Surprised me too. I understand the T gates are needed and being well utilized, but at face value it does seem like a pretty big missed opportunity not to add another TATL upon the grand opening What would you have wanted MNAA to do? Organize a $10MM subsidy so they could announce it on the airports...
Jump to postI saw that FB post and was a tad skeptical. Really two new seasonal adds from what I saw, the rest were pre-Covid routes. There must be some frequency increases that I don’t know about. Any thoughts?? A decent amount of Saturday only routes became daily, and some seasonal stuff became year round. I...
Jump to postHow much time do you have in the front of a passenger carrying aircraft? After 25,000 plus hours I can tell you with the utmost certainty that human intervention saves lives. Daily. Your cyborg world is a fantasy that simply doesn't exist. Flying is absolutely not binary. It is WAY more art than sc...
Jump to postPleasantly surprised to see BWI-COS added on WN daily starting 6/4 (also announced in the Southwest thread). There wasn't a ton of love for BWI in this extension compared to BUR, DAL, or MCO, but to be honest there aren't many more dots WN can add from BWI that fit their current network profile. I'...
Jump to postIt seems like WN is still very hesitant to build back up STL to their pre-COVID network. There are a lot of weekend-only routes that were previously served daily. Is this a result of more connecting traffic being pushed through DEN overtime? STL-PDX/SLC should be flown daily, in my opinion. Its big...
Jump to postPleasantly surprised to see BWI-COS added on WN daily starting 6/4 (also announced in the Southwest thread). There wasn't a ton of love for BWI in this extension compared to BUR, DAL, or MCO, but to be honest there aren't many more dots WN can add from BWI that fit their current network profile. I'...
Jump to postExaggerate much? https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-tacoma-airport-guns-found-security-checkpoint-what-can-i-bring-in-carry-on-bag-checked-luggage-suitcase-tsa-fine-firearms-seized-confiscate-airline-travel-washington-airports Seattle TSA stopped 5 in one week - real ones! State Senator or not...
Jump to postBoatStuck wrote:The astounding incompetence of TSA continues to astound. What are the screeners doing if they can't stop the most basic, most obvious hazards?
I am thrilled to see Southwest Airlines has finally made its way into the 20th century. Maybe now they can crack the code on scheduling their flight crews like the big three and Alaska with that whole co-terminal thingy WN's flight scheduling system is so out-of-date. They're the only U.S. airline ...
Jump to postOne could draw a parallel to the ASAP reporting system; it's the gold standard in aviation safety self-reporting because voluntarily disclosed data is de-identified and restricted from use in disciplinary or punitive actions from both the company and the FAA. One can dream that some sort of similar...
Jump to postOne could draw a parallel to the ASAP reporting system; it's the gold standard in aviation safety self-reporting because voluntarily disclosed data is de-identified and restricted from use in disciplinary or punitive actions from both the company and the FAA. One can dream that some sort of similar...
Jump to postI know we don't like to talk about mental health, but what's the basis for your statement that the incidents "could not have been prevented?" The first and most factual basis my statement is that it occurred. The second and rational basis is: This scenario, as outlined in multiple tragic ...
Jump to postThere is an "incremental risk" to having any human being in any pilot's seat at any time. Years ago, the Skipper of a JAL drove it into Tokyo Bay - mental breakdown. A JetBlue pilot had an issue several years ago and was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot. There is the GermanWings ...
Jump to postZiyulu wrote:Do widebodies tip as easily as narrowbodies? I always hear 737s tipping, but I haven't heard tipping on a 777 or A380.
There is an "incremental risk" to having any human being in any pilot's seat at any time. Years ago, the Skipper of a JAL drove it into Tokyo Bay - mental breakdown. A JetBlue pilot had an issue several years ago and was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot. There is the GermanWings ...
Jump to postAs I entered the airport property and drove by the new construction happening for terminal A last week, I was simply amazed at how far those gates will be from the head house. I believe a new head house to serve the airlines other than AA that will reside in the A concourse(s) was in the original p...
Jump to postImagine a Baltimore resident want to take an AA flight to Ireland out of PHL. All they have to do is drive to Penn Station downtown, where on the same ticket they can take the train up to PHL and they're dumped right into the airport for their "connecting" flight. I recognize passengers c...
