snokums925

Hp announced today that they will initiate service to OKC from PHX and LAS. Press release here:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....790&highlight=


Great move for HP, even if the flights will be on CRJs.

AZ Travels the World

Good addition to the route. I wish they'd add Tulsa service as well.

Southwest offers a non-stop there currently. While I hate flying Southwest, at least there is a non-stop option. Other than that, it's an inconvenient stop in DFW, IAH, SLC or DEN.

ByrdluvsAWACO

While I'm no Oklahoma fan and can't understand why anyone would want to go/live there, I'm glad HP is covering this hole in their network.

enviroian

While I was initially excited to see this new service, I agree Tulsa would have been much more convenient for me with my customers and also their flight times...oh great....one now has to spend at least one night and can't make a day trip. Looks like another winner schedule ala MSY. Woo Who HP

ByrdluvsAWACO

Man, you guys are picky. If HP announced Tulsa, you'd complain about no OKC service.

AgtMulder

Me too, although I wouldn't want to be on HP 6717. ~3:20am, ouch!

Good job HP, though. ^

TopDawg4OU

yeah, that 3:30 looks like a pain. but shoot, it's vegas.

yeah, it's RJ service here and i think this will help the fare competition to all west coast destinations with the legacies and southwest.

welcome to OKC!

TopDawg4OU

A lot of west coasters say that. But ask many people who live in Tulsa and they'll say there's no place like it for them. I've hit 63 cities over the last 2 years and I'd still love to settle down in Tulsa. I'm in OKC right now and, well, that's a different story. OKC's alright and you can definitely tell it's growth is continuous; but this is a fine example of urban sprawl. Norman, The University of Oklahoma's town, is now theoretically a suburb of OKC. There used to be about 20 minutes of just open fields on the side of the highway.

Give it a try before you throw out a statement like that.

skyfly

Being an HP employee, all I can say its about time HP had some kind of Oklahoma service. A couple of years back when I work at the res. office I get paxs from time to time asking about flying to TUL or OKC. I always told paxs ICT or DFW was the closet HP gets to OK. Although, back when HP was in bed in Continental we would book paxs to TUL/OKC on a codeshare flight via IAH.

Its my guest that HP decided to try OKC instead of TUL due to fact that WN has nonstops already to TUL from PHX. It would be more difficult for HP to try to compete head to head with WN because this has been an "established" route for WN (they already has a strong presence in TUL). Furthermore, in HP's view, TUL (or OKC) does not have enough market share traffic to 2 LCC airlines to compete on this route. So OKC is the next best alternative for HP. Perhaps if OKC is proven it can do well, maybe in time HP will add TUL.

SDLFlyer

Southwest flies from OKC to PHX three times a day non-stop and four from OKC on Sunday's.

Would you rather take a 50 seat CRJ or a 737 on Southwest?

Thank goodness I don't go to OKC because the RJ flight would not be fun.

skyfly

Thanks SDL. I guess I stand corrected. I did not realize WN had non-stop flights to OKC from PHX. I only knew they had TUL. Thanks for pointing this out.---skyfly

SoonerJedi

I've lived in Oklahoma for about 20 of my 23 years and can't think of a more beautiful place in the world. It has such remarkable diversity, from the dry, barren west that includes a small desert, to the lush forested east with its hundreds of lakes. It's comments like this that really make me angry because they typically come from people on one of the coasts who have never even been to the state and literally still think Indians roam the plains hunting buffalo. Oklahoma is, however, the tribal headquarters for 39 tribes and has a population of over 250,000 Native Americans. They don't live in teepees anymore, by the way. As far as aviation is concerned, the FAA Training Center is located in Oklahoma City and more astronauts have come from Oklahoma than from any other state. I'm from Oklahoma and I'm damn proud. I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, I plan to return here when I get out of the military and I plan on raising my kids here, because as far as traditional values are concerned, you aren't going to find a better place in the world. The people are some of the best in the world, as well, and 99.9% of the time you will get a small wave as you pass someone on the highway, compared to the finger you might get in the West or the East. I still get goosebumps anytime I hear a large brass band play "Oklahoma!" People are going to say you have the right to your own opinion, but if you had any type of long term experience here you wouldn't be making ignorant comments like that.

I really don't see the difference...are the seats any smaller on an RJ than on a mainline plane? From my understanding, there are just fewer of them. When i fly, my face is plastered to the window anyway, so I don't care if there are 50 seats or 250.

HKG_Flyer1

OKC has changed a lot in the last few years. Nearly $1 billion has been reinvested in the city center alone, resulting in the creation of a rather compact, new, clean and vibrant downtown. One sign of the renaissance: a daily Amtrak "shuttle" between Oklahoma City and Ft. Worth reports that more pax actually use the train to visit Oklahoma, rather than escape (it used to be the other way around).

It will never be New York, but it does have a certain charm that is starting to draw more people to it.

formeraa

The seats are smaller on the RJ (narrower than a mainline plane). On HP, the pitch (distance between seats) is about the same -- 31".

BTW, you are an excellent writer. I hope that you are able to use those skills in your chosen vocation.

JAXPax

Actually America West flew to Oklahoma before.... back in 1983/84. Service to both Oklahoma City and Tulsa... routes included PHX-OKC/TUL, OKC-TUL, ABQ-OKC, ABQ-TUL.