PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4541 posts, RR: 28 Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 5752 times:
netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 5726 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 1): Just a slight correction - and thanks for the news on this flight - but it will be twice weekly and not twice daily.
thanks for catching that. yes it will be twice weekly....
hard to believe Continental will have 30 destinations in Mexico and they're not even the largest airline between the two countries...
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16260 posts, RR: 52 Reply 3, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 5424 times:
I think CO had previously reached the level of 30 Mexican cities served a few years back, but one or two routes were dropped bringing the number of Mexican cities served back below 30 until today.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4541 posts, RR: 28 Reply 4, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 13 hours ago) and read 5239 times:
Quoting STT757 (Reply 3): I think CO had previously reached the level of 30 Mexican cities served a few years back, but one or two routes were dropped bringing the number of Mexican cities served back below 30 until today.
That sounds right. I seem to remember them saying that they served 30 cities, and saw that potentially going to 45. I think that may even have been pre-9/11.
netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 2 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 4720 times:
I remember seeing a thread about CO reaching 32 Mexican destinations a few years back... around the time CO's CEO (I think it was Bethune) said "if there is a piece of concrete long enough to support a jet downthere, we're looking at it"
Fly2HMO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4094 times:
They fly almost everywhere in Mexico but they have pretty much forgotten about northwestern Mexico. Maybe that will change now that Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) has a huge new airport that literally just opened.
bjorn14 From Norway, joined Feb 2010, 2776 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3440 times:
Quoting Fly2HMO (Reply 8): They fly almost everywhere in Mexico but they have pretty much forgotten about northwestern Mexico. Maybe that will change now that Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) has a huge new airport that literally just opened.
I love PPE but isn't there runway just under 5,000'? and I personally don't think it makes much sense from IAH, maybe LAX/PHX/SAN
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Fly2HMO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3146 times:
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 10): I love PPE but isn't there runway just under 5,000'?
That's the old GA airport. Like I said there's a new commercial airport called Mar de Cortes International Airport. It is officially operating, has a full size 8000ft runway, and additional larger terminals will be added over the next few years.
Here's the new one, still a work in progress of sorts:
The old airport:
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 10): and I personally don't think it makes much sense from IAH, maybe LAX/PHX/SAN
Considering the nearest beach to IAH is crap (Galveston) I don't see why it wouldn't make sense.
PPE has seen an explosive growth, even during the recession. It could very well be the CUN of the pacific very shortly.
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 13): How many of CO's 30 Mexico destinations are served with mainline aircraft?
Very few actually. Most of the important destinations (GDL,MEX,MTY,CUN,PVR, etc) have a mix of mostly mainline and occasional XJ flights, but the rest are all exclusively Expressjet metal IIRC.
steex From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 1426 posts, RR: 9 Reply 15, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3131 times:
Quoting anthsaun (Reply 11): That is going to be a long leg for an ERJ145.
At only 812 nm, IAH-TGZ is nothing for CO Express ops. Continental has many routes over 1000 nm operated by XE on ERJ145's every day. Two that immediately come to mind area IAH-IAD and EWR-OKC, but there are others in the system as well.
SlimShady From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 184 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2580 times:
Quoting ghost77 (Reply 12): Not to mention, maybe the longest?
netjetsintl From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 593 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2437 times:
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 10): I love PPE but isn't there runway just under 5,000'? and I personally don't think it makes much sense from IAH, maybe LAX/PHX/SAN
LAX might have more O&D traffic to anywhere in Mexico, but IAH definetly has more mojo than PHX and SAN, not to mention its Conti's hub
Quoting Fly2HMO (Reply 14): PPE has seen an explosive growth, even during the recession. It could very well be the CUN of the pacific very shortly.
I think Cabo will be the "Cancun" of the Pacific coast, but PPE looks nice though..... it seems like PVR continues to loose ground to SJD
Fly2HMO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2391 times:
Quoting netjetsintl (Reply 19): it seems like PVR continues to loose ground to SJD
The problem with PVR is that it is in a very mountainous area so development and accesibility of new resorts can be tricky. But PPE and SJD both have plenty of room for growth, PPE more so than SJD.
yellowtail From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 5161 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2238 times:
I know they were also looking at Chetumal (CTM) a while back.....and with an expansion slated to get underway there...it has to be on their radar again.
CTM would fill a nice service gap in between CUN and BZE
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STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16260 posts, RR: 52 Reply 22, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2195 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 13): How many of CO's 30 Mexico destinations are served with mainline aircraft?
Nine;
Acapulco (IAH, EWR), Cancun ( CLE, IAH, EWR) , Cozumel (IAH, EWR), Ixtapa (IAH), Los Cabos (IAH, EWR), Mazatlan (IAH), Merida (IAH), Mexico City (IAH, EWR), Puerto Vallarta (IAH, EWR).
ThePinnacleKid From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 672 posts, RR: 9 Reply 23, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2058 times:
Of those... only Cancun, Cozumel, and Merida have mainline ONLY service.. the rest have a mix of mainline and ExpressJet... that means 27 of 30 destinations are operated by ExpressJet.
yellowtail From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 5161 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (3 years 2 months 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1816 times:
MID has been around for 15+ years....once even part of their BZE run.....other airlines like DL have tried it and failed. ...CO must now have MID locked up tight
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25 AeroVega: What other airlines are flying to TGZ? Mexicana, Interjet, Aero Tucan and now Continental. Anyone else?
26 captaink: I was in the ExpressJet terminal in IAH in Jan on my way down to Aguascalientes, and virtually every gate at that time was for a flight to Mexico. Se
28 bjorn14: Sorry for my ignorance, I keep seeing the intials VFR and I know in the context they are used it doesn't mean Visual Flight Rules. So what do they sta
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