MtnWest1979 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 2142 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4475 times:
Ooooh, rjs, great. Let's see....717 or CRJ, hmmmmm, which to choose.
Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2961 posts, RR: 30 Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4438 times:
Seems like DL loves sending their CRJ fleet into MDW. Lets see what FL does in response to DL entering the route. So that brings DL flights into MDW up to 15 I think.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21289 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4439 times:
What other airports have BOS service on DL but no CVG?
I can't decide whether I miss the tulip or the bowling shoe more
JetBlueGuy2006 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1615 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4404 times:
JetBlue just go approval to fly from ORD, which is very interesting
Home Airport: Capital Region International Airport (KLAN)
Quickmover From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2464 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4404 times:
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3375 posts, RR: 18 Reply 7, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4404 times:
lets not forget that AA and UA have a couple flights a day to the 'other' Chicago airport as well. BOS-CHI might becoming a bit overserved. And yes, with all those other flights in the market why CRJs. I suppose DL has enough FFers in BOS to stay with DL???
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15813 posts, RR: 50 Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4324 times:
It's right on top of FL's schedule too...all flights within about 30 minutes of FL. No message there at all
WA707atMSP From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2059 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4269 times:
This is (at least) the second time DL has tried Boston - Chicago. They added BOS-ORD in the mid '80s with 727s; the flight didn't last very long. Has DL tried this market since then?
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21289 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4164 times:
Quoting N702ML (Reply 12): I thought AA had pulled out of MDW.
Quoting PVD757 (Reply 7): the 'other' Chicago airport
That'd be ORD.
I can't decide whether I miss the tulip or the bowling shoe more
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4052 times:
Well, as I read the release I have to chuckle at the phrase, 'Boston is one of three Delta focus cities.' Not a whole lot of focusin' going on at that DL terminal in Boston lately. Over the past couple years they've done a whole lot of downsizing in terms of flights and (especially) capacity. 763s and 764s were pretty common at Logan; you won't find either there now. Now it's a bunch of 737s and a handful of 757s. That constitutes a 'focus city???'
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8774 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 4014 times:
Quoting ChrisNH (Reply 15): Well, as I read the release I have to chuckle at the phrase, 'Boston is one of three Delta focus cities.' Not a whole lot of focusin' going on at that DL terminal in Boston lately. Over the past couple years they've done a whole lot of downsizing in terms of flights and (especially) capacity. 763s and 764s were pretty common at Logan; you won't find either there now. Now it's a bunch of 737s and a handful of 757s. That constitutes a 'focus city???'
It was quite hopping this morning around 730 a.m. Coach line for check-in had about 150 people in it, another 150 people at regular security and about 40 people at Priority Security...was a miracle I arrived at the airport at 7:29 and made my 8 a.m. to ATL (yes, that included going through the F/Medallion lines at check-in and security).
DL787932ER From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 597 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3944 times:
Why would DL start BOS-MDW instead of (or before) BOS-ORD? Slot issues? I'd assume this would be a business-heavy route that would attract a premium, and MDW is....MDW. Granted, they need to compete with FL, but that doesn't mean they have to fly out of the same airport. I know that if I had to go to BOS from Chicago I'd fly ORD-CVG-BOS to avoid MDW.
RobertS975 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 896 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 3841 times:
MDW is probably more convenient to many business travellers and not subject to ATC delays to the same degree as ORD.
COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 3779 times:
2+hrs in a CRJ! Fun!
Quoting ChrisNH (Reply 15): Well, as I read the release I have to chuckle at the phrase, 'Boston is one of three Delta focus cities.' Not a whole lot of focusin' going on at that DL terminal in Boston lately. Over the past couple years they've done a whole lot of downsizing in terms of flights and (especially) capacity. 763s and 764s were pretty common at Logan; you won't find either there now. Now it's a bunch of 737s and a handful of 757s. That constitutes a 'focus city???'
I know, the DL BOS focus city is rather pitiful. I miss those 763s from ATL. They would probably have more int'll service in BOS had the bureaucrats at assport put customs in A.
B757capt From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 1244 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 8 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3575 times:
To tell you guys the truth I'm surprised that DL hasn't done any JFK stuff. Fl to Ewr is always full. TZ to LGA is always full seems like a JFK crj flight x3 daily wouldn't be bad.
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*looks at username* Yeah, I'm sure 4+ hours on an ERJ out of EWR are more fun...
Quoting RwSEA (Reply 20): What are the other two - LAX and MCO? What about LGA, FLL, TPA?
Hard to say. LGA is being considered a co-terminal to JFK, meaning not its own hub/focus city. TPA cannot really be considered a focus city anymore, and LAX seems to already be considered a hub again within DL, leaving the other two focus cities alongside BOS to be MCO and FLL, though that still leaves out DCA as well as CMH.
Why wouldn't you fly nonstop MDW-BOS on DL? Avoid MDW? If anything I would avoid ORD. I'm from the south suburbs and I would much rather fly nonstop to BOS and drive 30 min. to MDW instead of driving an hour to ORD and then connect in CVG.
25 B757capt: Because Airtran actually flies a real aircraft between the two cities.
26 AvConsultant: No RJ is comfortable longer than 2 hours; however, the ERJ is a much more comfortable ride than the CRJ. Larger and better positioned windows. More h
27 DAL767400ER: Personal opinion. "More comfortable", yes; "MUCH more comfortable", certainly not. Who uses windows anymore? As we all know, people only want to look
28 DL787932ER: Because for anyone who isn't in the south suburbs, MDW is much worse to get to. Try departing from the Loop, or the northern or western suburbs, or a
29 DeltaDAWG: This could be a pre-cursor to E170 service if the loads work out as well as re-focus as it were for BOS. MDW is getting the E170 from ATL now and hope
30 Formerhongky: I really disagree with this. When was the last time you were at MDW? I was there last weekend and they have an enormous number of security lines. The
31 WNCrew: I've travelled out of ORD many times with our new Jumpseat (Cabin Seat) Agreement with AA and I must say I am SOO glad I work exclusively out of MDW.
32 AvConsultant: I hear you, the other week I connected in CVG to CLE on a ERJ and returned on a CRJ. The ERJ was MUCH more comfortable than CRJ. I had someone sit ne
33 Zone1: DL would need a mini hub at BOS to fill up all their gates--they have 22 of them in terminal A. I wouldn't be surprised to see their ex-AA 757s in BO
34 DeltaDAWG: Didn't they do some European routes like LGW, FRA & CDG from BOS in the early to mid 90's? For some reason it just sticks out they were running some
35 Zone1: I don't remember the international cities DL actually flew to from BOS. I know they flew to LGW, which ended up being a disaster. CDG was planned bef
36 AvConsultant: That's the key part, it's not a SkyTeam hub. As for Customs, DL BOS ops are a pain in the ass when returning from Halifax. It's horrible. Has the sub
37 SESGDL: They could have some connecting opportunities for connections if the flight leaves in the evening (around 8-9pm) and is coming from: SLC, CMH, LAX, B
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