Jump to postSo if SY, G4, NK, etc are all moving to the satellite, who’s gonna be left on B besides DL and B6? F9 will stay at B, but other than them and B6 the rest of B is going to be all DL Has DL advised the airport of some large planned expansion? All of B save a gate or maybe two is a lot more than they ...
Jump to postIf I understand correctly, ARFF has to be ready to assist instantly. So they have to be on the airport property during aircraft operations, not nearby ready to respond 10 minutes later. It may be probably possible to have city fire station at the edge of the airport, serving both ARFF and the city ...
Jump to postI've been wondering about this specific to American Airlines and its US hub markets. DL and UA, to some extent, have invested heavily or shared in the cost of rehabilitating terminal infrastructure and the customer experience, to varying degrees of success. American, it seems, has not, other than t...
Jump to postSurprised no one has brought up the changes to Rapid Rewards yet. I know the subject line of the email was "big changes," but the actual changes are fairly incremental. The biggest change on paper is probably the free drinks for Preferred, but folks with preferred fly Business Select and/...
Jump to postOn what tail number do the larger bins (the ones that can accommodate roller bags on their sides) begin? I think 8847 is the oldest one on which I've flown that has them. Is that an option that WN started taking or a Boeing "PIP" that all new build Maxes have? Surprised no one has brought ...
Jump to postFor those of us of a certain age, these lists are long. I probably have a dozen routes out of MEM and CVG plus all sorts of oddball stuff on WN (BHM-BNA, MKE-CLE, MCO-JAN, and MCI-OKC spring to mind immediately but I am certain there are others) plus lots of onesies and twosies like MDW-MKE on Chica...
Jump to postYou probably live(d) in the wrong part of the country to fly NW a lot in the 00s, . Does University of Michigan Medical School from 2001-2005 count? I don't recall an especially fast boarding process, though. I'd say so. But I think they implemented the "scramble boarding" (which was actu...
Jump to postI have zero information on this, but I suspect that there were enough CPT destined flights that had to divert to JNB to either create an arrival delay into JNB or enough extra arrivals to create gate/ramp issues. I’m trying to understand how gate/ramp issues at JNB would have been an issue. I’ve ta...
Jump to postDepending on the rules and requirements, that may turn off some level of elite or higher-fare paying passengers who like having advanced seat assignments and don't want to have to be tethered to checking in exactly 24 hours before the flight or extorted to pay an "early bird" check in fee...
Jump to postBwi is fine as is. The issue is that it’s become a “low cost carrier” airport. If one of the legacies were stronger at BWI then you would gain a few more international carriers. That being said Delta could add CDG or AMS if the state throws some money at them like they do with British Airways. I ag...
Jump to postI wish airlines would learn that what slows down boarding is a bunch of people all having to use the same part of the plane at the same time. That's part of the reason why WN boards so fast. If they would divide passengers basically randomly once boarding premier passengers, boarding would go so mu...
Jump to postrjbesikof wrote:Did the old Alitalia ever serve ORD?
BA777FO wrote:BA's rationale for starting CVG definitely included the fact they thought they could capture passengers from Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, Dayton and Columbus. So it played a part in their thinking at least.
It sounds like this is more of a Field of Dreams (if you build it, they will come) scenario than a situation where they have a carrier who wants to serve the airport. Good luck.
Jump to postSeparately, WN's ULCC competitors are upgauging like crazy. IMHO, WN will not replace the fleet of 737-700s one-for-one. WN has gradually increased gauge over the years. They started with ~120 seat 737-200s and also bought 25 737-500s with the same capacity. They face capacity constraints at airpor...
Jump to postLow O places are going to have very small populations. So it’ll be somewhere like IPC. LAS and OGG, while “D heavy,” are nothing like that.
Jump to postAirports within "driving distance" of each other. No mileage or time parameters are specified. And trips can now start or end at either airport, I presume. Are crews compensated when this happens? How do other airlines handle this? It seems it would be unfair for crews to bear the cost of...
