VA to start flying to HI

I figured it would be with the 319..,., looks like it'll be current engine 320's. Any added central tanks in those planes? Haven't seen any with sharklets.
 
Sharklets add about 500 miles. Going to be right on the edge of their range. Also, no narrow body airbus etops program yet and they are trying to start with a 180 program.
 
BobDDuck said:
Sharklets add about 500 miles. Going to be right on the edge of their range. Also, no narrow body airbus etops program yet and they are trying to start with a 180 program.
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That's what i thought too. So they will be the first to have ETOPS on the Airbus 320?
 
Baronman said:
I figured it would be with the 319..,., looks like it'll be current engine 320's. Any added central tanks in those planes? Haven't seen any with sharklets.
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Most likely using their upcoming A320ceo deliveries, which will come out of the factory with sharklets. Sounds like they've been working on ETOPS for some time, so I would hope they aren't announcing these without being almost-certain that the certification will be complete.

Not terribly convinced that this (nor LAX - HNL/OGG, once they announce it) will work - yields aren't the strongest, and they will have the highest unit cost in the market. Will be a good test of customer loyalty in SFO - we'll find out if people are willing to pay a premium to fly them. Will also be interesting to see how/if the incumbent carriers react.
 
cmhumphr said:
Looks like Eskimo and Branson will be on tails together soon. :rolleyes:
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I don't think there is much value in that deal for Alaska. Alaska already has a strong enough west coast presence, they don't need VX's network. No sense in adding the complexity of a new fleet type, especially when VX doesn't actually own any of their aircraft (for the time being). The only incremental benefit could be more access to SFO, where VX again leases their real estate, but I'm not sure how attractive that is to Alaska.
 
Blue & Eskimo or Blue and Virgin make more sense. Both combinations sum is still smaller than SWA....SWA is the #4 carrier in terms of seats, with JB & Alaska a distant #5 & #6. :-)
 
My airline will be watching this intently as well. One of the running rumors is that we'll be parking the 757s and doing Hawaii with the Bus.
 
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Ecl!pse said:
Most likely using their upcoming A320ceo deliveries, which will come out of the factory with sharklets. Sounds like they've been working on ETOPS for some time, so I would hope they aren't announcing these without being almost-certain that the certification will be complete.

Not terribly convinced that this (nor LAX - HNL/OGG, once they announce it) will work - yields aren't the strongest, and they will have the highest unit cost in the market. Will be a good test of customer loyalty in SFO - we'll find out if people are willing to pay a premium to fly them. Will also be interesting to see how/if the incumbent carriers react.
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I don't think the 320 will be able to do LAX-NHL/OGG. SFO-NHL is a good bit shorter than LAX-NHL/OGG
 
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