I didn’t even realize SY was operating regularly scheduled flights to DTW…. I like to think I stay up with this kind of news. Either this is a coincidence or someone from the airline or airport saw our conversation but they (DTW) shared a promotional video for SY on Facebook. Ha, gotta be us then. ...
Jump to postikolkyo wrote:Either this is a coincidence or someone from the airline or airport saw our conversation but they (DTW) shared a promotional video for SY on Facebook. Jump to postI didn’t even realize SY was operating regularly scheduled flights to DTW…. I like to think I stay up with this kind of news.
SY won’t last. They have to compete with DL frequent flier bases on both ends, and an established LCC with more frequencies, NK. They have no connections on either end and poor timing for the MSP-DTW leg. They could last, but they’d have to sit down and think about their schedule and maybe an addit...
Jump to postI’m curious to see how these new flights are performing. I don’t know how SY is making these empty flights work selling tickets at $40. While the inaugural FI was full there’s still a lot of $400 one ways for sale. WS looks to be full on the inaugural but anything after that the prices really don’t ...
Jump to postLooks like B6 subbed an A321neo on one of the JFK flights, quite a rare visitor here. FI begins DTW service today, TF-ICN looks to be operating. Any idea how loads are on this flight and the DL KEF flight that launched a few days ago? Judging the fares and the seat map when trying to book on todays...
Jump to postI’m all for an air train going from the midfield to the north and continuing on to the rental car lot. That’s not far fetched at all. Maybe even continue to the train that is supposed to connect Ann Arbor with downtown.
Jump to postLooks like yesterdays inaugural flight on Sun Country was considerably delayed. SY 1907 was supposed to leave MSP at 635am but didn’t leave until 937. The return from DTW was supposed to leave at 1010 but didn’t leave until 101pm. Considering the plane has sat idle since this flight I’m going to gue...
Jump to postB Concourse can handle A320s and 737s. The master plan calls for filling the nodes to expand gate holds to handle A320s and 717s. It’s hard to say what they’d do but if I had to guess it would be filling the nodes and pushing DL Connection down to C and giving gates at the end of B to someone else. ...
Jump to postDid mdw go back to all rj? It was supposed to be all 717 this summer It seems we just can’t fully breakout of COVID times in dtw Yes MDW went from 3x 717 to 3x CR7, so no change from current capacity, only planned capacity. Other reductions will be RIC from 2x 717, 1x CR9 to 1x 717, 2x CR9. PVD fro...
Jump to postA lot of Delta changes came about that appear to restore frequencies at the cost of a mainline plane. For example, The late departure to SYR was an A320 and was reverted back to a CRJ-900 and the 4th frequency will be re-introduced (probably because of the RJ cuts in LGA freed up RJs). BHM, MDW, an...
Jump to postA lot of Delta changes came about that appear to restore frequencies at the cost of a mainline plane. For example, The late departure to SYR was an A320 and was reverted back to a CRJ-900 and the 4th frequency will be re-introduced (probably because of the RJ cuts in LGA freed up RJs). BHM, MDW, and...
Jump to postRegarding an Admiral's Club at DTW: DTW-LHR would be a good A321XLR route for AA, because it would connect DTW with BA's LHR hub. AA might open an Admiral's Club at DTW if they added this route. AA had an Admiral's Club at DTW for many years on the Mezzanine level of the L C Smith Terminal, next do...
Jump to postSome of you may find this to be an extremely stupid thought, or good thought depending on how you see it, but I’ve discovered how big the population of Michiganders is in Central Florida during spring training for the Detroit Tigers and it is BIG. Not only tourists but people who live in that area ...
Jump to postSome of you may find this to be an extremely stupid thought, or good thought depending on how you see it, but I’ve discovered how big the population of Michiganders is in Central Florida during spring training for the Detroit Tigers and it is BIG. Not only tourists but people who live in that area b...
