It seems as though a handful of carriers have responded to XJET's new service with some new routes and frequent flier promotions such as double miles offers. <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> added <acronym title="Boise - Air Terminal / Gowen Field (Municipal) (BOI / KBOI), USA - I...
Jump to postThe "fleet development" department at Continental is three people--none of whom are new to the group.
Jump to postOh, and DutchJet, LF and yields are public to the extent that they can be found in T100 and DB1A data.
Curiously, there is no goverment database for carrier's five-year plans.
So, you think the people at 1600 Smith St. are happy to have you talking about their next potential market adds (you claim <acronym title="Stuttgart (- Echterdingen) (STR / EDDS), Germany">STR</acronym> and <acronym title="Helsinki - Vantaa (HEL / EFHK), Finland">HEL</acronym> are what you are heari...
Jump to postIt is peculiar to me, DutchJet, that you seem so eager to point out that load factors are confidential when you seem to have no problem dislosing confidential long-term data that was disclosed to you by an internal source within the company. How is <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acr...
Jump to postARGinLON, There is a new job posting on <a href="http://www.continental.com" target=_blank>www.continental.com</a> and on CareerBuilder.com for a Sr. Analyst in Network Strategy at Continental. We were just theorizing as to whether they would consider someone who doesn't have an MBA, and if so, what...
Jump to postCALMSP--that can't be right. I have friends with MBAs working at WN and they are making more than that. Surely, CAL doesn't expect and MBA to take a job for $37K per year.
Jump to postCALMSP, what would a position like this at CAL pay?
Jump to postActually, I just realized this link doesn't work. Well, I noticed this same position is posted twice out on careerbuilder.com. I am thinking about applying for the position but the job posting says an MBA is preferred. I just finished my undergrad and don't have an MBA. Do you guys think this kind o...
Jump to postSaw this posting on continental.com: <a href="http://www.continental.com/vendors/default.asp?SID=25A5A979259145D2AAED0165ED27CEC0&s=&i=CorpJobs" target=_blank>http://www.continental.com/vendors/d...45D2AAED0165ED27CEC0&s=&i=CorpJobs</a> Looks like a good opportunity for all those who like to theoriz...
Jump to postHopefully <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym> won't come at the expense ...
Jump to postAnyone have an idea as to how the AUS flights are doing?
Jump to postThe article also mentions that <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acr...
Jump to postTop 5 carriers at <acronym title="Tampa - International (TPA / KTPA), USA - Florida">TPA</acronym> (May 2004 market share): 1. Southwest 22.54% 2. Delta 21% 3. USAirways 11.06% 4. American 9.43% 5. Continental 6.23% At <acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO<...
Jump to postI was a Southwest marketing intern during my last year of college (August 2003-May 2004) and loved it! Here are some items that I hope you will find helpful for the interview: 1. WEAR A SUIT. Southwest may have a casual culture, but it is a company of professionals and interviews are formal. Always ...
Jump to postI noticed that <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="Houston - William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU), USA - Texas">HOU</acronym> will be going from...
Jump to postI've always been a huge Conti fan! <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/540997/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/540997/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/7/9/9/540997.jpg" ALT="Click here for bigg...
Jump to postEvery 3-4 months sounds about right to me. Sometimes the new schedules are printed to reflect the change in daylight savings times (<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> and <acronym title="Indianapolis - International (IND / KIND), USA - India...
Jump to postAny ideas on which five domestic cities AA is considering servicing from MIA?
Jump to postAUS technically has service to all three DC area airports: <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / K...
Jump to postSouthwest began service to El Paso in 1977 with six daily flights. By 1980 they were flying from <acronym title="El Paso - International (ELP / KELP), USA - Texas">ELP</acronym> to <acronym title="Albuquerque - International Sunport (Kirtland AFB) (ABQ / KABQ), USA - New Mexico">ABQ</acronym>, <acro...
Jump to postIowaman - The <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> departures I calculated were for flights from those to cities to other cities within the west. Your numbers reflect all non-stops from those cities. SESGEDL - I was responding to Aloha717200's post stated that "if you take away Sky...
Jump to post>>I repeat, if you take away Skywest from <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>, they STILL are among the top 3 western carriers. If you take away Skywest from Delta, they have a meager 49 daily flights from <acronym title="Salt Lake City - International (SLC / KSLC), USA - Utah">SLC</...
