The thought of allowing any single airline to effectively control every gate at an airport should make everyone shudder. It's already too concentrated. WN would be arguing the opposite if we were talking about LGA or DCA. And then there's Porter who absolutely dominate CYTZ, the downtown airport in...
Jump to posthttp://www.southwest.com/careers
Go apply for a job and then you can be in the know.
Honestly now that there's a Starbucks available in A, KCI is great to fly into. It's 20 yards to the door from the plane on some gates, security is almost never bad, and the entire concept is very O/D friendly. No growth though, I guess, unless A is reopened What? MCI is easily one of the worst air...
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DAB/MCO/JAX-JFK sold out already. MCO-LGA did as well as did MCO-EWR/HPN. MCO-BOS still had one flight on Sat open.
Jump to postProbably. DL just updated it's travel advisory for Hurricane Irma to include South Florida and the Keys today.
Jump to postSo Hearing this morning GK pushed a major WN Announcement that was scheduled for yesterday because of the on going Events in HOU,HRL and CRP. More schedule releases and announcements to come sometime in the next 2 weeks pending the aftermath of Harvey! Good on GK and WN for pushing what ever it is ...
Jump to postPer EYW's website (http://www.eyw.com) the airport will shut down to commercial flights at the end of the day today. I believe the last flight to depart will be DL567 to ATL at 5:50 PM. Better safe than sorry despite the change in the projected path of the storm. EYW is susceptible to flooding due t...
Jump to postI can't possibly see this working out. AA couldn't even hold down HPN-MIA. That's because AA is cowardly. However you are correct, unless Elite gets the PR out that this is a route and prices are decent we will have to see how it goes. Yes, but they also have B6 flying HPN-TPA/RSW which technically...
Jump to postAnother thing to point out is that these are all short haul flights, and I'm willing to bet that if these flights stand they are going to RON in an outstation. This way they get to add on another small leg for the plane to make some money and they can overnight at an airport that is cheaper to do so...
Jump to postKey West. Not only for the runway, but for lack of jetways to really give you that tropical vibe, and it is also the only airport I've ever flown to where you enter the terminal outside of the sterile area upon arrival. You walk right into the baggage claim area as soon as you enter the building. If...
Jump to postI can't possibly see this working out. AA couldn't even hold down HPN-MIA.
Jump to postSouthwest does have opportunities to further expand domestically out of OAK since Southwest could possibly also add nonstop service from OAK to at least MSP, IND, CLE, SAT, TPA, MCO, and FLL. Southwest will also have room to add additional domestic flights out of LAX after Terminal 1 renovations ar...
Jump to postIt seems pretty clear WN is going to only expand internationally and to/from CA. At least those markets seem to be the current growth strategy. Everything else is either seasonal or seeing cuts where it just isn't working. So, if we are to speculate, the points made in this discussion around CA and...
Jump to postKISM (Kissimmee Airport) is only 8 miles from Disney. It is the closest to the attractions, but no service. MCO is best, it take only 15-20 minutes bus transfer via the Magical Express to Disney. If you are staying on Disney property I think it is even included and you don't have to mess with your ...
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Jump to postI dont get how LAL cannot attract all those European charters VS SFB... it is way closer to Disney, closer to the resorts in the Davenport/Celebration area and also closer to TPA and Busch Gardens?? Someone in the airports PR is not doing their job... I did google maps to Magic Kingdom.. LAL is 45....
Jump to postI dont get how LAL cannot attract all those European charters VS SFB... it is way closer to Disney, closer to the resorts in the Davenport/Celebration area and also closer to TPA and Busch Gardens?? Someone in the airports PR is not doing their job... SFB is designed with the charter market in mind...
Jump to postI just read the article. The one thing I can completely guarantee is that you will NOT see B6 there. Not going to happen. Not no way, not no how. They already serve Central Florida at three different airports (TPA, MCO, and DAB) and then even SRQ to the south of TPA. They've got each separate zone o...
Jump to postLast month I got from The terminal at TPA to Lakeland in just under an hour. It was midday and the traffic didn't slow except at the infamous I-275/1-4 interchange. Still I wonder if DL Connection or American Eagle would ever be interested. Beyond that I don't see it. I recall when DL Connection pr...
Jump to postLAL is along the busy I-4 Corridor. From west to east you have 5 airports that have commercial service already in place: PIE, TPA, MCO, SFB, and DAB. Let's also not forget that LAL has Sun n Fun Annually which could hamper operations from taking place during that event. They have more than one runwa...
Jump to postB6 will do fine to JFK. 7-8 flights on 2 different airlines is fine. BOS, there is a lot more competition. They need a more agressive schedule and BOS business people. MCO and FLL are for feed. Nothing more. They can get you from ATL to SJU etc now Who is going to want to fly ATL-FLL-SJU on B6 when...
Jump to postNo, they couldn't. The Wright Compromise prohibits WN from serving DFW if they're serving DAL. The wright compromise (thru 2024 ONLY) requires WN to give up a DAL gate for every DFW gate it picks up. WN isn't prohibited from flying out of DFW. WN can do anything it wants starting in 2025. But as ot...
Jump to postI think we've covered all of the majors in terms of "scandals" for 2017 now. UA had a big one, AA had one, DL I think even had one, B6 with the birthday cake, and now WN. Looks like we're covered. Oh wait, we still have to wait for AS/VX to go this year.
Jump to postTo add, it looks like AA is bringing the ER4 into ISP for their PHL flights.
