BA is bringing back the 787-10 on the MSY-LHR route effective 4/3.
Jump to postLooks like Breeze is getting some competition on MCO-SNA. WN is starting MCO-LGB soon. Yeah it's not SNA but Southwest is definitely seeing the value of being the big fish in LGB and the biggest in slot-constrained SNA and is now throwing it's weight around. WN must view MX as a credible threat esp...
Jump to postjjlucash wrote:Something that I've always wondered but never found an answer on: is there any particular reason why aircraft never land on runway 29? I don't recall them ever taking off on runway 11 either...
For $100 million you would think they could build the required parking at or near the new terminal. They most certainly would do that if it wasnt for the future rail link between Baton Rouge and NOLA stopping on the south side .. pretty sure its all about that The rail link is years away if it even...
Jump to postMX will be going up against DL, WN, and NK on MSY-LAX.
The MSY base will now have 13 nonstop routes by my count.
The flight, if started, would prove to be quite popular with New Orleans area residents, potentially even more so than the current BA flight, which has been a success. This region loves France and all things French. But you’d have to live here to understand it. A nonstop flight opens up incredible o...
Jump to postIf my memory is serving me right, AS is about to have 2x SEA, 1x PDX, and 1x SFO starting next month. I wouldn't be surprised if SAN if coming soon. The PDX and SFO flights sadly aren’t happening. SEA will go 2X seasonally as usual. They're loaded in flight schedules, though appear to just be Febru...
Jump to postWould be interesting to see Alaska be the one to bring back MSY-SAN daily as opposed to Southwest. If my memory is serving me right, AS is about to have 2x SEA, 1x PDX, and 1x SFO starting next month. I wouldn't be surprised if SAN if coming soon. The PDX and SFO flights sadly aren’t happening. SEA...
Jump to postAF308 from CDG is on the way. The 77W should be landing around 1630 local time. Of course BA is due in today as well, around 1800. It’ll be pretty neat seeing both of those parked next to each other on A.
Jump to postThe French Airforce A332 is in town. Plenty of unique visitors lately. Of course next week we’ll see the AF 77W here on a scheduled service from CDG for a large convention in town.
Jump to postBA 787-10 coming in today. It’s usually flying in on Saturdays only, so it’s nice to see the big bird make a weekday appearance.
Also, the Four Seasons charter to Antarctica departs today, using a Titan A321neo.
What are the thoughts on MSY getting one of the new ESCAPE lounges by AMEX? About 0% chance of that happening any time soon, particularly when there's already a DL lounge that many are gaining access to through AmEx (personally guilty as well). Frustrating for those of us that don't always fly DL t...
Jump to postI’ve flown BA from BNA to LHR and beyond several times this year. The flights were all almost totally booked, especially business class. They plan to use the 787-10 on the route next summer. Currently the service uses a mix of 787-8 and 787-9. BNA new international arrivals facilities open next yea...
Jump to postA few tidbits… * AC Rouge is operating the 319 and 320 5X per week on MSY-YYZ in November. AC has really done well here since returning. * According to Google Flights, BA is going 5X weekly to LHR in April. All 787, not sure of the series. * AA MSY-PHX has returned with the A320. It’s going to 737-8...
Jump to postThis is about Frontier and their good name. Spirit is worse then Greyhound, it needs to go away and be forgotten. Spirit treats passengers worse then Avianca. FLL and South Florida need the halo of Spirit to go away, it gives FLL a bad reputation. Frontier is a quality airline with a great reputati...
Jump to postI wonder which brand will survive? I’m leaning towards Spirit as they’ve had such a large international footprint for years, plus in major U.S markets, I’d say that more people know the name Spirit than Frontier (unless you live in Denver) due to overall frequency of flights. But of course I could d...
Jump to postIt looks like another summer with minimal G4 service at MSY. They just have not done well here, for whatever reason. Too much ULCC competition from NK and F9 most likely, which have the large markets covered, plus now you have MX in the picture. I’d be happy with G4 here if they could try IND and RD...
Jump to postJFK-MSY gets a 757 for the first time in its existence, I believe. Nice to see.
Jump to postSAT-XNA-MSY (and vice versa) is now available as a BreezeThru.
Jump to postSurprised this hasn’t been mentioned here yet; BA taking another hiatus. Service scheduled to resume by May. It looks like it’s resuming on 4/26 as a 4X weekly service. Probably not a bad idea to postpone it. Tourism traffic is just not there yet, inbound and outbound. It’ll be interesting to see h...
Jump to postytib wrote:ZazuPIT wrote:SunsetLimited wrote:BA is putting LHR-BNA on hold until May. Same goes for BWI, and MSY is on hiatus until April.
Its operating. Not daily yet. I'm looking at it on FR24 right now.
Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW223/history
BA is putting LHR-BNA on hold until May. Same goes for BWI, and MSY is on hiatus until April.
Jump to postMy grandparents flew MSY-LHR on a BA L15 back in 1982. The flight originated in MEX at the time. Thrice weekly.
