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Not only will a stop save money, there is in all likelyhood a profit to be made by adding a stop. For those of you not aviation savvy, I'll break it down so a 5 year old can understand. 1. An aircraft can only leave an airfield at or under it's max weight. 2. Not taking into account winds, the shortest distance from: BKK-LAX is 7186NM, BKK-PVG-LAX is 7198NM, BKK-ICN-LAX is 7187NM. 3. The distance being added is almost non-existant. 4. For a non-stop flight on an A345, most of the weight carried is fuel. 5. By adding a stop and flying almost the same exact distance:

Seemingly right on time. From Monday's USA Today travel section: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/b...ancatelli_x.htm

I have flown them JFK-STN-JFK and think it's decent. They fly B767s with 102 seats. I think they go out with about 60-80 pax on them. They use lounges before flights. Seats are comfortable although not electrically controlled. They recline to 160 degrees (which I like as opposed being flat). No PTV but you do get a portable, on-demand player. The service is darn good, the food I thought was darn good. I even managed 2 desserts. I believe all their meals are 4-course on real china with real utensils with champagne and/or wine. Damn good value for the money. I wouldn't refer to it as

Check-in at Business Class. The worst thing that can happen is they send you over to economy. It's unlikely, though. Make sure they tag your bags priority so they come out of sooner. Have a good trip!

Best I could come up with was with EVA Air in economy for $1054 or evergreen deluxe for $1350 all in, August 8-22.

Just my 2 cents worth, but it is best to take an earlier flight if connecting on different airlines. I flew DL once ATL-SFO and connected to EVA. I was offered 2 flights and chose the earlier one. As it turned out, the 2nd one, and one with less wait time, was late into SFO because of fog. If you're hitting an airport like SFO or SEA to transfer to EVA, arriving early isn't that bad because those airports are decent - unlike LAX, which sucks!

Piece of cake if you check-in early. Tell them you want an aisle or window.

Its ICAO code will be VTBS and the IATA code of BKK will transfer over from Don Muang. The present BKK will get a new IATA code.

Well, IMHO, airline ticketing is based on supply vs. demand principles. That would tend to lean this discussion towards buy now because, as the World Cup draws nearer, supply will narrow and demand will increase. However, one thing that throws in a monkey-wrench is airlines know more folks will be traveling to Germany this summer, so they will have more flights. More flight + more seats = more supply. It is hard to compare Germany vs. South Korea/Japan because, unless you are living there, you HAD to fly to South Korea (only has land connections with North Korea) and Japan (country of i

I take it you're referring to flying in economy. If that's the case, take CI. As far the the aircraft being full, most LAX-TPE legs are full on all the airlines. CI is almost done with their B744 conversions, so if it comes down to 744 vs. 744, stick with CI. One other note, if you fly mostly CI and are in their FF program, stick with that, too.

Just found out EVA is putting a B773ER on the LAX-TPE-LAX run beginning the last week of June thru the end of October. It'll fly out of LAX as BR15 4-5 times a week, leaving at 0120L.

I assure you, dude, the B777 is faster than an A340 in both max and cruise speeds.

I assure you, mate, you place too much emphasis on deliveries. Let's say we both delivered pizzas. You delivered 30% more than I last year. That's cool with me because I was more likely in Pattaya for an extended time! However, you also happened to sell 30% more cheese pizzas (A320 series) than I at a profit margin of $1/per. I, though, sold 70% more 3 toppings pizzas (B777/B747 series) than you at a profit margin of $5/per. Tell me, which profit margin would you rather have? It's OK, I already know the answer!

Yes, I am a yank. No, I am not spewing sour grapes. I love all aircraft! don't get me wrong, there are some folks here let the A vs B thing get to them, just not me. To answer your question, Boeing simply got complacent. That, poor management, and one very poor decision allowed Airbus to one-up them on a few deals. From there it snow-balled.

