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03-10-2010, 12:29 PM
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Southwest looks at ways to add flights to New York
12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
By TERRY MAXON / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected] Southwest Airlines Co., which operates eight flights a day at LaGuardia Airport, would like to expand operations at the New York airport, Southwest chief financial officer Laura Wright said Tuesday.
Speaking at a JP Morgan transportation conference in New York City, Wright said Southwest will be filing comments with the U.S. Department of Transportation in the next few weeks to express interest in gaining more LaGuardia takeoff and landing slots.
"It's not a secret that we'd like more slots," Wright said. "If we could get more slots at LaGuardia, we would take them. We don't have an expectation to have 100 flights a day at LaGuardia, but we know we've got demands for more than the eight that we have today."
Southwest launched service to LaGuardia in 2009, joining Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee as new destinations for the Dallas carrier last year. From New York, Southwest offers nonstop service to Chicago and Baltimore.
LaGuardia operates under federally imposed capacity limits for much of the day, and airlines must obtain landing and takeoff slots to operate there.
Southwest picked up seven pairs of slots when it bought ATA Airlines Inc. in a bankruptcy auction. Its eighth round trip operates outside the hours that the airport is restricted.
Southwest's potential opening for slots may come from a request from Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Inc. to trade slots and facilities at LaGuardia and Washington Reagan National Airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation tentatively has required Delta and US Airways to surrender many of their LaGuardia and Washington slots to other carriers. Wright said Southwest will put in its thoughts on the case.
While Delta and US Airways have indicated that giving up the slots would make the deal unpalatable, they have not formally withdrawn their application.
A Transportation Department lawyer disclosed in a Feb. 16 memo that she had discussed the Delta-US Airways case with two Southwest officials who wanted to know how a slot sale might happen, if applicants could buy slots at either or both airports.
12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
By TERRY MAXON / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected] Southwest Airlines Co., which operates eight flights a day at LaGuardia Airport, would like to expand operations at the New York airport, Southwest chief financial officer Laura Wright said Tuesday.
Speaking at a JP Morgan transportation conference in New York City, Wright said Southwest will be filing comments with the U.S. Department of Transportation in the next few weeks to express interest in gaining more LaGuardia takeoff and landing slots.
"It's not a secret that we'd like more slots," Wright said. "If we could get more slots at LaGuardia, we would take them. We don't have an expectation to have 100 flights a day at LaGuardia, but we know we've got demands for more than the eight that we have today."
Southwest launched service to LaGuardia in 2009, joining Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Milwaukee as new destinations for the Dallas carrier last year. From New York, Southwest offers nonstop service to Chicago and Baltimore.
LaGuardia operates under federally imposed capacity limits for much of the day, and airlines must obtain landing and takeoff slots to operate there.
Southwest picked up seven pairs of slots when it bought ATA Airlines Inc. in a bankruptcy auction. Its eighth round trip operates outside the hours that the airport is restricted.
Southwest's potential opening for slots may come from a request from Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Inc. to trade slots and facilities at LaGuardia and Washington Reagan National Airport.
The U.S. Department of Transportation tentatively has required Delta and US Airways to surrender many of their LaGuardia and Washington slots to other carriers. Wright said Southwest will put in its thoughts on the case.
While Delta and US Airways have indicated that giving up the slots would make the deal unpalatable, they have not formally withdrawn their application.
A Transportation Department lawyer disclosed in a Feb. 16 memo that she had discussed the Delta-US Airways case with two Southwest officials who wanted to know how a slot sale might happen, if applicants could buy slots at either or both airports.
03-10-2010, 12:38 PM
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"It's not a secret that we'd like more slots," Wright said. "If we could get more slots at LaGuardia, we would take them. We don't have an expectation to have 100 flights a day at LaGuardia, but we know we've got demands for more than the eight that we have today."
"It's not a secret that we'd like more slots," Wright said. "If we could get more slots at LaGuardia, we would take them. We don't have an expectation to have 100 flights a day at LaGuardia, but we know we've got demands for more than the eight that we have today."
humble, aren't they?
03-10-2010, 12:55 PM
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Ok... insanely dumb question. Is there a way in iCrew to go back and look at a pop-up after logging on? I logged on and got a pop-up about "check VTS blah blah... something about vacation moveup". I clicked past it and went in to check my VTS. I do have a move up bid in, but my vacation weeks don't look like they've changed. So, as always, I'm confused.
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
03-10-2010, 01:08 PM
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Ok... insanely dumb question. Is there a way in iCrew to go back and look at a pop-up after logging on? I logged on and got a pop-up about "check VTS blah blah... something about vacation moveup". I clicked past it and went in to check my VTS. I do have a move up bid in, but my vacation weeks don't look like they've changed. So, as always, I'm confused.
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
If you didn't enter your password to acknowledge the pop-up, it will show again when you log in next time.
03-10-2010, 01:21 PM
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03-10-2010, 01:22 PM
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Same thing here. Your preliminary AWABs will tell you what landing weight that you are dispatched for. (BTW, this is my beer question for TOEs: Where is the ONLY place you can find the forecast temperature for your destination? And why?) SO if you see that you are going to be dispatched underweight, and you think you can get more passengers/cargo onboard, THAT is the time to start asking questions.