Jump to postDoesn’t Avelo already serve MCO? And they just announced DAB to Connecticut (forget the exact airport) earlier this week. DAB when you already serve MCO an hour to an hour and half down the road, but okay I get it I guess. MLB, in addition to DAB on top of MCO? Insanity. What's next Kissimmee Airpo...
Jump to postHas FedEx stopped flying DC-10's into DTW? I know UPS still does an MD-11 but it has been a while since I've seen a FedEx DC-10.
Jump to postThese planes would be perfect milk run planes between DTW and Florida. It’s easier to build cans with 200+ bags and turn them quickly in an IROP as opposed to slinging them in the belly of a 757 or A321.
Jump to postI assume BGM/ITH/SCE will probably return to DTW at 1x daily. Pretty sure those were all CRJ-200 routes before so I imagine they would just go 1x/day with the CRJ-900. They'll go away completely long before they go back to DTW at this point. Agreed. Of course, we already know that SCE is going away...
Jump to postIndependence Air, USA 3000, and WOW Air all flew into DTW before ceasing operations. I don't think it's far-fetched to think that BA or KL will make an eventual return. I wasn't convinced that KL would ever return but the 4th AMS that DL never added back could very well come back on KL metal. If the...
Jump to postsouthwest1675 wrote:Now they only fly 11 flights per day with Saturday only MCO and TPA. WN is very weak in DTW. Jump to postSomewhat off topic, but I find it funny DET was intended to be what MDW is now.
DTW-MCO now seeing twice daily A330-200’s which believe it or not are downgrades from the previous planned 753. Do you know by chance how recently those 332s were added (or were they equipment swaps)? A few months ago one of my Michigan based coworkers was complaining there were no widebody DTW-MCO...
Jump to postDTW-MCO now seeing twice daily A330-200’s which believe it or not are downgrades from the previous planned 753.
Jump to postDoing some research and the new airlines to DTW this summer have their terminals listed when you book a flight.
FI and SY, as expected, will join the tails of the Evans (North) Terminal.
Can’t find a terminal listed on WS’s website. We all assume they will go to the Mcnamara.
Just was in the MacNamara tonight and the announcements were definitely still in Japanese and Mandarin. This was around 8:30pm tonight. The airport also seemed sort of busy and I was surprised to see shops closing already. Odd, they must have added it back because when I was there a few months ago ...
Jump to post"Detroit, Michigan is in the eastern time zone..." is now only heard in English throughout the terminal (Japanese and Mandarin announcements have been removed). How long until Spanish announcements are added in replacement?
Jump to postThis is the second route announcement by F9 this year for DTW. Looking to scoop up the NK OAK passengers?
Jump to postMCO and TPA are both seeing record numbers of passengers and airport movements. That coupled with the fact that domestic airspace is so thin creates flow control issues which JAX and MIA centers encounter on almost a daily now. That plus DL’s ground stop in ATL yesterday will cause crew issues for t...
Jump to postI don’t think DTW is going to have an issue filling FI planes. I’m trying to book family from Europe to DTW and the KEF-DTW segments are full, can’t really get a good seat assignment. How is DL's flight looking? Actually tried looking that up too, average seems to be about 65 to 75 seats open per f...
Jump to postI don’t think DTW is going to have an issue filling FI planes. I’m trying to book family from Europe to DTW and the KEF-DTW segments are full, can’t really get a good seat assignment.
Jump to postdrdisque wrote:Not sure, we will see what the future holds for them.flymco753 wrote:All of these years and NK is pulling the plug on DTW-MSY.
It would be interesting if NK brought it back as a shoulder season route - it probably comparatively does well Sept-Oct and April-May.
DL is adding a Saturday 717 flight between DTW and VPS beginning in June. Good use for a 717 when the schedule dips on Saturdays.
Jump to postF9 did a schedule update for DTW in May. Here’s what I see. ATL, MCO, RDU, and SJU will operate 4x weekly on M, W, F, and S. All flights will be flown using the A321neo. DEN to increase to twice daily. Some days will feature the A321neo but mostly the A320neo. LAS and PHX will be a daily A320neo. I...
