Bos190guy wrote:It hasn’t been a secret that LGW will most likely go seasonal. Nothing wrong with that.
Given their plane shortage, where is the metal to add this flying being taken from? New schedule additions are provided through cuts to unprofitable routes and through reallocation of those assets. The aircraft shortage still exists, however, aircraft utilization will increase during the summer fly...
Jump to postother airlines who want to use DAL and can’t. Huh? What airlines would those be? Airlines like AA and UA have come and gone from DAL, whilst the airport has hardly been a raging success for AS or DL. Everyone else but WN seems perfectly happy at DFW. DAL is a great airport, but only WN seems to be ...
Jump to postB6 used to fly NS BUR-BOS. We just booked a connection on WN on this route since we didn't want to go to LAX or fly a stop with the majors. Free bags help, too! Too bad, we would have flown B6 nonstop if it had been available. Sadly, BUR can't even seem to maintain nonstop service to Chicago. Fat c...
Jump to postWhy is everyone so dead-set on WN having a major operation at DFW? Why would they want to make DFW as large, if not larger than their DAL operation? :checkmark: How about a handful of daily flights to key hubs (or whatever WN wants to call their major operation centers these days): DEN, LAS, MCO, M...
Jump to postSilver claiming the RSW to EYW service was cancelled due to lack of space to operate out of https://winknews.com/2024/03/12/silver-airways-postpones-flights-from-rsw-to-key-west/ They previously operated out of D10A which i believe is still operational. Granted that was with the S340’s but I would ...
Jump to postUPlog wrote: Good article from the Airline Observer about the investor event, and how AA has taken a contrarian path with its fleet and network compared to DL and UA. American Isn't a Premium Airline — By Design https://www.theairlineobserver.com/p/am ... airline-by "But to serve these markets...
Jump to postRSW-EYW cancelled prior to launch. https://x.com/ishriona/status/1766571603104498019?s=46 What a shame. Then again, most Southwest Floridians heading to the keys will probably just take the Key West Express - IIRC, it's a fun 3 hour boat ride with plenty of seating, a bar, a lot more comfortable th...
Jump to postThese new LAX additions will mean that UA's intercontinental long-haul operations from there will be back to what they were pre-COVID, plus a few additional destinations/frequencies (seasonal AKL and BNE flights in the winter, plus new flights to HKG and an extra summer departure to LHR). It's defi...
Jump to postI think this just speaks to the broader difficulty of the LAX market. As many have said, no airline can truly dominate. Delta is ahead in market share for the foreseeable future, but any major expansion will not be sustainable, and I think DL understands that. The 2023 numbers are pretty clear. htt...
Jump to postIt’s not just a rumor. The route has indeed been zeroed out (last date available is May 5 from LAX, May 6 from LHR). PS: Additionally, LAX-DAL is also gone. Hardly surprising. Leave LAX-DAL to WN (and focus on the longstanding LAX-DFW service), and let partner carrier VS fly LAX-LHR. Maybe they can...
Jump to postAS is going to be discontinuing DAL-SFO nonstop service on 4/10/2024 according to multiple sources, including an article on WFAA's website that can be found at https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/alaska-airlines-discontinuing-route-from-love-field-san-francisco/287-f5c243ae-217e-4015-b13c-eebf3...
Jump to postIf AA is finally serious about being a real player in the Pacific, they need to add more flights to NRT to funnel connections to JAL. I think either ORD-NRT, PHX-NRT, or even MIA-NRT. AA flew ORD-NRT for years.. if it was deemed no longer worthy of flying before the pandemic decimated transpacific ...
Jump to postIs this replacing both the A and B gates? It sure is! IIRC, the current terminal facilities (really just one L-shaped building) are both far too close to the active runways to meet current FAA standards - though I'm sure all of us will miss those unbelievably, insanely short taxi times from landing...
Jump to postService Updates F9 - https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240123-f92q24las ORD-LAS commences May 16, 2024 on 32N, 7x I didn't realize they ever stopped flying this! I took it a few years ago. Packed all-Y A321 redeye from LAS. The F9 operation at LAS seemed to be a zoo sometime around midnight. Clearly a...
Jump to postLooks like they are going to restart LAX. LAX appears on their drop-down menu of cities. Bunch of former routes are coming back - DEN, DFW, LAS, PHX and SFO. Guess they realized its a bit hard to serve LA only from periphery airports. I remember trying F9 from BUR and there being nonstop flights to...
Jump to postLooks like Canada is a hot market for U.S. carriers in 2024. IIRC it was just days ago that UA expanded (ok, well, resumed) up in Canada. I have to think YYZ must be on the B6 radar as well..
Could this be the year that WN finally adds service to our lovely neighbor to the north?
Someone posted in another chain about the airline hub performance. Things that struck me were: 1) American's intercontinental flights from ORD are a joke. They ones I showed below are ones on the surface more similar to AA at ORD. We know AA isn't close to the mega hubs of AA in DFW, or DL in ATL: ...
