enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Posted (7 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4662 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 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 "*".
AA LAX-SLC MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4
AC LAS-YUL DEC 1.3>1.2
AS ANC-LAX APR 0>0.8 MAY 0.4>1.4
BA JFK-LCY APR 1.6>1.1
BB SJU-EIS DEC 0>1.4 JAN 0>3 FEB 0>5 MAR 0>6 APR 0>8 MAY 0>8 JUN 0>8
BB SJU-STT NOV 2>4 DEC 3>5 JAN 3>4
BB SJU-STX MAR 4>3 APR 4>1.2 MAY 4>1.1
BB SJU-VIJ DEC 0>0.7 JAN 0>0.8 FEB 0>1.4 MAR 0>1.9 APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2
BB SJU-VQS NOV 0>0.6 DEC 0>0.6 JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.6 APR 0>0.5 MAY 0>0.6 JUN 0>0.6
BB STT-EIS FEB 0>0.4 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.9 MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0
BB STT-SJU NOV 1.8>4 DEC 1.8>4 JAN 3>4 APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 0>0.4
BB STT-STX NOV 2>4 DEC 3>4
BB VQS-SJU NOV 0>0.6 DEC 0>0.6 JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.6 APR 0>0.5 MAY 0>0.6 JUN 0>0.6
CI LAX-TPE APR 1.9>2 MAY 1.8>2 JUN 1.9>2
DE SEA-FRA APR 0>0.1 MAY 0.1>0.2 JUN 0.4>0.6
Shorter season
*DL ATL-ANU APR 0.1>0 MAY 0.1>0
DL ATL-BNA FEB 10>9
DL ATL-CUN APR 6>5 MAY 6>5
DL ATL-CZM APR 1.0>1.1 MAY 1.0>1.1
DL ATL-MBJ FEB 4>3
DL ATL-NAS JUN 4>3
DL ATL-ONT DEC 0.3>0.2
DL CMH-RDU FEB 1.0>0.7
DL DTW-CRW JAN 0.1>0.0
DL DTW-DLH JAN 0.1>0.0
DL DTW-SAV FEB 0.3>0.1
DL FNT-MSP FEB 1.4>1.0
DL IND-MSP FEB 6>7
DL JAX-MSP FEB 1.4>1.0
DL JFK-CLT FEB 1.5>1.0
DL JFK-CVG FEB 1.5>1.0
I'm surprised they were flying 3 JFK-DAY flights, but military traffic perhaps?
*DL JFK-DAY JAN 3>0 FEB 3>0 MAR 3>0 APR 3>0 MAY 3>0 JUN 3>0
*DL LGA-DAY JAN 0>1.7 FEB 0>1.8 MAR 0>1.8 APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>1.9 JUN 0>1.8
DL LGA-SAV FEB 1.5>1.1
DL LGA-YUL FEB 5>4
DL MEM-BOS FEB 1.3>0.8
DL MSP-YUL JAN 1.0>0.9
*DL SEA-PVG JUN 0>0.5
EI ORD-YWG JAN 0.1>0
More reductions at COS (FYI, I think May is a partial month, so APR is more meaningful)
F9 COS-LAX APR 0.8>0.6 MAY 0.4>0.3
F9 COS-MCO APR 0.4>0.2 MAY 0.2>0.1
F9 COS-PHX MAY 0.5>0.3
F9 DEN-BKG APR 0.8>0.4
F9 DEN-COS MAR 4>3
FJ LAX-SLC NOV 0.3>0.0
*G4 MRY-HNL DEC 0.1>0 JAN 0.1>0 FEB 0.1>0 MAR 0.2>0 APR 0.1>0 MAY 0.1>0 JUN 0.2>0
G4 PHF-SFB NOV 0.5>0.3 JAN 0.4>0.3 FEB 0.4>0.3
G4 SFB-SHV DEC 0.3>0.1
KS BHB-BOS JUN 0>1.6
LI SJU-EIS DEC 1.8>1.0 JAN 0.6>1.0 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0
LI SJU-SVD DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.3
LI STT-AXA NOV 1.0>0.6 JAN 1.0>0.7 FEB 1.0>0.6 MAR 1.0>0.6 APR 1.0>0.6 MAY 1.0>0.5 JUN 1.0>0.6
LI STT-SXM NOV 1.0>1.1 FEB 1.0>1.1 MAR 1.0>1.1 APR 1.0>1.1 MAY 1.0>1.2 JUN 1.0>1.1
LI STX-SXM NOV 1.0>0.6 DEC 1.0>0.6 JAN 1.0>0.6 FEB 1.0>0.6 MAR 1.0>0.6 APR 1.0>0.6 MAY 1.0>0.5 JUN 1.0>0.6
