I just found this link on the CO website detailing new service in the upcoming months. It looks like Continental Connection is really invading CLE, starting a few new routes, and picking up some of the COEX routes dropped a couple of years ago. The net increase in flights through August 2003 is 47.

http://www.continental.com/travel/de...03A01B4B1D706D

Is Commut Air operating these flights? If so, are they dismantling the Albany mini-hub to start this service or did they get some new 1900s?

The BE1 flights, yes.

CO probably donated the BE1 formerly operated by Continental Express.

There's a mistake on the website:

It shows EWR-GVA as a 767. In reality it's probably an ERJ with drop fuel tanks.


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[This message has been edited by Billiken (edited 03-05-2003).]

They started recieving some of the 26 Beech 1900s they had ordered not so long ago. ALB growth/current ops will continue.

Good news I'd say...Better than flight cut backs in CLE.

Agreed.

On another topic i noticed they brought back one ewr-phl flight and are they droping the ewr-hpn to only 1x?
-howie

Thanks......

I don't think they can cut much more in CLE!!! It's good to see some of the old service back instead of sending it on NW through DTW.

I'm surprised they're using a 757 for EWR-Jackson Hole.... even as Sat. only service, I can see the same 757 put to better use on something like EWR-FL....

Has anyone happened to notice the loads on this JAC flight?? Maybe they need extra room for ski equipment....

Did XJT use BE1? I thought just ATR and EMB-120.

Given the huge increase in propeller flights (CommutAir, CapeAir, Gulfstream), I sure hope they've started to lay off the essentially fraudulent "all jet fleet" advertising. No they're technically not CO's planes, but they have CO's flight number and logo emblazoned on the side!

[This message has been edited by Paulo (edited 03-06-2003).]

CLE had plenty of BE1's operated by CO Express a few years ago going to the same destinations CO CNXT is going to be serving.

Just flew FNT-CLE recently and it was a very pleasant flight, despite the diminutive size of the plane.

There was no waiting to check in with the NW/Mesaba ground crew, no one in line ahead of me at security, and no other flights arriving or departing on the FNT lower concourse in that time frame. The walk outside and around the back of the airport was a bit chilly, but a cheerful copilot was waiting to greet us at the drop-down stairway to the plane.

The plane was quite full due to the holidays (only one empty seat). The co-pilot had to switch around some of our seat assignments, because a woman traveling with a dog was supposed to be in a front row seat but needed to have a seat in front of her to stow the dog. I ended up in an exit row, which elicited from the co-pilot: "This is an exit row. You cool with that?" I assumed he wanted to know whether I was over 16, spoke English, and could open a door, so I said yes.

There was either no door to the cockpit, or else it was just left open, so we had a great view of CLE as we landed. You can really see the runways from a distance at night. The flight got in 22 minutes early, and we landed in such a way that we were facing a large runway and waited for a couple "big" planes to land. The pilot announced that we'd have to wait 10-15 more minutes until we could taxi to the gate, but then, less than a minute later, we took off at a good clip (I don't think I've ever taxied that fast before) and crossed the big runway before another plane landed and got to the gate plenty early.

It was my first time flying from FNT, but a very good experience. On the return (NW metal via DTW -- all the first-class jet flying comfort you can absorb during a 13-minute flight), I was able to get from my seat on the plane to my seat in the car in about 2 minutes or less ($5.50 long-term parking right outside the terminal).

The flight got in 22 minutes early, and we landed in such a way that we were facing a large runway and waited for a couple "big" planes to land.

Must have been ERJ145's rather than ERJ135's