[*]k Looks like WN is adding a one-stop Louisville- Boston flight. Maybe this could lead to a nonstop flight. http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2017/06/21/exclusive-southwest-airlines-adds-new-flight.html The article says it's a 1-stop flight through Chicago. No nonstop unless it proves pop...
Jump to postOn a different note, I do wish that WN would buy a few 737MAX-10s. I'd put em at Love Field and reduce frequencies to places like DEN and MDW (2 10s would seat about what 3 700s would seat), and use the new found gate space to launch new service... but that's just me. I know you have logical intent...
Jump to postWhenever I look at the fare sales offered by WN, Boston has a long list of destinations and MHT is hardly ever on it. To me (right or wrong) that says BOS needs to entice passengers while MHT doesn't. I wish WN would do more east-west flying from MHT so wintertime connections to the west coast woul...
Jump to postThe weather the last couple of days demonstrates just how easily and extensively EWR gets derailed as a hub. Connections again sacrificed for high O&D flights. It will take days for flyers trying to make UA connections through EWR to get their plans reworked. That is true of any large hub anywh...
Jump to postAnyone have a feel for loads on international flights out of FLL? I still think they need more connecting feed to support all those flights. Maybe the timing is not right with this schedule release. I also think as WN restocks on airplanes and has more Max coming online, longer domestic flights migh...
Jump to postThe weather the last couple of days demonstrates just how easily and extensively EWR gets derailed as a hub. Connections again sacrificed for high O&D flights. It will take days for flyers trying to make UA connections through EWR to get their plans reworked.
Jump to postFor Southern New Englanders, the connection possibilities via EWR from PVD are awsome. The problem arises with a couple thunder claps or a few snowflakes in the air. These flights cancel a lot and if your vacation or business trip involves a long distance or less frequent destination, good luck. In...
Jump to postLet's not forget that Massport and JetBlue are joined at the hip. In other words, Southwest shouldn't expect any concessions from Massport or any favorable treatment at Logan. Lacking FIS is an obstacle, and the dilemma for MHT is to build or not to build? Have they missed the boat on international...
Jump to postEWR is a great hub and DL and AA would give their left arm/leg/whatever to trade their NYC operations for it. I agree that DL and AA would give their left arm for such a large operation in the NYC metro area, but I disagree that it's a great hub. But it is a seemingly profitable operation that serv...
Jump to postIs UA playing a winning hand or will they lag other carriers in east coast and international connections into the future? In terms of capacity (ASMs), EWR is the third largest hub in the country after ATL and DFW, and certainly the largest hub on the East Coast by a mile. Not sure what gives you th...
Jump to postIn an attempt to steer around having another EWR vs IAD thread, I'd like to have a discussion on the long term outlook for EWR being able to serve as UA's need for an east coast superhub. DL has a fortress superhub at ATL that nobody would argue with. US had PHL, but as AA it is finding that while P...
Jump to postClearly MHT is not interested in participating in anything; the management there shows no inclination to help their own cause with CBP. Sad, but true. Boarding numbers keep dropping and capacity keeps getting cut. I don't know which is the chicken and which is the egg, though. AA Eagle numbers drop...
Jump to postIt's hilarious how all you folks from New England, who do nothing but commute all over the place all the time and often are sitting in traffic, bitch and moan about how you would never fly out of an airport in the region because you have to sit in your car an extra 20 minutes. I would bitch and moa...
Jump to postIn 2019 WN will have the 737-700 2.0 MAX ETOPS. This plane will give it the ability to reach Western Europe especially from markets like MHT. MHT has 2 nice long Runways and low competition right now with everyone gunning for PVD as a alternative to BOS international. WN could easily take advantage...
Jump to postPVD was struggling for several years as Boston Logan set boarding record after record. Then Norwegian decided to establish a small focus city there for international flights. Then came Frontier and now Allegient. Suddenly, the gates are looking full and I fully expect to see boarding numbers surge w...
Jump to postWhat is their schedule @ MHT now vs June 2004? I think frequency is down only a little to BWI and MDW, but capacity may be comparable with the extra row of seats on the-700s plus a-800, or two. What's gone are the longer flights to places like LAS, PHX, BNA and DEN. It's not far off of schedule adj...
