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Taca To Start MCO-SAL

OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2
Posted (3 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2357 times:

TA just announced they are beginning service from Orlando to their San Salvador, El Salvador hub. They will fly 3x weekly on an E190 starting November 1.

Here is the full article:

http://www.alternativeairlines.com/N...ervice-from-orlando-to-el-salvador

Also to note are recent schedule changes at their SAL and SJO hubs designed to optimize onward connections, as noted on their site:

http://www.taca.com/eng/fo1/abt/abtsch0705.asp?id=26

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Yellowtail From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 5172 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (3 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2278 times:

Firing back at B6 no doubt

When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No-one has ever collided with the sky.

SKYYBLUE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2052 times:

Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 1):
Firing back at B6 no doubt

How so? The only B6 metal in SAL is for heavy maintenance.

SJOtoLIR From Costa Rica, joined Jul 2007, 4088 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2035 times:

Quoting SKYYBLUE (Reply 2):
The only B6 metal in SAL is for heavy maintenance

Correct. B6 MCO-SJO is the sole Central American route for jetBlue at this time. There are some talks in the forum about B6 GUA-FLL, B6 JFK-GUA and B6 FLL-SJO.
I found right the decision to start TA MCO-SAL 3x weekly over TA MCO-SJO 3x weekly taking into account the daily B6 SJO-MCO.
By the way, TA LIM-MEX will also commence on November 01st.

Regards.

"Goin' up to the spirit in the sky"

OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days ago) and read 1992 times:

Quoting SJOtoLIR (Reply 3):
I found right the decision to start TA MCO-SAL 3x weekly over TA MCO-SJO 3x weekly taking into account the daily B6 SJO-MCO.

Yes, and similar to MCO-GRU with JJ or contrary to MCO-BOG with B6 its generally its a route the non-USA carrier can perform better, since the main traffic drivers are tourism going to Orlando and VFR. Its a bit different with MCO-SJO which carries a lot less VFR (at least non-stop) and a significant amount of tourism both from MCO and points north.

SJOtoLIR From Costa Rica, joined Jul 2007, 4088 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (3 years 9 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1962 times:

CM PTY-MCO and back 14x weekly is doing extremely well and TA would likely emulate it and supported with inbound traffic from its entire network.
LR LACSA from Costa Rica failed both in the 80s and 90s trying to consolidate SJO-MCO.

Regards.

"Goin' up to the spirit in the sky"

SJOtoLIR From Costa Rica, joined Jul 2007, 4088 posts, RR: 5
Reply 6, posted (3 years 9 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1766 times:

Proposed schedule:

TA 422........SAL 19:20...........MCO 23:05.........We, Fr, Su........E90
TA 423........MCO 06:00..........SAL 07:45..........Mo, Th, Sa........E90

Effective: November 01st

That allocation undoubtedly allows inbound traffic from the rest of their network through San Salvador.

Regards.

"Goin' up to the spirit in the sky"

Expressjet_erj From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 827 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (3 years 9 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1620 times:

This schedule is very wierd for crew aspects... how will the crews be routed? Getting in at 11pm they could not work the 6a flight out in the am per FAA rules, are their rules different? Or is there other E190 flights by Taca in MCO?

ETOPS...Engines Turn Or People Swim

SKYYBLUE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (3 years 9 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1609 times:

Quoting Expressjet_erj (Reply 7):
This schedule is very wierd for crew aspects... how will the crews be routed? Getting in at 11pm they could not work the 6a flight out in the am per FAA rules, are their rules different? Or is there other E190 flights by Taca in MCO?

I'm not sure about the pilots, but the flight attendants would be legal to do this. At ASA, I flew similar pairings nicknamed "Nap/ Stand-up" lines. Basically, you are on "duty" from check-in until the next morning when you arrive at base. In this case, the crew would check-in at 18:20 and fly the one leg to MCO. Get to the hotel to "nap" and then take the first flight back to base. Total duty time would not exceed 14 hours in this case.

SJOtoLIR From Costa Rica, joined Jul 2007, 4088 posts, RR: 5
Reply 9, posted (3 years 9 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1573 times:

Quoting Expressjet_erj (Reply 7):
Or is there other E190 flights by Taca in MCO?

I don't think so.
TA needs the E90 back at SAL early the next day in order to attend the rest of their scheduled routes.
It makes sense a total replace of the crew once in Orlando. For example, TA 7520 SAL-LAX arrives daily in Los Angeles at 23:45 and flying back to San Salvador at 01:40 as TA 7521 LAX-SAL. With that being said, a new crew is expected in the new flight.

Regards.

"Goin' up to the spirit in the sky"

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