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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:43 AM
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We are waiting for Southwest, Alaska, Allegiant, Spirit, Frontier, Sun Country and Cape Air to prove U.S. to Europe is a viable market.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:44 AM
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Hope

“Worth a google”.

Hope, even false hope is extreme powerful.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:47 AM
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They are trying to decide between flying to Europe or deferring 30 more aircraft deliveries. Leaning towards deferral last time I was in LSC due to record profit margins at this time.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:47 AM
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Damet! You ruined my perfect streak dork!
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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:51 AM
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After heavy analysis, our route planners discovered that Delta Air Lines already serves U.S. to Europe, so instead we are going to start 5 x daily NON-STOP service between STI-SDQ.

Look it up if you don't know those airport codes.

In order to have the aircraft for this new exciting service, we are reducing frequency between our Focus Cities and CLT, ATL, DCA, LGA, DFW, ORD, PHL, SAN, SFO, LAX, DEN, LAS and MCO.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by clearskys
I read a while back that they where thinking about flying to Europe and would have an answer by the end of 2017. Has this news fizzled out?
I don't think the news has fizzled out, but it's something they're looking into. One of the primary questions being with which aircraft? That ties into the fleet review which they announced would be occurring into the end of '17.

JB ordered additional A321 aircraft this past year without specifying engine type/configuration. Once that decision is made, we'll probably have a better look into their thinking (at least in the short term). Should they choose the A321LR (NEO engines + other mods) that would be a clear indicator of longer range and potentially transoceanic flying. Of course other paths exist like sticking with shorter range A321NEOS and obtaining other long range aircraft (ie A330) or to not invest in any longer range aircraft other than the A321NEO currently on order.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Softpayman
I don't think the news has fizzled out, but it's something they're looking into. One of the primary questions being with which aircraft? That ties into the fleet review which they announced would be occurring into the end of '17.

JB ordered additional A321 aircraft this past year without specifying engine type/configuration. Once that decision is made, we'll probably have a better look into their thinking (at least in the short term). Should they choose the A321LR (NEO engines + other mods) that would be a clear indicator of longer range and potentially transoceanic flying. Of course other paths exist like sticking with shorter range A321NEOS and obtaining other long range aircraft (ie A330) or to not invest in any longer range aircraft other than the A321NEO currently on order.
And there's LOWpayman with the JB spin and dis-information/hope-sales-pitch.

Hard point-of-order LOWpay, JB did NOT order additional A321 aircraft this year, they DEFERRED Airbus deliveries and swapped 2018 NEOs for the older less capable version. That's sort of the opposite of what you said.

https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN17R2GO
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Old 01-09-2018 | 08:06 AM
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Back to reality, are there even Nor'Easter's in Europe? We can't fly anywhere that doesn't have Nor'Easters.
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Old 01-09-2018 | 08:08 AM
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Can't JB just invest in an app to get people across the Atlantic?
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Old 01-09-2018 | 08:09 AM
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Would that require planning?
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