The tech travel crash also affected RDU, and by extension DL's focus city routes. While there has been some recovery of tech-related travel, it's been by far the slowest segment of business travel to return to normal (and will likely never be back to 2019 levels). If there's been a business travel ...
Jump to postif any airport in NC were to get Japan service, it would be the massive OW hub of CLT, not RDU. any flight like that would certainly need connections to work out, given all the hubs it would overfly RDU service to Asia is pipe dream. I came into the market in the midst of excitement about future se...
Jump to postMy observation is that MX while chasing incentives, hasn't cut and run to the extent that Avelo has. Station exits on the whole I believe is lower at MX compared to XP. You're right, though instead of cutting and running, MX cuts schedules/seasons at a frustrating level for those offering the incen...
Jump to postIt is. All of breeze's new cities have incentives Proof? dozens, if not 100 to 200 airports want breeze. Of course breeze would go to the ones that send them money first. perhaps DEN and DFW are not subsidized because they're the big ones but the money comes from PVD and PVU And don't forget all th...
Jump to postMy observation is that MX while chasing incentives, hasn't cut and run to the extent that Avelo has. Station exits on the whole I believe is lower at MX compared to XP. You're right, though instead of cutting and running, MX cuts schedules/seasons at a frustrating level for those offering the incen...
Jump to postAt least they're not trying to name it after a person.
Jump to postIf he had only tried to break into the cockpit, the FAA might give him a pass. But a pilot suffering from a diagnosable and treatable form of mental illness? BANNED FOR LIFE! This is why a smart pilot wouldn't use the airline health plan, but rather pay cash to a provider for treatment to avoid det...
Jump to postIf he had only tried to break into the cockpit, the FAA might give him a pass. But a pilot suffering from a diagnosable and treatable form of mental illness? BANNED FOR LIFE!
Jump to postNot even two years left until retirement. Just sad. Hopefully he gets the help he needs Actually, that makes me feel better. As a DL widebody captain, he's wealthy (depending on how many wives he's supporting) by all reasonable measures, and this act only cost him a few years of his career - he'll ...
Jump to postLittle news about Southern Airways Express https://www.huffpost.com/entry/southern-airways-express-pilots_n_651ee853e4b0bfc227bf9b9d Yeah, they signed contracts saying they'd stay X amount of years. Then when Shiny Jet International offered them $50K to jump ship early, they did so. Now they're SHO...
Jump to postIf you've listened to earnings calls the past two years, it's mixed cabins that have driven success, with basic economy and premium econ/business class doing well enough to compensate for a meh standard economy cabin.
Jump to postTPA gets my vote. Not only do they have a MX hangar there and crew base, but the new terminal being designed has the opportunity for a carrier such as United to come in and take preferential lease over the entire thing. The likelihood of WX shutting down operations for days is far less than on the o...
Jump to postIs RDU subsidizing this or is CM launching it on their own? RDU's incentives are generally less than most other similarly sized airports - usually amounting to a waiver of landing fees and possibly some terminal rent charges. They usually offer a negligible marketing incentive, and don't do a lot o...
Jump to postRDU makes a lot of sense to me, tons of service for its size across the ocean but pretty poorly-served to Latin America. This opens up a lot for them. The biggest market from RDU could be MEX, which makes no sense through PTY. Maybe GRU? It would be interesting to see O/D to Latin America, to see w...
Jump to postIt's funny how we're lamenting the death of journalism in relation to Boeing when Dominic Gates original 737 MAX story, which won a Pulitzer, was instrumental to drawing political and public attention to the issue and the victims. It was also an article lauded by industry insiders and crews for its ...
Jump to postYou can't complain about media quality if you're someone who gets all of your news from some guy posting on Twitter. The business is dying, and journalists are younger and less well paid than ever before, while being asked to do more and cover more. It's like only buying ULCC seats and then complain...
Jump to postI do wonder if a hospital evaluation is a Union and/or Workers Comp protocol? Nothing to do with the Union, it’s a company policy In the most benign and sensitive manner possible, I would respectfully suggest that workers comp protocols are a result of organized labor's actions, even if they're not...
