Future Hub/Focus City in San Francisco?
#1
Future Hub/Focus City in San Francisco?
Is a future QX Hub/Focus City in San Francisco likely?
I understand in (hopefully) 2019, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines will operate under a single operating certificate. Looking at how Alaska operates, they’re probably going to introduce feeder service at SFO in order to fill their mainline flights. Since Alaska has five 175s ordered through Skywest which operates heavily out of SFO, would there still be enough space for Horizon to operate Q-400s. Even if there were, would they add more Horizon air flights even though they’re cutting flights due to to pilot shortage? Even so, it seems like the Q-400 would be a great addition to SFO. Skywest or Horizon 175s can fly long distance small capacity routes, while the Q-400s fly into smaller cities (for example Monterrey, Arcata, and Redding) in California under 400 miles. These would directly compete with United, but increase load factor on mainline flights out of SFO. Personally, I have no clue what Alaska’s plan is regarding SFO and none of the other pilots here at UND have interest in anything of this sort...
Let the roasting begin
I understand in (hopefully) 2019, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines will operate under a single operating certificate. Looking at how Alaska operates, they’re probably going to introduce feeder service at SFO in order to fill their mainline flights. Since Alaska has five 175s ordered through Skywest which operates heavily out of SFO, would there still be enough space for Horizon to operate Q-400s. Even if there were, would they add more Horizon air flights even though they’re cutting flights due to to pilot shortage? Even so, it seems like the Q-400 would be a great addition to SFO. Skywest or Horizon 175s can fly long distance small capacity routes, while the Q-400s fly into smaller cities (for example Monterrey, Arcata, and Redding) in California under 400 miles. These would directly compete with United, but increase load factor on mainline flights out of SFO. Personally, I have no clue what Alaska’s plan is regarding SFO and none of the other pilots here at UND have interest in anything of this sort...
Let the roasting begin
#5
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2016
Posts: 47
The only thing that's not certain, especially in this industry, is the future.
#6
Because staffing is a major issue for them and CS could control everyone's lives more efficiently if they were in PDX or SEA. That's why.
#7
ha! closing GEG and BOI would be a MAJOR blow to moral and recruiting. Although I doubt this place conciders these things. GEG and BOI bases are probably the largest reason anyone comes to this airline anymore. Closing those bases would be a mistake.
#8
Don't worry, SkyWest already has a base in BOI and will likely do GEG soon.
#9
.
Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 68
Up here in Anc where most of us haven’t flown in AK in months and get deadheaded down south every week, one can more readily see that this is where they are going cause moving us around is a bit extreme for them, but they have been doing it for 8 months.
By constricting the crew bases, it is far easier to schedule us.
I’m in the not if but when camp.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post