BA have zero need to take over the LHR flight. AA have plenty of crew at RDU and staff already on duty. all of which are union employees. DL and AF swapping is because DL knew their 767 was noncompetitive, and their employees aren't union so they really have no say. it doesn't make a lot of sense f...
Jump to postAll this talk of parking and I'm wondering why there seemingly isn't a plan for transit to the airport. Haven't even heard of an expansion to the 28X coming. CLE has a train to downtown, PRT has a good product for Pittsburgh's size, but no plans for the airport. Could at least add a bus to the sout...
Jump to postYes PITExpress...yessss. I have had so many terrible parking and rental car shuttle experiences at other airports. You get it. I was feeling lonely here. (And there is no way the endless manned busses will be cheaper than the unmanned train to "pay" for the new terminal). The ACAA spin mac...
Jump to postWhen you say $50 R/T, are you not adding in fees? No seat selection - you all sit separately? You all travel with just backpacks? And traveling on off peak times, flights arriving after 10pm when the demand and fare is the absolute lowest? Look for the $49/each way fares. They turn into about $25/e...
Jump to postI fly my family to Florida for $50/RT multiple times per year (without paying for NK's other crap). I have plenty of money to fly DL for $350/RT...but the "flexibility and more refined experience" is not worth spending $1000's per year extra to me. I would rather invest that money than ha...
Jump to postDelta are going after a different customer which values certain things, including which are flexibility and a more refined experience. Spirit are going after a completely different customer, and the price gouging begins with the junk fees which pile on each other until the total cost becomes border...
Jump to postPeople already take a bus to the landslide terminal. Most people complain about there not being enough bus service through all the lots, not that they are losing “walkability”. The new garage is significantly bigger than the existing, which will allow even more people to walk in. Cleveland has rece...
Jump to postThis is prestige infrastructure we are talking about, our link to the global economy. Your house & kitchen analogy is absolute BS. I like nice things too...but spending $2 billion to replace a top 10 ranked terminal for "prestige infrastructure" that will bring nothing more to the reg...
Jump to postI will never understand old school Pittsburgh's resistance to having projects to be proud of, or trying to reach for a higher bar. It's always "this dump is fine". It's such an incredibly defeatist place sometimes. That's my point, current PIT is not a dump! ACAA regularly hung banners ov...
Jump to postThe alternative is dated and inefficient facilities. Not all debt is bad…. Nonsense Care to explain? Updated facilities offer an improved passenger experience and provide broader economic benefits. Let alone are cheaper to maintain and operate on a 1-1 basis. Our current award winning terminal was ...
Jump to postThe legacies literally introduced basic economy to compete against ULCCs but somehow don’t want their passengers? No, the legacies introduced basic economy to raise the airfare for their passengers by 20-40% (depending on the market) while still appearing somewhat reasonable in Google Flights searc...
Jump to postI do like the RFP to change the 2018 master plan. I was just imagining there was already something different considering plans for access to the Hyatt and existing lots vs what is in the older master plans. 2018 plans and 2024 reality are ages apart here.
Jump to postThe upstairs Pre-Check line you are referring to is the alternate security checkpoint located at the former E Gates area. It has been there for many years and operates daily during peak AM and PM times. There are so many permanent signs all over the landside terminal announcing that there is no Pre...
Jump to postWhen our new more "user friendly" airport terminal opens next year...does anyone know how access will be preserved to the Hyatt and the parking lots? I assume over crowded late busses with 20 stops to both? (My favorite part of the current PIT airport is not having to take these buses like...
Jump to postThe most common destinations from PIT over the last 12 months, including breakdown by carrier. Looks like NK’s EWR flight is gaining some traction. https://www.wfmz.com/news/state/most-common-domestic-destinations-from-pittsburgh-international-airport/collection_667c625b-0078-516b-a29e-6a0c7d2b8507...
Jump to postJust went through TSA and CLEAR lanes are in place, testing is happening. They said it rolls out Monday. The Pre lines were long again, so I'm happy this is finally coming to PIT. I know I'm probably in the minority here, but nothing is more annoying than being next in line at precheck and then hav...
Jump to postIt seems KEF is coming back on May 16, 4x weekly through October, according to the PG. 8:30pm departure and 7:20pm arrival.
