FAQ

WHAT IS THIS REPORT?
This compares departures for sale THIS WEEK for the stated period versus what was for sale LAST WEEK...It does NOT compare to last year or now (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED).

THE SCHEDULES SHOWN HERE CHANGE AFTER YOU POST???
-To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often---Winston Churchill. This is data the carriers filed at the point in time it was captured. It's changed since then. You are just going to have to live with it.

HOW DO I READ IT?
XXX-YYY DEC 4>5 JAN 4>5 ; means that the listed airline changed the frequency between the two airports to add from 4 to 5 roundtrips in December and January. No other months were changed. I only list one direction, although it is possible the listed change is only one way. It is too difficult to average the two directions. I assume the change is roundtrip and that is most often the case.

WHERE ARE SEATS SHOWN?
They aren't. This only shows departures.

HOW ARE THE DAILY DEPARTURES CALCULATED?
This report uses total operations for the month listed, divided over the days in the month.

WHAT ARE THE FRACTIONAL FLIGHTS?
Flights that do not operate every day of the month create fractional service. In most cases flights are rounded, but in the case of international service or markets with low frequency, fractions are shown. For example, if a flight operates 4 times in April it will show 4/30=0.133=0.1. Also , a flight that only operates once per week may vary between 0.1 and 0.2 because a weekday may repeat either 4 or 5 times depending on the month.

WHAT ABOUT CARRIERS THAT DON'T PUBLISH A SCHEDULE 9 MONTHS IN ADVANCE?
Most airlines publish schedules 11 months in advance. This report covers the next 9 months. That avoids seeing schedules as they are loaded. Several LCCs load their schedules less than 9 months into the future. I remove the schedule adds if I see them and show a year over year (YOY) comparison if I notice them.

THOSE FLIGHTS AREN'T DELTA, THEY ARE SKYWEST
This report only shows the marketing code. It is too complicated to show all the operators.

THE FREQUENCIES MAY HAVE CHANGED AS YOU SHOW, BUT THE SEATS DIDNT CHANGE BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT SWAPS
That is a natural weakness of a frequency based report, but it provides something to discuss below.

THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ERROR?
The carriers file the schedules. They do make mistakes. Most of the mistakes I have seen are either related to code shares not being marked as "duplicates" or carriers filing flights with invalid data such as equipment codes that are not standard. This causes flights to not appear.

CHARTERS?
Lately charters have been showing up in the database. I have no idea if that will continue.

I marked some of the ones I thought were interesting with an "*".

AA CLT-AVL FEB 6>5
AA CLT-BHM FEB 7>6
AA CLT-LGA FEB 13>12
AA CLT-OAJ FEB 6>5
AA CLT-SRQ FEB 4>5
AA is now scheduled +400 departure per month for Summer 2018 at DCA. Did they get more slots from somebody?
AA DCA-BDL FEB 7>8
AA DCA-BTV JUL 4>3
*AA DCA-EYW MAY 1.0>0.4 JUN 1.0>0.3 JUL 1.0>0.3
AA DCA-ORF FEB 3>4 JUN 1.8>3 JUL 1.9>3
AA DCA-PBI MAR 2>4 JUN 2>1.2 JUL 2>1.0
*AA DCA-PNS APR 1.0>1.9 MAY 1.0>2 JUN 1.0>2 JUL 1.0>2
AA DCA-RSW MAR 1.0>3 APR 1.0>3
AA DCA-TPA MAR 5>4 APR 5>4 MAY 5>4 JUN 5>4 JUL 5>4
AA DFW-MCO FEB 9>10
AA DFW-SEA FEB 8>7
AA DFW-SJU DEC 1.7>1.5
AA JFK-DFW FEB 1.5>1.1
*AA JFK-PUJ FEB 0>0.5 MAR 0>1.0 APR 0>1.0
AA LAX-IAD FEB 1.5>1.0
AA LAX-STL FEB 3>1.6
*AA LGA-PWM APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2 JUL 0>2
AA ORD-BNA FEB 9>8
AA ORD-CMI FEB 6>5
AA ORD-ELP FEB 1.5>1.0
AA ORD-EWR FEB 7>6
AA ORD-ICT JAN 4>3 FEB 4>3
AA ORD-SAN FEB 4>3
AA ORD-SJC FEB 1.5>1.0
AA ORD-XNA FEB 5>4
AA PHL-MKE FEB 5>4
AA PHL-RDU FEB 7>6
AA PHL-YUL FEB 5>4
AA PHX-BUR FEB 4>3
AA PHX-JFK FEB 4>5
AA PHX-STS FEB 1.5>1.0

