<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by zakami:
Both AA and JetBlue offer JFK-LGB. My guess is that there probably isn't enough of a market for SNA-NYC since fares out of LGB are dirt-cheap on both airlines. AA even gives double miles for now although it is on a 757. Another thing to consider is departures out of SNA shut down at 10 (arrivals at 10:30), which is still somewhat early for red-eyes. Of course an airlines does not have to offer a red-eye, but my guess is that is one of the reasons. In 2003, the limit of flights in SNA will be raised by 8 additional flights and maybe someone will jump in then. They should simply make it an international airport and SNA-MEX flights will be full. AS tried SNA-YVR for about a month, but now that flight goes via SEA.</font>
Actually JetBlue JFK-LGB is only in the last two years.
The only non-stop SNA-NYC service I am aware of was AW SNA-JFK in the early nineties, TW the same route once a day in the late nineties and CO EWR-SNA. I first started flying the route in '95 and CO sent an always packed 757 r/t daily. The service was expanded over time to 4 737-800's a day, now down to 3 daily.
UA for years had LGA-ORD-SNA and back that was very good and always packed especially (sp?) the ORD-SNA leg. Now thats gone too. I think AA flew LGA-DFW-SNA as well but I never took it.
The kicker to the whole story is until this year the fare into SNA was always higher than LAX.
Just a mystery to me.