PD MDW-YTZ JAN 5>4
UA DEN-ASE JUN 7>10
UA DEN-BOS APR 4>3
UA EWR-BTV MAR 4>5
UA EWR-BUF MAR 5>6
UA EWR-CHS MAR 3>4
UA EWR-GRR MAR 1.7>3
UA EWR-IND MAR 5>7
UA EWR-MEM MAR 1.8>3
UA EWR-MSY MAR 3>4
UA EWR-PWM MAR 4>5
UA EWR-SJU JAN 1.1>1.3
UA EWR-YHZ MAR 3>4 APR 3>4
UA FLL-FPO FEB 3>2 MAR 3>2 APR 3>2 MAY 3>2 JUN 3>2
UA IAH-ASE JUN 0>0.8
UA IAH-PSP APR 0.3>1.0
UA LAX-ABQ MAR 1.9>1.0
UA LAX-ASE MAR 4>3
UA LAX-BOS MAR 1.7>0.8
*UA LAX-CLE MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.9>4
UA LAX-EWR MAR 8>7
UA LAX-PHX MAR 5>4
UA LAX-SAN MAR 13>14
UA LAX-SLC MAR 3>2
UA ORD-ALB MAR 5>3
UA ORD-ASE JUN 0>0.8
UA ORD-BDL MAR 5>4
UA ORD-BOS MAR 10>8
UA ORD-BTV MAR 4>3
UA ORD-BUF MAR 6>5
UA ORD-BWI MAR 6>5
UA ORD-CHS MAR 4>3
UA ORD-CID MAR 6>5
UA ORD-CVG MAR 7>6
UA ORD-GSO MAR 5>4
UA ORD-ICT MAR 5>4
UA ORD-IND MAR 10>11
UA ORD-LAX MAR 12>11
UA ORD-MDT MAR 6>4
UA ORD-MHT MAR 3>1.8
UA ORD-MSP MAR 12>11
UA ORD-OKC MAR 5>4
UA ORD-ORF MAR 5>3
UA ORD-PDX MAR 4>3
UA ORD-PWM MAR 3>1.8
UA ORD-RIC MAR 6>5
UA ORD-ROC MAR 6>5
UA ORD-SAN MAR 5>3
UA ORD-SBN MAR 6>5
UA ORD-SEA MAR 6>4
UA ORD-SMF MAR 1.8>1.0
UA ORD-STL MAR 10>9
UA ORD-SYR MAR 5>4
UA ORD-TPA MAR 3>4
UA ORD-TUL MAR 5>4
UA ORD-TVC MAR 3>2
UA ORD-TYS MAR 5>4
UA ORD-YVR MAR 4>2
UA ORD-YYC MAR 3>4 APR 3>4
UA SFO-ACV MAR 8>6
UA SFO-ASE MAR 2>1.2 APR 0.5>0.3
UA SFO-BZN MAR 0>0.7 JUN 0>0.8
UA SFO-EUG MAR 7>6
UA SFO-GEG MAR 2>1.0
UA SFO-LAX MAR 14>13
UA SFO-MCI MAR 3>2
UA SFO-MFR MAR 7>6
UA SFO-ORD MAR 15>12 APR 15>14
UA SFO-PDX MAR 9>8
UA SFO-SEA MAR 9>7
UA SFO-SLC MAR 4>5
UA SFO-TUS MAR 1.0>1.9
UA TLH-TPA JAN 4>1.8 FEB 4>1.7 MAR 4>1.7 APR 4>1.7 MAY 4>1.7 JUN 3>1.7
UN JFK-DME APR 0>0.6 MAY 0>0.8 JUN 0>1.0
UN LAX-DME APR 0>0.3 MAY 0>0.3 JUN 0>0.3
UN MIA-DME APR 0>0.1 MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2
US CLT-SBY MAR 4>2 APR 4>2 MAY 4>3 JUN 4>3
VB IAH-MTY JAN 0.3>0.6 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.6
VB LAS-MTY NOV 0.6>0.4 JAN 0.3>0.2
VB SAT-MTY JAN 0.2>0.4 FEB 0>0.4 MAR 0>0.4
I believe this is VacationExpress
WG ATL-CUN MAR 0>0.2 APR 0>0.1
WG CVG-CUN NOV 0>0.1 DEC 0>0.2 JAN 0>0.1 FEB 0>0.1 MAR 0>0.2 APR 0>0.1
WG CVG-PUJ MAR 0>0.2 APR 0>0.1
WP BIL-SDY NOV 4>3 DEC 4>3 JAN 4>3 FEB 4>3 MAR 4>3 APR 4>3 MAY 4>3
WP GDV-SDY 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 DEN-MEX DEC 0.3>0.5 JAN 0.3>0.4
Y4 LAS-GDL JAN 2>1.1 FEB 2>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.0 JUN 2>1.0
Y4 LAS-MEX JAN 2>1.3 FEB 2>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.0 JUN 2>1.0
Y4 LAX-MEX JAN 1.2>0.7 FEB 1.1>0.6 MAR 1.1>0.6 APR 1.1>0.6 MAY 1.2>0.5 JUN 1.1>0.6
Y4 LAX-MLM JAN 1.0>0.8 FEB 1.0>0.7 MAR 1.0>0.7 APR 1.0>0.7 MAY 1.0>0.7 JUN 1.0>0.7
Y4 LAX-UPN DEC 0>0.1 JAN 0>0.2 FEB 0>0.1 MAR 0>0.1 APR 0>0.2 MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.1
