enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 7276 times:
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WHAT IS THIS REPORT?
This compares what is for sale THIS WEEK for the stated period versus what was for sale LAST WEEK...It does NOT compare to last year or now (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED).
HOW DO I READ IT?
XXX-YYY DEC 4>5 JAN 4>5 ; means that the listed airline changed the frequency between the two airports to add from 4 to 5 roundtrips in December and January. No other months were changed. I only list one direction, although it is possible the listed change is only one way. It is too difficult to average the two directions. I assume the change is roundtrip and that is most often the case.
HOW ARE THE DAILY DEPARTURES CALCULATED?
This report uses total operations for the month listed, divided over the days in the month.
WHAT ARE THE FRACTIONAL FLIGHTS?
Non-daily operations create fractional weekly service. In most cases flights are rounded, but in the case of international service or markets with low frequency, fractions are shown. If a flight operated 5 days out of 7, it would show 0.8 flights.
WHY ARE THERE WEIRD FREQUENCIES AT Macedonian Airlines (Greece)">IN FAR AWAY MONTHS FOR LCCs?
Most airlines publish schedules 11 months in advance. This report covers the next 9 months. That avoids seeing schedules as they are loaded. Several LCCs load their schedules less than 9 months into the future. Their schedules may also end mid-month. If B6 loads their schedule until Jan15, all flights in Janaury will show half frequency because of the way the report is created.
WHY IS A WHOLE AIRLINE'S SCHEDULE SHOWN AS CHANGING FOR A FUTURE MONTH?
Similarly to the previous question, some airlines load their schedule from nothing inside the 9 month window of this report. When their schedule is extended it will show as new service because there was no previous schedule to compare to. In some instances I will show a more valid comparison against another period.
THOSE FLIGHTS AREN'T DELTA, THEY ARE PINNACLE
This report only shows the marketing code. It is too complicated to show all the operators.
THE FREQUENCIES MAY HAVE CHANGED AS YOU SHOW, BUT THE SEATS DIDNT CHANGE BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT SWAPS
That is a natural weakness of a frequency based report, but it provides something to discuss below.
THE FREQUENCY DOESN'T SHOW A CHANGE, E.G. 4>4
This happens as a result of rounding. There is a change in service that is large enough to be listed, but through rounding it does not appear.
