FAQ

WHAT IS THIS REPORT?
This compares departures for sale THIS WEEK for the stated period versus what was for sale LAST WEEK...It does NOT compare to last year or now (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED).

THE SCHEDULES SHOWN HERE CHANGE AFTER YOU POST???
-To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often---Winston Churchill. This is data the carriers filed at the point in time it was captured. It's changed since then. You are just going to have to live with it.

HOW DO I READ IT?
XXX-YYY DEC 4>5 JAN 4>5 ; means that the listed airline changed the frequency between the two airports to add from 4 to 5 roundtrips in December and January. No other months were changed. I only list one direction, although it is possible the listed change is only one way. It is too difficult to average the two directions. I assume the change is roundtrip and that is most often the case.

WHERE ARE SEATS SHOWN?
They aren't. This only shows departures.

HOW ARE THE DAILY DEPARTURES CALCULATED?
This report uses total operations for the month listed, divided over the days in the month.

WHAT ARE THE FRACTIONAL FLIGHTS?
Flights that do not operate every day of the month create fractional service. In most cases flights are rounded, but in the case of international service or markets with low frequency, fractions are shown. For example, if a flight operates 4 times in April it will show 4/30=0.133=0.1. Also , a flight that only operates once per week may vary between 0.1 and 0.2 because a weekday may repeat either 4 or 5 times depending on the month.

WHAT ABOUT CARRIERS THAT DON'T PUBLISH A SCHEDULE 9 MONTHS IN ADVANCE?
Most airlines publish schedules 11 months in advance. This report covers the next 9 months. That avoids seeing schedules as they are loaded. Several LCCs load their schedules less than 9 months into the future. I remove the schedule adds if I see them and show a year over year (YOY) comparison if I notice them.

THOSE FLIGHTS AREN'T DELTA, THEY ARE SKYWEST
This report only shows the marketing code. It is too complicated to show all the operators.

THE FREQUENCIES MAY HAVE CHANGED AS YOU SHOW, BUT THE SEATS DIDNT CHANGE BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT SWAPS
That is a natural weakness of a frequency based report, but it provides something to discuss below.

THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ERROR?
The carriers file the schedules. They do make mistakes. Most of the mistakes I have seen are either related to code shares not being marked as "duplicates" or carriers filing flights with invalid data such as equipment codes that are not standard. This causes flights to not appear.

CHARTERS?
Lately charters have been showing up in the database. I have no idea if that will continue.

I marked some of the ones I thought were interesting with an "*".

3M FLL-TPA SEP 4>3
3M MIA-BIM SEP 0.4>0.6

AA BOS-LGA NOV 12>11
AA CLT-BHM DEC 9>8
AA CLT-DTW DEC 9>8
*AA CLT-FPO DEC 0.1>0
AA CLT-GSO DEC 10>9
AA CLT-IND DEC 10>9
AA CLT-LGA NOV 12>11
AA CLT-MCI DEC 6>5
AA CLT-OAJ NOV 6>5 DEC 8>7
AA CLT-SAV DEC 10>9
AA DCA-BDL NOV 7>8 DEC 6>7
AA DFW-BOS NOV 7>6 DEC 8>7
AA DFW-GUA DEC 1.2>1.3
AA DFW-MBJ NOV 0.8>0.6
AA DFW-MTJ APR 0.1>1.1
AA DFW-SEA NOV 8>7 DEC 9>8
AA JFK-DFW NOV 1.4>1.0
AA LAX-IAD NOV 1.4>1.0
AA LAX-JFK NOV 13>12
AA LAX-STL NOV 3>1.5
AA ORD-FLL NOV 3>1.8
AA ORD-PBI NOV 1.6>1.0
*AA ORD-RNO NOV 0.5>0.1 DEC 1.0>0.5
AA ORD-RSW DEC 4>3
AA PHL-BDA DEC 0.8>1.0
Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!
*AA PHL-FPO MAR 0.2>0 APR 0.1>0
AA PHL-YUL NOV 5>4 DEC 6>5
AA PHL-YYZ NOV 6>5
AA PHX-BUR DEC 5>4
AA PHX-CUN DEC 1.6>1.5
AA PHX-DFW DEC 11>12
AA PHX-GDL DEC 1.0>0.9
AA PHX-LAX DEC 10>9
AA PHX-LGB NOV 3>4
AA PHX-MSP DEC 5>4

*AM SLC-GDL JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>1.0 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0

