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? They may have stronger following and brand loyalty in Dallas than in any other market. It makes sense they could quickly turn a profit by expanding in...
Jump to postInteresting bf to see the crowd that railed against DFW as the worst airport ever now being the ones hanging onto the fence to get in. Times change and DAL is not the preferred airport it once was. DFW is great especially for local customers that I expect WN is going for, arguably the centralized dr...
Jump to postWhat debt position do we think UA will be in 10 years from now given their aircraft orders? The truth is that they have structural issues in their operation and need better management. I flew LHR-JFK last week on one of their two daily flights and it was 80% empty. Hard to make a profit like that. U...
Jump to postFavoring consumers is the goal. If merger is allowed all connections to American Airlines must be dropped. One World affiliation also must be dropped--anti competitive This is entirely the opposite of what was said in the NEA thread. The anti-AA argument was the JV was anticompetitive but if B6 wan...
Jump to postMakes sense for AA to build on their large Caribbean/Latin America network. This region is the bread and butter of AA
Jump to postI read another quote stating a “small” DFW presence. Love field is not the prime real estate it was 35 years ago. Hopefully they are prepared for the long taxi times to terminal E!
Jump to postIn my 25 years of heavy flying I've never noticed once flyers upset the flight arrived 15-20 minutes early. You must not fly on AA often. Their consistent overblocking creates one of two scenarios almost every time... 3 hours late because, well, it's AA. Or 30 minutes early, no gate available and s...
Jump to postWhen discussing DFW space for WN we keep failing to mention that NK, F9 and DL have been VERY eager to grow in the metroplex for the last two years. I would expect them to swoop in for any additional DFW space before WN does.
Jump to postDidn’t AA pilots (APA) come out against MAX7? Would they have to get their thumbs up now that APA has made a public statement regarding MAX7?
Jump to postAlso adding to the convenience factor - Customs processing in PHX for a plane this size could probably get everyone through in 10 minutes. It’s generally less than 20 minutes max anyway. So yes, it’s more convenient to spend 10 minutes in PHX rather than the extra hour to get to SAN with 2x the park...
Jump to postTaxes are about $40 by air, that isn't high. It is the same cost as CBX and overall cheaper than the options of how to get to/from SAN and that is before you factor in the time that it saves compared to traversing to/from SAN or backtracking through MEX, GDL or MTY. Um, it's closer to $100 round-tr...
Jump to postI don't think the TIJ-PHX local market is the target. It is TIJ-PHX-XXX. It is not an awful idea, right now the wait to cross the border is 2.5 hours and if you are flying to a destination where you would need to connect from SAN anyway it might be worth a premium to avoid the border uncertainty. I...
Jump to postAA has been expecting to grow PHX. This could be the start of consistent gains for the next year. I also partially believe WN has been sitting waiting for this moment so they can announce some form of fireback when in reality it’s just them announcing they will finally utilize the gates they are sit...
Jump to postWhat does this mean for JFK-MTY? It came about during the NEA era. However if there’s one area AA is strong in its MCLA, gut says they stick with it because of that
Jump to postDid AS ever express interest in moving to the new High D gates? It seems it would have been beneficial to them since connections can be booked on AA/AS itineraries. Having to change terminals is probably not ideal would be great if they just collocated.
Jump to postIt is a bit strange to see WN commenting on an issue of “anticompetitiveness” when they recently boasted about being a far #1 in the top 25 U.S. markets and 2 or 3 in the next 25, or something similar of. I understand AA is generally held to a different standard, almost makes me think if this was a ...
Jump to postI’m skeptical about this idea that WN would be huge at DFW. They’ve stated on some occasions they actually prefer consolidation, (EWR,CAK). But what really makes me believe DFW would be a spoke is WN’s current operations in their other large markets at primary airports (IAH, ORD). Yes they have a bi...
Jump to postI imagine those who defended the decision to never launch in seat power will be the same ones quick to celebrate this. Until this morning most are on record saying BYOP is the best policy.
Jump to postdabpit wrote:Wneast wrote:Is new base getting announced anytime soon ?
Soon, two new bases. Both will be in Florida.
Wneast wrote:I’m calling it now WN joins the bidding process.
I had not realized that PHX was now the #1 destination from SEA! Not only from SEA but PHX is also the #1 Destination from PAE! There seems to be growing demand from the SEA region to PHX... I wonder if AS has looked into serving IWA with the increased demand to the area. I remember rumors that the...
Jump to postI had not realized that PHX was now the #1 destination from SEA! Not only from SEA but PHX is also the #1 Destination from PAE! by almost twice as much passengers carried compared to the next top destination. There seems to be growing demand from the SEA region to PHX... I wonder if AS has looked in...
Jump to postThe A321LR certainly puts JetBlue in a unique position for transatlantic travel. I Wonder if they would consider P2P markets in the Northeast - Such as BDL-LON
Jump to postDoes anyone think Alaska will relaunch SFO to LIH and KOA? These seem like key routes they'd want to resume, since they keep saying that they're going to re-commit to SFO and SJC... Separately, I'd also have to wonder if they'd launch SFO to BZE, SJO and/or LIR at some point given that they are res...
Jump to postDoes anyone think Alaska will relaunch SFO to LIH and KOA? These seem like key routes they'd want to resume, since they keep saying that they're going to re-commit to SFO and SJC... Separately, I'd also have to wonder if they'd launch SFO to BZE, SJO and/or LIR at some point given that they are res...