I marked some of the ones I thought were interesting with an "*".
9K ACK-HYA DEC 16>13
Close in cuts, not typical of American.
AA BOS-CDG OCT 0.9>0.5
AA DFW-LGA OCT 14>13
AA DFW-NRT OCT 2>1.7
AA DFW-RNO OCT 3>2
AA DFW-SJC OCT 6>5
AA JFK-SAN OCT 2>1.3
AA MIA-AUA OCT 1.9>1.7
AA MIA-GYE OCT 1.5>1.3
AA MIA-SAP OCT 1.9>1.7
AA MIA-UIO OCT 2>1.7
AA SJU-DOM JAN 1.0>1.3
AB JFK-DUS MAY 0>1.0
AB JFK-TXL MAY 0>0.5
AB LAX-DUS MAY 0>0.3
AB MIA-DUS MAY 0>0.5
AB MIA-TXL MAY 0>0.5
AB RSW-DUS MAY 0>0.5
AB SFO-DUS MAY 0>0.2
AM ORD-MEX DEC 1.7>3
AS SEA-LGB NOV 3>4 JAN 3>4 FEB 3>4
AT JFK-CMN DEC 0.9>1.0 FEB 0.9>0.8
B6 BOS-AUA JAN 1.3>1.1
B6 BOS-MBJ JAN 0.3>0.4
B6 BOS-PUJ JAN 0.3>0.4 FEB 0.3>0.5 MAR 0.3>0.5 APR 0.3>0.4
B6 EWR-RSW JAN 1.9>1.0 FEB 3>1.5
B6 HPN-RSW JAN 1.6>1.0
B6 JFK-AUA JAN 3>2.0
B6 JFK-BDA JAN 0.7>0.6
B6 JFK-BUF JAN 6>7
B6 MCO-IAD JAN 3>2.0
BA MCO-LGW APR 1.0>1.4 MAY 1.0>1.4
BA SJU-ANU APR 0.3>0.2 MAY 0.3>0.1
CI GUM-TPE JAN 0.3>0.5
CO EWR-CUN MAR 3>4
CO EWR-SJD DEC 0.4>0.5
CO IAH-CZM DEC 1.4>1.2
CO IAH-DGO DEC 0.6>0.5
CO IAH-HUX DEC 0.6>0.4
CO IAH-PBC DEC 1.5>1.2
CO IAH-PVR JAN 2>3 MAR 1.8>3
CO IAH-SJD FEB 2>3
CO IAH-SLW DEC 0.9>0.7
CO IAH-TGZ DEC 0.7>0.3
CO IAH-ZIH DEC 0.9>0.7
CO IAH-ZLO DEC 0.7>0.5
DL ATL-AGS APR 11>9 MAY 11>9
DL ATL-CSG MAY 4>5
DL ATL-DEN MAY 9>8
DL ATL-FPO MAY 0.1>0.3
DL ATL-GSO MAR 9>10 APR 9>10 MAY 9>10
DL ATL-ILM MAY 6>7
DL ATL-JAN JAN 7>8 FEB 7>8 MAR 7>8
DL ATL-JAX JAN 12>11
DL ATL-LFT MAY 5>6
DL ATL-LIT JAN 9>8
DL ATL-MGM JAN 10>9 APR 9>10 MAY 8>10
DL ATL-MLB MAR 5>4
DL ATL-MYR FEB 5>6 MAR 3>5
DL ATL-PWM APR 3>2 MAY 3>2
DL ATL-SKB MAR 0.2>0.3 APR 0.1>0.3
DL ATL-TLH APR 10>9 MAY 10>9
DL ATL-VPS JAN 10>9 FEB 10>9 MAR 10>8 APR 11>8 MAY 10>8
DL CVG-DEN APR 1.7>1.0 MAY 1.9>1.0
DL CVG-MDT JAN 0.9>1.8 FEB 0.9>1.9
DL DSM-MSP MAY 5>6
DL DTW-BMI FEB 1.4>0.9
DL DTW-FLL APR 5>6
DL DTW-GRR MAR 8>9
DL DTW-LEX MAR 5>6 APR 5>6 MAY 5>6
DL DTW-LSE JAN 1.8>0 FEB 3>0.5 MAR 2>1.0
DL DTW-MBS MAR 6>7 APR 6>7 MAY 6>7
DL DTW-MDT JAN 5>4 FEB 6>4
DL DTW-MHT APR 7>6
DL DTW-MKE APR 7>6 MAY 7>6
DL DTW-MLI JAN 5>4 FEB 5>4 MAR 5>4
DL DTW-OKC MAY 1.9>3
DL DTW-PHX MAR 4>5
DL DTW-PVD JAN 6>5 FEB 7>6 MAR 6>5
DL DTW-PWM MAR 4>3
DL FSD-MSP MAY 7>6
DL GEG-MSP MAR 1.8>3 APR 1.9>3 MAY 1.9>3
DL GFK-MSP JAN 7>6 FEB 8>7 MAR 7>6 APR 7>6 MAY 7>6
DL GRB-MSP JAN 6>5 FEB 6>5 MAR 6>5 APR 6>5 MAY 6>5
*DL HNL-FUK DEC 0>0.1 JAN 0>0.7 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.7
DL HNL-KIX MAR 1.0>1.3
DL HNL-NRT FEB 4>3
DL LGA-SAV FEB 4>3 MAR 3>2 APR 3>2 MAY 3>2
DL MEM-FLL FEB 1.5>1.0 MAR 2>1.0