Jump to postAs a retired NW employee (and non-rev), I'm bitter about DL decimating the Asian destinations. Bring back MNL, BKK, SIN, HKG, TPE, GUM. Don't care where they connect from -- ICN, HND, NRT (will never happen) or KIX; before I'm pushing daisies. Pretty cool to see TPE coming back, albeit from SEA thi...
Jump to postFlew in and out of ORD to EGE and each flight was out of terminal 2 in Chicago. Vail used to be a pampered flight for United. Is United putting less importance on Vail or more importance on terminal 2? Wow! Does UA fly ORD-EGE nonstop during the winter now? I remember UA offering a summer seasonal ...
Jump to postAnother nail into AA SJC history. SJC-LAX discontinued after April 4th. Route at one time had 10+ daily flights and slowly shrunk over the years to 6 just prior to Covid, but the pandemic and changes in travel demand reduced it to a mere flight or two in recent times. That is sad. I worked in LA fo...
Jump to postBig expansion announced today out of DFW: https://thepointsguy.com/news/american-airlines-new-dfw-routes/?fbclid=IwAR2_x8oLOK_Wj0M9oIjbzSh8S1w_iE1LroFOItm-KuL8Vfuas__-gxTm23s Well, again, like my last post about MIA-NCE I'm surprised at what the market must be that Santa Rosa is even served from DF...
Jump to postApparently AA is ending LAX-FLL. Could this be an opportunity for DL to swoop in and get a 2nd daily on the route? When DL announced LAX-MIA, it was going to be 2 daily. It launched with just daily flights. What happened? LA-South Florida is a large yet highly competitive market. AA has dominated L...
Jump to postI'm seeing on FlightAware, for Tuesday and Wednesday, at least, Jetblue is scheduled to fly the A220 on the JFK-BUR route (flights 359/358). I don't believe this has ever been done by them. That's a bit of a reversal from when they were expanding to the A321N with 2x per day, plus 1x Boston, before...
Jump to postA bit surprised re: no initial service from TQO to DEN as well. Especially with DEN seeing so much build-up of late. DEN as a local market can absolutely support some of these leisure destinations and is certainly not only pulling from surrounding "mountain towns." That said, I don't thin...
Jump to postNot surprisingly, DL axing the once a week LGA-LAX flight. LGA-PHX getting suspended from end of January to mid-February then axed from end of Feb. So many carriers have tried and failed on Saturday-only LGA-LAX services over the years. Such a shame as I really thought with improved LGA and LAX ter...
Jump to postSpirit is the only airline I refuse to fly due to multiple issues in the past with them. Apparently I'm not the only one. Honestly, I respect NK immensely for enabling people to travel across the country and even internationally that otherwise couldn't afford to do so. Their *base* fares are often ...
Jump to postSouthwest will have new nonstop service MDW-ELP and restart seasonal MDW-BZN. MDW-BUR and SFO return as daily services. Flights start June 4, 2024. I was surprised to see WN dropped MDW-SNA and was only flying MDW-ONT and MDW-LAX. Seems like there should be enough year-round demand for MDW-BUR / LA...
Jump to postWell with BTV closing, there goes my Username Sad to see BTV close, I’d prefer it stick around as a B6 destination even if only served via BOS, where slots aren’t as big of an issue. BTV would actually be a great place to just park a RON given BOS’s gate limits. I’ll bet WN picks it up with somethi...
Jump to postMCO-RSW - 5374 passengers, 10351 seats, 51.92% load factor Thanks!! I seriously did not know this route exist!! Yep 1 flight a day. Been around now for about 2 years. Ouch, less than 52% load factor? I remember flying this route years ago.. probably 5 or 10 IIRC. I'm guessing they cut it once befor...
Jump to postAA took a big bite out of the AUS network for JAN/FEB, much more than last year. CVG/JAX/MEM/RNO/TUL-AUS cut IND/MCI/SMF-AUS down to 4x weekly ASE/OKC-AUS down to 5x weekly ELP/IAD/MSY/RDU/SNA/TPA-AUS down to 6x weekly BNA-AUS down to 1x daily Also looks like RDU-TPA is gone after Jan What business...
Jump to postANA is reactivating its third and final A380. ANA dedicates their A380s to NRT-HNL. Two daily A380s plus one 787-9 are in the schedule now. I have to imagine we’ll never see US metal on HNL-NRT again. https://www.anahd.co.jp/group/en/pr/202308/20230822.html HNL-NRT was as much a vestige of the old ...
Jump to postService update for NK - https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231019-nknw23 ORD-LGA begins November 5, 2023 on 319, upgauges to 320 on November 15, 2023 - 7x Wow, I didn't realize NK had stopped flying this route back in 2020. Then again, maybe competing against AA and UA flying to their ORD hubs, DL flyi...
