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Old 12-20-2007, 05:49 AM
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just heard this yesterday about colgan starting to fly for Delta anyone else hear this?
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Old 12-20-2007, 06:09 AM
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just heard this yesterday about colgan starting to fly for Delta anyone else hear this?
With Big Sky closing down in BOS, that could very well be a possiblility.
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Oh goodie more DCI carriers. It's going to be so much fun!!!!!
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Is it for the Saab, or Q400?
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Old 12-20-2007, 08:17 AM
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It's funny how everyone thinks they are getting more flying or bases since the Big Sky announcement. Comair thinks we get all the flying back, Colgan thinks they are going to do DL flying, the XJT guys think they are going to get a BOS base...
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What? ASA ATR72 BOS Base?
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last i heard Delta was reducing DCI to 4-5 carriers...
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Old 12-20-2007, 08:38 AM
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It's funny how everyone thinks they are getting more flying or bases since the Big Sky announcement. Comair thinks we get all the flying back, Colgan thinks they are going to do DL flying, the XJT guys think they are going to get a BOS base...
Actually , at XJT we don't....just guys who live in Boston with some wishful thinking...we have no more airframes, period.
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Is it for the Saab, or Q400?
My guess would be the Q
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Old 12-20-2007, 09:00 AM
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read the news boys, Comair is getting some of the flying back.


Comair to take over Big Sky flights out
Bangor Daily News
December 20, 2007

Big Sky Airlines, a Delta Connection partner that flies from Bangor to Boston, announced early Wednesday evening it would discontinue its East Coast operations Jan. 7.

Despite Big Skys departure, Delta announced Wednesday evening that Comair, another Delta Connection carrier that serves Bangor International Airport, would pick up the Bangor-to-Boston route, according to Anthony Black, a Delta spokesman.

Comair presently flies the Delta Connection flights from BIA to Delta markets in Atlanta and Cincinnati.

On Jan. 7, Big Sky will cease operations at 16 airports from Tennessee to New York and from New Jersey to New Brunswick.

Delta Air Lines will refund tickets or reroute customers to other flights if they hold Big Sky tickets booked after Jan. 7. Delta reservation agents will contact customers, including those from Bangor, who have flights scheduled after that date on Big Sky, Black said. Customers can also call Delta directly at 800-221-1212.

Comair will begin service "almost immediately" after the Jan. 7 Big Sky departure, Black said. Comair will fly to Boston twice daily using 50-seat regional jets, replacing Big Skys six daily flights that use 19-seat turbo-propelled planes, according to Rebecca Hupp, BIA director. Big Sky had been flying four flights daily from BIA since it began service here in April, but had added two more daily flights on Nov. 4.

"Clearly there is demand for quality service and there is a market between Bangor and Boston," Hupp said from home Wednesday evening.

Hupp said she expects the change will improve the Bangor-to-Boston route service. The 19-seat planes were not popular with BIA patrons.

"I expect that passengers will welcome the return of the 50-seat jet," she said.

Big Sky is a Montana-based airline that began contracting in April 2007 with Delta in small and medium-size markets, and operating out of BostonsLogan International Airport, according to a press release. Big Sky and Delta mutually agreed to cessation in services. Big Sky cited unusually bad weather, disappointing revenues and fuel prices as reasons for its departure. Big Sky will continue to operate in Montana as it works to transition its services to another carrier.

The jobs of approximately 140 Big Sky employees - primarily located in Boston; Watertown, N.Y.; and Covington, Ky. - will be eliminated, according to the airline. The company has engaged a broker to assist in the sale of its East Coast aircraft.
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