OKC/Will Rogers Air Service Discussion

[SkyWestOKC]

For those that care, the new wrwa site is up today.

[OUman]

Thanks for the update Skywest, the new website rocks.

It looks like the Colgan Air turboprops are staying for IAH flights, about 2-3 flights a day in April.

[Urban Pioneer]

For those that care, the new wrwa site is up today.

http://www.flyokc.com

[earlywinegareth]

That eastside land development project has me excited...tons of potential.

[brianinok]

I like the new website, but it does not fit into my browser. I have to scroll left and right to see everything. It's the only website I frequent where that is an issue.

Regarding the Colgan Air turboprops to/from IAH, that is disappointing. I know some of you like those, but our airport being serviced by puddle-jumpers does not say good things about us to businesspeople traveling to our city. And I sure as heck won't fly on one-- not with their pilots clearly being at fault because of a lack of training in the crash in Buffalo a while back.

[SkyWestOKC]

Perhaps Dallas business travelers will also think Dallas is a small city, because they are getting these props from IAH to Dallas (Love). The Colgan Dash 8 Q400's are actually a capacity increase. The E-jets are actually 50 seats, these are around 78 seats. It'd be in the best interest of our city to support capacity increases such as these, instead of the picking apart as to why it's not good enough for our city.

[ljbab728]

Perhaps Dallas business travelers will also think Dallas is a small city, because they are getting these props from IAH to Dallas (Love). The Colgan Dash 8 Q400's are actually a capacity increase. The E-jets are actually 50 seats, these are around 78 seats. It'd be in the best interest of our city to support capacity increases such as these, instead of the picking apart as to why it's not good enough for our city.

I agree, SkyWest. I have never had a problem flying the turboprops. The only issue I have ever had with them is if they use a different terminal area at an airport that made connections more lengthy.

[brianinok]

I meant to ask this last week but forgot. Last Wednesday around noon I was driving south on I-44 by the airport and thought I saw 2 American Airlines either 757s or 767s land back-to-back. But it was foggy, and then I saw one take off, so maybe there was only one and it was doing a touch-and-go thing. I suppose it could have been a 737 but it looked bigger than that (I know it wasn't an MD-80 since the engines were under the wing). Any idea what that was all about?

[redrunner]

There were two Southwest Airlines 737s that landed at 12:25pm on Wednesday. Don't see any 757 or 767s that landed around that time. You were probably mistaken.
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/...time;sort=DESC

[brianinok]

I am not mistaken. It was clearly American Airlines. I can tell the difference between Southwest and American.

[redrunner]

Doesn't make a difference to me. The flight records don't lie.

[Richard at Remax]

the new site is up

http://flyokc.com/

[OUman]

*edited*

[SkyWestOKC]

*edited*

I know...I had to resist too.

Anyway, according to the airport a mobile version of the site will be up in a few weeks.

[ljbab728]

It may be a functional website design but it's sure boring and doesn't give any WOW factor to potential users or visitors.

[SkyWestOKC]

AA has posters in the airport advertising the new OKC-LAX service. Also, looking ahead to future bookings......they are very inconsistent. There are some days (2 months away) that are 50% sold, and the next day sold 3/63. Hopefully we can keep it. For you AAdvantage members, AA is offering double miles if you fly the new OKC-LAX nonstop.

[ljbab728]

AA has posters in the airport advertising the new OKC-LAX service. Also, looking ahead to future bookings......they are very inconsistent. There are some days (2 months away) that are 50% sold, and the next day sold 3/63. Hopefully we can keep it. For you AAdvantage members, AA is offering double miles if you fly the new OKC-LAX nonstop.

And people should keep in mind that there are quite a few connections that can be made in LAX with that AA nonstop service. LAX is rarely affected by weather issues so that can be a big advantage.

[Naptown12713]

I found this article on Frontier Airlines to be very interesting. I'm not implying that Will Rogers will be impacted.
Nonetheless, it does give those that enjoy aviation news something to chew on.

http://www.indystar.com/article/2011...rations-spring

[ljbab728]

United Airlines has also announced today that they are looking at either eliminating or cutting back service on nonprofitable routes. We have to hope that won't affect our nonstop service they offer to LAX, IAD, and EWR (operated by Continental who they are merging with).

[SkyWestOKC]

We shouldn't get hit too hard. Expect to lose one of our UA LAX flights (going to 1x), but IAD and EWR will probably stay.

[Kerry]

Nothing to do with WRWA but thought you might enjoy.

[OUman]

With the price of oil going back up it's going to be either of raising fares or cutting flights and probably even some routes altogether by the airlines.

[ljbab728]

With the price of oil going back up it's going to be either of raising fares or cutting flights and probably even some routes altogether by the airlines.

Fares have already been going up recently because of the fuel prices. It's been kind of a fitfull process waiting to see if other airlines will match the increases but it's been happening.

[SkyWestOKC]

Delta is adding a 4th daily flight to MSP (Minneapolis/St.Paul) starting early-mid June. This is still a few months out, so the schedule is probably not firm yet. After a few weeks of schedule updates we'll see if it sticks or not.

Also, disappointing numbers for February....departing passengers down 2% over last Feb, arriving down a little under half a percent. http://www.flyokc.com/statistics/Feb...nplanement.pdf
Still in positive territory for the year-to-date. I'm betting some of February's decline was all of those days of cancellations at the beginning of the month. Frontier's numbers keep getting more pathetic by the month....sad to see. Moving on....

[SkyWestOKC]

Progress on the Atlantic Aviation FBO and Hangar.


Dirtwork for the new ARINC hangar (will basically mirror the current hangar)