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06-18-2016 | 10:07 AM
#351
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06-18-2016 | 01:38 PM
#353
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Maybe 10yrs from now. I think it is a matter of time before we order the A321LR and use that as a way to test the waters for long haul flying. Assuming that goes well then I could see a widebody Airbus order.
06-18-2016 | 07:33 PM
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Yep, 321lr first, and that's still several years away from a real airplane and a real fleet here at JB. Then it will be several more years of making sure we actually have a market for longer haul. If the long haul stuff failed for whatever reason the interiors can be easily redone and flown domestic. Win, win without the huge risk of a couple billion dollar widebody order.
If the LR delivers the numbers Airbus is claiming it will be a great airplane for us to test some longer deeper south stuff than we do now.
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06-19-2016 | 08:32 AM
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robin says we are definitely getting the 321lr and we will be flying them "over a large body of water". pacific, arctic, atlantic? i would guess atlantic.
06-19-2016 | 08:41 AM
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As in... can you guide me so I can hear/read that myself?
06-19-2016 | 09:03 AM
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Best rumors I've heard:
-going through ETOPS certification (enabling us to go farther down into South/Central America and be able to use The "L" routes when Bermuda isn't a usable alternate)
-getting SATCOM and automatic position reporting. (Again, for longer range/ deeper south stuff)
-A321LR/A330/C series
(I'll believe this when I see the planes on property)
-SJC base
-merging with Aerflot and having a regional operator fly the IL-96 on the LGA-BOS shuttle. Well, maybe not this one.
Anyone else have any good rumors?
-going through ETOPS certification (enabling us to go farther down into South/Central America and be able to use The "L" routes when Bermuda isn't a usable alternate)
-getting SATCOM and automatic position reporting. (Again, for longer range/ deeper south stuff)
-A321LR/A330/C series
(I'll believe this when I see the planes on property)
-SJC base
-merging with Aerflot and having a regional operator fly the IL-96 on the LGA-BOS shuttle. Well, maybe not this one.
Anyone else have any good rumors?
06-19-2016 | 09:19 AM
#358
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06-19-2016 | 09:34 AM
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-getting SATCOM and automatic position reporting. (Again, for longer range/ deeper south stuff)
-A321LR/A330/C series
(I'll believe this when I see the planes on property)
-SJC base
-merging with Aerflot and having a regional operator fly the IL-96 on the LGA-BOS shuttle. Well, maybe not this one.
Anyone else have any good rumors?[/QUOTE]
06-19-2016 | 04:42 PM
#360
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From: 320 CA
Best rumors I've heard:
-going through ETOPS certification (enabling us to go farther down into South/Central America and be able to use The "L" routes when Bermuda isn't a usable alternate)
-getting SATCOM and automatic position reporting. (Again, for longer range/ deeper south stuff)
-A321LR/A330/C series
(I'll believe this when I see the planes on property)
-SJC base
-merging with Aerflot and having a regional operator fly the IL-96 on the LGA-BOS shuttle. Well, maybe not this one.
Anyone else have any good rumors?
-going through ETOPS certification (enabling us to go farther down into South/Central America and be able to use The "L" routes when Bermuda isn't a usable alternate)
-getting SATCOM and automatic position reporting. (Again, for longer range/ deeper south stuff)
-A321LR/A330/C series
(I'll believe this when I see the planes on property)
-SJC base
-merging with Aerflot and having a regional operator fly the IL-96 on the LGA-BOS shuttle. Well, maybe not this one.
Anyone else have any good rumors?
And then from the ridiculousness section:
-Merging with HA
-opening a LAS, AUS, or SAN crew base
-buying Frontier and/or Spirit
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