Jump to postNot initially, no. MDW/ORD, DAL/DFW, and HOU/IAH are the first co-terminals and any future co-terminals will need to be mutually agreed upon by SWAPA and SWA. Pardon my ignorance, but may you define what a co-terminal is? Are they sharing the resources of the bases in MDW/DAL/HOU with ORD/DFW/IAH? ...
Jump to postNot a lot, but there's definitely more mainline support here than in FY2021 which listed far more support from ULCCs The likes of Avelo and Breeze seem to think they can do this leisure stuff without subsidy. For me the jury is still out on whether that's right, but you can see where they might dec...
Jump to postAll but one had an airline submit a letter of support, and it's worth noting that all but one appear to be for major hub market service. Looks like DOT may be done funding leisure markets like they did during the pandemic. How much of the expanded Avelo and MX service from secondary markets to leis...
Jump to postThe grant awards are out Monterey, CA Dubuque, IA Idaho Falls, ID Peoria, IL Springfield, IL South Bend, IN Ft. Wayne, IN Monroe , LA Traverse City ,MI Gulfport/Biloxi, MS Billings, MT Fargo, ND Ithaca, NY Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA Chattanooga, TN Tri-Cities, TN Del Rio, TX Lynchburg, VA Richmond, ...
Jump to postRight....thats the thing there are a large swath of frequent business travelers that are make in the $75-$200k annual income range. Putting $75k spend on a AMEX reserve requires a lot of contortion of spend putting stuff like rent/mortage payments on credit cards (if even possible). For independent...
Jump to postGood to see that DL is considering some "rollback". I'm not sure who did all their original analysis but there were some people who were majorly impacted by these changes. The changes were good to the "whales" out there the Delta360 and big spending Diamonds. The changes gutted ...
Jump to postOn an international but non-longhaul note, it looks like BNA-YUL gets the A220 next summer. Has that route ever seen mainline? No, nice to see a A220 mainline jet projected I would be interested to know the reasoning for doing less than daily on a A220 (BNA/AUS) vs daily on a RJ (STL/PIT). Doesn't ...
Jump to postOn an international but non-longhaul note, it looks like BNA-YUL gets the A220 next summer. Has that route ever seen mainline? No, nice to see a A220 mainline jet projected It appears the YYZ flight is now regularly mainline as well. The AC A220 was pictured today at the T gates on BNA’s social med...
Jump to postPer the CDA, Midway will open a new lounge in 2024 for passengers for $50 a day - https://www.flychicago.com/business/media/news/pages/article.aspx?newsid=1785 As long as the big 3 are starting to restrict access to lounges to elites, I can see airline-neutral clubs that offer day passes becoming m...
Jump to postWondering who will inherit the Bs and As being used by them. I don't think anyone takes A gates being vacated since the next big project is the replacement of A. Freed-up B gates probably end up being used by UA once they have to move out of A. Maybe AS ends up in B although I could also see them u...
Jump to postLooks like a UN flight, though I cannot explain the stop in Miami.
Jump to postThere aren’t enough gates on B to move UA, they’ll have to wait for the D extension to be finished before moving there temporarily while the A is rebuilt. I don’t see AA moving the Admirals Club until they move to A after it is rebuilt. They could build a much bigger space that would be close to th...
Jump to postWow, 4 gates. I hope that doesn’t have an impact down the road on potential international flights unable to get in because of an AA bank. It shouldn’t be an issue short term, but remember, it’s going to be roughly 5 more years until the new A opens so there is potential for more international growt...
Jump to postHow many of them? And has WN now picked up the 4 gates they are suppose to gain? Looking at the MNAA departures site, they are using T1,2,3,& 4 Wow, 4 gates. I hope that doesn’t have an impact down the road on potential international flights unable to get in because of an AA bank. It shouldn’t ...
Jump to postWould you suggest that BNA shutter the satellite concourse, completed at a cost of $134.5MM, when A & D are built out? Granted not an ideal location without a tunnel, but some ULCC could be made a deal to take over the satellite concourse after A & D are built out. It eventually will, or at...
Jump to postAbsent actually paying for some carrier to start flights, airline service plans don't necessarily overlap with construction schedules. I don't think BNA needs a facility capable of handling three widebody aircraft simultaneously in the next five or ten years, but these projects aren't built for tha...
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