ATA FL 617 from HNL to EWR

[FlyingColors]

If anyone is interested in seeing some of the most irritated passengers in the business then take a cat nap now and you'll see them at EWR around 2:30 am.

That has got to be a miserable flight, non stop in a cramped 757!

[hiss srq]

Are you sure that is a nonstop flight? In a 757? Not sure it is possible, perhaps a stop at SFO which seems logical. they used to run a 757-300 from PIE to SFO to HNL

[FlyingColors]

Here is the flight...

AMT617

You can track it, its now coming in a little early, no stops noted.

[hiss srq]

Ahh I found it on flightaware, it is not noting it stopped but it shows arrived 35 minutes ago and on the map it is showing the track for that portion ends at SFO or in the bay area. I wonder why the flight plan is filed like that but I agree that is a miserable one for the Pax I wonder if they do a crew swap there or fly with four up front.

[Mellyrose]

When I lived in Hawaii, I had a friend visit me out there and she flew ATA non-stop to the East Coast. I forget where she flew into, because it wasn't her home airport...but it definitely was ATA non-stop.

[hiss srq]

Must have been a Tristar than at that time. I think one of the models has a enormous range to it. I know the 757 cannot do it though I think it has somthing like a 3500 mile endurance or a wee bit more than that.

[T-Bird76]

This is charter flight. ATA doesn’t operate scheduled service to the east coast. All their flight numbers are now in the 4000 range, nothing in the three-digit range. The 75s do have the range, yes they are load restricted but they can do HNL to NYC.

[FlyingColors]

Flytecomm shows she is still trucking along and has another 4 hours to go!

[hiss srq]

well either way i am glad i am not staring at that wing for that many hours with no IFE or anything. I would be depleting the boos supply pretty fast . Poor pax

[cancidas]

are TZs 757s ETOPS rated?

[hiss srq]

yes

[Mellyrose]

Must have been a Tristar than at that time. I think one of the models has a enormous range to it. I know the 757 cannot do it though I think it has somthing like a 3500 mile endurance or a wee bit more than that.

No. It was a 757....this was August of last year. Tristars were only doing military charters at that point.

[T-Bird76]

Just came to mind this has to be a ferry flight, I was looking at the 757s performance, no way is this a passenger flight. 757s max range is only 3900 miles, this is almost a 5000 mile flight. Unless it did a tech stop in Oakland its not carrying passengers. The 300 has even less of a range. Def not a revenue flight.

[FlyingColors]

Just came to mind this has to be a ferry flight, I was looking at the 757s performance, no way is this a passenger flight. 757s max range is only 3900 miles, this is almost a 5000 mile flight. Unless it did a tech stop in Oakland its not carrying passengers. The 300 has even less of a range. Def not a revenue flight.

Very interesting.
Now you can justify your dash to EWR and get a pic of her.
Better max out your ISO!

[Greeney]

Thats an intense flight, I have been on COA14 HNL-EWR which is a 764er, but I cant imagine that on a 75...that must hurt.

[hiss srq]

yeah I would go nuts on her thank god a 757 cannot do it because that is probably the def inition of torture unless it was one of the air force's 757's than rock on.