If I'm renting a car in the Bay Area I prefer to use SJC.
Fares out of SJC seem comparable with OAK, it's a nicer airport, and the surrounding area is far nicer.
Why 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? I don't think there is any plan to have DFW as large, or larger, than their DAL operation. Their DAL operation is a unique, valuable asset that sets t...
Jump to postI think pairing expansions at IAD with a focus city operation in Florida (MCO/TPA/MIA, what have you) would cover a significant chunk of the "holes" in United's route network in the Southeast. In my eyes, AA and DL's "megahubs" in CLT and ATL cover two main purposes: (a) what I'...
Jump to postINFINITI329 wrote:For the record, all 32 gates are operational for Southwest
Somebody remind me...the T4N piers (AA's) are N1-N4 going west -> east? Meaning, from overhead with north "up" you've got N1, N2, N3 then N4 is the eastern-most? You are correct. N1 and N2 are the "A" gates, N3 and N4 are the "B" gates with N4 having the connection to ...
Jump to postFingers crossed for those long haul routes with high demand (Asia, Amsterdam, France, Germany) I don't want to get too far into the weeds on this, because people always get upset when I bring a dose of reality to this thread. For some context, this Phoenix Aviation Thread traces its roots back on t...
Jump to postI'm not sold that they need a whole new terminal, yet, maybe by 2033/34. But they do probably need the ability to park multiple widebodies side-by-side at more gates. And the AA side of T4 would do nicely to have a refresh such as that at T3 South or some of the WN piers. Overall the airport is pre...
Jump to posthttps://www.businessinsider.com/busiest-domestic-flight-routes-in-us-ranked-2023-12 Business Insider published an article with the 10 busiest flight routes in the U.S. ranked by number of offered seats. #10: Chicago (ORD) - Los Angeles (LAX) - 2.67 million seats #09: Atlanta - New York (LGA) - 2.71...
Jump to postCurrently at MDW rescheduled to MSP from yesterday. Our flight kept on getting pushed back and was canceled about 15 minutes prior to boarding. I could’ve sworn I noticed a twinkle in the eye of the gate agent cheerfully announcing that weather-related delays weren’t subject to compensation. :santa...
Jump to posttoga998 wrote:Does WN historically tend to ramp up flying to PHX in the winter to monopolize on snow bird traffic?
All this speculation on branding etc, I'll bet this will be set up like IAG group with a holding company running the two separate brands. Indeed, that is exactly how Alaska is set up now: Alaska Air Group is the holding company that owns Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Hawaiian would be the third ...
Jump to postThe airport really dropped the ball by demolishing Terminal 2 before they had any additional capacity lined up. Terminal 3 (and Terminal 4 at times) are at capacity now and to wait 5 years for additional capacity when many competing airports such as DEN, DFW, and others are adding capacity is poor ...
Jump to postWell for whatever reason I can't edit my post... But from the CMAR solicitation there are some tentative timelines. https://solicitations.phoenix.gov/Solicitations/GetSolicitationAttachment?attachmentId=11208 (Airfield/VSR/Gate/C-Point) https://solicitations.phoenix.gov/Solicitations/GetSolicitatio...
Jump to postSince it's been mentioned up-thread, I will add that I've heard some chatter that once SAN's New T1 opens (projected to happen in mid-to-late 2025) a WN base could very well be established here. Although no details have been publicized yet regarding gate counts/assignments or even exactly which cx ...
Jump to postWasn't there a Group IV (Boeing 767) gate in the A concourse in T4? I remember reading that somewhere, although since no new widebody aircraft are being built to Group IV standards, the point is kind of moot. From what I remember, A30, A13 and B13 can accommodate widebody aircraft with closing off ...
Jump to postCan somebody 'in the know' like alasizon answer this? Somebody posted this quote in the AA Network thread and it doesn't ring true in my mind, is it? ... I’ve got a little insider knowledge on this one since I work for an airline based in PHX. The reason Sky Harbor doesn’t have more international f...
Jump to posttax1k wrote:Any predictions on whether PHX/BWI will ever return?
SXDFC wrote:Rumors are BNA & MCI will be the new crew bases
KCaviator wrote:southwest1675 wrote:Any anticipated announcements at the Spirit Party tonight?
