UConn's charter had mechanical issues and are having a hard time finding a replacement https://x.com/MattNorlander/status/1775659648881754218?s=20 It looks like it was supposed to be an Eastern 763 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N703KW/history/20240403/1800Z/KMCI/KBDL I'm surprised UConn c...
Jump to postFeel like the domestic recovery from SFO/LAX still isn't quite there and may never be what it is due to less in-person work. I could be wrong, but I think a lot of the SFO reductions have to do with runway closures/work this summer. UA have already announced suspension of some routes, citing runway...
Jump to postWhy did it divert to LAX? That seems odd They probably had a spare aircraft there ready to go. UA35 was rescheduled LAX-KIX on another B777 so they transferred the pax to that aircraft. They did not. The replacement aircraft is currently taxing from SFO at the time of this post (roughly 4:12 p.m. P...
Jump to post"Lancaster County official calls for firing of Lincoln Airport director over failed Red Way"
https://journalstar.com/news/local/comm ... e7bf9.html
United bails on LNK-IAH: https://www.1011now.com/2024/01/25/united-airlines-ends-service-between-lincoln-houston/ . The LJS article noted not surprisingly that the subsidy ran out on United's end. I wonder if Delta will ever consider resuming service to MSP. I'd be curious how that flight has done ...
Jump to postBN727227Ultra wrote:AS did OMA-SAN for a hot minute but I believe it had been canned even before Covid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPdrP4_Dk8 -International arrivals area. Makes me wonder...has OMA landed an int'l carrier? I wouldn't read that much into it. NW had announced they wanted to fly OMA-CUN as far back as 2005 but CBP said they wouldn't staff an OMA FIS. https://www.regulations.gov/do...
Jump to post"State auditor slams ‘riverboat gamble’ with defunct Red Way Airline"
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/12/14 ... yer-funds/
I've wondered why more airlines didn't do this during merger-mania (i.e., NK survives as the ULCC arm of B6, but they're one company). One of the things M&A financial analysts, companies, and investors love in mergers is cost savings "synergies." Despite some near-term costs associate...
Jump to postMerger site up.
https://localcareglobalreach.com/
Also in Lincoln airport news. They now decided to hire an air consultant who is "optimistic" Lincoln could attract service. His over-optimistic conclusions aside, it seems like that may have prudent before dropping $3 million on Red Way. https://journalstar.com/news/local/business/air-indu...
Jump to postRed Way still hasn't repaid all of the customers who had tickets for dates after they pulled out. The airport authority is holding back the final ARPA payment owed to them until they do so. https://journalstar.com/news/local/business/lincoln-airport-red-way-refunds/article_3974ba36-79bb-11ee-b620-13...
Jump to postThere were anecdotal stories of people building their own ultra-cheap one-way connections through Lincoln. It was only a few city pairs where it worked and it was impossible to do anything round trip, but I wonder if some of that is why Nashville had a significant imbalance. The average LNK-BNA tri...
Jump to postUnited is running several extra flights on EWR-ATH to help get people in or out of Israel.
https://twitter.com/davidshepardson/sta ... 2857162828
SAT has a 1:00 p.m. announcement for tomorrow (Thursday)
https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1704630739373871240
jetskipper wrote:This is the service that I think could work at LNK. MCO and LAS twice a week.
https://www.thegazette.com/business/ave ... s-flights/
Kansas City has a sizable Latin and Hispanic population for a Midwestern city. Main heritage connection is to Guadalajara and not Mexico City. MCI has more PDEW to MEX than GDL. OMA also has almost the same amount of PDEW to MEX as MCI, that probably helps AM come as well. OMA also thinks they're a...
Jump to poststrangeplanes wrote:For example, Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Convention has significant premium traffic leakage to MCI - including both domestic and international visitors.
Things appear to be functioning again.
https://twitter.com/FAANews/status/1699117819554574626
One thing I've learned about starting an airline (just from playing airline-empires.net is that gate space and landing fees are VERY expensive at places like MSP and ATL. That is why running flights to SFB and PIE and PGD and AZA makes sense, especially at only 2 flights a week. Yeah there are reas...
Jump to postjetblastdubai wrote:According to the above article, Red Way was required to meet certain flying time requirements.
Post-mortem from Lincoln's side.
https://journalstar.com/news/local/busi ... eea49.html
Both the airport and the Nebraska State auditor are seeking to "audit" the finances surrounding this. https://journalstar.com/news/local/government-politics/state-auditor-plans-to-look-into-lincoln-airport-authority-over-red-way-failure/article_a17d627a-436c-11ee-899a-17fad0159ec0.html#tra...
Jump to postNick Cusick, who resigned from the Airport Authority Board in July after serving more than 10 years, confirmed to the Journal Star on Wednesday that Red Way had already burned through most of a $3 million incentive fund provided by Lincoln and Lancaster County via left over American Rescue Plan Act...
Jump to postAnd the problem is there will be no repercussions. The airport manager/city council members who felt this was an affective way to spend $3,000,000 should lose their jobs for lack of judgement. One airport authority board member resigned recently over how they were using funds. I have no idea which ...