Jump to postCould Southwest Airlines lease gates in the DFW Terminal E Satellite Terminal in 2025 when it can start service out of DFW without having to give up gates at Dallas Love Field? They could... but they won't. I daresay we'd likely see scheduled WN flights at LHR before we'd see scheduled WN flights (...
Jump to postI've been waiting for this to happen. Assumed someone would take the chance as MCO is south of town and Seminole County as well as SW Volusia has grown enormously in the last 15 years. SFB with one full service or traditional LCC (not Allegiant!) could really make a dent there IMO. I expected this ...
Jump to postIt would have been interesting to see a larger carrier (DL, AA, UA, WN, B6, etc) enter SFB in some way, shape or form. It's about half an hour away from MCO (via 417 and 528). If you were going to capture this "Northern Orlando" region, your options would either have been DAB or SFB. With...
Jump to postIf ATL-MCO on F9 and NK does well with VFR, it be interesting niche if B6 tried ATL-SFB. The northern part of the Orlando region is growing and towns like Lake Mary have corporate business and this area is much closer to SFB, and SFB is easier to get in through gate than MCO, but B6 instead went fo...
Jump to postELP and DTW come to mind. Also HUL (Houlton, ME) which is a GA airport, but it is right against the US/Canada Border.
Also Sault Ste Marie and Abbotsford.
Press Release from jetBlue:
http://otp.investis.com/clients/us/jetb ... wsid=47472
Not that ATL is often a final destination airport of mine (one time), but glad to know I have another option out of JFK now.
b777900 wrote:I thought DCA can not handle the 737-900 ER how did that change>? I know DL has made lots of route aircraft adjustments with new aircraft coming but DL will use the 737-900 ER to ATL..
Simply more flights? Maybe a little focus like DL does in RDU? (Which is why I mentioned it in the first place) Also, besides the point. If it takes so many years to build a new terminal then we don't know what WN's operational structure will be like. They may downsize one market. I'm just not convi...
Jump to postEvery time one of these schedule extensions comes out I worry about what's going to happen to us out here in Amarillo. We're down so much from when I moved out here in 2008. We're down to only four flights a day to Love Field and one to Las Vegas. It seems to me that if they cut any more they'll lo...
Jump to postIf this happened earlier it would have been MCI instead of STL for the hub. WN implied this many times, but KC was too slow to act It has been mentioned many times that WN is interested in expanding at MCI pending a new terminal. I still think we'd see an increase in flights should KCMO come to the...
Jump to postI am a little surprised at MCI's lack of flights to NYC. No AA, just one WN, 3 UA (RJS) and 4 or 5 DL (RJS). Is there just not that much traffic on that route or are they making a lot of people connect? I am sure there are PDEW numbers somewhere but I am too lazy to look them up. I would guess UA m...
Jump to postPretty sure WN would be all over MCI if this happened. Even more than they already are. Why would WN want another hub at MCI? STL, MDW, and even DEN are too close, plus WN already has a insane amount of "focus cities" LAX/OAK/DEN/PHX/HOU/DAL/STL/MDW/BNA/FLL/BWI/MCO/ATL/LAS/AUS. Sure WN wa...
Jump to postNot that I expect it, but a second LGA-MCI flight might work if/when they acquire additional slots. Sure, they have the connections through MDW and STL, but their one daily flight is usually filled to the brinks and with AA leaving the market (again), we're down to 4 RJs and a 737 per day. I am a l...
Jump to postNot that I expect it, but a second LGA-MCI flight might work if/when they acquire additional slots. Sure, they have the connections through MDW and STL, but their one daily flight is usually filled to the brinks and with AA leaving the market (again), we're down to 4 RJs and a 737 per day.
Jump to postF27500 wrote:sw733 wrote:Please tell me which airlines are expanding and creating hubs in the US...
... Much less, in MCI ..
stlgph wrote:Southwest does not fly Newark or Laguardia from Baltimore.
Leave aside Dash-8 or CRJ-200, the bigger question is, why are you guys flying from PHL-HVN when you can take Amtrak Acela Express city center to city center in 3 hours? Even if the flight is 1hr, getting to airport, security, and getting to city from airport doesn't save much time over the train! ...
Jump to postUA is also planning 6 daily flights to be split between SFO and DEN.
Jump to postCLT, CVG, RDU
I once was picked up in ATL and drove to Murphy, NC so never actually visited the Atlanta area, but used the airport as a destination point once. RDU was back in the AA Hub days.
Home airport is JFK:
-Second daily flight to DAB (preferably a late night departure from JFK)
-MCI
In the Northeastern US I can think of some:
ISP, HVN, BGM, SWF, ORH, ITH (I think)
Also all EAS airports in the Continental US
737-700
EYW-ATL
Partly cloudy, light winds out of the ESE
4,801 foot runway
Pretty sure these are always full throttle take offs. Aren't most take offs from SNA full throttle too?
Now Flown:
8/11: B6 483 JFK-MCO
8/12: B6 284 MCO-JFK
Newly booked:
9/2: B6 393 JFK-DAB
9/4: B6 500 DAB-JFK
Favorite Looks: MD-80 Favorite Experience: Toss up between the MD-88 and 737-700 (DL). Love those JT8D sounds, but man that 737-700 gave me the best take off/landing experiences of my life in EYW. Least Favorite Looks: A380 (just too awkward looking to me) Least Favorite Experience: CRJ-200. You bre...
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