Y4 MCO-MEX FEB 0.3>0.1 MAR 0.3>0.2 APR 0.3>0.1 MAY 0.3>0.1 JUN 0.3>0.2
Y4 OAK-MEX JAN 0>0.1
Y4 SAN-GDL JAN 0.5>0.1 FEB 0.6>0 MAR 0.6>0 APR 0.5>0 MAY 0.6>0 JUN 0.6>0
Y4 SAN-MEX JAN 1.0>0.7 FEB 1.0>0.6 MAR 1.0>0.6 APR 1.0>0.6 MAY 1.0>0.5 JUN 1.0>0.6
YR GCN-PGA APR 0>0.7 MAY 0>0.7
ZK ABQ-CVN DEC 1.7>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0 MAY 1.7>0 JUN 1.7>0
ZK ABQ-SVC DEC 1.7>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0 MAY 1.7>0 JUN 1.7>0
ZK ATY-PIR DEC 0>1.8 JAN 0>1.9 FEB 0>1.9 MAR 0>1.8 APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>1.9 JUN 0>1.8
ZK CNY-PRC DEC 0>1.0 JAN 0>1.0 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0 MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0
ZK CNY-VEL DEC 1.0>0 JAN 1.0>0 FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 1.0>0 MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0
ZK CVN-SAF DEC 0>2 JAN 0>2 FEB 0>2 MAR 0>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2
ZK DEN-FMN APR 4>3 MAY 4>3
ZK DEN-PGA DEC 2>1.0 JAN 2>1.0 FEB 2>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.0 JUN 2>1.0
ZK DEN-PIR DEC 1.9>3 JAN 1.9>3 FEB 1.9>3 MAR 1.8>3 APR 1.9>3 MAY 1.8>3 JUN 1.9>3
ZK DEN-SAF DEC 0>2 JAN 0>2 FEB 0>2 MAR 0>2 APR 0>2 MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2
ZK DEN-VEL DEC 1.7>3 JAN 1.7>3 FEB 1.7>3 MAR 1.7>3 APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.7>3
ZK FMN-SOW MAR 0.7>0.2 APR 0.7>0 MAY 0.7>0
ZK LAS-MCE DEC 1.0>0.6 JAN 1.0>0.5 FEB 1.0>0.6 MAR 1.0>0.6 APR 1.0>0.6 MAY 1.0>0.5 JUN 1.0>0.6
ZK PGA-PHX JAN 0>0.7 FEB 0>0.7 MAR 0>0.7 APR 0>0.7 MAY 0>0.7
ZK PGA-PRC DEC 2>1.0 JAN 2>1.0 FEB 2>1.0 MAR 2>1.0 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.0 JUN 2>1.0
ZK PHX-SVC DEC 0.7>1.7 JAN 0.7>1.7 FEB 0.7>1.7 MAR 0.7>1.7 APR 0.7>1.7 MAY 0.7>1.7 JUN 0.7>1.7
I'm surprised AA has been able to make this route work, given that DL has a hub in SLC and a focus city in LAX.
Quoting enilria (Thread starter): ZK ABQ-CVN DEC 1.7>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0 MAY 1.7>0 JUN 1.7>0
ZK ABQ-SVC DEC 1.7>0 JAN 1.7>0 FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0 MAY 1.7>0 JUN 1.7>0
Is ZK exiting from ABQ completely with these deletions?
I just don't see how DL can't make ANU work at least once a week year round from ATL with all feed. This is probably one of those cases where the upscale ANU market demands more frequency as their target market takes shorter vacations and by making it once a week, one shuts yourself out of the market. The upscale markets are less price sensitive but demand more flexibility.
I have been noticing a few carriers trimming CUN recently....and having just been up there I can tell you that there is a tremendous over capacity in hotel rooms.
When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No-one has ever collided with the sky.
