Originally Posted by
David Puddy
It's possible. Add same service at HPN and you can win a lot of new business flyers looking for JFK or EWR replacements to London...
The C-Series makes a lot of sense as an E190 replacement. No doubt Bombardier will push hard to get more sales...
Lets not forget about ISP. I believe B6 wanted some gates there a few years back but Southwest runs the show on Long Island. Less than a 1hr drive from JFK and 1:30hr on the train from Manhattan. I think JetBlue could see a lot of business if you ran a 190 from ISP down to DCA to compete with the Delta/AA shuttles out of LGA. Longer runway than HPN too. They're even building a $10million customs facility. Only problem is it's only convenient to people already on Long Island, as it's pretty isolated from everywhere else in the tri-state area.
Question is can a C-series, or 321LR get off a 7000' runway with pax and fuel to Europe?