YX is Republic YV hasn't flown for DL in years.
Interesting about G7 and CP. Just curious why they might be next?
Looking at the route map, it seems there are less and less routes for DL flown by YX. In one of their last reports, it showed 15% of their flying was for DL. Since they came out of bankruptcy, are the just waiting for more planes to fly for DL? Or are they thinking of winding them down like they did...
Jump to postJust saw that AS (or QX) dropped LAX from MRY. When did this happen? Rumor has it, it could be because they are adding SEA. Could this be true? Seems like it could make for good connections. One non stop to LAX against UA ( OO ) seemed difficult. Do you think this might happen? Would be the first NS...
Jump to post91 daily weekday flights. 19.8% growth in flights from March 17 to April 18. Increase in cities served from 16 to 21 with daily service + 3 more with service on the week-end. Closing the gap on Bay area service. Just wondering when BNA/RDU will come...
Jump to postHow about a SJC-RDU connection to join the tech industries? Depending on how much space they have at BNA, I could see SMF-BNA/STL/HOU and SJC-RDU/BNA/STL. Keeping SAN in the mix,SAN-RDU/PVR/CUN. Since I am flying SJC-BNA next month, a N/S would be great
Jump to postDTW-ORD on OO for AA,UA, DL and on RC for UA and DL
Jump to postI remember way back when, (when there were many more regionals and mainline carriers), it always was either prohibited or at least not preferable to have the same regional carrier flying the same route for two airlines. I remember over 20 years ago there was skywest flying for CO and I believe it wa...
Jump to postThe only issue I see, being a bay area resident and having lived next to both SFO and SJC, is that if you call OAK San Francisco Oakland, and you abbreviate it, you get SFO which, of course would get you to the incorrect airport. Calling one San Francisco Oakland, and the other Oakland San Francisco...
Jump to postJust a thought...could some of the 700s be transferred to OO for additional AS flying used to cover the 70 seat gap in the QX scheduling situation? Not sur how much slack there is in 70 seaters at OO for the additional lift, but seems like this could be a solution to keep them flying? Also, could DL...
Jump to postAs I age, memory fades. What, if any, are the callsigns for retro painted aircraft, aircraft operating in hybrid liveries, or special painted aircraft? I seem to remember there were special callsigns for them, but can't seem to remember. Also, when airlines were on a merging frenzy, what would the c...
Jump to postAs an ex-Pat in Japan in the early 90s, I remember the terminal chocked full of these birds. I remember well when I rode on the first battleship Grey one that was waiting to take me back to California for my 1 week vacation. The numerous trips on the old birds to HNL and all the trips through SE asi...
Jump to postHow are the new international flights doing at both SJC and SAN? With all the new additions, how are they performing? And will these aid to a AS/VX buildup in these two cities?
Jump to postSeeing the recent news about changes in seat pitch, I got to thinking, what do the different airlines offer for transcons and what do they see as an advantage? It is interesting that there are basically 5 airlines with transcons in the US (6 with WN) with 5 West Coast and 5 East coast markets. Who h...
Jump to postI was skimming photos and wondered, how many airlines currently flying have cities in their title? I am sure the list will be extensive based on geography, but I was looking at the following: Brussels Airlines Bangkok Air Cebu Pacific Miami Air Who else can add to the list? I know there were a bunch...
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Jump to postSo was runway length a factor for AQ or CO when they flew it? I am not aware if it was or wasn't. And I get the small airport since mine is MRY and we will never see NS to HI. But OC, although small in size, sits in a HUGE geographic area with a lot of O/D. It seemed to work in the past, but why not...
Jump to postRight. They Flew it, but why is no one flying it now? DL/WN/UA/AS/SY all have 737-700s. With VX/AS combined, there is all three Bay Area covered, but only LAX and SAN out of S. Cal. Seems like a "West Coast airline of choice" might jump at that gap?
Jump to postJust curious. I know given slots at SNA are at a premium, but why is there no OC-HI Non-stop? If all three Bay Area Airports can support/ make money on non-stops to HI, it seems like there would be a market in S.Cal for more than LAX/SAN.
