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Yes, this was coming. They are doing it now so that it will not appear as part of the merger.
Kind of sucks it is the only commuter terminal that works well.
 
ACL65PILOT said:
Yes, this was coming. They are doing it now so that it will not appear as part of the merger.
Kind of sucks it is the only commuter terminal that works well.
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I have a feeling they will relocate most of the larger RJs to DTW, and CVG will one day be a small 73N or A320/19 base, feeding the Procter and Gamble contract...

Bye Bye--General Lee
 
ACL65PILOT said:
It is beginning to look that way.
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A "birdy" told me that a lot of their 50 seaters MAY BE going bye bye at Comair. I don't think they make money in high oil anyway...

Bye Bye--General Lee
 
tbkane said:
A birdy told me all 50 seaters going away very soon. Taht is not good news for CVG.
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If that happens, then Delta will be pulling out of a lot of cities......That isn't good for anyone.....
 
No it is not that they will be pulling out of cities. It is the fact that most of the cities that the RJ's serve cannot be served from four or five different hubs. I am sure you will see reductions in either frequency or destinations. I am sure some of this will occur at mainline as well. The only difference is that all of our flights are full and they will need larger gauge aircraft to do this.

Joe, take the time and come over and talk to our route guys. They are very open and frank to those who are willing to listen. It may even make you think twice about your long term plans.
Simply put, there will be more 76 seat jets and eventually a 100 seater, but a DC-9 can take the load of a few 50 seaters real quick. DAL has some big plans and they will be announced in the next few months.
 
lil birdy told me to look at the possibility of another variant of the DC-9 on our certificate in the near future!
 
JoeMerchant said:
If that happens, then Delta will be pulling out of a lot of cities......That isn't good for anyone.....
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They won't be pulling out of those cities, they already have flights to DTW from them. We just don't need redundant RJ flights, except for larger cities that clients like Procter and Gamble want nonstop from CVG. Expect a smaller crew base, and nonstops to larger cities and a few transcons with maybe a nonstop to CDG and AMS. I would think 737-700/800s and A319s would fly most of those routes domestically.


Bye Bye--General Lee
 
My comment was in reference to the statement that "all 50 seaters were going away"....That would result in Delta pulling out of many small cities.......I don't see them "all" going away......
 
JoeMerchant said:
My comment was in reference to the statement that "all 50 seaters were going away"....That would result in Delta pulling out of many small cities.......I don't see them "all" going away......
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My comment was in reference to rumors some of us have been hearing about 50 seaters going away at a particular airline. I don't see "all" 50 seaters going away either.

Bye Bye--General Lee
 
ALL 50 seat rj's out of CVG. Comair 18 year captain in the van over to airport today said they are hearing same thing.
 
Heard that too. They will have less frequency with 76 seat lift.

Lets hope Troy. Fact is that DTW and MSP are easy commutes but CVG is just a nice place to fly in to.
 
I thought CVG was a big money maker for Delta, is that not correct?
 
RDG said:
I thought CVG was a big money maker for Delta, is that not correct?
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It has the highest yields compared to any other base. That is probably because Procter and Gamble has a huge contract with us, and fares are high. But, I think we are down to 55 or so mainline flights a day, which is a pity. I see it as a smaller base with a few transcons and maybe a CDG or AMS flight eventually(as compared to the current LGW, CDG, and FRA flights with AMS/FCO flights in the Summer). I would bet most of the RJ flights would be moved to DTW.


Bye Bye--General Lee
 
DTW is saturated with rjs now. I agree with your other opinions, just not the shifting of rjs to DTW. If anything I think we will see a large reduction of 50 seat rjs with some backfill up to the scope limits on the 76 seaters.






General Lee said:
It has the highest yields compared to any other base. That is probably because Procter and Gamble has a huge contract with us, and fares are high. But, I think we are down to 55 or so mainline flights a day, which is a pity. I see it as a smaller base with a few transcons and maybe a CDG or AMS flight eventually(as compared to the current LGW, CDG, and FRA flights with AMS/FCO flights in the Summer). I would bet most of the RJ flights would be moved to DTW.


Bye Bye--General Lee
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Heard , second hand, that SB at Comair said that the company had just purchased $6 million in new buses and TSA approved routes so that Concourse A and B could be bypassed and passengers could go straight to "C" from Terminal 3. I think this was around the late July time frame.

DB at DCI told Comair that the lost money was negligible in the greater scheme which is to be the future.

The lost money on the buses and all the money fronted to FSI for the 70/90 training, which will now be lost on unused sim time, will just have to sucked up by Comair.
 

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