Air Wisconsin Moving Hub From Appleton

[USA320Pilot]

Air Wisconsin moving hub from Appleton

By making an investment in US Airways, Air Wisconsin will be able to leverage more power and received rights to fly its regional flights,â€￾ said Bill Hochmuth, a Minneapolis-based analyst with Thrivent Investment Management.

As a United carrier, Air Wisconsin currently has domiciles in Appleton, Denver, Chicago and Washington Dulles. Those sites will all close once the airliner stops flying for Chicago-based United. For Air Wisconsin’s pilots and flight crews, change will be in order.

“Starting in September, a third of the Appleton-based pilots will be moved out and by Oct. 1, the Appleton domicile will be closed,â€￾ said Carl Fleming, a Neenah resident who pilots jets for Air Wisconsin out of its Appleton hub., who added that the company has been open with its employees while it sorts out its financial future.

So far, Air Wisconsin has only announced two of its new hubs—Washington Reagan National and Philadelphia. “We’re waiting to see where the third one will be,â€￾ Fleming said.

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[Light Years]

ATW is a domicile/HQ for Air Wisconsin, but not a hub. It just has flights to ORD!

Best of luck to the employees who are getting displaced.

 

[700UW]

Yes I agree with light years, Air Whisky has NO hub in Appleton.

 

[ringmaruf]

So far, Air Wisconsin has only announced two of its new hubs—Washington Reagan National and Philadelphia. “We’re waiting to see where the third one will be,â€￾ Fleming said.

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Rumor is that the third Air Wisconsin crew base will be ORF. (What that means for the Piedmont base at ORF, who knows.)

 

[Kev3188]

That's too bad...ATW is a great part of the world.

By the way, for those keeping score at home, "Austin Straubel airport in Ashwaubenon" is also known as Green Bay (GRB)....

 

[robbedagain]

why orf? i would think that may be CLT would be one especially given that they will be in 2 of our hubs-dca and phl.

 

[deltawatch]

Company has a hanger in ORF, belongs to Piedmont. They could sell it to Air Wisconsin.

 

[whlinder]

Hmm... perhaps a new name is in order for 'Air Wisconsin'?

 

[deltawatch]

Maybe AW will purchase Piedmont .... and get the ORF hanger in the deal.

 

[robbedagain]

did the hangar do the heavy/overhaul maintaince for pi?

 

[deltawatch]

They work on the Dash-8's, don't know if they do the heavy.

 

[bisket1]

Rumor is that the third Air Wisconsin crew base will be ORF. (What that means for the Piedmont base at ORF, who knows.)

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WAS ON A ROAD TRIP N GOT TRAPPED IN PHL WHEN APPROACHED BY A AIR WISCONSIN MECH @ THE HOTEL IN THE MORNING. HE ASKED ME HOW IS PHL, BEEN HERE TWO DAYS W/ WIFE AND KID CHECKING OUT THE AREA TO RELOCATE . TOLD HIM HE JUST WASTED TWO DAYS ,ASKED HIM WHAT CHOICES WERE, HE SAID ORF, PHL, PIT AND I REPLIED ORF OR PIT PHL WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION

 

[dash8wrench]

WAS ON A ROAD TRIP N GOT TRAPPED IN PHL WHEN APPROACHED BY A AIR WISCONSIN MECH @ THE HOTEL IN THE MORNING. HE ASKED ME HOW IS PHL, BEEN HERE TWO DAYS W/ WIFE AND KID CHECKING OUT THE AREA TO RELOCATE . TOLD HIM HE JUST WASTED TWO DAYS ,ASKED HIM WHAT CHOICES WERE, HE SAID ORF, PHL, PIT AND I REPLIED ORF OR PIT PHL WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION

[post="280606"][/post]​

Air Wis has postings for mechs on their website for an "East Coast" location. No city mentioned, but interesting none the less. Hire date listed as ASAP. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

[PropPiedmont]

Company has a hanger in ORF, belongs to Piedmont. They could sell it to Air Wisconsin.

[post="280428"][/post]​

Actually our hanger and maintenace base in ORF was closed long ago. The hanger is open for lease as it has been for over two years now.

We have only 3 hangars now (MDT, SBY, and ROA).

 

[PHL]

TOLD HIM HE JUST WASTED TWO DAYS ,ASKED HIM WHAT CHOICES WERE, HE SAID ORF, PHL, PIT AND I REPLIED ORF OR PIT PHL WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION

The guy was looking for advice on the area in general and you misled him by focusing on airport experiences. Did you provide him info on schools, cost of living, culture, etc.?

The PHL region, as a whole, isn't so bad at all. It's a prime location, geographically, situated close to the shore, DC, NYC and the Poconos. Moorestown, NJ (just 15 minutes over the bridge) was just rated the #1 place to live by Money magazine.

Relatively speaking, there are *MANY* areas within 30-45 minutes of PHL airport that are still very affordable. Especially in the area in NJ just over the Commodore Barry bridge (Swedesboro, Mullica Hill, Woolwich Township).

When you encounter nasty employees at the PHL airport, don't associate them with the rest of what the region has to offer. There are bad apples in every city.