DL MLI-MSP APR 2>3
DL MSO-MSP MAY 2>1.0
DL MSP-OKC MAR 2>3 APR 2>3 MAY 2>3
DL MSP-OMA MAR 6>7
DL MSP-RAP APR 6>4 MAY 6>5
DL MSP-SFO JAN 4>5 FEB 4>6 MAR 4>5
DL MSP-TVC MAY 2>1.0
DL MSP-YYC MAR 2>3 APR 2>3
DL SLC-BIL MAY 4>5
DL SLC-CUN MAY 0.1>0
DL SLC-IAH MAR 3>4 MAY 4>3
DL SLC-LAS APR 7>6 MAY 7>6
DL SLC-PDX APR 6>5 MAY 6>5
DL SLC-SEA APR 7>6 MAY 7>6
DL SLC-SJC APR 5>4 MAY 5>4
DL SLC-YVR APR 1.2>2 MAY 1.0>2
DL SLC-YYC APR 1.2>1.9 MAY 1.0>1.9
*F9 MKE-MCO JAN 1.9>1.0 FEB 3>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 1.3>0.8
FI SFB-KEF FEB 0.3>0.4 MAR 0.3>0.4
HA KOA-OGG JAN 3>2 FEB 4>3
HA OGG-KOA JAN 3>2 FEB 4>3
IB JFK-MAD JAN 1.5>1.6 FEB 1.5>1.6
KX MIA-GCM JAN 1.9>3 FEB 2>3 MAR 2>3 MAY 2.0>3
LA MIA-LIM NOV 1.0>1.2
LA SFO-LIM NOV 0.6>0.4
NK FLL-MDE FEB 0.9>1.0 MAR 0.8>1.0 APR 0.9>1.0
NK MCO-SJU DEC 1.5>1.3
SK EWR-ARN FEB 0.8>0.9 MAR 0.7>0.9
SK EWR-OSL FEB 0.6>0.8
SK ORD-ARN FEB 0.8>0.9 MAR 0.8>0.9
SV IAD-RUH APR 0.1>0.3 MAY 0.2>0.3
SV JFK-JED APR 0.4>0.6 MAY 0.5>0.6
TJ SJU-SBH NOV 3>5 DEC 3>5 JAN 3>5 FEB 3>5 MAR 3>5 APR 3>5 MAY 3>5
TJ STT-SBH NOV 0.3>0.7 DEC 0.3>0.7 JAN 0.3>0.7 FEB 0.3>0.7 MAR 0.3>0.7 APR 0.3>0.7 MAY 0.3>0.7
TS MCO-YUL NOV 0.4>0.3
U5 ORD-CUN JAN 0.6>0.8 FEB 0.9>1.0 APR 0.7>0.9
U5 ORD-MBJ JAN 0.3>0.1 FEB 0.3>0.1 MAR 0.3>0.2 APR 0.3>0.1
UA ORD-STL OCT 9>8
US ALB-BOS DEC 1.4>1.0
US BOS-LGA DEC 14>10 JAN 14>13
US BOS-MDT DEC 1.4>1.1
US BUF-LGA DEC 7>6
US CLT-HHH DEC 7>8
US CLT-LAX DEC 4>5
US CLT-LGA DEC 12>11
US CLT-MYR DEC 7>8
US CLT-SAN DEC 1.4>3
US CLT-SEA DEC 1.2>3
US CLT-SFO DEC 4>5
US CLT-SJU MAY 1.8>3
US CLT-YUL DEC 1.7>2
US DCA-BDL DEC 5>4
US DCA-BOS DEC 14>10 JAN 14>13
US DCA-LGA DEC 14>11 JAN 14>13
US DCA-NAS DEC 0.6>0.8
US LGA-RIC DEC 6>5
US PHL-BOS DEC 15>12 MAR 15>18 APR 15>18 MAY 15>19
US PHL-DEN DEC 1.9>3
US PHL-FLL DEC 5>6
US PHL-LAX DEC 5>6
US PHL-LGA DEC 20>18
US PHL-MBJ JAN 1.3>1.7 FEB 1.3>1.9 MAR 1.5>3 APR 1.4>3 MAY 1.3>1.9
US PHL-MIA DEC 3>4
US PHL-PBI DEC 3>4
US PHL-SEA DEC 2>3
US PHL-SWF DEC 4>5
US PHX-ANC DEC 1.0>1.5
US PHX-FLG DEC 6>7
US PHX-GDL FEB 3>4 MAR 2>3 APR 2>3 MAY 2>3
US PHX-HNL MAR 1.7>3 APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3
US PHX-LIH JAN 0.8>0.6
US PHX-LIH JAN 0.8>0.6 FEB 0.9>0.8 MAR 0.9>1.0 APR 0.9>1.0 MAY 0.8>1.0
US PHX-OGG JAN 1.1>1.4 FEB 1.0>1.3 MAR 1.0>1.5 APR 1.0>1.4 MAY 1.0>1.7
US PHX-OGG MAY 1.0>1.7
US PHX-TEX DEC 0.9>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.8>0 MAR 1.7>0
US PHX-YEG DEC 1.0>1.5
VB IAH-MTY OCT 0.3>0.6 NOV 0.3>0.6 DEC 0.3>0.5 JAN 0.3>0.5 FEB 0.3>0.5 MAR 0.3>0.4 APR 0.3>0.4 MAY 0.3>0.4