Jump to postWhy doesn't WN just open the hiring pool to external applicants? We keep hearing this story of stations being understaffed yet it seems like they have no intention of resolving the issue. Im shocked theres no intention to post openings.
Jump to post"Power banks" are very quickly going to be considered an outdated way to travel. Bring your own power? yes this was considered the norm in 2010 but the universal USB power outlet is everywhere. Yes you can still bring your own power bank, but everyone claiming that this is "ok" w...
Jump to postit is nice to see all the FLL carriers (WN,B6,NK) finally discover that MIA has been the preferred airport of South Florida.
Jump to postLooks like AZA-PVU will still remain at 3x daily on certain days in OCT despite the PHX add
Jump to posthttps://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/allegiant-airlines-threatens-to-leave-phoenix-mesa-gateway-for-sky-harbor https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/allegiant-airlines-could-switch-from-gateway-to-sky-harbor/article_38fec01c-1527-11e5-8986-cb3d8d68e0ad.html Remember when Elite slightly considered t...
Jump to postEastern has also secured a huge contract with the DOD
https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news ... m=linkedin
This doesn't seem like a shot at B6, WN is like basically in all these markets
Jump to postevery airline seems to want a slice of BOS these days, I wonder why?
Jump to postIt's nice to see the Bullish AS that we saw in 2017 after the acquisition come out in force again, it seemed they became very timid and eager to cutback following that period in time. Big expansion announcements like these are very exciting, they only come every few years. here are some of my takeaw...
Jump to postGreat idea in my opinion. Will be interesting to see how B6 leverages themselves after so far successfully managing to operate during the pandemic in the hardest hit regions where B6 main region of operations are. They seem to making a lot of power moves as of recent, it would have taken them a deca...
Jump to postIt also looks like B6 will be switching to the daytime BOS flight on 12/18 however it goes back to the redeye in June, I suppose its possible they may be interested in adding that second fails BOS after all? If B6 went ahead with a second BOS flight, with addition to the EWR adds, B6would have grown...
Jump to postI'm supportive of Startups, and a couple of months ago there couldn't have been a better time to be a start-up(given you'd still get hate and it would be difficult given the size the majors have grown to) With that said I don't understand why they are wanting to begin their domestic scheduled servic...
Jump to postMaybe it is that a lot of the traffic between South Florida and AZ is based in Broward County. I know when I lived in South Florida for three years, I avoided Miami airport at all costs. I flew out of FLL, even if it meant connecting, versus a non-stop option out of Miami. Most of my colleagues did...
Jump to postI would assume they are counting on traffic from the U.S. end of the route to make it work, and I can only imagine it’s a lot easier to market CPT to Americans over JNB
Jump to postITO as inter island spoke or to California? I think ITO would be a great place for an LCC like WN, but I’m sure ITO is more local based and less focused on tourism.
Jump to postQF7 landing in PHX using PHX's livecam. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/56387455_2281961555403784_4431580202706927616_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=c2751d4cde6be97bc141962b4bdefdde&oe=5D2BA000 I viewed this thread, and with just minutes to spare checked fl...
Jump to postI think this is a vast improvement over the horrid Eastern-Swift hybrid livery that was used. If they’re planning on focusing on South America I think using a falcon for marketing makes sense, but my only question is who are they marketing too? Surely they only do charters but are they only wanting ...
Jump to postThere is no way that Swift has "30 737 aircraft." I think at most they have 5. Yep they do..Swift got several ex-US -400 series and just last month took they took three ex-WN -300 series aircraft..Swift currently has 29 737's with one -800 series pending entering service. Swift has grown ...
Jump to postGreat numbers for IWA! 10% increase from the previous record set in 2012
https://www.gatewayairport.com/pressrelease?id=165
a.net told me almost 6 years ago that by October of 2018 PHX would be reduced to a spoke with <30 flights a day. So far, nobody's mentioned PHX. All these far western cities now being connected nonstop with DFW, overflying PHX -- is that an ominous sign for AA's Arizona hub? Just wondering. bb Sure ...
Jump to postSorry if it has already been discussed but we have some good news. AS appears to be returning their SFO-PHX flight 2 times daily for spring 2019. Now if only we can get it year round.
Also service on this route will be on the ex-VX airbus series!
PHX-Cali is a huge hole in the network. Arizona is literally right next to California, which is their area of concentration as of late and we haven't seen any new markets. PHX-SFO was operated for 30 days in 2018 but we haven't heard anything about it being resumed either full time or for another mo...
Jump to postFrom a Great Lakes EMB, to a Skywest CRJ? Huge leap for PRC! Congrats to all parties involved. I heard fares are actually affordable too, if so I think PRC will be successful
Jump to postHow are they giving more credence to Alaska by calling it a "traditional carrier" and touting its 775 rating, and then buried in the article, they call Southwest an LCC and treat its 818 rating like it doesn't mean much, even though WN is much larger than Alaska? Both entities should be p...
Jump to post5020213 I kinda like the new livery Looks good. I like the idea of blending eastern with their new parent company Swift, I just wish instead of putting the Swift logo on the tail they used the eastern logo that is used in the title. I also think this would look good in Swift’s old orange livery tha...
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