AirTran announces Detroit

[Chuck Yogourt]

[ YX has increased to 5 flights a day to meet demand.[/

....oooo 32 seats. Big demand!

Guess again Big Boy. B717's. MSP loves them. Hear we are looking at expanding out of Humphrey terminal to other destinations. Why fly NWA when you can fly the best.

 

[canyonblue]

Additionally, PhX was owned by Hughes Airwest untill being aquires by Republic, then NWA, also scaled back that operation post merger. If that haden't happened, America West and SWA may not have had the ability to establish their hubs there.

No way. You are giving NWA too much credit. Republic was a far better carrier than NWA, and NWA would have just lost that market anyway, ala USAir in California in the post PSA days. It's just not that good of a product.

 

[mnboyev]

I heard AirTran is going to MSP - SEA next summer... then SEA - ANC.

It will be funded by the huge expansion in DTW and FNT.... LOL... You guys crack me up ... We just show up and fly safe from point to point. Try to have a little fun and dont piss everyone off in the process.

Management has pounded us labor folks into the ground...

Raise the damn ticket prices fellas !!! My kids need braces cause I work for a LCC.

 

[mnboyev]

Here fishy fishy.....

 

[Mikes Apartment]

This a negative, not a positive announcement

Detroit is the worst city on the planet, and Airtran can't wait to go there. The guys running the show must be insane. Couldn't they find a better city to choose? Next will be Sagi-nuts, MI. I can't wait to apply there. Peace out.

 

[freightdogfred]

Detroit is the worst city on the planet

You've obviously never been to Lagos.....

 

[TV9Driver]

mikes apartment,

it's not whether or not the city you fly to is cool, it's can you fill every seat on every flight. No one will accuse Moline, Bloomington, or Flint of being cool cities, but every flight is full, and we are making money on it... yeah, I think DTW is a sewage pit, but I don't think we'd be going there if our management didn't see an opportunity.

 

[cfm56-7b]

And what honey hole do you girls live in?

 

[Clyde]

And what honey hole do you girls live in?

Maybe Watts?

 

[HoursHore]

Detroit is the worst city on the planet, and Airtran can't wait to go there. The guys running the show must be insane. Couldn't they find a better city to choose? Next will be Sagi-nuts, MI. I can't wait to apply there. Peace out.

I take it you've never been to Memphis. This place is a breath away from becoming East St Louis. 60 Carjackings last month, including one that resulted in an elderly man beat to death within sight of the FDX hub.

 

[Mikes Apartment]

Ive been to Memphis, and I thought it was Africa HOT. Detroit is worse though. I live in Texas, and it is better than Detroit by far.

 

[cfm56-7b]

Ive been to Memphis, and I thought it was Africa HOT. Detroit is worse though. I live in Texas, and it is better than Detroit by far.

Ive lived in Texas and it sucks . The North is much better.

 

[pilotyip]

How can Detroit be bad it is near Willow Run (YIP)

 

[Clyde]

Ive been to Memphis, and I thought it was Africa HOT. Detroit is worse though. I live in Texas, and it is better than Detroit by far.

Were you in the actual city of Detroit or in the suburbs? And if you were in the suburbs, what parts?

 

[WillowRunVortex]

I'm tired of Michigan getting ragged on,

If you drive 30 minutes northwest, from either airport YIP or DTW, you will find yourself in some of the nicest scenery/farmland in the country. Keep going in that direction and it gets nicer yet. Rolling hills, winding roads, and you are never more than 10 miles from a nice NATURAL lake ANYWHERE in the state of MI. Now, I been down to Texas, outa about 300 times, I would have to say that's about 299.5 too many!

That place lookes like IRAQ after our scorched earth policy the first time. And everyone raves about Dallas. Why? Its a mediocre city in the middle of nowhere. Lakes?, no lakes, just brown man-made resevoirs. Now if your a bible thumpin, right wing extremist, that enjoys wearing Wranglers, and cowboy boots, then Texas is probably a perfect fit fer ya.

Now the one redeeming factor Texas does have is South Padre Island. But most of the folks there are commuters from up here.

P.S. And everyone from the ATL area. You dare say that WAR ZONE is better than here? Half the cars on the roads around the airport area wouldnt be permitted on the roads in MI. And if I want entertainment for the evening I turn on CNN to see what haynes crime has been committed there today or what Super meth lab has been busted there today or what goofball wont come down from a crane there today after he strangled his girlfriend to death, or what that ding dong runaway B1tch bride is up to now that she's out of the mental institution and been convicted of her second felony. You guys invited to her wedding? Boy she's a nice neighbor to have huh?

What are you guys putting in the water down there? Crazy juice?

 

[NuGuy]

Half the cars on the roads around the airport area wouldnt be aloud on the roads in MI.

And if I want entertainment for the evening I turn on CNN to see what hayness crime has been committed there today

Hayness? Aloud? I see that the state of Michigan is spending big money on public education, especially in the all important area of writing skills.

The irony....

Nu

 

[TV9Driver]

Just because i'm based in ATL doesn't mean I live there. Look, there are great neighborhoods in every city. Unfortunately, as pilots, all we see is the area around the airport. As for Detroit, I used to play junior hockey in a Detroit league, and I can honestly say that the 6 or 7 areas that I was in, I wasn't too impressed. But hockey rinks aren't exactly in the nicest areas either. I live in a great place in STL, but we have East St. Louis to live down, so we all have our areas.

 

[WillowRunVortex]

Hayness? Aloud? I see that the state of Michigan is spending big money on public education, especially in the all important area of writing skills.

The irony....

Nu

Oh, the spelling police. I might mis-spell a few words here and there when Im typing fast. But, if you ever meet me in person, you will easily understand what I am saying when I speak. I cant say the same for some of the folks in the ATL area!

P.S. i fixed it fer ya, see?