VB LAS-MTY OCT 0.3>0.6 NOV 0.3>0.5 DEC 0.3>0.6
VB MCO-MTY DEC 0>0.2
VB MDW-MTY OCT 0>0.2 NOV 0>0.3 DEC 0>0.4 JAN 0>0.3 FEB 0>0.3 MAR 0>0.3 APR 0>0.3 MAY 0>0.3
VB MIA-MTY NOV 0>0.2 DEC 0>0.3 JAN 0>0.3 FEB 0>0.3 MAR 0>0.3 APR 0>0.3 MAY 0>0.3
VB SAT-MTY NOV 0>0.3 DEC 0>0.4 JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>0.4 MAR 0>0.4 APR 0>0.4 MAY 0>0.5
This reverses a schedule change of a few weeks ago. No idea why...
Y4 FAT-GDL NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 LAS-GDL NOV 0.4>1.3 DEC 0.4>1.3 JAN 0.5>1.3 FEB 0.4>1.3 MAR 0.4>1.3 APR 0.5>1.3 MAY 0.4>1.3
Y4 LAS-MEX NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 LAX-AGU NOV 0.1>0.3 DEC 0.1>0.3 JAN 0.2>0.3 FEB 0.1>0.3 MAR 0.1>0.3 APR 0.2>0.3 MAY 0.1>0.3
Y4 LAX-GDL NOV 0.5>2 DEC 0.5>2 JAN 0.6>2 FEB 0.6>3 MAR 0.5>2 APR 0.7>2 MAY 0.5>2
Y4 LAX-MEX NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 LAX-MLM NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 LAX-ZCL NOV 0.1>0.7 DEC 0.1>0.7 JAN 0.2>0.7 FEB 0.1>0.8 MAR 0.1>0.7 APR 0.2>0.7 MAY 0.1>0.7
Y4 MDW-GDL NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 MDW-MEX NOV 0>0.4 DEC 0>0.6 JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.6 APR 0>0.6 MAY 0>0.5
Y4 MDW-MLM NOV 0>0.2 DEC 0>0.3 JAN 0>0.3 FEB 0>0.3 MAR 0>0.3 APR 0>0.3 MAY 0>0.3
Y4 MDW-ZCL NOV 0>0.2 DEC 0>0.3 JAN 0>0.3 FEB 0>0.3 MAR 0>0.3 APR 0>0.3 MAY 0>0.3
Y4 OAK-GDL NOV 0.5>1.6 DEC 0.5>1.5 JAN 0.6>1.6 FEB 0.6>1.6 MAR 0.5>1.5 APR 0.7>1.6 MAY 0.5>1.5
Y4 OAK-MEX NOV 0.3>0.5 DEC 0.3>0.6 JAN 0.3>0.6 FEB 0.3>0.6 MAR 0.3>0.6 APR 0.3>0.6 MAY 0.3>0.5
Y4 SAN-GDL NOV 0.3>0.7 DEC 0.3>0.7 JAN 0.3>0.7 FEB 0.3>0.7 MAR 0.3>0.7 APR 0.3>0.7 MAY 0.3>0.7
Y4 SAN-MEX NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
Y4 SJC-GDL NOV 0.5>1.4 DEC 0.5>1.4 JAN 0.6>1.5 FEB 0.6>1.5 MAR 0.5>1.4 APR 0.7>1.5 MAY 0.5>1.4
ZK CNY-DEN APR 1.0>1.9 MAY 1.0>1.9
ZK CNY-PGA OCT 0.8>0.5 APR 0>0.9 MAY 0>0.9
ZK DEN-FMN MAR 4>5 APR 3>5 MAY 3>5
ZK DIK-GCC OCT 0>0.7
*ZK FMN-LAS NOV 1.0>0 DEC 1.0>0 JAN 1.0>0 FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 1.0>0 MAY 1.0>0
*ZK FMN-PGA NOV 0>1.0 DEC 0>1.0 JAN 0>1.0 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0
*ZK FMN-PRC MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0
*ZK FMN-SOW APR 0>0.9 MAY 0>0.9
ZK GCC-ISN OCT 4>3
ZK IGM-PHX MAR 0.6>1.8 APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>1.9
*ZK LAS-PGA NOV 0>1.0 DEC 0>1.0 JAN 0>1.0 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0
*ZK LAX-PRC MAR 0.6>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2