Jump to postIf there's ever a place where we could easily commit to being better with pronouns, I think it's here. It's very easy to say "they" did a great job putting it down, or "he or she." There's enough female pilots out there (including one of the two on this flight - and most likely t...
Jump to postI believe the FAA categorizes this incident as a survivable " CRASH " landing https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/19_afh_ch18.pdf absence of any information leads to speculation, it's human nature ... What I do find str...
Jump to postI’m just going to add that if they took off with contaminated wings, the airplane would have been at risk of stalling, which would have ended in a crash. So, I’m skeptical of the contaminated wing theory. I also see no value in speculation, but I don’t mind poking holes in bogus theories. I believe...
Jump to postLittle news about Southern Airways Express https://www.huffpost.com/entry/southern-airways-express-pilots_n_651ee853e4b0bfc227bf9b9d Yeah, they signed contracts saying they'd stay X amount of years. Then when Shiny Jet International offered them $50K to jump ship early, they did so. Now they're SHO...
Jump to postA Photo someone posted on Facebook page showed what appeared to be some Ice buildup behind the wing boots. That's most likely from the time it was sitting on the ground in the snow. I'm hearing power failure at this point from internal sources, but power failure can mean/be caused by a lot of diffe...
Jump to postLittle news about Southern Airways Express https://www.huffpost.com/entry/southern-airways-express-pilots_n_651ee853e4b0bfc227bf9b9d Yeah, they signed contracts saying they'd stay X amount of years. Then when Shiny Jet International offered them $50K to jump ship early, they did so. Now they're SHO...
Jump to postPilots who signed a training contract who are somehow shocked that they're being held to the terms of the contract are the ones expressing safety concerns (as a civil defense). Remember that pilots magically get concerned about safety issues at their airline anytime they're in a prolonged contract d...
Jump to postHe landed right by the spotting location for runway 30, there is a set of wires that runs along the road there, but otherwise it's a 3 lane pretty straight where they came down. Probably no traffic due to snow today. Yes it's quite possible to tow it back from there, assuming it fits through the ga...
Jump to postI listened to the Live ATC - they called a mayday to the tower after being passed to Potomac Approach (that was stepped on). Next transmission was stepped on as well, but then they reported on the ground "across from the Wendy's and Aldi" with no injuries and no fire.
Jump to postTolbs wrote:With this blocked, I feel like one of the airlines might file for Ch11. Will the DOJ block Alaska-Hawaiian next?
They allowed, Delta/Northwest, United/Continental and American/US Airways to go through...
BOG's air service director is from Montreal (and is one of the truly great people in the industry). Happy for him, as this has no doubt been a long time objective.
Jump to postThis is amazing news!!! Power to the consumer!!! So glad this administration stood firm against the merger. It would have done nothing but raise prices!!! Now we need this administration to block the Hawaiian Alaska takeover next!!! So if NK tanks and B6 is worse off, how's that going to help fares...
Jump to postGood points. I would counter that CLT's actual catchment area is much larger, as you have to include INT (688K); and some portion of GSO (784K), Roanoke (314K), GSP (1.5M), etc. etc., but you're not wrong here. You you adding areas for folks willing to drive? No one is driving from Roanoke to catch...
Jump to postThis is amazing news!!! Power to the consumer!!! So glad this administration stood firm against the merger. It would have done nothing but raise prices!!! Now we need this administration to block the Hawaiian Alaska takeover next!!! So if NK tanks and B6 is worse off, how's that going to help fares...
Jump to postIt's kind of amazing that for being such a small, absolute nowhere city, Charlotte continues to have one of the busiest airports in the United States. How neat. It's the 22nd largest MSA, and only 250K residents less than Denver. I wouldn't describe it as "small". There are also eight oth...
Jump to postI get that avgeeks like to hate on a lack of apparent innovation, with the 737 being stretched to the end of this envelope, but this is a consumer driven industry. There will always be a market for those who need to shave 40% of the time off a flight, but it'll also always be small. The majority of ...
Jump to postBut most here on A.net do get it and you sort of start to get there in your comments. Here's the issue...CLT is a small city, it's that simple. See the populations below: AA - Pop. (lg competitor) DFW: 7.9MM (WN) CLT: 2.75MM MIA: 6.1MM (WN, B6, NK) PHL: 6.2MM (NYC/BWI) ORD: 9.27MM (UA,WN) PHX: 5.0M...
