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Re: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge

Is it just me or are these ground collisions getting more frequent? There seems to be a lack of training or careless with these events. Do the two teams brief the plan beforehand and does anyone try to stop the process when he/she sees something amiss? It seems that many unqualified have been hired...

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Re: Austrian A320neo hits jetbridge

Is it just me or are these ground collisions getting more frequent?

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Re: Brazilian government looking into 3 way Azul/Gol/LATAM merger

leleko747 wrote:

Quite the opposite actually

Yes, let’s not forget that Lula’s government was behind the attempted VARIG-TAM merger.

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Re: Brazilian government looking into 3 way Azul/Gol/LATAM merger

The market concentration has a specific cause: CGH.

No airline excels in Brazil in the long run without considerable slot holdings at CGH.

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Re: Sean P Diddy Combs G550 N1969C

There's no way the Feds were not watching him before the raid was carried out. Could they not have had the FAA put some kind of ground stop on his aircraft. The US does have an extradition treaty with Antigua. Maybe he's trying to get to Brazil. ...but the US also has an extradition treaty with Bra...

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Re: Lufthansa and the Airbus A380

fraT wrote:
The remaining six frames were sold back to Airbus and AFAIK won't fly again but will be used for spare parts.

Yes, but there are plenty of stored frames from MH or TG that could be taken over, not to mention all Asiana frames that will hit the market shortly.

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Re: Lufthansa and the Airbus A380

Won't happen. The A380 is difficult to fill in the winter and the economics are not that good that LH will jump to the 2nd-hand market. But what are the options of the owners of the parked A380 but to offer the frames for reasonable lease rates or sale prices, so that the bad economics of the frame...

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Re: Lufthansa and the Airbus A380

That's what is happening. LH willbring back all of the eight frmaes they still own by summer 2025. Three are currently active, three are in maintenance and two are still in TEV but will also be activated. Yes, but it is happening slowly and I meant rather returning to the original fleet size and be...

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Lufthansa and the Airbus A380

The timid fleet renewal of Lufthansa in the 2010s, followed by the pandemic in 2020 and finally now the issues with Boeing, which most certainly affect the the the 777X series even further, seem to have now created a perfect storm for the airline, which seems to be walking into the second half of th...

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Re: Frontier to start JFK service, Resume EWR

I don’t get it. Why can’t Frontier succeed at JFK with flights catering to a more leisure-oriented public?

United wasn’t seeking that public at JFK, which explains their difficulty, but that does not need to be issue for F9 as the market is significant.

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Re: Brazil Aviation - 2024

Brazil and Argentina signed Open Skies Agreement. Today there are 163 flights/week between the two countries, almost 170 in former agreement. Brazil had been ask for revision of Air Traffic Agreement by years, but Argentina didn't accept as a way to protect the Aerolíneas Argentinas. Link (portugue...

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Re: GOL files for Chapter 11 in US

Such an acquisition would only be approved, if they pump Voepass with capital, aircraft, pilots and slots at CGH, GRU and SDU, so that the combined entity does not surpass 40% market share at any of the slot-controlled airports. Alternatively they could spin out Azul Conecta with the exact same purp...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

https://www.regulations.gov/document/DO ... -0014-0131

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Re: American airlines announcement 2/1

AA is going on preemptive strike, trying to reduce the strength of IAH-GIG; . Wait, what???? There is literally nothing AA could do to reduce the strength of IAH-GIG unless they launch IAH-GIG themselves or convince Bechtel and Petrobras and many others to relocate from Houston to DFW. GIG is a VER...

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Re: American airlines announcement 2/1

Be in mind, Brazilian airlines fly from 8 markets non-stop to the USA (GRU, VCP, CNF, BSB, REC, FOR, BEL and MAO)... zero from Rio, where they all fight for feed. I believe also AA noticed there's almost NO competition there, which means they can better handle yields, and with connections back to t...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

https://www.regulations.gov/document/DO ... -0014-0127

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

United actually did not lose any time and reiterated its application for GUM-HND merely hours after Hawaiian surrendered them. Schedule: “ United flight UA849 will depart Guam at (7 p.m.) and arrive at Haneda at (10 p.m.) the same day. On the return, flight UA849 will depart Haneda at (11:55 p.m.) a...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

The disagreement concerns your comment that DL did not apply for a gateway shift. However, carte blanche to change ports (sensibly denied by DOT) is gateway shifting They did not. They applied to make two sets of frequencies gateway-flexible. A gateway shift could be a consequence once the frequenc...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