AS ANC-BRW MAR 0.6>0.4
AS ANC-FAI FEB 8>7
AS BWI-CUN FEB 0>0.1
AS ORD-PVR JAN 0>0.1 FEB 0>0.1
AS PDX-OMA JAN 1.0>0.6 FEB 1.0>0.6
AS SEA-LAS JAN 9>8 FEB 9>8
AS SEA-LAX FEB 13>11
AS SEA-PDX JAN 26>24 FEB 26>24 MAR 26>25
AS SEA-SAN JAN 7>8
AS SEA-SFO JAN 9>12 FEB 8>11
AS SEA-SMF FEB 6>5
AS SFO-PVR JAN 1.1>0.3 FEB 1.1>0.3 MAR 1.2>0.9

AT IAD-CMN NOV 1.0>0.6 DEC 1.0>0.6 JAN 1.0>0.6 FEB 1.0>0.6 MAR 0.9>0.6
AT JFK-CMN NOV 1.5>1.1 DEC 1.6>1.2 JAN 1.5>1.1 FEB 1.6>1.1 MAR 1.7>1.3

AV SFO-SAL JAN 1.4>1.5

B6 JFK-MBJ JAN 3>1.6 MAR 2>1.6
B6 JFK-STI JAN 5>6

BA EWR-ORY NOV 1.0>0.9 DEC 1.0>0.8
BA JFK-ORY NOV 1.0>0.8 DEC 1.0>0.8
BA PHL-LHR APR 1.0>1.3
BA PHX-LHR APR 1.0>1.3

BR SEA-TPE OCT 1.6>1.4 NOV 1.6>1.4

CA LAX-SZX DEC 0>0.4 JAN 0>0.4 FEB 0>0.4 MAR 0>0.4

CI JFK-TPE NOV 0.7>0.6 DEC 0.7>0.6 JAN 0.7>0.6 FEB 0.7>0.6

CX EWR-HKG FEB 1.0>0.9
CX SFO-HKG NOV 4>3

DE SEA-FRA APR 0.4>0.3

DL ATL-AGS APR 7>8
DL ATL-AVL MAR 6>7
DL ATL-BNA JAN 10>9 MAR 11>10
DL ATL-CLE MAR 7>8
DL ATL-DAB MAR 5>6
DL ATL-DFW FEB 11>12 MAR 11>12
DL ATL-ELH JAN 0.4>0.5 FEB 0.3>0.5 MAR 0.3>0.6
More FPO reductions
*DL ATL-FPO JAN 0.7>0.5 FEB 0.9>0.6 MAR 1.0>0.6
DL ATL-MCI MAR 8>9
DL ATL-MHH JAN 0.9>1.0 FEB 0.9>1.0 MAR 0.9>1.0
DL ATL-MLB JAN 4>5 FEB 4>5
DL ATL-MSY JAN 10>11
DL ATL-OAJ JAN 4>3 FEB 4>3
DL ATL-ORF JAN 7>8
DL ATL-PBI MAR 12>11
DL ATL-RDU JAN 11>12 FEB 12>13 MAR 12>13
DL ATL-SAV MAR 10>9
DL ATL-TLH MAR 6>7
DL ATL-YYZ JAN 7>6
DL AZO-MSP JAN 1.5>0.9 FEB 1.6>1.2
DL BDL-MSP MAR 4>3
DL BOS-RSW NOV 0.2>0.1 DEC 0.5>0.4
DL CLT-MSP JAN 3>4 FEB 3>4
DL CVG-IAH FEB 1.2>0.9 MAR 1.5>0.8
DL CVG-ORD MAR 5>4
DL DEN-MSP JAN 6>5 FEB 6>5
DL DFW-MSP JAN 6>5
DL DTW-ALB JAN 3>4 FEB 3>4
DL DTW-AZO JAN 4>5 FEB 4>5
DL DTW-BDL MAR 5>4
DL DTW-BUF JAN 4>5
DL DTW-CAK MAR 4>3
DL DTW-CLE JAN 5>4 FEB 5>4
DL DTW-CVG MAR 6>5
DL DTW-DCA FEB 7>6
DL DTW-DFW OCT 5>6
DL DTW-FWA MAR 4>3
DL DTW-GRR JAN 6>7 FEB 6>7 MAR 6>7
DL DTW-GSP JAN 3>4 FEB 3>4 MAR 3>4
DL DTW-MDT JAN 3>4
DL DTW-PHL JAN 5>6 FEB 5>6 MAR 5>6
DL DTW-RDU FEB 5>4 MAR 5>4
DL DTW-ROC JAN 3>4
DL DTW-SAT JAN 1.8>3 FEB 1.8>3
DL DTW-SRQ MAR 1.0>0.6
DL FAR-MSP JAN 7>8 FEB 7>8
DL FNT-MSP JAN 1.7>1.0
DL IAD-MSP JAN 1.9>3 FEB 1.8>3
DL JFK-ATL MAR 8>7
DL JFK-IAD MAR 3>4
DL JFK-MCO JAN 5>6 FEB 4>5
DL JFK-PIT FEB 4>3
Does not resume
*DL JFK-YQB NOV 0.8>0 DEC 1.0>0 JAN 1.0>0 FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 1.0>0
DL LAX-BOS JAN 3>1.5 FEB 3>1.6
DL LAX-SFO FEB 12>11 MAR 12>11
DL LAX-SJC FEB 8>7
DL LAX-SMF JAN 5>6 FEB 5>6 MAR 5>6
DL LAX-SUN JAN 0.4>0.1
DL LGA-CAE DEC 1.1>0.8
DL LGA-MCI JAN 4>5 FEB 4>5
DL LGA-PWM NOV 4>3
DL LGA-ROC JAN 5>4
DL LGA-YUL MAR 5>4
DL MIA-LGA JAN 6>5
DL MSP-PHX JAN 5>6
DL MSP-SAN JAN 3>4 FEB 3>4
DL MSP-SFO MAR 5>6
DL MSP-SJC MAR 1.8>0.8
Swap with AF
*DL ORD-CDG OCT 0.1>0 NOV 0.7>0 DEC 0.7>0 JAN 0.5>0 FEB 0.5>0 MAR 0.5>0
DL SEA-ANC APR 4>3
DL SEA-MSP MAR 6>7
DL SLC-DFW JAN 5>4 FEB 5>4
DL SLC-OAK JAN 4>3 FEB 4>3
DL SLC-OKC JAN 1.1>2 FEB 1.0>2
DL SLC-SUN FEB 3>2
DL SLC-TPA JAN 1.0>0.1 FEB 1.0>0.5
DL SLC-YYC MAR 1.0>2.0

