Originally Posted by
DistrictOfColumbia
I would love the company to figure out their transatlantic strategy out of PHL.
I would work on a three-way with PHL and Amtrak on a new inter-modal terminal and experience. If they make the airport accessible to the NEC, seamlessly (aka moving the line so that it stops in the station), it would potentially pull more O/D traffic from NYC and DC. They need a whole new setup in PHL as the current terminal is a dump.
No one from NY is taking a 90 minute Amtrak to catch a flight out of PHL. There are too many nonstop options from NY airports for anyone to go to PHL. As someone who lived in NY and NJ, I will note that PHL is a more convenient airport for a large part of NJ and competes more with EWR than JFK/LGA. The fact that EWR commands such high fares is because people choose the more convenient airport over price (going from NJ to LGA/JFK is both expensive with tolls and cab fare, and requires a big time buffer for traffic). NY'ers are spoiled for choice and aren't going to PHL to catch a flight.
As a side note - I don't understand PHL as an international hub model at all. This article tries to explain the rationale but I'm not convinced.
https://simpleflying.com/philly-rise...n-phl-gateway/