The only way that MCI/KCI grow with passenger count, I believe, is for SWA to connect more passengers and add more non stop destinations. The new terminal is a beauty for connecting traffic and passengers. Beats connecting throu DIA or STL hands down WN updated their city fact sheets and it’s very ...
Jump to postUA is taking on a lot of planes at the moment and I feel they dont have enough staff or pilots to fly around, I think this is why we are seeing cuts to EWR/IAD during the slow season. I think as more crew gets trained and the continued arrival of new planes in their fleet will free up a lot more ca...
Jump to postDelta having A221/ A223 in their fleet would mean they can right size the plane for the demand on the JFK route if B6's A321 is too much plane. Well, B6 also has A220s. Not sure if B6 is operationally constrained, or if seasonal demand for JFK-SMF has changed, but B6 would have just changed their A...
Jump to postDelta having A221/ A223 in their fleet would mean they can right size the plane for the demand on the JFK route if B6's A321 is too much plane.
Jump to postGreat post SMF Flyer, many thanks. Very interesting read. Just a few quick hits from my end: - B6 could add to NYC, yeah, but perhaps AA may do JFK. I know your view is they’d focus on other hubs, but maybe they’ll see an opening with the UA (EWR) cuts. Granted, the latter is seasonal only so far. ...
Jump to postSpeaking of daytime to NYC, B6 did have a plan to run double daily to JFK with an afternoon departure from SMF for summer 2020, however as we all know the world changed before this added frequency made fruition. NYC is a popular destination in the summer and with traffic coming back to normal, I def...
Jump to postAlthough the surge in number of passengers is not that much, it's the sheer amount of infrequent travelers that cause the congestion. People tend to pack more things, bring their kids, arrive earlier to the airport in anticipation of delays meaning more people waiting around for flights, more people...
Jump to postSMF - YVR increases 1x --> 2x daily (eff May 1) SMF - YYZ increases 4x/wk --> 5x/wk and upgauges from A220 to B738Max (eff May 31) Great connections to/from Europe via YYZ during peak summer season! Awesome news, I recall AC was planning on x2 daily to YVR for summer 2020 but those plans fell throu...
Jump to postDelta DTW-SMF schedule: DTW-SMF: 7:55 PM - 9:55 PM (DL 1028 / 737-900ER) SMF-DTW: 11:05 PM - 6:30 AM+1 (DL 1028 / 737-900ER) Right now, only 5x weekly flights scheduled (no flights on Tue/Sat). Additionally starting July 8, 2024 SMF-ATL will be going 4x daily, the additional flight will be an mid-d...
Jump to postGreat to see MCO return as it’s always ranked as one of the largest US routes without a non-stop. Now it’d be nice if they bumped up some of their non-daily flights up to daily (and year-round) and brought back BWI, which seemed to be a very popular route Outside of BWI to a few other hubs/focus ci...
Jump to postWN to re-launch SMF-MCO service on 3/9/24 as Saturday only service
https://sacramento.aero/scas/about/news ... to-orlando
Flight times: MIA-SMF 1930-2317 A321neo 6h47m SMF-MIA 0017-0843 A321neo 5h26m Thanks for the times and equipment information. I'm actually very surprised about this move and makes this announcement exciting to hear. I was expecting JetBlue vs Spirit to start service via FLL before I would've though...
Jump to postThe new tower will be on the northside? As in by the crash house? (Or where the crash house was from 1967 through my last time at SMF in 2008 ors so. I know things change. I haven't seen the new Terminal B except from I-5.) Per the 2020 master plan for the airport, the area directly west of the cur...
Jump to postNew control tower coming to SMF! I think this was originally planned during the "Big Build" when they were planning the new terminal B, however was shelved when they didn't receive FAA funding to relocate the tower. https://sacramento.aero/smf/about/news-and-events/smf-receives-faa-funding...
Jump to postAlso I noticed that AA only has 2x to LAX on E175 birds, is that normal? I remember their being more service pre-covid, no? Lastly, AA only has 1x daily to ORD? and United 2x? How is that competitive? I recall UA at least having 4x service with one of them being a 757 (I'm dating myself here, that ...
Jump to postYear and passenger numbers were released, total 12,313,370 travelled out of SMF in 2022 edging along the pre-covid 2019 numbers which was just above 13million. There was a significant dip in passenger numbers in December likely from the Southwest meltdown. If the meltdown didn't occur, based on 2019...
