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StoOgE · #**4521** Posted **Jul 20, 2018, 3:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by khowaga

They’ve been codeshare partners for a while. Good to see that it’s expanding.

It would be great to dump Air Canada as our flight to Toronto as well. I *hate* Air Canada with a passion. One of my worst flights ever was a flight attendant screaming at my wife on a flight from Toronto to Tokyo because they screwed up her special meal request.

khowaga · #**4522** Posted **Jul 20, 2018, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

It would be great to dump Air Canada as our flight to Toronto as well. I *hate* Air Canada with a passion. One of my worst flights ever was a flight attendant screaming at my wife on a flight from Toronto to Tokyo because they screwed up her special meal request.

Something similar happened to me on United. What is it with the special meals? It’s like they go apes**t.

Unfortunately with the way the industry is these days, I think that if every airline with rude employees stopped flying there wouldn’t be any left. #truestory

drummer · #**4523** Posted **Jul 21, 2018, 8:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by khowaga

Something similar happened to me on United. What is it with the special meals? It’s like they go apes**t.

Unfortunately with the way the industry is these days, I think that if every airline with rude employees stopped flying there wouldn’t be any left. #truestory

US-based airlines (no experience with Canada-based airlines) are notorious for their lack of customer service in general, in my opinion. Any time I have a long-haul flight back to North America, I go for Cathay, Asiana, or Korean. They are so much nicer and accommodating - and their planes are generally nicer/newer also!

masonh2479 · #**4524** Posted **Jul 22, 2018, 8:54 PM**

Port Update with some interesting information about the apron extension and jet blast fencing.
http://www.austintexas.gov/blogs/con...ruction-update

masonh2479 · #**4525** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 12:35 AM**

Gate number changing will begin July 31st.
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...nth/1321096032

Austin1971 · #**4526** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 1:20 AM**

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khowaga · #**4527** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 12:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Austin1971

Ben Wear--AAS

https://www.mystatesman.com/news/loc...H5nLgqOQzbQqL/

This is such a Statesman article.

“Here’s a problem.”
<crickets>
“Are there any proposed solu—“
“It’s a very acute problem.”
“But is anyone doing anythin—“
“Yessir. A real puzzle, this one.”

Jdawgboy · #**4528** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 1:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by khowaga

This is such a Statesman article.

“Here’s a problem.”
<crickets>
“Are there any proposed solu—“
“It’s a very acute problem.”
“But is anyone doing anythin—“
“Yessir. A real puzzle, this one.”

That's Ben Wear for ya.

ILUVSAT · #**4529** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

That's Ben Wear for ya.

Agreed.

Where has true "journalism" gone?

freerover · #**4530** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Agreed.

Where has true "journalism" gone?

The Austin Monitor is great.

keiffers · #**4531** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 1:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Agreed.

Where has true "journalism" gone?

As my dad used to call it, the UnAmerican Statesman.....I used to subscribe until they shafted me on a renewal, an account that had been in effect for 30 years (my dad started in 1974). I wouldn't even use their paper to line my cats liter box, it would be an insult to her

the Genral · #**4532** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by keiffers

As my dad used to call it, the UnAmerican Statesman.....I used to subscribe until they shafted me on a renewal, an account that had been in effect for 30 years (my dad started in 1974). I wouldn't even use their paper to line my cats liter box, it would be an insult to her

Its ok if you don't mind waiting two days to read what happened today. And forget about getting any sport scores the next day unless the game ends before noon the day before now that it has to be transported from San Antonio where it is now printed. I get the e-paper but find it less appealing to carry my laptop into the bathroom. I do enjoy finding all the typos. Delivery to my house is an adventure. I like to bring it to work but more than not its sitting at the end of my driveway when I get home, and I don't leave for work until 9AM.
I guess the delivery person likes to sleep in. The news in the front section and sport section is something I already read a few days before on a news app on my computer that I read every night before I call it a day. They ran articles about Grackles for more than a week usually taking up a page or two because one day's worth of winded stories about Grackles wasn't enough. Most of the articles are two days behind the AP press releases. The writer I enjoyed the most, Kelso, has passed away. The comics are ok, except they keep messing with the Sunday comics by attaching the annoying full page Harbor Freight ad to it. And usually I get multiple Target, Lowes, Home Depot, Kohl's, JC Penny, Rooms To Go ad packets in with my paper that I have to throw away. What a waste of paper. I wonder if my newspaper carrier has a quota to meet so they just load my delivery with all the left overs. And one more thing about my carrier, if there's a puddle, my paper will find it. And if there's no puddle, they will find their way under the deepest part of my hedge where I literally have to get on my knees and reach for it. So you can see the content is the least of my issues with them and that a litterbox is certainly an appropriate final resting place for the AAS. It adds value.

