Comair going west !!!

[9rj9]

Comair just announced it will begin service out of Salt lake City.

 

[Andy Neill]

Congratulations on your expanding operations.

 

[9rj9]

here's the news

Delta Connection to Add Jet Service between Delta’s Salt Lake City Hub And Albuquerque, N. M.; Santa Barbara, Calif.; And Helena, Mont.
Additional Flights Expand Service Options for Customers


SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 21, 2002 -- Delta Connection will increase travel options for customers by expanding jet service between the Delta Air Lines (NYSEAL) hub in Salt Lake City and the cities of Albuquerque, N.M.; Helena, Mont., and Santa Barbara, Calif., effective Jan. 28, 2003. Delta Connection carrier SkyWest will add a round-trip flight between Salt Lake City and Albuquerque while Delta Connection carrier Comair will operate one new round-trip flight each to Helena and Santa Barbara. Both carriers will use Bombardier CRJ regional jets to operate the service. These will be among Comair’s first flights to and from Salt Lake City. The Cincinnati-based airline, which currently serves Delta’s hubs in Cincinnati, Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, will have a total of three daily departures from Salt Lake City beginning in January.

The additional service will provide customers between Salt Lake City and Helena with three Delta and Delta Connection round-trip flights a day. Customers traveling between Salt Lake City and Santa Barbara will have three daily round-trip flights and customers traveling between Salt Lake City and Albuquerque will have a total of five round-trip flights daily.

"Expanding service to these communities allows Delta Connection to offer customers a wider selection of flight times to fit their travel needs,’’ said Fred Buttrell, president and chief executive officer of Delta Connection, Inc. "This is especially important for customers connecting through Salt Lake City to other regions of the United States."

Customers at Delta’s hub at Salt Lake City International Airport have a convenient choice of more than 280 Delta and Delta Connection flights a day to 66 domestic and international cities.

Known for its convenience, comfort and speed, the CRJ carries passengers in a two-by-two seating arrangement; every seat is an aisle or window, with no middle seats. The plane can cruise at a speed of 530 mph at altitudes as high as 41,000 feet and is recognized as the quietest commercial jet aircraft in the world.

Delta Connection carriers include Delta’s wholly owned subsidiaries Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Comair, additional regional carriers Atlantic Coast Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines and SkyWest Airlines, and codeshare partner American Eagle (in California). Delta Connection carriers operate more than 270 regional jets throughout North America. For more information, please contact Delta Reservations, 1-800-221-1212, or visit delta.com.

 

[TankerPuke]

Welcome! I hope we make you feel at home

PUKE

 

[Peealot]

What a way to start west coast operations....Santa Barbara. I doesn't get much better than that.

Welcome guys and gals...

 

[Flex]

Although it will be cool to fly to those places...please try to look at the big picture and think about the ramifications. Ever since the comair strike, Delta has been going out of their way to overlap the route structures of ASA, Comair and Skywest. Northwest has done the same with Mesaba and Pinnacle. This will protect "mainline" from too much loss of revunue during the next labor dispute. Although it will be cool to be "coast to coast", the expanded route structure gives the "company" more leverage during the next round of contract negotiations in just a few years. Notice that the words "RJ Scope" or ALPA have not been mentioned.

 

[T-handle]

Good point Flex. No longer can we (completely) shutdown a hub if we were to strike, thus losing our financial leverage. Not to dock ALPA or any union cause- "solidarity" among a pilot group may be vital. We can stick together all we want, but what does that exactly get us when our mainline company can go find the lowest bidder or even start up a "freedom airlines"? There's nothing for mainline to lose and possibly everything for us to lose. Low cost bidders are starting to take over and mainline corporate execs jump on these in a heartbeat. They always seem to be one step ahead of us.......

 

[jetflyer]

very true flex, it will take away a lot of bargaining power

 

[asarjfo]

How about some of that action for ASA!?!?!

 

[Hovernut]

Looks like that center tank is finally going to get some use! I think we have to re-fuel in Omaha, NE in order to get the RJ out to SLC. I suspect once in SLC, it'll make a 4 or 5 day trip before it comes home to roost...kinda like we're doing in DFW right now.

Ahhhh, done with limitations....bring on the sims!