AS ANC-AKN JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
AS ANC-KOA APR 0.1>0.0
AS BOS-SFO APR 0.5>0.4
AS FAT-SAN MAR 3>2
AS LAX-CUN APR 0.2>0 MAY 0.8>0.4
AS LAX-ORD APR 0.4>0.2 MAY 2.0>1.4
AS LAX-ZIH MAY 0.5>0.4
That was quick to cut it back
*AS MSP-SFO MAR 2>1.3 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.4
AS PDX-OAK JAN 3>2 FEB 3>2
AS PDX-ORD MAR 0.9>1.6 APR 0.8>1.8
AS PDX-PSP APR 1.3>2
AS PDX-SMF FEB 4>2
DL markets seeing cutbacks
*AS SEA-ATL JAN 1.7>1.2 FEB 1.7>1.0
AS SEA-DFW FEB 3>2
AS SEA-FLL FEB 1.4>1.0
AS SEA-GTF MAR 1.5>1.0
AS SEA-IAH JAN 1.7>1.2 FEB 1.7>1.0
AS SEA-LAS FEB 8>7
AS SEA-MCI JAN 1.7>1.2 FEB 1.5>1.0
AS SEA-SJD APR 0.8>1.1 MAY 0>0.2
AS SEA-STL JAN 1.7>1.2 FEB 1.7>1.0
Pretty surprising cuts
*AS SFO-PVR MAR 0.9>0.2 APR 1.2>0.5 MAY 1.4>1.3
*AS SFO-SJD MAR 0.5>0 APR 0.9>0 MAY 1.6>0.6

AV JFK-SAL DEC 2>3
AV LAX-SAL DEC 3>4 JAN 3>4
AV MIA-GUA DEC 1.0>0.5 JAN 1.0>0.6

BR IAH-TPE APR 1.0>0.9
BR ORD-TPE FEB 0.7>0.6 MAR 0.7>0.6 APR 0.7>0.6 JUL 1.0>0.7

DL ATL-CTG MAR 0.4>0.5
DL ATL-GCM JUL 1.1>1.3
DL ATL-MCI APR 8>9 MAY 8>9
DL ATL-SXM JAN 1.0>0.9 FEB 1.0>0.9 MAR 1.0>0.8
DL BOS-CUN JUL 0.1>0.3
Surprised it is good enough to take another flight
*DL EWR-RDU APR 3>4 MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4
DL JFK-ACC FEB 0.6>0.5
DL JFK-MBJ JUL 1.0>1.2
DL LAX-DTW MAR 6>7 APR 6>7 MAY 6>7
DL LAX-PVR JUL 1.0>1.2
DL MCO-CUN JUL 0.3>0.5
DL MSP-CUN JUL 0.4>0.5
DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9
DL SLC-OAK MAY 4>3
DL SLC-PSP MAY 2.0>3

EW MCO-CGN FEB 0.1>0

*EY DFW-AUH MAR 1.0>0.8 APR 1.0>0 MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0

F9 CVG-MCO JAN 1.4>1.1
Both F9 and AS cutting Mexico even with the Caribbean damage. Odd...
*F9 DEN-CUN JAN 2>1.3 FEB 2>1.0
*F9 DEN-PVR JAN 1.0>0.7 FEB 1.0>0.6
*F9 DEN-RSW JAN 0>0.7
*F9 DEN-SJD JAN 1.0>0.6 FEB 1.0>0.4
*F9 MCO-CUN JAN 0.9>0.7 FEB 1.0>0.7
F9 MCO-MSP JAN 1.0>0.7 FEB 1.0>0.7
F9 MCO-STL JAN 1.6>1.1

Hard week in FNT
G4 FNT-SFB JAN 0.6>0.4

MW HNL-JHM DEC 7>8 JAN 7>8 FEB 7>8 MAR 7>8 APR 7>8 MAY 7>8 JUN 7>8 JUL 7>8
MW JHM-KOA DEC 3>2 JAN 3>2 FEB 3>2 MAR 3>2 APR 3>2 MAY 3>2 JUN 3>2 JUL 3>2
MW KOA-OGG DEC 12>14 JAN 12>13 FEB 12>13 MAR 12>14 APR 12>14 MAY 12>13 JUN 12>14 JUL 12>14

NK BOS-TPA JAN 1.0>1.7

PR SFO-MNL APR 1.0>1.4 MAY 1.0>1.5 JUN 1.0>1.4 JUL 1.0>1.4

What?
*S4 OAK-TER JUL 0>0.1

SY MSP-SJU FEB 0.4>0.3
SY RSW-SJU APR 0.2>0

TOM SFB-BHX MAY 0>0.2 JUN 0>0.1 JUL 0>0.1
TOM SFB-BRS MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2
TOM SFB-EDI JUL 0>0.1
TOM SFB-EMA JUN 0>0.1
TOM SFB-GLA MAY 0>0.2 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.3
TOM SFB-LGW MAY 0>0.3 JUN 0>0.3 JUL 0>0.3
TOM SFB-MAN MAY 0>0.4 JUN 0>0.3 JUL 0>0.3
TOM SFB-NCL MAY 0>0.2 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.3

