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Apr 30, 2020, 5:27 am
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My IAD-CPH flights are most commonly just me with no personal posse in tow, so my finding a seat in the lounges there is easier than for a couple or a family of 3 or 4 people.
LAX was a core hub for AA in a way that LAX was not for UA. DL was the last — but not least — of the US3 to the show with LAX as primary California hub.
LAX was a secondary hub for UA in the state, with SFO being its primary California hub. AA and DL have had LAX as the primary California hub.
According to Wikipedia it certainly is a hub for AA, UA and DL. Not only that but all three carrier have a large presence there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_An...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_An...tional_Airport
LAX was a secondary hub for UA in the state, with SFO being its primary California hub. AA and DL have had LAX as the primary California hub.
Last edited by GUWonder; Apr 30, 2020 at 5:35 am
May 3, 2020, 10:48 am
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So there is an operating carrier flying between Malmo-Sturup airport and Stockholm using the Fokker 50. The operator’s name? America West. Amusingly, that is the name of the US carrier that grabbed USAirways, which in turn grabbed American Airlines.
It’s sold as FlexFlight.
It’s sold as FlexFlight.
May 3, 2020, 12:16 pm
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So there is an operating carrier flying between Malmo-Sturup airport and Stockholm using the Fokker 50. The operator’s name? America West. Amusingly, that is the name of the US carrier that grabbed USAirways, which in turn grabbed American Airlines.
It’s sold as FlexFlight.
It’s sold as FlexFlight.
May 3, 2020, 2:20 pm
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May 3, 2020, 2:26 pm
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I don't know actually. Without googling I don't know if they used to be a BRA sub-contractor or part of the Terminal 3 subsidy flights(who are still terribly expensive). The latter is probably true as someone had to step in when Nextjet went bankrupt.
Last edited by Fredrik74; May 3, 2020 at 2:27 pm Reason: Nextjet, not Skyways. Skyways was several years ago.
May 4, 2020, 1:28 am
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It seems they have 14 F50s, of which 3 can do passenger flights.
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
May 4, 2020, 2:38 am
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It seems they have 14 F50s, of which 3 can do passenger flights.
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
May 4, 2020, 3:06 am
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It seems they have 14 F50s, of which 3 can do passenger flights.
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
https://www.amapola.nu/contacts/flygplan.html
The F50 they fly were built bewteen 1987 and 1992: https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/...active-f50.htm
Back to the future of more expensive plane tickets.
May 4, 2020, 3:21 am
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May 4, 2020, 8:38 am
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We had a Minoan-Air F50 from 1989 operating KID-ARN for Sparrow Aviation (Flyglinien) with one of their two planes after Skyways with their BMI EJ145 went bust... which made me not fly KID-ARN anymore. At that time, the plane was super dirty and looked horrible from both the inside and the outside, the cockpit crew flew in from UK for a 3 day rotation and they looked like falling asleep already on the tarmac, the cabin crew was rotating in from Greece and while being nice enough also looked terrible unfocused. All of that screamed "not safe".
And, besides the dreaded Saab 2000, one of the most noisy planes I have been flying with...
And, besides the dreaded Saab 2000, one of the most noisy planes I have been flying with...
May 4, 2020, 3:27 pm
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Even if the charter flight operators aren’t insolvent, I try to avoid them like I try to avoid IKEA. The idea of them gives me nightmares. And I haven’t even yet flown any of these charter tourist flights.
Isn’t a refusal to take a charter tourist flight borderline grounds to be banished from Sweden as not being a well-integrated member of the kingdom?
Isn’t a refusal to take a charter tourist flight borderline grounds to be banished from Sweden as not being a well-integrated member of the kingdom?