Yes, look out for MCI
It appears AA may be planning more growth (including intercontinental) per JohnNYC (who seems to be pretty accurate with AA rumors): https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1675996775520378880
Jump to postPhoenix is leaving the Mesa-Gateway Airport board effective 6/30/2024 and instead will use the funding previously contributed to contribute to improvements at PHX, DVT and GYR. https://www.skyharbor.com/about-phx/news-media/press-releases/phx-to-exit-phoenix-mesa-gateway-airport-authority-in-june-2...
Jump to postI've always wondered if we'll eventually see AA add PHX-GRK and MFE. MFE did/does have a grant for service on a CR7. Now that crews are rebounding, perhaps a new add for March 2024? Well that's good to hear. I just wish AA routes out of PHX would stick. Maybe I just didn't pay attention as much bef...
Jump to postAs a comparison here is how AA hubs stack up in average daily departures and seats offered for a typical summer week of July 17. CLT - 607 / 85,660 DCA - 240 / 23,448 DFW - 821 / 116,863 LAX - 123 / 19,028 MIA - 313 / 49,940 ORD - 351 / 38,849 PHL - 259 / 32,433 PHX - 215 / 29,639 PHX is barely lar...
Jump to postI think a big issue has been the new High D gates in PHX for Southwest. The city failed to add a moving walkway from TSA at the low D gates to new High D. When you add the time, it can take almost 20 minutes to walk from the High C gates, to High D. In-between every other gates in PHX, have a movin...
Jump to postAA has 217 Airbus A321CEO in its fleet. How many of those have sharklets, how many do not? Or is there a particular year from which on all deliveries were sharklet A321s, and the ones older than that (including the ones taken over from US) do not have sharklets? Thanks. Chris The A321CEOs ordered b...
Jump to postWhat does this mean to PHX? Growth or just an internal term that doesn’t mean much? It doesn't mean direct growth per say but it continues the trend of focus/investment in PHX (and the seemingly evergrowing local population and business). Simply put, AA needs more crew hours to do what they want in...
Jump to postNot even that, but it branched off the one single LIRR line that did NOT touch Jamaica. Meaning any congestion or switch troubles in Jamaica likely would not have an effect on the trains operating performance from Penn Station unless the train originated on a different branch. Listen, an AirTrain f...
Jump to postI can see SWA starting service to the following: -MDW/STL -LAS/PHX -DEN Southwest has come out and said several times that hey have no interest in XNA as they worry it will pull revenue from their TUL operation. I know to never say never but WN at XNA is extremely unlikely. This is a completely foo...
Jump to postLooks like Flair is moving its flights from Gateway to Phoenix in October... https://storage.googleapis.com/flyflair-cms-prod-storage/Winter_23_Announcement_EN_181542cc7a/Winter_23_Announcement_EN_181542cc7a.pdf Terminal 3 keeps getting busier and busier. They need to either utilize the bus pads ne...
Jump to postSo there's gonna be nothing instead for at least another 15-20 years. Cause that's so much better! :roll: Q-70 Bus to Jackson Heights and a new bus to the N/W. How long does the Q-70 bus take to get to Jackson Heights? Every time I fly to NYC I use JFK because of the AirTran / Subway / LIRR connect...
Jump to postATL was one of the Crown Jewels of The Air Tran Purchase by Southwest and of course as you mentioned CM24 the International routes as well. I recall that when i was in ORF for Southwest our Station Manager was telling us in the breakroom that Gary Kelly had the mindset that once Southwest put their...
Jump to postPHL too. They tried to grow PHL in the 2000s but US Airways fought back hard. And over the last decade, Frontier and Spirit swooped in and surpassed WN in marketshare. After the growth of the ULCC segment, WN seems to struggle gaining traction in legacy hub markets. DEN is the real sole exception i...
Jump to postThe following is not a complete list of daily departures for all WN cities. Just cities that have 10 or more departures on any peak day. This is for the most recent schedule release for October. City/Mon.-Fri./Sat./Sun. DEN 310 236 293 LAS 284 205 276 MDW 251 189 226 BWI 234 201 219 DAL 208 161 208...
Jump to postHere are Allegiant's top load factors during October 2022. These are only one way segments. 98% ATW-AZA 97% BGR-PIE 97% FNT-AZA 97% FNT-PIE 97% GRR-AZA 97% LAS-CVG Here the worst load factors: 53% BNA-MLB 53% PGD-MLI 52% PGD-BWI 51% OAK-LAS 51% SNA-LAS 50% SFB-EYW 49% PGD-SGF 49% PIA-BNA 46% EYW-SF...
