More Saturday Non-stops

[ISP]

See link.

http://www.usairways.com/about/press/nw_04_0301.htm

 

[MarkMyWords]

I wonder if we are going to be sorry we gave up some gate space in MCO when we were in bankruptcy.

 

[Hope777]

Mark they wont care, just wonder how many aircraft will be holding for gates or people to work them. Typical, just typical.

 

[ITRADE]

Have been preparing for a hearing, so no talkie for the past several days.

Anyhow, typical can't do attitude from the naysayers.

Here's the MCO Saturday arrival schedule

8:38 PHL
9:17 PHL
9:18 BWI
9:44 CLT
9:53 DCA
10:16 PIT
10:37 BDL
10:54 PHL
11:11 ALB
11:35 PIT
11:44 CLT
11:55 MDT
12:50 PHL
13:27 PHL
13:44 CLT
14:16 PIT
14:29 BUF
14:39 SYR
15:00 RDU
15:08 PVD
15:20 CMH
15:29 CLT
15:42 PIT
15:43 DCA
16:43 PHL
17:29 CLT
17:51 DCA
18:25 PHL
19:39 CLT
20:10 PHL
20:13 PIT
21:32 PHL
21:57 CLT
21:59 DCA
22:54 PHL
23:34 CLT

You could very comfortably do this with 6 to 7 gates (likely less if you assume less than a 50 minute split between arrival and departure). There is no reason to hang on to 11 or 12 when most of them will go empty.

 

[ISP]

I thought US was down to 4 in MCO, they just parked RON a/c at other gates. Anyone?

 

[ringmaruf]

Found an old press release I thought some people might get a kick out of. 🙂

US Airways Adds Saturday Harrisburg-Orlando Flight

ARLINGTON, Va., April 25, 1997 -- US Airways will operate a new round-trip nonstop flight each Saturday between Harrisburg, Pa. and Orlando beginning June 21, 1997.

The southbound flight will depart Harrisburg at 10 a.m. and arrive Orlando at 12:08 p.m. The northbound flight will depart Orlando at 1 p.m. and arrive Harrisburg at 3:33 p.m.

The new service will be flown using Fokker 100 aircraft.

With the new June flight, US Airways and US Airways Express will operate 23 daily round-trip nonstop flights between Harrisburg and Allentown, Pa., Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, N.C., New York's La Guardia Airport, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

US Airways and US Airways Express operate round-trip nonstop flights between Orlando and Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Panama City, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach airports in Florida, with flights between Orlando and Albany, Buffalo, John F. Kennedy, La Guardia, Long Island, Rochester, and Syracuse airports in New York.

US Airways and US Airways Express also fly between Orlando and Akron-Canton, Ohio, Allentown, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Hartford, Conn., Indianapolis, Manchester, N.H., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, R.I., Treasure Cay, Bahamas, Washington National and Washington Dulles airports.

US Airways, US Airways Express and US Airways Shuttle fly to more than 210 destinations worldwide, including 39 states in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and St. Maarten.

For additional information on US Airways, US Airways Express or US Airways Shuttle flights, contact your professional travel consultant or US Airways at 800.428.4322.

 

[Piedmont4US]

I wonder if we are going to be sorry we gave up some gate space in MCO when we were in bankruptcy.

Those gates are still empty..

 

[Hope777]

Might be empty, but we are not paying for them. Maybe there is a plan worked out where we pay a per use fee on them. But that still doesnt help the Employee Staffing Levels.