MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31106 posts, RR: 74 Posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 4181 times:
Delta is pulling the plug on LaGuardia-Salt Lake City service, which operates Saturday-only due to LaGuardia's perimter rule. Launched in late 2005, the last flight is 14 April 2007. Delta operates a Saturday-only 757 on the route.
Many airline have attempted to fly Saturday-only flights from LaGuardia to cities in the West Coast and US territories, when the perimeter rule is not in effect, but most have been unsuccesful. This includes ATA to San Francisco; US Airways to Las Vegas, San Juan, and St. Thomas; and, most recently, Delta to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, in addition to Salt Lake City.
SLCUT2777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 3858 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4123 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Thread starter): Delta is pulling the plug on LaGuardia-Salt Lake City service, which operates Saturday-only due to LaGuardia's perimter rule. Launched in late 2005, the last flight is 14 April 2007. Delta operates a Saturday-only 757 on the route.
Many airline have attempted to fly Saturday-only flights from LaGuardia to cities in the West Coast and US territories, when the perimeter rule is not in effect, but most have been unsuccesful. This includes ATA to San Francisco; US Airways to Las Vegas, San Juan, and St. Thomas; and, most recently, Delta to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, in addition to Salt Lake City.
While this will no doubt be a blow to business travelers that need quick and easy access to the financial district in mid-town Manhattan, you're very correct that SLC-LGA service was very spotty at best forcing some who were spending an entire week there to fly in on a Saturday and go home on a Saturday and utilize up to 3 additional nights in a hotel. Not a very good plan for the one shot deal. Hopefully DL will make plenty of adjustments to schedules going into ATL and CVG for a connection since many continue to tell me getting to mid-town Manhattan in NYC from JFK is a royal pain.
That said, I do think DL can better utilize their aircraft for more profitable mainline routes, especially a 752.
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MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31106 posts, RR: 74 Reply 2, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4095 times:
Quoting SLCUT2777 (Reply 1): While this will no doubt be a blow to business travelers that need quick and easy access to the financial district in mid-town Manhattan, you're very correct that SLC-LGA service was very spotty at best forcing some who were spending an entire week there to fly in on a Saturday and go home on a Saturday and utilize up to 3 additional nights in a hotel. Not a very good plan for the one shot deal. Hopefully DL will make plenty of adjustments to schedules going into ATL and CVG for a connection since many continue to tell me getting to mid-town Manhattan in NYC from JFK is a royal pain.
Huh? It didn't force anything. If you wanted to fly home on another day, a traveler would book from JFK or EWR. They are coterminals, so there was rarely, if ever, a penalty for flying SLC-LGA/JFK-SLC
Mariner From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 22699 posts, RR: 88 Reply 3, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4085 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Thread starter): Many airline have attempted to fly Saturday-only flights from LaGuardia to cities in the West Coast and US territories, when the perimeter rule is not in effect, but most have been unsuccesful.
Any thoughts as to why?
I'm not surprised about LGA-SLC, but, theoretically, LGA to the big leisure destinarions should work - LGA-LAS, for example - but it seems not.
Spinkid From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1000 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4041 times:
Quoting SLCUT2777 (Reply 1): While this will no doubt be a blow to business travelers that need quick and easy access to the financial district in mid-town Manhattan,
I've never really thought it was THAT much easier to get to LGA rather than JFK from Manhattan, especially the financial district. Maybe others disagree with me on that.
Quoting Mariner (Reply 3): I'm not surprised about LGA-SLC, but, theoretically, LGA to the big leisure destinarions should work - LGA-LAS, for example - but it seems not.
I think most people know they can't normally fly non stop to the west coast from LGA so they are used to booking from JFK or EWR. Also, not everyone flys Saturday to Saturday. Many people will go away say Saturday through Tuesday or something like that and if you have to fly out of LGA and back into JFK to go non stop both ways, it is often easier to go to JFK and park your car there for the whole duration.
I do however think the flight to SLC would helpewith connecting traffic that might otherwise normally connect in Atlanta or Cincinatti. Apparently not.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 89 Reply 5, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4041 times:
What I don't understand is the efficacy of the rule itself.
Airlines fly daily services on domestic routes, there should be no less traffic on the field on Saturday and Sunday than any other day of the week. Why allow these extra sections on those two days at all?
BosWashSprStar From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 187 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4007 times:
Quoting SLCUT2777 (Reply 1): you're very correct that SLC-LGA service was very spotty at best forcing some who were spending an entire week there to fly in on a Saturday and go home on a Saturday and utilize up to 3 additional nights in a hotel.
Well . . . not exactly . . . there are a couple of other airports hanging around not too far from Manhattan, all of which offer flights to SLC any day of the week. The LGA flight was just an added convenience for those happening to be traveling on a Saturday. (Getting to JFK isn't great, but it's just a problem of congested highways, not strange back streets or poor access. Getting to EWR is no problem, really, other than that it's farther away.)
