JB moving ahead of Delta at BOS

[Whiskerbizkit]

jetblue will be replaced 20 years down throad by someone else..

30, let it be 30.

 

[Tanker Clown]

I just read that Delta is pulling out of ISP. Is that all together, or just a cutback in service? Looks like SWA kinda ate their lunch up there.

 

[General Lee]

JetBlue will surpass Delta as the top carrier at Boston Logan this spring. That's according to The Boston Globe, which writes Delta this week announced it "will stop direct flights to at least six cities from Boston and roll back daily service to two other destinations." With that, the Globe says Delta will end up "surrendering its spot as Logan International Airport's largest carrier based on the number of destinations served ... ." By early June, the Globe says JetBlue "will get the top-dog bragging rights with 31 (nonstop) destinations," which will compare to about 25 by Delta.
As for Delta, the airline says it is dropping some Boston routes as soaring fuel costs start to turn some marginal routes into money-losers. During the past few months, the carrier has already dropped numerous other routes –- and even entire destinations –- as fuel costs have soared. In June, Delta will end nonstop service between Boston and Las Vegas, New Orleans, Savannah, Louisville, Greensboro (N.C.) and Charleston (S.C.).
"Most of it is going to be on your point-to-point flights, flights that aren't routed to our hub and that are served by 50-seat regional jets that are disproportionately impacted by the high cost of fuel," Delta spokeswoman Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott tells the Globe. She says more cuts are possible, though she tells the Globe Delta could eventually opt bring back some flights on a seasonal basis.

Despite Delta's pullback, the Globe says JetBlue "is betting on robust business in Boston." JetBlue spokesman Sebastian White says: "Despite all the talk of an economic downturn, our Logan flights continue to do quite well. Boston is an affluent and sophisticated market that likes to travel and does so often." (Related post below: JetBlue makes Orlando

I think the only mainline flight there was Boston to Las Vegas, all others were Comair. And, we know what will be happening to a lot of our 50 seaters, right?

As far as Boston goes, we did make some blunders there. Our Ex CEO Leo Mullin was a New Englander. He supposedly has a mansion on Nantuckett. Anyway, his legacy was to build a large BOS base, and he put almost $1 billion into it. There was a problem though, and that was there is no customs facility there, so any connecting pax would have to ride a tram to our DOM only terminal from customs. And, as we moved into our new terminal, (with long moving sidewalks etc), Jetblue easily went into our older terminal, which has easier access to the street and was in the center of the terminals--so closer to a few of the runways. Why didn't Leo just put that $1 billion into our EXISTING JFK hub that really needed it? No clue. All I know now is that Leo took his severance of $14 million and is probably on Nantuckett right now. Live and learn, and get better management.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Tanker Clown]

I think the only mainline flight there was Boston to Las Vegas, all others were Comair. And, we know what will be happening to a lot of our 50 seaters, right?

As far as Boston goes, we did make some blunders there. Our Ex CEO Leo Mullin was a New Englander. He supposedly has a mansion on Nantuckett. Anyway, his legacy was to build a large BOS base, and he put almost $1 billion into it. There was a problem though, and that was there is no customs facility there, so any connecting pax would have to ride a tram to our DOM only terminal from customs. And, as we moved into our new terminal, (with long moving sidewalks etc), Jetblue easily went into our older terminal, which has easier access to the street and was in the center of the terminals--so closer to a few of the runways. Why didn't Leo just put that $1 billion into our EXISTING JFK hub that really needed it? No clue. All I know now is that Leo took his severance of $14 million and is probably on Nantuckett right now. Live and learn, and get better management.


Bye Bye--General Lee

Just another in a long list of Pan Am blunders. Thank God that the gub'ment can save you guys from yourselves.

By the way, was Mullin the same rocket scientist that came up with Song?

Delta should just figure out what it wants to do...and then do the opposite. Then maybe they could put together a couple years in a row of profits. As it stands now, looks like being in the black for 2007 was the exception to the rule for Delta.

 

[Jimmy C. Corn]

Leo Mullin was a horse's a$$.

 

[FDJ2]

Leo Mullin was a horse's a$$.

I'm sure any horse would be offended by the comparison of their a$$ to Leo.

 

[Tanker Clown]

I'm sure you'll all talk about Anderson like this in a couple of years.

 

[737 Pylt]

I'm sure you'll all talk about Anderson like this in a couple of years.

No, but we'll probably talk about you like that in a few years though!:laugh:

737

 

[JohnQ]

I'm sure you'll all talk about Anderson like this in a couple of years.

The difference is Anderson actually knows something about running an airline. Did you know that some of our Lagos flights were selling in coach for $3500 apiece, and the flights were oversold by a ton? I don't think JB could dream of such a thing flying the Jerry Springer crowd up and down the east coast.

 

[JohnQ]

I'm sure you'll all talk about Anderson like this in a couple of years.

The difference is Anderson actually knows something about running an airline.

 

[737 Pylt]

The difference is Anderson actually knows something about running an airline. Did you know that some of our Lagos flights were selling in coach for $3500 apiece,

He doesn't know anything except for, "colonel sir, would you like cream and sugar this time?"

and the flights were oversold by a ton? I don't think JB could dream of such a thing flying the Jerry Springer crowd up and down the east coast.

Speaking of Jerry Springer, did you catch tanker clown's pic. He's posing for his myspace video!:laugh:

737

 

[FDJ2]

No, but we'll probably talk about you like that in a few years though!:laugh:

737

Why wait?

 

[nimtz]

I just read that Delta is pulling out of ISP. Is that all together, or just a cutback in service? Looks like SWA kinda ate their lunch up there.

Congrats on winning the war for Long Island's Finest Trash...

 

[9rj9]

none taken, its a freaking message board

 

[800Dog]

Just another in a long list of Pan Am blunders. Thank God that the gub'ment can save you guys from yourselves.

By the way, was Mullin the same rocket scientist that came up with Song?

Delta should just figure out what it wants to do...and then do the opposite. Then maybe they could put together a couple years in a row of profits. As it stands now, looks like being in the black for 2007 was the exception to the rule for Delta.

Substitute Delta with any airline other than LUV due to fuel hedges and you make some sense!