Originally Posted by
Captjhan
More news I just ran across. If our leadership wants to claim there's nothing to worry about then check this out. From a meeting at Tweed New Haven Airport. They were discussing their future when Airways pulls the Dash-8 out.
From:
155 Burr Street
New Haven, CT 06512
Phone 466-8833 FAX 466-1199
Airport Authority Meeting
Minutes of March 11, 2009
New Haven City Hall, Meeting Room 2
e) Mr. Billowitz gave additional detail on the airline Networking Conference, with reference to discussions with US Airways. US Airways intends to retire the Dash-8 aircraft over the next 3 to 4 years. They did not identify the replacement aircraft or give an indication when this would affect Tweed. The US Airways representative said we are in “good shape” and should not worry. He also confirmed with the route planners that US Airways impression of Tweed is favorable.
This is more direction than we've gotten directly from the company. 3-year forecasts are always sketchy in the airline industry, but they're not even willing to tell us that this is what they'd like to do if they had their chance. Nice job finding an outside source. Nobody at airways may know what's going on next week, but at least we know what they would like to do if they get the chance.