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Edward Russell
@ByERussell
Journalist. Words @washingtonpost, @TravelLeisure, @Gothamist, @FlightGlobal, and more. Runner, cyclist, transit and cities. He/him.
Sep 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
A (new) @SFBART at the @flySFO station. It’s an airport connection that I, and many travelers, have taken for granted but was never a guarantee.

A brief BART to SFO 🧵 Image The line opened in 2003 after decades of work and political compromises that resulted in it being built as a wye with the other end at Millbrae. This added operational complexities that continue to this day. Image
Sep 26, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Time to fly! ✈️

#bikedc ➡️ #avgeek And an #avgeek good morning from @JetBlue!
Jun 1, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
"Total unit revenues are expected to be 7 to 8 points better than initially expected ... Driven by broad-based demand and pricing strength across consumer, business and international travel."

Strong guidance from @Delta today. $DAL "The challenges we have now are in the other side of the house, the operations," Delta CEO Ed Bastian says at a Bernstein conference Wednesday.

Delta announced capacity cuts due to a variety of operational issues just before Memorial Day weekend: bit.ly/3lNavHq $DAL
Apr 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@United’s SVP of International Network Planning Patrick Quayle marking the launch of new service between @Dulles_Airport and Amman. Flights begin May 5. “This summer @united will become the single largest airline transatlantic in the world,” says Quayle. The airline will be 30% larger transatlantic this summer than in 2019, he adds.
Jan 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The FAA has issued a new AD that finds radio altimeters on all Boeing 777s and 747-8s can "experience interference" from 5G C-band wireless towers. Yikes. Before the FAA approved the 777 to operate in airports near 5G transmitters on January 18, Air India, ANA, Emirates, and JAL all cancelled flights operated with the jet to the U.S. airlineweekly.com/2022/01/att-ve…
Jan 25, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Global air passenger traffic recovered to 42% of 2019 levels in 2021, per @IATA. "This is something that airlines will be closely monitoring … This will be a factor playing into fares this year if fuel prices remain high," says IATA DG Willie Walsh on rising fuel prices.
Jan 18, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Emirates is suspending flights to 9 U.S. cities — Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, Newark, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle — indefinitely due to the 5G rollout.

h/t @AirlineFlyer emirates.com/us/english/hel… JAL is cancelling all U.S. flights flown with a 777 citing potential interference with radio altimeters from 5G rollout.

JAL flies 777s to Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York JFK, per Cirium.
Oct 3, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Korean Air CEO Walter Cho and Delta CEO Ed Bastian at the #IATAAGM "We have not made a decision on that," says Delta CEO Bastian when asked about implementing the White House's executive order mandating vaccines.
Feb 20, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
United CFO of commercial Jonathan Ireland is speaking at the Barclays Industrial Select conference today. $UAL "We still believe there are a lot of opportunities in those mid-continent hubs," says Ireland.

United just re-banked its Denver hub as part of this strategy: bit.ly/2BzfSTJ
Jul 17, 2018 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Going through the list of the DOT's Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) winners for 2018. Begin thread :) Farmington, NM, #FMN won a grant to support new service to either DEN, LAX, PHX or SLC opb SkyWest Airlines.

The market was historically connected to both #DEN and #PHX into the 2000s. AWA service in 2002: airlinemaps.tumblr.com/post/142685242…