UA DEN-DRO MAR 7>6
UA DEN-FSD MAR 5>4 APR 5>4 MAY 5>4
UA DEN-GCC DEC 3>1.9
UA DEN-ICT MAR 5>4
UA DEN-IDA MAR 3>2
*UA DEN-IND MAR 3>1.8 APR 3>1.9 MAY 3>1.9 JUN 3>2.0 JUL 3>2
UA DEN-MLI FEB 1.4>1.0 MAR 1.8>1.0 APR 1.9>1.2
UA DEN-PSP MAR 5>4
UA DEN-RAP MAR 5>4
UA DEN-RNO MAR 3>2
UA DEN-RSW FEB 1.5>1.0
UA DEN-SBA MAR 2>3 APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
*UA DEN-SDF FEB 1.4>1.0 MAR 1.8>1.0
UA DEN-SGF MAR 3>2
UA DEN-SUN JUL 0>1.0
UA DEN-TPA MAR 1.7>3
UA DEN-YVR MAR 3>2
UA DEN-YYZ MAR 3>1.8
UA IAD-DAY APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.7>3 JUL 1.7>3
UA IAD-RIC APR 3>4 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
UA IAD-SAV APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
UA LAX-SBA DEC 4>3
UA LAX-SBP DEC 4>3
UA ORD-DEN FEB 10>9
UA ORD-DLH DEC 3>2.0
UA ORD-MBS DEC 3>1.8
UA SFO-BOI MAR 4>5
UA SFO-BWI FEB 1.4>0.9
UA SFO-DEN FEB 11>10 MAR 12>11
UA SFO-EWR MAR 15>14
UA SFO-IAD MAR 9>8
*UA SFO-IND FEB 1.4>1.0 MAR 1.8>1.0
UA SFO-LAS MAR 9>10
UA SFO-LAX MAR 14>13
UA SFO-MCO MAR 2>3
UA SFO-ORD FEB 11>9 MAR 14>11 APR 15>14
UA SFO-PDX MAR 9>8
UA SFO-PHX MAR 4>5
UA SFO-RDM MAR 3>4
UA SFO-RDU MAR 1.0>2
UA SFO-RNO MAR 5>4
UA SFO-SBP MAR 3>4
UA SFO-SEA MAR 10>9
UA SFO-SUN JUL 0>1.0

