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I work at IAH and we have never had an Express flight to PHX since I came to IAH. We do all mainline flying there. We actually have way more mainline flights period vs regional. We have way too much cargo and mail on a daily basis. Also in terms of passengers. I haven't heard about any equipment changes in the upcoming summer schedule. Is this supposedly changing?I think this was the case with ABQ as the change over to Express happened pretty quickly. Want to say it was in 2010. I believe there were at least two separate incidents of pax being over-served and then driving (one resulting in a fatality) and that the liquor license was actually revoked.
I think this was the case with ABQ as the change over to Express happened pretty quickly. Want to say it was in 2010. I believe there were at least two separate incidents of pax being over-served and then driving (one resulting in a fatality) and that the liquor license was actually revoked.
IAH in 2011 was all Mainline flying, so I'll give you that station. The point about it being a Star hub mostly has to do with the fact that right around the time US exited Star, the flights started being pared down. There's probably more in play there too regarding the state of the oil industry over the last few years. IAH has seen better days. Also, SFO is in the top 10 in O&D destinations from PHX, while IAH is not.
I'm sure this isn't the same story, but I recall an incident with IAH involving an A319 and an improperly loaded HR in the taper. It had leaked all over the bin floor and the bottom stack of bags. I believe DGS at the time was handling our flights there. A certain portly ramper-turned-manager, who I've heard works for Swissport now, insisted that the inbound ramp crew were the ones who had to clean the cargo bin and also deliver the fluid-soaked bags to the claim belt. Never heard how that was resolved exactly.
OMA and MKE have been pretty consistently 2x Mainline for as long as I can remember. OMA may have had an Express flight here or there. DSM until a few years ago had been 2x Express. However, DSM, MKE, and OMA are all currently served twice daily with Mainline. And in the time since the merger, MEM was restarted and was actually upgauged from a CRJ-900 to an A319.
IAH in 2011 was all Mainline flying, so I'll give you that station. The point about it being a Star hub mostly has to do with the fact that right around the time US exited Star, the flights started being pared down. There's probably more in play there too regarding the state of the oil industry over the last few years. IAH has seen better days. Also, SFO is in the top 10 in O&D destinations from PHX, while IAH is not.
I'm sure this isn't the same story, but I recall an incident with IAH involving an A319 and an improperly loaded HR in the taper. It had leaked all over the bin floor and the bottom stack of bags. I believe DGS at the time was handling our flights there. A certain portly ramper-turned-manager, who I've heard works for Swissport now, insisted that the inbound ramp crew were the ones who had to clean the cargo bin and also deliver the fluid-soaked bags to the claim belt. Never heard how that was resolved exactly.
OMA and MKE have been pretty consistently 2x Mainline for as long as I can remember. OMA may have had an Express flight here or there. DSM until a few years ago had been 2x Express. However, DSM, MKE, and OMA are all currently served twice daily with Mainline. And in the time since the merger, MEM was restarted and was actually upgauged from a CRJ-900 to an A319.
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