Contour Airlines January 2024 BTS Numbers for Midwest Let's see how Contour is kicking off 2024. I think they had a rough start with constant cancellations and some Chicago Weather too. CGI-479 Passengers MWA-702 Passengers IRK-237 Passengers OWB-394 Passengers PAH-801 Passengers TBN-522 Passengers...
Jump to postcrj-700 they’re also adding phx https://ksltv.com/636832/american-airlines-to-add-flights-from-provo-to-dfw-phoenix-this-fall/ Obviously taking a slap at Breeze, look for them to match Breeze fares, triple or quadruple FF points on these routes ... it will go on until one cries uncle ... Right...an...
Jump to postLNS - An essential air service community goes from having C208s on Southern to adding Breeze A220s, and has AA service now to PHL on Landline. That's gotta be the best served EAS airport in the US! 3 Airlines!
Jump to postIs there any reliable resource to keep track of how many SkyWest CRJ-700s are in service vs parked? I was tracking several of the tails we used to see here at MHK and was surprised to see how many are parked. A lot of the CR7s had brand new interiors when they came from DL or UA service to AA. Some ...
Jump to postI flew LUX-LCY in November 2022. It was a lovely short hop on a fairly empty Q400. They did two beverage services and offered alcohol, and also served a choice of a cheese sandwich and a meat sandwich. After they came through the cabin the first time, they came back through the cabin with the extra ...
Jump to postI love that Boutique is going after the DOT for almost unanimously selecting SkyWest for all these proposals. SkyWest did the EAS communities dirty when they threatened to pull out en masse. I agree there should be more transparency and accountability as to why the DOT makes these selections and agr...
Jump to postThe moves to NDC is blowing up the interline world (and rendering them useless). American is now pivoting away from End-on-End combinations in the fare rules, meaning websites like kayak & expedia will soon no longer allow connections to AA unless its a codeshare or if the fare rule specificall...
Jump to postEight 175s and eleven E170s are heading for Envoy. https://www.envoyair.com/2024/01/03/adding-19-large-regional-jets-to-our-fleet/ Any word on where the jets and scope allowance will be coming from? This doesn't say new deliveries so I assume they are not new airplanes. There is also a SkyWest CR7 ...
Jump to postI know there has been a lot of work on the terminal at LUX in the past few years, but I can't imagine any of the contact gates are widebody capable, are they? I presume this flight will have to be parked remotely. I know the area around the terminal can get pretty congested at peak times.
Jump to postUCF on a Delta 737-900 to MHK to face Kansas State (runway construction done?): https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8896/history/20230922/1815Z/KSFB/KMHK Yes! The runway reopened at noon and Delta landed a little after 4 PM and blew off an impressive amount of dust when they landed. Video he...
Jump to postImpact is at 11:42 if you look at the time stamp on the top of the live.
Jump to postJust in general AA needs to get on adding some more widebodies. DL and UA are going to far outgrow AA. IIRC, AA only has something like 30 widebodies on order (less than the 767 and 330s they retired right?). AA's international network is going to end up (and kind of already is) just partner hubs a...
Jump to postAA is going to be starting DCA-ICT nonstop service on 1/8/2024 according to an article at https://www.kake.com/story/49195952/nonstop-flights-from-wichita-to-washington-dc-begin-in-january. ICT has had only DFW and ORD service on AA for years... The seasonal PHX service resumes, now in less than a ...
Jump to postLooks like the folks at MLI are in the process of announcing new service to CLT on AA beginning December 20. AA connecting a few more midwest dots to CLT?
Jump to postExtra sections, flag stops, stations and station agents, and marshalling are a few railroad terms that are used in commercial aviation that come to mind.
Jump to postIn retrospect, it seems hard to believe that US airlines didn't jump on the 321 bandwagon sooner. The non transcontinental range doesn't matter imho....it would seem that there would be enough high density routes in the eastern US and to the west coast via the mid hubs (ORD/DFW/ATL). NYC and BOS to...
