Jumbojet From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1159 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2186 times:
Certainly not the news of the day, not with oil hovering near $150.00 a barrel and the stock market at its lowest point in 2 years but surprising none the less. Delta has reclaimed the #1 spot at PBI from B6. I thought B6 had solidified its #1 position in the florida market, especially PBI. Good for DL! B6 drops to #3
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15734 posts, RR: 48 Reply 1, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2165 times:
When I grew up in PBI, DL was our airline of choice either out of FLL and PBI, and there would always be a lineup of L10s and later 767s on their concourses, even at lil' ol' PBI
KYNG2KPBI From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 41 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2155 times:
Thats great to hear. I love that Delta is doing so well at PBI. Just out of curiosity, who's number 2? USair?
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15734 posts, RR: 48 Reply 3, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2148 times:
Quoting KYNG2KPBI (Reply 2): Thats great to hear. I love that Delta is doing so well at PBI. Just out of curiosity, who's number 2? USair?
Jumbojet From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1159 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2122 times:
what happened to B6, they fall asleep at the wheel? Will MCO and FLL be the next reclaimed #1 spots for DL? Didnt DL at one time or another rank #1 in most FL markets?
EXAAUADL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2096 times:
I have an OAG from 1976. Only three airlines served PBI. EA, DL and NA. In fact many FL airports only had three airlines. Even MCO had only 4, the three above plus SO. NW served FLL, TPA and MIA.
ScottB From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 6365 posts, RR: 34 Reply 7, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2057 times:
Quoting KYNG2KPBI (Reply 2): Just out of curiosity, who's number 2? USair?
Yes, in May 2008. What's amazing is that JetBlue's numbers dropped by over 50% between April and May, reflecting how very seasonal and price-sensitive NYC-PBI traffic can be.
PHXmd80 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 176 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1947 times:
Quoting Jumbojet (Reply 5): DL at one time or another rank #1 in most FL markets?
Pbiflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 185 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1849 times:
Quoting Jumbojet (Thread starter): Delta has reclaimed the #1 spot at PBI from B6. I thought B6 had solidified its #1 position in the florida market, especially PBI. Good for DL! B6 drops to #3
Good news for DL, but this will be short lived when the season starts again. Last winter B6 had up to 21 flights per day, all on 320's. Right now they have 11 flights, 8 on 320's and 3 on 190's. This is a big difference in capacity but still a lot of seats for summer time. DL used be No. 1 at PBI all the time, but B6 has really taken away all their JFK business and to a lesser extent some of the BOS business. DL still rules from LGA and CO from EWR. B6 may be No. 3 for now, but they will once again be No. 1 in the fall unless DL increases service to PBI.
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15734 posts, RR: 48 Reply 10, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1773 times:
Quoting PHXmd80 (Reply 8): DL is still number one over all in florida IIRC.
AA is #1 to/from FL but they have a hub obviously. WN is #2 and then DL, at least in terms of seats.
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 11, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1754 times:
Quoting Jumbojet (Reply 5): Will MCO and FLL be the next reclaimed #1 spots for DL?
PHXmd80 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 176 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1658 times:
Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 10): AA is #1 to/from FL but they have a hub obviously. WN is #2 and then DL, at least in terms of seats.
DeltaL1011man From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 8590 posts, RR: 8 Reply 13, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1426 times:
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 11): Ha! No way, especially with the recent cuts.
If (big IF) full will go back down then its a good chance DL will re-start the MCO mini hub
"Oh look at the sUGAr falling out of the sky! Look at the sUGAr falling out of the sky!" LM 1922-2011 Go Dawgs! G.A.T.A.
BNinMSY From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 332 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1414 times:
DL may be #1 in departures from PBI ... but not service.
AA has the #1 hub position in Florida...
and for service I'd vote WN and B6!
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6242 posts, RR: 51 Reply 15, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1414 times:
FlyMIA From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6298 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1385 times:
Quoting Jumbojet (Reply 5): Will MCO and FLL be the next reclaimed #1 spots for DL?
Well since NK has a hub a FLL I highly doubt that. I dont see DL taking over WN at MCO either but that one is possible. But the days of DL being big at FLL are sadly gone.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10 Reply 17, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1367 times:
Quoting FlyMIA (Reply 16): I dont see DL taking over WN at MCO either but that one is possible.
No it's not. They're shedding flights, employees; the works. They don't, and won't, want to chase after the bottom of the barrel leisure flyers anymore.
DLflynhayn From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 354 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
Quoting BNinMSY (Reply 14): and for service I'd vote WN and B6!
What service?on a LCC cmon! its a cattle drive load um up and go!
JoseKMLB From United States of America, joined May 2008, 493 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1276 times:
Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 1): When I grew up in PBI, DL was our airline of choice either out of FLL and PBI, and there would always be a lineup of L10s and later 767s on their concourses, even at lil' ol' PBI
JoseKMLB From United States of America, joined May 2008, 493 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1272 times:
Quoting PanAm330 (Reply 17): They're shedding flights, employees; the works
Very true, when we have big MTC problems with our MD-88s MCO would drive out and do the work. Now it seems the ATL MTC has to fly down and do the work....
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5723 posts, RR: 20 Reply 21, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1228 times:
Pbiflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 185 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1205 times:
Quoting 727LOVER (Reply 21): I would like to see what is being counted.
The numbers quoted in the newspaper show number of passengers boarded for the Month of May. They can be seen in a report on the PBIA web site, The web site is http://www.pbia.org
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31119 posts, RR: 74 Reply 23, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1171 times:
Quoting DeltaL1011man (Reply 13):
If (big IF) full will go back down then its a good chance DL will re-start the MCO mini hub
Fuel can go down to $50 and it won't matter. The days of DL's dominance at MCO and FLL are a thing of the past. That's a good thing, DL doesn't need to focus on those markets.
TxAgKuwait From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1803 posts, RR: 48 Reply 24, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1136 times:
Interesting but not earth shattering.
What I found sort of earth shattering was the results for Orlando.
25 BNinMSY: The service of courtesy, smiles, customer friendly policies and fares .... No one can beat WN and B6 for those. Not domestically. The legacies, with
26 MPDPilot: All I can say is wow. I have been out of the loop for a while. In the 90's I flew an L1011 to MCO on DL and it was like a hub for them, and now it is
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