Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

September DL changes: IND-SLC upguaged to a B739 IND-ATL up to 6 A321s per day Previously mentioned: IND-DTW +1 frequency IND-LAX upguaged to an A321 (Last September LFs) DL IND-SLC-91.9%; SLC-IND-93.7% DL IND-LAX-88.2%; LAX-IND-93.6% DL IND-ATL-85.4%; ATL-IND-84.0% DL IND-DTW-72.9%; DTW-IND-72.4% C...

Re: Nashville Aviation Thread - 2020

Obviously subject to change, but DL is now scheduling an A220 on BNA-LGA in September

Re: US Domestic Widebody Subs from Suspended China Service

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/11616554/where-american-is-upgauging-service*750xx.png I'm surprised that ORD-SFO is getting the nod. It has just 4x 738 tomorrow. Vegas, baby! The absence of upgauge to MCO is a surprise. They got a decent amount of WB activity already 04/17 CLT-MCO 2x WB (332/333) P...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

The fact that WN sparred IND from any west coast cuts this summer is noteworthy, MKE (IND's most comparable market for WN) saw a plethora of west cost cuts; LAS, DEN, LAX, PHX, SAN, & SFO are all being cut or trimmed from MKE on WN. This bit of information bodes well for WN's long-term prospects...

Re: US Domestic Widebody Subs from Suspended China Service

Re: Is Alaska struggling at SFO?

Well just on seats alone, it's down 10%. Keep in mind what this doesn't show is ASM, which is the industry standard for capacity. A lot of the cuts/reductions have been transcon and midcon routes in exchange for more west coast stuff. That likely would mean even larger than 10% reduction in capacit...

Re: What are the US Carriers doing with all of their excess wide body metal

Are any using this as an opportunity to do mods or move forward any checks? Or are those schedules so dependent on other variables, e.g., capex, that it’s difficult to do? My understanding is that they have to redeploy a lot of the flying instead of MX/Mods since most pilot groups have already bid ...

Re: Is Alaska struggling at SFO?

At SFO Summer 2017 weekly flights/seats/destinations: AS - 178/25,727/9 VX - 439/64,546/22 Combined - 617/90,273/26* *Overlapping network on some destinations Summer 2020 weekly flights/seats/destinations: AS - 666/81,359/28 Thanks, as I suspected more flights and more destinations. I realize the c...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

Keeping an eye on the IND-CDG flight, Italy is the largest connecting market for the flight, & Italy is the country with 3rd largest number of cases of the virus.

Re: Is Alaska struggling at SFO?

it’s California’s business city... It isn't. Ten seconds with stats on GDP shows the LA MSA has nearly a 2:1 advantage v. the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward MSA. It doesn't matter if you include San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, either. If you knew the typical composition of U.S. GDP you'd know San Fr...

Re: Is Alaska struggling at SFO?

I just feel that SFO is becoming less important in AS's network and will eventually be downgraded to focus city. Why AS cut so many routes from SFO in post VA and AS merger era? Do you have a list of net changes by routes and frequencies from the close of the acquisition to the present? Even a net ...

Re: Time for UA to step up?

Fact is, UA would trade probably any of its hubs for what DL has in ATL, plus DTW/MSP have the highest hub margins in the industry, and unless you are assuming AA (and WN to a lesser extent) don't exist, ORD will not be able to achieve the margins that a monopoly hub in DTW/MSP can. You seem to be ...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

"As the number of Spirit’s scheduled flights at IND has grown, they are now positioned to execute an AUA Agreement as a Signatory Airline. Included in the AUA Agreement is the leasing of a Gate A21 which allows Spirit to fulfill the final requirement to execute an AUA Agreement as a Signatory ...

Re: Time for UA to step up?