Jump to postF9 did a schedule update for DTW in May. Here’s what I see. ATL, MCO, RDU, and SJU will operate 4x weekly on M, W, F, and S. All flights will be flown using the A321neo. DEN to increase to twice daily. Some days will feature the A321neo but mostly the A320neo. LAS and PHX will be a daily A320neo. In...
Jump to postI heard it will still be an employee lot. The employee lot at the north end maxes out from Thursday to Monday regularly. This has a lot to do with all of these airlines creating bases so all of these pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and ramp crews need to park somewhere and it’s in 1 lot. That’s...
Jump to postI’m definitely aware of the issues at A and B. Even though there will be an additional gate expansion at Terminal C, it’s not going to be enough space to house AA, DL, or WN. The space would be best filled by F9 or NK because they need FIS capabilities for their flights. The West Ramp is getting LED...
Jump to postI think you’ll see some replication of what FLL has internationally. I’d place to bet there would be a couple of Central America markets, a couple in South America and a few in the Caribbean. The bulk of the expansion would be domestic. I see them getting in on some established B6 markets like BNA,...
Jump to postI think you’ll see some replication of what FLL has internationally. I’d place to bet there would be a couple of Central America markets, a couple in South America and a few in the Caribbean. The bulk of the expansion would be domestic. I see them getting in on some established B6 markets like BNA, ...
Jump to postIf AS is going to add another market from DTW, I think it would be SAN since AS doesn't really seem to be doing anything exciting with LAX or SFO. NK was supposed to bring back SAN but their ambitious growth plans in LAS and MCO took those planes and based them in those markets where they're growin...
Jump to postMCO has been a complete madhouse the last few weeks and it seems like a lot of airlines have been struggling to keep up with the demand. B6 moving to Terminal C did absolutely nothing to alleviate congestion at A and B. Spirit also splits their operations between Airsides 1, 3, and 4 while parking p...
Jump to postIf AS is going to add another market from DTW, I think it would be SAN since AS doesn't really seem to be doing anything exciting with LAX or SFO. NK was supposed to bring back SAN but their ambitious growth plans in LAS and MCO took those planes and based them in those markets where they're growing...
Jump to postThere is a lot that can change until then but some notable schedule changes and up-gauges among all DTW airlines in the next 3 months. AMs flight remains 6x weekly on an E190. I wonder how this is going for them. AC is retiring the Detroit-Toronto CRJ shuttle, they'll fly 3x daily CRJ-900s to YYZ an...
Jump to postI've always wondered...are there other similar markets where the Sun Country model would work? At a lesser scale, they could in Detroit. Similar market to MSP in terms of sun destinations, and a lot of similar economics. Although, it looks like NK is defending that turf in the low cost area. I feel...
Jump to postI’ve noticed this for a while but is anyone else surprised how incredibly weak Southwest is in DTW?
Jump to postWe're getting closer to the SY launch date at DTW and fares are still $59 one way. Is this how they make money? It doesn't seem economical.
Jump to postLast year I saw large German and British groups but that was about it. Did notice an international decline but didn't realize it was that extensive.
Jump to postDL loaded DTW-AGS flights for the masters golf tournament in April. They typically also upgrade SDF flights for the derby, IND flights for the Indy 500, and add DAB flights for the Daytona 500. For 2023 there was weekend A321 service to DAB (which was packed even with passengers not flying to DAB fo...
Jump to postWhen it comes down to DTW, I think B6 would be smart to keep a sizeable presence there because when you compare NK's pricing in DTW, they tend to price a little higher than other cities so a cost-conscious DTW passenger is going to be inclined to purchase a $250RT to MCO on B6 as opposed to $400+ on...
Jump to postWhat a fun day to be employed in the aviation industry. I would rather be walloped by a snow event as opposed to storms. Snow cancels, storms take a break for you to squeeze as much out until the next cell hits.
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