From what I can gather: Angels: UA3781 757-300 Astros: DL8926 757-200 Athletics Blue Jays: AC7032 A320 Braves Brewers Cardinals: DL8884 757-200 Cubs: UA3776 737-900 Diamondbacks: DL8876 757-200 Dodgers: UA3782 757-300 Giants: DL8852 757-200 Guardians: UA3778 737-900 Mariners: DL8887 757-200 Marlins...
Jump to postSun Country says it may build a second focus city similar to what MSP is https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/second-focus-city-potential-sun-countrys-next-iteration How about MKE? Sun Country also sees potential in south america As much as id love it to be MKE. If they want it ...
Jump to posttheVagabond wrote:Unless AA transfers CR7's to them, I don't think they have a future?
Would Sun Country consider opening a base at MKE? It seems as though they could fill the void of AirTran. Yes, Southwest picked up some routes, but AirTran had a true operation and base at MKE. I flew AirTran back in the day a few times from the east coast and connected in MKE to the West Coast. MK...
Jump to postWould Sun Country consider opening a base at MKE? It seems as though they could fill the void of AirTran. Yes, Southwest picked up some routes, but AirTran had a true operation and base at MKE. I flew AirTran back in the day a few times from the east coast and connected in MKE to the West Coast. MK...
Jump to postThe Business Journal reports this morning that Delta is adding a 5th daily nonstop to LGA from MKE, and a second daily to JFK. June 7. Also mentioned that JetBlue is upgauging from A220 to A320 on MKE to Boston. June 13 for that. DL owning the NYC market. I just wish we could get 1 mainline flight ...
Jump to postSun Country now has one of their 737s strictly based out of MKE. As the article mentions, that is a big deal for SY when their aircraft are in extreme demand to fly out of Minneapolis to warm weather destinations. Dedicating an entire plane from their small fleet to MKE is a sign that SY will conti...
Jump to postAn internal memo described MKE-JFK as being suspended seasonally rather than dropped, but that can't be known for certain until it starts showing up in the scheudle again. Their booking window is only to 12/27 right now so it will probably be a few months until we see a return date. Separately I wa...
Jump to postI also find it bizarre that Breeze doesn't open a big base at MKE, the market is begging for it. Get the county to cough up a renovation at concourse E (add international arrivals while they're at it) and it's like a red carpet. Seriously though, I suspect Breeze needs to expand slowly due to not h...
Jump to postAny updates on MIDWEST EXPRESS ... they seem to have vanished since the pandemic, but they still have a website up ... what say you Wisconsin ... any updates ? https://flymidwestexpress.com/ It was a doomed experiment from the start. Flying CRJ-200's first off, lack of big backing too. The reality ...
Jump to postcrjflyboy wrote:MKE could be a hub and spoke operation just as MIDWEST was back in the day ... all the gates exist and the market exists to do it.
MX blew it when they neglected this option ...
Flyglobal wrote:Guess it will turn out that the problem happened in Alaska MRO during WIFI installation.
Too much coincidence with the first pressure notifications and not before in service.
I really thought that NK would make the LAX flight work 1xday at their price point. And I find it strange that WN doesn't offer the route (any more?). The "rumor" I have heard about WN and the LAX flight is that they dont have the planes right now for this route, same thing about bringing...
Jump to postHere are the Q3 2023 PDEW's out of MKE to the top contiguous U.S. markets traveled to from MKE that don't currently have any nonstop service out of MKE (Source: https://data.transportation.gov/Aviation/Consumer-Airfare-Report-Table-6-Contiguous-State-C/yj5y-b2ir/explore): MKE-LAX/BUR/LGB/ONT/SNA - ...
Jump to postTo the AA fans at ORD, with the latest schedule update I’m seeing some of the growth AA eluded to at ORD in this article coming to fruition. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/american-airlines-ohare-service-next-year Some examples of AA trying to rebuild ORD (Again not to dominate, ...
Jump to posthttps://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2023/10/27/southwest-to-offer-nonstop-milwaukee-to-san-diego-flight-in-2024/71343126007/ WN is adding Saturday-only SAN-MKE. They have tried this route before and at one point it was daily. I'm not certain if these flights will be seasonal but all in al...
