Colgan Air Is Pulling Out of La Guardia

[hou757]

Hopefully the next new post in regards to Colgan pulling out is "Colgan Air pulling out of aviation".

Or that they are no longer flying the Q's.

 

[no1pilot2000]

The saga continues........

Could this be a glimpse of things to come for the regional airline industry? Stay tuned for more interesting....."what if's".... "maybe".... "could happen".....of the regional airline industry.

 

[firstthird]

Frankly, since SWA started going to LGA about 6 months ago, I've been amazed at how many smaller planes go in and out of there. seems that if you have one of the largest cities in the world, you'd want to use your slots with big planes that seat more peeps. maybe some of the legacies are deciding that having a 19 seater go into LGA on one of their slots isn't the best use of that asset . then again, maybe it is something completely unrelated.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Regional service to LGA

Ummmmm.......Do you think Southwest's new service to LGA will eventually drive away regional airline service!?

Another question. Why are there 4 or 5 regional airlines flying for one airline? Piedmont, AWAC, Colgan, PSA are some of these examples flying for US Airways.

 

[CA1900]

maybe some of the legacies are deciding that having a 19 seater go into LGA on one of their slots isn't the best use of that asset . then again, maybe it is something completely unrelated.

You're assuming the slot belongs to the legacy and not the regional.

 

[firstthird]

true that. not really sure how it is structured.

a good answer to the frequent delays at the 3 NY area airports would be to charge by the slot instead of by the weight. the legacies that use them as hubs won't go for it though, so NYers are stuck with unreliable air service.

 

[30West]

Hopefully the next new post in regards to Colgan pulling out is "Colgan Air pulling out of aviation".

Ahh yes, the standard FI answer to everything- put more guys out on the street. Nice plan, Obama.

 

[jellynuts]

I don't think I've ever heard anything good said about Colon....ever....from gate agents, rampers, other airline crewmembers, passengers, U.S. Senators, NTSB investigators. Why do they keep growing??

 

[Cpt Oveur]

I don't think I've ever heard anything good said about Colon....ever....from gate agents, rampers, other airline crewmembers, passengers, U.S. Senators, NTSB investigators. Why do they keep growing??

For starters the people who decide the RFPs at these companies don't hear what you do.....

 

[WSurf]

Another question. Why are there 4 or 5 regional airlines flying for one airline? Piedmont, AWAC, Colgan, PSA are some of these examples flying for US Airways.

Same Reason Delta has ASA, Comair, Skywest, Mesaba, Compass,Pinnicle, Mesa, Shuttle America.
Same Reason Continental has Commutair, Conex, Colgan, Gulfstream.
Same Reason United has Mesa, GoJets, Skywest, Colgan, Chit-taco, TSA

etc. etc. etc.