022 and 2019′s pre-pandemic numbers. A total of 144 million air passengers flew through Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports, according to initial estimat...
Jump to postFrom the observation decks in New York City you can see three states, spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty, tons of bridges, the rivers, the Harbor, tons of other skyscrapers etc. What would one expect to see from a tower above Oklahoma City?
Jump to postI don't see this deal with Airbus being anything less than 150-200 A321NEOs. With a commitment to bringing in the A350 within the next three years. United is fully committed with their 77W flying, I can see at least some (if not all) of the A350s being the A350K. They could operate the 77Ws on their...
Jump to postI remember First Lady Barbara Bush flying US Air from DCA to Indianapolis, this was during the Gulf War in 1991 and she wanted to instill confidence in flying.
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/15/us/making-point-first-lady-flies-commercial.html
Eastern launched Rio De Janeiro Brazil in 1989 with a DC-10, it continued onto Buenos Aires. This was after the strike during their rebuilding. Prior to this they were using the DC-10s to operate Miami-Buenos Aires-Santiago. When they launched GIG the DC-10 operated Miami-Rio De Janeiro-Buenos Aires...
Jump to postMy mom was an EA agent at PHX in the 80s and the LAXBOG flight diverted to PHX for a medical emergency. A mother and daughter got off and were treated by EMS but the flight had continued on. I came home from school to find my mom had brought them home, put them up in my room, and rebooked them thro...
Jump to postEastern flew the 757 nonstop MIA-Quito.
Jump to postEastern did operate LAX-PTY and LAX-BOG. They also flew PTY-IAH, PTY-MSY. From Kennedy they flew JFK-BOG, JFK-PTY and JFK-GYE. With L1011s and 757s, flights departed Eastern Air Lines terminal at Kennedy and used T-7 for International arrivals. The Kennedy-Latin America routes did not go to American...
Jump to postI feel like there's a gameshow to be created, one where troublemakers from Ryanair, Spirit are pitted against each other. LOL Brits probably have more pubfight and footy brawl experience than Americans...not sure the Spirit contingent will prevail LOL I feel like the Brits can land punches and take...
Jump to postThere's nothing saying Airbus will build the A220-500, they lose money building A220s. And while an A319 burns more fuel, it's cheaper to acquire and has commonality with existing A320s and A321s. I would get rid of the A220s and get out of the order because Jetblue doesn't have the money, they are ...
Jump to postDo you think they just tried to buy spirit to expand their customer base in NY/NJ/BOS/FL, or maybe expand it out to where spirits bases are almost overnight? Expanding out of the northeast was one of their stated intentions with it... As for the other thing you mentioned about trans Atlantic….those...
Jump to postBecause B6’s stated aim has always been take their customers where they want to go. TATL is an important aspect of that to keep their frequent fliers out of DL hands, they wanted to disrupt the market with Mint and TATL flights aren’t much longer than transcons. So do you go West and saturate that ...
Jump to postI am in no ways a B6 expert, I wish jfklganyc were still here to inform, but why utilize their precious resources (crews and aircraft) on Trans-Atantic flights. They can get more turns out of their crew and aircraft domestically or on shorter Latin/Caribbean routes. Keep the premium cabins, but do ...
Jump to postI feel like there's a gameshow to be created, one where troublemakers from Ryanair, Spirit are pitted against each other.
Jump to postBut where now? Maybe AUS before DL gets really serious there. Maybe SJC when tech rebounds. Maybe AUS, SJC. What about BNA? It's a fast growing market, albeit dominated by WN. What about RDU? They gave it a go around 2021 only to pull back once other cities opened up after the pandemic. Maybe try o...
Jump to postI am in no ways a B6 expert, I wish jfklganyc were still here to inform, but why utilize their precious resources (crews and aircraft) on Trans-Atantic flights. They can get more turns out of their crew and aircraft domestically or on shorter Latin/Caribbean routes. Keep the premium cabins, but do m...
Jump to post[, CMH, CVG, PIT, STL and MEM died off not just because of consolidation to larger hub also because of the advances of the A319/A320 and 73G/738. Airlines started going away from 727s, DC-9s, M-80s, 737-200s utilizing trans-con performance of A319/A320s and 73G/738s to over fly those hubs and go di...
Jump to postLifted from the United Network thread, new IAD seasonal service to ANC beginning in May, along with a resumption of YVR service. https://ishrionaviation.com/news/united-new-canada-alaska-routes Wow, ANC, didn't see that coming. Must be a lot of cruise traffic nowadays given how cruising has been bo...
Jump to postMay I ask a question. I’m not weak versed in network dynamics, and I keep seeing people saying JetBlue needs to re-focus on its hubs. The question is how? The hubs are in some of the worst airspace in the world! One storm in NYC and the operation is toast. I would think JetBlue needs to focus on ma...
Jump to postThenoflyzone wrote:Showing UA mainline at YUL as of August 1. First time ever I believe. Summer seasonal from both ORD and EWR. Double daily A319 each.
I still believe there was a health issue and I believe it was more of a rushed decision than was eluded to thus the selection of the COO given the ops problems they have gone through. That said, the timing is still interesting. At the end of the day, B6 needs to create more utility for itself. The ...
Jump to postPerhaps get out of the Florida market and move towards serving small communities from hubs, EAS service like Denver air. Get some subsidies, interline/connect in the hubs to the big three from small rural markets. The big three have abandoned a ton of legacy small community networks across the count...
Jump to postWhere's Bill Belicheck going to land?
Jump to postI was surprised by Pete Carroll, he did a great job turning that franchise around. The Seahawks fan base went from obscurity to one of the best in the league.
Jump to postA bit off topic, but today, January 9, 2024, marks the final day for Terminal B North at IAH. The (now) 10 gates are original to IAH which opened in 1969. Both flight stations will be completely demolished and will make way for a brand-new Terminal B North which will house 22 new gates. In addition...
Jump to postJust look at the list of former EWR carriers: Qatar, Korean Air, Virgin Atlantic, KLM, Philippines Air, Avianca, Cathy Pacific, EVA Air, Air China. A new Terminal B, the size of which is being depicted in the renderings I have seen, would no doubt lure at least some of these carriers back as well a...
Jump to postIf you all don’t mind me asking, what are the restrictions currently EWR is facing for A380 operations? Obviously the terminals are outdated, except A. Taxiways, hardstands cannot accommodate the A380. There is a waiver for the 747-8. https://www.nj.com/news/2011/12/new_larger_boeing_jet_approved.h...
Jump to postHow will it increase passenger numbers? The total number of gates won't materially change. There aren't any plans for new runways (not that it would help with the airspace issues). I think with Terminal B being replaced you will see a large increase in international flights. A new large facility bu...
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