Cutting Flights In Pit

[hack73]

The rumor is that PIT will be down to 38 flights with the November schedule,anyone hear anything?There was a meeting in DCA on Tuesday,and that is where this info supposedly came from.

 

[justaumechanic]

38 mainline and 200 Express!!!

 

[Travelpro72]

Hmmmm....might as well just give it away!

 

[cltbay1homie]

Hmmmm....might as well just give it away!

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dont give it away..just shut it down, and hold onto it...let it get rusty, and then it will have nostalgic value...much more than it is worth now. OH..yes I have seen the rust, and drank the Rolling Rock. "BurP"...and what a headache.

 

[madders]

it means they can do it for cheap

 

[cltbay1homie]

it means they can do it for cheap

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OhTay

 

[wings396]

Just make it that much easier for SWA just like BWI!!

 

[USA320Pilot]

Every Tuesday the senior officers have a weekly meeting at CCY to discuss the state of the company. I do not know if plans for PIT were discussed at this week's meeting, but each of the last two November schedule changes pulled down PIT flying following the busy travel season.

I believe that PIT will be excess to the merger and the company will shift this flying westward, either to STL that could become a hub or dependent upon United's situation, ORD or DEN.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

P.S. In my opinion, UAL unions will end the S.1113 process like it did at US Airways, the Chicago-based company will lose more of its aircraft due to the appellate court ruling, and US Airways-America West will make STL a rolling hub.

 

[BoeingBoy]

and US Airways-America West will make STL a rolling hub.

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That's all we need - another PHL. Runways too close together for simultaneous parallel IFR operations and a significant WN presence. Probably looks good in the power point presentation, though.

Jim

 

[700UW]

Last time I checked this is about US, not UA.

And AA and WN have STL sewn up, and there are no "hub" cities for the making.

And UAL still has the 767s and they are negotiating with the lessors and paying on the planes, but below the lease rates.

 

[USA320Pilot]

700UW:

The last time I went to STL there were many vacant gates.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[Hope777]

Empty Gates, SO WHAT, PIT has plenty.

 

[700UW]

Every since 2001 passenger traffic at STL has declined:

13,396,028 in 2004 passenger used STL, down 7 million from 2003 and down 17,000,000 from the year 2000.

Source STL Airport.

 

[USA320Pilot]

STL traffic has declined due to a reduction in flights. STL has a very large population base of about 4 million people, which is about the same size as PHL and four times the size of PIT.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[700UW]

Gee, if it is such a great market then why was there a flight reduction?