UX JFK-MAD APR 1.0>0.9 MAY 1.0>0.9

VW MFE-MEX DEC 1.0>0.8

WN YOY Compare
WN ATL-AUS MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
WN ATL-CLE MAY 0>1.9
WN ATL-JAX MAY 4>3
WN ATL-MCI MAY 3>4 JUL 3>4
WN ATL-MKE MAY 3>2 JUN 3>1.9 JUL 3>1.9
WN ATL-MSP MAY 3>2
WN AUS-CUN JUN 1.0>1.1 JUL 1.0>1.1
WN AUS-OAK MAY 1.9>1.0
WN AUS-SAN MAY 1.7>3 JUN 2.0>3 JUL 2>3
WN AUS-SEA MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0
WN AUS-SFO MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN AUS-SMF MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN AUS-STL MAY 1.0>1.8
WN BDL-TPA MAY 1.9>3
WN BNA-CUN MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN BNA-LGA JUN 4>3 JUL 4>3
WN BNA-MKE MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2 JUL 0>2
WN BNA-MSP MAY 0>1.0
WN BNA-SAT JUN 3>2.0 JUL 3>1.9
WN BNA-STL MAY 1.9>3
WN BOI-SAN MAY 0.3>1.0
WN BOI-SJC MAY 0.1>1.0 JUN 0.1>1.0 JUL 0.2>1.0
WN BUR-SFO MAY 4>5
WN BUR-SJC MAY 8>9 JUN 8>9 JUL 8>9
WN BUR-SLC MAY 2>1.0 JUN 1.8>1.0 JUL 1.7>1.0
WN BUR-SMF MAY 7>9 JUL 7>8
WN BWI-BOS JUL 10>9
WN BWI-CLT MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3
WN BWI-CVG MAY 0>3
WN BWI-DTW MAY 4>3 JUN 4>3 JUL 4>3
WN BWI-MHT MAY 8>6 JUN 9>7 JUL 9>7
WN BWI-PVD JUN 9>8
WN BWI-SJO MAY 1.0>0.1 JUN 1.0>0.2 JUL 1.0>0.1
WN CLE-MKE MAY 0>1.9 JUN 0>1.8 JUL 0>1.9
WN CLE-STL MAY 1.0>1.8
WN CMH-CUN MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN CMH-RSW MAY 1.7>1.0
WN DAL-DCA MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4
WN DAL-MEM MAY 2.0>1.2 JUN 2>1.3 JUL 2>1.3
WN DAL-MKE MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0
WN DAL-OKC MAY 4>3 JUN 4>3
WN DAL-SAN MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4
WN DAL-SJC MAY 1.0>1.8 JUN 1.0>1.8 JUL 1.0>1.8
WN DCA-IND MAY 1.9>0 JUN 1.9>0 JUL 1.8>0
WN DCA-STL MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4
WN DEN-BZE MAY 0.1>0.3 JUL 0.3>0.1
WN DEN-CUN MAY 1.1>1.3 JUN 1.1>1.3 JUL 1.2>1.3
WN DEN-EWR MAY 3>1.9 JUN 3>1.8
WN DEN-LGA JUL 2>3
WN EWR-IND MAY 0>1.7
WN EWR-OAK MAY 0>1.0
WN EWR-SAN MAY 0>1.0
WN EWR-SJU JUL 0.2>0
WN FLL-AUA MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN FLL-BZE MAY 0>1.0
WN FLL-CUN MAY 0>3 JUN 0.9>3 JUL 1.0>3
WN FLL-EWR JUN 1.9>1.4
WN FLL-GCM MAY 0>1.0
WN FLL-IAD MAY 0>1.0
WN FLL-ISP MAY 3>1.1
WN FLL-JAX MAY 0>3 JUN 0>3 JUL 0>3
WN FLL-MBJ MAY 0>2 JUN 0.9>2 JUL 1.0>2
WN FLL-NAS MAY 1.0>2 JUN 1.0>2 JUL 1.0>2
WN FLL-PHL MAY 0>1.0
WN FLL-PLS MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN FLL-PUJ MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN FLL-SAT JUL 0>0.8
WN FLL-SJO MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN FLL-SJU MAY 2>3
WN FLL-STL MAY 1.0>1.8 JUN 1.2>3 JUL 1.3>3
WN GEG-SJC MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN GEG-SMF MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN HOU-ATL MAY 5>6 JUN 5>6 JUL 5>6
WN HOU-BOS MAY 1.8>1.1
WN HOU-CUN MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
WN HOU-GCM JUN 0>0.1 JUL 0>0.1
WN HOU-LGA MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
WN HOU-MBJ JUN 1.0>1.1 JUL 1.0>1.1
WN HOU-MCI MAY 4>3
WN HOU-MEX MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4
WN HOU-MKE MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN HOU-PVR JUN 1.1>1.2 JUL 1.2>1.3
WN HOU-SJC MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN HOU-SJD JUN 1.1>1.3 JUL 1.2>1.3
WN HOU-SJU JUL 1.2>1.3
WN IND-CUN MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN LAS-CLE MAY 1.6>1.0
WN LAS-HOU MAY 4>5
WN LAS-LGB MAY 1.4>0.3 JUN 1.3>0.3 JUL 1.3>0.3
WN LAS-PHL JUN 1.7>1.0
WN LAS-RDU JUN 1.6>1.1
WN LAS-SJC JUN 8>9 JUL 8>9
WN LAS-SNA MAY 7>6 JUN 7>6
WN LAX-AUS MAY 1.9>3
WN LAX-CUN MAY 2>1.0 JUN 2>1.0 JUL 2>1.0
WN LAX-LAS MAY 11>10
WN LAX-SJD MAY 1.9>2 JUN 2>1.2 JUL 2>1.0
WN LGA-MKE MAY 3>1.9 JUN 3>1.8 JUL 3>1.9
WN LGA-TPA MAY 0>2
WN LGB-SMF MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2 JUL 0>2
WN MCI-OAK MAY 1.7>1.0
WN MCI-PNS JUN 0.9>0.3 JUL 1.0>0.3
WN MCI-RSW MAY 0.3>0.1 JUN 0.4>0.2 JUL 0.5>0.1
WN MCI-TPA MAY 2>1.3
WN MCO-ABQ JUN 0.9>0.3 JUL 1.0>0.3
WN MCO-AUA MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0
WN MCO-BWI JUL 11>10
WN MCO-CMH MAY 3>4
WN MCO-EWR JUN 2>1.3 JUL 2>1.2
WN MCO-FLL MAY 0>5
WN MCO-MEM MAY 2>1.1
WN MCO-SJC MAY 0>0.8 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN MCO-SMF MAY 0>0.8 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN MDW-CVG MAY 0>5
*WN MDW-FNT JUN 3>0.6 JUL 3>0
WN MDW-MBJ JUN 1.2>1.0 JUL 1.3>1.0
WN MDW-MCO JUN 10>9 JUL 10>9
WN MDW-SJC MAY 1.0>1.7 JUN 1.0>1.7 JUL 1.0>1.7
WN MDW-SJU MAY 0>0.3 JUN 0.1>0.9 JUL 0.2>1.0
WN MDW-SNA MAY 1.0>0 JUN 0.9>0 JUL 0.8>0
WN MHT-TPA MAY 1.1>3
WN MKE-MSP MAY 1.6>0 JUN 1.6>0 JUL 1.5>0
WN MKE-SAN MAY 0.9>0
WN MKE-SFO MAY 0.9>0
WN MKE-STL MAY 1.0>1.8 JUN 1.0>1.8 JUL 1.0>1.9
WN MKE-TPA JUN 1.9>1.0 JUL 1.9>1.0
WN MSY-CUN MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN MSY-OAK MAY 1.6>1.0
WN MSY-RDU MAY 0.3>0.1 JUN 0.3>0.1 JUL 0.3>0.2
WN OAK-RNO JUL 3>1.9
WN OAK-SAT JUL 0>0.8
WN OAK-SEA JUL 6>7
WN PDX-SAN MAY 1.9>3 JUN 2.0>3 JUL 2>3
WN PDX-SFO MAY 0>3
WN PDX-SJC MAY 4>6 JUN 5>6 JUL 5>6
WN PHX-ABQ MAY 7>6
WN PHX-DEN JUL 10>9
WN PHX-ONT MAY 6>7 JUL 6>7
WN PHX-PHL JUN 1.8>1.1 JUL 1.8>1.1
WN PHX-SJC MAY 5>6
WN PIT-CUN JUN 0>0.1 JUL 0>0.1
WN PVD-TPA MAY 1.0>2.0
WN RDU-CUN JUN 0>0.1 JUL 0>0.1
WN RDU-STL MAY 1.1>2.0
WN RNO-SJC MAY 0>1.0
WN ROC-TPA JUN 1.0>0.7
WN SAN-PVR MAY 0>0.3 JUN 0>0.3 JUL 0>0.3
WN SAN-SEA MAY 1.0>1.9
WN SAN-SJC MAY 11>12 JUN 11>12 JUL 11>12
WN SAN-SLC MAY 0>1.0
WN SAN-SMF MAY 10>11
WN SAN-STL MAY 1.0>2.0
WN SAN-TPA MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN SAT-CUN MAY 0>0.1
WN SEA-SJC MAY 3>5 JUN 3>5 JUL 3>5
WN SEA-SMF MAY 3>6
WN SFO-SNA MAY 6>3 JUN 6>3 JUL 6>3
WN SJC-SJD MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN SJC-STL MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN SMF-SJD MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN SMF-STL MAY 0>1.0 JUN 0>1.0 JUL 0>1.0
WN STL-CUN MAY 0>0.1 JUN 0>0.2 JUL 0>0.1
WN TPA-SJU JUN 1.9>1.8

