Unless I'm missing something the two parallel runs are currently far too close for simultaneous landings, especially if instruments are required. And technically their usable runways no longer intersect, but their flight paths do. Nearly simultaneous take offs on the 11's and takeoffs or landing on ...
Jump to postAA is adding a 3rd frequency on ERI-CLT this fall. This should help offset at least some of the recent capacity losses with UA and DL pulling out.
Jump to postWith Delta and now United leaving Erie, what are the chances that another airline will fill the void? With its proximity to Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland you'd think it would be an ideal hub for an ULCC. I appreciate the optimism, but I don't think a ULCC hub is realistically in Erie's future....
Jump to postWhen you said "restrictive agreements with Canada", I don't suppose you mean the current agreement since it's completely open-skies now. So do you mean the old agreement back then with Canada forced US Air to serve Erie-Toronto (which would otherwise be unprofitable)? Interesting choice t...
Jump to postAlso restrictive agreements with Canada meant at least 5 jets a day up to YYZ with Mohawk (and later US). When you said "restrictive agreements with Canada", I don't suppose you mean the current agreement since it's completely open-skies now. So do you mean the old agreement back then wit...
Jump to postI visit Erie a few times a year and I can tell you that the bus is not competing with the airport there. Further, a bus ride to either Chicago or Philadelphia is a full day of fun and adventure. There is more O&D to both than to CLT, however the highest demand out of ERI is Florida. CLT makes s...
Jump to postFor Erie, is there any reason AA is serving it from Charlotte only now? It is way closer to ORD and PHL as AA's hubs go. You more or less just answered your own question. The shorter the distance, the more competitive that buses, trains, and/or private cars are; and thus the more pressure that's pu...
Jump to postI believe that US Air took delivery of the last passenger 727 built in 1983, correct me if I'm wrong. It was painted in the three-tone rust scheme, the first US Air livery after the airline was renamed from Allegheny to US Air. Correct, N779AL B727-270/Adv (MSN# 23052 Line# 1817) was the last produ...
Jump to postMHT's Facebook page is saying a new airline and non-stop destination is coming and will be announced 3/15. Guesses? Does DL come back? Peace :box: Avelo to RDU. It's already on Avelo's website. Although I believe that there is a significant business travel market between MHT and RDU, I'm not sure t...
Jump to postI’m going to stray a little bit, but it’s a piece of fascinating USAir history. As mentioned above, USAir was previously named Allegheny. Allegheny had a Convair 580 crash on December 26,1968 in Bradford, PA (Flight 736), killing 20, 27 survived. 13 days later, another Allegheny Convair 580 crashed ...
Jump to postWell crap! I completely forgot about those two. I also repeatedly forget about the WN's 727s.
I'm delighted for the reminder and even more delighted that you found these pictures.
It looks like they went BOS-PHL-PIT-STL and BOS-PHL-PIT-CMH-STL. They really tested the legs on those things...
The 727 looked sharp in just about any livery US threw at it, including the dark blue rebrand 1997 livery (which was only applied to the Shuttle birds). :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: 6127831 1476224,6281911,1200860 I have to agree, especially the 1997 rebrand - that one is very co...
Jump to postI believe that US Air took delivery of the last passenger 727 built in 1983, correct me if I'm wrong. It was painted in the three-tone rust scheme, the first US Air livery after the airline was renamed from Allegheny to US Air. Correct, N779AL B727-270/Adv (MSN# 23052 Line# 1817) was the last produ...
Jump to postThey ultimately replaced the shuttle 727-200's with 737-300's that were part of the regular fleet rotation rather than relying on a dedicated fleet. The 737-300 might go something like BOS-LGA-PIT-SFO. While maybe more efficient for US, it caused delay ripples throughout the system and made the shu...
Jump to postThey ultimately replaced the shuttle 727-200's with 737-300's that were part of the regular fleet rotation rather than relying on a dedicated fleet. The 737-300 might go something like BOS-LGA-PIT-SFO. While maybe more efficient for US, it caused delay ripples throughout the system and made the shut...
Jump to postI believe AL went to US when they changed their corporate identity around 1988-1989, going from the Allegheny-like tail colors to the red-striped, dark blue background...with "USAir" on the tail in a different font. The first time I flew USAir was between LAX-SFO on one of their 727-200's...
