Parker Philadelphia Interview

[YVINTERN]

There was a part of the article that said they would have to charge 600-750 fares but would bring back the perks........ now why didnt we all think of that!!!!!! It would make sense to do that

because they didn't want Southwest taunting them with low fares across the airport in PHX.

 

[nycbusdriver]

because they didn't want Southwest taunting them with low fares across the airport in PHX.

So what? Once Southwest fills their airplanes, that's that. What good are SWA low fares when there are no seats to be had? If, say, 1500 people a day need to travel from PHX to SFO and SWA offers 1000 seats, then 500 people will just have to bite the bullet and pay the going rate based on the cost of the product, rather than a subsidized fare based on a lucky fuel hedge.

 

[N965VJ]

There might be $2 bottles of water, but not $2 cups. I believe tap water must be provided free of charge. There is nothing about ice, though, nor how good it must taste.

Free water from the potable tank with the Sea Monkeys floating in it? Mmmmmmmmmmm.



This post is double ROT-13 encrypted to abate the snoops in Tempe.

 

[yoyodyne]

Free water from the potable tank with the Sea Monkeys floating in it? Mmmmmmmmmmm.



This post is double ROT-13 encrypted to abate the snoops in Tempe.

Think about it, this is good, you can spin it like this,..
Free water, and nutritious, like vitamin water, but instead it is protein water..., just have to chew a little.

LOL

 

[YVINTERN]

Think about it, this is good, you can spin it like this,..
Free water, and nutritious, like vitamin water, but instead it is protein water..., just have to chew a little.

LOL

I'm going to go ahead and puke...be right back...

 

[sfb]

I still don't get exactly where he comes up with some of his numbers, unless they're out of his posterior. Take the statement:

The airline says an average roundtrip flight now costs $299 just for fuel per passenger.

Now, in the airline's first quarter 10-Q filing with the SEC, they said they spent $823 million on fuel for mainline at $2.88/gallon (including taxes), not including hedge gains. In the first quarter, US Airways mainline generated 18.335 billion ASM's and 14.489 billion RPM's (the load factor was 79%). Dividing $823 million by 18.335 billion ASM's, the fuel portion of CASM in the first quarter worked out to 4.49 cents/available seat mile. We can adjust that number to account for the increase in jet fuel costs to around $4/gallon; at $4/gallon, the fuel cost per available seat mile works out to be 6.23 cents/mile. While that is indeed very high, the average passenger trip on US in the first quarter was 1517 miles; at 6.23 cents/mile, that's $94.57 in fuel each way, or $190 round-trip. Even scaling for a 79% load factor, it's still $240 and not $299.

Airlines will start collecting $650 to $700 per passenger for a ticket.

They already do. US wants $660 for BOS-LGA round-trip tomorrow, returning the next day.

 

[zethya]

Hard to say where they plan to add beyond TLV - assuming several of the five 2009 332s are not rescheduled to 2010 to save $. Moscow was previously on the Short list, but that was before the current push to replace the 767s with 332s in the nearer term. ATH would possibly get the first 767 replacement. If in fact the emphasis is to replace as many 767's next year as possible, 2 of the 3 new routes could be with Etops 757s - including another British destination. MOW seems unlikely for 2009 unless current economic conditions improve significantly. If they do decide to expand into eastern Europe next year (and remain in Star), I'd think Warsaw would be a better choice than MOW anyway. IMO, replacing medium range 767 routes (e.g., ARN, ZRH) with 332s would seem to be poor utilization of a 5500 nm resource - particularly if fuel returns to more reasonable levels.

Should require only 1.

I don't see how this route can be done with a single aircraft. PHL-TLV is about 10.5 hours, TLV-PHL is about 12 hours. That's 22.5 hours of flying, with a PHL-TLV-PHL time differential of +7/-7 hours. If they do require 2 aircraft, there is a potential to support 2 flights/day.

 

[etops1]

by the way, moscow's airport codes are (DME) for domodedovo and (SVO) for sheremetyevo. i think we will be flying in to (DME). just thought you might want to know

 

[etops1]

Hard to say where they plan to add beyond TLV - assuming several of the five 2009 332s are not rescheduled to 2010 to save $. Moscow was previously on the Short list, but that was before the current push to replace the 767s with 332s in the nearer term. ATH would possibly get the first 767 replacement. If in fact the emphasis is to replace as many 767's next year as possible, 2 of the 3 new routes could be with Etops 757s - including another British destination. MOW seems unlikely for 2009 unless current economic conditions improve significantly. If they do decide to expand into eastern Europe next year (and remain in Star), I'd think Warsaw would be a better choice than MOW anyway. IMO, replacing medium range 767 routes (e.g., ARN, ZRH) with 332s would seem to be poor utilization of a 5500 nm resource - particularly if fuel returns to more reasonable levels.



