AA ending all service to ISP (Long Island-Islip) and ITH (Ithaca, NY)
Jun 21, 2022, 6:58 pm
#16
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Thank you for the update on the Q70 fare. It could be a PITA to get the fare ticket, particularly when getting the bus at LGA. On more than one occasion I had the bus pull from the stop as I was getting my ticket from the kiosk.
Next time I’m traveling with just a backpack I may give the Q70 another chance. The new Central Terminal is stunning and would like to see it again. Have they resolved the employee parking situation at LGA or are they still jammed onto the bus?
Next time I’m traveling with just a backpack I may give the Q70 another chance. The new Central Terminal is stunning and would like to see it again. Have they resolved the employee parking situation at LGA or are they still jammed onto the bus?
Jun 21, 2022, 7:58 pm
#17
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DBQ gone also
Dubuque DBQ is being cut also.
Jun 21, 2022, 8:14 pm
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Also, while not the biggest area, Salisbury is still a two hour drive to BWI and 2:20 to PHL. ISP is 40 minutes to JFK and 50 to LGA (granted, on a good traffic day) and does have public transit options. Likewise, Ithaca is an hour to SYR.
Jun 21, 2022, 8:18 pm
#19
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The E145 question is particularly in my mind right now because one alternative for my MSY trip would be to fly from ROC -- but that's also E145 service into PHL.
Jun 22, 2022, 8:26 am
#20
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For ITH, JFK isn't much longer a drive than EWR or PHL, and YYZ is not much farther (if at all, depending on what side of which lake you're coming from).
ELM is our closest airport and ITH is almost as close. When we relocated to the area I just assumed that ELM was private/corporate and National Guard only - I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong! Not so many years ago ELM was served by DL, UA, AA and G4 (now DL and G4 only).
Conveniently nothing ticketed with ITH at the moment so don't have to worry about changes to existing itineraries. Well, not about changes due to ITH getting dropped - there will be changes, right?
ELM is our closest airport and ITH is almost as close. When we relocated to the area I just assumed that ELM was private/corporate and National Guard only - I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong! Not so many years ago ELM was served by DL, UA, AA and G4 (now DL and G4 only).
Conveniently nothing ticketed with ITH at the moment so don't have to worry about changes to existing itineraries. Well, not about changes due to ITH getting dropped - there will be changes, right?
Jun 22, 2022, 9:29 am
#21
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For ITH, JFK isn't much longer a drive than EWR or PHL, and YYZ is not much farther (if at all, depending on what side of which lake you're coming from).
ELM is our closest airport and ITH is almost as close. When we relocated to the area I just assumed that ELM was private/corporate and National Guard only - I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong! Not so many years ago ELM was served by DL, UA, AA and G4 (now DL and G4 only).
Conveniently nothing ticketed with ITH at the moment so don't have to worry about changes to existing itineraries. Well, not about changes due to ITH getting dropped - there will be changes, right?
ELM is our closest airport and ITH is almost as close. When we relocated to the area I just assumed that ELM was private/corporate and National Guard only - I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong! Not so many years ago ELM was served by DL, UA, AA and G4 (now DL and G4 only).
Conveniently nothing ticketed with ITH at the moment so don't have to worry about changes to existing itineraries. Well, not about changes due to ITH getting dropped - there will be changes, right?
To my mind, JFK is a harder drive than EWR even if it isn't much farther, and YYZ even more so because of the complicated route from Elmira to Buffalo. The other consideration is that, for an international flight, you're probably arriving in the metro area during the afternoon rush hour. I have Nexus so the border crossing isn't much of an issue, and the Peace Bridge usually isn't congested in the middle of the day; I should think more about flying from YYZ.
Jun 22, 2022, 9:49 am
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Are these cuts coming about because of a phase-out of the E145? AA dropped ELM on the grounds that it was discontinuing use of the Dash-8, but upgraded ITH to the E145. The Dash-8 flights from ELM were always full, and I seem to remember that the break-even point for a Dash-8 was less than 50% occupancy.
The E145 question is particularly in my mind right now because one alternative for my MSY trip would be to fly from ROC -- but that's also E145 service into PHL.
The E145 question is particularly in my mind right now because one alternative for my MSY trip would be to fly from ROC -- but that's also E145 service into PHL.
Jun 22, 2022, 10:10 am
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Jun 22, 2022, 12:23 pm
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Damn! There goes my chance of doing an Ivy League colleage mileage run on AA :-(
Cornell ITH
Dartmouth LEB
Harvard BOS
Brown PVD
Yale BDL
Columbia LGA
Princeton EWR
Penn PHL
Cornell ITH
Dartmouth LEB
Harvard BOS
Brown PVD
Yale BDL
Columbia LGA
Princeton EWR
Penn PHL
Jun 22, 2022, 12:30 pm
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Alas, while LEB was once served by US Airways Express, that service ended long ago. (I don't think that AA ever served LEB.)
Jun 22, 2022, 12:35 pm
#27
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FARE GONE! - US: LEB (Lebanon, NH) to just about anywhere USA Fares - $2-$22
Jun 22, 2022, 6:58 pm
#28
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AA City Cuts
Just how many cities will AA be cutting from their network? It sounds like these could be some very deep cuts across the country. Also, are nonstop destinations from ORD going to start drying up soon? I ask that because it seems like that’s where things seem to be headed these days. I feel like the Chicago nonstop destination offerings across both of Chicago’s airports could be dwindling significantly in the near future considering so many of these destinations are served by regional jets, which are being phased out and have no replacement whatsoever.
Jun 22, 2022, 8:43 pm
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Just how many cities will AA be cutting from their network? It sounds like these could be some very deep cuts across the country. Also, are nonstop destinations from ORD going to start drying up soon? I ask that because it seems like that’s where things seem to be headed these days. I feel like the Chicago nonstop destination offerings across both of Chicago’s airports could be dwindling significantly in the near future considering so many of these destinations are served by regional jets, which are being phased out and have no replacement whatsoever.
Jun 22, 2022, 9:03 pm
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