Jump to postLet's start the year with predictions! Breeze airways will announce start of service out of SMF to the rumored SBD. Based on their other serviced cities, maybe we will see further expansion to routes like TPA, MCO, MSY. 2 of these were previously served by WN pre-pandemic so I can see Breeze taking ...
Jump to postMCI-LAS increase works out perfectly considering F9 is dropping MCI-LAS. Wish they would bring back SNA. What ever happened to BOS? Did DL and B6 drive them off the route? Also forgot about MCI-SAT going back daily. MCI is getting to a critical mass where connections will make more flights feasible...
Jump to postAppears to be summer seasonal the afternoon arrival into YYZ and evening departure out of YYZ lines up with the European connections which makes this flight very convenient for the European bound customer. Yes! I was hoping for a non-stop to Europe (which I knew was a long shot), but this is probab...
Jump to postCongrats to SMF on AC's announcement of new nonstop SMF-YYZ service beginning in June! https://media.aircanada.com/2022-12-08-Air-Canada-Gets-an-Early-Jump-on-U-S-Summer-Travel-with-New-Routes-to-JFK-Airport-from-Toronto,-Montreal Wow surprising, but this is the type of route the A220 was made for,...
Jump to postwhat happened to the announcement that was supposed to be today?
Jump to postlooks like announcement got moved to next week. Some possibilities I can think of: Alaska: PVR, CUN (unlikely given AS has staffing issues) Volaris: Morelia, Zacatecas (would Morelia even be announcable as it would be resumption of service?) Westjet: Calgary (is there demand for this route?) Air Can...
Jump to postInteresting.... I could see PDX being seasonal and coming back in the spring given it's O&D nature relative to B6's network. Dropping SJC implies there isn't enough corporate/biz traffic to sustain it into the slow season. If that's the case it's a bad canary in the coal mine when it comes to c...
Jump to postwhoa... I was looking at flightradar today and noticed that HA is now operating A332 on OGG-SMF now. Cool to see x2 A332 out of SMF daily now. Wonder if this will last.
Jump to postThanks for the history lesson. I guess I could be thinking of a Taco Bell, I was very young at the time. Maybe I should have mentioned this would have been 1998-2001 timeframe. Sent from my ELE-L29 using Tapatalk I do remember frequenting that taco bell as a child in the late 90s, it was behind and...
Jump to postNow with SMF traffic surging back up to near 2019 levels, what are the growth plans for the airport? Parking garage A is nearly always at capacity, I think its time to start thinking about finally building that garage B.
Jump to postIts a two way street. You receive status, upgrades, preferential treatment, and lounge access with the alliance in exchange for your loyalty. You have to consider if the benefits you get outweigh the negatives which would include odd routing, odd timing, long layovers, and possibly more expensive ti...
Jump to postDuring March 2022, SMF handled 955,562 passengers, marking a 8.8% decrease YoY vs. March 2019 on a 8.1% seat capacity decrease and a 11.5% decline in flight departures. EPAX declined 8.5% for the same period. The March figures reflect a MoM passenger increase of 29.0% (215k passengers) on an 16.1% ...
Jump to postSBA is getting a daily SMF flight starting in June, is there any chance we also get a new flight? According to the BTS dashboard, SBA does have more WN pax than FAT, but only about 11,000 over the last year, or about 30 pax per day, and that's with another flight. However, it's possible that Contou...
Jump to postAC resumes daily SMF-YVR nonstop service beginning June 1 using 76-seat CR9 a/c following a 26-month suspension. WN launches daily SMF-SBA nonstop service beginning June 5. Contour previously served the route until March 2020. DL resumes daily SMF-DTW nonstop service beginning Aug 8 following a 26-...
Jump to postWhat is everyone's predictions for the new year? My prediction is for some modest growth over last year, but not meeting or surpassing passenger counts from 2019. We should have a somewhat depressed Jan/Feb due to omicron, but once that passes and spring time arrives its gonna be back to traveling f...
Jump to postDuring November 2021, SMF handled 969,979 passengers, marking a 11.0% decrease YoY vs. November 2019 on a 12.9% seat capacity decrease and a 17.3% decline in flight departures. The November figures reflect a MoM passenger decrease of 3.1% (31,508 passengers) on an 18.5% seat capacity decrease and 2...
Jump to postDuring November 2021, SMF handled 969,979 passengers, marking a 11.0% decrease YoY vs. November 2019 on a 12.9% seat capacity decrease and a 17.3% decline in flight departures. The November figures reflect a MoM passenger decrease of 3.1% (31,508 passengers) on an 18.5% seat capacity decrease and 2...
