Some pretty crazy guesses! No inside information but I will say the most likely top three are Cincinnati, DFW, and Milwaukee. Cincinnati would seem to work well with the Amazon Air cargo operation there already. DFW Metroplex just keeps growing with plenty of leisure traffic that has money to spend....
Jump to postSY doesn't appear on the RITA BTS list of top 5 domestic op carriers at MSP so its share must be lower than AA mainline at 3.82% for the 12 months ending 11/2023. Just two Ch 11 filings... no worse than CO or US. ;) Not sure what the RITA BTS is but here are the official market share numbers from t...
Jump to postSun Country has learned its niche in MN and properly focusing on it has been profitable. Their product works especially well against Delta at MSP because Delta markets itself and sells its tickets as a "premium" product. For the budget conscious Minnesotan who doesn't want to fly bare-bone...
Jump to postWay to go SNL, that was hilarious! Poor AS captured the attention of some comic talent. Proudly All Boeing isn't looking so good
Jump to postIt’s two vacation routes, at 1x frequency. I’m sure they see the connecting data from AUS to LAS and MCO and see it as worth it. But again, we have to assume Delta doesn’t know anything about airline operations and just exists to make the wrong move over and over. Wonder if they’d be 220 routes if ...
Jump to postGot an email from SY promoting a resumption of MSP-SXM beginning in January. For many years under the ownership of the Davis's, it was a real pleasure flying SY to SXM, in first class as their product was awesome. Now, since their race to the bottom to be just another bad ULCC, I no longer bother f...
Jump to postI am a bit surprised to see no mention of the expansion of the previously planned Concourse G FIS to the east end while also keeping FIS at terminal 2. I assumed that with the new SkyClub at the east end of the concourse that the new FIS and wide body gates were a definite future addition on an expa...
Jump to postAnd if AS and B6 don't get their act together, we the consumer risk losing them both which will be too bad. They both have offered a great competitive choice in their markets to consumers. I cannot help but wonder if the market dynamics and shortage of pilots will squeeze AS and B6 out of existence....
Jump to postIt’s false to state or imply this is intended to make the pilots look bad. There were and are a number of reasons for the operational struggles of late, but the pilots are NOT to blame. At all. And the operation is being aggressively corrected. EA CO AS: Can you offer any insights into why manageme...
Jump to postInteresting as Alaska seemed to have been the darling of a.net these past few years; where has the love gone? I am genuinely curious as to why management has taken such a hard stance against the pilots? Does their business plan not support a more generous pilot contract or why did management elect ...
Jump to postI am going to go out and say: A June start/resumption date is likely to hold at this point as its at the 3-month mark which is about the timeframe for some degree of confidence and a % of advanced bookings. Makes sense for those routes to capture peak summer leisure A September start/resumption dat...
Jump to postSun Country has a big loyal following here in Minnesota. They provide a great low fare alternative to DL on many popular routes where they help keep DL "honest" with pricing. Many friends and co-workers along with my wife and I are all SCX VISA card holders and frequent flyers. A group at ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know if DL has or is considering updating their titles? They seem small & dated with the current trend of bold billboard titles. IMO, it would update their look easily similar to what AF has done. Looks sharp. Or at least update the smaller titles on the Airbus ceos and A330 ceos. T...
Jump to postLet's hope all those hard working MSP snow removal operations folks get a fair contract. They recently voted to strike in January. Treat them fairly MAC/MSP!
Jump to postNew video post from MSP on snow removal. Pretty sweet video:
https://youtu.be/n1eIEVxRA0Y
MohawkWeekend wrote:Conga line - like the dance
Here's a nice video of how MSP tackles snowstorms. Some great shots of the Conga lines removing snow:
https://youtu.be/XiA75XTHXdA
I saw this documentary and really enjoyed it. We connected through ATL for the first time last year and I found it to be a great easy experience in the A gates concourse. We had enough time for dinner up on the 2nd floor facing west and the window views out on the tarmac were a blast. Crazy DL activ...