*F9 AUS-IAD OCT 0.9>0.5 NOV 1.0>0.4 DEC 1.0>0.4 JAN 1.0>0.4 FEB 1.0>0.4 MAR 1.0>0.4 APR 0.2>0.1
F9 DEN-IND JAN 0.9>0.6 FEB 0.8>0.6
F9 DEN-PDX JAN 1.5>1.0
Low frequency!
*F9 DEN-SAN OCT 1.7>1.2 NOV 1.6>1.0 DEC 1.6>1.0 JAN 1.6>1.0 FEB 1.5>1.0 MAR 1.6>1.0 APR 0.4>0.2
F9 DEN-TPA NOV 1.5>1.1

*HU JFK-CTU NOV 0>0.3 DEC 0>0.3 JAN 0>0.3 FEB 0>0.3 MAR 0>0.2

K3 HYL-KTN SEP 0.8>0.2 OCT 0.8>0 NOV 0.8>0 DEC 0.8>0 JAN 0.8>0 FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.9>0 APR 0.8>0
K3 KLW-KTN OCT 0.8>1.6 NOV 0.8>1.6 DEC 0.8>1.6 JAN 0.8>1.7 FEB 0.9>1.7 MAR 0.9>1.7 APR 0.8>1.7

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

*KS ACV-PDX SEP 2>0 OCT 2>0 NOV 2.0>0 DEC 1.9>0 JAN 2.0>0 FEB 2>0 MAR 2>0 APR 2>0
*KS BFF-DEN FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0
*KS CEC-PDX FEB 2>0 MAR 2>0 APR 2>0
*KS DDC-DEN FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0
*KS DDC-LBL FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.9>0 APR 0.8>0
*KS DEN-EAR FEB 2>0 MAR 2>0 APR 2>0
*KS DEN-LBF FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0
*KS DEN-LBL FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0
*KS LMT-PDX SEP 1.8>0 OCT 1.9>0 NOV 1.8>0 DEC 1.8>0 JAN 1.8>0 FEB 1.9>0 MAR 1.8>0 APR 1.9>0
*KS OTH-PDX SEP 1.0>0 OCT 0.8>0 DEC 1.0>0 JAN 1.0>0 FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 0.7>0
*KS PDX-RDD SEP 1.0>0 OCT 1.0>0 NOV 1.0>0 DEC 1.0>0 JAN 1.0>0 FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 1.0>0

