I think Norfolk could work from PHL. Honestly, I think almost anything with the right frequencies from PHL could work for F9. The fares from AA are, at times, comical. No one else has much interest to really compete in PHL outside of some basic frequencies to hubs and SW traditional markets. One ar...
Jump to post"If F9 continues to expand at PHL (although not sure how much more expansion they can do here without TATL to enable a large amount of connection opportunities)..." Talk about speaking too soon... F9 just announced PHL-BUF/ORF is coming in early June at 3x weekly apiece. Not sure if it is ...
Jump to postFrontier adding 8 routes in June at the following weekly frequencies: https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-a ... -airports/
BUF-PHL 3x
DEN-SAV 3x
DFW-SMF 4x
DFW-STL 3x
DFW-SEA 4x
ONT-SMF daily (starts in July)
ORD-SLC 3x
ORF-PHL- 3x
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/frontier-airlines-overhauls-network-turns-050231887.html I think Frontier will soon announce a new First Class product. 5 days ago they posted a contest on Facebook to name their new First class. When you clicked on the link it redirected you to the form to submit you...
Jump to postFor those with an Inquirier subscription, here is an article on the budget testimony from PHL today: https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-international-airport-aviation-budget-20240403.html Highlights "improvements will be made including to passenger waiting areas, garages, roadways,...
Jump to postIn the FY25 Budget testimony there's a quote that was posted earlier in this thread that says "The Asia market from PHL is rebounding and carriers are expressing interest in serving the Philadelphia market". I was thinking on what part of Asia they could be referring to. India, China, bot...
Jump to postLooks like the most recent schedule extension into fall showed lot of capacity bumps for AA. But oddly, PHL-SJU canceled for September which I know is hurricane season but a true testament to how F9 and NK have really gave AA a run in the market. It drops to 1x for CLT/DFW so not surprised PHL has ...
Jump to postAA sounds like WN but with less seat pitch, Basic Economy fares, and bag fees, frankly. It sounds exactly like that with the only plus in AA’s favor being assigned seating (that may or may not come with a fee). I keep seeing all these justifications for AA’s lack of an investment in a hard product ...
Jump to postIf they wanted to do this from populated areas even if it wasn't at the airport, I could see Baltimore (over BWI), York, and Reading start up in the future. Needs an airport for TSA since the bus is "sterile". I do think Scranton, Trenton and Harrisburg would be logical adds. The in-city ...
Jump to posthttps://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/03/21/philadelphia-airport-tsa-complaints Most complaints are about TSA Precheck I wonder if the complaints are about the lack of it in A-West, B, and F (and A-East when it didn't have it)? Compared to other airports, PHL tends to have the shortest PreC...
Jump to postEWR Approach ATC will be under the Philly office purview in the next 2-3 months to relieve staffing pressure in the NYC office. Not sure if how this will impact PHL approach - are we sacrificing our capacity in order to free up JFK/LGA? Will be be deprioritized in favor of EWR when there is congest...
Jump to postSo, basically BOS, JFK and Northeast to Florida. Not sure if Europe will last in the Fall. Overdue but necessary. I really do wish them the best. It does seem like a new arrangement with AA similar to the AA/AS agreement should be pursued. Even the judge said that would pass muster. The prior propo...
Jump to postCranky has some thoughts on AA's network strategy from the investor day presentation: https://crankyflier.com/2024/03/05/armed-with-tortured-data-american-takes-its-old-new-york-strategy-systemwide Biggest one to me is that some of the stats AA presents are a bit misleading. For example, part of th...
Jump to postCranky has some thoughts on AA's network strategy from the investor day presentation: https://crankyflier.com/2024/03/05/armed-with-tortured-data-american-takes-its-old-new-york-strategy-systemwide Biggest one to me is that some of the stats AA presents are a bit misleading. For example, part of the...
Jump to postGoing through the investor presentation is quite interesting. I quite like their sunbelt stragegy. It makes far too much sense to blanket the south with flights everywhere which increases brand relevance, which leads to more people joining AAdvantage and taking up credit cards. I love that slide on...
Jump to postMerger terminated by mutual agreement. On the announcement, JetBlue's stock rose some 5%; Spirit's stock fell 16%. The market has spoken! https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-03-04-2024/card/jetblue-stock-rises-premarket-after-deal-to-buy-spirit-called-off-b6TeAwmQwORvvp7Vy...
Jump to postFrom Ishrion Frontier Airlines cancels routes and 2 cities: • Las Vegas (LAS) to Indianapolis (IND), Charlotte (CLT), Sacramento (SMF), Tampa (TPA) • Orlando (MCO) to Harrisburg (MDT), Columbus (CMH), New Orleans (MSY), Pittsburgh (PIT), Boston (BOS), Santo Domingo (SDQ) • Denver (DEN) to Myrtle Be...
