Boston strong
#11
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Seriously, pull the trigger already and make BOS back into a base! I spend at least 12 nights a month in boston. About 1 out of every three rotations I'll spend 2 to 3 nights in BOS at the Park Plaza or Revere. I asked at the Plaza what the avg nightly number of Delta pilots where there...their answer easily 200+. Between them and the Revere Delta has to be putting out a ton of cash for just rooms! Oh, and while you're at it, open up MCO and DFW too!
#12
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Seriously, pull the trigger already and make BOS back into a base! I spend at least 12 nights a month in boston. About 1 out of every three rotations I'll spend 2 to 3 nights in BOS at the Park Plaza or Revere. I asked at the Plaza what the avg nightly number of Delta pilots where there...their answer easily 200+. Between them and the Revere Delta has to be putting out a ton of cash for just rooms! Oh, and while you're at it, open up MCO and DFW too!
#13
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I was recently watching a video on skyhub/skynet and someone from either network or crew planning (don't remember which one) and they were giving and overview of the central hubs (ATL, MSP, DTW, and SLC) and then the coastal hubs (SEA, LAX, and NYC) to which they then announced that BOS has been upgraded from "focus" city" to coastal hub.
Don't think that means they are making it a pilot domicile, but look at what has happened in SEA over the last 5-7 years.....same could be happening in BOS.
Fingers crossed!!
#14
Low Cost Long Haul has been tried many many times and the battlefield is littered with the blood of deceased carriers, most recently WOW. Air Asia X is the only Carrier I can think of that has had limited success. Maybe Azul in Brazil too but haven’t kept track of their financials recently. Guess jetBlue believes the A321NEO will be the savior. If they struggle I could see Needleman making a Steve Jobs type return to jetBlue thru a Moxy Airlines merger or hostile takeover.
The market is dynamic and B6 having prime hubs in JFK & BOS, while not guaranteeing success by any means, doesn’t necessarily doom them to the recesses of the transatlantic battlefield either. Reference DL’s preemptive response to presumed competition.
#16
While many have derided JetBlue for not having a clear and concise plan when it comes to many operational and organizational strategies, or at least the communication thereof, one thing most are sure of is that they are no longer strictly a low cost carrier by various definitions. One such measure is class of service and they will now have 4. Mint(business), Even More Space(read comfort +), Core(coach) and relatively recently announced basic economy. If anything I forsee B6 making a somewhat similar transition as did WestJet of Canada, into a full service carrier, which many will remember David Neeleman had a hand in founding before JetBlue. WestJet started long haul flying with old 767s not too long ago as a test and just received their first of almost a dozen 787s after deciding to make an honest go of it. They have been fairly successful thus far and JetBlue isn’t even trying to use WBs...yet.
The market is dynamic and B6 having prime hubs in JFK & BOS, while not guaranteeing success by any means, doesn’t necessarily doom them to the recesses of the transatlantic battlefield either. Reference DL’s preemptive response to presumed competition.
The market is dynamic and B6 having prime hubs in JFK & BOS, while not guaranteeing success by any means, doesn’t necessarily doom them to the recesses of the transatlantic battlefield either. Reference DL’s preemptive response to presumed competition.
While we're on the subject, here's a fantastic article just released covering the Low Cost Long Haul dilemma :
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/op-e...sons-it-didnt/
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#17
While we're on the subject, here's a fantastic article just released covering the Low Cost Long Haul dilemma :
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/op-e...sons-it-didnt/
https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/op-e...sons-it-didnt/
#18
Seriously, pull the trigger already and make BOS back into a base! I spend at least 12 nights a month in boston. About 1 out of every three rotations I'll spend 2 to 3 nights in BOS at the Park Plaza or Revere. I asked at the Plaza what the avg nightly number of Delta pilots where there...their answer easily 200+. Between them and the Revere Delta has to be putting out a ton of cash for just rooms! Oh, and while you're at it, open up MCO and DFW too!
and,
B) There are so many different kinds of airplanes going into BOS that it'd probably be a tough call as to which jet to base pilots there. I think if the 320+737 were all one or the other, there would have been a base by now.
#19
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Agree. Rumor is JeTBlUe is going to attempt translant svc in 321LR’s. I could see that being difficult for them. It’ll be a big fight by all carriers on both sides of the pond. Boston domestic is already under full siege by Delta. I’ve heard where we are growing Boston for a reason.
This ain't 2002 anymore.
#20
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The Shuttle is a potential exception to that, but it first has to be firmly established if its going to be 717 or C100 ("Airbus" LOL!) and even then we'd probaly create a NYC layover for every BOS layover we prevented.
And LOL at the C Series doing TA. The only thing it could really do is high intensity fare competitive routes like DUB etc. That's hardly worth the higher CASM of a smaller plane like that. NE-Ireland is the complete opposite of long and thin. That would be a rediculous use of that plane. Even the -500 would be a stretch, literally and figuratively.
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