Panamair From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4583 posts, RR: 26 Reply 7, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3938 times:
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 5): Airlines fly daily services on domestic routes, there should be no less traffic on the field on Saturday and Sunday than any other day of the week. Why allow these extra sections on those two days at all?
Actually many LGA flights to business destinations do not operate on Saturdays so there is less traffic and capacity on Saturdays. For example, the DL Shuttle to BOS/DCA only has 5 flights in each direction as opposed to hourly service on week days (up to 15-16 flights a day for each city). The extra flights are only allowed on Saturdays, not on Sundays. While Sunday mornings are slow in terms of capacity, afternoon and evenings are back to business as usual as airlines operate their full schedules again...
SJCRRPAX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3889 times:
If you are willing to do a one stop, there are all kinds of choices... , ATA has three daily through Chicago, and AA has one that takes 5 hrs 40 minutes. If you try another airport I probably couldn't count the choices. WN has four one stops to ISP, Jet blue has a non stop daily to JFK... etc.... etc.... I guess the problem is if you want to leave SLC at 9:00 AM and get a full work day in NY its kind of tough. No reason to stay overnight in NY on returning though.
BosWashSprStar From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 187 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 3800 times:
I'm not surprised about LGA-SLC, but, theoretically, LGA to the big leisure destinarions should work - LGA-LAS, for example - but it seems not.
Is a puzzlement.
I think that part of it is that people simply don't realize the flights exist. If someone does a search for flights from New York to Las Vegas and they check a few different dates and see that nearly all LGA flights are one-stop but there are non-stops from JFK and EWR, they're probably going to stop looking at LGA options, not realizing that there are special flights on Saturday.
And, on top of that, the rule is lifted on Saturday because there are fewer flights then. There are fewer flights then because there are fewer fliers then. There are fewer fliers on rule-exemption Saturday flights because there are fewer fliers on most Saturday flights.
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15714 posts, RR: 48 Reply 10, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 3798 times:
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 5): Airlines fly daily services on domestic routes, there should be no less traffic on the field on Saturday and Sunday than any other day of the week.
Domestic demand drops off a cliff on Saturdays; it's easily the worst day of the week for anything that isn't overtly tourist driven (ie LAS, MCO, MYR, ACY, SJU, etc).
Quoting SLCUT2777 (Reply 1): While this will no doubt be a blow to business travelers that need quick and easy access to the financial district in mid-town Manhattan
I can't imagine there were many business travelers on a Saturday only LGA/SLC flight, which is probably a major part of the problem that resulted in its demise. Leisure traffic on its own is not likely going to support a flight to SLC of all places.
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31106 posts, RR: 74 Reply 11, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 3555 times:
Quoting BosWashSprStar (Reply 9): I think that part of it is that people simply don't realize the flights exist. If someone does a search for flights from New York to Las Vegas and they check a few different dates and see that nearly all LGA flights are one-stop but there are non-stops from JFK and EWR, they're probably going to stop looking at LGA options, not realizing that there are special flights on Saturday.
Except when flying to/from New York City, many people, especially leisure travelers, will type in NYC, not JFK or EWR. If they are departing on a Saturday and returning on, say, a Tuesday, they will have the option of booking LGA-SLC-JFK.
WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5386 posts, RR: 25 Reply 12, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 3501 times:
I'm not surprised about LGA-SLC, but, theoretically, LGA to the big leisure destinarions should work - LGA-LAS, for example - but it seems not.
Is a puzzlement.
Lga is more of a Businessman's airport, I'll bet ANYTHING if this was a redeye flight on a weekday from SLC to LGA, DL wouldve asked for a second rotation. Weekends justare not good for traffic into/out of LGA.
Quoting SJCRRPAX (Reply 8): I guess the problem is if you want to leave SLC at 9:00 AM and get a full work day in NY its kind of tough.
With CO you can catch the Sunday night redeye nonstop to EWR, then hop on a helicopter from the EWR gates to the financial district and then catch a flight at 6:45PM'ish back to SLC.
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
ISP From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 101 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 3375 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Thread starter): US Airways to Las Vegas, San Juan, and St. Thomas;
While announced, the US LGA-LAS service never actually began. It was to be operated with an A321, however there were concerns that the A321 would not have the legs for this journey on the 7,000 foot LGA runway.
SlcDeltaRUmd11 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2450 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3124 times:
Quoting Spinkid (Reply 4): I've never really thought it was THAT much easier to get to LGA rather than JFK from Manhattan, especially the financial district. Maybe others disagree with me on that.
I disagree with you. the airtran makes getting to JFK nice, but in a car LGA is much much easier JFK can be much longer away because the TRAFFIC
This flight will come back for the winter of next year its just seasonal. i think it did very well during ski season and if delta could I'm sure they would operate it daily but the mileage restriction out of LGA. I saw this plane boarding at LGA twice and it was oversold once and looked packed the second day. Alot of ski vacationers out west going to SLC, JAC, HDN, DRU etc. leave and return on saturdays so its not that bad for them and if you want to return any other day you just need to add a connection in ATL.