Jump to post1. DFW: 227 - AA 2. ATL: 188 - DL 3. ORD: 164 - UA 4. DEN: 163 - UA 5. IAH: 154 – UA 6. CLT: 153 - AA 7. ORD: 130 - AA 8. MIA: 129 - AA 9. EWR: 124 - UA 10. DTW: 118 - DL 11. MSP: 117 - DL 12. IAD: 117 - UA Interesting comparison: UA's 5th largest hub by number of destinations served is statistical...
Jump to postsunking737 wrote:Not sure of Wright County. Talk awhile ago new site at St Cloud. Lots of room. Only thing that didn't move was the Army Guard Aviation unit.
Interesting I had not heard of the Ham Lake site. But i seem to remember Hastings and location out near Buffalo\wright county area. Ham Lake would be an absolute nightmare of a location without massive highway infrastructure upgrades. Even today without an airport they need to freeway system flowin...
Jump to postThe 739s were bought cheap too, I am certain. Now that is just my opinion. Lightsaber I have been tracking Delta's financial fleet commitments on an Excel spreadsheet every quarter since 2010. I track the changes in their financial fleet commitment dollar amount each quarter, against the quantity o...
Jump to postDelta is pretty non existent in the fastest growing parts of the country whether it be Florida, Texas, or Arizona. It also offers very little service in Illinois. As a resident Gen-Z'er, Delta needs to do more to capture the emerging market segment that is Generation Z. Right now Delta has foregone...
Jump to postAnyone have an update on the status of the new IAF facility at SEA? Should be close to opening, right? I did a current news Google search without finding any recent updates. Last update on Port's website was in November.
Jump to postsunking737 wrote:SY found that there was a need for a VIP congf for college charters, DOD and a few others. They took out all the Y class seats and replaced them with their old first class seats.
Does SY still have a -700 a/c? I haven't seen one here @ MSP, their base, for a long long time. It's in the air right now. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N713SY Copied that, thank you! I thought they got rid of their last -700 due to better costs running just the larger -800's. Maybe a lease t...
Jump to postDoes SY still have a -700 a/c? I haven't seen one here @ MSP, their base, for a long long time.
Jump to postAA has the SNA-DFW market covered. I fly AA through DFW from SNA 3 times a month. Even with COVID they offer multiple departures at the lowest fares I’ve seen in years. AA will really only have to match the lowest SY fare on one of their departures, presumably the one closest to the SY departure ti...
Jump to postAnyone know what their fleet will look like with these adds? I assuming they are adding aircraft?
Jump to postsldispatcher wrote:I posted these a while back that I made 3 decades ago...
https://youtu.be/rsZ8TIyTr_Q
https://youtu.be/lemLIg-8hWo
https://youtu.be/qSBp5YXBQRI
Don’t judge on the shaky camera work
Tried the stabilizer
Seems like a real inconsistent product domestically for sure between B6 and AA. I wouldn't want to be the B6 flyer that ends up booked on an AA codeshare flight.
Jump to postDL has always played their cards right in regards to dual west coast hubs at LAX and SEA. They aren't the ones having to make massive changes in that regards--AA is. Their touted LAX TPAC hub strategy has obviously failed and now they will have to rely on another airline to try and fill seats in SEA...
Jump to postKey takeaways here are less int'l from LAX, and decreasing long-thin routes Should be interesting to watch, especially SEA-PVG CLT down to 3 int'l routes it looks like http://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2020/American-Airlines-Resets-International-Network-for-Remainder-of-2020-Through-Summer-2021-...
Jump to postInteresting argument. Competition is anti-competitive. Ha. Seriously, you have overtaken this thread with your nonsensical rants. When the city has no viable plans to expand the footprint of the airport, there comes a time when an airline's quest to become larger by way of an alliance in an ever-sh...
Jump to postHere we go again--the sky is falling in SEA for lost DL. So tired of these inaccurate postings. DL is performing phenomenally financially. They are targeting the markets where they see logical future growth. And they do not need to outgrow AS at SEA. SEA is really all AS has, its main hub. AS has n...