Jump to postHere are the Q1 2023 PDEW's out of SEA to the top contiguous U.S. markets traveled to from SEA that don't currently have AS service (Source: https://data.transportation.gov/Aviation/Consumer-Airfare-Report-Table-6-Contiguous-State-C/yj5y-b2ir/explore): SEA-CLT - 115 Any possibility of AS adding non...
Jump to postHere is the current breakdown of WN nonstop service out of MDW on 6/3/2024 (as of the 9/14/2023 schedule extension) (228 daily departures) (Source: WN flight schedules, which can be found at https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html?clk=GSUBNAV-AIR-SCHEDULES): 2x ALB, 1x ABQ, 6x ATL...
Jump to postGreat to see ATL-BUR and SLC-SBA return. ATL-BUR was on the 73G, but those are gone now so I'm curious to see what they'll use instead. Looks like all of this except ASE flights will be mainline too! Awesome! ATL-ASE is going to be on a regional carrier? Isn't that flight over 2 hours wheels up to ...
Jump to postSome of our fellow members have stated positive & negative opinions & thoughts of Southwest opening up TYS. I would love to see it and hopefully it will come to fruition someday. I could see maybe 6 to 8 flights to start out with . 2 BNA, BWI, MDW, HOU, DAL. Maybe DEN and ATL. Even if some ...
Jump to postDL might launch PDX-HND after all: https://ishrionaviation.com/news/delta-portland-tokyo-relaunch One-way fares have indeed come down for a few dates, but not all. Interesting. It seems like DL and HA may have both won government exemptions to operate certain HND routes at token frequencies, at lea...
Jump to postBreeze attempting to protect the TPA-CHS route with NK's announcement or coincidental? The ever reliable Ishrion is reporting that Breeze extended it's scheduling through April of next year and have made the following changes: - MCO to SNA suspended from 10/4 to 2/14/24. - RDU to LAX/LAS have been ...
Jump to postCarriers just allocate resources to better-yielding markets. This says a lot more about competition from WS in YYC than about AC's ability to hire or retain. :checkmark: Its the lowest-producing flying that logically gets the chop. I know one of YYC routes dropped is LAX effective November per the ...
Jump to postJetBlue asked DOT for a 3-year dormancy waiver of all its Cuba authorities. "JetBlue has concluded that Havana service is no longer tenable in the current operating environment." OST-2016-0021-1452 OST-2020-0035-0028 YIKES!!! MAYBE you give 6/9 months waiver.... but 3 years? NO WAY!! I wo...
Jump to postVery cool. I'll be curious to see the times. I don't know that the departure curfew is at SNA, but wonder if it could be a red-eye? The morning is very busy with DFW/ORD/PHX flights and mid-day doesn't provide connections. CLT leaves at 9:30P and gets in at 5. They could do something similar with M...
Jump to postI'm to lazy to look but has there been any seasonal or weekend DAL - RSW flights and / or HOU - RSW flights ? I flew RSW-DAL back in mid-January; I have to say I much prefer connecting home to California through DAL rather than DFW (or IAH). Smaller always seems to be better - friendlier, less cong...
Jump to postDLASFlyer wrote:mesasurf wrote:The only pre Covid routes that haven’t returned to SLC are SBA/GJT/PIT/CMH/CLE. Even with that DL at SLC is expecting 2023 to set a new passenger count record.
Also SLC-EGE/ASE
PVD-ORD has disappeared as a nonstop option from UA’s site as of October 29. Anyone have details on this? Hoping it’s just a site error. Just did a search for a bunch of random dates through February and it seems to be gone. Crazy! Growing up in Chicago back in the late 90s and early 2000s, I seem ...
Jump to postI'd like to see AS get thr A220 to start smaller cities like: SDF BHM ORF/RIC JAX and also start routes like IND-SAN IND-PDX IND-SJC CVG-SAN Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Not that AS would want to stray from its fleet consolidation strategy around 737s and E-175s now that it finally got rid ...
Jump to postI am a little surprised United doesn't have EWR/ORD-ICN flights. Seems like the missing piece of their pre-COVID networks. Historically, United has operated LAX-SEL and ORD-SEL before ICN was built. I don't have exact dates but I believe LAX was discontinued by 1990 and ORD was axed in the early 90...
Jump to postJFK-DOH axed after the summer according to aeroroutes. First cut of the NEA dismantling? I've been wondering the same. Rumors are already swirling about JFK-DEL not doing well.. interesting that DL does not fly that route given their much stronger presence at JFK (and LGA, considering the fact that...
Jump to postI looked through the thread but did not see a mention of this: In their Q2 earnings release (https://s24.q4cdn.com/507316502/files/doc_financials/2023/q2/Earnings-Release-2Q23.pdf), NK disclosed that they will upgauge all their A319neo orders to the A321neo. They're also pushing back some 2024 Airb...
Jump to postOuch, the first casualty of the Northeast Alliance ending? While I'm sure the goal of the service was to cater to Tri-State area O&D traffic to the Middle East and beyond (Africa, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Russia, Southeast Asia, perhaps even Australia and China?), I can't help but wond...
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