haddon90

what connectivity? both LGA and DCA have the same destinations save for BOS (DCA) and PBI (LGA). your not getting any connections on a DCA-LGA flight.

DCA-JFK would be great for connections, but i doubt B6 would make enough $ on that route.

sfozrhfco

The DCA slots just became more valuable as DL is exiting the DCA-BOS market in April going from 7 flights per day down to 0.

bennytma

Really? Where'd you hear that? Expertflyer is showing availability on DL btw BOS-DCA well into June and July....

sfozrhfco

Today's OAG schedule change report. If you go to www.delta.com, you will see connections through Detroit and JFK to go from BOS to DCA.

DL DCA-ATL MAY 16>15 JUN 16>15 JUL 16>15
DL DCA-BDL APR 3>1.7 MAY 3>1.7 JUN 3>1.7 JUL 3>0.5 AUG 3>0
As predicted, they actually added frequency in last week's load. Weird
**DL DCA-BOS MAR 8>7 APR 7>0 MAY 7>0 JUN 7>0 JUL 7>0 AUG 7>0
DL DCA-CHS APR 1.9>0.8 MAY 1.9>0.9 JUN 1.8>0.8 JUL 1.9>0.3 AUG 1.9>0
*DL DCA-CMH APR 3>0 MAY 3>0 JUN 3>0 JUL 3>0 AUG 3>0
*DL DCA-DSM JUL 0.9>0.3 AUG 0.9>0
*DL DCA-GRR JUL 0.9>0.3 AUG 0.9>0
*DL DCA-IND JUL 3>0.8 AUG 3>0
*DL DCA-JAN MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0 MAY 0.9>0 JUN 0.8>0 JUL 0.9>0 AUG 0.9>0
*DL DCA-MSN FEB 0.8>0 MAR 0.8>0 APR 0.9>0 MAY 0.9>0 JUN 0.8>0 JUL 0.9>0 AUG 0.9>0
*DL DCA-MSY FEB 1.0>0 MAR 1.0>0 APR 1.0>0 MAY 1.0>0 JUN 1.0>0 JUL 1.0>0 AUG 1.0>0
*DL DCA-PVD APR 3>0 MAY 3>0 JUN 3>0 JUL 3>0 AUG 3>0

bennytma

I guess the changes haven't made it to Expertflyer or DL.com yet. DL.com is still showing nonstops for ex June 12-19 albeit at over $1000 r/t! How long does it normally take for these changes to filter through the system? The OAG schedule change report is available only as a paid service huh?

sfozrhfco

A person posts the changes every week on:

http://www.airliners.net//aviation-f...neral_aviation

This weeks is at:

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5345454/

Schedule changes usually go through over the weekend so the flights should be removed by Monday.

N830MH

This guys who post on entire a.net for every week. His username is enilria. He know what exactly he is doing. If the schedule is subject to change without notice. He has responsible to posted the OAG schedule for every week.

sfozrhfco

First clues about new routes from LGA/DCA were just posted on the B6 website:

# La Guardia, NY (LGA) and Fort Myers, FL (RSW) starts June 11, 2012
# La Guardia, NY (LGA) and Sarasota Bradenton, FL (SRQ) starts June 11, 2012
# La Guardia, NY (LGA) and Tampa, FL (TPA) starts June 11, 2012
# Washington DCA, DC (DCA) and Tampa, FL (TPA) starts June 11, 2012

Brigri

Very interesting, especially SRQ. I would expect this one in particular to be a winner, Airtran is pulling out of SRQ completely so they might see a nice pickup there. Staying away from the LGA-BOS shuttle is a good move in my opinion.

JBLU421NYC

So looking at the frequencies:
LGA-FLL 6X Daily (Stays the same)
LGA-MCO 4X Daily (Up 3)
LGA-SRQ 1X Daily (New)
LGA-RSW 1X Daily (New)
LGA-TPA 2X Daily (New)

DCA-BOS 10X Daily (Up 3)
DCA-FLL 3X Daily (Up 2)
DCA-MCO 3X Daily (Up 2)
DCA-TPA 1X Daily (New)

I thought for sure they would offer something from LGA-BOS but it is nice to see the Florida expansion to these new cities along with the extra flights to MCO.

FWAAA

B6 paid an awful lot of money for those slots; odd that many of them are planned for leisure destinations in Florida.

sbm12

Official release out now: http://investor.jetblue.com/phoenix....476&highlight=

N830MH

Well, isn't enough more slots from LGA/DCA? Why they can't have more new route LGA-BOS? Oh well!

Brigri

They will fill those planes, better than the money-losing shuttle.

FWAAA

I have no doubt they'll fill the planes, but at what price? B6 paid $5 million each for the DCA slot pairs and $4 million each for the LGA slot pairs. Unless B6 can significantly increase its margins on these flights, the $4.5 million average investment per flight will eat into the profits from these flights in a big way.