This subject is so.......yawn! It's an accounting gimmick. When you look at it from a true perspective, and not that of a fan, Airbus and Boeing count their orders differently. IOW, it's counting apples vs. oranges. It's clear Airbus counts every order in the year irregardless if they have a signed contract. Boeing only counts its firm orders with a signed contract. See, apples vs. oranges. To me, the very telling story is 70%+ of Airbus' orders were for the A320 and smaller family. I mean, they're not making money with these planes. Their widebody fleet is really suffering w

With EVA, if you're crazy enough to wait until you get to the airport, I say good luck. I have never been denied an upgrade I asked for, but then again I'm a Gold FF member and usually fly paid C class. I usually just buy my ticket then call the airline's reservation office and tell them I want to use miles to upgrade. Never a problem and worked on Evergreen Deluxe to Business, as well. I'll second the post re: not to go from L to C on a 744. It isn't worth it. However, C to F on the 744 to/from the US is worth the 30k miles.

I've never experienced the carry-on deal with EVA at LAX and I fly with them 3-4 times a year from LAX. If it happened during the holiday season, it's because all the aircraft were full and weight restricted. Don't forget that the jet stream is more southerly in winter and the aircraft need to carry more fuel. This is why summer flights are 12.5 hours and winter flights are 15.5 hours. More pax + more fuel = more weight. They simply cannot afford to let every person have a loaded carry-on. Also, every airline I can think of limits carry-ons to 15 pounds. Just because they needed to enfo

This was an expected increase by TG. I don't want to say I told you so, but I told you so long ago. TG's plan from the start was to set fees at an "introductory rate" then raise them to begin 2006. The reason being is simple. They have lost a ton of money to start this route and now that folks are hooked, they can raise the price. If folks stop flying the route, TG will cancel it and return to a B744 and put the A345 on a route to Europe. Simple economics.

UK ticket prices are shrouded by extras that aren't as transparent as in the US. Taxes in the UK can simply be labeled "for airline use only". Where that money goes is anyone's guess. In the US, ticket price (the 2 letter codes are what you'll see on a ticket) is from the following sources: Base fare - airline fare without any taxes applied + Federal ticket tax international/domestic (US) - 7.5% of base fare (used to fund FAA operations and the Airport Improvement Program) + Federal segment tax (ZP) - $3.30 per segment (used to fund FAA operations and the Airport Impr

With concern of NC headphones and the 3-prong adapters, I still use my NC headphones on EVA and they have 2 prongs. By 3-prong, I take it you're referring to the "upside down triangle". I simply plug my 2 prongs into the top 2 of the 3-prong adapter. Works a charm!

Part of the initial delay was SQ wanted an interior that essentially didn't exist. It's taken a lot of work to get what they want and how they want it. The main delay, IIRC, was weight and flight test related.

Not at Airbus' doing, though. The 6-month delay has pushed Air France's delivery to the autumn. That is their slow period and they don't want to get them at that time. Air France is volunteering to pushback delivery another 6 months til April 2008.

Maybe they could get some loans from the EU!

Below is a report issued by the flight's engineer. One thing not mentioned is ATC at Hong Kong allowed them to refuel at the runway edge and gave them priority for departure thus limiting their fuel use on the ground. "The National Aeronautics Association (NAA) is the group that sanctions all aviation records. Part of the NAA is the Contest and Records Board, which sets guidelines and keeps track of record-flight attempts. I serve on the board with other aerospace industry and general aviation volunteers. An NAA representative was onboard the flight to officially record the results.

By new Boeing, I take it you mean the B787. For one thing, the A380 is a hub-to-hub or slot-restricted airport aircraft. This is going to be the type aircraft you can really pack with bodies and fly major city to major city (ala SIN-LHR, LHR-NYC, SYD-LAX). In other words, using industry slang, the A380 "will haul the mail." The B787 is generally designed to be a long-range aircraft that carries roughly 200 less passengers. In other words, it's the type of aircraft that will fly SYD-NYC-SYD. You could fly an A380 that route, but you couldn't put 500 passengers on it 7 days a week. You