Jump to postWow, AS is not playing in SEA...... The question is: at what point does DL back off, and if so, what does that look like? I can’t imagine a world where they just completely back out of all this SEA growth... but based on some basic back of the hand math with DOT numbers, it’s clear AS is eating the...
Jump to postAS HLN-SEA MAY 1.0>1.3[1.0] JUN 1.0>2[1.0] JUL 1.0>2[1.0] AUG 1.0>2[1.0] SEP 1.0>2[1.0] *AS IAD-SEA JUN 2>3[1.8] JUL 2>3[2] AUG 1.9>3[2.0] SEP 1.9>3[1.9] AS IND-SEA MAY 1.0>1.3[1.0] JUN 1.0>2[1.0] JUL 1.0>2[1.0] AUG 1.0>2[1.0] SEP 1.0>1.3[1.0] Hadn't seen the frequencies before this, but I had no i...
Jump to postNot wanting to hijack the thread and take away from AS's excellent performance, but if they purchased HA wouldn't it be an easy way to both acquire WB aircraft and some INTL routes? They could launch some Asian routes from SEA and PDX with HA's 789's. Again, well done AS employees and AS management ...
Jump to postHow about a purchase of F9 and a building of another large hub in DEN? Gets rid of a no frills competitor and gives them a possible great hub in DEN if they can catch up to WN and overtake WN there.
Better yet, a buyout of WN.
Great job AS and all the AS employees. One has to wonder what potential acquisition AS management might be looking at if they will have paid off 75% of the cost of the VX purchase. They have to grow to survive or they will face being purchased. I see them as the acquirer. But of whom? B6 is my bet. ...
Jump to postAs someone that lost friends and has nightmares still of this painful time, it's hard to see it rehashed. Same here. I was a frontline supervisor in reservations when 261 happened and remember consoling the agents in tears for years afterward when horrible people would call and ask them, “So, how m...
Jump to postAs someone that lost friends and has nightmares still of this painful time, it's hard to see it rehashed. Same here. I was a frontline supervisor in reservations when 261 happened and remember consoling the agents in tears for years afterward when horrible people would call and ask them, “So, how m...
Jump to postAn AS maintenance employee had come forward to the feds as a whistleblower against the company and its cost cutting. There was an investigation underway at the time of the crash of 261.
Not many airlines had an employee reporting against them as a whistleblower at the time of a major crash.
[quote="LAXBUR"]Um ok. What is the question? What is your point? Or better yet why do you feel Alaska's crash is different than any other air accident in modern aviation history? Because the NTSB found that AS had made unsafe cuts to their maintenance program to save money as they transiti...
Jump to postI am a fan of Alaska Airlines so no flaming or unfair slamming of AS. But after yet again watching the Air Disaster episode for the MD-80 flight 261 crash, I can't help but wonder how did AS overcome and then thrive after such a horrible crash where they accepted liability and were found negligent? ...
Jump to postIts not a change in strategy at all, this strategy of fleet renewal has been in progress for 5+ years. 2019 has just been a big year for new airplane deliveries but they have taken a ton of new planes really since 2014 The used aircraft acquistions were primarily and opportunistic and stop-gap meas...
Jump to post[quote="TropicalSky"]It appears from the outside looking in that DELTA management team is focused on getting best value for the money and keeping expenses low.....those steal-of-a-deal orders from AIRBUS & BOEING on 339's,321's & 739's are paying dividends as they didn't pay top pr...
Jump to postMSP was there long before the City of Eagan. Wouldn't it be great if the airport could sue the cities for allowing residential building under and near their flight paths for any long pre-existing airports??? Lol
Jump to postMeh...you still attack AS more than any other carrier, even in threads you do not start. I get every airline has it's fanboys and haters, but AS is one of the better carriers left in this nation, and every time they cut a flight you imply the wheels are coming off. Have a great week. I wish those w...
Jump to post