Route speculation [2011]
Jan 9, 2011 | 10:30 am
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Route speculation [2011]
Last year's thread was quite entertaining and informative and even got a couple of the predictions correct. Let's see what wild (or reasonable) predictions we can come up with this year and just how many turn out to be accurate.
I'll start with two that are actually noted as routes served on one of the TrueBlue pages but are not actually in the system:
I'll start with two that are actually noted as routes served on one of the TrueBlue pages but are not actually in the system:
- SFO-ORD
- SAN-MCO
Jan 9, 2011 | 7:27 pm
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Last year's thread was quite entertaining and informative and even got a couple of the predictions correct. Let's see what wild (or reasonable) predictions we can come up with this year and just how many turn out to be accurate.
I'll start with two that are actually noted as routes served on one of the TrueBlue pages but are not actually in the system:
I'll start with two that are actually noted as routes served on one of the TrueBlue pages but are not actually in the system:
- SFO-ORD
- SAN-MCO
Jan 11, 2011 | 11:35 pm
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Jan 12, 2011 | 12:09 am
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Either its in the works or a typo... However, SFO-ORD seems a little more possible than SAN-MCO (Is there really a large enough demand for SAN-MCO???). At this point, I would start questioning any route that involve a UA/CO hub b/c of the merger which always shakes out a few newly unhappy PAX.
Jan 12, 2011 | 10:11 pm
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According to O&D passengers traffic stats and there is more than 400 dailies passengers traffic through MCO/FLL/MIA-SAN. I'm pretty confident about B6 will eventually to starts new nonstop MCO/FLL-SAN sometimes in the future. It will have a great opportunity to brings more specific new routes MCO/FLL-SAN. That's will be a logical choices.
400 to each? That's barely enough to warrent trying one transcon flight per day. You would need those PAX to pay a premium to make it work which it wouldn't. Not to mention, you'd be tying up one aircraft for the entire day to do one round trip.
Either way, there are bigger fish to fry.
Jan 12, 2011 | 10:55 pm
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400 PAX per day to FLL, MIA, and MCO? Sorry... That's not much of a market.
400 to each? That's barely enough to warrent trying one transcon flight per day. You would need those PAX to pay a premium to make it work which it wouldn't. Not to mention, you'd be tying up one aircraft for the entire day to do one round trip.
Either way, there are bigger fish to fry.
400 to each? That's barely enough to warrent trying one transcon flight per day. You would need those PAX to pay a premium to make it work which it wouldn't. Not to mention, you'd be tying up one aircraft for the entire day to do one round trip.
Either way, there are bigger fish to fry.
Jan 13, 2011 | 7:17 pm
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Actually, I think there is more than 2 daily R/T is good enough for now. They should have enough more demands. There is good possible lots of navy people who likely go to SAN for everyday. I knows it will have a great opportunity for B6, NK, DL will announced it to brings new nonstop FLL/MCO-SAN. There is no payload restrictons the entire A320/A319 aircraft can handle enough the range.
Jan 17, 2011 | 10:13 pm
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I'll say FLL-ORD
I wonder if B6 will continue expansion in S.A. Seems funny to have one flight to BOG.
FLL-SJO would be nice too.
Heck, I predict B6 will buy NK.
I wonder if B6 will continue expansion in S.A. Seems funny to have one flight to BOG.
FLL-SJO would be nice too.
Heck, I predict B6 will buy NK.
Jan 17, 2011 | 10:39 pm
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Jan 28, 2011 | 10:09 pm
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How about B6 will ever considered to brings more new routes LEX/SDF/TRI/TYS/CHA-FLL?