MT JFK-MAN NOV 0.4>0.7
MT MCO-MAN NOV 0.4>0.5

*P1 BKL-LUK NOV 0>1.3 DEC 0>1.0 JAN 0>1.4 FEB 0>1.4 MAR 0>1.4 APR 0>1.4

*Q7 FLL-MHH SEP 0.4>0 OCT 0.5>0 NOV 0.4>0 DEC 0.5>0 JAN 0.4>0 FEB 0.4>0 MAR 0.4>0 APR 0.5>0

SY DCA-MSP SEP 0.8>0.6

*TJ BOS-HPN SEP 0>1.2 OCT 0>1.4

TNR DLG-KEK SEP 1.4>0 OCT 1.4>0 NOV 1.5>0 DEC 1.4>0 JAN 1.5>0 FEB 1.4>0 MAR 1.4>0 APR 1.4>0
TNR DLG-KGK SEP 1.4>0 OCT 1.4>0 NOV 1.5>0 DEC 1.4>0 JAN 1.5>0 FEB 1.4>0 MAR 1.4>0 APR 1.4>0
TNR DLG-KMO SEP 0.7>0 OCT 0.7>0 NOV 0.7>0 DEC 0.7>0 JAN 0.7>0 FEB 0.7>0 MAR 0.7>0 APR 0.7>0
TNR DLG-KNW SEP 1.4>0 OCT 1.4>0 NOV 1.5>0 DEC 1.4>0 JAN 1.5>0 FEB 1.4>0 MAR 1.4>0 APR 1.4>0

UA EWR-GSO OCT 4>5
*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8
UA IAD-FCO MAR 0>0.3
MZT capacity comes from ACA
UA IAH-ACA DEC 0.5>0.3 JAN 1.0>0.6 FEB 1.1>0.6 MAR 1.2>0.7
*UA IAH-MZT DEC 0>0.2 JAN 0>0.5 FEB 0>0.6 MAR 0>0.6 APR 0>0.3
*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8
UA ORD-MZT JAN 0>0.1 FEB 0>0.1 MAR 0>0.2
UA ORD-SAV NOV 1.2>3

VVC MIA-MDE OCT 0.0>0.3 NOV 0>0.2

WN BWI-BOS OCT 10>9
WN BWI-MHT OCT 8>7
WN BWI-PVD OCT 9>8
WN DEN-SEA OCT 5>4
WN MCI-SAN OCT 1.0>1.7
WN SAN-SJC OCT 11>12
*WN SEA-SJC JAN 3>4 FEB 1.7>4

Z3 DLG-KEK SEP 0>1.4 OCT 0>1.4 NOV 0>1.5 DEC 0>1.4 JAN 0>1.5 FEB 0>1.4 MAR 0>1.4 APR 0>1.4
Z3 DLG-KGK SEP 0>1.4 OCT 0>1.4 NOV 0>1.5 DEC 0>1.4 JAN 0>1.5 FEB 0>1.4 MAR 0>1.4 APR 0>1.4
Z3 DLG-KMO SEP 0>0.7 OCT 0>0.7 NOV 0>0.7 DEC 0>0.7 JAN 0>0.7 FEB 0>0.7 MAR 0>0.7 APR 0>0.7
Z3 DLG-KNW SEP 0>1.4 OCT 0>1.4 NOV 0>1.5 DEC 0>1.4 JAN 0>1.5 FEB 0>1.4 MAR 0>1.4 APR 0>1.4

enilria wrote:

Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!

Must be something else with both AA & DL reductions. The Atlantis resort is in Nassau, not Freeport.

phatfarmlines wrote:

enilria wrote:

Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!

Must be something else with both AA & DL reductions. The Atlantis resort is in Nassau, not Freeport.

FPO has been on a downward spiral for ages. Its akin to "End of Ottoman Empire/"sick man of Europe" point right now.

They just cannot compete with PUJ, CUN and to a lesser extent AUA.

enilria wrote:

*KS BFF-DEN FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0
*KS DDC-DEN FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0
*KS DDC-LBL FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.9>0 APR 0.8>0
*KS DEN-EAR FEB 2>0 MAR 2>0 APR 2>0
*KS DEN-LBF FEB 1.7>0 MAR 1.7>0 APR 1.7>0
*KS DEN-LBL FEB 0.9>0 MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0

I'm extremely interested to see who steps into these EAS markets. I hope its not ZK. I could easily see SkyWest bidding on EAR much like they just plucked PUB from ZK. The others I see going to Boutique with a combination of PC-12 and Kingairs.

Thanks as always Enilria!

Peace

From http://www.hnair.com/adnews/internation ... rnd-r2-0-0 HU will use "B787-800"[sic.] to fly CTU-JFK-CTU.. 788 actually have enough rannge for this?

