Originally Posted by
iaflyer
Beaten to the punch:
it is:
54% E145
18% CRJ 700
10% CRJ 900
14% EMB 170/175
2% B737
6% M88
Now that's by departure, and we don't get paid by departure but by block hour. I haven't done the analysis for that, but the 1 737 leg to DEN and back sure pays more than a LGA-PHL-LGA flight. The kid is sick today, so don't know if I can get it done, but the block hour is more accurate way to compare. I'm sure that DCI will still be a high percentage than mainline tho.
Keep this in your files and revisit it in 2013. Prior to then the two terminals (C and D) are not physically connected. Kind of difficult to run a competitive connecting hub when your flights aren't able to connect except by bus in LGA terminal traffic.
The terminal construction project will take about a year and $100 million. That will modernize the 1980's Eastern (USAirways) terminal and connect it to our existing Terminal D.
Management couldn't have been much more ham-fisted in the way they presented this expansion to Delta employees. They sucked. The DCI "expansion" is 42 DCI slots moved from DCA, and the majority of the rest coming from JFK, then MEM. The LGA schedule includes a whole bunch of DCI RJ's replacing USAirways Express turboprops. One other thing, just because we have the new LGA slots from LCC doesn't mean we picked up their passengers. Their frequent flyers still have the option to go LCC through PHL, DCA and CLT.
FWIW.