Big schedule change coming up on the 27th. I thought the PW 777’s would start coming back online. I don’t see any in the schedule. My business colleague's DEN-ORD flight in early May was switched the other day from a 767-300 to a PW 777. Ironically I was switched from a PW 777 to a 737-900 May 16th...
Jump to postBig schedule change coming up on the 27th. I thought the PW 777’s would start coming back online. I don’t see any in the schedule. I wonder if the schedule change already occurred? I was booked on a PW 777 DEN-ORD May 16th, Monday. I got notified today that my aircraft switched from a 777 to a 737-...
Jump to postThere is still a decent amount of OO EAS routes flown under DL out of SLC, MSP, DTW that wasn't covered under this one that is surely going to come to head in the next 12-18 months. Yet, SkyWest continued to bid under Delta for Hibbing, Montana. DOT-OST-2003-15796-0089 So I wonder if this is more o...
Jump to postThere is still a decent amount of OO EAS routes flown under DL out of SLC, MSP, DTW that wasn't covered under this one that is surely going to come to head in the next 12-18 months. Yet, SkyWest continued to bid under Delta for Hibbing, Montana. DOT-OST-2003-15796-0089 So I wonder if this is more o...
Jump to postTo those saying United should step in to help SkyWest... They can't. SkyWest Airlines bid the EAS Contract, not United (In the case of COD and PQI). Plus why should UA help SkyWest out financially, when it's these EAS Routes that's causing SkyWest to be affected with their CPA's with United? (Pilot ...
Jump to postMy issue with EAS is they put them on flights TO Airports that CAN be driven under 2 hours... Use Southern Illinois.. I do not support MWA/CGI/PAH-STL/BNA, they can all be driven under 2 hours. I do support CGI-DFW/ORD/ATL or MWA-ORD/ATL/DFW or PAH-ORD/ATL/DFW (I am just naming Airline Hubs). If yo...
Jump to postMy issue with EAS is they put them on flights TO Airports that CAN be driven under 2 hours... Use Southern Illinois.. I do not support MWA/CGI/PAH-STL/BNA, they can all be driven under 2 hours. I do support CGI-DFW/ORD/ATL or MWA-ORD/ATL/DFW or PAH-ORD/ATL/DFW (I am just naming Airline Hubs). If you...
Jump to postWow that’s too bad. PAH was even building a new terminal too I thought? Or renovating the current one. I’ve always thought Maybe they’d be better off to CLT or DFW on AAeagle Building a new Terminal. Still going on! I started my airline career 10 year ago in Paducah with SkyWest. I have since moved...
Jump to posthttps://thepointsguy.com/news/skywest-eas-consolidation/ I suppose this is the answer to SkyWest's response to DOT saying they must sustain 12 weekly flights. Cut the non stops, and turn them into Triangle or Tag Flights. It's a bummer but if this is what it takes to hold the 12 flights weekly, ther...
Jump to postHYS Airport in Hays, Kansas has filed with DOT to SUPPORT SkyWest in reducing the frequencies down to 10 Weekly. I believe this is the first airport to file in support? Will others follow? Docket: DOT-OST-1998-3497-0106 "Hays Regional Airport is requesting that our EAS carrier, SkyWest Airlines...
Jump to postNah, fine them, per flight not operated. Running out of cash will very quickly focus their attention. Aren't they punished already? They only get paid for flights they actually operate so anything that doesn't fly gets deducted from the subsidy total. 2 flights out of 12 means a 17% hit every day. ...
Jump to postPlattsburgh EAS Update:
Plattsburgh has rejected the Cape Air Bid, claiming Cape Air will not provide sufficient seats to meet the demand.
Has now rejected EAS and will be filing for AEAS with Contour.
12 Weekly on the E135.
Docket: DOT-OST-2003-14783-0269
Alex
United Airlines was awarded the EAS Bid at Cody, Wyoming (COD) Docket: DOT-OST-2011-0121-0087 By this Order, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department) selects United Airlines, Inc., branded as United Express (United), to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cody, Wyoming, for a two-ye...
Jump to postDOT has ruled that SkyWest cannot reduce the service to 10 Weekly to the Selected Communities. In order to reduce it, the community themselves must request the reduction in service. Only then, will DOT allow it, community by community. Docket: DOT-OST-1999-6589-0145 While we appreciate very much th...
Jump to postDOT has ruled that SkyWest cannot reduce the service to 10 Weekly to the Selected Communities. In order to reduce it, the community themselves must request the reduction in service. Only then, will DOT allow it, community by community. Docket: DOT-OST-1999-6589-0145 While we appreciate very much th...
Jump to postUnited's Schedule for June I agree on the argument that STL will not be used to connect to LH's STL-FRA. United will not do that...however I don't think that was Jshank's intention. It is frustrating to see SFO be pushed back over and over again. Especially seeing other mid or same size cities gett...
