Re: OAK Renaming Proposal: San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport

There’s BWI Baltimore Washington International,
There’s MHT Manchester Boston International !
What’s wrong with Oakland San Fransisco International ?

Re: Lufthansa Group News and Discussion - 2024

Has SN Brussels Airlines ever flown BRU-MIA/MCO/IAH ? Neither MIA nor MCO is an Star Alliance hub, however, there might be a market for those routes. FLL instead of MIA might even work (thrice weekly, depending on season) out of BRU. IAH is an Star Alliance hub, but not sure how LH and UA will feel ...

Re: Copa Airlines CM285 and CM434

Not only to/from MCO, but to/from MIA, GRU, SCL and other destinations. CM has no wide-body aircraft, there’re some destinations which because its hub banks requiere more capacity, thus the additional flights at almost the same times. What I still don’t know, is why too close and not at least 30 min...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

At present the only Caribbean destination served from LAX is NAS (by AS) I find it odd LAX-MBJ hasn’t been back and there’s no LAX-PUJ yet. Would LAX-AUA work, at least between Thanksgiving and Easter ? LAX-MBJ was flown by JM during the days they were being managed by Butch Stewart around the turn...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

trintocan wrote:

At present the only Caribbean destination served from LAX is NAS (by AS)

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

SJOtoLIR wrote:

Avianca will resume San Salvador - Lima route as shown:

AV 429....SAL 22.15.......03.25+1 LIM.....320........Mo, We, Fr
AV 428....LIM 01.35........05.00 SAL........320........Tu, Th, Sa

Effective: June 17th

Re: Aerolíneas Argentinas to stop JFK

AR most likely have better wide-body aircraft utilisation dropping JFK from its network. That most likely would mean increase EZE-MIA, keep AEP-MIA, perhaps even add EZE-FLL/MCO. Not to mention fly those wide-body on profitable EZE-Europe routes. And in the subject of Argentina-USA flights, COR/MDZ-...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

"The largest growth markets from Africa in 2023 were hitherto obscure city pairs like Nouakchott to Bogota (up by a staggering 5554%) and Dakar to Managua (up over 500%). No, Senegalese tourists are not flocking to see Masaya Volcano Park, nor are Mauritanians making pilgrimages to the Salt Ca...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

tonytifao wrote:

Does anyone know why I can’t find PTY-LIR route this year with Copa?

Re: United Route Announcement 3/7/24

Looks like UA took notice how many MDE passengers were connecting between UA and CM in PTY.
Lets wait for IAH-CLO, IAH-CTG.

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

The number one connection to the IST PTY flight is BOM. That should give you all an idea of the type of traffic it. Low yielding. Perhaps the 787 might offer a better opportunity to manage the capacity better and drive up some yields. Does AI know about that ? Seems that an AI thrice weekly DEL/BOM...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

The number one connection to the IST PTY flight is BOM. That should give you all an idea of the type of traffic it. Low yielding. Perhaps the 787 might offer a better opportunity to manage the capacity better and drive up some yields. Does AI know about that ? Seems that an AI thrice weekly DEL/BOM...

Re: Rumor: SAT Air Service Announcement

OMG!!!!! BIG announcement!!!!! SAT Airport announces new logo and branding Maybe they are going to rebrand themselves as "Austin South!" Sorry, couldn't help myself... bb Had FR been a U.S. airline, it’d have promoted SAT as Austin San Antonio airport. FRA HHN 265° (W) 261° (W) 51 nm SAT ...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

Do you guys think CM will eventually get wide-body aircraft? IMHO, NO. A wide-body just doesn’t fit CM’s operation model. However, my wild-guess is that If Boeing develops a B737MAX ULR variant, with enough westbound range for LON/MAD/LIS-PTY non-stop with decent C/Y passenger configuration, ETOPS1...

Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

I think that CDG, LHR, and FRA will all be fine. I'm worried that KEF will struggle to keep up, however. If I remember correctly, load factors on FI were already dropping to around 60% in off seasons. I'm also concerned about MEX and if the performance of that route will be affected by PTY. RDU-MEX...

