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Quoting Yellowtail (Thread starter): NOW.....RUMOR (according to the ground agent) has it that US will start PHX in april or "when the runway extension" is complete with a 757..... |
Quoting Yellowtail (Thread starter): IMHO, this will kill one CO frequency as they rely heavily on the LA/SoCal Belizean traffic to fill parts of both flights.....approx 30 pax per flight |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 4): service to GUA (with stops) has been tried many times by TA, Tikal Jets, and a few others....never been successful....Tropic & Maya Island do Flores in Caravans and they sturggle to fill the planes.... |
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 5): At least it was showing in their website |
Quoting Aer (Reply 6): Well, Carmen don't believe WU's page, a friend of mine is a pilot for them and last I heard, it only lasted for about 2 weeks or so. On the other hand you see BZE because they suposedly made a deal with Maya Island. |
Quoting Yellowtail (Thread starter): RUMOR (according to the ground agent) has it that US will start PHX in april or "when the runway extension" is complete with a 757..... |
Quoting SCCutler (Reply 9): .don't hold your breath waiting for the runway extension; all work ceased in a dispute between the contractor and airport authorities, all equipment removed, grading on the 25 approach done and that is it. |
Quoting USXguy (Reply 7): I remember flying into BZE on a Taca 767-300 That was very interesting... and man do I remember hitting that runway HARD! |
Quoting Aer (Reply 6): it only lasted for about 2 weeks or so. |
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 5): Hi Yellowtail, welcome to a.net! Good to see a neighbor around |
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Quoting Lt-AWACS (Reply 17): There was many moons ago- Belize Airways Limited |
Quoting USXguy (Reply 18): an Ignacio to the Belmopan airport is like a 15 minute drive, if my memory serves me correctly... and I believe that Belmopan has some limited air service. |
Quoting 2travel2know (Reply 19): What would be very interesting to see is a PTY-GCM-BZE-PTY / PTY-BZE-GCM-PTY. |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 4): JM flights MBJ-BZE were a disaster ...sometimes with only 6 people on board |
Quoting Yellowtail (Thread starter): MIA 2X daily (moving to 10 X weekly later this year) on AA |
Quoting ScottB (Reply 23): Thinking back to the early 90's, didn't SAHSA use BZE as a connecting point for some time? I seem to recall flights coming up from SAP, TGU, and possibly SAL, all stopping at BZE on the way to IAH, MSY, and MIA -- and then the reverse in the afternoon. |
Quoting Belizexp (Reply 22): The flts was not a failure just bad timing US Airways started service to Belize around the same time with the same days so it was a newcomer battle. Also at that time JM was cutting routes left and right to save money the Belize route was only like 5 months old at that time. |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 27): JM did not get thier marketing right and were in over their head just like they are on most of their routes now |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 29): Butch wanted to believe he was a cowboy with a golden touch |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 26): TA was running a 767 through BZE because of their loads |
Quoting Yellowtail (Thread starter): .RUMOR (according to the ground agent) has it that US will start PHX in april or "when the runway extension" is complete with a 757 |
Quoting Belizexp (Reply 32): heard this too also from a well known Belizeans website it also say AC/NW was looking into maybe serving Belize. But I don't think NW will do this now since it in BK. |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 33): NW- MSP/BZE was being discussed but has been shelved due to BK and CO codeshare |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 35): Sure part of the problem lies in the fact that they do zero local marketing to help fill up the flight with locals. |
Quoting Yellowtail (Reply 10): Quoting SCCutler (Reply 9): .don't hold your breath waiting for the runway extension; all work ceased in a dispute between the contractor and airport authorities, all equipment removed, grading on the 25 approach done and that is it. Not true ... as of 7am when I drove by this morning......equipment was there and workers were getting ready to do their thing..even passed by the boss on the way |
Quoting SCCutler (Reply 39): In December, flying San Pedro-Goldson, we made an on-demand stop at Caye Caulker, and I remarked to the pilot about how much the island had developed since last I was there, including the now-paved runway. He frostily told me, "..it's always been paved!" I guessed it would not be polite to remind him that he was likely in 7th grade then, and I knew the difference between asphalt and well-graded, but unpaved, crushed shells (it's not as if there is anything wrong with an unpaved runway...). |
Quoting USXguy (Reply 38): What ever happened to Tropic Air's Twotters anyway... I only see Caravans listed in their OAG filings and on their website... |
Quoting USXguy (Reply 38): I remember flying out of Belize Municipal to San Pedro on one of Tropic Air's Twin Otters and seeing Continental Airlines crap all over the place... kinda made me wonder if they were trying to woo them into a codeshare. |
Quoting Dartland (Reply 43): I'll be at BZE Friday! But I don't have a good enough camera... |
Quoting USXguy (Reply 44): eh, I'll be there next Tuesday, |
Quoting Lindy Field (Reply 42): Hi All, It would be nice to see more shots from BZE or other airports in Belize on a.net but don't forget, you can also upload photos of lower quality to our sister site, myaviation.net. |
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Quoting USXguy (Reply 46): I'm more concerned with the water temperature. Here in the Keys its a chilly 72 (which is cold for us!). Just trying to figure out if we wanna do a touristy day trip or not.. its been a few years since I've been to Altun-Ha and some of the other ruins... |