Except you can't shift HND slots as DL found out with the PDX flight. So if UA pitches for GUM now I'd say it's extremely unlikely DOT would also give them HND-IAH. Delta did not apply for a gateway shift. Delta applied for the right of all four airlines to have 14 frequencies each become flexible ...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

Must a slot be used for its applied destination? Eg, UA is awarded the nighttime slot for GUM, can they switch GUM and LAX 6 months down the track hypothetically? It's a bit different than DL and PDX. I believe UA will have to return the slot and rebid if they want to switch GUM to LAX in the futur...

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Re: Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

Except you can't shift HND slots as DL found out with the PDX flight. So if UA pitches for GUM now I'd say it's extremely unlikely DOT would also give them HND-IAH. Delta did not apply for a gateway shift. Delta applied for the right of all four airlines to have 14 frequencies each become flexible ...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

American has just been tentatively awarded the 7 frequencies for JFK-HND service: https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-2019-0014-0126 It is funny that this decision was posted within minutes of HA surrendering their nighttime frequencies. Saving face? UA gets GUM and AA gets JFK. I don't se...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

https://www.regulations.gov/document/DO ... -0014-0126

It is funny that this decision was posted within minutes of HA surrendering their nighttime frequencies.

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Hawaiian returns nighttime HND-frequencies to the DOT

https://www.regulations.gov/document/DO ... -0014-0125

I guess that nothing will now stop United from obtaining them to launch GUM-HND.

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Re: GOL files for Chapter 11 in US

PB26 wrote:
I said since, not the reason. Gol made many mistakes since them.

Many like to imply that the virtuous GOL was contaminated by VARIG. Just leave the dead to rest in peace.

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Re: GOL files for Chapter 11 in US

Didn't know things were so bad. a lot of airlines are teetering on the brink ... we will see a lot more of this Gol has been struggling many years ago, since the purchase of New VARIG. For a while, they tried to better the finances by improve load factor and yield, and exchanging debts with newer w...

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Re: Agreement at EU level to link Long Distance Train to Airports with more than 12Million passengers.

Personally an issue I have with MUC (and many other airports) is that I can't buy tickets for a combined rail and air journey. LH express rail is quite convenient but many places in southern and eastern Germany or parts of Austria could find options via MUC much more convenient. I cannot unterstand...

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Re: Agreement at EU level to link Long Distance Train to Airports with more than 12Million passengers.

Hamburg Airport is an example is very close to the City and wrong side of the City to get much benefit. Even though Fuhlsbüttel has a catchment area South of the Elbe river, that is the exact catchment area which is disputed with HAJ and BRE, therefore is having rail connections that would favor Sc...

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Re: Three Delta A330s in Goose Bay

What I can’t quite get is how the infrastructure at Goose Bay is not kept in place to handle these situations well. The airport is quite relevant as diversion point for transatlantic traffic. It should get subsidies to keep idle infrastructure for the passengers of at least one widebody aircraft or...

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Re: Three Delta A330s in Goose Bay

What I can’t quite get is how the infrastructure at Goose Bay is not kept in place to handle these situations well. The airport is quite relevant as diversion point for transatlantic traffic. It should get subsidies to keep idle infrastructure for the passengers of at least one widebody aircraft or ...

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Re: Rumor: AS to acquire HA; operate as separate brand.

United never had a competitor with deep pockets that would be interested in the “Air Mike” network.

After the AS-HA merger comes through, it would make sense to explore the sale of that network, which is far from the main focus of United, but would be highly complementary for HA.

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Re: Argentine president-elect reiterates plans to "hand over" Aerolíneas Argentinas to the workers

Being employee-owned is what brought about the downfall of VARIG.

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

AA pretty clearly says the route primary purpose is to connect the two global metro areas which are the commercial/financial hubs of respective nations. With over 400,000 O&D passengers between the cities in the last 12-months, it believes the proposal will enhance service options for leisure, ...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

The schedules they submitted using 777-200 is: Winter AA167 JFK-HND 1000-1435+1 AA168 HND-JFK 1635-1520 Summer AA167 JFK-HND 1000-1305+1 AA168 HND-JFK 1505-1510 Well this flight would not provide much connectivity from JFK departure end except GRU/EZE/GIG. Have to be mostly depending on JFK O&D...

