As I sit here at gate 20 eyeing our 900 jungle jet pulling in I so look forward to having my caboose in 16C, with roughly 1/2 inch of "padding" to support it. By far the most uncomfortable seat, save a B1900, and that's even iffy

So I expressed with sadness to the very friendly agent on why HP has reduced mainline a/c here. She said she doesn't understand it as nearly every flight is oversold and more capacity is needed. She even went on to say their one 733 service might dissapear as well.

As I balanced between sarcasm and humor, I said it's probably b/c "your Eastern 752's are being utilized for your HNL flights, thus pulling more demand on your airbii and circa Night Rider 737's" She smiled, looked at me, winked, and said "your funny. I like your shirt".

You were just hit on, Ian! ^

Too bad you have to fly RJ's to go see her!

I've made the same complaint over and over when I fly to Austin. The last time I was there, the gate agent said they've reduced the mainline flights because HP has decided that they would rather use their mainline jets on routes that they don't have to compete with WN. Great strategy. Use a subpar product with subpar service on routes that you have a strong competitor. Nothing like just handing WN your market share on a silver platter.

I booked a client AUS-FAT on HP and they said it was the dirtiest most disgusting plane they had ever been on. They said that the seats were falling apart. It was like a flying greyhound. No wonder they didn't keep the AmericaWest name when they merged most people have a very negitive opinion of HP.

lol--tell my wife that!

Am I wrong, or could it eventually be feasible to have AUS-PHL flights to allow AUS pax to connect to US's intl' and northeast operations?

Parker said that connecting the West spokes to the East hubs is first-priority when the airline gets more lift available... think Embraer 190s.

All of these GOOFY Routes that are being serviced by 737 & CRJ 900 is a Ripple Effect Due to the Hawaii Service.


U*S (West) has pulled most of the 757's from the 48 states and replaced them with 320 / 319.


This then caused the cities that were being serviced by the 320 / 319 's to be replaced with 737 & CRJ 900.


This is just like all of the Trans Con Routes from 2004. ( Who knows how long they will keep "FLEXIN" the Hawaii Service. ( Multi City / Multi Day)

You never know they might cut back all of the Island Service from Mainland and ADD the Value of Mesa to server as Inner Island on CRJ 200

Interesting idea to codeshare with Mesa! However, the connections in HNL to the commuter terminal are not terribly convenient. That would be the downside. Also, I am guessing that fares are typically higher on the non-stops to the outer islands (but HP may experience lower load factors).

I live in AUS and let me tell you this:

I would never take HP..

Even when they were the only one in town flying ns to LAS, I stopped taking them. Their planes are old, their service is bad, and they are always late and have mechanical problems.

They can't even begin to compete with WN or any other carrier for that matter.

The A319 and A320's are not particularly old. The CRJ's are definitely new. Their service is basically the same as everyone else's (beverage service). I am not going quibble with you about late flights, but recently my late flights are actually on Mesa not HP. Again, all of my mechanical problems have been on Mesa lately.

At least, on HP, you have an assigned seat. WN can be a mess at times, particularly if the computer won't let you check-in online.

I know this is a year-old thread, but am trying to see if I am missing something new.

I need to get to AUS in mid-July. Might leave from PIT, or from ATL/GSP where we'll be headed for a wedding.

I was shocked to see US charges $750+ when everyone else is around $200. Then I realized the routing is only through PHX. Is that the only reason prices are so high (they dont really want to sell the route?). I couldnt find any US-East city with decent prices to AUS...

How is it US never saw fit to add CLT or PHL service to AUS?

I see comments above on adding lift, but with all the PIT downgrades you would think there was more available.

I suspect the high prices from the East Coast are because the only way to get to AUS on US is through PHX & LAS, which add several hundred miles to the trip. I flew there a couple of weeks ago, and no BOS-PHX-AUS flight was less than $650; BOS-LAS-AUS simply wasn't available. I flew UA through ORD; ORD-AUS is a CR7 both ways, and often overbooked. For a better ride, IAD-AUS is an E70 (again on UA). *A options to AUS are just plain bad, especially from the east coast.

I really really really hope a PHL-AUS route gets added on an E90 (or better yet, CLT-AUS, though the E90s aren't flying out of CLT yet.)

I could have sworn I heard US plans to add service to AUS and SAT from CLT. But consider it only a rumor as I can't even remember where I heard it.

I heard the same rumor, usually in connection with getting the 190's or Republic getting 175's - more airplanes allowing new markets (though AUS was served by US at one time).

However, with 7 East 737's going back to the leasors and only 7 more 190's coming this year, the only additional airplanes will be the 175's and they will be partially offset by 5 of Republics 170's leaving USX.

Jim