FoxBravo From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 2801 posts, RR: 5 Reply 16, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3100 times:
Quoting MAH4546 (Thread starter): Many airline have attempted to fly Saturday-only flights from LaGuardia to cities in the West Coast and US territories, when the perimeter rule is not in effect, but most have been unsuccesful.
It's true. In fact, the only one I can think of that has been a success year after year is AA's LGA-EGE nonstop on Saturdays during ski season.
I think the reason is simply that most people don't know these flights exist. Most New Yorkers just assume that they if they're flying to LAX, LAS, etc. they need to go from JFK or EWR, because that's how they've always done it in the past. AA's EGE flight, by contrast, was initially the only nonstop from the NY area to EGE, and consequently developed a loyal following among New Yorkers who like to ski at Vail, Beaver Creek and even Aspen.
UA also operated LGA-EGE on Saturdays for a couple of seasons in the late 90s, but even that didn't last.
CuriousFlyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 653 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3090 times:
One problem I always had with the DL website is that it is unable to handle the 3 NYC airports. You cannot ask for a trip from NYC to, say, SLC, the system will ask you to precise whether it will be LGA, JFK or EWR, and thus you cannot easily combine eg LGA-SLC on a Saturday, coming back SLC-JFK on a Tuesday. That's completely stupid and always annoyed me as I am always interested in all the options, and UAL or CO (and also Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity) have no problem dealing with that...
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 19, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3039 times:
Hopefully it will indeed return. It was nice to see a semi-unique flight being operated from LGA. What is Delta's frequency from SLC-NYC?
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 20, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2983 times:
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 19): Hopefully it will indeed return. It was nice to see a semi-unique flight being operated from LGA. What is Delta's frequency from SLC-NYC?
Should be twice daily each to EWR and JFK, mostly on 757s, but during certain months also 738s.
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 21, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2960 times:
Quoting DAL767400ER (Reply 20): Should be twice daily each to EWR and JFK, mostly on 757s, but during certain months also 738s.
WesternA318 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 5386 posts, RR: 25 Reply 23, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 2693 times:
Quoting DAL767400ER (Reply 22): And I need to correct, it's currently thrice daily service to JFK, actually, all on 757s
Shoot me, but i miss seeing the daily 763's doing SLC-JFK...
Woohoo! Back to Beirut in Oct '13! (Along with a stop in DOH for 4 days)
DAL767400ER From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 5721 posts, RR: 50 Reply 24, posted (6 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2576 times:
Quoting WesternA318 (Reply 23): Shoot me, but i miss seeing the daily 763's doing SLC-JFK...
No need to shoot you, most of us have our widebody routes that we miss . Personally, I still miss HAM-ATL...
25 WesternA318: LOL, the real widebody I DO miss out of SLC though would have to be the beautiful Western DC-10's and occasional TWA L-1011.
26 BigPhilNYC: By cab, it's MUCH quicker to get to LGA than to JFK. The rule exists to allow the other NYC airport to maintain the distance niche. Sunday is busier
27 Gigneil: Sure it might be slow inside, but I honestly am doubtful that the number of movements on the field drops off THAT significantly. Really, the only flig
28 AmtrakGuy: Did ATA at one time flew LGA to SJU on Saturdays? I recalled they flew this route for long time. What happened? If the route was money-making, you thi
29 A330323X: Here's US Airways' schedule for next Friday and next Saturday: ACK 2 1 ALB 5 2 AUA 0 1 BOS 16 6 BTV 8 3 BUF 9 6 BWI 9 5 CHO 3 2 CHS 2 3 CLT 10 10 CMH
31 BigPhilNYC: It's really dead there on Saturdays, as any spotter can tell you as well. I don't know about SJU, but I know they did SFO for a while. Also, Denver i
33 WesternA318: Both airlines tried to fight the ruling for service to SLC
34 PanAm330: Any chance that DL will try again to get a perimeter exemption a la DEN? It would be nice to see daily service to LGA.
35 Beertrucker: I agree that it will only be seasonal. Sat-Sat would be a great trip to all those NYC ski bums out there that want to get away for a week. April is w
36 DAL767400ER: Doubt that, though perhaps if DL instead offered to discontinue use of, say, 5-10 of their RJ slots at LGA to help ease congestion ...
37 Ss278: End of the ski season. It will probably be back next winter
38 SLCUT2777: Also EWR is on 752s as well, being code-shared with CO.
39 MAH4546: Unless something has changed recently, CO and DL are not allowed to codeshare on routes between hubs. Only for through traffic, so you can buy, for e
40 SlcDeltaRUmd11: I called the continental 800 num and purchased a ewr-slc on co and a return slc-ewr on delta a few moths ago because i didnt want the red-eye co retu
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