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[Light Years]

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London Heathrow is the preferable airport in London but it restricted to service from only two US carriers. The current holders of the Heathrow rights are American Airlines and United Airlines, who bought them from TWA and Pan Am when they were doing bad.

As for DAL (Dallas Love Field) US could easily fly a 50 seat RJ there if they so pleased (likely CLT if they did). But there's probably no point since DFW service could be expanded or upgraded if they wanted to make it a priority.

US needs to find an area to grow in aside from their traditional Allegheny/Piedmont box. The Carribbean is doing great, they need to find another niche like that.

Most legacy carriers used RJs to extend thier reach into other airlines territiories. US is using them to replace thier own service and saturate the same old markets. In essence US has to do the opposite of the others, grow a decent airline to complement the regional they have now.

 

[ITRADE]

Wow, missed out on this one:

LHR
YVR
PDX
SJC
ZRH
MXP
SLC
SAT
AUS
SNA

 

[RowUnderDCA]

I'll tell you why not...you can't serve it from PIT or PHL because of the Wright Amendment. Unless you plan on one-stop via TUL/OKC/LIT, or if you want to be sillier JAN/BTR/MSY/HOU/AUS/SAT/ABQ.

And, oh yeah, you can't through-ticket DAL to PIT or PHL.

You can serve it non stop with an rj.... I think the cut off is 60 something seats.

 

[ITRADE]

You can serve it non stop with an rj.... I think the cut off is 60 something seats.

Give that man a cigar for spotting the loophole.

 

[Hope777]

My Turn, and I wont use ERJ's since they can not carry the bags.......

INTL....BRU,LIS,TVL,WAW,ZRH
Dom
&
Can....ABQ,PDX,SAT,SLC,SNA,TUS,YVR
Carib..STI

These are only a few off the top of my head, but what I would rather see,is additional flying to the Caribean from current cities. Off hand, EWR-SDQ comes to
mind and IAD to most Carib cities.

 

[ITRADE]

My Turn, and I wont use ERJ's since they can not carry the bags.......

INTL....BRU,LIS,TVL,WAW,ZRH
Dom
&
Can....ABQ,PDX,SAT,SLC,SNA,TUS,YVR
Carib..STI

These are only a few off the top of my head, but what I would rather see,is additional flying to the Caribean from current cities. Off hand, EWR-SDQ comes to
mind and IAD to most Carib cities.

I'm not sure if you're going to see BRU for a while unless they can drum up better marketing for the route. IIRC, I always saw BRU as an e-saver which indicates that the route was always rather weak.

By TVL, I think you mean TLV? Does US have a plane that could make it that far?

I concur on most all the domestics....

What is STI?

 

[ITRADE]

HNL is an interesting choice, but what are the logistics of doing that trip??

Its about 10 hours worth of block time. (ATL is 9:40). Its about 4678 miles - which would probably make the run the longest US flight on the schedule. YOu'd probably only be able to do this with the thought that your fuel calculations are going to have to be right on as once you cross the west coast, you've got a good four hours of open water flying. So, seems to me that fuel management will be key for that route.

 

[Hope777]

ITrade, yes my mistake.....should have read TLV.
I would think the A330 could make the trip. El Al runs
B747's,B767's and B777's out of EWR.

STI= Santiago, Dominican Republic

 

[Hope777]

ITrade, just doing some quick research, No we DO NOT currently have and aircraft that could fly from any of our Hubs to TLV. PHL-TLV would be just outside of the A330-300's operating envelope.

 

[Light Years]

Wow, missed out on this one:

LHR
YVR
PDX
SJC
ZRH
MXP
SLC
SAT
AUS
SNA

I was wondering where you were in this one! Seems like an ITRADE-like topic...

 

[ITRADE]

ITrade, just doing some quick research, No we DO NOT currently have and aircraft that could fly from any of our Hubs to TLV. PHL-TLV would be just outside of the A330-300's operating envelope.

This is where the A330-200 comes in. I believe this craft could make it. Of course, this would be under the rubric that the A330-200s will enter service as an aircraft beyond the simple replacement of 767s.

Personally, I think US should just retain the 76s and add the 330-200s as additional heavy lift. The 76s can then go to "thin" Europe routes (like running PHL-DUB-SNN tags in winter) or rotated on Caribbean and transcon routes.

Or, consider an A340-300.......Four engines opens up a lot of territory.

 

[USFlyer]

All this thread reminds of is that US has so much potential if it can just stop bleeding cash ... :unsure:

 

[ITRADE]

Here's the Mexico mockup for 6 cities - MTY, PVR, ACA, SJC, GDL, and MZT

Dep. Time Arr. Time BLOCK TIME
LGA 7:00 CLT 9:08
CLT 10:15 ACA 13:45
ACA 14:45 CLT 19:15
CLT 20:15 BWI 21:40 11:33

Dep. Time Arr. Time
EWR 7:30 CLT 9:21
CLT 10:25 GDL 13:45
GDL 14:45 CLT 19:05
CLT 20:05 PVD 22:05 11:31

Dep. Time Arr. Time
MHT 7:00 CLT 9:18
CLT 10:20 MZT 12:50
MZT 13:50 CLT 19:20
CLT 20:20 ALB 22:20 12:18

Dep. Time Arr. Time
PIT 7:30 CLT 8:54
CLT 10:10 MTY 12:55
MTY 13:55 CLT 18:10
CLT 20:10 BOS 22:20 10:34

Dep. Time Arr. Time
ALB 7:00 CLT 9:15
CLT 10:10 PVR 13:55
PVR 14:50 CLT 19:35
CLT 20:25 MDT 21:55 12:15

Dep. Time Arr. Time
ORF 7:55 CLT 9:12
CLT 10:05 SJD 13:05
SJD 14:00 CLT 20:00
CLT 22:00 RIC 23:15 11:32

 

[Light Years]

All this thread reminds of is that US has so much potential if it can just stop bleeding cash ... :unsure:

... or starts looking at new ways to make some.

 

[funguy2]

OK, there is a recurring theme about the western USA, and rightly so. However, what is US Airways going to do differently in order to make these markets work this time? Generally, the western USA markets have even better access to the Northeast than they used to, primarily due to Southwest's BWI/PHX/LAS "hubs". I am sure folks from BUF/BDL/ALB/PVD can get to AUS, ABQ, SAT, SLC, SJC, etc. on Southwest, which was not an option the last time US Airways served these places. I.e. US Airways had a niche, which has disappeared.

Particularly in the case of Orange County and San Jose. These markets were both dropped in the last couple of years... (SNA was dropped last fall) In terms of competitive situation, not a whole lot has changed, except LCC's are gaining momentum... So what does US Airways do differently in order to compete in these markets which they were already forced out of once. There is no point in returning if its not going to be profitable.

Oh, and how many failed MCI hubs does it take to convince you that it is not a good idea? So far I count 4: Eastern, Braniff (Mk2), US Air, and Vanguard. And, quite frankly, Midwest is kinda on shaky financials too.