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Kronesian wrote:madg wrote:Kronesian wrote:
Yes! Rumors were floating around for months, but I could never figure out who it was.
Any other rumors going around?
Keep hearing a domestic airline is supposed to be announced soon.
deltairlines wrote:MCOflyer wrote:They used to serve Sanford. Now they serve MLB. I live a half hour from Melbourne international airport give or take and it's one of the highway it's on my drive to work.
A big advantage to MLB over SFB is the fact that you don't need to deal with I-4 to get to the tourist areas. The drive from Sanford through downtown can be painful - I live in the heart of Jacksonville and can make it to Orlando in 1h45 driving on a good day, but then it can be another 45 minutes once I get in the vicinity of downtown to being at Disney - and there have been plenty of times I've sat in traffic on I-4 north of Orlando that just extends that 1h45 by a good 15-30 minutes. MLB on the other hand is about 75 minutes, but hardly any traffic and 192 takes you right into the tourist area of Orlando. Coming to/from a trans-Atlantic flight, I'll take a 75 minute drive to the airport and an incredibly easy in and out airport vs a 50 minute drive to SFB and hoping you hit a good day on I-4.
madg wrote:Looks like Sunwing has decided not to serve MLB.
FLALEFTY wrote:Here's something interesting. Apparently Air Canada has been operating A220 flights on YYZ-MLB-YYZ & YUL-MLB-YUL. Are these charters?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA ... /KMLB/CYUL
krsw757 wrote:FLALEFTY wrote:Here's something interesting. Apparently Air Canada has been operating A220 flights on YYZ-MLB-YYZ & YUL-MLB-YUL. Are these charters?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA ... /KMLB/CYUL
Air Canada does maintenance in MLB quite a bit, although can’t say I’ve seen many a220’s before.
FLALEFTY wrote:Here's something interesting. Apparently Air Canada has been operating A220 flights on YYZ-MLB-YYZ & YUL-MLB-YUL. Are these charters?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA ... /KMLB/CYUL
Kronesian wrote:madg wrote:Looks like Sunwing has decided not to serve MLB.
Looks to be the case. I was supposed to be on the inaugural flight in, but one of my flight tracker apps said the flight was cancelled. Can't find Melbourne on the booking engine anymore either.
madg wrote:Kronesian wrote:madg wrote:Looks like Sunwing has decided not to serve MLB.
Looks to be the case. I was supposed to be on the inaugural flight in, but one of my flight tracker apps said the flight was cancelled. Can't find Melbourne on the booking engine anymore either.
I sent Sunwing a FB Message and in a roundabout way they said they gave MLB the Ax before it started.
Kronesian wrote:Confirmation that Sunwing is postponing Melbourne launch to next year.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news ... 758773002/
madg wrote:Kronesian wrote:Confirmation that Sunwing is postponing Melbourne launch to next year.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news ... 758773002/
I saw that this afternoon. Not a bad idea from a business standpoint.
evank516 wrote:madg wrote:Kronesian wrote:Confirmation that Sunwing is postponing Melbourne launch to next year.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news ... 758773002/
I saw that this afternoon. Not a bad idea from a business standpoint.
This reminds me of the time Air Canada announced YYZ-DAB.
Rookinla wrote:[twoid][/twoid]evank516 wrote:madg wrote:
I saw that this afternoon. Not a bad idea from a business standpoint.
This reminds me of the time Air Canada announced YYZ-DAB.
YYZ-DAB was going to be operated by a CR2. That would have been one long RJ flight. I did DAB-ORD on UA in a CRJ back in the day in the dead of winter. Because of winds/weather it was a 3 hour flight and I almost missed my connection to LAX. Hopefully DAB will see better days with more service when the market warrants it.
MavyWavyATR wrote:A while back last year, there was talk about UST bringing in AA flights to/from CLT if they'd won the small community air service grant (which they did). Do we have an update of sorts on what's going on regarding that?
evank516 wrote:Rookinla wrote:[twoid][/twoid]evank516 wrote:
This reminds me of the time Air Canada announced YYZ-DAB.