Who would be the first to do it Non-stop? Just curious.
If there are any substantial changes to the codesharing arrangements between AS/VX and both DL/AA, do you think there is a possibility that the combined AS/VX and B6 could enter into a Codeshare arrangement? Given that both B6 and AS wanted VX would it be possible to link up and focus on their respe...
Jump to postHubs come and go, and some stay. Which US Airport has had the most hubs?
West Coast?
East Coast?
Southeast?
Midwest?
Central?
Moutain West?
I would guess LAX or LAS?
BOS or JFK?
MIA or MCO?
ORD orSTL ?
DAL or MCI?
DEN
DET- Proair
MDW - ML(1and 2), ATA
SEA/DEN - Markair
ANC- WIen
HNL- AQ
I wonder what city has had the most hubs that are no longer here today? Here are some that I came up with and wondered what others there are. I am excluding commuter carriers that were then brought under a major airlines code through codesharing: ATL: EA, Air Atlanta, Kiwi, Air South, Southern, Pied...
Jump to postWith the NC/SO merger, ATL/MCO/ MKE all went away. Is this a typo? NC/RC never stopped serving MKE. In fact, it was a large station for them. Yes it was quite large for them but it went away prior to merging with NW. In Fall of 82, MKE had 55 Non stops, by Spring of 85, they had 19. In both cases, ...
Jump to postRegarding Frontier and Central neither served MSP unless you were thinking of MCI, which had a pretty good FL operation until the last few years. Thank you for that, I did mean MCI. And remember through the 70s Hubbing was not so popular (CAB controlled things). Deregulation brought it about, or at...
Jump to post"DL: With the WA purchase, the DFW was axed in favor of SLC." That's incorrect. Western and Delta merged in 1986/87. The DFW hub wasn't shut down until after Sept. 11, 2001, and it was CVG that largely replaced it in the system. SLC and DFW rarely overlapped, and the regional jets/commute...
Jump to postYes, PHX is an interesting case. PHX was the strongest hub for HP, who purchased the larger US, who in turn purchased the larger AA. PHX was always an AA station as well. Most interesting is as you point out. With constraints at LAX and heavy competition from DL and WN and traditionally UA (although...
Jump to postLooking back at the long history of US mergers, it is interesting to see which ones had the effect of either hub closure or deeply diminished serve. Some where done to take out a competitor and had no impact of hub closures, others, after the dust settled, had a network that could or did not wether ...
Jump to postThanks for those. I mentioned the proximity of MKE and MDW as one of the previous points said that RDU did nt grow because of its proximity to BNA/MCO and BWI. It does seem that there is a difference in the people's preferences for mainline, perhaps why DL grew. But looking at some of the historic c...
Jump to postI get the double hub was a mistake for AA in the Southeast, as both were built and dehired around the same time, and that WN was in BNA before RDU, but it still seems more could have/can be done at RDU. I guess if it really can, then in would, but I still question how it could have been dome in the ...
Jump to postSo I get a lot of the posts have to do with timing and location, but it still seems strange to me. 1999 WN enters RDU, in 2002, ML (sorry, I know that was the original code for the 1st Midway) goes bust. WN doesn't buy AirTran until 2010. It seems there was a window from 2002 to 2010 where the beef ...
Jump to postWhen looking at the newly released WN schedule, I was looking at WN in all the former AA hubs. Over the years AA has shuttered a number of hubs (SJC,RNO from QQ, BNA and RDU, STL from TWA, BWI and PIT and LAS on the US side, + however you calculate OC and PS hubs). It seems that in all the cases, WN...
Jump to post..and by geographic region as WN publishes in One Report: West - 1344.1 (LAS,DEN,PHX,LAX,OAK,SAN,SJC,SMF,SNA,BUR,SFO,ONT,SLC,RNO,TUS,LGB) Mid West - 672.1 (MDW,STL,MCI,MKE,IND,CMH,MSP,DTW,OMA,CLE,SDF,GRR,ICT,DAY,FNT,CAK,DSM) South East - 645.2 (MCO,ATL,BNA,TPA,FLL,RSW,RDU,JAX,BHM,PBI,MEM,CHS,CLT,ECP...
