40 New flights comming to CLT
Jan 11, 2009, 12:11 pm
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Are these for a few new destinations? upgrades from Express to mainline? or simply additional frequencies to existing cities?
Jan 11, 2009, 12:45 pm
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Jan 11, 2009, 4:11 pm
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Jan 12, 2009, 8:16 am
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Glad to hear of the news, it's always nice to get more options and increased capacity out of what should be US' primary eastern hub for a myriad of reasons, not the least of which is quality of staff. ^^^
Too bad they can't pick up and move PHL's flights to PIT, but I digress.
Too bad they can't pick up and move PHL's flights to PIT, but I digress.
Jan 12, 2009, 10:19 am
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Just a word of caution while we're trying to read the tea leaves...
When coachrowsey said:
it means that mainline ground personnel will be handling 40 additional flights. That doesn't necessarily equate to CLT getting 40 additional flights, since at least some of the 40 could just be mainline folks working more the Express flights.
Since I've lost touch with the ground ops since I retired, coach could maybe tell us which Express flights mainline personnel currently handles (carriers/airplane types and not specific flight numbers). If PSA (for example) is handled by Express personnel but Republic is handled by mainline, Republic taking over some routes from PSA would mean an increase in the number of flights handled by mainline but not an increase in the number of flights at CLT.
Jim
When coachrowsey said:
Since I've lost touch with the ground ops since I retired, coach could maybe tell us which Express flights mainline personnel currently handles (carriers/airplane types and not specific flight numbers). If PSA (for example) is handled by Express personnel but Republic is handled by mainline, Republic taking over some routes from PSA would mean an increase in the number of flights handled by mainline but not an increase in the number of flights at CLT.
Jim
Jan 12, 2009, 10:30 am
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That would only mean an extra 30 minutes at Customs in CLT. I've had the misfortune of arriving from MUC in CLT... one hour wait to go through customs. Yikes.
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Jan 12, 2009, 6:47 pm
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All I know is that effective mid February my favorite 12:55pm flight from MHT to CLT has been discontinued. It was always full too.
Jan 12, 2009, 9:29 pm
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The only express flts mainline handles is Republic.
Jan 12, 2009, 9:52 pm
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So if, for example, Republic replaced Mesa on 20 flights a day mainline would handle 20 more flights per day but the overall number of flights would stay the same?
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Jan 13, 2009, 6:19 am
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Yes, Mesa parks in the E concourse (express) and Republic parks in the C concourse (mainline). I miss being in the E concourse though. The agents don't treat us like red headed step children and the ground crew knows what a quick turn is.
Jan 13, 2009, 1:38 pm
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Mesa said that US Airways said it would eliminate three CRJ-200 flights by next year.
"We anticipate US Airways will continue to further reduce the number of covered aircraft in accordance with the agreement," the company said in a regulatory filing.
Mesa said that as of September 30, it operated 38 CRJ-900, 11 CRJ-200, and 6 Dash-8 aircraft for US Airways under a code-share agreement.
Article here
"We anticipate US Airways will continue to further reduce the number of covered aircraft in accordance with the agreement," the company said in a regulatory filing.
Mesa said that as of September 30, it operated 38 CRJ-900, 11 CRJ-200, and 6 Dash-8 aircraft for US Airways under a code-share agreement.
Article here
Jan 13, 2009, 2:34 pm
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[Added] Confirmation - this is from the SEC filing:
The Company has received notice of US Airways' intent to reduce one CRJ-200 in January 2009, one in July 2009 and one CRJ-200 in January 2010. We anticipate US Airways will continue to further reduce the number of covered aircraft in accordance with the agreement. In addition, US Airways may eliminate the Dash-8 aircraft upon 180 days prior written notice.
Jan 14, 2009, 10:03 pm
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Update
Got update from training today & the lady said the 40 flights are ALL MAINLINE & not express. They are really new flights. She also said CLT will show 1.3 flights per gate