Y4 FAT-MLM DEC 0>0.2
Y4 SJC-MLM DEC 0>0.2
Y4 SJC-ZCL DEC 0>0.1

With the loss of AWI PHL-MKE finally sees E75's on AA.
PHL-RDU also gets a 319 and 738

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

That's a huge increase in the SMF market for WN. I'm pleased to see it.

2x daily on SMF-LGB one can only assume they are trying to push JetBlue out of that market.
6x daily on SMF-SEA is interesting as I think DL just up'd their game in this market and now last I read AS had added mainline again.

bluefltspecial wrote:

That's a huge increase in the SMF market for WN. I'm pleased to see it.

JUL 2018 vs JUL 2017 sees 7 more WN flights out of SMF per day. And 13 more from SJC. That's very impressive.

enilria wrote:

Surprised it is good enough to take another flight
*DL EWR-RDU APR 3>4 MAY 3>4 JUN 3>4 JUL 3>4

I did not see that one coming either. New flight operate in the afternoon :

DL 4252 RDU 620 - 759 EWR CR7 Dx67
DL 6251 RDU 1030 - 1204 EWR CR7 Dx6
DL 6252 RDU 1440 - 1620 EWR CR7 D
DL 6233 RDU 1945 - 2120 EWR CR7 Dx6

DL 4252 EWR 835 - 1015 RDU CR7 Dx67
DL 6251 EWR 1240 - 1418 RDU CR7 Dx6
DL 6252 EWR 1710 - 1849 RDU CR7 Dx7
DL 6292 EWR 1935 - 2121 RDU CR7 Dx6

The DCA schedule change coincides with the 5 year settlement with the DOJ, could this be AA getting some of those slots back? Would we see the pulldown from other carriers yet or is it too early?

