Indeed, and of course DXB at least has *some* O&D which is basically non-existent for DOH. They'll likely stick it out, but I have heard ads over WBUR and one other radio station, and they have ads all over South Station (like EK and CX had done before).
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Indeed, and of course DXB at least has *some* O&D which is basically non-existent for DOH. They'll likely stick it out, but I have heard ads over WBUR and one other radio station, and they have ads all over South Station (like EK and CX had done before).
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Nice shot. Who's doing the work? I wonder if they maintain a twitter account with construction updates.
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Would love to see WestJet do more routes in the future - maybe seasonal Vancouver or Calgary in the future but they are pretty light on other long routes to bigger US markets (notably NYC) from those destinations.
AeroMexico Load Factors from BTS data - Everything gets posted on the airliners.net Boston thread too.
June -75%
July - 85%
August - 80.2%
September - 69.8%
It was a better start compared to 2004 when the loads were in the 50's but they were smart this time and run it 5-6 weekly.
AeroMexico Load Factors from BTS data - Everything gets posted on the airliners.net Boston thread too.
June -75%
July - 85%
August - 80.2%
September - 69.8%
It was a better start compared to 2004 when the loads were in the 50's but they were smart this time and run it 5-6 weekly.
Whats a % that keeps service running?
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Airlines shoot for ~80% lf. Also not surprised I'm not the only one who lurks airliners.net along with this forum.
80% is a decent rule of thumb, but it's often driven more by RASM and overall network contribution. Filling a plane is easy, it's more a matter of getting the right type of traffic and yields that contribute to the overall success of the route.
I barely have time these days to visit this forum, I cant add another to my rotation!
Is the September number something we should worry about or a normal seasonal shift?
Also, that indicates it is very unlikely Jetblue will compete with their own direction BOS-MEX service right?
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I'm going to say at face value the September figure is "ouch" but there is probably an explanation for it. Demand for the route is too high in general. They may have switched to a bigger plane, maybe people just don't do business in Mexico in Sept, or maybe less people are transiting through with the economic turmoil in Latin America's largest economies right now. When I talked to the rep at the travel show she said the route was doing well anyways. They'd probably do better if they codeshared with JetBlue though. That's a huge part of the logan success equation for foreign airlines.
Ps I doubt JetBlue wants to bother competing with the Mexico city airport so far over capacity. We were lucky to get a direct route at all!
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JetBlue's BOS network wouldn't provide many good connections for flights from MEX. Most of JetBlue's successful partnerships involve connecting TATL flights with cities to the south and west.
Tentative Mint BOS-LAX schedules:
http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/21/b6-boslax-w16/
Of course, the first Mint SFO flight (B6 133) departs this Thursday, March 24 at 8:00am. As of this post there are still at least five $599 discounted fares available-but no more suites per the seat map. There is a display of the Mint seats at the concourse entrance from security. Still some talk of B6 debuting a lounge concept here in the former UA RCC space (now used as an unbranded EK lounge). I could see the merits much like it has for VX with SFO T2 being their purpose built terminal [plus a few gates for LAA], yet they chose LAX in late 2012 for their new Loft concept.
http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/21/b6-boslax-w16/
Of course, the first Mint SFO flight (B6 133) departs this Thursday, March 24 at 8:00am. As of this post there are still at least five $599 discounted fares available-but no more suites per the seat map. There is a display of the Mint seats at the concourse entrance from security. Still some talk of B6 debuting a lounge concept here in the former UA RCC space (now used as an unbranded EK lounge). I could see the merits much like it has for VX with SFO T2 being their purpose built terminal [plus a few gates for LAA], yet they chose LAX in late 2012 for their new Loft concept.
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Presumably also his Excellency Charles Duane "Charlie" al Baker IV
I love this post.
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Data -- thanks
Every once in a while when the world tosses up a tomato you can puree in mid air and make tomato sauce
both titles are quite correct as you do in fact address the governor as your excellency, and in fact the "al Baker" would be how a member of the House of Baker was addressed in the Persian Gulf
Is this at Logan? Any other details or announcements?
Also saw the AWARE billboards on the way to Logan the other day three - to be exact on 1A South. No mention of Qatar Air ways just Qatar in general and using the airline's color scheme