Jump to postHighly unlikely! MHT is a profitable station for WN with a healthy schedule. There is a lot of moaning and groaning about how much service the airport has lost and plenty of people voice a fear that the remaining golden goose will fly away. I would expect to see a stripped schedule long before WN le...
Jump to postGreat news for PVD! On one hand, I could see this quickly building critical mass and really working out (mini focus city), and on the other hand I can see it only succeeding if it stays cheap enough compared to Logan, which Logan will work on a fight back strategy. PVD has really been coming around ...
Jump to postGood for PVD in landing the MassPort castoff! PVD also picked the pocket of MHT, which has long been thought to have the lead on F9. Obviously, MHT failed to close the deal and PVD took advantage of opportunity. Looking forward, PVD was hoping to get WN to bring back DEN nonstops. I wonder if this w...
Jump to postI was a bit surprised when AA came out with two new hubs basically at the same time, and then again when they pulled the plug on both at about the same time. Why did they need to depend on each other for existence? Assuming they went with the plan of opening both, but instead of closing both, why no...
Jump to postI wonder if redeyes out of LAS would change the math for bringing back some of the long-hauls that have been cut? (PHL, RDU, DTW, BDL, PVD, MHT, ORF, ALB all come to mind) If they can increase aircraft utilization, it just might be enough.
Jump to postEven though seasonal, WN is slowly trimming long-hauls from LAS to less than hub cities (BDL, RDU, PHL, DTW). Seasonal cuts of this nature have in the past turned into seasonal Saturday only and then into gone. Cutting back on these must increase connecting demand and thus yield on BWI-LAS and MDW-L...
Jump to postSince this is for the end of the year holiday period, I would be very surprised if they opened any new markets with this schedule. I also think, there will be some traditional non-peak schedule trimming. Dots to sunny location could get connected, and I'm still thinking FLL needs better connectivity...
Jump to postI wonder if MHT could be in the mix. It would finish the Boston/New England blanket of coverage for B6 and it's been speculated for a long time. MSP and STL are obvious holes int he network. MSP would certainly draw a response from DL and STL would be a direct strike at WN from BOS which could be in...
Jump to postAt some point, WN needs to improve connectivity to their international markets to support growth in those new markets. FLL is building a nice bank of flights but a lot of the WN system still doesn't have direct links to FLL to connect to those flights. HOU is somewhat better for linkages, but there ...
Jump to postHit me with a feather.... Is there really that much of a local market? I thought the high speed ferry had the market well covered. Twice a week on a 70-seater is a very interesting choice. Maybe there is some cargo deal in the decision.
Jump to postBack in the 70s and 80s, airlines seemed less concerned about packing-in the paying customers and offered variations in seating options such as lounge seating where a row of seats would be installed facing backwards towards a row facing forward. They would have a small table between them allowing in...
Jump to postI agree that PVD is more likely than MHT, but MHT could certainly work. That said, I think frontier would rather have BOS over either choice just because it is Boston. PVD and MHT are often considered bookends to Boston, but they have been headed in different directions. PVD has momentum with new WN...
Jump to postLeaving DL aside for a moment... I remember that back in the 90s SK was flying the MD-80 all the way from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv...that must have been a very long flight for those poor passengers sitting at the back! The-80 is ok if you're ahead of the wing, but anything behind it is too noisy to e...
Jump to postI don't understand why AAL doesn't just fold Piedmont into Envoy. They'll end up with two wholly-owned carriers Envoy being all Embraer and PSA being all Bombardier. Because then we will have to train all of Piedmont to work on the E175, which is already taking a big leap forward with the E145. The...
Jump to postHow many more do they have in service now and how long will they be around?
Jump to postIf this has been posted already and I missed it, then I'm sorry for asking. Are the WN MAX8's coming ETOPS certified/ready? I know a bunch of the -800's are (and most are not), but I hadn't heard about the WN Max's.
Jump to postLooks like the MAX8 will also make it to BOS (BWI-BOS-DEN). I also spotted it doing a run on BWI-MCO. Well Done WN! People looked for large cuts and they didn't happen. If anything, it looks like maybe a year over year seat count growth with some MAX8s replacing -300's. Probably won't know for sure ...