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

I have to wonder if the AS pullback in DL markets is connected.

B757capt wrote:

The DCA schedule change coincides with the 5 year settlement with the DOJ, could this be AA getting some of those slots back? Would we see the pulldown from other carriers yet or is it too early?

Everybody else is so small that I think it would be really noticeable, and I haven't noticed. The only "junk" at DCA I am aware of is that DL has a few slots flying things like DCA-LEX. I can imagine DL letting those go, but hard to say.

Southwest has also added another ISP-TPA flight starting in May or June I believe

I believe OAK-TER on S4 has operated seasonally for several years.

I believe the additional AA DCA slots were leased from UA, who got them from WN when EWR lost its slot control status.

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

A Delta infographic from Jan. '17 showed 160 peak day flights to 49 destinations in 2017. http://news.delta.com/infographic-you-cant-stop-seattle

Is there a database guru who can give us the count for a non-holiday week July Monday, say, 7/16/18?

HeeseokKoo wrote:

bluefltspecial wrote:

That's a huge increase in the SMF market for WN. I'm pleased to see it.

JUL 2018 vs JUL 2017 sees 7 more WN flights out of SMF per day. And 13 more from SJC. That's very impressive.

Aren't some of those new destinations from SJC new, since the last big announcement? For example, I don't remember GEG being added, isn't that new?

And yes, lots of added frequency at SJC on existing routes. The SJC buildup continues!

AS BOS-SFO APR 0.5>0.4

I didn’t realize that this was less than daily. Why bother given UA, B6 and DL

MIflyer12 wrote:

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

A Delta infographic from Jan. '17 showed 160 peak day flights to 49 destinations in 2017. http://news.delta.com/infographic-you-cant-stop-seattle

Is there a database guru who can give us the count for a non-holiday week July Monday, say, 7/16/18?

167 flights, 52 destinations.

How funny DL is increasing RDU-EWR. I wonder what UA will do this time? They should have stayed in LGA-RDU for goodness sakes.

enilria wrote:

Pretty surprising cuts
*AS SFO-PVR MAR 0.9>0.2 APR 1.2>0.5 MAY 1.4>1.3
*AS SFO-SJD MAR 0.5>0 APR 0.9>0 MAY 1.6>0.6

Does this count VX? If it does, it's not that surprising.

AirFiero wrote:

For example, I don't remember GEG being added, isn't that new?

It was part of the big announcement a few months ago.

enilria wrote:

What?
*S4 OAK-TER JUL 0>0.1

FSDan wrote:

I believe OAK-TER on S4 has operated seasonally for several years.

That is correct. Every summer (going back a couple decades actually) there is a seasonal weekly flight from California to the Azores.

We discussed it 11 years ago in this thread:
viewtopic.php?t=398059

There is a large population of Azorean immigrants and their descendants in California, going back generations. They settled in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Coastal areas. The flight handles a lot of summer VFR traffic.

Enilria - always look forward to your weekly Sunday posts - thank you!

tlecam wrote:

AS BOS-SFO APR 0.5>0.4

I didn’t realize that this was less than daily. Why bother given UA, B6 and DL

and to think, people think BOS-SFO would be viable for AA!

Surprised to see DCA-PNS going to 2x daily. AA just restarted the route in April, so a second flight is pretty fast.

Overall AA seems to be making a push to grow in PNS. Mainline has returned to DFW-PNS and even CLT-PNS has seen mainline make a return.

Thx for posting. It's always interesting to observe the latest moves in the chess game.

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

so single digit reductions in SEA and Delta slowly reducing its SEA operations? As someone just also pointed out, a total of 3 less flights year over year. I would hardly call that a drawdown on its SEA ops. Rest assured, DL is not going anywhere at SEA. A wee bit dramatic with your assessment maybe?

wenders825 wrote:

tlecam wrote:

AS BOS-SFO APR 0.5>0.4

I didn’t realize that this was less than daily. Why bother given UA, B6 and DL

and to think, people think BOS-SFO would be viable for AA!

I believe this is due to as taking over from vx starting in late April. They originally had increased it to 4 daily but has since cut it back to 3 daily for rest of April and most of may. I don't see how they can possibly do 4 daily on this route given the competition, but we will see if there is any further cuts here. They also cut back bos lax to once daily on some December days. These are really competitive routes.

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

Why is it everytime DL drops a flight or two at SEA, people come out of the woodwork predicting doom for the hub? They didn't spend all the $$$ they have to build up SEA to drop it so fast. I doubt they are going anywhere.