Jump to postAir New Zealand has 2 different subfleets of A32x family, our domestic birds have no overwater equipment (life rafts, HF radio etc) so cant even do a trans-Tasman flight. Even though the base A320 might be certified to 180min. Our international A32x fleet has all the required equipment obviously I ...
Jump to postFrom their 10-K: " During October 2019, we entered into an amendment with Airbus that allows us the option to convert 18 A320neo aircraft to A321XLR aircraft. This conversion right is not reflected in the table above as this option has not been exercised " Do they actually have XLRs on fir...
Jump to postAre you looking for information on aircraft or operator certification? The OEM delivers a ETOPS xxx (xxx is 120, 180, or greater) capable plane. It’s the operator that has to gain approval, which is whole ‘mother process. Operations and maintenance approval is where WN stumbled with approved planes...
Jump to postAccording to Ishrion, AA has filed to fly to PQI among other airlines. “American Airlines has also applied for the PQI contract with 12x weekly to PHL on a 50-seater. Boutique Air proposes BOS-PQI” Also United and JetBlue has submitted request Seems like a no-brainer for AA/PHL. PHL doesn't provide...
Jump to postF9 restarting PHL-LAS on May 16th as a daily flight on a 321, flights on their website but no seats for sale yet. Interesting because their recent strategy has been to keep flights under 1500-1600 miles for the most part and this is almost 2200. I believe it's their longest announced new/restarted r...
Jump to postWas thinking about this with talk of airlines (e.g. F9, previously B6) starting TATL flights with 321LR/XLR and the internet seems very devoid of any information beyond the basics of ETOPS. I know that ETOPS 120/138 is generally all that is needed to fly East Coast/Midwest of US/Canada to Western Eu...
Jump to postUS Airways once did 20x daily PHL-LGA on Turboprops back when they had a slot portfolio they didn't know what to do with. Talk about slot squatting. That is what drove US and DL to swap slots in 2009 between LGA and DCA. US had a sizable LGA operation that only grew in the 1980s and 1990s, but on t...
Jump to posthttps://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1491423&p=24168187#p24166529 Here is some international o&d numbers in the month of November. We do have some weak o&d numbers for international travel. Some could be leakage to other airports, some is just weak demand. Credit to u...
Jump to postJust saw on Enilria's schedule change post that LGA-PHL goes to 6 daily flights starting in May. Looks like it starts Monday May 6th, with 6 flights daily, 4 Saturday, 5 Sunday. All on E175s I can't believe it is anything more than slot squatting. 2-3 daily flights I can understand as it can capture...
Jump to postIs AA still due for its 321XLR this year? A former colleague who is still on the inside told me the configuration will be 10J 194Y, that seems very dense for this airplane and may cause range issues. That configuration is not correct, they will be 20J and 12W when announced 18 months ago: https://n...
Jump to posthttps://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1758648306530406443?t=LFXJt5actXCWXT7rZjOSZg&s=19 Looks like UA will switch EWR back to IAD. Will be on a e-175 Not a surprise, it was really only for COVID and keeping slot For the schedule it should be a net increase of one flight per day, IAD appears to be...
Jump to postIt’s unlikely but it’s not zero. AA will be growing back LAX international in the mid-term. It only currently has four long-haul destinations but LAX is triple daily and Haneda is double daily. And what leads you think AA will be growing back LAX internationally? They’ve more or less surrendered th...
Jump to postSadly, this just proves that humans are the weak link in any security checkpoints from paperwork to x-ray examinations. I hope the staff that missed him will face investigations and the unions don't get in the way of dismissal of them if appropriate. Unless there was gross negligence involved by an...
Jump to postWas at the airport today for volunteering and I see Connect Airlines still has 2 aircraft parked. I know they laid off a bunch of an employees not to long ago so at this point I have low expectations they will get off the ground with their operations. Hopefully their appeal works in there favor. Si...
Jump to postJust a few upgrades and continuations that I saw from dummy booking. PHL-MSN (1x ERJ145/1x CRJ900) PHL-YQB (1x E175) PHL-IAH (3x A319) PHL-AUS (3x A319) PHL-SLC (1x A321) PHL-PDX (1x A321) Very heavy A319 usage this summer for PHL. The Plat Pro in me hates that because of the 8F. I'll take an Eagle...
Jump to postI'm curious if UA is going to reduce service at PHL because of the F9 adds and just bank on people driving up to Newark. UA doesn't have much presence here. Same with DL on routes like MSP and DTW where F9 is competing. AA does not have a good domestic product. Agreed, but I live in the city and it...
