EWR tonight (Thanksgiving eve) problems?
Nov 26, 2008, 3:17 pm
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EWR tonight (Thanksgiving eve) problems?
Continental 3319 EWR-CMH is scheduled to leave at 2045 but shows 0000 instead, which is evidently a mistake because there's no corresponding modification to the arrival time.
I called Continental; they had no idea what time it's going to depart.
Their website shows that the incoming plane (from Greensboro) is on time, sched 2020 arrival, but since it hasn't left GSO yet, who knows whether that means anything?
What's going on and how could I find out?
Perhaps others might like to post their EWR experiences here and help everyone out.
Many thanks!
I called Continental; they had no idea what time it's going to depart.
Their website shows that the incoming plane (from Greensboro) is on time, sched 2020 arrival, but since it hasn't left GSO yet, who knows whether that means anything?
What's going on and how could I find out?
Perhaps others might like to post their EWR experiences here and help everyone out.
Many thanks!
Last edited by salut0; Nov 26, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Nov 26, 2008, 3:50 pm
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FAA site reports: Due to WEATHER / WIND, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Newark International Airport, Newark, NJ (EWR). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 46 minutes.
Weather is currently: METAR KEWR 262151Z 26011KT 10SM OVC055 07/M04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00671039
11 knots of wind and they are in delay.....what a sorry excuse of an operation the FAA runs in NYC.
Your flight is booked full......it'll go. Happy Thanksgiving.
DRW
Weather is currently: METAR KEWR 262151Z 26011KT 10SM OVC055 07/M04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00671039
11 knots of wind and they are in delay.....what a sorry excuse of an operation the FAA runs in NYC.
Your flight is booked full......it'll go. Happy Thanksgiving.
DRW
Nov 26, 2008, 7:39 pm
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Flight 3319 estimated to arrive CMH 19 minutes late.
74 more people home for the holidays.....
74 more people home for the holidays.....
Nov 27, 2008, 7:36 am
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CAL's systemwide on-time performance for Sep 26th: 89.7% ^
Nov 27, 2008, 8:37 am
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Flew OMA-EWR-BDL yesterday afternoon, on time/early getting in and out of EWR, the pilot on the Colgan flight to BDL commented EWR was in "rare form.. we're only third in line". Not surprisingly it was pretty crowded in C.
Nov 27, 2008, 8:55 am
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yes, I know the original post was about a terminal, not business class seating.
Nov 27, 2008, 11:02 am
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Nov 27, 2008, 1:18 pm
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Many thanks for the replies. I hope everyone else got to their destinations without too much trouble. Huge problems on the NJT from NY Penn station to EWR meant we just made it.
CO checkin did check us in, begrudingly, given the flight delay, and security was painless. But they did try to cadge an unwarranted $25 for bag check (wrong on two counts: CO MC holder, and ticket booked before the charge instituted...)
The crew were excellent on board, and gave us free drinks. CO's drinks (good selection of spirits) and typography, and plane cleanliness are much better than AA's, I must say. A pity about CO's mileage program... otherwise, I might consider switching, especially since they now have nonstops to LHR.
CO checkin did check us in, begrudingly, given the flight delay, and security was painless. But they did try to cadge an unwarranted $25 for bag check (wrong on two counts: CO MC holder, and ticket booked before the charge instituted...)
The crew were excellent on board, and gave us free drinks. CO's drinks (good selection of spirits) and typography, and plane cleanliness are much better than AA's, I must say. A pity about CO's mileage program... otherwise, I might consider switching, especially since they now have nonstops to LHR.
Nov 27, 2008, 1:24 pm
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Really? What were the problems with the train? I was originally scheduled to take a 7:15pm EWR-LAX flight, but decided to get out there early and ended up on the 8:25a flight instead. Good thing too, I guess--the 7a was right on time from NYP to EWR (good thing too--because by the time I changed my flight at the kiosk, I didn't have a whole lot of time to spare).
Nov 27, 2008, 6:09 pm
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FAA site reports: Due to WEATHER / WIND, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving Newark International Airport, Newark, NJ (EWR). This is causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of 46 minutes.
Weather is currently: METAR KEWR 262151Z 26011KT 10SM OVC055 07/M04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00671039
11 knots of wind and they are in delay.....what a sorry excuse of an operation the FAA runs in NYC.
Your flight is booked full......it'll go. Happy Thanksgiving.
DRW
Weather is currently: METAR KEWR 262151Z 26011KT 10SM OVC055 07/M04 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144 T00671039
11 knots of wind and they are in delay.....what a sorry excuse of an operation the FAA runs in NYC.
Your flight is booked full......it'll go. Happy Thanksgiving.
DRW
Nov 27, 2008, 7:03 pm
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I flew out of EWR to LAX yesterday and was surprised how empty terminal C appeared to be. I got the last flight of the day to LAX; I expected the place to be packed. There was lots of seating room at the Garden State Diner (or whatever it's called), a restaurant that is usually packed!
Nov 27, 2008, 7:23 pm
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Really? What were the problems with the train? I was originally scheduled to take a 7:15pm EWR-LAX flight, but decided to get out there early and ended up on the 8:25a flight instead. Good thing too, I guess--the 7a was right on time from NYP to EWR (good thing too--because by the time I changed my flight at the kiosk, I didn't have a whole lot of time to spare).
Amtrak/NJT were single tracking out of NYP last night around 5PM. Some delays climbed as high as 90 minutes.