pouring more money and time into NY... well this goes with their "we WILL be the biggest carrier flying from NY" mantra... freakin crazy as that sector is sooo saturated... giving up slots in NRT???? what are these people smokin??? I will NEVER fly in/out of any of the NYC airports unless it's a must or the first or last flights of the day... hmmmm what did that travel and leisure list say last week...
Worst Delayed Airports in the US
- PHL - 22% of Flights Delayed
- ATL - 22% of Flights Delayed
- IAD - 22% of Flights Delayed
- SFO - 23% of Flights Delayed
- JFK - 24% of Flights Delayed
- LGA - 24% of Flights Delayed
- DFW - 24% of Flights Delayed
- MIA - 26% of Flights Delayed
- ORD - 27% of Flights Delayed
- EWR - 30% of Flights Delayed
... oh, forgot to add that
DTW, MSP and DCA were in the top 10 of least delayed...
Originally Posted by
mersk862
Delta and US Airways today announced a slot swap involving DCA and LGA.
-Delta picks up 125 slots at LaGuardia from US Airways. Delta will also move into the US Airways terminal and leave the Marine Air Terminal and Delta Terminal
-US Airways picks up 42 slots at National from Delta. This will drop Delta down to about 55 daily flights at DCA and allow for the consolidation in Terminal B. Looks like flights to BOS, DSM, CVG, GRR, HSV, IND, JAN, LEX and MSN are all going away (with US Airways picking up the flights to the markets they don't already serve from DCA). Delta also gives US some slots at Sao Paolo and Narita.
At the end of the day, should everyone sign off on this, Delta will have 270+ departures out of LaGuardia to over 50 destinations. National will have 55 daily departures to JFK, LGA, ATL, SLC, MEM, MSP and DTW.
Also, it looks like this might be the proverbial final nail in the coffin for the CVG hub - for an extra 250 flights a day (125 round-trips), planes will have to come from somewhere...given that many of the LGA markets will be most likely on CRJs/ERJs, I'd guess that those planes are coming largely from CVG, especially if DL is giving up its slots on DCA-CVG.