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On 6/5/2003 10:23:17 AM MiAAmi wrote:
MIA should be seeing more and more service as the new terminal starts opening this fall.
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What exactly will the new Concourse D part opening 15 November house? It is my understanding that this will be home to American Eagle and will have some RJ gates/parking, is that correct? So I''m assuming if that is, we''ll be seeing a good amount of RJ expansion. If nto correct, where are they putting the new RJ gates? I know that is part of the expansion plans.
Here''s my ideal idea for MIA:
Skywest Airlines is now becoming a Continental Connection carrier in Houston, and there is a strong rumour that if thier relationship proves strong, Skywest will takeover Gulfstream International as a Continental Connection carrier, and base their operations at FLL serving intra-Florida and the Bahamas. Now this will leave Gulfstream in a big hole, but the solution is simple: have Gulfstream become an American Connection carrier and simplify thier operations out of MIA. They can fly to the smaller Bahamaians cities, like Treasure Cay and North Eleuthera, that they already service, and also take over Eagle service to Georgetown, Ft. Meyers, and Marsh Harbour. There is enough demand to put RJs on the Key West, Jacksonville, Freeport, and Nassau runs (well, actually, that would be lowering capacity by putting RJs on them). And then Gulfstream can further expand by adding cities to the network such as Naples, Melbourne, Marathon, and Gainsville (word is Gulfstream will be adding MIA-MTH and MIA-GNV this fall; both routes will be subsidized), and smaller Bahamian islands like Rock Sound and Governor''s Harbour.
Then American Eagle can build-up an RJ network to look something like this:
Columbus, Pittsburgh, Greensboro, Greer/Spartanburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Birmingham, Memphis, Louisville, Savannah, San Antonio, Indianapolis, Cinncinatti, Milwaukee, Islip, Ottawa, Quebec City (some are really long hauls in an RJ, I know, but look at RJ routes like DFW-OAK(DL), DFW-YYZ(AC), IAH-PSP(CO), and EWR-OKC(CO)).
American Airlines can add up a little service domesticlly with dailies to:
Seattle, San Jose, San Diego, Phoenix, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Austin
More service to Mexico and the Caribbean:
Grenada, St. Lucia, Tobago, Cozumel, Monterrey
More service to Latin America:
Liberia, Valencia, Asuncion non-stop, Belo Horizonte non-stop (3x a week), Iquitos (3x a week), Manaus, Georgetown
Europe:
Barcelona and Frankfurt I think would be most likely. However, IMO, no problem filling up flights to Manchester, Rome, or Munich.
So lets see how AA develops at MIA in the next 3-4 years. It will be interesting. We should just be happy that AA continues to expand at MIA despite time that are continually turbulent. It definitley appears like thier recently added routes have been smart moves. Both Santiago and Charlotte got second dailies in only six months.
