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Pittsburgh's size and attractiveness to low-cost airlines are two strikes against Pittsburgh International Airport winning additional US Airways flights, a top airline executive said Thursday.
This month, the airline further slashed its departures to 127 per day from 148 earlier this year. US Airways' departures from Pittsburgh have declined from 245 in November 2004, shortly after the airline's second bankruptcy filing, and almost 400 in fall 2003. The airline operated more than 500 flights a day in summer 2001 out of Pittsburgh, when the airport still served as a hub.
Kirby said US Airways has no further plans to pull back service in and out of Pittsburgh International, adding that many of the cuts this summer are due to its Express (commuter) partners having a difficult time finding qualified pilots.
They are trying to get PIT down to a class two operation. What a bunch of slugs. Every flight in PIT is going out full yet they keep pulling flights. This is the worst bunch of slugs that ever ran this operation.
That's true, but now I have more time to sample the cuisine at Wok & Roll.
You can't expect the management in Tempe to do much more than look at numbers on a spreadsheet. Even when we're shorthanded, the folks at PIT, whether it's Mainline or Express, tend to work some serious miracles when the weather is bad or the airspace out on the East coast is congested or the stars aren't aligned. And that's when you look at a station a bit more objectively than just from a cost-per-gate perspective. If customer satisfaction gets you return business as a result, it would seem to be a no-brainer that you send passengers through a station that can provide such service.
You might make less dough (which is debatable) in the short run, but you keep the airline thriving with happy passengers who continue to fly your planes, which is pretty much what I've been yelling about for the last two years.
That is the problem. This management team is concerned about the short run only. Merge today, sell/merge tomorrow, walk away with millions, long-term future be damned.
PIT will be a regular outstation soon, it's inevitable at this point.
What amazes me is even though a decision was made to deHub and then unFocus at PIT, why have they not increased frequency from PIT to LAS and PHX which are viable Western hubs. It is not like Western Pennsylvania has lost their entire population. People still want a more convenient, direct routing to The West (LAX/SAN/SFO/SEA etc.) and forcing them to connect thru PHL and CLT is silly.They are trying to get PIT down to a class two operation. What a bunch of slugs. Every flight in PIT is going out full yet they keep pulling flights. This is the worst bunch of slugs that ever ran this operation.
What amazes me is even though a decision was made to deHub and then unFocus at PIT, why have they not increased frequency from PIT to LAS and PHX which are viable Western hubs. It is not like Western Pennsylvania has lost their entire population. People still want a more convenient, direct routing to The West (LAX/SAN/SFO/SEA etc.) and forcing them to connect thru PHL and CLT is silly.