Delta to add flights NYC-ORD-MDW

[BLUE BAYOU]

Delta adding 'shuttle-like' service between NYC, Chicago

Beginning Feb. 15, Delta will start flying seven daily round-trip flights between New York LaGuardia and Chicago Midway. Delta's service to Midway will operate out of LaGuardia's Marine Air Terminal. In a press release, Delta says "the new flights between LaGuardia and Midway … replace current service between LaGuardia and O'Hare." The route will be operated by Delta Connection partner Shuttle America using 70-seat Embraer E-170 jets with six first-class seats and 64 in coach. Delta says the LaGuardia-Midway flights offer "customers a Delta Shuttle-like experience for travel between two of the nation's largest business markets."
Delta also will increase its New York JFK-Chicago O'Hare service to five daily round-trip flights, up from the current one. That route will be flown by Delta partner Comair on a combination of 50- and 70-seat regional jets. Bob Cortelyou, Delta's vice president for network planning, says that the airline's "expanded service between O'Hare and JFK will offer Chicago customers connecting opportunities to more than 30 international flights ... from Delta's New York hub, including non-stop service to Mumbai, India and new non-stop service to Accra, Ghana."

Funny how Delta follows wherever Jetblue goes out of JFK...

 

[michael707767]

Funny how Delta follows wherever Jetblue goes out of JFK...

yeah its called competition. We were not in a position to compete for a long time. We are now.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

Yeah, its always fun waiting number 55 for takeoff on 31L waiting for multiple Dash 8s to land...

 

[Metro752]

ATA will eat them alive.

 

[IanSaw]

Funny how Jet Blue is full of pilots who couldn't get on with a good airline or just showed up when the sh*& hit the fan and nobody else was hiring.

 

[HalinTexas]

ATA will eat them alive.

I don't know about that. It's all about the fares.

 

[imacdog]

yeah its called competition. We were not in a position to compete for a long time. We are now.

Yep, we're really brining out the big guns too! Why would anyone want to fly on an Airbus or 190 with in-flight entertainment and good customer service when they can fly (and wait for an hour to takeoff from JFK) on a CRJ-100 after being soaked while walking to the plane in the winter in New York?

 

[Longhorn]

Funny how Jet Blue is full of pilots who couldn't get on with a good airline or just showed up when the sh*& hit the fan and nobody else was hiring.

Are you really that clueless? A major chunk of our pilots are furloughed from just about every major out there. The rest, mostly from the regionals, corporate and mil. So, how do you get that most of us could not get on with a major? You should do some research before opening your mouth.

 

[737 Pylt]

Yeah, its always fun waiting number 55 for takeoff on 31L waiting for multiple Dash 8s to land...

Blue:

I've been flying out of JFK for 10 years now, and I can tell you that since B6 showed up, JFK has gotten horribly worse with long lines for departures and holding on severe clear day VFR arrivals....Before you go and knock those Dash 8's, DL isn't the only one who has feed out of JFK. What about all those rj's that American (Eagle) has?? I didn't even know that UA still had rj's feeding JFK as I thought that they had all but given up on JFK other than SFO/LAX.

737

 

[General Lee]

Delta adding 'shuttle-like' service between NYC, Chicago

Beginning Feb. 15, Delta will start flying seven daily round-trip flights between New York LaGuardia and Chicago Midway. Delta's service to Midway will operate out of LaGuardia's Marine Air Terminal. In a press release, Delta says "the new flights between LaGuardia and Midway … replace current service between LaGuardia and O'Hare." The route will be operated by Delta Connection partner Shuttle America using 70-seat Embraer E-170 jets with six first-class seats and 64 in coach. Delta says the LaGuardia-Midway flights offer "customers a Delta Shuttle-like experience for travel between two of the nation's largest business markets."
Delta also will increase its New York JFK-Chicago O'Hare service to five daily round-trip flights, up from the current one. That route will be flown by Delta partner Comair on a combination of 50- and 70-seat regional jets. Bob Cortelyou, Delta's vice president for network planning, says that the airline's "expanded service between O'Hare and JFK will offer Chicago customers connecting opportunities to more than 30 international flights ... from Delta's New York hub, including non-stop service to Mumbai, India and new non-stop service to Accra, Ghana."

Funny how Delta follows wherever Jetblue goes out of JFK...

Wow, that's funny, we have always had a flight from JFK to ORD, and it used to be a 727 until we parked them after 9-11. Now it is currently flight 5469, a CR7 leaving at 530pm. So, you guys are actually following us. You owe us an apology, since you were WRONG.

Bye Bye--General Lee