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Re: Brazil imposes a perimeter on Rio's SDU airport

There are so few airlines that have a nonstop out/into GIG. If I had better nonstop service from NYC I’d be happy to skip SDU despite my apartment in Copacabana. I miss VARIG! It’s true that in the past 30 years NOTHING has improved in terms of getting to GIG from Zona Sul (or further south) GIG it...

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Re: A capybara on the runway briefly shuts down Rio's SDU airport

This. Killing a capybara in full view of others is like killing a dog. Even if you think you’re saving time, soon as that news/video gets out, you’ve got a bigger headache to deal with from the public. They are kind and social animals that people can’t get enough of and they are not invasive. Just ...

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Re: Brazil imposes a perimeter on Rio's SDU airport

A passenger cap is far more productive, given that SDU's runways limit it from receiving anything larger than already operates. Well, the development at SDU regarding aircraft size has been quite fast in the last decades. I don’t think it’s been more than 10 years since the last upgrade, when A320 ...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

As LAOCA posted above, that's not exactly what DL said may have said based on the post (see end of paragraph). IIRC DL said the slot will go to UA or AA, not that DL wouldn't apply. Perhaps that is what DL meant, but its possible DL will apply for something it just doesn't think it will get. I thin...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

https://www.regulations.gov/document/DO ... -0014-0112

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Re: Brazil imposes a perimeter on Rio's SDU airport

The perimeter restrictions only really fell due to the fact that BSB was out of it. If politicians had the possibility to institute exceptions like at DCA, the rule would have been kept. The biggest issue of restrictions from a legal standpoint was actually the fact that flights to international air...

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Re: Frankfurt Airport expansion: LH/StarAlliance in joint T1 and T2 from 2029 on

I do have my doubts, if T2 will not be transformed into a concourse of T1. If unaligned airlines like Condor and El Al leave T1 for T3, room will be there landside to use solely the airside of T2. Analogous to the A-Plus project, Concourse C should be become somewhat of a mirror of Concourse A, so t...

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Re: AA Flight attendants barricade galley in flight

This reminds of transatlantic redeye flights by TAP, when the crew is very senior, you can observe times when even without turbulence, the seatbelt sign is left on from the moment of takeoff for almost 2 hours until dinner service is completed.

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

Absolutely no surprises- someone posted upthread the HA HND nightime slots do not require daily service to be retained and HA advised the DOT they intend to ramp up service gradually. Under these circumstances there was nothing for UA to take- I'm actually surprised they submitted the request. Hawa...

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Re: Brazil Aviation - 2023

Eff from 01AUG23 ITA Airways is adding new frequencies (4xw) between Rome and São Paulo. New flight leaves from FCO in the morning in addition to the main flight which departs from Rome every day late in the evening Schedule as follows AZ678 FCO 0940 - 1700 GRU (12-4--7) AZ679 GRU 1900 - 1145 FCO (...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

If they have a case, then they'd be able to win out a rebid. DL clearly did not have any interest in leaving JFK entirely to JL/AA and NH for all the years they were the only groups flying HND, so why would they suddenly become interested in that particular market now, when there are currently 6 fl...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

Read the order denying Delta’s motion. They note the Brazil examples and reject them, noting the entirely different circumstances. That question has been asked and answered. Again, there is zero evidence in the DOT order to suggest they will embrace DL shifting gateways. I think you should read it ...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

No, this cannot be their strategy, because the answer from the DOT will be no. Delta has asked for this flexibility many times over the years, the answer has always been no. The answer has been no because of the DOT’s policy, not because of which airlines objected or didn’t. In other words, “pressu...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

Why would this be Delta’s strategy? They already asked the DOT if they could move their HND gateways, and the response was an unequivocal NO. It‘s not a strategy since the beginning. Delta wanted autonomy to shift around at will. The DOT denied that. If AA gets JFK, Delta would receive less pressur...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

DL top leaders today said point blank in employee Q&A that the slot will go to AA or UA. So sounds like they either have no expectation or no intent on moving it elsewhere. If that’s the case, I believe something is cooking. Delta wants to shift frequencies around and I don’t think that we are ...

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Re: US-Haneda frequency award proposals

Im confused as to what the political benefit to anyone would be if IAH-HND were to be selected. In the background there’s quite enough lobbying not only for the airlines, but also for the state and the cities involved, not to mention the official endorsements. Wouldnt that be true for every city/st...

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