bobloblaw From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 1367 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3988 times:
I very much appreciate these weekly OAG reports. They are the main reason I come here.
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
AA LAX-SLC MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4
I'm surprised AA has been able to make this route work, given that DL has a hub in SLC and a focus city in LAX.
Yeah AA has no business in this market for the reasons you mention. Unless there is a large amount of traffic to SYD on QF and NRT on JL and HKG on CX plus a good local market originating in LAX that can be leveraged for AA's other routes.
enilria From Canada, joined Feb 2008, 6137 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (7 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3945 times:
Quoting bobloblaw (Reply 6): Yeah AA has no business in this market for the reasons you mention.
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3): I'm surprised AA has been able to make this route work, given that DL has a hub in SLC and a focus city in LAX.
It's also possible it is there to serve notice to Delta that AA will fight for LAX. Who knows...
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3): Is ZK exiting from ABQ completely with these deletions?
Mesa deja vu
Quoting AVLAirlineFreq (Reply 4): That's surprising. Has this ever been seasonally suspended previously?
I don't think so. They cut the season a week or two ago and now it doesn't even operate for NYE returns.
Quoting yellowtail (Reply 5): I just don't see how DL can't make ANU work at least once a week year round from ATL
Agreed
Quoting yellowtail (Reply 5): I have been noticing a few carriers trimming CUN recently....and having just been up there I can tell you that there is a tremendous over capacity in hotel rooms.
For their sake, I hope the Mexican President's new tact with the drug war stops the violence and helps tourism. CUN is actually as safe as FLL and more safe than MIA.
Quoting bobloblaw (Reply 6):
I very much appreciate these weekly OAG reports. They are the main reason I come here.
I cant remember this route ever being less than 5/day. Really surprised to see it go this low, hope its only temporary and goes back up again for summer
mah4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31122 posts, RR: 74 Reply 9, posted (7 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3408 times:
Quoting bobloblaw (Reply 6): Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3):
Quoting enilria (Thread starter):
AA LAX-SLC MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4
I'm surprised AA has been able to make this route work, given that DL has a hub in SLC and a focus city in LAX.