Looks like AAG has made some headway with (maybe even finalized) their early 2018 (Jan/Feb) skeds. Maybe they'll be ready to announce some of their anticipated/expected new routes/flights for early next year, in the next week or two...

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Didn't see this mentioned however there are changes for AA in December at ROC:

ROC-CLT goes from 3 daily to 4 daily. This results in the loss of mainline however going from 2 A319 and 1 CR9 to 4 CR9.

ROC-PHL gets 2 two class jets for the first time in a while with 2 175.

While the loss of mainline isn't good this change means more first class seats with CR9 and 175s having 12 seats versus 8 in a A319. There is also more frequency to CLT.

phatfarmlines wrote:

enilria wrote:

Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!

Must be something else with both AA & DL reductions. The Atlantis resort is in Nassau, not Freeport.

Well then whoever is subsidizing the FPO flights that come and go. I know for a fact there is a subsidy program for FPO.

Crazy that DL is cutting YQB, a route that has such obscenely high fares on 1-2 hour flights to the US. Why have US carriers been cutting secondary Canadian cities so much?

DolphinAir747 wrote:

Crazy that DL is cutting YQB, a route that has such obscenely high fares on 1-2 hour flights to the US. Why have US carriers been cutting secondary Canadian cities so much?

Is there really that much traffic from the U.S. to Quebec? It's a beautiful city. Probably the most "European" city in North America, but it doesn't seem like it would be a profitable destination.

So DL will be completely out of YQB. Interesting. I wonder if WS will pick up this route, at least seasonally.

enilria wrote:

*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Was YQB served by CR2 mostly? I've been into there in the 9 a handful of times but I wonder if it's a casualty of the NYC upgauge.

AAvgeek744 wrote:

Is there really that much traffic from the U.S. to Quebec? It's a beautiful city. Probably the most "European" city in North America, but it doesn't seem like it would be a profitable destination.

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

enilria wrote:

*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

24Whiskey wrote:

Was YQB served by CR2 mostly? I've been into there in the 9 a handful of times but I wonder if it's a casualty of the NYC upgauge.

Probably not as much a product of the NYC up-gauge, as much as the loss of CR2 flying in ATL by the L-ASA cuts, needing movement of the 9E 200's to ATL

CapitalAvGeek wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

enilria wrote:

*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

I still find it interesting that CKB and MGW are EAS markets. They are both such an easy drive to PIT. However, it is nice to see them both keep service as they are both very quaint little airports. Are there any other EAS markets in the east served by jets?

rocANDtpa wrote:

Didn't see this mentioned however there are changes for AA in December at ROC:

ROC-CLT goes from 3 daily to 4 daily. This results in the loss of mainline however going from 2 A319 and 1 CR9 to 4 CR9.

ROC-PHL gets 2 two class jets for the first time in a while with 2 175.

While the loss of mainline isn't good this change means more first class seats with CR9 and 175s having 12 seats versus 8 in a A319. There is also more frequency to CLT.

Don't count on the loss of mainline being long term, simply seasonal adjustments. Similar to what UA does in ROC around then. PHL has been planned for a while as far as introducing 2 class.

Enilria wrote:

DL LAX-BOS JAN 3>1.5 FEB 3>1.6

First time DL has run more than 1x daily between BOS and LAX in the winter.

CapitalAvGeek wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

enilria wrote:

*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

I'd have to agree the earlier post...it bid the route so that it could sequence airplanes through Bombardier Aircraft Services.

TYSflyer wrote:

CapitalAvGeek wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

I still find it interesting that CKB and MGW are EAS markets. They are both such an easy drive to PIT. However, it is nice to see them both keep service as they are both very quaint little airports. Are there any other EAS markets in the east served by jets?

Morgantown settled for Cessna 208s. Clarksburg did not, and ended up with Via Air Brasilias (under AEAS). That was a disaster, so Clarksburg petitioned to exit AEAS and reenter EAS, hence they get Skywest.

Lewisburg (WV) and Shenandoah (VA) are EAS cities which are served with Via Air EMB-145s. Watertown (NY) is served by AA* CRJs.

24Whiskey wrote:

Was YQB served by CR2 mostly? I've been into there in the 9 a handful of times but I wonder if it's a casualty of the NYC upgauge.

Currently it's a CRJ2. The route started back in 2013 with 2x daily service on 50 seater as well. The odd upgauge was more than likely, but nothing permanent I think.

