AC4500 wrote:
Does anyone know how many daily flights were on LAX-AUS in 2019?
While an exciting development, I can’t say this decision comes as a surprise to anyone. AS themselves left the “Proudly All Boeing” painted on their planes and with the complex leasing arrangement inherited from VX, the 319/320 fleet was on borrowed time. I am surprised that they didn’t place an or...
Jump to postKind of surprised HNL-AUS isn't a redeye; it departs HNL at 1000 and arrives at AUS at 2210. The plane overnights and the return flight leaves AUS at 1000, so I would think a redeye that arrives between 0700-0900 would be better fleet utilization. Even during normal times, HA doesn't operate red-ey...
Jump to postThe route actually managed to stick around when TZ flew it before WN gobbled them up. Just a correction since many people on this forum incorrectly state this about ATA and Southwest. WN never merged with, or acquired ATA. They were separate companies that maintained a codeshare in ATA’s last coupl...
Jump to post737max8 wrote:FAT-LAS/DEN seems like it would be enough to connect to almost anywhere WN flies. Maybe also down to SAN?
My math says replacing a 20+ year old 73G with an A223 is a smart move. Heck, WN was to replace 73Gs with -7 MAX early: That's the thing: WN wasn't replacing -700s with MAX 7s - it was replacing them with MAX 8s. Look at their MAX 8 vs. MAX 7 order mix. And a rumor floating around was that the MAX ...
Jump to post1. They definitely will get it, it’s the lowest CASM machine around and WN are sick of being screwed and want to teach Boeing a lesson because of the MAX. Funny, considering the whole mess with the MAX is because of WN's (and AA's) demands. If it wasn't for that, we probably could have gotten a cle...
Jump to postThey have already ordered 30 737-7MAX..But they can always cancel it..The 737 flies longer and has more capacity but it's 10tons heavier..do they need the extra capacity though? The A223 is extremely quiet,efficient and can do both short and long hops..Its max pax capacity is 160 but i suspect WN, ...
Jump to postThey have already ordered 30 737-7MAX..But they can always cancel it..The 737 flies longer and has more capacity but it's 10tons heavier..do they need the extra capacity though? The A223 is extremely quiet,efficient and can do both short and long hops..Its max pax capacity is 160 but i suspect WN, ...
Jump to postAllegiant been rumored to be coming to SNA for awhile now. I can still see them flying 6 to 7 destinations from SNA with a less than daily schedule using 2.66 daily slots. Flyguy Just an amateur guess, but Disneyland’s reopening will be a major factor in the success of Allegiant’s service to SNA. T...
Jump to postWhile WN had seasonal nonstop service to PDX from HOU prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of year-round HOU-PDX nonstop service on WN is one of the biggest remaining holes in both the HOU and PDX markets, especially with UA not having any nonstop competition on its IAH-PDX route. WN can probab...
Jump to postnew cities appear to be coming in now at fewer than 7 or 8 flights per day to start. The old way of looking at WN adds may be gone for the next year or two. The old way of looking at WN adds is probably gone for good. Aside from MIA, CVG was probably the last market ever to be added by WN in that f...
Jump to postIs Alaska the only U.S. airline repainting planes now? It seems UA has stopped for now. I’d imagine most, if not all airline have generally stopped repainting aircraft. This frame might have been due for repainting as mandated by their maintenance checks, hence the repainting (perhaps it was due fo...
Jump to postCan anyone explain how different this partnership is between AA/B6/AS compared to what DL & AS had several years back (before Delta parted ways with AS and built up SEA)? What are the differences and similarities?
Jump to postSo basically JSX is a scheduled airline operating on 135 instead of 121, when they in fact are operating regular schedules with multiple daily flights as a “charter airline.” Sorry, not familiar with the difference but trying to summarize what I’ve read in this thread. Please help educate the non ai...
Jump to postThere is a big misconception that Southwest has higher costs than they actually do. Pre-covid, WN actually had the lowest CASM than any other airline except for G4. I believe NK was a close third (could be wrong, but I can’t find the 2019 investor presentation booklet online that illustrated this wh...
Jump to post2 years from now Miami just a common spoke or a mini Denver in the making? Unless AA drastically reduces MIA services, MIA will most likely be just a spoke in WN’s network. 10-20 flights to strong WN markets with high O&D traffic. Perhaps multiple flights to larger WN stations for onward connec...
