The Island of Hawaii (known as the "Big Island") has a population of only 200,000 people (of the approximately 1.4 million people who live in the state of Hawaii), but KOA (which is located on the Island of Hawaii) has nonstop service to NRT on JL. HA will also be starting less-than-daily ...
Jump to postWN adding DEN-MBJ/NAS/SJU nonstop service are possibilities as (a) the addition of WN DEN-MBJ/NAS/SJU nonstop service would allow WN to better compete against UA/F9 in the DEN market and (b) the addition of WN DEN-MBJ/NAS/SJU nonstop service would provide better connectivity to the Caribbean from co...
Jump to postCVG can likely support nonstop service to MSY on WN or MX in addition to G4 with the O&D PDEW of CVG-MSY being 99 passengers/day in Q4 2022 along with G4 currently only operating CVG-MSY 2x weekly. WN would also likely have some connecting traffic to AUS/HOU/IAH/SAT/TPA in addition to O&D on...
Jump to postWhile Airbus has the A321XLR variant that has more range than a 737 MAX 10 or regular A321neo, Boeing does not currently have a 737 MAX variant that has the range of the A321XLR. If Boeing had a narrowbody model similar in size to the 737 MAX 10 that had the range of the A321XLR, AS would have oppor...
Jump to postI’m sorry but I’m finding the comparisons between HND and ICN somewhat disingenuous. The argument being made is that they have JVs for beyond connections so it’s the same. If beyond connections were what the airlines were concerned about, they would all be happy at NRT. The fight for HND is the fig...
Jump to postThis x100. Everyone wants to romanticize about NYC and I'm pretty sure only the specific aspects of the NEA were on trial but the NEA was AA's route to seemingly dumping hundreds of flights from PHL across dozens of destinations...many of which would likely not be back filled after 20 years of cons...
Jump to postWhile F9 currently only serves DEN nonstop from DCA, there are some within-DCA perimeter markets such as MIA and MCO that could support F9 nonstop service out of DCA if F9 can acquire extra slots at DCA. The MIA/FLL and MCO markets aren't currently served nonstop from DCA on any ULCC's, even though ...
Jump to postibthebigd wrote:LAX-CVG I think is Allegiant's longest route
AA's splintered east coast long-haul strategy continues to haunt the carrier. Too many hubs, which increases overall costs, and forces the airline to lower revenues to fill seats. There are a few oneworld foreign airlines such as CX, AY, JL, AT, and RJ who serve JFK but not CLT or PHL. There are al...
Jump to postUA will be starting LEX-DEN nonstop service on 9/29/2023 according to https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/a ... ion-125273.
Jump to postUA will be resuming DAY-DEN nonstop service on 9/29/2023 according to https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/a ... ion-125273.
Jump to postIs BNA so unattractive to PDX that no one has tried it but SY in 2019? While there is likely more than enough demand for WN PDX-BNA nonstop service with the connections that WN would be offering through BNA to some other destinations in the Southeast, WN is still facing a pilot shortage. AS was als...
Jump to postFrom the looks of these articles, potential SCASDP routes include: Wichita to Washington DC (National) WAS-ICT is in the top 5 remaining within-DCA perimeter domestic routes without AA nonstop service out of DCA. ICT was also the #1 within-DCA perimeter market traveled to the WAS market in Q3 2022 ...
Jump to postSo if that is the case, what do JL/NH do once slot waivers end? Do they actually operate all their slots and lose money on some routes, or does NH and/or JL just not fly a few of them? The latter is probably the better business practice, but it also puts AA/UA in a difficult position should HND slo...
Jump to postI tend to look on and think that Breeze hasn’t quite been able to find out what works for them yet. Many of the routes may well be unserviced for a reason, and continuing to try and find opportunities without competition that stack up will be hard. There are a few markets remaining such as CMH/PIT/...
Jump to postI have some major doubts about that. I think AA needs to cover all the routes that they are losing from B6. Could be wrong though Or maybe just drop them altogether? PHL lost out on a lot of frequency/smaller routes because of the NE alliance pulling flights and putting them on NYC. For instance, I...
Jump to postThere are plenty of domestic destinations that B6 serves nonstop from BOS that aren't served nonstop from BOS on AA or AS, including the following: ATL, BWI, BUF, CHS, CLE, DEN, DTW, FLL, RSW, IAH, JAX, MCI, LAS, MKE, MSP, BNA, MSY, EWR, MCO, PIT, RDU, RIC, SLC, SAT, SJU, SAV, TPA, PBI (plus AVL, BZ...
Jump to postELP can likely easily support WN nonstop service to MDW with (a) UA going to be completely dropping ELP-ORD nonstop service on 6/1/2023, (b) ELP-ORD going to be down to only 1 daily nonstop on American Eagle after UA drops ELP-ORD nonstop service, (c) the O&D PDEW of ELP-CHI being 150 passengers...