Jump to postInterestingly, US came from a US government designation, so there was quite the process in obtaining it.
Jump to postThanks for the feedback, information, and the link. I wanted to get the vibe from this group before I went to the airline in case I'm over looking something. I usually stay in my lane and give the flight attendants a lot of latitude because I know what they have to put up with sometimes. While I tra...
Jump to postThis may not be the best place to ask this question, but my United options on A.net are Fleet and Network, and this is definitely not fleet. On a recent trip, we were booked on two United Express flights via Republic. Our second flight was a 4-hour long stretch and my question relates to our interac...
Jump to postwhere did you hear the second aircraft starts june 20? Supposed to be april Ishrion Aviation I dont know if thats right but no surprise if they delayed it. And yes avelo CEO is in RDU to brief media and tomorrow for the base opening Right. Tomorrow is new flights, new terminal, and probably the ann...
Jump to postApparently, B6 has told officials at LAS that they have to have this merger in order to expand like mad there. It seems to me that nothing besides planes and pilots are holding that back. So where would they get all those planes from? Perhaps by largely stripping down the NK network? Most likely the...
Jump to postTrewblue probably wouldn’t say that. JetBlue are held back by their order book. It is physically impossible for them to grow on that scale. Frontier, however, have a massive order book. Oh, so who's responsibility is B6's order book? It's very insincere to use the argument that F9 can expand becaus...
Jump to postI'm not saying that B6 shouldn't find ways to grow. As Trueblew might say, nothing is stopping them from growing on their own. Alternatively, find an airline that aligns and complements B6's business plan. Too bad for them, they lost out on Virgin. SF would have made a good fit for B6's business pl...
Jump to postAs a poster noted a few replies above, JetBlue is trying to diversify it’s route network and be less dependent on BOS/NYC. People always talk about B6 lack of presence in the Midwest and west coast, this will help accelerate some of that growth. They don’t have the airplanes to do this on their own...
Jump to postWhile I don't have a horse in this race, my perspective is that F9 and NK are true fare disruptors that other carriers hate competing against. NK has some presence in at least two markets important to B6 (BOS and FLL) and B6 sees an opportunity to grow the airline while eliminating a low fare disrup...
Jump to postFlights are bookable. Awaiting the official MX announcement. PWM enters the network with flights to CHS/ORF/PIT/TPA. BDL gains RSW/TPA/MSY. PVD gains RSW/SRQ/MCO. These are good news but a few of the routes are head scratchers. PWM-ORF? I think PWM-TPA should do well and PWM-CHS might do OK as well...
Jump to postI noticed that WN has cancelled the RON aircraft to PWM and MHT for tonight, presumably because of the cold temperatures. Is this a new thing for WN for forecasted -10F temperatures? I doubt it's so much about the air temperatures, but rather the hazardous work environment for employees in the earl...
Jump to postI noticed that WN has cancelled the RON aircraft to PWM and MHT for tonight, presumably because of the cold temperatures. Is this a new thing for WN for forecasted -10F temperatures?
Jump to postI noticed that WN has cancelled the RON aircraft to PWM and MHT for tonight, presumably because of the cold temperatures. Is this a new thing for WN and have other airlines done this for forecasted -10F temperatures?
Jump to post10:30 AM EST The over 80% club: 100% EUG 91% MYR 90% CHS 89% MSP 87% DTW 87% CRP 86% BDL 85% OMA 85% SAV 83% BOI 83% SEA 83% SYR 83% LGA 83% PWM 82% BUR 82% LGB 81% RSW 81% JAX 80% DSM 80% IAD 80% ICT 80% RIC Looking at the list, a couple cities stand out as being disproportionally affected. -Sever...
Jump to postSo the WN flights that are actually taking place today and tomorrow, are they aircraft and crews that are already in position and able to fly their normal cycle, or are they repositioning flights designed to move them to the right places, or are they just trying to move a few pieces at a time to mov...
Jump to post2243 cancelled 55% just five minute later.