ZK PGA-PHX OCT 2>1.4 NOV 2>1.0 DEC 2>1.0 JAN 2>1.0 FEB 3>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0
*ZK PHX-SOW MAR 0.6>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2
WHatUsaid From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 595 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 7135 times:
Quoting enilria (Thread starter): This reverses a schedule change of a few weeks ago. No idea why...
Y4 FAT-GDL NOV 0.3>1.0 DEC 0.3>1.0 JAN 0.3>1.0 FEB 0.3>1.0 MAR 0.3>1.0 APR 0.3>1.0 MAY 0.3>1.0
I'd thought they were going back to the original plan of 4X a week for the off-season. AM cut one flight a week from FAT-GDL this month just as they did on SMF-GDL. Y4 is finally pulling ahead of AM at FAT in terms of passengers carried but the fall traffic is weak for both carriers.
knope2001 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2555 posts, RR: 31 Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 6957 times:
Thanks as always for the time and effort to compile and post all this stuff..
Quoting enilria (Thread starter): *F9 MKE-MCO JAN 1.9>1.0 FEB 3>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 1.3>0.8
FWIW, this is just a correction on what was loaded in last week's posting, when amidst other cuts Frontier showed increases to MKE-MCO. This is the line from last week's entry:
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15733 posts, RR: 48 Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 6938 times:
enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 6825 times:
Quoting WHatUsaid (Reply 1): I'd thought they were going back to the original plan of 4X a week for the off-season. AM cut one flight a week from FAT-GDL this month just as they did on SMF-GDL. Y4 is finally pulling ahead of AM at FAT in terms of passengers carried but the fall traffic is weak for both carriers.
I don't really watch them very closely, but it looked like reversals of a few weeks ago where there were dramatic cuts...I defer to somebody who follows them.
Quoting knope2001 (Reply 2):
Thanks as always for the time and effort to compile and post all this stuff..
Quoting knope2001 (Reply 2): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
F9 MKE-MCO JAN 1.0>1.9 FEB 1.0>3 MAR 1.0>2
MKE-MCO appears planned to continue on as 1x, and the increases to 2x or 3x in Jan/Feb/Mar do not appear to have been real.
1X for March is pretty light
Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 3): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
Close in cuts, not typical of American.