Below is a link to the DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. November 2019 is the latest information available. EWR Market Share UA: 51.3%, AA: 6.8%, B6: 6.3%, NK: 4.2%, DL: 4.2% Other airlines: 27.1% LGA Market Share DL: 24.4%, AA: 19.1%, WN: 10.2%, 9E: 8.8%, UA: 7.5%, Other airlines: 30% JFK M...

Re: The Rest of Ohio - 2020

Southwest and Florida Spring Break Just wondering if anyone knows how long Southwest has been doing this and if there are any other airports where they do this much of a Florida surge and if there are any other surges they do out of CMH during the year? WN does this at most midwest airports during ...

Re: Time for UA to step up?

Tampa has space. It has a solid population base. It is an international airport which with the right investment can rival what is happening at MCO and FLL. It is far enough away from ATL and MIA. With a redevelopment of the now defunct side of the central terminal complex, opposite the WN terminal,...

Re: Time for UA to step up?

Below is a link to the DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. November 2019 is the latest information available. EWR Market Share UA: 51.3%, AA: 6.8%, B6: 6.3%, NK: 4.2%, DL: 4.2% Other airlines: 27.1% LGA Market Share DL: 24.4%, AA: 19.1%, WN: 10.2%, 9E: 8.8%, UA: 7.5%, Other airlines: 30% JFK M...

Re: Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

;) "To emphasize how big a change this would be, Raja used the example of Austin, Texas, an American Airlines hub which does not currently have a direct flight to Seattle" https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/alaska-airlines-expands-partnership-with-american-airlines-to-give-flyers-mo...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

DL is increasing seats for the Indy 500, the Monday after the race is at nearly 5000 seats, lots of B757s & B739s. Governor was on Insideindiana and talked about the prospects for more int'l flights in 2020, and sounded very adamant on more to come. I'll try to get a quote later, nothing specif...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

https://d1j6zi7czwjuok.cloudfront.net/iaa-images/other/11_NOV-Airline-Activity-Report_FINAL.pdf?mtime=20200214152901 November -3.6% for the month +0.4% YTD Estimated LF for IND-CDG: mid 70s Estimated LF for CDG-IND: mid-upper 70s Gap certainly is narrowing, YTD: WN: 2,510,973 DL: 2,222,520 AA: 1,873...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

PDX-MIA fills the gap between PDX-HND and MIA-LATAM. American isn’t interested in PDX, and Alaska has been cutting routes from PDX. Perfect opportunity for Delta. What? Are you suggesting people are gonna connect HND-PDX-MIA-Latin America?? Either way, if DL were to announce PDX-MIA, it is a no bra...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

I don't know if this is a brilliant strategy from AA, but rather an out of the box move that could work out or could backfire. AS to me is the big winner here. They need some short term help while they adjust their strategy to most likely north/south of west coast and route all the midcon/transcon ...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

I am really scratching my head on SEA BLR. There are so many one stop options 1) BA via LHR 2) LH via FRA 3) DL via CDG/AMS 4) EK via DXB 5) JAL via NRT So, i really don't know, let's see. Is this a case of "we have tried all possible US India non stop city pairs on the drawing board and this ...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

August 2019 IND-CDG-69.2% (22.5% increase in passengers); CDG-IND-79.2% (9.9% increase in passengers) Comparison: BNA-LHR-72.2%; LHR-BNA-79.8% Nearly identical, although BNA is on a smaller aircraft IND-YYZ-76.1%; YYZ-IND-76.4% November 2019-Timing of Thanksgiving was painful for LFs, Didn't get th...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

Hmm, the out of the blue BA flight to PDX, the out of the blue bulk up of Fairbanks by AA...it all makes sense now Nah, timeline doesn't match up. FAI was announced in August, two months before Alaska & AA originally announced that they were planning on cutting back on their partnership. BA &am...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

Hmm, the out of the blue BA flight to PDX, the out of the blue bulk up of Fairbanks by AA...it all makes sense now Nah, timeline doesn't match up. FAI was announced in August, two months before Alaska & AA originally announced that they were planning on cutting back on their partnership. BA &am...

