Re: The Rest of Virginia Aviation - 202

Is Allegiant pulling out of Norfolk? They appear to have no flights scheduled in the fall. Perhaps the Breeze there is too strong?

In years past it wasn’t uncommon for them to drastically curtail service in the fall but I don’t think they completely stooped it before, although I am not sure.

Re: North Central/East Coast Florida (JAX/UST/GNV/DAB/MLB/VRB) Aviation - 2024

When is it expected to open? Last I heard, construction was supposed to take a couple of years so realistically we’re probably looking at 2H2026 at the earliest. Two years to build six gates? :shock: If they were just adding six gates to the existing concourses then it probably wouldn’t take that l...

Re: North Central/East Coast Florida (JAX/UST/GNV/DAB/MLB/VRB) Aviation - 2024

When does construction begin on a new Concourse B at JAX ? Will the current Delta Sky Club move to the new Concourse from Concourse A ? According to this: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/what-year-jacksonville-international-airport-2023-totaled-record-passenger-numbers/24WO2ZR5MJGN7MZ3B52G...

Re: North Central/East Coast Florida (JAX/UST/GNV/DAB/MLB/VRB) Aviation - 2024

When does construction begin on a new Concourse B at JAX ? Will the current Delta Sky Club move to the new Concourse from Concourse A ? According to this: https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/what-year-jacksonville-international-airport-2023-totaled-record-passenger-numbers/24WO2ZR5MJGN7MZ3B52G...

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

krsw757 wrote:

Good to see the JAX-LAX route doing well.

The demand was certainly always there.

Re: Allegiant News and Discussion - 2023

Here were the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for the G4 nonstop routes that the worst load factors in June 2023 (Source: T-100D Domestic Segment, which can be found at https://transtats.bts.gov/databases.asp?Z1qr_VQ=E&Z1qr_Qr5p=N8vn6v10&f7owrp6_VQF=D): CKB-VPS - 964...

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

They've had "breeze through" for a while. Maybe since the beginning. ... Yes, I am aware of this. As I said in my post though, they now appear to be offering connections with plane changes. Often these make no sense whatsoever though. For example, ORF-BDL with a nearly 5 hour layover in M...

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

I’m noticing Breeze offering connecting flights with plane changes on their site (not “Breeze-thru”/one-stop/no plane change type stops). Is this new or have they always offered this?

Re: UA HD 777s to CUN

… EWR-Florida is probably less likely given inherent constraints at both EWR and in Florida... the Sunshine State is *A LOT* busier these days than it was back in the CO era! Lots of airfield and airspace congestion to factor in.. it takes a long time to get people on and off these 777s, maybe it i...

Re: The Rest of Virginia Aviation - 2023

In addition to the A terminal roundhouse, ORF wants to consolidate the TSA checkpoint and completely redesign the departures area. Also, they want to add an on-site hotel. There are some sketches here: https://www.wtkr.com/news/norfolk-international-airport-accepting-proposals-for-new-on-site-hotel ...

Re: Phoenix Aviation - 2023

Regarding the JAX addition: I forget now where I read/heard this, but one reason given for the add is Mayo Clinic as JAX is the location of their FL campus. I wonder how much traffic there really is from Mayo between PHX & JAX and if this is a reason for the start of the route? Here is the arti...

Re: DL & El Al to form partnership

… Also, to what extent is TLV open to connecting traffic? The last time I tried to connect there, there was no way to do so without going through passport control and getting checked in at the ticket counter. The transit facility they had there was closed. The transit facility at TLV just reopened....

Re: Allegiant News and Discussion - 2023

CIDFlyer wrote:

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BNA- IAD PIT and JAX all have non stop competition between United and Southwest

Re: Israel Aviation - 2023

Is there any chance of LY ordering the 787-10 to replace their 777'S? They could be good for routes from TLV to LHR JFK CDG. Heck is there any chance of LY ordering the MAX as well? LY is expected to make a decision on the future replacement of its narrowbody fleet within the year. Given LY’s histo...

Re: Airport Mistakes

PHF invested in an expansion during the AirTran days only to have WN pull out after the merger and then have a shiny new concourse with no one to use it. The airport then got caught up in the PeopleExpress relaunch debacle, and eventually dwindled to only having US left. AA, not US, but yes, the 3x...

