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Old 06-09-2020, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TRZ06 View Post
I see that 141 are coming out of storage, all 737 and airbus. Meanwhile the overwhelming 777 fleet is gathering dust. All of our birds are definitely not in service if you check further. Some cargo but not much else. July 777 flying NY one LHR trip twice weekly...not quite enough for two lines of flying for the whole base. About 100 captains in that status. I sincerely hope 98 of them don't take your comments to heart.

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Old 06-09-2020, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Longhornmaniac8 View Post
I work for Republic.
Sorry, completely misread your post. I am glad the AA contract aircraft are coming back. Its a good sign and we depend on the feed. Thanks for your correction...my bad. (again)
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Old 06-10-2020, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying101 View Post
Where are you getting your information from? Three month look back.. huh? What are you talking about..

” Section b.(1) for three months from the date such aircraft go out of operation, or such longer period as necessary, not to exceed fifteen months....”
I heard it two days ago on a conference call from a scope committee member. Almost exact phrase - the tail needs only fly one revenue sortie during the look back period to be counted ... Another "feature" of a poorly written contract
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Old 06-10-2020, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by TRZ06 View Post
Sorry, completely misread your post. I am glad the AA contract aircraft are coming back. Its a good sign and we depend on the feed. Thanks for your correction...my bad. (again)
Hey man, no worries! It happens. I reread my post and it was a little ambiguous.

We're thrilled that your planes are coming back, too, which it seems is now official. We're all in this together!
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Old 06-10-2020, 07:23 PM
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I’m glad y’all are bringing birds out of storage. Also it’s a great sign that international flights are returning like DFW AMS and FRA. My question is who’s booking tickets on these flights? If the travel restrictions, in this case, for the Netherlands and Germany are still in place, are these flights only open to Nationals going/visiting home? Once these countries begin to really open up I’m hoping the pent up demand brings the industry back to life.
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Old 06-11-2020, 03:46 AM
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I read an article yesterday saying that Italy has achieved “herd immunity”, basically have had so many cases that now everyone is pretty much immune. Maybe we will get there soon. So quit wearing your masks and cough on each other and let’s get this over with!


Disclaimer: Do not cough on each other. The above statement is satire.
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Old 06-11-2020, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Pfmarti View Post
I’m glad y’all are bringing birds out of storage. Also it’s a great sign that international flights are returning like DFW AMS and FRA. My question is who’s booking tickets on these flights? If the travel restrictions, in this case, for the Netherlands and Germany are still in place, are these flights only open to Nationals going/visiting home? Once these countries begin to really open up I’m hoping the pent up demand brings the industry back to life.

Just spitballing here but if they are running cargo only flight to these cities might as well take a few passengers to make some more revenue. Flight attendants are already paid for,
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Old 06-12-2020, 08:55 PM
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Thought this was an interesting analysis. The bold part was particularly surprising. Definitely different approach to this recovery from our major competitors. Hope our guys know what they’re doing.

Today, Wolfe Research airline analyst Hunter Keay provided investors his take on the differing strategies of airlines during the recent uptick in demand. Here are a few excerpts:
  • U.S. airlines are taking different approaches to managing through Covid-19. AAL is adding back capacity far faster than UAL and DAL, gearing towards a revenue-based recovery. This June AAL is flying 158% more domestic seats than UAL and 49% more than DAL. And LUV will fly 270% more than UAL and 114% more than DAL. That is astonishing, and we don’t know how long it can last. LUV can withstand pretty much anything but AAL is tying its fate to an unknown demand recovery as they add back cuts and pull ~200 planes out of storage in June/July, including at least 18 widebodies. We do not expect UAL and DAL to stand around and watch.
  • AAL’s June 2020 domestic capacity is 158% more than UAL’s capacity, on a seat basis. Assuming AAL continues to cancel minimum flights each day (from what we can tell, they are canceling ~80 flights/day so far this month, for perspective), AAL will fly 6.5M domestic seats in June compared to UAL’s 2.5M and DAL’s 4.4M. The 4M seat count difference between AAL and UAL’s seat capacity in June equates to the total combined domestic seat output of ALK, JBLU, HA, SAVE, and Sun Country. LUV and AAL combined account for 53% of domestic seat supply in June.
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