Jump to postHas there been any updates recently on their possible utilizations of the A321XLR? I remember them stating something about Shannon a while ago, which does work in question out of the PHL base. I'm also interested with how they utilize it on prospective flights to Hawaii from the West Coast, and wha...
Jump to postIt's hard to see what they would go with: 1) FLL is pretty full to begin with AND UA would be starting in 3rd place there 2) MIA has been locked up by AA for decades - could happen but difficult to make headway without setting money on fire for the next 5 years, plus the depressed yields from havin...
Jump to postHas there been any updates recently on their possible utilizations of the A321XLR? I remember them stating something about Shannon a while ago, which does work in question out of the PHL base. I'm also interested with how they utilize it on prospective flights to Hawaii from the West Coast, and wha...
Jump to postLooks like PHL-LIS is a 788 for some/all of the summer now, after AA initially advertised it was switching to a 789 for the summertime. Was looking at an assortment of dates for an August trip and they are all 788.
Jump to postHere's the official release... 47% increase YoY whoa! https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-adds-another-10-destinations-from-phl-summer-daily-departures-to-increase-47-versus-a-year-ago/ So 44 daily departures average. I'm curious what the peak is. Maybe 48? It can't be too high given mos...
Jump to postIt's hard to see what they would go with: 1) FLL is pretty full to begin with AND UA would be starting in 3rd place there 2) MIA has been locked up by AA for decades - could happen but difficult to make headway without setting money on fire for the next 5 years, plus the depressed yields from havin...
Jump to postI want to point out that AA was charging very high fares to these places. Like $300-600. So F9 was capturing a market where AA is charging very high fares. I don't how AA will respond if at all. The reason why I say that because they already had plan for a summer time ramp up, as pointed out by the...
Jump to postHere it is for F9 tomorrow: STL, CMH, TYS, IND, MKE, DTW, MCI, PWM. A mix of new and returning flights with this, but great to see F9 have a big expansion here! Wonder how AA will take this. It feels like they need to, but in reality they should have done more to respond 2-3 years ago. Waiting so l...
Jump to postIt's hard to see what they would go with: 1) FLL is pretty full to begin with AND UA would be starting in 3rd place there 2) MIA has been locked up by AA for decades - could happen but difficult to make headway without setting money on fire for the next 5 years, plus the depressed yields from having...
Jump to postFor those who aren't following individual airport threads here, F9 is announcing 10 new routes from PHL tomorrow per the Philadelphia Airport 2024 thread: STL, MCI, PWM, IND, MKE, DTW, ORD, PNS, TYS, and CMH
Already loaded onto the website, sounds like it'll be officially announced tomorrow.
So correct me if I'm wrong here, but after doing a count including what was reported tonight, PHL will be at 40 destinations which ranks third in the F9 system after DEN + MCO. That sounds about right +/- 1. Not sure the frequencies (on my phone so a pain to check the website) but they were at 38is...
Jump to postHere it is for F9 tomorrow: STL, CMH, TYS, IND, MKE, DTW, MCI, PWM. A mix of new and returning flights with this, but great to see F9 have a big expansion here! Wonder how AA will take this. It feels like they need to, but in reality they should have done more to respond 2-3 years ago. Waiting so l...
Jump to postFor those who may have seen on social, F9 is holding a big event tomorrow night at Craft Hall from 5-8pm giving away free flights, miles, status, swag, etc. I thought this press push was kind of odd since PHL didn't benefit from the most recent route news. However, I just heard they are announcing ...
Jump to postFor those who may have seen on social, F9 is holding a big event tomorrow night at Craft Hall from 5-8pm giving away free flights, miles, status, swag, etc. I thought this press push was kind of odd since PHL didn't benefit from the most recent route news. However, I just heard they are announcing ...
Jump to postFor those who may have seen on social, F9 is holding a big event tomorrow night at Craft Hall from 5-8pm giving away free flights, miles, status, swag, etc. I thought this press push was kind of odd since PHL didn't benefit from the most recent route news. However, I just heard they are announcing ...
Jump to postThis hint is on Avelo's Facebook page "All’s fair in love and travel The ones that get it, get it. The ones that don’t, aren’t Swifties! Where are you traveling April 19th? See ya there" That's just a play of T-Swift's new album release on the 19th. I think this is just a coincidence, not...
Jump to postOne would assume that if AA were to start a 2nd daily flight to India it'd have to be from the northeast, due to range and russian airspace. Is there any possibility that they'd start a flight from BOS (O&D) or PHL (connections)? Or JFK to a 2nd Indian city? BOS has a better chance of India ser...
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