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Originally Posted by buckeye91
(Post 30928566)
Not having a direct flight to Europe hurts. CVG, IND, DTW and PIT all have them. |
Originally Posted by griffy208
(Post 30929443)
I'd like to see DTW or CMH get a nonstop to GB aside from LHR. And if that should come to CMH rather than DTW I'll gladly drive on down there for that!
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Columbus simply is not a big enough or economically important enough city for TATL flight. It's a pipe dream that isn't happening. I mean, CMH only recently got SLC... |
Originally Posted by indufan
(Post 30929764)
It will NEVER happen to CMH before DTW.
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Originally Posted by tvtd
(Post 30928707)
Not arguing your point, but just reflecting it is kind of hard to believe for the amount of corporate travel in the region.
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Originally Posted by blueflyer3
(Post 30927417)
This post reminds me of the bizarre heated arguments on a.net between Midwesterners (IND, PIT, CLE, CVG, CMH, etc.) about how *their* airport DESERVES transatlantic service and the other airports don't.
Folks, the airline industry is a commercial enterprise. This is not a grant funding application. If it's profitable enough, they will probably do it. PIT is not east coast, but it's not midwestern. I'll step back now and watch the fur fly... |
Originally Posted by SOBE ER DOC
(Post 30931328)
I someone from PIT hears you calling PIT "midwestern" you're gonna get it. ;)
PIT is not east coast, but it's not midwestern. I'll step back now and watch the fur fly... See here: https://hourdetroit.com/from-the-magazine/the-meaning-of-midwest/ |
Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
(Post 30925242)
Regardless of how you split hairs, Columbus is the biggest city in Ohio and is the second biggest in the Midwest. I can't think of another city with 800,000-plus people without a Sky Club. Plus, you have Fortune 500 companies in or near Columbus on top of one of the biggest public universities in the country.
Just seems odd not to have even a Priority Pass lounge. Let's not forget that Columbus is also the state capitol. Many of the same statements apply to Madison, WI, which also doesn't have a SC. BTW, when the "new" terminal was built for PIT, shopping was supposed to be part of the attraction of the airport. |
Originally Posted by M2578Z
(Post 30927478)
I agree. On the plus side though, I can get from my couch downtown to the gate in 28 mins, so I don't have to spend a lot of time in the terminal.
Isn't the more important metric for this the variance? If you cannot count on getting to the airport in 28 +/- 10 minutes for example, you either spend a lot of time in the airport or you miss a lot of flights. I suspect that there might have been a TWA lounge at CMH at some point. Perhaps the space became the America West lounge, although it's odd that a smaller and IIRC LCC airline would have a lounge. |
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 30932333)
Isn't the more important metric for this the variance? If you cannot count on getting to the airport in 28 +/- 10 minutes for example, you either spend a lot of time in the airport or you miss a lot of flights. I suspect that there might have been a TWA lounge at CMH at some point. Perhaps the space became the America West lounge, although it's odd that a smaller and IIRC LCC airline would have a lounge. According to the America West History Page the America West Club was taken over from TWA in 2000. |
Originally Posted by WWads
(Post 30930773)
Columbus simply is not a big enough or economically important enough city for TATL flight. It's a pipe dream that isn't happening. I mean, CMH only recently got SLC... MCI, STL, IND, CVG (WW), CLE, and PIT all have gained TATL in recent years. If you fund it, they will come.
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 30932333)
Isn't the more important metric for this the variance? If you cannot count on getting to the airport in 28 +/- 10 minutes for example, you either spend a lot of time in the airport or you miss a lot of flights. I suspect that there might have been a TWA lounge at CMH at some point. Perhaps the space became the America West lounge, although it's odd that a smaller and IIRC LCC airline would have a lounge.
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 30932333)
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Originally Posted by SOBE ER DOC
(Post 30931328)
I someone from PIT hears you calling PIT "midwestern" you're gonna get it. ;)
PIT is not east coast, but it's not midwestern. I'll step back now and watch the fur fly... |
Originally Posted by jdrtravel
(Post 30928586)
CIty or metro area? I don't see Columbus surpassing Detroit or Minneapolis-St.Paul in terms of metro area.
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So there is a new Escape lounge going into Concourse B at Columbus. Of course, all Delta flights go out of C, so one would have to re-clear security. Even though most of my flying is from B (except on Alaska from C), I'll likely never set foot in this lounge. CMH is only 10 minutes from home, so on any delay, I'll head home and back instead of the lounge. I also don't have a Plat as Amex won't give me any more cards :( I wouldn't think there is much connecting traffic in CMH either, except on WN, who flies out of A. Anyway, here are some preview pics:
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c78eefbaeb.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d1de2da798.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...652074bf35.jpg |
Originally Posted by blueflyer3
(Post 30933703)
As a Pittsburgher myself, I'm inclined to agree with you. "Mid-Atlantic" is probably the term that fits best. When it comes to talking about airports, I guess I (perhaps carelessly) tend to lump PIT in with other airports in the Midwest that are former hubs given how similar a lot of them are in terms of positioning, passenger count, service, etc.
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