Jump to postDelta is claiming there is little demand between PDX and HND now. So, if supply and demand were their issue, they would lower their costs to get more people on the plane and attempt to stimulate demand. Instead, they are jacking them up to a level literally no one would pay. If they were being hone...
Jump to postBut Im not DL so I don't know what they plan on doing if they are told they have to give them up. I don't know where they would rebid to. DTW is the only DL hub with service to Japan that could potentially support more given how big the market is and that DL is the only carrier. They could try for ...
Jump to postI don't see how ORD-AUS, or even ORD-BWI which is another shocker survive long term as both these routes have seen a drop in demand out of MDW since the launch of nonstop service to these destinations from ORD. It does seem odd that major Hub-to-Hub routes like MDW-BWI and MDW-STL have such low loa...
Jump to postI can't understand Osaka and KIX. It's a powerful economic city, head of Keihanshin region but can't handle some flights to US Mainland. Maybe the Osaka people prefer to fly from Itami or Shinkansen to Tokyo? I think a factor could be that Kansai area have more SME, thus fewer big companies and hen...
Jump to postNews out of LGB. Southwest was allocated the 3 former AA slots. Separately, earlier this month Delta notified the airport it would relinquish 2 slots. Airport will commence the reallocation process. https://www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/city-manager/media-library/documents/memos-to-the-mayor-tabbe...
Jump to postPlans for a new regional airport to support SEA are now dead: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/wa-lawmakers-kick-hunt-for-major-airport-site-far-into-the-future/ Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed into law a bill winding down a state commission that produced the shortlist of pot...
Jump to postHere are the load factors for WN flights out of HOU and IAH in February 2023: ABQ-HOU - 12854 passengers, 17424 seats, 73.77% load factor ATL-HOU - 23985 passengers, 32810 seats, 73.10% load factor AUS-HOU - 22432 passengers, 42633 seats, 52.62% load factor BHM-HOU - 7487 passengers, 9314 seats, 80....
Jump to postHere are the load factors for WN nonstop flights out of BWI, DCA, and IAD in February 2023: ALB-BWI - 30123 passengers, 41160 seats, 73.19% load factor ATL-BWI - 31696 passengers, 50369 seats, 62.93% load factor AUS-BWI - 18004 passengers, 24469 seats, 73.58% load factor BDL-BWI - 32830 passengers, ...
Jump to postHere are the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for WN nonstop flights out of Chicago in February 2023: ABQ-MDW - 6648 passengers, 8505 seats, 78.17% load factor ALB-MDW - 10698 passengers, 15569 seats, 68.71% load factor ATL-MDW - 30719 passengers, 42744 seats, 71.87% load fact...
Jump to postHere are the Q4 2022 PDEW's out of Houston Hobby to the top destinations traveled to from Houston Hobby that don't currently have WN nonstop service out of HOU: HOU-SMF - 91 (WN will be resuming HOU-SMF nonstop service on 6/10/2023) HOU-DFW - 79 (WN does not currently serve DFW, but WN does have non...
Jump to postIs it realistic to expect any additional flights between the US and other cities in Japan besides Tokyo? Believe Osaka is the only other city with direct flights (correct me if I’m missing any) and there are a relatively small amount of flights between the US and Osaka. Is there any room for growth...
Jump to postHere are the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors of WN nonstop flights out of DAL in February 2023: ABQ-DAL - 26936 passengers, 34926 seats, 77.12% load factor AMA-DAL - 16529 passengers, 29799 seats, 55.47% load factor ATL-DAL - 33006 passengers, 44867 seats, 73.56% load factor ...
Jump to postI wonder why more people choose Delta to LGA (82.46%) than WN (45.95%) or AA (35.23%). DL is also connecting some passengers to New England from STL through LGA. DL STL-LGA nonstop service is currently operated on CRJ 900 and E-175 regional jets, whereas WN operates STL-LGA nonstop service using 14...
Jump to postPortland isn’t a healthy market right now and the passengers don’t really have another option. They could backtrack to SFO I suppose, or in the interim connect through HND. But DL will probably be happy to shove everyone through SEA onto the DL and KE metal operating SEA-ICN. More pax through SEA e...
Jump to postWhat’s the numbers if you take into account cities with service vs cities without any service? What’s the rank then? Of the top markets without AS nonstop service out of PDX, DL has nonstop service to ATL/DTW from PDX, AA has nonstop service to CLT/PHL from PDX, and G4 has nonstop service to GRR fr...
Jump to postI am surprised that BNA doesn't have nonstop service to PDX when PDX has more than enough demand for at least 1 daily nonstop with the PDEW of BNA-PDX being 114 passengers/day in Q4 2022. WN would likely be able to easily fill BNA-PDX nonstop flights if WN adds BNA-PDX nonstop service with the conne...
