A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9069 posts, RR: 13 Posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 2248 times:
I regularly check flights on the website of Aruba's international airport and to my surprise saw the following flights of US Airways to Aruba on Saturdays:
US477 Philadelphia ARR: 12:57
US673 Charlotte ARR: 13:15
US285 Boston ARR: 13:58
US653 Philadelphia ARR: 14:43
US979 Charlotte ARR: 15:19
US261 New York ARR: 15:34
This really amazed me, is there any other Caribbean island that is being served by US Airways so often on a single day (besides SJU of course)?
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9069 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 2114 times:
Yeah, it's amazing. I remember when AA used to dominate the Aruban market but they are losing marketshare with almost all major U.S. carrier flying to AUA nowadays. When looking at the number of flights each day I think US is coming very close to AA now.
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 2101 times:
Quoting A388 (Reply 2): Yeah, it's amazing. I remember when AA used to dominate the Aruban market but they are losing marketshare with almost all major U.S. carrier flying to AUA nowadays. When looking at the number of flights each day I think US is coming very close to AA now.
A388
Is that really true? The post above shows a Saturday schedule when US has lots of flights into AUA, but on other days of the week, there are only two US flights out of AUA, one to the PHL hub and the other to the CLT hub.
In any case, the days of AA more or less having the caribbean to itself are over.
Usairways85 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 3097 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 2069 times:
Quoting Mah584jr (Reply 4): Jamaica and the Bahamas are served quite well by US as well. A lot of their Carribean flights actually connect through FLL.
Huh?...US only has 1 FLL-KIN, 1 FLL-MBQ, 2 FLL-SDQ, 1 FLL-CUN. A those are mainly there for O&D paxs, not connections considering the other airports US serves from FLL are PHL, CLT, DCA, LGA, BOS
compare that to Spirit at FLL who flies FLL-SDQ, SJU, STT, KIN, CUN, PUJ, NAS, SAL, GCM, PLS
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9069 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 2053 times:
Quoting Dutchjet (Reply 3): Is that really true? The post above shows a Saturday schedule when US has lots of flights into AUA, but on other days of the week, there are only two US flights out of AUA, one to the PHL hub and the other to the CLT hub.
In any case, the days of AA more or less having the caribbean to itself are over.
That's true, that's why I said that US is coming closer to AA frequency-wise speaking. AA still dominates that market but it has become less with all these U.S. carriers flying there now. After AA, US is the largest operator to AUA and they haven't been flying to AUA so long, right? Not more than 10 years, right?
Usairways85 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 3097 posts, RR: 8 Reply 9, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 2036 times:
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 58 Reply 10, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 1986 times:
Quoting A388 (Reply 7): After AA, US is the largest operator to AUA and they haven't been flying to AUA so long, right? Not more than 10 years, right?
Its more than 10 years - I flew with AA to Aruba in 1980 (my first visit to Aruba). The flight was operated with a DC-10-10 with a JFK-AUA-Curacao-JFK triangle routing.....thats 26 years ago and think AA has been serving the route ever since it took over Transcaribbean in the early 1970s. Back in 1980, that was the only AA route to Aruba.....EA was flying the MIA-AUA route and AA's SJU hub had not yet developed.
A388 From Netherlands Antilles, joined May 2001, 9069 posts, RR: 13 Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 1949 times:
Quoting Dutchjet (Reply 10): Its more than 10 years - I flew with AA to Aruba in 1980 (my first visit to Aruba). The flight was operated with a DC-10-10 with a JFK-AUA-Curacao-JFK triangle routing.....thats 26 years ago and think AA has been serving the route ever since it took over Transcaribbean in the early 1970s. Back in 1980, that was the only AA route to Aruba.....EA was flying the MIA-AUA route and AA's SJU hub had not yet developed.
Hi Dutchjet, I was referring to US. I know AA has been flying to AUA for a long time as I lived in CUR for the most part of my life
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