Jump to postIt looks like LGB has grown at the expense of LAX and SNA (although I know that LGB is essentially filling in for slots lost in the SNA caps). LAX used to be a much larger station than SMF and now they're the same size. I'm curious if the ULCC growth at LAX has forced WN to look elsewhere, such as S...
Jump to postNo new routes for MKE but +11 daily departures from last year October, about a 58% increase. 2023 will see 30 per weekday versus 19 last year. 2019 October was 33/day so it's not complete recovery yet, but with a higher diet of 175-seat aircraft in MKE total capacity should be about 94-95% of 2019....
Jump to postLooks like the big bumps are
DEN: 310 peak departures
LAS: 284 peak departures
BNA: 167 peak departures
PHX actually didn't get much of a bump but is up to 200.
BWI and MDW stayed pat, BWI at 234 and MDW at 260.
DAL broke the 200 mark with 208.
Looks like Flair is moving its flights from Gateway to Phoenix in October... https://storage.googleapis.com/flyflair-cms-prod-storage/Winter_23_Announcement_EN_181542cc7a/Winter_23_Announcement_EN_181542cc7a.pdf Terminal 3 keeps getting busier and busier. They need to either utilize the bus pads ne...
Jump to postChetManly24 wrote:Total flights a day gets a nice bump.
4,500+ flights in October.
Den at 310 peak a day
PHX and BNA get a nice bump as well
Wow, quite shocking... The "powder is suspected to be a mixture of flash powder and the dark granulars that are used in commercial grade fireworks," the complaint added. "The black powder and flash powder are susceptible to ignite from heat and friction and posed a significant risk t...
Jump to posthttps://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2023/02/17/southwest-airlines-airports-flights-restoration.html Interesting article from the Business Journal regarding Southwest expansion plans for the summer. It lists 10 “hubs” that they are expanding From the article…. Couple of takeaways….. 1. It’s real...
Jump to posthttps://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2023/02/17/southwest-airlines-airports-flights-restoration.html Interesting article from the Business Journal regarding Southwest expansion plans for the summer. It lists 10 “hubs” that they are expanding From the article…. Southwest recently extended its sch...
Jump to postLooks like AA is taking the hatchet to PHX - PHL frequencies. Per the Philadelphia thread on March 26 frequency is going from 45 weekly flights on 788/A321 to 31 weekly flights all on A321s.
Link: https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1624516308179058688
Does anyone know why the back of the engine on N193UW, N194UW and N195UW are different than all the other CFM powered CEOs at AA? Instead of being rounded off they have triangular points. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mspdude/3363809516 N193UW, N194UW, and N195UW are the 3 newest CFM powered A321 C...
Jump to postPer the AA Network thread CVG and PIT are going back to being seasonal routes on AA (and are cut for the summer).
Last day for both is 5/31.
Sounds like Southwest pilots are threatening a strike authorization vote on May 1. Obviously doing this to light a fire under contract negotiations. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/southwest-pilots-union-calls-vote-to-authorize-potential-strike.html Could LGB become their largest LA Basin airport? ...
Jump to postOne of my last WN flights was TUL - DAL back in early September and there was service. I haven't experienced the no service on short hops on WN yet.
Jump to postRumor on Twitter by JonNYC is stating that AA will be pulling out of LGB so we'll lose PHX-LGB. Disappointing if that's the case, thought WN still flies the route. This is a casualty of the end of the YV agreement. This route was flown by YV and OO and not mainline and AA figures that it can adequa...
Jump to postHypothesis: My working theory is that it was mostly a combination of storms hitting smaller airports that serves southwest as southwest hubs and operationally crew getting trapped at these 'hubs'. These hubs have so much of operational criticality that when something goes horribly wrong, there isn'...
Jump to post530PM EST 49.9% of all todays cancellations worldwide belong to WN. WN cancellation % by airport: 74% DEN 73% DAL 73% AUS 69% LAS 69% PHX 69% ATL 69% MDW 69% HOU 68% SAN 66% STL 65% BWI 64% BNA 63% MCO Worst of the worst: 100% IAD 87% BUR 86% PSP 83% MSP 82% IND 80% SDF 78% JAN 77% MEM 77% PHL 77% ...
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