AS at Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Dec 21, 2018, 12:50 pm
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AS at Dallas Love Field (DAL)
AS has added six daily roundtrip flights from DAL, bringing the total daily departures to 19:
PDX 3x daily (+1)
SAN 2x daily (+1)
SEA 4x daily (+2)
SFO 4x daily (+1)
SJC 3x daily (+1)
This added flying begins on August 27, 2019
PDX 3x daily (+1)
SAN 2x daily (+1)
SEA 4x daily (+2)
SFO 4x daily (+1)
SJC 3x daily (+1)
This added flying begins on August 27, 2019
Dec 21, 2018, 3:09 pm
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Dec 21, 2018, 3:24 pm
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As an FT armchair route planner, the additional SFO flight makes the most sense and the third daily flight to PDX is the headscratcher. I'm also surprised that there is not a fourth frequency to LAX and the new flights start in August, rather than May or June.
Last edited by dayone; Dec 21, 2018 at 3:33 pm Reason: Typo.
Dec 21, 2018, 6:42 pm
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Haha... they were dared by the city of Dallas to fully utilize their gates and BAM they do it... nice. I will enjoy those extra SEA flight times! Unfortunately, I have to wait until August?? 
I don't know if I will be flying there as much by then.
I don't know if I will be flying there as much by then.
Dec 21, 2018, 10:12 pm
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Good for AS and DAL... although wish there was some kind of lounge there- had a multi hour delay connecting this year.
Dec 21, 2018, 10:15 pm
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unless you’re MRing, connecting hasn’t been much of an issue for the last couple months since they schwacked the DAL-DCA/LGA flights
Dec 21, 2018, 10:22 pm
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As a more or less disinterested observer I have enjoyed watching all of these airlines squabble with each other and the City of Dallas over gates at DAL. Living in Houston, DAL is purely an O&D airport for me. It's fine enough as long as you don't have to spend much time there but it is way too crowded and busy at peak times.
Dec 21, 2018, 11:49 pm
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Southwest to Dallas: Make Alaska Airlines share Love Field gates with Delta
A bit of history: The original deal for the 20 gates was WN got 16, UA got 2 and AA got 2. UA later allowed DL to use one its gates, then eventually subleased both gates to WN (which agreed to accommodate DL for six months), creating the current DL-WN conflict. The AA gates were subleased to VX as part of an antitrust settlement. AS inherited those gates in the VX merger.
About nine months ago, I emailed both Priority Pass and the Aviation Department asking them to talk to each other about lounge options.
A bit of history: The original deal for the 20 gates was WN got 16, UA got 2 and AA got 2. UA later allowed DL to use one its gates, then eventually subleased both gates to WN (which agreed to accommodate DL for six months), creating the current DL-WN conflict. The AA gates were subleased to VX as part of an antitrust settlement. AS inherited those gates in the VX merger.
About nine months ago, I emailed both Priority Pass and the Aviation Department asking them to talk to each other about lounge options.
Dec 21, 2018, 11:56 pm
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Dec 22, 2018, 12:57 am
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I appreciate the additional flight out of SAN as someone who needs to get to Dallas occasionally, but it feels like quite a bit of capacity between the 2 cities.
Flights per day:
AA - 9 (!)
WN - 4 (honestly thought they had more frequencies)
AS - 2
NK - 1
Flights per day:
AA - 9 (!)
WN - 4 (honestly thought they had more frequencies)
AS - 2
NK - 1
Dec 22, 2018, 10:31 am
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Was just at airport heading from Seattle to Orange County in C terminal on a horizon operated flight using an E75and the gate next to us was for a flight to DAL. It’s also a E75 leaving at 8:00 am. Seems to be little risk for AS to have Horizon operate a smaller added flight time. Needless to say it was full today December 22.
Dec 22, 2018, 11:12 am
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Woohoo! Great Christmas present for me!! I fly PDX-DAL almost every week (though I have a break until Feb). The flights are always pretty full (though I realize that does not translate to profitability). I've been praying for a third afternoon flight. I keep hoping PDX will be the beneficiary of route cuts at other stations.
Dec 22, 2018, 11:27 am
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