Jump to postDOT has ruled that SkyWest cannot reduce the service to 10 Weekly to the Selected Communities. In order to reduce it, the community themselves must request the reduction in service. Only then, will DOT allow it, community by community. Docket: DOT-OST-1999-6589-0145 While we appreciate very much the...
Jump to posthttps://ruralradio.com/kneb-am/news/slight-schedule-change-coming-for-united-skywest-flights-in-march/ Article mentioning the reduction from 12 to 10 Weekly for Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Something of interest from the article... Aguallo says we are still their fastest growing market in the EAS program ...
Jump to postThese towns would be so dumb to get caught up over frequency and not keeping a 1X jet with a Major airline code This is exactly why MWA-Marion, Illinois voted Cape Air in 2019 over SkyWest. They agreed that SkyWest and being able to bring United Airlines to Marion would be great, and jet service. H...
Jump to postSkywest submitted a bid for HIbbing on 2/17/2022, suggesting they are not planning a wholesale drawdown of their EAS flying. https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-2003-15796-0088 Something which initially raised an eyebrow was this statement: All flights are subject to gate availability and ...
Jump to postA little tidbit for MWA-Marion, Illinois. Cape Air has expanded the Sunday Flights to operate 2 Flights to STL and 4 Flights to Nashville. (Used to be 2 to STL and 1 to BNA) This began Sunday, February 6th. In order to accommodate the flight schedule, some days of the week will see 5 flights to STL...
Jump to postA little tidbit for MWA-Marion, Illinois. Cape Air has expanded the Sunday Flights to operate 2 Flights to STL and 4 Flights to Nashville. (Used to be 2 to STL and 1 to BNA) This began Sunday, February 6th. In order to accommodate the flight schedule, some days of the week will see 5 flights to STL ...
Jump to postBeginning Mar 4 OO will go back to a single ORD-LWB-SHD-IAD round-trip routing. Apr 1 both LWB and SHD are each scheduled to have one nonstop to both ORD and IAD but we'll see if that changes. I’m not very surprised about this. Did you see this anywhere online or did you just look up flights and fi...
Jump to postNone of the regionals have extra pilots. For UA to take the EAS and send it back to a regional, they will have to pull some other regional flying that is almost certainly more profitable. I think all eyes will be on PQI then to see what happens going forward. That's the only station where UA did th...
Jump to postTo All discussing the "tow and turn" in STL.
Wouldn't the plane have to be towed away anyway to allow other airlines to use CBP and the Gate while LH is prepping for departure?
Unless of course there IS no scheduled arrival in that two hour time in STL.
Alex
I heard a rumor OO will be bringing back the PAH - CGI routing in the next few months to help offset the pilot shortage I would not be surprised...but does this mean CGI loses the non stop to Chicago? If so...for the love of god make it so we can non rev on the through flight!!! Alex Yes and no. I ...
Jump to postCape Air flyer from MWA, Marion, Illinois. Agree with the others, GREAT Airline, great service. You can book BRL-ORD/STL-XXX on AA.com Website and get AA Miles for the Cape Air flight (must be booked on American). If you can get the Tecnam, SUPERB Plane, comfortable, leather seats, USB and Reading L...
Jump to postPinto wrote:I heard a rumor OO will be bringing back the PAH - CGI routing in the next few months to help offset the pilot shortage
If’s gonna be rough. United might cherry pick some of the better ones and may even contract them back to SkyWest (LOL). DAC can probably grow a little, but I don’t see how they are going to avoid the same fate as every other EAS 121 that has failed before them if they expand too much IF there is a ...
Jump to postI'm a bit surprised about TBN. I thought it would be a real winner for UA. The Fort Leonard Wood base is enormous and there's a lot of military personnel going in and out of there all the time. It seems that most of the Missouri commercial aviation traffic continues to revolve around MCI, STL and S...
Jump to postIn the spirit of the threads of flying the most airlines on a particular route or most aircraft types with a particular airline, etc. etc.....which airport have you flown into the most, but you've only flown the same airline? For me, it's LAX. I've been in and out of there 21 times. Always American...
Jump to postNot a rumor. Skywest had their earnings call on Thursday. They are cutting 10-15% of flights in 2022 specifically due to the majors hiring so many of their Captains. They have no problem filling new hire classes currently, but when a Captain leaves it creates two training occurrences. They talk in ...
Jump to postOf course, they are only cutting 2 flts/week. Now they will have something like 2x MoWedThuFri, 0 Sat , 1 Sun, 1 tues or something like that. Still adequate it would seem. Maybe route flights like Frontier in early 80s when they had 737s doing OMA LNK GRI LBF BFF DEN. Guess they got 19-20 pax avg p...