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Erj-145 is better in every way than a CRJ-200. - Nice big windows on the 145. CRJ2 has the floor raised up and the windows at waist level. And they are tiny! Every CR2 window I've ever seen has always been scratched to hell anyway and you can't see out. - CRJ-200 lavatory is the width of 2 seats. It...
Jump to postI'm disappointed that CRJ-200s are coming back to AA, but I'm glad for the Air Whisky pilots that will keep their jobs. I'm hopeful that this is another place to put orphan CRJ-700s that SkyWest or PSA can't staff. I'm also hopeful that this could mean the buildup of regional schedules to places lik...
Jump to postI've only flown one! KQ (Kenya Airways) from VFA to CPT on their 737-800. After takeoff, the captain gave three passes over the Victoria Falls to ensure both sides of the aircraft got an aerial view before rocketing off to cruise altitude to CPT. I have never before seen this on any commercial fligh...
Jump to postCompared to the other selections, the DOT is getting a STEAL of a deal with the GCK contract. 2x daily jet service for a 1.5 mio subsidy, where some of these Southern / Contour / Boutique subsidies are in the 5-7 mio range. Insane!
Jump to postCDG is a huge SkyTeam hub, as is AMS. Yes, its a big market. In a less-aligned world, AA had a large service to CDG, but can't compete with Delta and AF/KLM service there. CDG is well served on AA to JFK/PHL/ORD/DFW and sometimes MIA. I'd see CDG on the horizon for CLT, but not until AA has enough n...
Jump to postKnew that Eagle was taking over the satellite at DFW's terminal E but to take over half of Terminal E? WOW! Airtrain has really opened up AA's playbook at DFW. AA has had those gates on the end of E since the US Airways merger was finalized. After US ops folded into AA around 2015-2016, they moved ...
Jump to postAny word on the ex-HOP OO CRJ-700s that were supposed to be joining the fleet? I heard from a mechanic that those jets that were originally destined to fly for AA will now not join the SkyWest fleet but I hadn't seen that reported anywhere. One is in South Bend, Indiana on the Skywest Maintenance r...
Jump to postLiving and working at MHK, which is only served by AA, I have flown in or out 372 times. The handful of times it wasn't AA, it was Great Lakes, or US Airways / Air Midwest to MCI or DEN on a Beech 1900d.
https://openflights.org/user/mhkansan#
Any word on the ex-HOP OO CRJ-700s that were supposed to be joining the fleet? I heard from a mechanic that those jets that were originally destined to fly for AA will now not join the SkyWest fleet but I hadn't seen that reported anywhere.
Jump to postAA's practice of very large numbers of domestic fleet types, like the MD80 and 737-800 make it costly and challenging to replace aircraft. What? Large fleets of similar aircraft make it easier to replace them. Costly? Sure, but all airplanes are expensive. AA was literally able to just pull parked ...
Jump to postEven if the plane wasn't airworthy, you would think in the current climate that the county would err on the side of working with the preservation team to fly the plane out of there. It wasn't like it was an abandoned airplane that nobody wanted. It was a museum piece they were working towards making...
Jump to postI personally find the ORD facilities excellent to connect at. The walks appear long at first, but really you can get from most gates to any other T3 gate in about 15 minutes -not even hustling. I think the worst part about O'Hare is connecting to / from Terminal 5 arrivals. I connected AA - QR in 20...
Jump to postMy guess is that Summer 2022 we will have AA & IB both each operating one frequency from DFW & ORD. These have both been at 2x before with IB being 2x at ORD and DFW being 2x AA.
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YFO - Flin Flon, Manitoba. I had to look that one up - and what an odd spot to stop on the way from the UK to Abilene.
Jump to postFrom the November schedule, I noticed that a route I utilize with some regularity, DFW-SLP (San Luis Potosí, Mexico), is being upgauged to Envoy 175s. This route has been flown by Mesa CR9s for at least a decade afaik. Sorry to be pedantic, but that's technically not an upgauge. The CR9s and E75s b...