Jdawgboy · #**4533** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 2:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by keiffers

As my dad used to call it, the UnAmerican Statesman.....I used to subscribe until they shafted me on a renewal, an account that had been in effect for 30 years (my dad started in 1974). I wouldn't even use their paper to line my cats liter box, it would be an insult to her

How is the Austin American-Statesman UnAmerican???

austlar1 · #**4534** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by Adrum23

So with BA kicking off TATL announcement mania 2018 with PIT-LHR, will AUS finally see it's second year round TATL flight announced soon?

BA couldn't make a London(Gatwick)/Pittsburgh flight work 20 or so years ago when Pittsburgh was a serious hub operation for the old US Air. Traffic at Pittsburgh is probably less than half what it was back then. I guess BA is trying all the markets now with smaller aircraft. Pittsburgh is paying BA a pretty penny to get this 4x week flight going again. https://triblive.com/local/allegheny...arting-april-2

khowaga · #**4535** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 12:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Adrum23

Yeah, this is a head scratcher for sure. PIT does not fit the narrative that BA’s recent adds (AUS, MSY, BNA) had; fast growing markets in the sunbelt (even though I don’t consider MSY fast growing like AUS and BNA, it is still growing decently unlike PIT). In fact, the PIT MSA is losing population. We’ll see if this works.

Anyway, the point of my OP is that TATL route announcement season is upon us and hopefully we see AUS-AMS (or CDG) announced here soon.

*shrug* plenty of people speculated AUS-LHR would be a total wash when it was announced (I had doubts myself). Maybe all of BA’s second-tier US service won’t be successful, but so far they’re not doing too badly.

The PIT-LGW service lasted as long as the hub did, I don’t think it was always on BA metal but they had a pretty cozy arrangement with US Airways; also, let’s not underestimate the impact that Bermuda II had (which forced the flight to serve LGW rather than LHR, thus limiting connection possibilities on the London end).

Also curious to see if SAS will be back for SxSW, or any new entrants will join the fray this year.

khowaga · #**4536** Posted **Jul 26, 2018, 12:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

How is the Austin American-Statesman UnAmerican???

Yes, if you read the comments section it’s everyone who lives in Austin who’s un-American! Don’t you know that there were no traffic congestion problems at ABIA before Obama was president? Coincidence? WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!

(Disclaimer: yes, this is me being funny; no, I did not actually read this comment on this article...yet.)

masonh2479 · #**4537** Posted **Jul 27, 2018, 3:00 PM**

Article about the airport from ABJ, behind a paywall but the refresh trick works.
https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...s-in-past.html

jordanatx · #**4538** Posted **Jul 27, 2018, 7:11 PM**

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Zaykowski said that infrastructure will appeal to airlines, even if Austin never joins the likes of Dallas or Atlanta to become a hub. He pointed to Delta making Austin one of four "focus cities" earlier this year.

I'm pretty sure Delta hasn't said officially that Austin is a focus city, right?

GoldenBoot · #**4539** Posted **Jul 27, 2018, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by jordanatx

I'm pretty sure Delta hasn't said officially that Austin is a focus city, right?

Correct.

masonh2479 · #**4540** Posted **Jul 27, 2018, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by jordanatx

I'm pretty sure Delta hasn't said officially that Austin is a focus city, right?

It sounds like Deta’s VP for network planning confirmed Austin as a focus city in an article talking about RDU-CDG.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/bu...215637225.html