Pronoun-induced confusion: are you saying Southwest's 2x BOS-HOU won't get in the way of United's hub/dominance in BOS-IAH or that United's beefed up BOS-IAH won't get in the way of Southwest?I doubt they'll get in the way.
So that makes you, me and Ron Newman who all have Columbus ties but are Boston-based. It must be that Delta or US Airways squeezed JetBlue out somehow.Gary wouldn't be feasible for anything more than a few flights per day. It always surprised me that JetBlue couldn't make it in Columbus. I spent a fair amount of time there in 2004 and have been back about once a year since and it seems like they have the sort of demographic that would go for JetBlue en masse.
Yes, sorry, JetBlue has had 3x or 4x BOS-PIT for a while (but dropped JFK!)^ I think they already fly direct to PIT, although I don't know the frequency.
You'd think that Vancouver would love to go places that JetBlue's good at, but I am not sure LGB can do international (Alaska does compete YVR-LAX), and FLL/Carib might be too far (2700 miles...and JetBlue is not even in SEA-FLL) and not even Air Canada flies YVR-BOS, leaving YVR-JFK.What's the deal with flying to Canada? I think AirCanada could use some competition on Montreal, and maybe something to Vancouver?
JetBlue's JFK-PIT was dropped on Feb 27. The PR from around the time it was dropped said they "remain committed" to Pittsburgh.JetBlue already flies multiple daily non-stop flights on Boston-Pittsburgh and JFK-Pittsburgh.
Not that it is our job to solve JetBlue's problems, but they do appear to need something that allows them to grow Boston by serving more of the heartland.Columbus also never had a true hub. They had a small focus operation for America West. Columbus is not well suited at all, aside from perhaps geography, to be a hub, or even a focus operation.
So that makes you, me and Ron Newman who all have Columbus ties but are Boston-based. It must be that Delta or US Airways squeezed JetBlue out somehow.
Columbus has a good demographic (prosperous, service economy, students, funky/creatives) and a good industry cross section (education, insurance/finance, government) that *has* supported a hub in the past (although admittedly America West's was red-eye and LGA/DCA focused).
choo said:What's the deal with flying to Canada? I think AirCanada could use some competition on Montreal, and maybe something to Vancouver?
I think it is relevant because to the extent that JetBlue does have good opportunities from FLL it will be FLL that gets new flights ahead of BOS.Not directly related to Boston, but JetBlue announce flights today to Lima, Peru from their hub in FLL...My question is, where does the range on their current fleet tap out? Can they do FLL to Chile or Brazil? What would be next on their central/south America growth? Santiago? Panama City?
I think it is relevant because to the extent that JetBlue does have good opportunities from FLL it will be FLL that gets new flights ahead of BOS.
Eyeballing their routemap, JetBlue's longest flight today is probably FLL-SFO at 2583mi
Looking around, the A320 routes seem to max out right around 2700 miles. Besides JetBlue's BOS-SFO, there is/was Heathrow to Tehran which is also in the 2700 range (2749mi), so my circles are looking like reasonable estimates of the outer envelope that airlines would try in an A320.Boston to San Francisco is 2700. The A320's official range is 3300 nautical miles, so nearly 3800 statute miles, but I don't think anyone stretches their 320's that far.
What would be next on their central/south America growth? Santiago? Panama City?