MIflyer12 wrote:

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

Back in summer of 2013, YQB had 4 daily UA flights to EWR, and 2x daily to JFK. This summer, it was down to just 2x daily EWR service and 1x daily JFK, as you said. Next summer, only 2x daily EWR will be left. Quite the dowgauge on YQB-NYC. Here's hoping UA picks up the slack and returns to 3 or 4x daily on the route.

tlecam wrote:

Enilria wrote:

DL LAX-BOS JAN 3>1.5 FEB 3>1.6

First time DL has run more than 1x daily between BOS and LAX in the winter.

For a "hub - hub" route, DL is really a bit player with less than 2 daily.

Thenoflyzone wrote:

MIflyer12 wrote:

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

Back in summer of 2013, YQB had 4 daily UA flights to EWR, and 2x daily to JFK. This summer, it was down to just 2x daily EWR service and 1x daily JFK, as you said. Next summer, only 2x daily EWR will be left. Quite the dowgauge on YQB-NYC. Here's hoping UA picks up the slack and returns to 3 or 4x daily on the route.

Is YUL the issue or is it something else? YQB-YUL is drivable but it's not very much fun.

enilria wrote:

WN BWI-BOS OCT 10>9
WN BWI-MHT OCT 8>7
WN BWI-PVD OCT 9>8

Near term cuts are not real common for WN and to see 3 come from a connection of the same metro areas is especially surprising. If they are short a plane, why wouldn't it be spread out more?

If I'm not mistaken, I think this is the first time that SLC has had Aeromexico service (at least in a long time). Does anyone know what AC is being used?

jubguy3 wrote:

If I'm not mistaken, I think this is the first time that SLC has had Aeromexico service (at least in a long time). Does anyone know what AC is being used?

Aeromexico Connect e190.

Vctony wrote:

tlecam wrote:

Enilria wrote:

DL LAX-BOS JAN 3>1.5 FEB 3>1.6

First time DL has run more than 1x daily between BOS and LAX in the winter.

For a "hub - hub" route, DL is really a bit player with less than 2 daily.

Agreed. This summer, UA is 2x, VX, B6 and DL are all 3x and AA is 5x. A lot of capacity on a re;actively low yielding route. I think DL keeps enough to satisfy corporate contracts.

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

What is this?

RWA380 wrote:

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

What is this?

Kona Air Shuttle operated by Kaiser Air. It is an all business class 737-800 that is only open to people who own houses at luxury resorts on the island.

KLMatSJC wrote:

RWA380 wrote:

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

What is this?

Kona Air Shuttle operated by Kaiser Air. It is an all business class 737-800 that is only open to people who own houses at luxury resorts on the island.

Holy Cow man, that's something I was unaware of, thanks for taking the time to explain that. Now I need to research this, in 5 years or less we'll be living on the Big Island & I want to know if I can even think of affording a residence where I can take advantage of this service.

KLMatSJC wrote:

RWA380 wrote:

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

What is this?

Kona Air Shuttle operated by Kaiser Air. It is an all business class 737-800 that is only open to people who own houses at luxury resorts on the island.

I think it is actually a 60 seat 737-700. All FC seating.

SLC-TPA
Not daily?

adamh8297 wrote:

phatfarmlines wrote:

enilria wrote:

Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!

Must be something else with both AA & DL reductions. The Atlantis resort is in Nassau, not Freeport.

FPO has been on a downward spiral for ages. Its akin to "End of Ottoman Empire/"sick man of Europe" point right now.

They just cannot compete with PUJ, CUN and to a lesser extent AUA.

Your right about that. I visited Freeport a couple of years ago and I was not impressed. The city itself has seen better days and there is only one major resort on the island. Beautiful beaches though...

Aeromexico has certainly served SLC before, i think it was back in the MD days they have served MEX before Delta did, and i think GDL. Delta serves GDL seasonally if im not mistaken.

LotsaRunway wrote:

enilria wrote:

WN BWI-BOS OCT 10>9
WN BWI-MHT OCT 8>7
WN BWI-PVD OCT 9>8

Near term cuts are not real common for WN and to see 3 come from a connection of the same metro areas is especially surprising. If they are short a plane, why wouldn't it be spread out more?

It as right after the 733 retirements and there are still plenty of frequencies, it might be easier on the schedulers to cut some of the higher frequency markets short term until they are plane positive again.

ROCDLFAN wrote:

rocANDtpa wrote:

Didn't see this mentioned however there are changes for AA in December at ROC:

ROC-CLT goes from 3 daily to 4 daily. This results in the loss of mainline however going from 2 A319 and 1 CR9 to 4 CR9.

ROC-PHL gets 2 two class jets for the first time in a while with 2 175.

