Big Three Airline Hubs

[Palumboism]

Screw your statistic, you live in poluted area & this counts !.

All big airports sucks , get real.

Start birds watching club.

What country are you from?

[IRON CROSS]

What country are you from?

Antartica 

[Irongrip400]

I think the new Istanbul airport is more important as a world hub.  The Beijing airport is only served by seven airlines and most of the flights are domestic.  It remains to be seen if this airport will be successful.


The Dubai World Central airports has been halted within the last couple of days.  This airport was set to be the busiest international airport in the world.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-29/dubai-halts-mega-airport-project-as-gulf-economies-stumble

I was just about to post about Dubai (India) and didn’t realize it had been stopped. I remember a few years back them talking about how it was going to change flying because it was a more central hub and make American airports second class.

[Palumboism]

I was just about to post about Dubai (India) and didn’t realize it had been stopped. I remember a few years back them talking about how it was going to change flying because it was a more central hub and make American airports second class.

The Saudi's are getting ready to take Saudi Aramco public.  I think that's higher priority than the airport.


The new Istanbul airport looks like it's going to do quite well.  Istanbul (Constantinople) has historically been the link between East and West and they want this airport to be a link connecting Europe and America to Asia.

[IRON CROSS]

The new Istanbul airport looks like it's going to do quite well.  Istanbul (Constantinople) has historically been the link between East and West and they want this airport to be a link connecting Europe and America to Asia.

& they'll have squat toilets like many other muslims operated airports.

[Palumboism]

Who want to fly in + 30 yo ex Qantas or Jal , now American own plane. Old bucket is old bucket  

It's call African standard !.

QUALITY wins over quantity , OBW remember the 'Rain Man' : Qantas never crush  

+ age & look of American air crews    , fly Asian & you'll see cuties  

Average fleet age of big three American Airlines.  The format is number of aircraft, type, years old.

American has the lowest average age at 11 years followed by Delta at 15.1 years.


789 United Airlines 15.6
79 Airbus A319-100 17.9
99 Airbus A320-200 21.3
40 Boeing 737-700 20.6
141 Boeing 737-800 15.7
148 Boeing 737-900 7.7
14 Boeing 737 MAX 9 1.1
55 Boeing 757-200 23.5
21 Boeing 757-300 17.2
38 Boeing 767-300 23.7
16 Boeing 767-400 18.1
74 Boeing 777-200 20.4
18 Boeing 777-300 2.3
9 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner 0.9
12 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner 6.3
25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 3.6

916 Delta Airlines 15.1
25 Airbus A220-100 0.4
57 Airbus A319-100 17.7
62 Airbus A320-200 24.1
94 Airbus A321-200 1.5
11 Airbus A330-200 14.5
31 Airbus A330-300 10.7
4 Airbus A330-900 0.2
13 Airbus A350-900 1.6
91 Boeing 717-200 18.1
10 Boeing 737-700 10.7
77 Boeing 737-800 18.1
130 Boeing 737-900 3.1
111 Boeing 757-200 22.9
16 Boeing 757-300 16.7
56 Boeing 767-300 23.4
21 Boeing 767-400 18.8
18 Boeing 777-200 14.7
60 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 28.6
29 McDonnell Douglas MD-90 22.4

941 American 11.0
132 Airbus A319-100 15.5
48 Airbus A320-200 18.5
219 Airbus A321-200 7.2
6 Airbus A321neo 0.4
15 Airbus A330-200 7.8
9 Airbus A330-300 19.2
304 Boeing 737-800 9.9
24 Boeing 737 MAX 8 1.2
34 Boeing 757-200 19.9
21 Boeing 767-300 20.2
47 Boeing 777-200 18.8
20 Boeing 777-300 5.7
20 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner 3.9
22 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 2.0
20 Embraer ERJ-190 11.9


Net income first 6 months of 2019
$2,154,911,000 Delta
$1,344,699,000 United
$1,127,650,000 Southwest
$943,769,000 American

[Palumboism]

Who want to fly in + 30 yo ex Qantas or Jal , now American own plane. Old bucket is old bucket  

It's call African standard !.

QUALITY wins over quantity , OBW remember the 'Rain Man' : Qantas never crush  

+ age & look of American air crews    , fly Asian & you'll see cuties  

Airlines with the youngest fleet: the full ranking

# 1. Aeroflot airline fleet age
Average aircraft age is 4.4 years.

# 2. Ethiopian Airlines
Average aircraft age is 5.7 years.

# 3. China Eastern Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 5.9 years.

# 4. Qatar Airways fleet age
Average aircraft age is 6 years.

# 5. Emirates fleet age
Average aircraft age is 6.2 years.

# 6. Turkish Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 6.8 years.

# 7. China Southern fleet age
Average aircraft age is 7 years.

# 8. Ryanair fleet age
Average aircraft age is 7.6 years.

# 9. EasyJet fleet age
Average aircraft age is 7.8 years.

# 10. Alaska Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 8.4 years.

# 11. Cathay Pacific fleet age
Average aircraft age is 8.5 years old.

# 12. Swiss International Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 9.6 years old.

# 13. JetBlue Airways fleet age
Average aircraft age is 10.2 years.

# 14. American Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 11 years.

# 15. Southwest Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 11 years.

# 16. SkyWest Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 11.5 years.

# 17. Lufthansa fleet age
Average aircraft age is 12 years.

# 18. British Airways fleet age
Average aircraft age is 13.5 years.

# 19. United Airlines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 15.1 years.

# 20. Delta Air Lines fleet age
Average aircraft age is 15.8 years.

[IRON CROSS]

Palumbismo, U obviously never ever travel on non American planes !.

Fly Emirates or Thai & you'll see difference in air crew ages & bodies 

[Palumboism]

American airlines lost money flying passengers last quarter.
Passenger revenue was $9.6 billion.
The cost of flying planes was $9.7 billion.

However if you add in cargo revenue the airline made $115 million for the quarter. That’s just a 1% margin on their flying.

They make most of their money from credit cards.

http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2019/American-Airlines-Group-Reports-Third-Quarter-2019-Profit-CORP-FI/default.aspx