Jump to postI think these weekly threads are great information and discussion fodder. Considering the huge amount of information that needs to be processed to make it understandable, I don't take the effort for granted. I think most readers understand it may have quirks and errors, but isn't the interpretation ...
Jump to postI'm not sure there is going to be much beyond the seasonal adjustment we saw last year. What I think is more interesting is speculating where the new Max-8's are going to be placed. I don't know how many will come online before and during this update period or how they are likely to use them in the ...
Jump to postUA ORD-MHT JUN 3>1.2 UA ORD-PVD JUN 2.0>1.2 Odd, in last week's OAG thread, UA expanded ORD service including going 1.9 to 3 on ORD-MHT in Jun. This week, UA takes that away and actually reduces Jun service down to 1.2 (down from the original 1.9). July is still at 3. A low priority Jun add? Lackin...
Jump to postAirlines didn't just throw frequency at Cuba, they also threw higher capacity jets at it. We have recently seen some downsizing. Seems like more is needed. Didn't WN start with several 800's instead of 700's?
Jump to postSome airlines have not committed the funds required to certify as cat ii or iii capable, and some don't have the equipment to fly cat ii or iii. All of Jetblue's aircraft are fully cat iii certified and capable, all the pilots are trained for 600/600/600 landings and 500/500/500 takeoffs. Now, ther...
Jump to postAccording to the Telegram http://www.telegram.com/news/20170228/game-changer-flights-from-worcester-to-nyc-planned), the flight will leave around 6am and return around 11pm, and will start once the Cat. III landing is in place. So, realistically that probably means early next year. Can't say I am a...
Jump to postThis may be a dumb question, but how much will a Cat III ILS help B6 at ORH? Don't airlines still have minimums and I thought it was FedEx and UPS that really benefited from a full Cat III. I would guess that B6 would benefit a fair bit, but do they really need a Cat III over say a Cat II? I don't ...
Jump to postThis may be a dumb question, but how much will a Cat III ILS help B6 at ORH? Don't airlines still have minimums and I thought it was FedEx and UPS that really benefited from a full Cat III. I would guess that B6 would benefit a fair bit, but do they really need a Cat III over say a Cat II?
Jump to postI've got to think there is something more going on here than meets the eye. Loads on current flights appear to be "OK" but not great enough to demand a larger plane. Fares appear to be competitive, but not suggestive of being high yielding. Adding flights to JFK may give good connections, ...
Jump to postI'm betting on some 1-off spring break flights although it's sort of short notice. Worcester has a lot of colleges and if deals are hard to find at Logan, why not add a couple of Saturday only flights.
Jump to postAnother thing to consider is crew. Cutting all these planes means a lot of crew sitting around. They were probably reluctant to inflict that on CASM any earlier than possible. I agree they will probably find some maintenance planes to help, but I'm not sure they have as much flexibility there as yo...
Jump to postAnother thing to consider is crew. Cutting all these planes means a lot of crew sitting around. They were probably reluctant to inflict that on CASM any earlier than possible. I agree they will probably find some maintenance planes to help, but I'm not sure they have as much flexibility there as yo...
Jump to postROC drops from a peak of 7 departures to 4 departures for this schedule, but that's been the case for every SEP schedule that's been released since they came here in 2013. Difference is all flights have been upgauged during this time to the 738 (3X BWI, 1X MCO.) I talk to the WN station on a regula...
Jump to postMHT is a profitable city it's not going anywhere. Flyguy It's a head scratching strategy where WN thins out service at MIT, adds more at BOS then has to drop the fares there because the competition is hammering them. Some BOS destinations are perpetually on "Click n' Save" page. Same thin...
Jump to postI flew on the AL BAC111s several times and it was always 2-3 seating, just like the DC9s, although a little more cramped. But boy, those things took off like fighter jets. If AL ever flew them as 4-5-4-5... after inheriting them from Mohawk, then it was before my experiences.
Jump to postThe majority came with the Mohawk merger but there were also some others picked up from BN and HA. The last 111 flight I had was in summer of 84 but they were around for awhile after that. At least one HA bird was flying around the AL system in full HA colors with an Allegheny sticker under the win...
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