2017 Oklahoma Commercial Aviation Discussion

[LakeEffect]

fairly trivial information, but fedex is now running a sunday boi-okc-mem. It's a boi-mem flight the rest of the week, but likely to pick up extra weekend parcels leaving okc on the way to mem for monday delivery.

Using an A300?

[HangryHippo]

LGA was our best shot several years ago when AA and DL were giving NY some attention. Think the window has passed, for now.

Well that sucks. I find it hard to believe we can't lure JetBlue or Delta to give us one of the NY airports. Is the traffic just not there?

[catch22]

https://flyokc.com/sites/default/fil...lanement_0.pdf

Down slightly. I would imagine this has to do with the hurricane season.

[AP]

On KOSU this morning there was a report about if we keep this 4% growth rate, we will top 2014s record year. Does that seem right?

[HangryHippo]

On KOSU this morning there was a report about if we keep this 4% growth rate, we will top 2014s record year. Does that seem right?

There's also a Journal Record article saying Will Rogers is poised for a record year. Looking at the numbers catch22 posted this morning, it looks like they might be close.

[catch22]

I think we have a fair shot of hitting that.

[gopokes88]

We'll be fine. Down months happen.

[HOT ROD]

hey, we did our part to add to OKC's pax counts

[damonsmuz]

Anyone have pics of Frontier's new flights today?

[catch22]

Not sure how long this has been going on but noticed today that AA has upgraded one of the CLT flights to mainline. It is the 7am departure using an A319. Shows to be a permanent change.

[d-usa]

I’m flying out on that plane in December, also flying back on one from CLT at 8pm.

[catch22]

I’m flying out on that plane in December, also flying back on one from CLT at 8pm.

Nice. It is good to see mainline added to a different route. For the past 2 decades, mainline service has only been available to essentially a few airports. Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and occasionally Denver when United is in a good mood. We have seen sprinkles of temporary mainline upgrades to other cities that never stick. Hopefully this works well for AA.

[brianinok]

Not sure how long this has been going on but noticed today that AA has upgraded one of the CLT flights to mainline. It is the 7am departure using an A319. Shows to be a permanent change.

Hope the new plane has a slight reschedule from the CRJ. The CRJ got to CLT at a bad time to just miss a lot of the Caribbean connections (of which CLT has a lot), and the return flights from the Caribbean got back to CLT so that the late flight to OKC was poorly timed as well. MIA has good Caribbean connections, but you would have to change planes twice from OKC. So if you prefer American this might be a good option going forward.

[gopokes88]

Big month all across the board

https://flyokc.com/sites/default/fil...nplanement.pdf

[catch22]

Good month.

If growth continues next year, we may be on track to have what I believe would be our first 400K mont next July.

[OUman]

Saw 5 airliners headed for landings on the parallels today when driving home from work around 5:30 or so when the airport gets a nice rush of arrivals. Pretty cool for an otherwise quiet airport.

[gopokes88]

Good month.

If growth continues next year, we may be on track to have what I believe would be our first 400K mont next July.

Is 400k a month a milestone other than a nice round number?

[jonny d]

Is 400k a month a milestone other than a nice round number?

Well, since we have never had 400k passengers in a single month, it would be a milestone for OKC

[Josh Ryan]

Here's is some additional service that could help put us reach a 400k month... or a 4m pax year (we'll get close this year). Have any of you flown ViaAir? Would like to hear your feedback about them. ViaAir Nonstop to Austin, Begins Mid-January

[Richard at Remax]

https://flyokc.com/viaair-expands-ok...tional-airport

"ViaAir is pleased to announce new non-stop flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Oklahoma City and Tucson beginning January 18, 2018."

[BG918]

https://flyokc.com/viaair-expands-ok...tional-airport

"ViaAir is pleased to announce new non-stop flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Oklahoma City and Tucson beginning January 18, 2018."

ERJ-145 is the perfect size plane for this type of regional service.

[gopokes88]

https://flyokc.com/viaair-expands-ok...tional-airport

"ViaAir is pleased to announce new non-stop flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to Oklahoma City and Tucson beginning January 18, 2018."

That’s fantastic news. In early on a growing regional carrier.

[AP]

or a 4m pax year (we'll get close this year).

This is the real milestone, right?

[Josh Ryan]

This is the real milestone, right?

Both would be milestones. Airports usually celebrate their biggest months and biggest years on record.

[AP]

I just meant that hitting 4 million may push us up to the medium hub designation instead of small. Not that that designation means anything.