While the loss of mainline isn't good this change means more first class seats with CR9 and 175s having 12 seats versus 8 in a A319. There is also more frequency to CLT.

Don't count on the loss of mainline being long term, simply seasonal adjustments. Similar to what UA does in ROC around then. PHL has been planned for a while as far as introducing 2 class.

That's all good to hear. I work for Envoy part time at ROC. I headed rumors that the former US Airways and now American employees were leaving ROC and the station would go all Envoy. I guess mainline leaving and this rumor are unrelated.

Thenoflyzone wrote:

24Whiskey wrote:

Was YQB served by CR2 mostly? I've been into there in the 9 a handful of times but I wonder if it's a casualty of the NYC upgauge.

Currently it's a CRJ2. The route started back in 2013 with 2x daily service on 50 seater as well. The odd upgauge was more than likely, but nothing permanent I think.

MIflyer12 wrote:

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

Back in summer of 2013, YQB had 4 daily UA flights to EWR, and 2x daily to JFK. This summer, it was down to just 2x daily EWR service and 1x daily JFK, as you said. Next summer, only 2x daily EWR will be left. Quite the dowgauge on YQB-NYC. Here's hoping UA picks up the slack and returns to 3 or 4x daily on the route.

YQB is opening an new international terminal with preclearance in the near future. I was there in June and half the airport was under construction. Maybe enplanement fees are going up because of that?

AM reinstated RJ service between DTW-MTY March 2018. But it must not have made it to OAG in time.

devyanks90 wrote:

Thenoflyzone wrote:

24Whiskey wrote:

Was YQB served by CR2 mostly? I've been into there in the 9 a handful of times but I wonder if it's a casualty of the NYC upgauge.

Currently it's a CRJ2. The route started back in 2013 with 2x daily service on 50 seater as well. The odd upgauge was more than likely, but nothing permanent I think.

MIflyer12 wrote:

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

Back in summer of 2013, YQB had 4 daily UA flights to EWR, and 2x daily to JFK. This summer, it was down to just 2x daily EWR service and 1x daily JFK, as you said. Next summer, only 2x daily EWR will be left. Quite the dowgauge on YQB-NYC. Here's hoping UA picks up the slack and returns to 3 or 4x daily on the route.

YQB is opening an new international terminal with preclearance in the near future. I was there in June and half the airport was under construction. Maybe enplanement fees are going up because of that?

With preclearance, the YQB-JFK flight might be moving to YQB-LGA. Just a possibility...

TVNWZ wrote:

KLMatSJC wrote:

RWA380 wrote:

KAI KOA-OAK SEP 0.3>1.0

What is this?

Kona Air Shuttle operated by Kaiser Air. It is an all business class 737-800 that is only open to people who own houses at luxury resorts on the island.

I think it is actually a 60 seat 737-700. All FC seating.

They actually just got an -800 about a year ago. It's N733KA.

Good to know.

Bummer on Delta pulling out of YQB but despite going there from NYC four times per year, the fares they charge never leave it as an option. Much easier to find, when you can, cheaper deals through Montreal, or just fly into Montreal, and as someone noted above, drive, or take the bus. Bus from YUL is easy - picks you up right out front and takes you straight to downtown QC in say 3 - 3 1/2 hours or so. A bus ride isn't my first choice but it's easy and it works. If you get a rental car, the drive is very very easy, and if you have time, taken the beaten path and see some of the beautiful countryside. Good stuff.

Cubsrule wrote:

Thenoflyzone wrote:

MIflyer12 wrote:

Looking at flightstats.com for the new few days, the totality of YQB-NYC service is 1x DL CR2 to JFK, and 2x UA E145 to EWR.

Back in summer of 2013, YQB had 4 daily UA flights to EWR, and 2x daily to JFK. This summer, it was down to just 2x daily EWR service and 1x daily JFK, as you said. Next summer, only 2x daily EWR will be left. Quite the dowgauge on YQB-NYC. Here's hoping UA picks up the slack and returns to 3 or 4x daily on the route.

Is YUL the issue or is it something else? YQB-YUL is drivable but it's not very much fun.

It just suggests to me that there aren't enough people willing to pay what UA and DL (and AC and WS on the codeshares) want to charge for non-stops. Hey, it's only like 14 hours on ViaRail and Amtrak, right?

rocANDtpa wrote:

ROCDLFAN wrote:

rocANDtpa wrote:

Didn't see this mentioned however there are changes for AA in December at ROC:

ROC-CLT goes from 3 daily to 4 daily. This results in the loss of mainline however going from 2 A319 and 1 CR9 to 4 CR9.

