B6 is ended service JFK-RIC
Sep 8, 2010, 12:37 pm
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B6 is ended service JFK-RIC
So unfortunately, I am very disappointed the news to hear and bad news to hear from B6 will have been discontinuation service JFK-RIC but, there is still existed service RIC-MCO/FLL/BOS, too. So here the links:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/busine...u08-ar-491089/
Maybe someday in the future if B6 will find something else for which the specific new routes. Let's find out soon enough. So please accepted apologizes for cause any inconvenience from B6.
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http://www2.timesdispatch.com/busine...u08-ar-491089/
"We have decided to discontinue service between Richmond and New York/JFK effective Nov. 1, 2010," said Alison Croyle, JetBlue's manager of corporate communications.
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Sep 21, 2010, 3:05 pm
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Disappointing for those of us who live in RIC, but not surprising considering that the aircraft for BOS-EWR and BOS-DCA need to come from somewhere.
The two flights a day B6 ran from RIC to JFK don't cut it for RIC-based business travelers, most of whom seem to prefer US and their 6 or so daily RJs to LGA. And we're only a 7-hour drive or train/bus ride to NYC, which also cuts into airline O&D traffic for leisure passengers (I usually drive if going up north for leisure and need a car when I'm there, since rental cars at LGA/JFK/EWR are extremely expensive.)
The downside is that there's going to be much less connectivity now on JetBlue from RIC to the rest of the JetBlue network. I don't want to fly almost 500 miles northeast to BOS to go west or south! 2x BOS, 1x MCO and 1x FLL will be all that remain out of RIC for B6, it appears.
The two flights a day B6 ran from RIC to JFK don't cut it for RIC-based business travelers, most of whom seem to prefer US and their 6 or so daily RJs to LGA. And we're only a 7-hour drive or train/bus ride to NYC, which also cuts into airline O&D traffic for leisure passengers (I usually drive if going up north for leisure and need a car when I'm there, since rental cars at LGA/JFK/EWR are extremely expensive.)
The downside is that there's going to be much less connectivity now on JetBlue from RIC to the rest of the JetBlue network. I don't want to fly almost 500 miles northeast to BOS to go west or south! 2x BOS, 1x MCO and 1x FLL will be all that remain out of RIC for B6, it appears.
Sep 21, 2010, 8:57 pm
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Disappointing for those of us who live in RIC, but not surprising considering that the aircraft for BOS-EWR and BOS-DCA need to come from somewhere.
The two flights a day B6 ran from RIC to JFK don't cut it for RIC-based business travelers, most of whom seem to prefer US and their 6 or so daily RJs to LGA. And we're only a 7-hour drive or train/bus ride to NYC, which also cuts into airline O&D traffic for leisure passengers (I usually drive if going up north for leisure and need a car when I'm there, since rental cars at LGA/JFK/EWR are extremely expensive.)
The downside is that there's going to be much less connectivity now on JetBlue from RIC to the rest of the JetBlue network. I don't want to fly almost 500 miles northeast to BOS to go west or south! 2x BOS, 1x MCO and 1x FLL will be all that remain out of RIC for B6, it appears.
The two flights a day B6 ran from RIC to JFK don't cut it for RIC-based business travelers, most of whom seem to prefer US and their 6 or so daily RJs to LGA. And we're only a 7-hour drive or train/bus ride to NYC, which also cuts into airline O&D traffic for leisure passengers (I usually drive if going up north for leisure and need a car when I'm there, since rental cars at LGA/JFK/EWR are extremely expensive.)
The downside is that there's going to be much less connectivity now on JetBlue from RIC to the rest of the JetBlue network. I don't want to fly almost 500 miles northeast to BOS to go west or south! 2x BOS, 1x MCO and 1x FLL will be all that remain out of RIC for B6, it appears.
Atleast RIC made out better than CMH and BNA did...
Sep 21, 2010, 9:26 pm
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Yeah, we had a good run. Almost 5 years since the first RIC-JFK flight. I miss the 6 am RIC-JFK flight and the late night return (which B6 dropped this past January)...I took it for day trips to Manhattan and for connecting opportunities from RIC to almost anywhere B6 flies.
Oh well, I-95, Amtrak and US Airways will be seeing more of me.
Oh well, I-95, Amtrak and US Airways will be seeing more of me.
Sep 23, 2010, 1:37 pm
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Yes, you're right. That's why it was too much competition against another airlines out of NYC. So unfortunately, the loads wasn't good enough at all and it was too extremely low-yield passengers out of JFK.