Yeah AA has no business in this market for the reasons you mention. Unless there is a large amount of traffic to SYD on QF and NRT on JL and HKG on CX plus a good local market originating in LAX that can be leveraged for AA's other routes.
As the second largest LAX-originating passenger carrier after Southwest, why on earth does an airline hubbed at LAX "have no business" connecting its fourth largest hub to a major Western city?
redzeppelin From United States of America, joined Feb 2012, 277 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (7 months 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3351 times:
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):AA LAX-SLC MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4
I'm surprised AA has been able to make this route work, given that DL has a hub in SLC and a focus city in LAX.
SLC-LAX is a sizeable O&D market, and in my experience also tends to be rather price sensitive with a fair bit of VFR traffic. If you look at all of the LA airports, there are more than 30 daily flights to SLC, operated by at least 5 carriers (DL, AA, UA, WN and B6). No reason that AA, with a major operation at LAX, can't have 4 of those.
Interesting changes on one of my frequent routes. Mid year, prices went from $383 RT to $608 from CRW and from 2 to 1 flight. Now, at $608 goes to 0 flights. I guess we know that price elasticity is somewhere between $383 and $608.
PMCO scheduling at its best. We've always had 4x in the summer. Last week, there were only 2x when I booked. Now, better times are available...can't figure why they do this in such a manner.
SANFan From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 4721 posts, RR: 15 Reply 12, posted (7 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3164 times:
Quoting mark8762 (Reply 8): I cant remember this route ever being less than 5/day. Really surprised to see it go this low, hope its only temporary and goes back up again for summer.
This market does now vary a bit more seasonally but are you aware of the really unusual thing about this route? For as long as I can remember, it has often been a non-symmetrical schedule -- 1 less e/b than w/b flight. For example, the peak summer schedule (this last June) saw 4x daily e/b, including the red-eye, but 5 w/b flights; UA makes up for the extra one-way in either the SFO or the DEN market. The June schedule had 5 e/b flights to DEN and only 4 w/b.
Of course they can balance out capacity in the two directions by way of a/c assignments -- using larger planes on the e/b trips while offering more choices of times but smaller planes on the w/b ones. (That's my theory anyway.)
I just looked it up and January of this year UA did offer about 4 r/t between SAN and ORD so this is kind of odd to see March at only 3 r/t. I would be surprised if the count stays that low for too long.
PSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6875 posts, RR: 29 Reply 14, posted (7 months 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 2984 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 13): Quoting enilria (Thread starter): DL DTW-CRW JAN 0.1>0.0
Is DL still in CRW at all or not at all?
DL previously loaded a seasonal suspension on DTW-CRW for the months of January & February 2013. They made a slight adjustment on the end date which was previously 1/4/13, now 1/1/13.
DTW-CRW returns in March 2013 at 2x per day.
ATL-CRW remains, flown at 4x CRJ during Jan & Feb, going up to 5x CRJ in March.
This will be the first time they have seasonally suspended the route during the slow Jan & Feb travel period.
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 13): Hmmmmmmmm I wonder what time they're flying this route now. It seems like O&D flights are departing at quite inconvenient times as of recently.
JFK-CVG isn't really an O&D route, its meant to provide connectivity to key departure and arrival banks at JFK. Much of the secondary European flying is suspended for the winter so those connections are reduced during this period. Many of the same connections can easily be had over DTW, ATL, or CDG.
Quoting DTW.SCE" class="quote" target="_blank">PSU.DTW.SCE (Reply 14): JFK-CVG isn't really an O&D route, its meant to provide connectivity to key departure and arrival banks at JFK. Much of the secondary European flying is suspended for the winter so those connections are reduced during this period. Many of the same connections can easily be had over DTW, ATL, or CDG.
