Continental Blames Corporate Jets for ther delays.

[NJAPLT]

Well, figured it would happen with the user fees in congress and leaving paxs on planes 12 hours and such, guess they need a reason to blame anyone but themselves for airline delays...
http://northjersey.com/page.php?qst...lRUV5eTcxMTUxNzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

Private jets use Newark, delay commercial flights
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
By DAVID A. MICHAELS
STAFF WRITER

Teterboro Airport's flood-related closure has forced more private jets to land at Newark Liberty International Airport, causing delays for commercial passengers and upsetting the airport's largest carrier, officials said Tuesday.

Continental Airlines complained that its on-time arrival rate at Newark fell to 22 percent on Monday because of increased traffic from Teterboro, said Russ Halleran, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at Newark Liberty. Teterboro has been closed since Monday because of flooding on its runways and taxiways.
"It is definitely affecting the arrivals into Newark," Halleran said. "They [Continental] were a little displeased with what happened yesterday [Monday], and it's apparently happening today [Tuesday]."
Julie King, a Continental spokeswoman in Houston, said the extra traffic at Newark is causing dealys.

"We know the ATC [air traffic control] is going the best job they can, yet the additional unscheduled demand that these corporate jets are putting on the system means more delays for the traveling public," she said.
A spokesman for the airports' operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, confirmed that Continental has complained about general aviation's effect on Newark's operations.
"The airports are a system, and this only highlights why Teterboro is important to all travelers," said spokesman Marc La Vorgna.
Teterboro, which handles about 190,000 takeoffs and landings every year, remained closed to most traffic on Tuesday, La Vorgna said. Fewer than 10 departures were able to take off on Tuesday, he said.
He said he could not estimate when the airport would reopen.
"There is just so much water in that area," La Vorgna said.
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[walshsfly]

Its normal on-time arrival rate is only 23% so why are they bitchin?

 

[Dep676]

How many times are you ready to go at an airport that 121 guys too and you get put in the back of the line because someone has a time to meet?

Like a few "corporate jets" caused delays in EWR, doubt it. When isn't there delays in EWR?

 

[climbhappy]

one idea put forth by an MIT professor a few years ago spoke to putting out for bid a certain number of slots and during peak times making them much higher to procure.

the FAA hasn't lifted a finger in regulating the over saturated peak times and big norhteast hubs.

the customer is smart.they'll pay less no matter what time it is. i think the you'll see sometime in the next 10 years passenger flights in the middle of the night. demand is so strong it is the only place to put the increased demand. no way the airlines can add capacity and do this during normal business hours. with the global economy , why not?

 

[pilotpat]

Ahhh...the old scapegoat reaction. Things don't go our way, so we blame someone else for our misgivings. Doesn't surprise me they'd stoop to this level, but the truth is they're typically late and after TEB opens for business as usual, they'll still be late on departure. Wonder what they'll say when the VLJ's start buzzing around.

 

[gutshotdraw]

And yet, the putz Congressman from New Jersey (Steve Rothman D-NJ if memory serves) would love to CLOSE Teterboro for good because of the noise whiners in his district.

 

[DO-82 driver]

Jersey politics is about as corrupt as MASSPORT in BOS. Democrat or Republican...if you're in NJ, you're paying someone to represent your "interests".

 

[Cobra]

Come'on guys. Doesn't anybody have an objective viewpoint on this forum? Everybody knows that trying to jam 10 pounds of crap into a 5 pound jar is going to cause delays. KEWR is delayed every single day period. No matter what the weather, ATC, etc. Everybody knows that flying into EWR you don't assess whether that airfield is experiencing delays or not. You assess the magnitude of the delays.

So yes, EWR having to pickup TEB's flow is going to cause further delays/problems at EWR.

 

[NJA Capt]

They forgot to mention that Signature EWR had a 3000% increase in fuel sales and ramp fees. I wonder how much extra was paid to PANYNJ for landing fees (to the Aviation Trust Fund)???

Hmmm. Funny that part was left out.

 

[Cobra]

one idea put forth by an MIT professor a few years ago spoke to putting out for bid a certain number of slots and during peak times making them much higher to procure.

the FAA hasn't lifted a finger in regulating the over saturated peak times and big norhteast hubs.

the customer is smart.they'll pay less no matter what time it is. i think the you'll see sometime in the next 10 years passenger flights in the middle of the night. demand is so strong it is the only place to put the increased demand. no way the airlines can add capacity and do this during normal business hours. with the global economy , why not?

Actually they do, it's called the LGA "slottery" not sure if this is administered by the FAA or the New York Port Authority. Granted, LGA is just one "appendage" in the overall NE corridor as far as traffic is concerned.