I don't see how this route can be done with a single aircraft. PHL-TLV is about 10.5 hours, TLV-PHL is about 12 hours. That's 22.5 hours of flying, with a PHL-TLV-PHL time differential of +7/-7 hours. If they do require 2 aircraft, there is a potential to support 2 flights/day.

i think continental does it with a single plane. maybe not . they have more than 1 flt a day.

 

[Singleflyer]

They already do. US wants $660 for BOS-LGA round-trip tomorrow, returning the next day.

And for $660.00 RT it will be about 400 miles, and you will get 2 segements @ $200.00 segments. I think that route makes money

 

[BoeingBoy]

I don't see how this route can be done with a single aircraft. PHL-TLV is about 10.5 hours, TLV-PHL is about 12 hours. That's 22.5 hours of flying, with a PHL-TLV-PHL time differential of +7/-7 hours. If they do require 2 aircraft, there is a potential to support 2 flights/day.

If a single aircraft only does PHL-TLV and back day after day, you'd probably be right - not enough ground time for maintenance. However, I assume that they'd rotate the plane over the various 330 routes, so one plane would be enough. For example, fly PHL-TLV-PHL then PHL-LHR-PHL, PHL-CDG-PHL, etc.

Jim

 

[SS255]

TLV? I better brush up on my Hebrew.

As long as you can say "Aifo ha-shairooteem" ("where is the bathroom") and understand "Comma zeh oleh" ("how much does this cost".....could come in handy if "a la carte pricing" finds its way to It'l routes -- the answer would be "shnay dolarim": $2. ), you will do just fine!!!

And these always come in handy:

Todah Rabah (Thank you)
B'vakashah ("Please" and "You're Welcome")

I can teach you a few profanities, too, in case you have some unhappy Israeli customers, and you want to understand what they're saying.

 

[FutureUScapt]

If a single aircraft only does PHL-TLV and back day after day, you'd probably be right - not enough ground time for maintenance. However, I assume that they'd rotate the plane over the various 330 routes, so one plane would be enough. For example, fly PHL-TLV-PHL then PHL-LHR-PHL, PHL-CDG-PHL, etc.

Jim

Its certainly a possibility, but red-eyes seem to be popular on west-bound flights out of TLV, meaning that the aircraft is on the ground in TLV for a while too.

Moscow was previously on the Short list, but that was before the current push to replace the 767s with 332s in the nearer term. ATH would possibly get the first 767 replacement

I could be wrong but I aren't all of the frequencies between US and DME/SVO are taken?

AA just started the route this summer and UA has 7 wkly rights for IAD-DME (DL already has 14/wkly). US could always petition for UAs "dormant" frequencies, but given the situation with our "dormant" China frequencies it may not be wise to get in a pissing match about unused frequencies...

IMO, replacing medium range 767 routes (e.g., ARN, ZRH) with 332s would seem to be poor utilization of a 5500 nm resource - particularly if fuel returns to more reasonable levels.

I agree, but sometimes a shorter hop may be necessary (refer to Jim's post) in order to allow for some of the longer ones, like PHL-ATH. You won't see a A332 on ARN for sure though; It'll be a good candidate for a B757 route if the B767 is needed elsewhere.


VIE could have a decent chance next year IMO(seasonal, of course), seeing as there is *A traffic on both ends and DL is dropping ATL-VIE and OS is dropping ORD-VIE.

FWIW, ZRH service will be seasonal this year; last eastbound flight is Oct. 3

 

[YVINTERN]

As long as you can say "Aifo ha-shairooteem" ("where is the bathroom") and understand "Comma zeh oleh" ("how much does this cost".....could come in handy if "a la carte pricing" finds its way to It'l routes -- the answer would be "shnay dolarim": $2. ), you will do just fine!!!

And these always come in handy:

Todah Rabah (Thank you)
B'vakashah ("Please" and "You're Welcome")

I can teach you a few profanities, too, in case you have some unhappy Israeli customers, and you want to understand what they're saying.

Are you putting in for LODO on the PHL TLV route? 😉

 

[yoyodyne]

Are you putting in for LODO on the PHL TLV route? 😉

Hey, glad to see you are feeling better!