Jump to postAny adds (back) for MKE? For the longest time, we've been down to just MCO and LAS (both daily I *think*). MKE is a hard market. Most of the flights are your typical vacation flights or connecting flights to hubs. WN had a hard time making LAX work in MKE, NK certainty wasn't going to make it work ...
Jump to postA couple of weeks ago I flew EWR-Denver, it was a hot day and when we boarded the aircraft was hot and stuffy inside. The pilot over the intercom said the aircraft's APU was inoperable so they started one of the engines at the gate while we were waiting for pushback to help run the Air conditioning...
Jump to postknope2001 wrote:American will run a daily A319 on MKE-MIA from mid December until early April. Here's hoping this is successful and ultimately runs through the year.
Still a giant hole. No ORD/MDW/MKE/RFD/GYY or even MSN.... I’d be highly surprised if they ever start flying to ORD/MDW, RFD is also a likely no chance due to G4’s presence there. MKE/MSN would actually be quite good fits in Breeze’s network. Looking at some of the routes Breeze does. MKE would be ...
Jump to postWhile I am glad its not white, I do not like the tail design. I hope not all Jetblue aircraft get the same tail design. They won’t it will be different ones like now. So basically the same idea just further down the fuselage. Then I am ok with it. Hopefully the blue looks different in person then t...
Jump to postWhile I am glad its not white, I do not like the tail design. I hope not all Jetblue aircraft get the same tail design.
Jump to postI will bring up my home airport MKE. First, a good portion of the shops and food options are before security. So most people don't use them. Everyone wants to get through security and then relax before there flights. And the food options post security are nothing special. The check in area is very v...
Jump to postI was offered a PT ramp position in MKE last week for United Express. The Hiring Manager - Supervisor told me that this Summer and beyond that UA will be doing all Boeing in MKE and phase out the ER175 at least in MKE. All mainline he told me. An occasional Air Bus now and then he commented. ORD-MK...
Jump to postMKE can likely easily support daily nonstop service on AA, DL, UA, WN, AS, B6, or MX with the PDEW of MKE to Greater Los Angeles being 207 passengers per day in Q3 2022. While WN carried more of the MKE-Greater Los Angeles connecting traffic than AA, DL, or UA in Q3 2022, over 60% of the passengers...
Jump to postAnd just like that, seems like concourse E has been pushed to 2024 with no confirmed/locked in start date: https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2023/03/06/mitchell-international-airport-receives-5-1-million-from-faa/69959056007/ The Concouse E project was to have started in January 2021 bu...
Jump to postI agree at being frustrated at the progress, but the master plan update is now published (https://www.mkeupdate.com/), including the implementation plan (https://www.mkeupdate.com/application/files/2216/6373/1756/MPU-Section9-ImplementationPlan-Final-2022-09-20.pdf) and the start of concourse E dev...
Jump to postAll of which is why I say the current terminal/concourses just need to be punched up a bit and modernized - cosmetics really... And the *promised* (not just proposed) new International Arrivals/renovated concourse E needs to happen (I was under the impression that it was already budgeted for pre-pa...
Jump to postMKE needs the county to divest it and needs to be run by an independent airport authority whose *only* focus/priority is the betterment of the airport. Covid notwithstanding, the closure of concourse E and then, the *not* building of the promised new International Arrivals facility is infuriating. ...
Jump to postMKE needs a new terminal. They should use the new space to build a new consolidated terminal/concourse. MKE needs the county to divest it and needs to be run by an independent airport authority whose *only* focus/priority is the betterment of the airport. Covid notwithstanding, the closure of conco...
Jump to postApparently there are plans for a cargo hub at MKE. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/02/16/eyes-on-milwaukee-cargo-hub-planned-for-milwaukee-airport/ "Known as the South Cargo Logistics Hub, the 288,000-square-foot facility would have direct access to the airport tarmac. It’s being positioned as...
Jump to postJshank83 wrote:Saw MKE-YYZ was removed from future schedules.
