Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
10-25-2013, 01:29 PM
No longer cares
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10-25-2013, 01:32 PM
:-)
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Endeavor just announced it's keeping the 200's, so.....
10-25-2013, 01:50 PM
veut gagner à la loterie
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American gives up on Haneda ... plans to overfly. So much for the vaunted tie up with JAL. Glad we kept our Billion bucks.
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American Airlines plans to discontinue to service from New York Kennedy to the close-in Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Dec. 1.
“While we are disappointed to end this route, our Tokyo/Haneda flight has been quite unprofitable, largely because we are allowed to operate only during severely restricted hours, limiting our customers’ options for connecting flights to and from other Asian markets,” American’s chief commercial officer Virasb Vahidi said in a special Jetwire to employees.
“Our decision to finally cancel the service followed multiple unsuccessful attempts to persuade the U.S. and Japanese governments to reach an agreement to eliminate all schedule constraints at Tokyo/Haneda,” he said.
UPDATE: AA chairman and CEO Tom Horton didn’t sound optimistic about the chances of American returning to Haneda anytime soon.
“If there were an opportunity to get better slot times at Haneda, we’d consider going back to it,” Horton said. “But right now, it was not a profitable flight and we couldn’t tolerate that any longer, and we fought that very hard.”
In addition, one of American’s JFK-London Heathrow flights will be turned over to Oneworld partner British Airways while AA finishes converting its Boeing 777-200 fleet to all lie-flat seats in its premium sections.
The news comes as part of a message to announce that American planned to launch service to Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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American Airlines plans to discontinue to service from New York Kennedy to the close-in Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Dec. 1.
“While we are disappointed to end this route, our Tokyo/Haneda flight has been quite unprofitable, largely because we are allowed to operate only during severely restricted hours, limiting our customers’ options for connecting flights to and from other Asian markets,” American’s chief commercial officer Virasb Vahidi said in a special Jetwire to employees.
“Our decision to finally cancel the service followed multiple unsuccessful attempts to persuade the U.S. and Japanese governments to reach an agreement to eliminate all schedule constraints at Tokyo/Haneda,” he said.
UPDATE: AA chairman and CEO Tom Horton didn’t sound optimistic about the chances of American returning to Haneda anytime soon.
“If there were an opportunity to get better slot times at Haneda, we’d consider going back to it,” Horton said. “But right now, it was not a profitable flight and we couldn’t tolerate that any longer, and we fought that very hard.”
In addition, one of American’s JFK-London Heathrow flights will be turned over to Oneworld partner British Airways while AA finishes converting its Boeing 777-200 fleet to all lie-flat seats in its premium sections.
The news comes as part of a message to announce that American planned to launch service to Hong Kong and Shanghai.
10-25-2013, 01:54 PM
No longer cares
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If the US government gave a damn about American business there would be. Problem is though... they don't. Most other nations have an airline policy that protects their national airlines... not here. Cabotage is on the horizon my friend, and you can send your thank you notes to guys like Chuck Shumer.
10-25-2013, 02:13 PM
Gets Weekends Off
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10-25-2013, 02:24 PM
Gets Weekends Off
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Anybody else trying to decide between the Gold HRA and the Diamond HSA? I have a 3 year old, and 4 month old along with the bride. Struggling between the two. Anyone use the Diamond HSA have any thoughts or pro's and con's.
10-25-2013, 03:24 PM
seeing the large hubs...
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Article talking about Southwest and Atlanta...
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...nclick_check=1
key quote talking about ATL:
"Right now, AirTran has about 150ish flights a day and Southwest has around 75. By April, that combined total will drop to 160 flights, Southwest chief financial officer Tammy Romo said. For Southwest, that’s a significant operation."
That's a 30% reduction in flights in ATL... quite a bit.
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...nclick_check=1
key quote talking about ATL:
"Right now, AirTran has about 150ish flights a day and Southwest has around 75. By April, that combined total will drop to 160 flights, Southwest chief financial officer Tammy Romo said. For Southwest, that’s a significant operation."
That's a 30% reduction in flights in ATL... quite a bit.
10-25-2013, 04:29 PM
Straight QOL, homie
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sent to PM....
10-25-2013, 05:48 PM
Gets Weekends Off
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If the US government gave a damn about American business there would be. Problem is though... they don't. Most other nations have an airline policy that protects their national airlines... not here. Cabotage is on the horizon my friend, and you can send your thank you notes to guys like Chuck Shumer.
10-25-2013, 06:16 PM
Can't abide NAI
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