Re: Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

;) "To emphasize how big a change this would be, Raja used the example of Austin, Texas, an American Airlines hub which does not currently have a direct flight to Seattle" https://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/alaska-airlines-expands-partnership-with-american-airlines-to-give-flyers-mor...

Re: AS to join OneWorld / AA to make SEA an Intl gateway

2. This I definitely don’t know, but I’d venture to say that few US cities, if any, do more work with Bangalore than Seattle. I’ve been with Amazon for seven years and the amount that each department is somehow integrated with Bangalore (or Hyderabad) is extensive. That, I’d think, be enough of a r...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

BNA-LHR uses a 787-9, which I believe is a larger aircraft than a 767-300. British Airways will use the 787-10 on the BNA-LHR route this year. The data is from August, not now In August BA operated 6,480 seats vs. DL's 6,894 seats. B789 has 216 seats vs B763 which has 226 seats on the configuration...

Re: Nashville Aviation Thread - 2020

I think there’s a good chance AA will bolster BNA’s operation once new ramp contracts and upper management are initiated. Not sure if their model calls for it, but I think AA could pull off a DL in RDU type operation easily in Nashville. Even if some routes were with RJs. Not to be a debbie downer,...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

August 2019 IND-CDG-69.2% (22.5% increase in passengers); CDG-IND-79.2% (9.9% increase in passengers) Comparison: BNA-LHR-72.2%; LHR-BNA-79.8% Nearly identical, although BNA is on a smaller aircraft IND-YYZ-76.1%; YYZ-IND-76.4% November 2019-Timing of Thanksgiving was painful for LFs, Didn't get thr...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

Checking out the new MAX cuts, looks nearly flat YOY, with maybe a slight decrease: Somehow IND-SAN/OAK/LAX/LAS/PHX/DEN are remaining almost entirely in tact for this summer! Drawbacks from the previously released schedule (Note: these are not necessarily YOY cuts, just cuts from their originally re...

Re: AA to make SEA an INT hub/launches SEA-BLR in Oct 20/AS to join OneWorld

AA will now have a large presence in so many major metros: NYC, LA, DC, Chi, Philly, BOS, MIA, Bay Area, Dallas, PHX, SEA, the only ones really missing are ATL & HOU

From a domestic corporate travel perspective, AA now will have the best domestic network IMO.....

Re: AS to join oneworld

aaflyer777 wrote:

Anyone know where this LHR slot is coming from?

Re: Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

Clearly AA has had a change of heart in BOS. And for good reason IMO considering: -They have historically been strong there, and their BOS-hub flying is a great base for building something further. -They have good international partner service to supplement their own service -They already have a ma...

Re: Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

Coronado990 wrote:

Would SAN be after AUS on the graph if ATL wasn't on there twice?

Re: Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

2020 & late 2019 has seen AA make significant investment in its non-hub markets: RDU: 5x RDU-BOS, +1 RDU-PIT (June 2020), 1xRDU-PHX (yes I know PHX is a hub) AUS: 2x AUS-BOS, 2x AUS-SJC, 1x weekly AUS-SJD BOS: 5x BOS-RDU, 2x BOS-AUS, 2x BOS-IND, 1x BOS-LHR, 1x weekly BOS-EYW/ILM/GCM/NAS The RDU...

Is AA finally looking at growing its non-hub markets?

2020 & late 2019 has seen AA make significant investment in its non-hub markets: RDU: 5x RDU-BOS, +1 RDU-PIT (June 2020), 1xRDU-PHX (yes I know PHX is a hub) AUS: 2x AUS-BOS, 2x AUS-SJC, 1x weekly AUS-SJD BOS: 5x BOS-RDU, 2x BOS-AUS, 2x BOS-IND, 1x BOS-LHR, 1x weekly BOS-EYW/ILM/GCM/NAS Last May...