Jump to postWell, here goes my first attempt with the new format from Southwest.com: City Total Net Change Additions MDW 240.2 +23.2 PNS,RNO,PBI LAS 217 +13 BDL,MSP BWI 212 +16 AUA,ECP DEN 198.1 +10.1 BZE,RSW PHX 187 +13 DAL 180.8 +0.7 CHS,JAX,ECP HOU 158 +5.9 OMA MCO 128.6 +17.5 DAY,MSP,PWM LAX 126 ATL 125 OAK...
Jump to postDelta has done this with VS so there is precedent. DL taking 49% of VS is very different to EK being allowed to buy a large chunk of, and particularly to control one of its nearest neighbours where their respective bases are closer to each other than ATL is to NYC. Tell that to AF and KL, I would s...
Jump to postI think part of the answer is also the drawdown of CVG. After the merger, the split midwestern hubs of MSP and DTW all of a sudden had CVG in the mix as well. I know that CVG is technically still a hub, but arguably the capacity shifted elsewhere. As that capacity shifted it probably allowed DTW to ...
Jump to postThanks for that. I meant that what they do at STS seems like they could do at MRY and perhaps other smaller cities such as FAT. I was also wondering if we will see them enter markets that QQ tried out of SJC? AA bought OC and scaled back SJC, then QQ opened it up, bought by AA and scaled back. Now A...
Jump to postI think STS and MRY are uniquely positioned to do PDX/SEA - STS/MRY - LAX/SAN. Even FAT might fit the fold too, but I think Eagle serves LAX-FAT. What is AS relationship with AA regarding competing on feeding traffic to hubs?
Jump to postIt seems funny to me that the only two cities in California served by AS without service to SEA are Monterey and Mammoth Lakes. I get that Mammoth is largely seasonal, but I still don't get why Monterey has no non-stop to the PNW? Recent addition of SBP and even SBA. Could MRY be next? It seems with...
Jump to postNapier was a separate company and was taken over by Rolls-Royce. Wikipedia says that the production stopped after RR took them over. It also says the Allison was a comparable model.
Yes, that is the former PIT
WOW. Thank you guys for the pic and info. I was like 3 when I saw it at night in Detroit. I was into planes at that age! Thanks flyPIT for the pic and bringing back the memories. Did you work for indy Air? I noticed the Flyi under the pic. And thank you to gr8slvrfit...was never sure what the livery...
Jump to postI have been searching for an image of a plane I remember seeing as a child. I believe it was an Allegheny Airlines Convair and it had a large pink flower on the tail. At least I think it was pink as I saw it at night time in Detroit, It would have been the late 60s/early 70s. Does anybody remember t...
Jump to postIt seems like these adds are targeted at AS as well as WN. The adds from LAS - SJC/SAN/PDX to go with the LAX/SEA and SLC, they will be serving AS hubs and focus cities, like the AS adds out of SLC. Should help the utilization also to move all those planes around out west. Sure will be interesting t...
Jump to postI asked in another thread what the role of <acronym title="Skywest Airlines (USA)">OO</acronym> would be in the merged carrier. Could there be opportunity for both <acronym title="Skywest Airlines (USA)">OO</acronym> and <acronym title="Horizon Air (USA)">QX</acronym> to use EJets to expand the hubs...
Jump to postDo you think, if they are interested in growing the West Coast into a premium, they might use <acronym title="Skywest Airlines (USA)">OO</acronym> on some previous <acronym title="ACES (Colombia)">VX</acronym> attempts that failed against <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> like <...
Jump to postGiven the new resources <acronym title="Alaska Airlines (USA)">AS</acronym> will acquire, what opportunity/ threat faces <acronym title="Skywest Airlines (USA)">OO</acronym> in their relationship with the new operation? Given the need to balance markets, will there be more opportunity or less for <a...
Jump to postHi all, I've been a fan for years (decades?) and have finally decided to post something! Just wondering if this is a move to get closer yet with <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> and the former <acronym title="San Jose - Norman Y. Mineta International (Municipal) (SJC / KSJC), US...
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