Jump to postAny plans to buy out the commercial businesses in front of the new terminal. Not a pleasing sight when one arrives into New Orleans. I guess over time, hotels and other travel related businesses could buy them out. Or put the CONRAD there. The road (Bainbridge St) that the rental car and economy lo...
Jump to postGreat news about the BA frequency increase. What are your 2022 predictions and/or wishes for MSY? Here are a few of mine… AA - second PHX; continued upgauge to 321 on more flights. DL - daily SEA with A220 UA- return of LAX now that AA has seemingly left the market WN - bring back OAK, RDU NK - brin...
Jump to postTS resumed MSY-YUL twice weekly yesterday with A321.
MX is increasing CHS and RIC to 5X weekly in February.
Twice weekly A321 service resumed today for the first time since the covid lockdowns. Pre-covid it was successful enough to warrant the route going year-round so we’ll see how things go this time. TS has actually beat AC in resuming MSY - though it looks like AC is coming back next month in the form...
Jump to postB6 looks likes it’s going 2X daily on MSY-LGA. Interesting. That will make 6 daily nonstops to LGA by B6/WN/DL, plus add in the 4 to JFK by B6/DL, and 5 to EWR by UA/NK. NK actually flies a 321 on the EWR route now.
Jump to postThere will definitely be mileage award connections on the flight. Just as an example, BA sees mileage award connections via MSY every day the flight operates. I can’t imagine this would be any different. Nonstops command a mileage premium. Connect, and enjoy the discount. People will take advantage ...
Jump to postThey flew to MSY for about two months. I’d say about half of their scheduled flights were cxld due to no pilots. Most of the others were very late. An incredibly unreliable operation.
Jump to postWeather diversion. Very low visibility in MSY all day today… dozens of diversions. Take a look at Flightradar24. Yikes.
There’s no CAT 2/3 ILS available right now, just CAT 1 and RNAV. Damage from Hurricane Ida.
Richard Branson was recently in MSY for the opening of the Virgin Hotel and he made a statement to the effect of they are seeing if they can make the numbers work when a reporter asked him if VS would ever fly to MSY. Not that I think it’ll happen, just throwing it out there. Really nice hotel, btw.
Jump to postIs the YYZ-MSY resumption on 1/18 a go or will it get moved back again? I also see A223s on the route on various days in February.
Jump to postPark n Fly not reopening their lot is the most baffling. They could be making money if they reopened it. It's been closed since the pandemic killed travel back in April 2020. So wait, their lot isn't damaged? It's just them choosing not to open it? Yeah, a “for sale” sign is posted on the fence at ...
Jump to postThey need to build a large multi-level parking garage on the current surface lot ASAP. It’s getting to the point where every weekend, there’s no parking available at the new terminal, and the economy lot at the old terminal fills to near capacity. I can’t tell you how many people miss their flights ...
Jump to postI can see MX trying MSY-PDX with the A223 a few times a week.
Jump to postAS SFO-MSY returns in February it looks like. A nice surprise.,
Jump to postI’d still fly MX, in fact I have some credits to use (though I’ll probably wait until they become more reliable operationally), and I want to see the airline thrive. I mentioned the “Arkansas” thing because it honestly made me laugh when I heard it and it gave me a poor impression. Yeah, of course w...
Jump to postMakes them still look lousy ... if it's even true. Anyone want to play airline BS bingo? :D I don’t know, but if I hear one more MX gate agent at MSY announce “flight xxx is now boarding for Arkansas”, I think I’m going to lose it lol. This one person in particular can’t even say Northwest Arkansas...
Jump to postMakes them still look lousy ... if it's even true. Anyone want to play airline BS bingo? :D I don’t know, but if I hear one more MX gate agent at MSY announce “flight xxx is now boarding for Arkansas”, I think I’m going to lose it lol. This one person in particular can’t even say Northwest Arkansas...
Jump to postNolaMD88fan wrote:Looks like F9 will also be adding 4x weekly LAS starting Sept. 9th.
BNA and AUS were the two worst performing routes for NK pre-COVID out of MSY in terms of loads. Typically loads were only in the 50 to 60% range. Not super surprised those would be some of the last routes to come back. And of course, AUS has become more competitive in the meantime, with AA also fly...
Jump to postCarnival officially resumes sailing to N.O on 9/5. Norwegian is returning in November, and Disney is coming back in February. Not sure about Royal since the ship they used for N.O has been scrapped. Still, all of this will lead to even more air traffic as the months progress. As for flights... F9 to...
Jump to postBreeze is staring “focus city” operations out of MSY today with flights to 9 cities. They fly to ten, but on any given day of operation, 9 will be served, due to frequency. It’ll be nice to see these beautiful e-jets in the daytime.
Jump to postAC4500 wrote:In September, I'm seeing the MAX-8 loaded onto IAH-LAS/PDX/SEA.
Are the MAX-8 jets mainly going to be based in Houston?
3 of the E90s are going to be based in MSY.
Jump to postI recently flew DL Y ATL-ANC and UA Y IAH-ANC (both roughly similar length flights with the ATL being about 30min longer) and it wasn’t even close, the UA service was leagues better. DL has those 7oz mini cans and only came around twice in 7 hours with a beverage service and you could get one pack ...
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