Do you honestly think this route is safe? I mean a lot of Euro connections are at JFK but MEM has/is losing it's JFK connections.
cbphoto From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1508 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (7 months 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2005 times:
Quoting WA707atMSP (Reply 3): Is ZK exiting from ABQ completely with these deletions?
Correct! Clovis, NM will now get service from DEN through Santa Fe, NM. Santa Fe will get new service to DEN and Clovis passengers will clear TSA security in Santa Fe. It also means ZK does not need to dedicate an entire aircraft to the ABQ system!
This has been in the works for a while now, so glad to see it's finally happening!
PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4993 posts, RR: 14 Reply 18, posted (7 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1944 times:
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 17): I am assuming this is subject to government approval, or did I miss a quick approval right after the application was submitted?
I thought I saw a thread a while ago that said it got approval?
This is interesting. I had no idea UA had cut EWR-SJU so much. There was a time when CO had several flights a day on EWR-SJU, along with AA (some on AB6). Has the market just evaporated?
PSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6875 posts, RR: 29 Reply 20, posted (7 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1768 times:
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 15): Do you honestly think this route is safe? I mean a lot of Euro connections are at JFK but MEM has/is losing it's JFK connections.
Yes, DL is not going to be cutting CVG-JFK. That route is safe, at least for the connecting traffic to international flights.
MEM is a smaller market that does not generate as much international traffic. In addition, the MEM-JFK flight over-flies ATL and is a much longer flight than CVG-JFK. MEM-JFK is only suspended now for the Jan-Feb, coming back in March.
DL still maintains flights to JFK from places like CLE, PIT, BNA, CHS, etc. so CVG is still is going to retain this flight going forward.
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 17): I am assuming this is subject to government approval, or did I miss a quick approval right after the application was submitted?
DL applied for the additional China frequencies immediately after the announcement. At that point it was really a formality and paperwork, as there were plenty of un-used China frequencies. It was likely granted quickly with little fan-fare.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22077 posts, RR: 51 Reply 21, posted (7 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1725 times:
Quoting redzeppelin (Reply 10): SLC-LAX is a sizeable O&D market, and in my experience also tends to be rather price sensitive with a fair bit of VFR traffic. If you look at all of the LA airports, there are more than 30 daily flights to SLC, operated by at least 5 carriers (DL, AA, UA, WN and B6). No reason that AA, with a major operation at LAX, can't have 4 of those.
Its indeed a large market.
Matter of fact the LA basin is SLCs largest domestic market with some 2,500 daily passengers.
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 17): I am assuming this is subject to government approval, or did I miss a quick approval right after the application was submitted?
DOT gave its stamp 3 days later. Lots of unused US-China frequencies at the moment.
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
drerx7 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4906 posts, RR: 9 Reply 22, posted (7 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1017 times:
Quoting N62NA (Reply 19): This is interesting. I had no idea UA had cut EWR-SJU so much. There was a time when CO had several flights a day on EWR-SJU, along with AA (some on AB6). Has the market just evaporated?
Well...B6 I would assume dominates the NYC-Puerto Rico market.
I believe it is suspended JAN-MAR 2013 at this point.
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 13): Thanks for the weekly reports, E
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 13): Even though every time I read the DL CVG ones, I die a little more on the inside
I don't want the responsibility of any deaths.
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 15): Do you honestly think this route is safe? I mean a lot of Euro connections are at JFK but MEM has/is losing it's JFK connections.
I do think CVG-CDG is safe in the Summer, at least. CVG is a stronger market than MEM for business traffic. If fuel shoots up or the Euro goes away then all bets are off, however.
I am assuming this is subject to government approval, or did I miss a quick approval right after the application was submitted?
Quoting PHX787 (Reply 18): Looks like it got government approval.
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 21): DOT gave its stamp 3 days later. Lots of unused US-China frequencies at the moment.
FYI, it is basically illegal to sell flights "subject to govt approval" any more, UNLESS the govt referenced refers to a foreign govt. It is legal to sell STGA after getting U.S. approval, but without foreign approval.
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