Turns out AA doesn't control the seasons; either that or someone at AA found a calendar
I wonder if they waited to announce the cuts until the investor conference. They could have been zeroed out weeks ago.
knope2001 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2555 posts, RR: 31 Reply 5, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 6742 times:
Quoting enilria (Reply 4): Quoting knope2001 (Reply 2):
Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
F9 MKE-MCO JAN 1.0>1.9 FEB 1.0>3 MAR 1.0>2
MKE-MCO appears planned to continue on as 1x, and the increases to 2x or 3x in Jan/Feb/Mar do not appear to have been real.
1X for March is pretty light
It is...last year was 10x/week...however with less feed they (in theory) should be able to handel a reasonable amount of traffic in the market without having to sell bargain-basement fares.
Like a lot of the rest of the MKE operation, the focus seems to be on primarily serving local traffic, and not have so much excess capacity which gets filled with junk. In theory this works. Hopefully it does in practice.
WA707atMSP From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2043 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 6714 times:
Quoting enilria (Thread starter): *ZK LAS-PGA NOV 0>1.0 DEC 0>1.0 JAN 0>1.0 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0
This re instates a cut made last month.
I flew LAS-PGA-CNY-DEN on ZK last month, just to add PGA and CNY to my log book. The LAS-PGA flight flew just north of the Grand Canyon, and the PGA-CNY flight flew along the shore of Lake Powell. Amazing scenery!
If anyone is flying between LAS and DEN, and is not in a hurry, I'd HIGHLY recommend taking ZK, because ZK's 1900s fly much lower than the competition's 737s and A320s so you get a much better view.
point2point From United States of America, joined Mar 2010, 1961 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 6667 times:
I'm pretty sure that this has become my favorite thread here on a.net, and really look forward to it every week. Again, many thanks for doing this and keeping it up.
apodino From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3641 posts, RR: 6 Reply 8, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 6581 times:
US is cutting back on the Shuttle flights it seems like. While the LGA flights don't surprise me here, DCA-BOS getting cut back does surprise me. I would think this would be one of US most lucrative routes.
enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 6469 times:
Quoting knope2001 (Reply 5): Like a lot of the rest of the MKE operation, the focus seems to be on primarily serving local traffic, and not have so much excess capacity which gets filled with junk. In theory this works. Hopefully it does in practice.
Yes, but 1 RT is slim for March. The local market to MCO is pretty big.
Quoting point2point (Reply 7):
I'm pretty sure that this has become my favorite thread here on a.net, and really look forward to it every week. Again, many thanks for doing this and keeping it up.
Thanks! I get disappointed then it does not generate more news. This edition was a little slow in my opinion.
Quoting apodino (Reply 8):
US is cutting back on the Shuttle flights it seems like.
I believe those are really heavy cutbacks during the Holidays. I think that is pretty typical of past years.
planespotting From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3438 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 6369 times:
I think at one point last winter MLI-MSP was down to one frequency a day, so I'm glad DL is seeing the obvious light and building it back up. Historically, that's been a stronger route than MLI-DTW.
slcdeltarumd11 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2456 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 6333 times:
Alot of people have suspected this to be downgraded. At least as of now that 1x daily is still a 737
Quoting enilria (Thread starter): US PHX-TEX DEC 0.9>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.8>0 MAR 1.7>0
For those that don't know this unusual symbol its Telluride Airport in Colorado the one actually in the town its America's highest commercial airport. Not to be confused with Montrose/Telluride Airport MTJ which is the one most of the commercial traffic is to and is a decent drive away. Its funny cause TEX just got a new runway so this would be a huge reduction in service if it were true?
Alot of people have suspected this to be downgraded. At least as of now that 1x daily is still a 737
I almost put an * next to that one, but people say I'm rooting for the death of CVG so I left it alone. Isn't F9 still in DEN-DAY? I'm sure that is draining passengers. I also thought MEM-FLL going down to 1 rt in peak season was pretty depressing.
Quoting slcdeltarumd11 (Reply 11): Its funny cause TEX just got a new runway so this would be a huge reduction in service if it were true?
