GEG2RAP From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 838 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2144 times:
FSD got a grant to pursue this....have not heard on it going through
Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5534 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2075 times:
And besides it's American Eagle...not American Airlines. Big difference!
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21245 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1942 times:
Quoting Wedgetail737 (Reply 2): And besides it's American Eagle...not American Airlines. Big difference!
AA tells MQ (and OW and RP and AX) where to fly.
I can't decide whether I miss the tulip or the bowling shoe more
Dc-9-10 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 583 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1816 times:
American Eagle served FSD from STL and then ORD for a bit of time after AA took over TWA. I am surprised, given the extensive network of AA, that they couldn't make the ORD-FSD route work.
TAN FLYR From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 1847 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1787 times:
IIRC, AA served Sioux Falls from ORD with the F-100 from ORD. It was part of the package that got the slot exemption for less than 100 seat aircraft back in the early-med 90's. I believ that AA had the backing of then Sen. Daschle and other politicos to get that exemption.
USPIT10L From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 3266 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1689 times:
Quoting TAN FLYR (Reply 5): IIRC, AA served Sioux Falls from ORD with the F-100 from ORD. It was part of the package that got the slot exemption for less than 100 seat aircraft back in the early-med 90's. I believ that AA had the backing of then Sen. Daschle and other politicos to get that exemption.
TWA and then Eagle served it also in the early part of this decade, first from STL, and then from ORD.
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21245 posts, RR: 19 Reply 8, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1654 times:
Quoting Alphascan (Reply 7): Considering the economics of RJs, I find this rumor highly, highly suspect.
At ~450 miles, ORD-FSD is about as good as you're going to get with a 50-seater. MQ does have some spare capacity from the east coast drawdown; it's about as likely to go to ORD as it is to go anywhere else.
I can't decide whether I miss the tulip or the bowling shoe more
LAXdude1023 From Lebanon, joined Sep 2006, 6780 posts, RR: 25 Reply 9, posted (4 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1648 times:
Quoting Alphascan (Reply 7): Considering the economics of RJs, I find this rumor highly, highly suspect.
Well, AA has been able to make quite a few midwestern markets work from DFW with a single or double RJ service. From DFW, American Eagle serves:
PIA
BMI
CMI
MLI
DSM
CID
MSN
EVV
FWA
....and several others all with RJ. AA keeps these routes alive and well. I see no reason DFW-FSD wouldnt work, but they would probably do it in conjunction with ORD service too.
DFW Fan Boy: Im crude, irreverent, and blunt, but Im not clueless. I offer no apologies.
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