Jump to postNot everyone wants to fly American. And it’s worth noting, CLT has the same amount of year-round European services as RDU; 4. When you consider CLT has 28 destinations on low cost airlines (0 international) while RDU has 53 destinations on low cost airlines (2 international), I’d consider that some...
Jump to postSure, but the question was what opportunities do you think a carrier passed over CLT for to offer it at RDU? CLT has seven European markets served, versus four for RDU. CLT has 22 Caribbean markets served, versus three for RDU. CLT has nine Mexican and Central American markets served versus two for...
Jump to postThe Raleigh market could stand to benefit from a secondary airport focused on ULCC service, particularly as CPE increases to tackle the airport's large Master Plan budget. The challenge is that there isn't an existing airport that's convenient to any part of the triangle. TTA in Sanford is about th...
Jump to postAlso for CLT, AA has an international monopoly with the exception of carriers like Lufthansa and Volaris. SLC and PHX aren't that much different either with DL and AA doing most of the international flying as well...I feel like carriers go to RDU because of the higher tech industry there as well as...
Jump to postIt seems that despite the Charlotte metro continuing to grow along with businesses starting to call the city home, CLT continues to lose out on new airline service opportunities to RDU instead. Is there a concrete reason as to why this is? I'll start with a question - what specific opportunities wo...
Jump to postYNG is arguably the most attractive MCO/SFB opportunity out there right now, as it's one of the few out there without direct competition. G4 posted strong loads while at YNG, but increased ULCC competition at CLE and PIT brought down fares. Looking at Orlando specifically, fares being paid by YNG a...
Jump to postYNG is arguably the most attractive MCO/SFB opportunity out there right now, as it's one of the few out there without direct competition. G4 posted strong loads while at YNG, but increased ULCC competition at CLE and PIT brought down fares. Looking at Orlando specifically, fares being paid by YNG a...
Jump to postReally fascinating, never would have guessed Detroit, but they do have advantage of more extensive nonstops than any other airports anywhere close. I have to ask what your source is-- to me leakage to other markets is a holy grail of airport data collection-- for example how many people in IND driv...
Jump to postReally fascinating, never would have guessed Detroit, but they do have advantage of more extensive nonstops than any other airports anywhere close. I have to ask what your source is-- to me leakage to other markets is a holy grail of airport data collection-- for example how many people in IND driv...
Jump to postThanks for those who played - here's the answers: YNG trivia time (I'll reveal the answers after giving folks a chance to guess). Data is based on YE 3Q 2023 catchment data for the market: 1. What is the top travel destination for YNG area travelers? MCO* - at 166 passengers per day each way (PDEW),...
Jump to postYNG trivia time (I'll reveal the answers after giving folks a chance to guess). Data is based on YE 3Q 2023 catchment data for the market: 1. What is the top travel destination for YNG area travelers? 2. PIT and CLE are the top two airports utilized by YNG area travelers. What's number three? 3. Wha...
Jump to postBut the fact is they are still adding cities, and aircraf.t None of us knows the complexities of their financial situation or long- term strategies. Someone is still financing them, so there is faith in the tortoise somewhere. Maybe they last, and maybe they don't, but in the meantime, I enjoy flyi...
Jump to postI say LH goes 5x or leaves (or at least announces a change for 2025). The subsidy money is going to run out and 3x will no longer be viable when that happens I would love to know the numbers of pax that transition through ORD/ATL/CLT, etc for Europe on the days LH does not have flights. Wonder if t...
Jump to postExcellent choice for Breeze choosing SAN. I sure hope they add SAN-CAK next. SAN is one of the top destinations that is not presently served in Northeast Ohio. Very interesting that every time the forum Breeze haters comment on the demise of MX, they add another destination, or aircraft. Um.. But, ...
Jump to postA ULCC handling a transfer pax would go about as well as Dollar General handing out free Thanksgiving turkeys
Jump to postIt seems that despite the Charlotte metro continuing to grow along with businesses starting to call the city home, CLT continues to lose out on new airline service opportunities to RDU instead. Is there a concrete reason as to why this is? I'll start with a question - what specific opportunities wo...
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