Jump to post2221 cancelled 54% as of 2:10PM EST
How in the world are they going to dig out of this and get those stranded to where they need to be. The system runs so close to max capacity most of the time so empty seats are few.
WN cancelled 7 of 8 flights to MHT on Christmas Eve which seems disproportionately high for one city. It was a bit windy in the morning but fine most of the day so can't really blame the weather. Operational problems like this really stranded a bunch of passengers at a very bad time.
Jump to postDEN can likely support the return of WN DEN-MHT/PVD nonstop service with WN still getting good load factors on DEN-MHT/PVD nonstop service after adding DEN-BOS nonstop service (but prior to WN dropping DEN-MHT/PVD nonstop service). In addition, F9 will also be completely pulling out of PVD in April...
Jump to postAnd? How many pax and bags? Field conditions? An image of the dispatch release would be very helpful! Runway needed for take off is actually variable but an airline may have policies that are more conservative. Air temperature affects the air density that provides lift. Wind speed and direction, an...
Jump to postWeight restrictions are a given. A -800 can’t take off with a full load of pax and bags from a 5600’ runway, and fly down to FL or beyond. It probably can’t even land back into HVN with full pax and bags unless the runway is dry. On 11/13/2022 800's were used on HVN- MCO, FLL and TPA flights. And? ...
Jump to postRumors of Amazon starting MHT very soon too. I believe MHT just finished building a large new cargo facility for an unnamed airline, just in time for the holiday surge.
Jump to postThanks for the update. Do we know which markets are being axed yet? Where did you get this idea? About the Hawaii-mainland routes ending I suspect. Some LIH and KOA nonstops to mainland are ending. Can't recollect which. Thank you for the clarification. I’m used to the term market being used for a ...
Jump to postI know that UPS runs a MHT feeder operation. Does FedEx still run one there as well, and if not, do they run one in the region? Portland to Bangor and Presque Isle. Everything else is truck. So FedEx has a mini-feeder in ME through PWM? I’ve seen Wiggins feeders for UPS between Bangor/Presque Isle ...
Jump to postI was looking at some of the cargo feeder flying on FlightAware earlier and it got me wondering about some of the details. On the surface, it seems pretty simple. Large aircraft get further filled with feeder flights that come in from all over the region where larger aircraft cannot be supported, b...
Jump to postlaca773 wrote:Thanks for the update. Do we know which markets are being axed yet?
I was looking at some of the cargo feeder flying on FlightAware earlier and it got me wondering about some of the details. On the surface, it seems pretty simple. Large aircraft get further filled with feeder flights that come in from all over the region where larger aircraft cannot be supported, bu...
Jump to postI wonder if some of the seasonal routes could also see their flying seasons extended with some of these CR2s where E175s fly during the warm months.
Jump to postThe amount of cheap intra-California flying WN is doing this summer is insane. On Wednesday, July 6 20x SAN-SJC 20x SAN-SMF 14x SAN-OAK 14x BUR-OAK 12x BUR-SJC 12x BUR-SMF 10x LAX-OAK 9x SNA-SJC 8x SNA-OAK 7x LAX-SJC 7x LAX-SMF 7x SNA-SMF 6x BUR-SFO 6x ONT-SMF 6x ONT-OAK 5x LAX-SFO 5x ONT-SJC 5x SA...
Jump to postI am not driving from Buffalo to Erie for a direct flight to Florida. I dont see many people from Buffalo making that drive either. You're missing my point. I'm not saying people will drive from Buffalo proper to Erie to catch a flight (although people DO drive from Erie to Buffalo to catch one, so...
Jump to postHopefully seat size and leg room doesn't somehow shrink in the process
Jump to postIn addition to HVN, CHS, BWI, and ILM. Possible options are ERI (Erie), BHM (Birmingham), GRB (Green Bay), JAN (Jackson MS), ORH (Worcester), and BTR (Baton Rouge). I've seen ERI pop up as a possible destination several times in this thread and I wonder what puts it on this list? It's a pretty smal...
Jump to postBOS fares took a nosedive and though planes might have been full on some routes, I don't think yield was too great, nor would it be if some of these BOS routes came back. Did some of the Manchester and Providence passengers get drawn to BOS back then? Well, yes but not necessarily to Southwest. Lik...
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