JBAirwaysFan From United States of America, joined May 2009, 783 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1711 times:
Out of curiosity, why doesn't FL fly LGA-BWI? They have BOS-BWI (with B6 and WN). WN has LGA-BWI. I would think that it would be a good move for FL for extra feed. I know there are slot restrictions at LGA, but maybe using them for BWI would come in handy a little more than other cities? Now that FL is expanding at other "hubs" besides ATL (MCO, BWI, MKE), maybe AirTran would want to give access to NYC travelers. Take HSV or GRR for example. They both lack ATL service but have BWI service. I think LGA-BWI would do AirTran some good.
In Loving Memory of Casey Edward Falconer; May 16, 1992-May 9, 2012
FWAERJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 3172 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1706 times:
RL757PVD From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4537 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1696 times:
I know thered be zero O&D on it, but I hope they can find a way to add it, so they can bolster their BWI hub.
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JBAirwaysFan From United States of America, joined May 2009, 783 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1677 times:
Quoting FWAERJ (Reply 1): The answer is simple: Lack of slots.
But AirTran has acquired more slots in the past and still hasn't started it. I know there are slot restrictions and I mentioned that. How can FL find LGA-IND to be more profitable than feeding pax (even O&D) into BWI?
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FlyPNS1 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 6049 posts, RR: 25 Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
Quoting JBAirwaysFan (Reply 3): How can FL find LGA-IND to be more profitable than feeding pax (even O&D) into BWI?
Because they don't have enough markets (yet) to really feed into LGA. I agree that eventually FL will need BWI-LGA if they really want to make BWI into a hub. However, right now, I don't think they've got the feed to do it.
JBAirwaysFan From United States of America, joined May 2009, 783 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1434 times:
Quoting FlyPNS1 (Reply 4): However, right now, I don't think they've got the feed to do it.
Well, yes and no. They have the feed, but only a few markets that are not accessible via ATL. I see where you are coming from, but the competition is starting now also. By the time FL decides to go in, they will get eaten alive (like almost every other time they attempt to compete, IMO).
In Loving Memory of Casey Edward Falconer; May 16, 1992-May 9, 2012
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5717 posts, RR: 20 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1396 times:
EWRandMDW From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 379 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1329 times:
If someone wants to travel strictly between NYC and Baltimore, probably the sanest way to do it is via Amtrak. There are dozens of departures per day each way on weekdays, and if you consider time to get to/from airport, security and wait to board, wait for takeoff, etc. the train will likely be faster and get you closer to business areas.
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