Jump to postWell said LambertMan. It's hard to say one airline has a monopoly when the nation's largest LCC has around 60 daily departures and non-stop service to 21 cities. Why blame <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> for the higher prices? Was travel at <acronym title="St. Louis - Lambert-S...
Jump to postDo you mean buy on board food <acronym title="Air Comores and Crimea Air (Ukraine)">OR</acronym> buy on board tickets? It is my understanding that PeoplExpress had a program where passengers would actually purchase their plane tickets on the aircraft and flight attendatns would collect the funds. AA...
Jump to postFor <acronym title="Dallas - Love Field (DAL / KDAL), USA - Texas">DAL</acronym>/<acronym title="Dallas / Fort Worth - International (DFW / KDFW), USA - Texas">DFW</acronym> - <acronym title="Houston - William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU), USA - Texas">HOU</acronym>/<acronym title="Houston - George Bush In...
Jump to postHere's a -500 in the Spirit paint- looks good! <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/577612/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/577612/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/2/1/6/577612.jpg" ALT="Click h...
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Jump to postTo get a more accurate answer, you could do the following: 1. Go to http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai/airline_ontime_statistics/DetailedStatistics/ 2. Click "departure statistics" 3. Click "actual departure time" 4. choose "Salt Lake City" 5. choose "Delta" 6. enter the date you travelled <acronym tit...
Jump to postAUS-<acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> (<acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> tried it but was pulled after the bust) <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA -...
Jump to postThat's great info Mark. Was hoping to see AUS somewhere on that list.
edit: Forgot to ask, what's up with XNA getting MIA service?
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PRE-EMPTIVE strike. In other words, trying to build awareness and customer loyalty on the route to deter any jetBlue expansion plans into that market.
Jump to postWhy do people blame Southwest? They don't force people to fly them - people choose to because they believe they are getting a better value. If the other carriers provided something passengers thought was worth paying for, don't you think passengers would fly them and not Southwest? Sorry guys but th...
Jump to postLast night's Dallas Stars hockey game at American Airlines Center was brought to us by Southwest Airlines. They even had "Southwest Airlines" billboards posted around the rink!
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Interesting note on the weight restictions. <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD), USA - Vir...
Jump to postI noticed that <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> has added a fifth daily flight to <acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym> from <acronym title="OLD: A...
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Jump to postSWA's FAs do have a wide range of choices of uniforms. The best I've seen was worn by a female <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> who had on the white button down with the top two buttons open, a navy/red scarf tied around her neck, a navy blazer with the SWA logo, and khaki pants. ...
Jump to postAA will probably have more success than <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> in the <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title=...
Jump to postI'm with Jay Davis... As a Texan born and raised and a student at THE University of Texas, it's gotta be LONE STAR ONE! <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/522745/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/522745/M/" target="_bla...
Jump to postI am actually a Southwest Intern in Marketing right now. When I applied, they called me for a phone interview and then and asked me to go to Dallas for a face-to-face interview. From there, they chose two out of 500 applicants. Their selection has little to do with GPA. If you get called for a phone...
Jump to postI found it on the CO electronic timetable that is frequently updated. You can also book them on continental.com
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While looking through the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> timetable for the summer, I noticed that <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> will begin twice daily non-stop service from <acronym title="San Antonio - International (SAT / KSAT), USA - Texas">SAT...
Jump to postCO is discontinuing <acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym>-<acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym> next mo...
Jump to postRDU-<acronym title="OLD: Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal (AUS / KAUS) (closed), USA - Texas AND CURRENT: Austin - Bergstrom International (AFB) (AUS / KBSM), USA - Texas">AUS</acronym> would be great. <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> tried <acronym title="San Diego - Internat...
Jump to postI am SO tired of being constantly saying that "trash" flies Southwest. Here's a neat idea that will help settle the stereotype: I will take pictures of people waiting in boarding areas and standing in line to check-in for flights with major airlines and blackout any indicators which would show what ...
Jump to postAUS gets a 3rd daily RJ to STL beginning in April.
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What do those numbers and letters mean? CO735 <acronym title="Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE / KCLE), USA - Ohio">CLE</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> Cabin class: A8 <acronym title="Diamond Sakha Airlines (Russian Federation...
Jump to postSince they already have a NEW-NEW livery, guess they needed a NEW-NEW uniform to boot.
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