FlyPNS1 wrote:

Surprised to see DCA-PNS going to 2x daily. AA just restarted the route in April, so a second flight is pretty fast.

Overall AA seems to be making a push to grow in PNS. Mainline has returned to DFW-PNS and even CLT-PNS has seen mainline make a return.

No surprise given the big increases in military travel. PNS should do well.

Some very close-in and rare cuts on LAX-SBA/SBP...both OO at-risk flights. I keep thinking these will be the next UA LAX routes to get cut if they want to relieve some congestion and open up some times to add some other flights. Looks like the frequency cuts are the PM ones that did not catch many connections besides redeyes, which can easily be pushed through SFO for both cities.

Thanks as always for taking the time to compile and post this stuff!

enilria wrote:

WN AUS-SEA MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0

Did we know this one was ending with (apparently) no plans to resume? Southwest seems to largely have its way with the Austin market and summer is a definite travel peak for Seattle, never mind the tech connections and economic factors. Obviously they face competition but that they would bring back seasonal SEA-MKE against competition from Alaska and Delta (mainline) but not SEA-AUS seems odd.

UA IAD-DAY APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.7>3 JUL 1.7>3
UA IAD-RIC APR 3>4 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
UA IAD-SAV APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3

Nice to see IAD (and DAY!) get a few adds.

I have a feeling Mexico cuts may be due to the violence spreading to beach destinations. I was in Cabo in June, and three weeks after we were there, people were killed on the exact beach we were on.

enilria wrote:

That was quick to cut it back
*AS MSP-SFO MAR 2>1.3 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.4

I suspect this could have to do with QX's shortages. A check of the route today shows OO operates both legs, and the afternoon flight is due to be handed over to QX in December. That is the flight that is being dropped.

FlyPNS1 wrote:

Surprised to see DCA-PNS going to 2x daily. AA just restarted the route in April, so a second flight is pretty fast.

Overall AA seems to be making a push to grow in PNS. Mainline has returned to DFW-PNS and even CLT-PNS has seen mainline make a return.

I noticed this too! Glad to see AA increasing PNS with mainline. I also noticed they are doing mainline on DFW-VPS too.

KLMatSJC wrote:

enilria wrote:

It was part of the big announcement a few months ago.

Ok, thanks. So much new service coming to SJC, it's difficult to keep track.

IPFreely wrote:

enilria wrote:

DL SEA-MCO APR 1.4>1.0 MAY 1.3>0.9

Two weeks ago it was one flight reduced. Last week it was 4 more reductions. And this week yet another cut. For an airline that says they're committed to growth in SEA, it looks like a slow and steady reduction is in process.

Uh, what? DL actually have added 7 total flights and 4 destinations since the beginning of 2017. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Keep in mind MCO is a low yield destination given the stage length. Next time you should ask instead of assuming it's doom and gloom. Sheesh.

Never realized there were so many flights between BDL and DCA.

DCAfan wrote:

I believe the additional AA DCA slots were leased from UA, who got them from WN when EWR lost its slot control status.

Couldn't be as many as they are overscheduled. I guess they are just trying to see what books well and will cancel down.

KLMatSJC wrote:

enilria wrote:

Pretty surprising cuts
*AS SFO-PVR MAR 0.9>0.2 APR 1.2>0.5 MAY 1.4>1.3
*AS SFO-SJD MAR 0.5>0 APR 0.9>0 MAY 1.6>0.6

Does this count VX? If it does, it's not that surprising.

AirFiero wrote:

For example, I don't remember GEG being added, isn't that new?

It was part of the big announcement a few months ago.

VX and AS are as they are filed with OAG.

jaybird wrote:

Enilria - always look forward to your weekly Sunday posts - thank you!

knope2001 wrote:

Thanks as always for taking the time to compile and post this stuff!

enilria wrote:

WN AUS-SEA MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0

Did we know this one was ending with (apparently) no plans to resume? Southwest seems to largely have its way with the Austin market and summer is a definite travel peak for Seattle, never mind the tech connections and economic factors. Obviously they face competition but that they would bring back seasonal SEA-MKE against competition from Alaska and Delta (mainline) but not SEA-AUS seems odd.

jonair8 wrote:

enilria wrote:

That was quick to cut it back
*AS MSP-SFO MAR 2>1.3 APR 2>1.0 MAY 2>1.4

I suspect this could have to do with QX's shortages. A check of the route today shows OO operates both legs, and the afternoon flight is due to be handed over to QX in December. That is the flight that is being dropped.

Sure but it is interesting to see AS cutting in DL markets and DL cutting in AS markets.

bluefltspecial wrote:

That's a huge increase in the SMF market for WN. I'm pleased to see it.