Jump to postI used to fly out of Paduxah and for a while it was part of a triangle route. The morning flight went CGI - PAH - ORD The midday flight went ORD - PAH - CGI - ORD The night flight went ORD - PAH - CGI. The midday flight was my most frequest and was problematic. The CGI stop was always an issue beca...
Jump to postCGI-PAH is bus territory at 44 miles. UA runs several buses between Ft. Collins and DEN and that's 45 miles with traffic. There are a lot of very small cities that would be better served with a quick bus ride to a nearby "not quite as small" city instead of wasting the resources of a flig...
Jump to postCould they not run some as tag flights and save the extra plane and crew? There is probably more to this story. I used to fly out of Paduxah and for a while it was part of a triangle route. The morning flight went CGI - PAH - ORD The midday flight went ORD - PAH - CGI - ORD The night flight went OR...
Jump to postConcerning Cape Air's service in Nashville...
I noticed that BNA-MWA on Sundays have expanded to 4 Daily Flights now, it used to be 1 Daily.
Any ideas, and when did this start?!
Alex
Chicago and Atlanta was the choice. Most expensive one. We will see if it goes thru https://wnws.com/mckellar-sipes-regional-airport-recommends-southern-airways-express/ ORD-MKL?! 450 miles is a long time on a C208. Assuming it’s actually ORD. Could be MDW. You’ll see in Southern’s proposal Chicago...
Jump to postWe keep preaching Interline, and Cape Air offers it as does Southern. However look at MWA, Cape Air flies 6 flights. 4 to STL and 2 to BNA. Guess whose their most common passenger? Southwest. Interline doesn't mean anything to them. They still have to book it separately and re check their bags. My ...
Jump to postWe keep preaching Interline, and Cape Air offers it as does Southern. However look at MWA, Cape Air flies 6 flights. 4 to STL and 2 to BNA. Guess whose their most common passenger? Southwest. Interline doesn't mean anything to them. They still have to book it separately and re check their bags. My d...
Jump to postLike many on here, I am hoping we will hear when United will start retro fitting the current planes in service with the new Seatbacks and TV's and Overhead Bins. They are thankfully coming at a fast pace with our new 737 Max 8 deliveries. Also when will the E145's start seeing the new interior too? ...
Jump to postI think PAH has the best chance of getting Allegiant or Breeze in. PAH, like CGI and MWA have to be very careful about adding another airline in, without affecting their EAS Agreement. Alex PAH's longest runway is 6500', so it might not be realistic to hope for any service beyond regional jets. Has...
Jump to postI hope PAH applies to get another destination besides ORD. ATL, DFW, DEN or IAH would all be easily in range of regional jets. If not this year, then in the future to coincide with the new terminal they are building. PAH I know has been trying to talk to SkyWest in trying to add a new destination o...
Jump to postAt some point this decade I am guessing there will be a revamp of the EAS system, which will help some of the smaller markets survive, even if it’s thru a carrier like Denver Air Connection or Cape Air. It will also probably bring back markets that are extremely isolated but non-EAS back into the f...
Jump to postPaducah, Kentucky's (PAH) Bid is up for Summer 2022, so we will see if SkyWest chooses to rebid, they've been there for over 10 years! Alex I dont know this for certain, but I would think ORD-PAH would be a good route for Chicago travelers looking to get to destinations in Southern Illinois. I woul...
Jump to postAt some point this decade I am guessing there will be a revamp of the EAS system, which will help some of the smaller markets survive, even if it’s thru a carrier like Denver Air Connection or Cape Air. It will also probably bring back markets that are extremely isolated but non-EAS back into the f...
Jump to postI was looking at the list of terminated regional routes and I had some thoughts and where this may put future connectivity. 1) Small airports within 100 miles of larger airports are up for termination - GRK, CLL, LAN, AZO, CWA, EVV, and RST. 2) Communities that produce very small levels of O&D:...
Jump to postSo let me get this straight, UA /OO bid on a bunch of EAS flights and caused well run airlines like Cape and air choice one to loose out on all their cities they had served for years, and now UA/OO can't fly them. Already we saw UIN transition back to turboprops on Cape Air from UA/OO after communi...
Jump to postBack in 2007, I started my airline career with Southwest Airlines in STL. I am from Carbondale, 2 hours Southeast of STL, and ever since AA dropped Londont..I always hoped to see another International Overseas Flight return! I am now in Chicago but still root for STL! I am so shocked, but absolutely...
Jump to postProgress also being made in the pedestrian tunnels. Looks like the first of the renovated tunnels is finally open: https://twitter.com/atrude777/status/1465347350562496521?s=21 Is this between the CTA station and T1, T2 & T3? This Hallway is leaving Terminal 1 from the Baggage Claim Area, on th...
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