Jump to postWhat a boondoggle. Who didn't see this happening? A biweekly flight to LAS? Sure. MCO seasonally? Sure. But BNA, MSP, ATL, AUS and DFW ontop? No way. Unfortunately this will curse LNK for years to come in trying to get new service. We'll see how much of that ARPA funding they ended up blowing throu...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/BillSchammert/statu ... 0509679035
https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1694370732606710250
Lincoln's June numbers are out. Red Way had 3,993 total passengers for the month on 66 flights (60.5. passengers per flight) for a load factor of 40.33%. https://lincolnairport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-06-LNK-Passenger-Stats.pdf July numbers: 9,067 passengers on 127 flights (71.4 passeng...
Jump to postIndividual airport reports can give us an early snapshot of how well they are filling seats. Atlanta, Minneapolis and Orlando are out for June so far. Atlanta 529 passengers on 10 total flights in June 2023 52.9 passengers per flight, 35.3% full @ 150 seats Minneapolis 332 passengers on 10 total fl...
Jump to postLincoln at +/- 300,000 is larger than a lot of smaller cities that have a lot more air service. How many of those places are within 50/60 miles of a significantly larger airport? The pre-Red Way split was something on the order of 96% of the combined airport's traffic going to OMA and 4% going to L...
Jump to postFree tickets for influencers now (if you qualify) https://twitter.com/goflyred/status/1688200153994268672 Yeah, I was originally annoyed by all the staunch naysayers (I always root for a new "airline" regardless of how far fetched). But I have to concede...this thing is a dumpster fire. T...
Jump to postFree tickets for influencers now (if you qualify)
https://twitter.com/goflyred/status/1688200153994268672
Lincoln's June numbers are out. Red Way had 3,993 total passengers for the month on 66 flights (60.5. passengers per flight) for a load factor of 40.33%.
https://lincolnairport.com/wp-content/u ... -Stats.pdf
The biggest problem is the brand, an absolute nightmare! Flights are listed even on the airport homepage as GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES , not RED WAY. And booking is done under the GO FLY RED webpage... I would argue that their bigger problem is trying to establish a hub, base, etc. whatever you want ...
Jump to postYikes not sure how long that will Last at this rate. If you can’t even fill a plane to Florida these days you have problems. LNK might have been better to seek out service from Allegiant/Breeze/Avelo. Or Even AA to Dallas. LNK had a $750,000 federal grant for service to Dallas outstanding since 201...
Jump to postknope2001 wrote:Individual airport reports can give us an early snapshot of how well they are filling seats. Atlanta, Minneapolis and Orlando are out for June so far.
The leisure air carrier, which began flying out of the Lincoln Airport in June, will have its final flights to Austin, Texas, on Aug. 5 and to Atlanta and Minneapolis on Aug. 7. Quite the 48 hour turnaround. The airport authority had a board meeting yesterday, I'm wondering they weren't the ones pu...
Jump to postRed Way adding TPA and PHX beginning in December, 2x weekly With only 4 weekly flights (at the moment), I am wondering if GlobalX will base an aircraft with crew in LNK or will they ferry the aircraft from MIA into Lincoln prior? If they're adding a 5th destination as the article suggests, they're ...
Jump to postI wonder what the “jaw dropping” destination to be announced later would be? CUN maybe? Can LNK process international flights? I suppose if they couldn’t they could stop for customs somewhere on the return flight? No Lincoln isn't even a customs landing rights airport for private travel. I'll go ou...
Jump to postBTVB6Flyer wrote:Red Way adding TPA and PHX beginning in December, 2x weekly
https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1683466367226478592
Things seem to be going well. For the next two days (presumably coinciding with Prime days???) Buy one ticket get one free.
https://twitter.com/Sean_Callahan/statu ... 6504546304
OMA is claiming they're going to have service to FLL starting in January. Looks like Saturday only service.
https://twitter.com/OMAairport/status/1 ... 6190397441
Tennessee and ORU appear to be coming together.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N80 ... /KTYS/KTUL
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N80 ... /KTUL/KOMA
I haven't seen anything whether the $6,650 is inclusive of fuel or not. Who knows how accurate the Lincoln newspaper is reporting is, but they basically said the $6,650 includes everything from check-in to luggage retrieval so I'd assume that includes fuel. On the flip side any ticket and ancillary...
Jump to postwell, they've already done better than I expected! I was hesitant to book the inaugural because I thought they wouldn't make it to today, so I'll gladly eat my words and wish them luck! That part was never really in doubt. You have an existing charter airline with a spare plane and $3 million in gu...
Jump to postThat's...not great. In my extremely rough math - they should be flying 5,040 seats(ish) a week and 20,160 seats a month assuming a 180 seat A320. They've sold a weeks worth of tickets since they launched. Prepare for the bleeding. They've apparently sold another 5,000 tickets in the past 3 weeks do...
Jump to postFirst flight just left 42 minutes late. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GXA1011/history/20230608/1300Z/KLNK/KMCO And another article that is a lot more realistic than previous ones. If the revenue exceeds the $6,650-per-hour formula, then there would be no need to dip into the ARPA funding. What...
Jump to postWhere could they potentially fly that is not a hub/focus city for a major airline? Those places are hubs because that is where the demand is. I think you are reading waaaay too much into this. There will be no retaliation. Yep. And if there is any "retaliation" and it is highly unlikely, ...
Jump to postA new article from the Lincoln Journal Star Demand for tickets for a startup airline that will begin service to Lincoln next month has been so strong that the company has already decided to extend its schedule. I mean they're getting fully subsidized I have no doubt they weren't going to extend thei...
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