CLT-SLC

[CLTBWIDAYSYR]

I know that someone else posted this and it was moved to the Delta forum, but I think it should be discussed here as well. Why has US not responded with a round trip of its own from CLT to SLC?

There is no guarantee that the US-DL merger will happen, so in the meantime we're going to give a competitor a route we should have served years ago? Hello? Is this the UAL-USA deal all over again? You remember the one--where the powers that be were so concerned with acquisitions and mergers that they forgot to actually run the company?

Tempe? Y'all out there, or has the heat gotten to you?

 

[phllax]

Probably because East doesn't serve SLC and West doesn't serve CLT. If they ran a West flight, they would need some Shares qualified people and computers in CLT. If they ran a East flight they would need a Sabre qualified computer and agents.

Also could be that there's just not the demand in the market for more than 1 r/t if at all.

 

[CLTBWIDAYSYR]

Well since they're going to be putting SHARES computers in CLT soon enough, why not go ahead and do it now?

 

[Non Rev]

I often thought a SLC flight would be a great addition to CLT. But from Faremeasure.com, "On average, 58 passengers travel the 1,727 miles between Charlotte, NC and Salt Lake City, UT each day" I was surprised to see RDU generates 187 passengers per day. Perhaps that is the "Southwest" effect. Out of curiosity i tried GSO, ROA, SAV, CHS, they were all under 20 paxs per day.

It looks like CLT-SLC it is not a huge market. Maybe once the US/HP are formally merged they will add weekend service for the ski traffic.

 

[BoeingBoy]

It looks like CLT-SLC it is not a huge market. Maybe once the US/HP are formally merged they will add weekend service for the ski traffic.

It's likely that you've hit the nail on the head. For US, even considering the feed into CLT, we'd only appeal to those whose destination is SLC.

DL doesn't have the feed at CLT (other than possibly getting some from US), but they're able to offer service to a variety of destinations in the western U.S. thanks to their hub at SLC.

 

[Flying Titan]

Gee, you don't suppose DL management is too ticked off.... First CLT, now PIT....


Delta to Offer Customers Only Nonstop Service Between Salt Lake City and Pittsburgh

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 6, 2006 – Delta Air Lines this winter will continue building its Salt Lake City hub – one of the largest hubs in the West – with the addition of new nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Pittsburgh. The new service, effective March 1, 2007, will be the only nonstop service between the two cities, offering customers convenient flight options for business or leisure travel.

“Delta continues to compete on every coast and as part of our ongoing commitment to Salt Lake City and the customers flying through our western hub, we’re pleased to offer the only nonstop service to Pittsburgh,†said Bob Cortelyou, Delta’s vice president of Network Planning. “With the addition of new nonstop service to Pittsburgh and Charlotte in March 2007, Delta’s Salt Lake City hub will boast more than 340 flights to 111 destinations.â€

Delta’s daily service to Pittsburgh will be operated by Delta Connection carrier SkyWest Airlines using the 70-seat Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft – offering an all-leather interior and two-class cabin with 10 seats in first class and 60 seats in economy.


Delta’s new nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Pittsburgh, effective March 1, 2007:

Flight Departs Arrives
3911 Salt Lake City at 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at 3:54 p.m.
3911 Pittsburgh at 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake City at 7:47 p.m.



Salt Lake City is Delta’s fastest growing domestic hub in terms of destinations served. Since fall 2005, Delta has added or announced flights to nearly 30 new nonstop destinations from Salt Lake City, including the airline’s 100th destination from Salt Lake City in March 2006. Salt Lake City is Delta’s largest gateway to Hawaii, is the only Delta hub to offer customers year-round service to Alaska and is a growing gateway to Mexico with nonstop service to Cancun, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer Salt Lake City customers more than 325 peak-day departures to 103 nonstop destinations.


Delta Air Lines (Other OTC: DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 290 destinations in 46 countries. With more than 50 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is America’s fastest growing international airline and is a leader across the Atlantic with flights to 28 trans-Atlantic destinations. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 400 weekly flights to 49 destinations. Delta’s marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 14,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 445 worldwide destinations in 92 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.

 

[ringmaruf]

Gee, you don't suppose DL management is too ticked off.... First CLT, now PIT....

No, no, it's *second* CLT-SLC, *third* PIT-SLC.

First was PHX-JFK, which DL quickly announced on the afternoon of US proposing the merger, and which DL actually called in the press release as nonstop service to "Phoenix/Tempe".

(Of course, I guess sticking Tempe in there to piss off the Sandcastle is still better than the US retards issuing a press release about lower fares in GSO and not once mentioning the word "Greensboro".)

Meanwhile, it's not a coincidence that the last three markets where US has announced fare cuts are HTS/AGS/ILM, three of the six markets where US and DL are the only carriers, with the AGS (Georgia) reductions announced hours after DL started PHX-JFK. ILM was announced yesterday, no doubt to head off the PIT-SLC service that US must have been tipped off about.

Ah, nothing like the airline industry to find such mature executives marking their territory. :unsure:

 

[BuffaloJoe]

1st CLT then PIT. hmmmmm.....
What's next PHL-SLC upgrades?

I would think that if US would start service to SLC it should be out of PHL. That would be the perfect response to DL and a viable option. Doing a CLT or PIT would be too much knee jerk reaction, whereas PHL has had SLC service for a long time, and that would be a great response, plus PHL has HP already there as well. I always thought that PHL-SLC addition would be one of the first additions.

Also can they reschedule the HP PHL-PDX route? Those times are bad. I see HP will be doing some more out of PHL, so why not redo the time there.

 

[flyJOE]

Obviously a shot across the bow. The JFK-PHX and CLT-SLC flights actually make sense and would seem viable. I think we all expected at some point to see US do the CLT-SLC route.

Now PIT-SLC on a CR9? Three plus hours! This route is dropped shortly after the US/DL deal dies.

 

[ClueByFour]

Now PIT-SLC on a CR9? Three plus hours! This route is dropped shortly after the US/DL deal dies.

That makes people who fly from PIT-Left Coast areas have another option. And if one is in the front, who cares?

If I still lived in PIT, it would be something to think about: DL can get you over the pond via ATL or JFK from PIT, all up and down the east coast/near midwest ex-CVG, and out west from SLC.

But I agree--that will go away shortly after the merger proposal tanks.

 

[wings396]

I could never understand why US didn't serve SLC in the first place. I had been told years ago that as soon as the "New" PIT terminal opened that it was going to happen. We all know how long ago that was... :blink:
My info at the time came from a good source in market planning, but your guess is as good as mine as to why SLC never got any service by US.