CIDFlyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3751 times:
Just saw this on the CID airport website (www.crairport.org):
"Get Ready for our 13th Non-Stop Destination!!!
The Eastern Iowa Airport will announce its newest non-stop Sept. 9. This will be the 13th non-stop city offered out of CID: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Louis and ??? Stay tuned! "
I am wondering what it could be.
Perhaps maybe G4 to PIE or FLL?
UA to IAD? I know they have been trying to link CID to the DCA area. Maybe AAEagle to DCA? AA is very strong here.
Or maybe NW to MEM?
My guess would be an existing airline announcing a new destination rather than a new airline completely, but I guess we will find out Tuesday.
Spinkid From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1001 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3738 times:
CIDflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3656 times:
Quoting Spinkid (Reply 1): Maybe Direct Air to Myrtle Beach
Never thought about that. I guess they have announced a few midwestern cities to Florida recently. Maybe a PIE or PGD flight could be announced?
I am still thinking though an exisiting airline on a new route. CID is a pretty high yield market. The airport commissioner has done a real good job of getting service to high O/D cities. We just got LGA on AA, and G4 to the PHX-area and I know a flight to Washington DC was high on the priority list. UA is fairly strong here so a flight to the IAD hub wouldn't surprise me, or maybe even AA or NW to DCA.
all in all, good to see expansion in a smaller/medium sized market in light of the industry's state right now
Atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 4, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3603 times:
I am just amazed at the Market CID can provide in Illinois.
Being down South here, at MWA we get nothing! Hmmpf! I'd love to have the service CID has.
Alex
Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who go AFTER it!
CIDflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3542 times:
Quoting Atrude777 (Reply 4): I am just amazed at the Market CID can provide in Illinois.
Atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 6, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3524 times:
Quoting Atrude777 (Reply 4): I am just amazed at the Market CID can provide in Illinois
Quoting CIDflyer (Reply 5): just a clarification Atrude, we are in Iow
I knew that! I really did LOL, why I put Illinois I don't know.
Sorry!
Alex
Good things come to those who wait, better things come to those who go AFTER it!
CIDflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3506 times:
Quoting Atrude777 (Reply 6): I knew that! I really did LOL, why I put Illinois I don't know.
SANFan From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 4721 posts, RR: 15 Reply 8, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3452 times:
I remember there was an article discussed here on A.net a month or so ago in which UA was said to be looking more at smaller markets as their future growth-area domestically. Maybe they are showing that to be the case.
In any case, it's wonderful to see ANYTHING positive (adding service/freq/routes) being announced these days -- particularly in September! (Speaking of that -- given the time of year -- I would tend to think a warm-weather destination would have the higher probability of happening.)
So I guess I would bet on either UA to IAD or somebody to Florida.
OOer From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 1395 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3423 times:
Airbusaddict From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 412 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3292 times:
Good For CID. I am amazed to see how nice and how much CID has in service. CID is doing extremely well. I am absolutely amazed why FSD doesnt get nearly as much interest as CID but CID is a very attractive market im guessing.
Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5534 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3261 times:
KarlB737 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2930 posts, RR: 9 Reply 12, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2973 times:
Quoting SANFan (Reply 8): I remember there was an article discussed here on A.net a month or so ago in which UA was said to be looking more at smaller markets
Luv2cattlecall From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 1648 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2957 times:
Quoting CIDFlyer (Thread starter): The Eastern Iowa Airport will announce its newest non-stop Sept. 9. This will be the 13th non-stop city offered out of CID: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Louis and ??? Stay tuned! "
Maybe I'm reading into this way too much...but the cities are all alphabetical, and the ???s are at the end...so I'd put my money on either Roswell, NM, or Washington D.C...
When you have to breaststroke to your connecting flight...it's a crash!
767driver From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 103 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2844 times:
Quoting Luv2cattlecall (Reply 13): Maybe I'm reading into this way too much...but the cities are all alphabetical, and the ???s are at the end...so I'd put my money on either Roswell, NM, or Washington D.C...
Last time I checked "R" comes before "S", so Roswell wouldn't fit your alphabetical theory.
CIDflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2802 times:
Another thread is saying AirTran is announcing AZO tomorrow, and that possibly they will announce more midwestern stations. I think CID would be a long shot though since we are A)to get a new destination and B) already have ATL and Orlando, unless they throw BWI in the mix for the "13th destination". C) We would be too close to their existing MLI station.
I would really like to see UA to IAD, not only is it a built in O/D market to the DC area it also allows pax to bypass messy ORD for connections out east and southeast. I would also like to see PIE on G4 as I have relatives in the Tampa area and it would be great to fly down there non stop!
Luv2cattlecall From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 1648 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2586 times:
Quoting 767driver (Reply 14): Last time I checked "R" comes before "S", so Roswell wouldn't fit your alphabetical theory.
Wow...show's how tired I was when I posted that! In my defense...I was 100% joking about Roswell, and last I checked, U came after Q...but Qantas shows us that aviation disregards the traditional rules which apply to the ABCs...!
When you have to breaststroke to your connecting flight...it's a crash!
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5668 posts, RR: 17 Reply 17, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2508 times:
Its going to be Allegiant to PIE.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain
Tripleboom From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 278 posts, RR: 14 Reply 18, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 2378 times:
EXAAUADL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2324 times:
Quoting CIDflyer (Reply 15): Another thread is saying AirTran is announcing AZO tomorrow, and that possibly they will announce more midwestern stations. I think CID would be a long shot though since we are A)to get a new destination and B) already have ATL and Orlando, unless they throw BWI in the mix for the "13th destination". C) We would be too close to their existing MLI station.
Too bad they arent in GRR. I dont think FL will go to CID< way too close to MLI, unless they close MLI and try to get both MLI and DSM traffic at CID
Dbo861 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 792 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2322 times:
Quoting EXAAUADL (Reply 19): Too bad they arent in GRR. I dont think FL will go to CID< way too close to MLI, unless they close MLI and try to get both MLI and DSM traffic at CID
Or why not keep MLI and go into DSM attracting CID passengers as well as all those central Iowans who drive 2 hours to MCI or OMA for cheaper fares on Southwest.
CIDflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1991 posts, RR: 3 Reply 21, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2214 times:
EXAAUADL From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 2180 times:
Quoting Dbo861 (Reply 20): Or why not keep MLI and go into DSM attracting CID passengers as well as all those central Iowans who drive 2 hours to MCI or OMA for cheaper fares on Southwest.
i mean that is better but since the thread is about CID....
KarlB737 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2930 posts, RR: 9 Reply 23, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 2024 times:
MLI717Fan From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (4 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1889 times:
The original AirTran tried DSM way back in the day, When I was little I remember flying on a 732 MLI-DSM-MCO.
However, things are a lot different now, and so is AirTran... I wouldn't be too shocked if they didn't decide to try it again someday.. oil is down to $102!!!
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