2024 Oklahoma City Aviation Thread

[mugofbeer]

Ouch. The disrespect is real.

DIA is 32 miles from my house in southern Denver to DIA. COS is about double that but is far easier to get in and out so if you're flying, COS is direct competition. Count the fast growing suburbs of Centennial, Parker and Castle Rock you have a draw area of about equal population to OKC. North COS and Douglas County are very prosperous so having flights from there to Mexico isn't surprising.

[HOT ROD]

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL344 looks like United Airlines SFO-OKC routing is back.

An Airbus A319 nonetheless!

[bison34]

Looks like it was headed to DFW, and had to divert?

[BG918]

Ishrion is reporting that Frontier will be adding OKC-MCO this spring. Good to see Frontier expanding beyond Denver. Not sure about frequency. This will compete with Southwest’s 1x/daily nonstop to MCO.

[gopokes88]

Nice! Wonder why October numbers are so late

[gopokes88]

2X weekly to MCO starting 3/7

https://thepointsguy.com/news/fronti...ute-expansion/

[okcrun]

Ishrion is reporting that Frontier will be adding OKC-MCO this spring. Good to see Frontier expanding beyond Denver. Not sure about frequency. This will compete with Southwest’s 1x/daily nonstop to MCO.

They also fly to Vegas from here but good news! They fly to Cancun, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico through Orlando which should be available as options eventually.

[Richard at Remax]

Looks like Delta will have DTW back only for the Michigan game next year in September

[Celebrator]

Does anyone know why UA does not fly into OKC, but does fly into TUL? We have United Express, but not UA. Seems strange when we are the bigger market. TUL has UA service to DEN and IAH, but ORD service via United Express only as well.

[oktxatty]

Does anyone know why UA does not fly into OKC, but does fly into TUL? We have United Express, but not UA. Seems strange when we are the bigger market. TUL has UA service to DEN and IAH, but ORD service via United Express only as well.

UA does this all the time. They currently fly A319's from ORD to TUL and ICT, but RJ's to a larger market like OKC. Odd.

[Richard at Remax]

Vs Tulsa maybe it has to do with frequencies and the ability to spread out flights vs taking up a main line? One full A319 is 126 passengers. Two E175s are 156.

On United, OKC currently runs 5 vs 4 daily to Denver. 8 vs 5 to IAH. 4 vs 3 to ORD

Personally I don't mind the bigger regional jets. The E170/175 is one of my overall favorite plane to fly in. I like more frequencies on smaller planes vs less on bigger ones, but I might be in the minority.

[PhiAlpha]

Vs Tulsa maybe it has to do with frequencies and the ability to spread out flights vs taking up a main line? One full A319 is 126 passengers. Two E175s are 156.

On United, OKC currently runs 5 vs 4 daily to Denver. 8 vs 5 to IAH. 4 vs 3 to ORD

Personally I don't mind the bigger regional jets. The E170/175 is one of my overall favorite plane to fly in. I like more frequencies on smaller planes vs less on bigger ones, but I might be in the minority.

yeah this doesn’t really bother me either. I actually like the smaller regional jets too. Takes less time to load and unload and for the ones with a single seat on the left/port side of the plane…those are some of my favorites seating options across the board lol. I’m not a tall person so this probably factors in to my preferences lol.

[Celebrator]

yeah this doesn’t really bother me either. I actually like the smaller regional jets too. Takes less time to load and unload and for the ones with a single seat on the left/port side of the plane…those are some of my favorites seating options across the board lol. I’m not a tall person so this probably factors in to my preferences lol.

How's the quality of the product though (staff, food/drink, etc.), on UA vs. someone like Sky West operating the flight for UA? Does a frequent business traveler prefer to be on one of those mainline jets with UA staff and product or does schedule weigh more heavily in one's opinion of a given station's service?

[Richard at Remax]

It's exactly the same. It's still United

[VeggieMeat]

It's exactly the same. It's still United

The flight may be branded with a United brand, but it's still one of five regional airlines that provide the same white-label service to the other legacy airlines.

[damonsmuz]

Looks like the OU football team took a 787 to Baton Rouge. Always cool to see that equipment at KOKC

[BG918]

Looks like the OU football team took a 787 to Baton Rouge. Always cool to see that equipment at KOKC

I saw that, I think it was the first 787 visit in Baton Rouge. I remember when OU took a United 747 from OKC to LAX for the Rose Bowl in 2002.

[gopokes88]

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

Good month. AA continuing to grow again. Huge Alaska growth. Delta down a little. Southwest flat. United up a nice little.

[PoliSciGuy]

Good grief, what is behind that Alaska growth? Were there a lot of cancellations last October or something? They haven't added new routes or capacity or anything in that timespan iirc.

[Mississippi Blues]

Good grief, what is behind that Alaska growth? Were there a lot of cancellations last October or something? They haven't added new routes or capacity or anything in that timespan iirc.

My wife’s cousin, her husband, and their kids relocated from Bremerton to Shawnee with more cousins and their families set to move here in a couple of months, so I’m sure it’s mostly just them and their parents going back and forth.

[_Cramer_]

Just sharing because I thought this list was very interesting. OKC/Will Rogers coming in at No. 4 and Tulsa at No. 8.

https://smartasset.com/data-studies/...e-holiday-2024

[bison34]

Just sharing because I thought this list was very interesting. OKC/Will Rogers coming in at No. 4 and Tulsa at No. 8.

https://smartasset.com/data-studies/...e-holiday-2024

Is it because, like has been said many times, the market is under-served, so prices are a premium?

[brianinok]

Just sharing because I thought this list was very interesting. OKC/Will Rogers coming in at No. 4 and Tulsa at No. 8.

https://smartasset.com/data-studies/...e-holiday-2024

No wonder I keep having sticker shock at OKC-SFO. #2 and #4 on the list add up to $$$$.

[BG918]

Interesting news out of DFW - 3rd commercial airport planned for McKinney to serve the fast-growing Hwy 75 corridor. No idea what airlines they will target, maybe Allegiant or other low cost carriers?

https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/12/06/...-worth-region/

[G.Walker]

I would imagine this would not be that useful. I mean they will probably have like 4 gates and only serve a few cities.