Re: Rumor: SAT Air Service Announcement

LightChop2Chop wrote:

Won't be CM. they did their 2024 announcements a few weeks back which included RDU etc

Re: SAT Air Service Announcement

BangersAndMash wrote:

While VS was busy bleeding money on AUS-LHR, BA was laughing all the way to the bank. Still is. I have 0 doubt BA would make SAT work. The problem is the lack of slots at LHR.

Re: Nashville Aviation - 2024

BNA marketing department, check this:
PTY RDU 001° (N) 006° (N) 1,603 nm
PTY BNA 347° (N) 353° (N) 1,666 nm
From http://www.gcmap.com
If CM RDU-PTY works, What are the chances CM BNA-PTY could?

Re: When Eastern airlines took over Braniff's South American routes.

Eastern Airlines tried PTY briefly 1981 (?) from ATL before taking Braniff routes. ATL-PTY-ATL day-time rotation at that time was a big mistake. Eastern flew from MSY, MIA, JFK and LAX to PTY, but I don’t recall from IAH. Only MIA-PTY was daily. Inter Latin-American routes were very profitable for B...

Re: Emirates announces DXB - MIA - BOG from 3 June 2024

ANC is supposed to be the only U.S. airport allowed by Homeland Security / U.S. Immigration for T.W.O.V. I’d guess that passengers on flights between AKL and LON, PPT and PAR with stop in Californian airports are kept in remote sterile area but all of them have their documents checked when boarding ...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

The triangle TK IST-BOG-PTY-IST will be gradually shifted from the 773 to the 789 this year. IST 09.40......15.05 BOG 16.35......18.10 PTY 19.50.......16.40+1 IST......Daily....789 Panama also gets the non-stop TK IST-PTY 5x weekly with 789 and it's expected to become daily, in the short term. Hope...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

WN SAL and GUA from HOU and SNA could be money in the bank.

Re: Emirates to launch DXB - MIA - BOG?

theVagabond wrote:

So, who gets hurt more on MIA-BOG? AA or Avianca? That's a lot of seats flooding the market.

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

As for VCP, IIRC it’s the only route that was cancelled due to bad yields before COVID hit. I do expect REC and SSA to come back in a year or so. CM PTY-VCP 7x weekly ended up in December 2015. Why would you fly to VCP long haul if you have GRU slots? It makes sense only if you are Azul and VCP is ...

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

I am just amazed that despite a few attempts, the number of expats living in PTY, no competition, and the enormity of the Dallas hub, AA has never been able to get DFW PTY to work. From what I recall from its schedule, those early evening PTY arrivals and mid morning PTY departures didn’t really at...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

I don't think I've ever really understood why neither DL nor UA go to BGI from their biggest hubs (ATL and ORD). Still, at least UA is doing EWR-BGI and IAD-BGI although only on Saturdays and Sundays respectively, with EWR-BGI going daily from 7 March. In comparison AA is 3x daily from MIA and dail...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

I don't think I've ever really understood why neither DL nor UA go to BGI from their biggest hubs (ATL and ORD). Still, at least UA is doing EWR-BGI and IAD-BGI although only on Saturdays and Sundays respectively, with EWR-BGI going daily from 7 March. In comparison AA is 3x daily from MIA and dail...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

UA could probably fill any ORD-Caribbean flight during winter the issue would be if it could be done profitably. ORD-BGI would be a 5+ hour flight but I think it could work especially with Sandals and the new Wyndham hotel. UA flies ORD-UVF, so BGI range and flight-time would be similar. True, with...

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

Interesting that they would go daily so late in the season, I'm quite surprised the loads have been so good. As of now EWR-BGI is only daily til the end of April. While im sure it will return to daily in December, this is still not posted. Notable updates for UA in the Carribean are as follows. ANU...

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

Being “too far north” would be a benefit since it would be better suited for connections in the region. Being “too far south” would be the liability that limits connections. Could UA squeeze 4 hub banks with whichever number of available JAX jet-ways it might secure ? If UA was to have a focus city...