Didn't US say something recently about not flying the ski markets any more?
I just checked on US website and the flights were not there any more for 12/24 and 12/17.
Quoting slcdeltarumd11 (Reply 11): Its funny cause TEX just got a new runway so this would be a huge reduction in service if it were true?
Quoting enilria (Reply 13): Didn't US say something recently about not flying the ski markets any more?
I just checked on US website and the flights were not there any more for 12/24 and 12/17.
I believe the US employee website said something about losing the Dash-8 stations because of the Mesa drop. If a CRJ now cannot do it, at least temporarily service is kaput.
Alot of people have suspected this to be downgraded. At least as of now that 1x daily is still a 737
I almost put an * next to that one, but people say I'm rooting for the death of CVG so I left it alone. Isn't F9 still in DEN-DAY? I'm sure that is draining passengers. I also thought MEM-FLL going down to 1 rt in peak season was pretty depressing.
CVG-DEN is currently at 1 at day, the 2nd flight was cut I believe in mid-August at the end of the summer schedule. This is just an extension out of what they are currently operating, so it looks like they aren't planning as of now to bring back the 2nd flight (but as always that could change). DL did bring back the 2nd SFO-CVG flight and is bring back a 2nd CVG-MDT flight.
The only interesting things I see are that CVG-DEN sees a 757 instead of a 738 on Thursdays in October and there is no CVG-DEN flight on Saturdays. I know CVG-ers get excited to see a 757 these days. The aircraft flys ATL-CVG on Wednesday night, RONs, and then flies CVG-DEN on Thursdays. A 2nd flight, an afternoon CR9 on CVG-DEN flies briefly again over the Christmas holiday period.
Another interesting footnote is that I noticed my December DTW-DEN flights were changed from 757s to MD-90s.
SCL767 From Chile, joined Feb 2006, 8272 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week ago) and read 5967 times:
Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 15): It's down to 3 weekly starting FEB12; SEP/OCT11 are down a trip as well.
LA is receiving new a/c soon in order to increase frequencies from SCL for the high season and LP is not receiving new a/c until FEB after the runway at LIM reopens from 1AM-7AM. It will operate 4x weekly for the high season and beginning in FEB, LP's schedule will change again when the runway at LIM reopens.
boberito6589 From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (1 year 8 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 5878 times:
Quoting slcdeltarumd11 (Reply 11): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
US PHX-TEX DEC 0.9>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.8>0 MAR 1.7>0
For those that don't know this unusual symbol its Telluride Airport in Colorado the one actually in the town its America's highest commercial airport. Not to be confused with Montrose/Telluride Airport MTJ which is the one most of the commercial traffic is to and is a decent drive away. Its funny cause TEX just got a new runway so this would be a huge reduction in service if it were true?
Here is the US Statement on this again, US is blaming Mesaba for pulling their aircraft...
We made the decision to pull our seasonal winter service between PHX and TEX, which originally was scheduled to
operate Dec. 16 through the first week of April. To reduce future bookings, we zeroed out the service and it will be pulled from the system this Saturday, Sept. 17. Jason Reisinger, director, Route Planning, said, “This decision was primarily driven by Mesaba’s exit and our need to backfill that schedule, which left us without the necessary aircraft for this winter’s TEX service.”
enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (1 year 8 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 5822 times:
Quoting HPRamper (Reply 14): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
US PHL-BOS DEC 15>12 MAR 15>18 APR 15>18 MAY 15>19
Ramped up frequency to try to recover the former WN pax?
Perhaps, but I bet it is short-lived before they double the fares.
Quoting HPRamper (Reply 14): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
*ZK LAX-PRC MAR 0.6>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2
Is this a typo? X is right by S after all...
It's not my typo. Could be ZK's typo.
Quoting boberito6589 (Reply 18): Here is the US Statement on this again, US is blaming Mesaba for pulling their aircraft...