Jump to postHere are the Q4 2022 PDEW's of the top contiguous U.S. destinations traveled to from Greater Portland that don't currently have AS nonstop service out of PDX: PDX-ATL - 228 PDX-MIA/FLL - 166 (AS PDX-FLL nonstop service scheduled to resume on 11/17/2023) PDX-DTW - 128 PDX-BNA - 114 PDX-TPA - 104 (AS ...
Jump to postOn the domestic side of things, G4 seems to have been successful out of PDX so far flying unserved P2P routes like GRR/DSM/ATW so I could easily see them replicating that out of SEA, with cities like PVU/DSM/GRR/ATW/MEM being good initial contenders. Elsewhere, in addition to what's been already sa...
Jump to postWhile ATW and GRB are located in separate metropolitan areas and separate Combined Statistical Areas, ATW is located approximately 33 miles west of GRB.
Jump to postThe island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which has a population of approximately 966,000, has two airports, Tenerife North (TFN) and Tenerife South (TFS).
TFS is located approximately 40 miles south of TFN.
I would be curious to see if AA opens an AAdmirals club since they're slowly building a presence at CVG and with BA bringing in more premium Oneworld alliance passengers. There are some non-AA hub airports in the U.S. that already have Admirals Clubs, including ATL, AUS, BOS, DEN, HNL, IAH, BNA, EW...
Jump to postAny idea what’s going to be announced in Denver later this month? Something being announced on 5/23 Here are the Q4 2022 PDEW's out of DEN to the top contiguous U.S. markets that don't currently have UA nonstop service out of DEN: DEN-BUF - 115 DEN-ALB - 81 DEN-PBI - 73 DEN-ROC - 65 DEN-AVL - 65 DE...
Jump to postI think the biggest supporters of the perimeter rule (both at DCA and LGA, for that matter) are the smaller airports within the current perimeter who fear losing their service. They know that in a slot-controlled environment, their chances of maintaining DCA/LGA services are lessened if they have t...
Jump to postVirgin Australia to launch CNS - HND flights from 28 June initially with 737-700 VH-VBY & VBZ. Is this a new record for the longest non-Max 737NG service ? PTY-MVD is one of the longest routes that has seen nonstop service on a 737NG. The distance of CNS-HND is 3,627 miles, which is only 242 mi...
Jump to postThey’re definitely going out of A now as well, it’s on the flight status boards. Not sure why though. Flightview shows AA using gate A1 today. Not sure why, I will be flying through in a few days and curious to see if B seems full or what. I'm not sure if any airline has been using A1 or A2 much si...
Jump to postI’m still unclear as to why DL didn’t ask for a JFK slot in the first place. Back in 2019, NYC was already a very large market for them with significant business demand. PDX, as a spoke, seems like it was set up for failure as a long haul flight between two non-hub cities. Probably 2+ decades of ex...
Jump to postWhile the majority of the discourse here is centered around Delta and UA (and rightfully so), I find AA's status in this discussion quite peculiar. I'm honestly surprised they are okay with the Delta suggestion to increase flexibility with HND slots. AA, I would think, doesn't really need this give...
Jump to postThe connecting opportunities that would be there onto DL PDX-HND are mostly limited to DL's ATL/DTW/LAX/MSP/JFK/SLC/SEA hubs, and DL already has nonstop service to HND from ATL/DTW/LAX/MSP/SEA. On the other hand, there is 1-stop connectivity onto DL SEA-HND from destinations such as AUS, BOI, ORD, D...
Jump to postSome of the DL nonstop domestic routes out of CVG and RDU that were completely dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic haven't returned, including CVG-BWI/CLT/ORD/DFW/BDL/IAH/MCI/PHL/PHX/RDU/STL/SFO and RDU-BWI/ORD/CVG/CLE/CMH/RSW/BDL/IND/JAX/MSY/PHL/PIT. There was also a discussion regarding the futur...
Jump to postThere are still some WN nonstop routes that had daily nonstop service prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that are still down to less-than-daily nonstop service through at least 11/4/2023, including the following: ⋅ ATL-LAX/OAK/SAN ⋅ BOS-HOU ⋅ MDW-SFO/TUS ⋅ DAL-JAX...
Jump to postMcKinney city leaders wanted it. I guess some airline (WN are you listening?) could do what WN did for the DAL redo - guarantee the bonds. That removes all bond related risk from the bond issue. The political blowback would be enormous - city leaders would be doing what voters specifically said the...
Jump to postLooks like the TKI expansion referendum failed. NIMBY power must be strong in Collin County. That and people are sick of taxes. Honestly I don't blame them. I know there was at least some 'financial responsibility' component to the 'no' votes, and given the geography of McKinney, it wouldn't surpri...
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