Jump to postIs it conceivable that MQ will pick up additional E170s, especially as more E145s go on to Piedmont? Envoy will probably pick up more E70s as they are able to crew them. There are several E70s on the used market and AA can fly those as a 'small RJ.' Again the biggest question will be pilot training...
Jump to postWouldn't they just be better to put a CR7 or E75 on the route profiles that don't work for the CRJ550? Theoretically, an ERJ-145 (which I am more familiar with) can carry a full load of passengers for around 1,500nm. However, even on a 501nm route from MHK to ORD, it will take a fuel weight restric...
Jump to postIt's being internally reported at Envoy today that a seventh e-170 is coming on property. This is in addition to the six coming from Cityflyer. No word on where it is sourced from.
Jump to postOther nearby airports you might consider that are fun / beautiful drives are Durango (DRO), Cortez (CEZ), Gunnison (GUC), or the longest Grand Junction (GJT). Flying into DRO and driving up Hwy 550, which is perilous even in good weather, is the worst possible option. I completely agree. Take SH145...
Jump to postThe mountain cities are high yielding destinations for the airlines, so don't expect rock bottom airfares. They will be higher than what you expect especially in "peak" times! Keep in mind one creative way to get there is via Key Lime Air from Denver and fly right into TEX. Other nearby ai...
Jump to postPlease don't give TSA or airline employees grief about masks. I understand they suck, but they are just doing their job.
Jump to postWhere are Envoy's E170s? Are they all still at NWI? It would be cool to know when they are in the states. I think maybe one of them could be in a special color scheme.
Jump to postI don’t know anyone but you who loves the new cabins. Jeremy Funny how you don't have any issue with Delta's 321 even though they have squeezed more seats than even the AA retrofit, the first class has zero privacy from the main cabin and the main cabin lavs have been squeezed in the AFT galley and...
Jump to postI hope someone is thinking about coordinating these construction projects with the expansion of either the Orange Line or Tex Rail / Silver Line south from the current A/B terminal through the rest of the terminal complex - potentially even linking up with the Tri-Rail service at Centreport.
Jump to postI would presume the 10 hour stop in IAD is for crew rest. The same reason a 2x weekly flight wouldn't be doable with a triangle is there is no good place to swap out crews.
Jump to postN842AE is to be ferried to MZJ tomorrow from ABI. Quite significant as it is the last active aircraft in the old AA livery (not including the heritage livery). Oddly enough, it went to ABI as a live flight. Normally they ferry it to ABI then to MZJ or just ferry it direct from DFW. Scheduling did t...
Jump to postThey could recycle 700-series numbers last used with the E-135s. 700-705 would make some sense.
Jump to postjgcotter wrote:E175 N216NN ferried from AVW to ABI yesterday for conformity checks to enter revenue service with Envoy.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N216NN
UA's ongoing collection of oddball EAS spokes reminds of a penny jar and after time you have dollars! United has very little to do with all the small spokes. This is strictly OO - at risk flying. OO is named as the operating carrier and applicant in the SCASD grants or EAS awards. UA / OO are good ...
Jump to postFOE's application made me laugh. They got a SCASD grant for UAX service to ORD that began in winter. It was 2x daily 145. It lasted over the winter and then UA pulled out. The airport and the community all knew the service was unreliable - flights were always getting cancelled and pax were rebooked ...
Jump to postThe proposal from Great Bend is interesting. GBD has always been among the smaller Kansas EAS cities, and became disqualified after the SeaPort Airlines failed service. The price per customer went over the DOT's threshold and they had to suspend their service, buoyed by the outrageous GBD-ICT flight...
Jump to postThe 12F configuration makes it a little nicer for operational swaps. AA fills the first class cabin with upgrades 24 hours prior to departure in some cases. If your aircraft was operationally swapped to a 170, a 9F/56Y bird would've meant three upgrades that had cleared would have to be downgraded. ...
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