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

If we keep talking about Orlando, how about a hub at SFB instead? United doesn't even fly to secondary airports like DAL, MDW, or HOU, all of which are closer to larger business-based cities. SFB is much farther away from the theme parks than MCO is. A hypothetical hub or focus city in Orlando woul...

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

If in FL: PBI or FLL, JAX too far north in FL but might work for some East Coast - South connections. Being “too far north” would be a benefit since it would be better suited for connections in the region. Being “too far south” would be the liability that limits connections. Could UA squeeze 4 hub ...

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

When UA had its large operations in MIA, its major hub banks were in the late evening after AA’s and early morning before AA’s.
Would that kind of operation work in MIA/FLL now ? Daily or only weekend nights, year-around or seasonal ?

Re: Emirates to launch DXB - MIA - BOG?

This doesn't make any sense, but then Emirates flew into Fort Lauderdale for a while :lol: Wouldn't it make more sense to make it via EU? As far as I can Lisbon, Milan, Rome or Geneva do not have flights to Bogotá. It is shocking there are no flights between Colombia and Italy. Instead of the EU, w...

Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

Which airline would be the most likely to fly RDU-MBJ and RDU-PUJ ?
Having RDU-CUN might mean that RDU could support flights to those Caribbean airports too.

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

SJOtoLIR wrote:

As a side note, the equation [CM PTY-GRU and CM PTY-VCP] didn't last too much.

Re: Caribbean Aviation - 2024

caribbean484 wrote:

CM will increase POS-PTY to 10w on June 5th, the second flight will be operated with the 73G, while they will have daily 7M9.

Re: Rumors of Possible New United (UA) Hub

If in FL: PBI or FLL, JAX too far north in FL but might work for some East Coast - South connections.
If Southern US: MEM, lots of available gates;
Return of former Continental Focus Airport (hub) CLE and
Will card between ORD and DEN: OMA

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

BoeingGuy wrote:

I can’t believe that CM hasn’t started SAN yet. That seems like a shoo-in long before RDU.

AA should fly DFW-PTY not CM.

Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

LMAO COPA of all airlines NICE! We’ll take it! Further south than any airport Charlotte has service to and better for connections That might be true, if AA flies CLT-SJO, SJO is north of PTY and seems that AA never flew CLT-BOG or CLT-GRU. IMHO, because of connections @ CLT, both BOG and GRU routes...

Re: Memphis Aviation - 2024

According to MEM’s website, neither STL nor MSY appear as destinations from MEM. When was the last time those routes were flown? Northwest’s hub days ? Would there be a market for (regional jet) morning and early evening flights between STL/MSY and MEM ? Which airline most likely might be interested...

Re: Copa to launch FLN, TULUM and RDU

RDU-PTY-LIM/QIO/GYE/BOG/MDE all seem logical for CM, but to not be timed for connections to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica seems odd. For those flying RDU-GIG/GRU/EZE it feels like flying via PTY would be a decent detour as you're flying west before turning back and flyi...

Re: Copa to launch FLN, TULUM and RDU

Still no PTY-DFW. Does anyone knows why no focus in Dallas for Copa Airlines ? They can go to RDU and compete against zero non-stops to Latin America outside of Mexico, or go to DFW and compete against the 800 flight/day super-hub gorilla with flights to SJO, GUA, SAL, BZE, GRU, BOG, EZE, RTB, and ...

Re: Copa to launch FLN, TULUM and RDU

I'm really surprised that CM hasn't restarted MSY, but keeps adding new cities in the US. Does anyone know the reason behind MSY? They cancelled the route during the pandemic but never brought it back. I’m going to guess that AUS and RDU markets are in better shape than MSY. I’d love to see MSY bac...

Re: Raleigh/Durham Aviation - 2024

Boof02671 wrote:

Doesn’t UA own around 21% of COPA?

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024

Kilgen wrote:

CM to TQO was unexpected. I know that last year CM made an announcement about taking a look at the airport.

I wonder if TQO is similar to NLU. A flight to appease the Mexican Government?

Re: Central America Aviation - 2024