6x daily on SMF-SEA is interesting as I think DL just up'd their game in this market and now last I read AS had added mainline again.

Wn is 6X on SEA-SMF tomorrow. So seeing that in May sounds like their normal, 3X was the bigger surprise.

AS PDX-SMF FEB 4>2

This shows as going mainline (73G) for FEB. and into MAR 10 or so. I'm assuming temporary QX relief. Back to 4X Q400 after that.

6x daily on SMF-SEA is interesting as I think DL just up'd their game in this market and now last I read AS had added mainline again.

AS has been mainline SEA-SMF since the beginning, back in the '80s.
(Interestingly. SMF-SEA was the MD80 retirement flight, and from what was posted in the Washington State thread, it may also mark the 737-400 retirement flight too, though that is just conjecture on my part.)

Wingtips56 wrote:

AS PDX-SMF FEB 4>2

This shows as going mainline (73G) for FEB. and into MAR 10 or so. I'm assuming temporary QX relief. Back to 4X Q400 after that.

PDX-OAK is 73G Dec 1-Mar 10; PDX-SMF is 73G Dec 1-Jan 2 then Feb 1-Mar 10. I think March 10 is just the latest extension of the actual planned flying schedule; I wouldn't read much into the default Q400 schedule after that for either route. Hopefully they'll both stay mainline.

For AS, the 3rd SAN-FAT flight has historically been a mid-day Q400 r/t added during the spring/summer. Looks like they might not have the aircraft available for that flight in March 2018. We'll see if it shows up later in the year...

(I just checked AS's online skeds and that 3rd SAN-FAT (Q400) flight shows up in mid-April.)

bb

With WN cutting MDW-FNT are they completely out of FNT or still have BWI?

TWFlyGuy wrote:

With WN cutting MDW-FNT are they completely out of FNT or still have BWI?

WN will be completely out of FNT, BWI was dropped quite awhile ago when they switched most of the flying to MDW.

redwingspilot wrote:

TWFlyGuy wrote:

With WN cutting MDW-FNT are they completely out of FNT or still have BWI?

WN will be completely out of FNT, BWI was dropped quite awhile ago when they switched most of the flying to MDW.

Thanks! I know that was the lazy way of finding out. Very unfortunate, but not surprising, to see.

Enrilla, thanks for these posts!!!

FlyPNS1 wrote:

Surprised to see DCA-PNS going to 2x daily. AA just restarted the route in April, so a second flight is pretty fast.

Overall AA seems to be making a push to grow in PNS. Mainline has returned to DFW-PNS and even CLT-PNS has seen mainline make a return.

Whoa really? I didn't know CLT-PNS sees mainline now? When does that happen and what do they use? A319 would be my guess.

Looks like the increase to 3 flights (from 2) for DEN-SBA comes at the expense of mainline service on the route.

jph7291 wrote:

UA IAD-DAY APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.7>3 JUL 1.7>3
UA IAD-RIC APR 3>4 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
UA IAD-SAV APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3

Nice to see IAD (and DAY!) get a few adds.

I agree, It's good to see this increase. The only way for UA to expand the IAD hub as a whole is with more domestic feed.

Are these increases from the dummy schedule or adds from recent cuts?

TWFlyGuy wrote:

redwingspilot wrote:

TWFlyGuy wrote:

With WN cutting MDW-FNT are they completely out of FNT or still have BWI?

WN will be completely out of FNT, BWI was dropped quite awhile ago when they switched most of the flying to MDW.

Thanks! I know that was the lazy way of finding out. Very unfortunate, but not surprising, to see.

Enrilla, thanks for these posts!!!

Sure

I think I saw a thread about just FNT.

izbtmnhd wrote:

jph7291 wrote:

UA IAD-DAY APR 1.7>3 MAY 1.7>3 JUN 1.7>3 JUL 1.7>3
UA IAD-RIC APR 3>4 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3
UA IAD-SAV APR 2>3 MAY 2>3 JUN 2>3 JUL 2>3

Nice to see IAD (and DAY!) get a few adds.

I agree, It's good to see this increase. The only way for UA to expand the IAD hub as a whole is with more domestic feed.

Are these increases from the dummy schedule or adds from recent cuts?

That looks to me a like one whole airplane added. I have to wonder if it is an operationally driven move. For example, a plane isn't going to be in maintenance when originally expected, or a lease was extended.

enilria wrote:

*AA LGA-PWM APR 0>1.9 MAY 0>2 JUN 0>2 JUL 0>2

Agree this is interesting: I flew this with US back in Fall '09 and assumed it was still around. Does anyone know when US/AA suspended the route? Crazy how AA went from no presence in PWM to having mainline and CR9 services.