Jump to postI think some of you are looking way too deeply into this announcement (specifically about MIA). 1. Depending on how the covid/post-covid market develops and evolves, FLL is still here to stay for WN. As a point of destination and origin, as well as a connecting city for the heartland-Caribbean traff...
Jump to postWN is not moving their international flights from FLL to MIA. That makes no sense. WN basically flies to a bunch of beach markets and they need the domestic feed that FLL has to make it work. WN has already tried and failed miserably with the VFR markets that MIA may have an advantage with. Southwe...
Jump to postnew routes announced! https://twitter.com/united/status/1293642384778178560?s=19 Exciting stuff, hope to see some of these routes stick. Interesting to see the comments about mask wearing not being enforced - and no reply back from UA. Even though they replied to tweets within the same timeframe ab...
Jump to postThanks for taking the time to explain that as I don’t have a background in finance/economics. Where are you seeing the issuance of new debt by the way? Are you referring to the sale/leaseback agreements? Here’s what I found from their Q2 financial report just out a few days ago: The 8k filing dated...
Jump to postI'm not saying the interest isn't an expense that reduces cash available. It clearly increases the cash needs of of a company. I'm saying counting principal repayment as cash burn but not counting proceeds from debt issuance doesn't make sense. It's like if you refinance your $200,000 mortgage, onl...
Jump to postIn DL's case the cash burn is increased due to higher interest expense going forward, but that's the price to be paid for hoarding tens of billions of borrowed money on your balance sheet. It's also the same story at every other airline that's borrowed to fortify their cash position. Which is why W...
Jump to postHigh unemployment without a generous unemployment compensation kicker from the Fed spells big trouble for the ULCCs. The potential disaster is looming. Maybe not, but I'd wouldn't bet on things smoothing over. Is the old saying goes "you ain't seen nothing yet." I agree. Many countries in...
Jump to postSeems like Delta finally pushed American to its last resort: to rely on other brands in key markets. While this partnership (B6 and AA) can be a successs, it is certain admission that American can never go it alone again without digging itself out of a deeper hole. I think one scenario that can hap...
Jump to post**NK BOS-BWI AUG 1.9>5[2] SEP 1.8>5[1.8] OCT 1.7>5[1.7] NOV 1.8>5[1.9] DEC 1.0>2[1.0] Good way to use aircraft as its a relatively short flight and I would guess most of these flights continue on to Florida. Also taking advantage of the fact that B6 has suspended BWI and WN is down to something lik...
Jump to post**NK BOS-BWI AUG 1.9>5[2] SEP 1.8>5[1.8] OCT 1.7>5[1.7] NOV 1.8>5[1.9] DEC 1.0>2[1.0] Good way to use aircraft as its a relatively short flight and I would guess most of these flights continue on to Florida. Also taking advantage of the fact that B6 has suspended BWI and WN is down to something lik...
Jump to postCan’t seem to find anything online. But I vaguely recall Southwest having an interest in serving a secondary Atlanta metro airport years ago. I believe their efforts were complicated by Delta’s political influence.
Jump to postB6 is no longer the airline it was when it first started flying at LGB. It was looking to serve secondary airport back then. Now, it's basically behaving more like legacy carrier in the business it's chasing. Given all that has happened, LGB simply isn't the right airport for them anymore. They can...
Jump to postUA is not in lay-off talks, they are in discussions about how further to reduce payroll. That could mean further unpaid leave offers or forced unpaid leave, reduction in crew hours, asking certain managerial staff to take pay cuts, etc. Cedar Further reduce payroll is furloughs because people have ...
Jump to postLAX police officer tests positive for Covid-19. https://www.foxnews.com/us/lax-police-officer-positive-coronavirus-covid19 Anecdotally, my coworker’s husband is an ER doctor in Texas and said that more than 2/3 of patients with symptoms are testing negative for the flu (but they aren’t being tested ...
Jump to post“ Around 200 Korean flight attendants work for China Eastern...” Of which 73 did not get their contracts renewed. Seems like they will still retain more than half of their Korean FAs. Can’t explicitly prove that there is discrimination here- China Eastern simply does not need 200 Korean FAs at this ...
Jump to postHow many flights a day does B6 operate from LGA and to what is the frequency to each destination?