Re: Sky Team at PHL

PHL doesn't have the O&D of JFK, EWR, or even BOS. This is not a gaping hole in DL/AF/KL service. That is an extremely inaccurate statement. Are you telling me that much smaller cities like PIT, CVG, RDU, etc. have more O&D? The main reason is that AA/OneWorld dominate at PHL making it toug...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

https://thepointsguy.com/news/contour-airlines-wants-to-change-your-idea-of-regional-carrier/ "The airline operates 11 ERJ-135 and -145 jets with three more aircraft on the way to support the launch of a new Indianapolis (IND) focus city , said Chaifetz. Flights between the Hoosier State capit...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

https://thepointsguy.com/news/contour-airlines-wants-to-change-your-idea-of-regional-carrier/ "The airline operates 11 ERJ-135 and -145 jets with three more aircraft on the way to support the launch of a new Indianapolis (IND) focus city , said Chaifetz. Flights between the Hoosier State capita...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

Why would AA let BA do the flying? Unlike DL they do the lifting instead of AF? Just curious. Because AA follows the cornerstone stratagy. No non hub non hub routes. An extreamly stupid strategy that has cost them many profitable routes they cut out. Finally, AA is starting to break that with short...

Re: The Rest of Ohio - 2020

I'd be interested to find out how many seats those airports have gained BACK since 2017. I'd imagine CVG and CLE have especially made up some of the deficit, with CMH gaining as well. As for DAY, I talked to someone in the area who seems to think something's eventually going to have to give at CVG ...

Re: Allegiant News and Discussion Thread - 2020

https://thepointsguy.com/news/allegiant-air-adds-9-nonstop-routes-las-vegas-san-diego-florida/ Another expansion: San Diego (SAN) Billings, Montana (BIL): Begins June 4, two flights a week (seasonal) Idaho Falls, Idaho (IDA): Begins June 5, two flights a week (seasonal) Las Vegas (LAS): Begins June ...

Re: OAG Changes 2/9/2020:NK Cuts BOSRDU,DEN-DFW/MSY,MSP-DFW/IAH,Adds LGAMCO;AS Adds PAEBOI;MU Ends HNLPVG,SFOTAO;SA IAD?

AA DCA-JFK MAY 3>2[3] Why bother? Just end the route already. Are there international destinations that folks at DCA can't access from CLT? A quick look suggests the main destinations are LHR, CDG, and MXP. If folks want to go to any of those places, they can make the trek to IAD and hop BA 744/789...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

Checking out the new AA May schedule: Up 4 daily flights YOY, 14% increase in daily seats, significantly closing the gap with DL: IND-CLT: +1 mainline & switching to a mainline mix of A321/A320/A319, compared to last May's A319 only IND-PHL: +1 mainline yoy IND-MIA: Increases to 4x daily on Satu...

Re: OAG Changes 2/9/2020:NK Cuts BOSRDU,DEN-DFW/MSY,MSP-DFW/IAH,Adds LGAMCO;AS Adds PAEBOI;MU Ends HNLPVG,SFOTAO;SA IAD?

Cointrin330 wrote:

Interesting to see Spirit cut RDU-BOS before the AA service starts. Something had to give there and this is first and foremost a business market, not a leisure one so it stands to reason NK wouldn't last on this route.

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

IIB this week, top int'l targets for flights are LON, MEX, and Japan

British Airways interested in flying US Domestic Routes

https://viewfromthewing.com/post-brexit-the-u-k-wants-british-airways-to-fly-u-s-domestic-routes/ "British Airways would love to be able to pick up passengers in London, fly them to, say, New York or Boston, and fly them on to St Louis and finish up with them in San Francisco. Are we going to g...

Re: Indianapolis Aviation Thread - 2020

Wow! Why the heck isn't DL on IND-PDX with at least 1xE75 daily? Oops, should have pointed out that the infographic is both ways combined. Even with that considered, IND-PDX was still at 113 PDEW at an average of over $300 each way. So definitely a market that could sustain seasonal service from an...