Jump to postDuring October 2021, SMF handled 1,001,487 passengers, marking a 13.4% decrease YoY vs. October 2019 on a 10.2% seat capacity decrease and a 13.9% decline in flight departures. The October figures reflect a MoM passenger increase of 9.3% (85,139 passengers) on a 5.8% seat capacity increase and 5.0%...
Jump to postAA and B6 are advertising lie flats on all transcons. So with the list above, is B6 going to add Mint to all of those? Or is it a false claim? JFK-SMF/PDX/SJC, etc. are just as much a transcon as JFK-LAX is. I'm wondering this too, but I don't have my hopes up for this. Lets be real SMF/PDX aren't ...
Jump to postRNO as a hub is not a bad market and it's smack in the middle of the west coast perfect for less the 500 mile flying . RNO isn't bad, but I personally believe SMF would be the better choice. Word on the street is fees are pretty high there, however. As far as deals and packages, they can also draw ...
Jump to postAnybody notice the construction activity occurring just northeast of terminal A? They laid out quite a bit of concrete out there. Seems to be building more ramp space for RON aircraft. Also everytime I'm at SMF, I see the amazon planes filling up the cargo area, I wonder if there are plans to expand...
Jump to postDuring August 2021, SMF handled 984,424 passengers, marking a 17% decrease YoY vs. August 2019 on a 15% seat capacity decrease and a 17% decline in flight departures. The August figures reflect a MoM passenger decrease of 9% (96,604 passengers) on a 3% seat capacity increase and 2% increase in flig...
Jump to postSMF-BNA should be in that mix! WN already flies nonstop between BNA and SAN, SNA, LAX, BUR, SJC and OAK. When WN flew SMF-BNA for one month (last minute aircraft availability) in May 2019, the flights averaged a 93% load factor! WN: launch daily SMF-BNA already!!! probably as soon as business trave...
Jump to postHere were the number of passengers, number of seats, and load factors for WN flights out of SMF in April 2021: BOI-SMF - 6466 passengers, 7536 seats, 85.80% load factor BUR-SMF - 13034 passengers, 17864 seats, 72.96% load factor DAL-SMF - 3043 passengers, 3498 seats, 86.99% load factor DEN-SMF - 32...
Jump to postthey already have tablet holders on the aircraft, why not hand out an iPad to everyone who wants one right after takeoff. Make it free for first/main cabin extra and $$ for cattle class.
Jump to postawesome news to see SMF rebounding! Kind of surprised there's not more new route announcements other than WN to KOA and PSP
Jump to postFlyHossD wrote:Max Q wrote:AA’s large debt position has been discussed often on this site but with UA’s mega aircraft order I’m wondering how the two airlines obligations will compare ?
Are leases considered debt?
Southwest Airlines shows SMF more LUV this fall with the following new nonstop flights: SMF-PSP 2x/day beginning Oct 7 SMF-KOA 4x/week (M/W/F/Su) beginning Dec 19 SMF-OGG grows to 10x/week (+Tu/Th/Sa) beginning Dec 19 WN is also adding additional flights on the following routes beginning in Novembe...
Jump to postSMF-PSP is def a route I was looking at when I was creating my fictional airline. Glad to see WN actually operating it. I wonder if they will start SMF-SBA? I believe that is a route Contour did but I have no idea how well it ran . Yes Contour did operate the SMF-SBA route and was reported that it ...
Jump to postHey SMF-guys, I just wondered what you're hearing about the SMF-SAN flights on AS lately -- anecdotal or otherwise? bb I think the SMF-SAN morning/daytime heavy schedule and SAN-SMF evening heavy schedule is just as you said more leaning towards leisure traveller at this point in time. There is goi...
Jump to postHey SMF-guys, I just wondered what you're hearing about the SMF-SAN flights on AS lately -- anecdotal or otherwise? I see that on the close-to-finalized August 17 sked that was downloaded last night, AS is holding steady with 6 weekday flights , 5 on Sundays and 4 on Saturdays. That seems surprisin...
Jump to postSMF handled 335,000 TSA Throughput during April 2021, marking a 13% increase MoM vs. March. Separately, HA is upgauging daily SMF-HNL flights from A321 to A332 during the month of June 2021. Summer 2021 seat capacity at SMF is looking strong! Woohoo! Excited for the bounce back in traffic and HA up...
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