Jetblue flinches on BWI-BOS
Aug 30, 2010, 11:00 am
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B6 puts a lot of traffic through BOS as well (largest carrier at the airport) though I'm not sure much of it would be connecting onward to BWI.
Glad that it is still enough on the schedule that I can get to fly it during AYCJ.
Glad that it is still enough on the schedule that I can get to fly it during AYCJ.
Aug 30, 2010, 11:06 am
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I noticed this too but I think it's just for the fall. The spring schedule shows 4-5 daily flights. Interestingly enough, I bet B6 is profitable at least during the high season on this route as I recall seeing that they have something like a 75% load factor, about break even or slightly profitable. It's a good thing they've got the E190's for these types of routes.
Aug 30, 2010, 9:08 pm
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What dates are you looking at? Just looking at Friday's, there are 5x/day through the middle of November, then it seems to vary 3x/4x/5x until it's back to 5x in January.
Aug 31, 2010, 1:14 am
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I believe it was very slow during in fall/winter seasonally and it will returns back to normal routine. Because it was so tough competitive against WN. That's why WN has already exists service BOS-BWI is always too much competitive against another carriers.
Sep 5, 2010, 8:02 pm
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Hardly what I'd call flinching.... It's a step up in the BOS-WAS market.
Sep 7, 2010, 5:34 pm
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A quick survey on BWI-BOS shows:
Jan 5 - 5x/day
Jan 6 - 5x/day
Jan 7 - 5x/day
Jan 9 - 5x/day
Jan 10 - 5x/day
Jan 11 - 5x/day
Jan 12 - 5x/day
Jan 13 - 5x/day
Jan 14 - 5x/day
Jan 16 - 5x/day
...
Sep 21, 2010, 8:41 pm
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I would love to see BWI-JFK to allow connections to the entire system!
I think they would fill these flights not just with B6 connections, but people connecting to trans-atlantic or other international destinations. Getting to JFK is near impossible from here.
I think they would fill these flights not just with B6 connections, but people connecting to trans-atlantic or other international destinations. Getting to JFK is near impossible from here.
Sep 21, 2010, 9:00 pm
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Well, for international connections, you can connect to other carriers in ATL, BOS, ORD, IAH, LAX, CLT, PHL, and DFW (ect, etc... when using B6, WN, or another carrier with an international route/alliance). Not to mention that you could just drive down to IAH, also.