Jump to postA Korean Airlines flight attendant has tested positive for coronavirus. KE has shut down the office near the ICN airport, where the crew briefing room is located. The crew reportedly had a cough after the duty on KE012 (LAX to ICN)... Source: http://www.incheonilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1...
Jump to postInteresting to see F9 will be flying PHL-LAX after last flying it in 2004 with their LAX focus city experiment. Hopefully the route sticks.
Jump to postNot going to sugarcoat these earnings. The longer the MAX remains grounded, the worse it’s going to be going forward for WN. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/southwest-airlines-stock-falls-after-profit-miss-while-revenue-rises-slightly-above-expectations-2020-01-23?siteid=nbsh Well deserved. Boein...
Jump to postBut wouldn’t they choose to cut the worst performing routes first therefore actually raising system wide performance? Sorry if I’m incorrect just trying to wrap my head around this. A lot of the cutting has been on longer, low-frequency routes, primarily so they have to cut fewer flights/routes and...
Jump to postI tracked all of WN domestic routes in 2018. Compared to those numbers, LGB-SJC in 2019 probably generates the worst margin system wide and WN has shown itself to be very proactive in cutting bad routes. And other routes are not much better. Similar to HI, this is a decision WN management has made ...
Jump to postIn this case, does the new crew comprise only the pilots? Or did new FAs also take over in SJU? I only ask because I’ve been aware of Delta FAs afraid to call in fatigued since they are non union.
Jump to postAny updates on a desperately needed new terminal 1?
Jump to postB6 got duped by LGB. They waited till B6 built terminal and service. The. They turned around and treated them like dirt. LGB wants B6 out and wants F9/Nk/G4 to come in. You wait when B6 leaves and LGB is begging for them to come back...ow my bad WN will just take over and get nice terminal without ...
Jump to postBut all the looking in the world doesn't change the business reality, which is that (a) a smaller type is going to be difficult to operate profitably and (b) it is going to add a whole lot of near-term expense, for attenuated benefit, to add another type of the same size (i.e., A320neo/A321neo). Ho...
Jump to postTo downgrade a firm based on a wild merger thought is pretty reckless. It's also a mistake to think you can diversify your way out of grounding risks. Even if WN divided up their fleet three ways, losing 33% of capacity would be crippling. You don't make fleet decisions on improbable risk. And who ...
Jump to postYes but how much of JBLU's value comes from stuff WN has no desire to keep? Mint? Transcons? VFR Carib/S.Am? A321LR/XLRs? A220s? JetBlue Brand? B6 right now trades for a very small premium (~11%) over its book value. The A321LR/XLRs would likely be easy to sell off at a profit, so that's an argumen...
Jump to postUsually mergers are about complementing and/or diversifying the network and choices, etc. Is there synergy? In a nutshell, yes. The networks are almost entirely complementary. There's some overlap in FLL, but a combined carrier would control less than half of the single-airport market and still be ...
Jump to postA CNBC report mentioned JetBlue and Southwest as a combination that might solve the MAX issue. Would the government even allow that? The government did allow the AA/US, DL/NW, and UA/CO mergers- creating 3 mega carriers (one of which is now the world’s largest airline). Also, Delta (one of those 3 ...
Jump to postWhat benefits are there for the flying public for a large global airline to hold stakes in multiple foreign airlines? Especially when this airline not only competes in large international markets, but also in the largest domestic market in the world (maybe besides China)? I believe UA also holds sta...
Jump to postGate Utilization Rate (Operations) First half of 2019 compared to 2018 and % change. Terminal 1 East 9.7 9.4 4.0% Terminal 1 West 2.2 5.5 -59.6% Terminal 2 East 6.9 4.1 67.5% Terminal 2 West 4.0 3.9 2.6% Terminal 2 FIS 1.0 1.1 -13.2% I believe I read a while back that WN had requested more gates th...
Jump to postWN is really a standout here. They are producing the most returns with the LEAST of everything when compared to the big 3. They have the smallest fleet, smallest network, smallest workforce, no codeshares, no charging for checked bags/change fees/seat assignments/ancillary fees/basic economy, etc. ...
Jump to postWN is really a standout here. They are producing the most returns with the LEAST of everything when compared to the big 3. They have the smallest fleet, smallest network, smallest workforce, no codeshares, no charging for checked bags/change fees/seat assignments/ancillary fees/basic economy, etc. T...
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