PIT as a domicile
03-30-2015, 10:13 AM
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I do remember PIT back in the late 90's, early 2000's. It was bustling with activity. Nowadays it's just an empty shell. I can't remember if it was Wolfe or Gangwal at the head of UsAir that gutted the place. They got their millions so it's all good I guess.
03-30-2015, 12:27 PM
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PIT suffers from the same thing as CVG. It doesn't have a lot of O/D traffic, is very expensive relative to other options driving distance (think CAK or CLE with PIT; DAY or SDF with CVG) and is just too close to other hubs with better international presence (PHL, JFK, CLT for PIT; DTW, JFK, ATL for CVG.)
03-30-2015, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Avroman
PIT suffers from the same thing as CVG. It doesn't have a lot of O/D traffic, is very expensive relative to other options driving distance (think CAK or CLE with PIT; DAY or SDF with CVG) and is just too close to other hubs with better international presence (PHL, JFK, CLT for PIT; DTW, JFK, ATL for CVG.)
I remember DAY as a hub for the original Piedmont. Following the merger that formed USAir(ways?), the company tried operating DAY and PIT but found they couldn't do so. DAY was closed as a hub because it was so close to PIT.
When the new PIT was built, it was designed to be a hub airport. From that point of view, it is a great airport.
03-30-2015, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
Wish you guys could have seen it back in the mid-90s. Place was hopping. Rome, London, Paris... Tons of transcons, tons of commuters... Sad
03-30-2015, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by morerightrudder
Still a lot of commuters at PIT...to PHL and DCA. The early morning flights are basically crew shuttles.
03-31-2015, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by morerightrudder
Still a lot of commuters at PIT...to PHL and DCA. The early morning flights are basically crew shuttles.
No, I meant actual "commuters". The E gates (now a TSA parking lot) was filled over capacity with Dash 8s, Dornier 328s, Saabs, Jetstreams, Beech 1900s, and the occasional Shorts. Airplanes unrecognizable to this generation of pilots because they have spinny things on the front that make them go.
03-31-2015, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by flyingreasemnky
The only reason RAH has a domicile there is because they have some weird thing about crew domiciles being co-located with maintenance bases.
Originally Posted by FirstClass
I think the best anyone can hope for would be Southwest or Frontier wanting to make a larger presense but that's really about it.
The US Airways dehubbing was 10 years ago and since then the local economy has stabilized around Eds/Meds, Financial and legal services, Robotics, and Energy. PIT will be just fine in the years ahead.
03-31-2015, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by J Dawg
Agreed on Southwest (Frontier doesn't even serve PIT). In fact, local rumors are about a major Southwest build up at PIT in 2016.
The US Airways dehubbing was 10 years ago and since then the local economy has stabilized around Eds/Meds, Financial and legal services, Robotics, and Energy. PIT will be just fine in the years ahead.
The US Airways dehubbing was 10 years ago and since then the local economy has stabilized around Eds/Meds, Financial and legal services, Robotics, and Energy. PIT will be just fine in the years ahead.
03-31-2015, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan
No, I meant actual "commuters". The E gates (now a TSA parking lot) was filled over capacity with Dash 8s, Dornier 328s, Saabs, Jetstreams, Beech 1900s, and the occasional Shorts. Airplanes unrecognizable to this generation of pilots because they have spinny things on the front that make them go.
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