YYZ-DAB was going to be operated by a CR2. That would have been one long RJ flight. I did DAB-ORD on UA in a CRJ back in the day in the dead of winter. Because of winds/weather it was a 3 hour flight and I almost missed my connection to LAX. Hopefully DAB will see better days with more service when the market warrants it.
The point is that AC never started YYZ. I get the feeling Sunwing won't be starting MLB either.
MavyWavyATR wrote:A while back last year, there was talk about UST bringing in AA flights to/from CLT if they'd won the small community air service grant (which they did). Do we have an update of sorts on what's going on regarding that?
deltairlines wrote:MavyWavyATR wrote:A while back last year, there was talk about UST bringing in AA flights to/from CLT if they'd won the small community air service grant (which they did). Do we have an update of sorts on what's going on regarding that?
AA to UST makes no sense from my view. My girlfriend lives off of FL-207 and can make it to JAX in under an hour (where we have 7-8x/day to CLT, plus DFW/PHL/ORD/DCA/AUS and BOS/LGA/JFK/FLL via B6) and 45 minutes to DAB (for the token CLT service). Both are straight shots on the freeway; even GNV is 1:15 from her place. Just a case of too many airports nearby to make UST work for a legacy.
I still contend that if a new airline comes into UST, it will be Avelo...it just fits too perfectly for them if/when they want to come into Northeast Florida.
evank516 wrote:deltairlines wrote:MavyWavyATR wrote:A while back last year, there was talk about UST bringing in AA flights to/from CLT if they'd won the small community air service grant (which they did). Do we have an update of sorts on what's going on regarding that?
AA to UST makes no sense from my view. My girlfriend lives off of FL-207 and can make it to JAX in under an hour (where we have 7-8x/day to CLT, plus DFW/PHL/ORD/DCA/AUS and BOS/LGA/JFK/FLL via B6) and 45 minutes to DAB (for the token CLT service). Both are straight shots on the freeway; even GNV is 1:15 from her place. Just a case of too many airports nearby to make UST work for a legacy.
I still contend that if a new airline comes into UST, it will be Avelo...it just fits too perfectly for them if/when they want to come into Northeast Florida.
I’d hardly call DAB’s CLT service token. They recently upgauged all but one flight to mainline.
DeltaRules wrote:evank516 wrote:deltairlines wrote:
AA to UST makes no sense from my view. My girlfriend lives off of FL-207 and can make it to JAX in under an hour (where we have 7-8x/day to CLT, plus DFW/PHL/ORD/DCA/AUS and BOS/LGA/JFK/FLL via B6) and 45 minutes to DAB (for the token CLT service). Both are straight shots on the freeway; even GNV is 1:15 from her place. Just a case of too many airports nearby to make UST work for a legacy.
I still contend that if a new airline comes into UST, it will be Avelo...it just fits too perfectly for them if/when they want to come into Northeast Florida.
I’d hardly call DAB’s CLT service token. They recently upgauged all but one flight to mainline.
They've also added seasonal DCA, DFW, and PHL.
deltairlines wrote:DeltaRules wrote:evank516 wrote:
I’d hardly call DAB’s CLT service token. They recently upgauged all but one flight to mainline.
They've also added seasonal DCA, DFW, and PHL.
Looking on a non-holiday Monday in January, DAB-CLT is 3x 319, 830a, 140p, 540p. To me, that's still token service. The single flight a day to DFW is nice, but not a game changer.
If I lived in St Augustine, I'd still choose JAX every single time over DAB based on a much better schedule. Heck, I'd probably choose MCO over DAB if I were there - from my girlfriend's place, I can make it to MCO in 90 minutes. Given the option of nonstops vs 3 flights a day to CLT (and one to DFW) and 90% of the time my schedule is going to be much more convenient driving the extra 50 minutes.