We made the decision to pull our seasonal winter service between PHX and TEX, which originally was scheduled to
WA707atMSP From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2043 posts, RR: 13 Reply 20, posted (1 year 8 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 5755 times:
Quoting enilria (Reply 19): Quoting HPRamper (Reply 14):
Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
*ZK LAX-PRC MAR 0.6>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2
Is this a typo? X is right by S after all...
It's not my typo. Could be ZK's typo.
No, it's not a typo.
ZK's route map shows they fly LAX-PRC-FMN-DEN. This is their only flight through PRC. They do not fly from PRC to LAS or PHX.
In looking at their route map, it's a little surprising to see they have no links between their ABQ operation and the rest of their system. They fly ABQ-Silver City and ABQ-Clovis, but do not have any flights from these three cities to any other cities they serve. I would have thought they would extend one of their LAS-FMN flights to ABQ, just to bridge aircraft to/from their ABQ network.
They did indeed. And what's even more surprising is that CVG-SAN appears to be sticking around year-round after DL seasonally suspended it last year, I didn't even think they were going to bring it back. CVG-west coast has stayed surprisingly strong with the exception of DEN.
ScottB From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 6364 posts, RR: 34 Reply 23, posted (1 year 8 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 5080 times:
Quoting boberito6589 (Reply 18): Jason Reisinger, director, Route Planning, said, “This decision was primarily driven by Mesaba’s exit and our need to backfill that schedule, which left us without the necessary aircraft for this winter’s TEX service.”
I don't really understand how pulling Dash-8's from YV helps to backfill XJ at LGA, unless EN is going to pick up YV's used Dash-8's.
There is a serious pilot shortage. These close-in cuts will continue through at least January.
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25 SANFan: True, but it was only gone between 1/4/11 and 3/2/11 last winter. The route has been around for many years and the seasonal suspensions just started
26 CIDFlyer: there is still an evening bank of flights departing CVG from about 7-830pm so it would connect to some flights going to the Ohio Valley and east coas
27 PSU.DTW.SCE: DEN is challenging between the abundance of service between F9, WN and UA. Fares are CHEAP to DEN compared to most places, especially considering the
28 cbphoto: Yeah, a ABQ-FMN flight once a day would make perfect sense but we all know how much sense ZK makes in their operational decisions. Once or twice a we
29 Cactus742: I assume Mesaba is supposed to be Mesa? As Piedmont has already moved into PHX and other stations to handle ground and gate service for Express fligh
30 enilria: I'm sure they have a ferry over the weekend for A/C rotation, but there is no local market so they don't even load it for sale. It's not loaded yet.
31 MaverickM11: The LIM runway issue has no relation to the pulldown, as LA keeps pulling down the flight well before and after the closure. In fact it really only o
32 Cubsrule: Why? The pilot shortage is temporary. Low demand certain days of the week is not. If AA has to cancel due to pilot shortage, should it be canceling i
33 FlyPeoria: Looks like DL's build up on its PIA-DTW route this month may be coming at the expense of Bloomington-Normal.
34 jfritz: Did anyone else catch US bumping PHX-HNL up to 3 flights a day. I cant remember but im thinking thats the most frequency Ive seen for that route...Som
35 MaverickM11: That's his point--AA should be doing this on a regular basis.
36 enilria: Exactly. I was kind of hoping this signaled that they were now going to do demand based cancellations like the other airlines do. Again I say that no
37 boberito6589: I think that most people seem to believe that Piedmont is going to be taking back the Mesa Dash-8s and bringing them to the east coast, which will he
38 enilria: So Mesaba is parking these SF3s? ...or is this all tied into the slot swap?
39 commavia: With respect (truly), I highly doubt it's worth that much. If AA really could be generating an incremental "few hundred million" in additional revenu
40 enilria: I've run the numbers on a single Transatlantic route and it is worth about $10 million net to average 5/week through spot cancels instead of daily du
41 boberito6589: I think they are parking the Colgan Saabs and replacing them with the XJ Saabs. As far as the slot swap goes, nothing had been said about where the X
42 enilria: They probably don't want to hire because they know the props are doomed.
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