Uh, what? Are you talking about RATOW and Climb limit numbers? Those will always be larger than your actualy weight unless you are on a balanced field. I am pretty sure that that is never the case with the 747... it certainly isn't on the 767 or 757.
So what basically happened is that you fell onto what you have been doing for years... I understand that. It will happen. But.. that is what I understand is the purpose of the prelim AWABS...
I'm still a little fuzzy on why it wasn't discovered until you were taxiing. And like I said before, going back to get nonrevs is gutsy. I can see opening the door, but actually taxiing back is a different thing altogether. Besides... 5000 lbs on a 700,000 airplane??? There is that much dust in the cockpit.
But then again, that FAA estimate of 200 lbs per passenger is pretty accurate, right? 
Uh, what? Are you talking about RATOW and Climb limit numbers? Those will always be larger than your actualy weight unless you are on a balanced field. I am pretty sure that that is never the case with the 747... it certainly isn't on the 767 or 757.
So what basically happened is that you fell onto what you have been doing for years... I understand that. It will happen. But.. that is what I understand is the purpose of the prelim AWABS...
I'm still a little fuzzy on why it wasn't discovered until you were taxiing. And like I said before, going back to get nonrevs is gutsy. I can see opening the door, but actually taxiing back is a different thing altogether. Besides... 5000 lbs on a 700,000 airplane??? There is that much dust in the cockpit.
But then again, that FAA estimate of 200 lbs per passenger is pretty accurate, right? We get the final load numbers while taxing over acars. Or we used to. Now we would have caught it in the chocks. On thr prelim it will tell you the gross weight for the runway in use which will many times be much more than max structural weight.
03-10-2010, 01:59 PM
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Don't worry about it. I believe that it is an erroneous message that most of the DALN pilots were getting today. Just look at your VTS in ICrew and verify that your vacation has stayed the same.
03-10-2010, 02:01 PM
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I heard today that the company may very well start printing two copies of the "what DALN refers to as Release" section of the AWABS paperwork. DALS folks doing the LOR's understand the need for it.
Just what I heard in the lounge today.
Just what I heard in the lounge today.
03-10-2010, 02:19 PM
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Ok... insanely dumb question. Is there a way in iCrew to go back and look at a pop-up after logging on? I logged on and got a pop-up about "check VTS blah blah... something about vacation moveup". I clicked past it and went in to check my VTS. I do have a move up bid in, but my vacation weeks don't look like they've changed. So, as always, I'm confused.
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
Any way to go back and see what that pop up actually said?
03-10-2010, 04:55 PM
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Yes it appears they are in deep trouble . 2010 appears to be on track for numbers in the same range. You don't have to like them but the numbers do speak for themselves. Who knows what will happen going forward.
Net Income 2009 :
AAI: 134. 6 Million profit
ALK: 121.6 Million profit
LUV: 99.0 Million profit
DAL: 1.23 Billion Loss
. 2010 appears to be on track for numbers in the same range. You don't have to like them but the numbers do speak for themselves. Who knows what will happen going forward.Net Income 2009 :
AAI: 134. 6 Million profit
ALK: 121.6 Million profit
LUV: 99.0 Million profit
DAL: 1.23 Billion Loss
I took the time to highlight in black some key parts of what AirTran's CEO had to say to make it easier for you to find:
AirTran: Delta taking back some customers
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Kelly Yamanouchi - Mar 9, 2010
A resurgent Delta Air Lines has won back some customers from discount rival AirTran Airways, prompting AirTran to cut flights in Atlanta and expand elsewhere.
That’s not Delta bragging, it’s AirTran explaining the situation to analysts.
“Today, Delta is much stronger than the Delta we saw four or five years ago,” AirTran Chief Executive Bob Fornaro said Tuesday at an investment conference in New York. “They’ve been able to ultimately take back customers that we actually borrowed for a couple of years. They are a tough competitor.”
Fornaro said Orlando-based AirTran now has about 200 flights a day at Hartsfield International Airport, its largest hub. AirTran had about 260 flights a day at the hub in 2008.
That was probably “too high” for a long-term scenario, Fornaro said during the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference in New York. For years, AirTran focused on Atlanta for its growth. Atlanta-based Delta struggled after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2005.
“We were able to gain a lot of leisure and business travel from Delta,” which helped AirTran post strong profits in 2007, Fornaro said. Delta finished its bankruptcy reorganization in 2007, which Fornaro cited as reason for its renewed vigor, and closed a massive merger with Northwest Airlines in 2008.
Now, AirTran is focusing growth on mid-sized cities such as Indianapolis and Milwaukee, markets that do not have a large carrier as dominant as Delta in Atlanta. Fornaro said such markets are well-suited for AirTran’s mid-sized Boeing 717s and 737s. He said those cities may not be easy for a larger carrier to serve other than through regional partners, offering opportunity for AirTran.
At the same conference Tuesday, Delta President Ed Bastian said his airline is “looking at alternative arrangements” in Asia since losing its bid to partner with Japan Airlines. Delta also said it canceled 7,000 flights in February due to storms, reducing first-quarter earnings by $30 million.
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$1.23B loss? Excluding special items and $1.4 billion in fuel hedge losses Delta's net profit for 2009 was $291 million and ended the year with $5.4B in unrestricted liquidity, a $400 million increase year over year.
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