Remember when SY had their little meltdown and it got the attention of Minnesota legislators? If I were WN, I'd be lighting a fire under my own tail to get everything back up and running. Enough of this and airlines might see more regulations put into the next FAA reauthorization bill. I doubt anyt...
Jump to postIt's unfortunate that WN is where it is now. Despite preferring to fly WN most of the time I feel very fortunate to have flown on UA this time to YVR to spend time with my in-laws for the holidays. Connecting at DEN on the 21st in the evening we were delayed 3.5 hours mainly to wait for a deicing s...
Jump to postAccording to FR24, the Green Bay Packers took a DL 757-200 and a DL 737-900er to and from MDW. I was not aware that the 737-900er could work at MDW? Weight restrictions?
Jump to postNot sure that E75 can’t do MKE-LAX/SFO. UA has run EUG and FAT to ORD. Maybe the #s don’t work but I’m sure a 220 can do it. MKE-LAX is within the range of an E-175 regional jet with the distance of MKE-LAX being 1756 mi, and there were a few routes longer than MKE-LAX that have previously been ser...
Jump to postI was shocked to learn that MKE no longer has service to either LAX or SFO. There has to be considerable leakage to ORD/MDW as a driving factor here. I'm trying to figure out how OMA can support daily service to LAX (granted it's on a E75L) and even places like DSM and CID had G4 service on A320s. ...
Jump to postPHX & TPA were going to be tough for NK, A lot of strong competition on those routes. LAX just doesn't work out of MKE, if WN cannot make it work, and now NK. Not sure who can. Here were the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for WN MKE-LAX/SFO in 2019: MKE-LAX - 86648 pass...
Jump to postPHX & TPA were going to be tough for NK, A lot of strong competition on those routes. LAX just doesn't work out of MKE, if WN cannot make it work, and now NK. Not sure who can.
Jump to postI have been looking into Sun Country and MKE. Mostly because of planning a trip in the future. And nothing shows up for SY, even on there website when I use MKE and try to find flights it just says unavailable.
Jump to postElroyJetson wrote:This is Boeing's to lose imho. If the 787-10 gets the MTOW bump that is being discussed it's a no brainer.
Delta appears to be fully dropping RDU and CVG from ORD per the Delta \thread and the Ohio Thread Delta Network Thread: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1468453&start=1250 Rest of Ohio Thread: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1468521&start=500#p...
Jump to postConcourse C, the WN gates, that concourse is so outdated and cramped. I cant believe WN hasn't done something. But I guess the question is what?
Jump to postThe average person will think the rear mounted engines will look very futuristic. The dislike for turboprop aircraft will then not apply to this layout. This should sell just as well as a jet while having the efficiency advantages of a prop. The "stigma" of turboprop in the US is just rid...
Jump to postIMO the next great aircraft threshold for Southwest is an aircraft with 200 pax capacity. It won't happen with Airbus for obvious reasons so that leaves the MAX. The 737-9 seems it would fit around 200 pax with WNs 32 inch pitch but with the extra emergency exit, I'm not sure how true they can be t...
Jump to postIn MKE gate assignment news, United has vacated C9/C11/C15 and has moved across the hall to C10/C12/C14. (Anyone know why?) It has been interesting seeing that. We, the WN guys that live in MKE, have fantasized about us taking those gates to expand our presence. But we are just not capable of that ...
Jump to postMSN is the #2 remaining market in the contiguous U.S. (and the #1 remaining market in the Midwest) without WN service. There has also been discussion about WN adding a few additional new destinations after WN has more staff and more planes in its fleet. There was also discussion about the possibili...
Jump to postI'm not American, but lived in the US for more than a decade and spent 3 years in Chicago between 2017 and 2019. As an outsider, I always found the trash talk of Chicago to be rather bizarre. Many industrial "Rust Belt" US cities fared very poorly in the de-industrialization years and thi...
Jump to postThis. Is. Why. We. Need. High. Speed. Rail. I agree to high speed rail can work for a vast majority of the US. The problem is small cities with around 50,000 people. You look at the rural parts of the upper Midwest / great plains. You are never going to get high speed rail to Wausau Wisconsin, or M...
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