BoeingBoy
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usairways85 said:Well in that same time period, the flts might have been rolled but with 40 some flts added by WN each day and probably that same number by US...all in all 80-100 flts a day were added to the airport within a year.
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According to the DOT reports, US mainline/MDA operated an average of 40 more arrivals per day during the Feb-May period of 2005 than in the same period in 2004, while the airport had an average of 60 more arrivals per day. A valid point, though one would think that when the largest carrier at PHL rolled their hub it would offset at least some of the effects of the increased flights.
MarkMyWords said:This summer has been horrible when it comes to ATC / Weather issues. It seems there is a GDP for PHL / LGA / EWR / etc almost every day.
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Another valid point, except that the DOT data is for Feb-May. July has been bad for the whole NE including PHL, but June had pretty good weather. That data isn't available yet, though.
OT performance is only one factor that should be affected by rolling a hub. Increased a/c utilization and missed connections aren't reflected in the consumer air travel report, so can't be addressed by those numbers. For misconnects, I have absolutely no data so will rely on MMW & others comments that it has improved. As for a/c utilization, one would have to dig into the BTS raw data unless one has access to company data. I would expect that it's up, with RJ's taking on more of the flying presumably leaving mainline/MDA with longer average stage length. All I can add from anecdotal evidence is that I haven't seen a meaningful increase in 737 utilization - it still seems to be running about 8.5 block hours per day.
Jim