Jump to postHas anyone noticed a huge uptick in WN advertising locally recently? Facebooks ads, digital billboard ads on I-79 and the Parkway West, even movie theater advertisements I saw today. Maybe it means bigger things are coming beyond 1x weekly PIT-SAN?
Jump to postI almost spit out my lunch. What is that phallic statue on the 2nd floor of the first picture? Please tell me this will not be real. Haha
Jump to postIt amazes me how many threads exist on this aviation forum that chastise those who fly on airplanes. These types of threads did not exist 10-20 years ago here. This is like me starting a thread about how damaging dogs are to the environment on a pet forum. It feels like trolling. Yes, rich people ut...
Jump to postPIT to get another off-site parking option: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230328005274/en/Fast-Park-Relax-to-Open-Offsite-Parking-Facility-Near-PIT Where will this be located? Right on Moon-Clinton Road @ Flaugherty Run Road. It will be across from The Parking Spot on your way to Dependa...
Jump to postYVR744CP wrote:
When did DL fly PIT-YYZ? I know EA flew it. I don't recall it on Delta.
US had many mainline jets per day (DC-9s mostly) to PIT from ERI during the hub era as well. While US couldn't fly nonstop PIT-YYZ and had to go through ERI, DL was regularly running multiple 757s from PIT-YYZ each day because they had the authority at the time. Different times back then. Similar to...
Jump to postRegardless, it’s crazy to me that these incentives have been normalized (thanks PIT circa 2009) That DL PIT-CDG service was only subsidized for 2 (or 3?) of the 9 years they were here. Not a terrible investment compared to other things our airport authority does. DL ran it on their own free will (a...
Jump to postSince we're doing personal anecdotes here...I'll never have kids, and I constantly take INTL flights. I like nice architecture and getting my checked bags promptly, none of which is happening now. I also lament the fact that we're one of the only major airports without CLEAR. I have NEVER seen a TS...
Jump to postI really think that BFM has the potential to recapture most of the former MOB catchment simply by virtue of 1) being a brand new facility and more importantly 2) being SO MUCH easier to access for folks anywhere from Pascagoula to Baldwin County. Plus, being in an intermodal location, the potential...
Jump to postWhy wouldn't you drop the kids and wife at the curb and then park the car? You could meet at security and go through together.....I see so many people walking with large bags from the lot instead of being dropped at the curb these days. I know there's almost no curbside checkin, but at least the wi...
Jump to postAnyway, seriously? 10 minutes in a parking lot van is a problem? I've been in them any number of time with up to 4 little kids and baggage. It's trivially easy compared to the flight. Getting 3 kids out of strollers, folding up said strollers, taking two bags of car seats off, and getting our lugga...
Jump to postLeaving the setup as-is was the MOST expensive option of the three Proposals that were studied. IIRC, most of the "savings" used to justify the new terminal was 1) elimination of the train 2) demolition of the doglegs at the end of A & D 3) demolition of 10/28(c?) I believe the FAA pu...
Jump to postI have three small kids and associated car seats & luggage. It is less about the money and more about having to take that damn bus. Seriously, rental car busses and parking busses with small kids, while loaded down with their crap, is the worst part of traveling. The cheaper off-site will not wo...
Jump to postPer a recent survey from PIT airport, it seems like they will be settling for the following names and parking options when the terminal opens: Valet Parking - $35/day (New) Terminal Garage - $27/day (New) Park & Walk - $18/day (Old) Shuttle Garage - $12/day (Old) Shuttle Economy - $9/day As par...
Jump to postPer a recent survey from PIT airport, it seems like they will be settling for the following names and parking options when the terminal opens: Valet Parking - $35/day (New) Terminal Garage - $27/day (New) Park & Walk - $18/day (Old) Shuttle Garage - $12/day (Old) Shuttle Economy - $9/day So basi...
Jump to postAnyone here attend the opening day ceremonies? I did not go but I have this opening day program... wondering what they actually had for the aircraft static display. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52397329918_07720dcab6_h.jpg I was at the opening ceremony in 1992. My dad still had all of the do...
