DCA Slot Awards
Apr 1, 2004 | 12:26 pm
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DCA Slot Awards
Within-perimeter
Beyond-perimeter
- AirTran: 2 slots for Atlanta
- Comair: 2 slots for Jackson, MS or Lexington, KY
- Midwest: 2 slots for Kansas City
- Sprit: 2 slots for Detroit
- US Airways: 2 slots for Asheville, NC; Chattanooga, TN; or Wilmington, NC
Beyond-perimeter
- Alaska: 2 slots for Seattle and 2 slots for Los Angeles
- America West: 2 slots for Phoenix
- Frontier: 4 slots for Denver
- United: 2 slots for Denver
Apr 1, 2004 | 12:48 pm
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Very Disappointed
Very disappointed...
Aloha does not get the HNL-SNA-DCA routes... I think AQ will provide a much better service than any other major US airlines. I guess it does not have enough "congress" muscles to fight for these slots.
Alaska has already submitted an official press release. Starting on June 7...
Carfield
Aloha does not get the HNL-SNA-DCA routes... I think AQ will provide a much better service than any other major US airlines. I guess it does not have enough "congress" muscles to fight for these slots.
Alaska has already submitted an official press release. Starting on June 7...
Carfield
Last edited by Carfield; Apr 2, 2004 at 1:21 pm Reason: Typo
Apr 1, 2004 | 3:02 pm
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I wonder why they awarded DEN slots to both Frontier and United. I can see it difficult to market the new flight when the competitor has twice as many. And it would have been much nicer to see SFO service start up instead of more DEN service.
Beyond-perimeter
Originally Posted by TWA Guy
Beyond-perimeter
- Alaska: 2 slots for Seattle and 2 slots for Los Angeles
- America West: 2 slots for Phoenix
- Frontier: 4 slots for Denver
- United: 2 slots for Denver
Apr 1, 2004 | 3:37 pm
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All make sense except for Alaska. Where are you going to connect to? Portland or Seattle?
United or American to LAX would have made a lot more sense, but again this is the DOT we are talking about
United or American to LAX would have made a lot more sense, but again this is the DOT we are talking about
Apr 1, 2004 | 6:58 pm
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Comair Announcement
Comair announced that they will use their slots to initiate service to LEX, effective June 15th. One R/T flight per day.
Last edited by DLfan; Apr 7, 2004 at 6:50 pm Reason: Updated information
Apr 1, 2004 | 8:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Carfield
Aloha does not get the HNL-SNA-DCA routes... I think AQ will provide a much better service than any other major US airlines. I guess it does not have enough "congree" muscles to fight for these slots.
aloha
Apr 7, 2004 | 6:47 pm
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Good news for those of us flying DTW-DCA. NW tends to match Spirit's prices to LGA, TPA, LAX, etc., but it'll be interesting to see how much impact Spirit's 1 flight a day will have on the prices of NW's 9 flights per day (maybe just match fares on flights in similar time frame).
Apr 7, 2004 | 6:57 pm
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AA vs AS to LAX
Originally Posted by NeoOfTheCRS
All make sense except for Alaska. Where are you going to connect to? Portland or Seattle?
United or American to LAX would have made a lot more sense, but again this is the DOT we are talking about
United or American to LAX would have made a lot more sense, but again this is the DOT we are talking about