Guide to the Milwaukee Airport
Jan 19, 2018, 11:04 pm
#976
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: MKE, formerly the closest FT-er to LAX
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I too miss the FL flights and their C cabin, especially because they had redeyes on the LAX and SFO runs.
Jan 20, 2018, 10:55 am
#977
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Thanks -- I didn't realize that. Seasonal as in only summer? Midwest Express used to run it from April though Jan. 2 or so.
Jan 21, 2018, 5:07 pm
#978
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Last year Southwest had a serious fleet crunch due to the mass retirement of a subfleet. It left them short several aircraft through fall, winter and into 2018. Cutting long-haul routes which are not key to network connectivity freed up quite a bit of aircraft time with comparably contained damage. They have been receiving new deliveries and by summer they are in much better shape. I think it is likely at least SFO will return to year-round service. But we don't yet know for sure.
Jan 25, 2018, 10:49 pm
#979
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: MKE, formerly the closest FT-er to LAX
Programs: Marriott Gold. Usually WN or DL if in the air.
Posts: 704
Feb 17, 2018, 1:10 pm
#980
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bay Area, CA
Programs: United Mileage Plus
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Southwest hasn't said if their west coast flights to San Francisco, San Diego or Seattle will be staying year-round or if not how long the season will last. My guess is SFO wll remain year round, SAN may remain year round but Seattle will be summer only since Delta and Alaska both will fly mainline jets on the route.
Last year Southwest had a serious fleet crunch due to the mass retirement of a subfleet. It left them short several aircraft through fall, winter and into 2018. Cutting long-haul routes which are not key to network connectivity freed up quite a bit of aircraft time with comparably contained damage. They have been receiving new deliveries and by summer they are in much better shape. I think it is likely at least SFO will return to year-round service. But we don't yet know for sure.
Last year Southwest had a serious fleet crunch due to the mass retirement of a subfleet. It left them short several aircraft through fall, winter and into 2018. Cutting long-haul routes which are not key to network connectivity freed up quite a bit of aircraft time with comparably contained damage. They have been receiving new deliveries and by summer they are in much better shape. I think it is likely at least SFO will return to year-round service. But we don't yet know for sure.
The United transfer in ORD is terrible. The regional jet terminal is very far away from the mainline jet terminal.
Mar 8, 2018, 7:37 pm
#981
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It looks like WN is extending MKE-SEA. It may go back to year round, but MKE-SAN and MKE-SFO are still seasonal. Delta and Alaska are flying mainline jets on that route already. This seems strange. Any thoughts?
Mar 11, 2018, 9:58 pm
#982
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I would think there's significantly more demand for MKE-SFO than MKE-SEA, but what do I know? Having three airlines servicing MKE-SEA while MKE-SFO doesn't even have year-round service from a single carrier makes no sense to me.
Mar 29, 2018, 1:12 pm
#983
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I agree. It is instinctively puzzling. Maybe Knope has some figures?
May 30, 2018, 1:42 pm
#984
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Jun 6, 2018, 7:01 pm
#985
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Frontier adds MKE-SAN
Frontier added MKE-SAN, it appears year-round three days a week. If it is year-round, that's great news for the people of Milwaukee!
Let's hope either United, Frontier or Southwest add SFO year-round. My family came to visit me and had to transfer in STL. They are older and would prefer a non-stop flight between MKE and the Bay Area!
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news...e-to-san-diego
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Let's hope either United, Frontier or Southwest add SFO year-round. My family came to visit me and had to transfer in STL. They are older and would prefer a non-stop flight between MKE and the Bay Area!
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news...e-to-san-diego
Best all
Dec 17, 2018, 3:14 pm
#987
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 16
Mitchell Airport adds free WiFi...
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money...rs/2335446002/
https://www.jsonline.com/story/money...rs/2335446002/
Dec 21, 2018, 11:37 am
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Gonna drive up tomorrow from O'Hare. I sure miss the SFO nonstop. I don't get why no one is trying to serve the route year-round with a regional jet. Seems like the numbers would work.
Feb 5, 2019, 8:01 am
#989
Join Date: Jun 2009
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MKE name change:
https://fox6now.com/2019/02/05/mitch...ing-milwaukee/
https://fox6now.com/2019/02/05/mitch...ing-milwaukee/
Feb 5, 2019, 1:11 pm
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Aw. I liked “General Billy Mitchell Field.” I also wish that airports that have very little international traffic would drop the international in their name. Part of the appeal of smallish airports like MKE is that they are not like the major international airports.