ROC-PHL gets 2 two class jets for the first time in a while with 2 175.

While the loss of mainline isn't good this change means more first class seats with CR9 and 175s having 12 seats versus 8 in a A319. There is also more frequency to CLT.

Don't count on the loss of mainline being long term, simply seasonal adjustments. Similar to what UA does in ROC around then. PHL has been planned for a while as far as introducing 2 class.

That's all good to hear. I work for Envoy part time at ROC. I headed rumors that the former US Airways and now American employees were leaving ROC and the station would go all Envoy. I guess mainline leaving and this rumor are unrelated.

Also, unrelated to this thread, United starts a 4th ROC-ORD flight this week (starts Tuesday I believe). Initially three mainline and one E145. Looks like it lasts through the fall, though the third mainline is downgraded to Express in September.

enilria wrote:

phatfarmlines wrote:

enilria wrote:

Seems like Atlantis refused to write a check!

Must be something else with both AA & DL reductions. The Atlantis resort is in Nassau, not Freeport.

Well then whoever is subsidizing the FPO flights that come and go. I know for a fact there is a subsidy program for FPO.

Grand Bahamas Airport Co. has submitted proposals for substantial increases to passenger facility charges and security fees as a means to make up lost revenue. Seemingly a lose-lose situation with effects already being felt.

CapitalAvGeek wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

enilria wrote:

*UA IAD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

*UA ORD-CKB NOV 0>0.9 DEC 0>0.8 JAN 0>0.9 FEB 0>0.9 MAR 0>0.9 APR 0>0.8

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

Maintenance makes sense as their schedule is weird otherwise. Inbound flight gets to CKB at 1:45pm and then RON returning next morning at 6:10am. So it gets maintenance from 1:45 overnight.

This is no doubt the only reason that UA/OO agreed to this route, regardless of the EAS money.

capitalflyer wrote:

CapitalAvGeek wrote:

AVLAirlineFreq wrote:

Perhaps not coincidentally, there's a CRJ maintenance facility in CKB.

Skywest will serve CKB because they have been chosen as the new carrier for Essential Air Service.

https://www.theet.com/news/free/benedum ... 9f099.html

Maintenance makes sense as their schedule is weird otherwise. Inbound flight gets to CKB at 1:45pm and then RON returning next morning at 6:10am. So it gets maintenance from 1:45 overnight.

This is no doubt the only reason that UA/OO agreed to this route, regardless of the EAS money.

Actually the 1:45pm arrival from Dulles heads on to O'Hare about 30 minutes later.

CKB departures
6:10am IAD
2:18pm ORD

CKB arrivals
1:48pm IAD
6:38pm ORD

They may of course be doing overnight maintenance work with about 11.5 hours on the ground overnight. But the long overnight is critical so the same crew that brings the bird in one night can take it out the next morning rather than having to rotate crews through CKB.

Skywest has bid on quite a few EAS routes recently which are on the small side -- in addition to CKB they have bid recently for Quincy, Cape Girardeau, Moab, Pueblo and Vernal. There are quite a few recently put up for bid, some of which are routine biannual bids and others due to the current carrier ending early. It will be interesting to see what other market Skywest does and doesn't bid for, and if any other big RJ operators will throw their hats into the ring.

c933103 wrote:

From http://www.hnair.com/adnews/internation ... rnd-r2-0-0 HU will use "B787-800"[sic.] to fly CTU-JFK-CTU.. 788 actually have enough rannge for this?

Good question. I think the longest 788 flight into JFK is HY from Tashkent, which isn't nearly as long.

From Routesonline http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/274174/hainan-airlines-plans-chengdu-new-york-launch-in-oct-2017/

HU7915 CTU2200 – 2350JFK 789 26
HU7916 JFK0150 – 0555+1CTU 789 37

but http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/273256/hainan-plans-chongqing-new-york-oct-2017-launch/ seems to be a B788

HU415 CKG2200 – 2350JFK 787 35
HU416 JFK0150 – 0635+1CKG 787 46

I thought PenAir was retaining the PDX-CEC route. Apparently, not.

I'm certainly disappointed that YQB is going away. We were supposed to go there for Valentine's Day 2016. The flights were, at that point, 2x daily on CR7. It turns out that weekend was insanely cold (we're talking -60s with wind chill), and our flights were oversold. They paid us $1200 each to bump, cab vouchers back home to Brooklyn/back the next morning, and food vouchers. In the end, we took the $1200 each, cancelled the trip all together (change fees waived) and sat under the covers at home instead.

Oh, and I found $5 on the floor in the skyclub that night.