Re: Israel Aviation - 2023

2023 looks to be a big year for aviation in Israel. - Icelandair starting 3x weekly KEF-TLV - Emirates going 3x daily on 777-300 - El Al restarting TLV-DEL and BOM - Air Peace starting ABV-TLV The opening of the Saudi/Oman corridor is also allowing 737 flights to India to commence. I see new flight...

Re: Mom files complaint, claims UA refused to accommodate son's peanut allergy

Are there any allergists or others who deal with allergies on this thread? My question is: why do we now see allergies to virtually everything? I am a few days away from being 74. :old: I just do not recall school-mates with allergies except one to bee stings, and another whose tongue swelled up fr...

Re: Why is El Al flying over Russia on NRT-TLV?

With respect to TLV-HKG… I would guess that at this time they have no spare equipment to operate this route. CAL (a.k.a. Challenge Airlines) operates TLV-HKG cargo flights several times a week. One interesting “feature” of TLV-HKG flights (be it CX or C5 flights) is the dramatic flight paths differe...

Re: Why is El Al flying over Russia on NRT-TLV?

EL AL doesn’t just overfly Russia, it actually has scheduled flights from Tel Aviv to Moscow several times a week.

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

They don’t fly ORF-VRB or SRQ But the rest of those markets don’t exactly make sense to offer during the winter when demand dies off and traffic shifts to Florida and other warm destinations. Breeze is like most carriers who will seasonally shift capacity south during the winter. Like all the airli...

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

Anyone else take a look at Breeze's schedule extension into November. Some interesting (and quite a few) omissions, for example I don't see HPN-LAX, SNA-CMH/PIT/CVG, loaded in past September. Maybe this is only a partial load and they're still mulling over how to allocate the rest of the fleet? Oth...

Re: The Rest of Virginia Aviation - 2023

Is Allegiant abandoning ORF? No longer shows up in their fall schedule.

EDIT: looks like they are going on hiatus in Sept but afterwards only bringing Sanford back.

Too much competition from Breeze? (Which BTW appears to be dropping a dozen destinations from ORF in their fall schedule)

Re: Breeze Airways - News and Discussion - 2023

Anyone else take a look at Breeze's schedule extension into November. Some interesting (and quite a few) omissions, for example I don't see HPN-LAX, SNA-CMH/PIT/CVG, loaded in past September. Maybe this is only a partial load and they're still mulling over how to allocate the rest of the fleet? Oth...

Re: The Rest of Virginia Aviation - 2023

… I-64 widening has also made RIC more attractive for Peninsula travelers, and once the HRBT expansion opens I'm afraid that'll probably be the end of passenger service at good old Patrick Henry. It's still a busy GA airport, so the airfield is in no danger. But once the last obstacle to driving to...

Re: Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers

Wonder if it could spur Philippines to Isreal? The great circle route for TLV-MNL takes you over Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. None of those places have Israel on their drinking buddies group chat. However, the 789 is still more than capable to to a very rough roundabout way I devised, one ...

Re: Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers

OK, it’s official now… The two scheduled EL AL widebodies to BKK yesterday both took the “direct” route through the Gulf of Oman. The flight time was about 7h30m which is appx. 2h30m shorter than the old routing through the Gulf of Aden and across the Indian Ocean. On the return the flight time was ...

Re: Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers

I know the Saudis granted any airline the permission to fly to/from the UAE... but have they granted El Al the right to overfly Saudi airspace when flying from Tel Aviv to all other destinations ? Apologies if I missed this announcement from previously Yes, Israeli airlines now routinely overfly th...

Re: Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers

Whtat's the likeness of El Al opening flights to Muscat or Oman Aiir to Tel Aviv now? No chance in my opinion, especially since there are so many easy connections on this route. This move is only about providing Israeli airlines access to the Indian Ocean without having to navigate west of the Arab...

Re: Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers

Are El Al flights using Saudi airpsace as of now? I recall a flight to BOM as of Dec '22 was still flying over the Red Sea after using only a sliver of KSA airspace. What's with that? Speaking of which - what has become of the BOM flight? Can't see it available for booking anymore. Yes, El Al has b...

Oman airspace opened to all civilian carriers