Jump to postCurious as to what Delta will do once the next phase of construction at SLC is done which will give 20+ more gates to DL. What are are peoples thoughts of what expansion could look like at SLC. Nonstop to ICN? More flights on the A220 to places such as GRR, TYS, RIC, etc.? Considering SLC has lost ...
Jump to postRight now, the price of hotel rooms in Hawaii is a huge deterrent to me. Prices on the Big Island, pretty much any time the floor is $500/night, and in the $700-1000 range for some of the nicer resort properties. The time/value/enjoyment equation doesn't quite compute for me right now with Hawaii. ...
Jump to posttomaheath wrote:I went to Hawaii in the fall of 2019 I believe my trip was right after the DTW had stopped?
These are resumptions; DTW-HNL has flown nonstop off and on for twenty years, first by Northwest with the DC10 in 2003… Further than that.......it was late 2001. Fun fact....the first arrival into the NW Worldgateway when it opened 20 years ago in late-Feb 2022 was a NW DC-10 from HNL. It was defin...
Jump to postIt’s been three or four years since they announced PIT getting service and now it’s just going double daily service. PIT-SEA has varied in aircraft size and frequency since the start (less than daily mid winter and double daily during the summer). I expect all of these similar routes will experienc...
Jump to postI hate everything about this remodel and waste of money. PIT will (hopefully) under the right leadership in Harrisburg one day rebound and then what? Then in 25 years you spend another few billion dollars on a major expansion to replace the removed gates and rebuilding that runway they are taking o...
Jump to postDL's PIT-ATL is now all B757. NK's PIT-LAX is now finally back to daily. CUN however dropped back to 1x weekly. The 757s are just a placeholder schedule. Today’s schedule is a placeholder schedule? That doesn’t even make sense. 757s are also showing on the ATC flight trackers. Well I stand correcte...
Jump to postflyPIT wrote:DL's PIT-ATL is now all B757.
NK's PIT-LAX is now finally back to daily. CUN however dropped back to 1x weekly.
WN can leave for good for all I care. I hate WN and have only flown on them once out of a sheer lack of options. I don't understand the draw or desire to fly them anyway. In terms of price, quality, and crew, NK/G4 are hands down better. WN has the most nonstop destinations from PIT, cheapest fares...
Jump to postkrod031 wrote:WN Also added PIT-MYR. Saturdays only starting 5/29.
I take it the rear fold-down stairs were never installed on the 717 series? I find it interesting they used air stairs at the rear door. On the plus side, at least the 717 has the rear exit door. Made this one far safer for the pax and rescue crews My thoughts too...any other airplane would have be...
Jump to post"PIT Delays $1.1B Terminal Project Over Outbreak " Radio interview with Ms. Cassotis at the 9 min mark, the interesting topics at the 13 min mark. https://www.wesa.fm/post/pit-delays-11b-terminal-project-over-outbreak#stream/0 No surprise at all. Hopefully as they continue design work the...
Jump to postI don’t live in PIT but follow terminal modernization with great interest, now of course who the heck knows what will happen. Heck maybe congress will finally agree to an infrastructure program in a few months and that will provide a new source of funds. My question though: is dirt moving for the p...
Jump to postAny theories why Delta would add Columbus over Pittsburgh, or for that matter Cleveland, which doesn't have any daily service to SEA? DL is larger at CMH than it is at both PIT and CLE, and this is likely a bit of a competitive jab at AS for building its partnership with AA as well. Jeremy That, an...
Jump to postWhat's driving the Jan domestic growth +3%? I would guess the excellent weather helps that. Last year was a fairly rough winter. This year winter forgot to show up. If there is a snowflake within 100 miles of LGA, JFK, EWR and to a lesser extent BOS, MDW, and ORD...many regional flights are cancele...
Jump to postThank you MidWest! I truly would not have guessed or known that IND is a bigger transatlantic market than CVG is. I just figured they have had across the pond service so long, that the city / metro has had stronger demand for years. With your info being said, do you think it will hurt IND chasing a...
Jump to postI'm worried we'll never see a legacy on PIT-LAX if NK is ramping up to double daily. Seriously, why does our longest domestic flight have to be on Spirit of all airlines. I used to complain about WN having the LAX flight instead of legacies, and WN is a dream compared to NK. I one time flew CLE-LAS...
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