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KCI Flight Schedule Adjustments
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Hardly a 1 for 1 replacement though. tired of being serviced by budget airlines. Even though jet blue probably is classified as budget it's definitely was better than Spirit.
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Jet Blue for Spirit is a down grade in quality. Total seats will increase. On time and operational performance will probably IMPROVE with this change.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:29 pmHardly a 1 for 1 replacement though. tired of being serviced by budget airlines. Even though jet blue probably is classified as budget it's definitely was better than Spirit.
Delta (already announced) adding a 2nd daily JFK flight this summer. Last week they changed it to upgrade the flight to a nicer airplane so theres that.
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Southwest starting Columbus is another spoke that will help fill connecting traffic. Might take this route for a weekend trip. The announcement that Cabo is going 4x weekly is no surprise given how well that route is doing
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From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
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NK adding both DTW & DFW in July.
- DTW 3x weekly
- DFW 4x weekly
- DTW 3x weekly
- DFW 4x weekly
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Mayor meeting with the President of UA again this week. Mayor or City Manager meet with UA senior execs and staff every few months, at least publicly more than any other airline.langosta wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:20 pm From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
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^ I thought a United Lounge was coming to KC?
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Nope?¿ both lounge spaces are claimed
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I feel like MCI needs more flights to places other than hubs. Making everybody fly through Chicago is not ideal. Having that many flights a day to hubs and increasing those flights doesn't really help KC that much. The DCA addition is nice though.langosta wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:20 pm From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
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Any particular destinations come to mind? For a city the size of KC, the N/S coverage is pretty good - all things considered.GRID wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 1:17 pmI feel like MCI needs more flights to places other than hubs. Making everybody fly through Chicago is not ideal. Having that many flights a day to hubs and increasing those flights doesn't really help KC that much. The DCA addition is nice though.langosta wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:20 pm From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
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Unfortunately, the DCA frequency is a reduction (from three to two daily).
Agreed that more nonhub flights (on full-service airlines) would be nice. Particularly RDU, BNA, BOS, LAX, LGA, etc. And of course the elusive European nonstop.
Agreed that more nonhub flights (on full-service airlines) would be nice. Particularly RDU, BNA, BOS, LAX, LGA, etc. And of course the elusive European nonstop.
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Still missing places like Sacramento, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, etc. plenty of gap filling that could be occurring for surehartliss wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 3:56 pmAny particular destinations come to mind? For a city the size of KC, the N/S coverage is pretty good - all things considered.GRID wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 1:17 pmI feel like MCI needs more flights to places other than hubs. Making everybody fly through Chicago is not ideal. Having that many flights a day to hubs and increasing those flights doesn't really help KC that much. The DCA addition is nice though.langosta wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:20 pm From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
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I'm not sure, maybe KC is okay. It was just always frustrating to me when I lived there. I mean it seems like most flights go to ORD, DEN and DFW. I'm not sure how much that has changed.hartliss wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 3:56 pmAny particular destinations come to mind? For a city the size of KC, the N/S coverage is pretty good - all things considered.GRID wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 1:17 pmI feel like MCI needs more flights to places other than hubs. Making everybody fly through Chicago is not ideal. Having that many flights a day to hubs and increasing those flights doesn't really help KC that much. The DCA addition is nice though.langosta wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:20 pm From Justin Meyer
A few nice additions for Kansas City (MCI) in this week's airline schedule load:
AUG 2024:
AA - DCA -1 to 2/day, ORD +1 to 6/day, DFW +1 to 7/day, PHL +1 to 4/day
SEP 2024:
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
OCT 2024:
AA - ORD +2 to 6/day, PHL +1 to 3/day
UA - ORD +1 to 6/day
I'm not sure if KC serves places like Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, Buffalo, Norfolk, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tulsa, OKC, Little Rock, Memphis, Padre Island, more service from legacy airlines to cities like Boston, Charlotte etc.
KC is not bad though for me since I have two local airports with nonstops there (three if you count Dulles, but I only use Dulles for international flights since it's a 90 min drive minimum.)
For KC being in the middle of the country, serving a pretty big metro and region and now having a nice terminal. I don't see why MCI can't have twice (or at least 50% more) traffic it has now plus at least one transatlantic in 10-15 years.
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There are roughly 3 SW hubs and 1 AA and UA hub between KC and most of those listed.
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And Delta has MSP also which is the closest hub to KC and a super easy flight and a very convenient airport. I think that is the issue with MCI not being able to be a hub like Salt Lake. SLC doesn't really have a large cluster of cities close by so it has no completion at all
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STL is building a 60-gate, $3 billion new terminal that will kick off in the next 1-2 years. Hard to compete.
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Makes complete sense - for the most part you do have to go through one of the big hubs (especially if you aren't flying Southwest)GRID wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:57 pmI'm not sure, maybe KC is okay. It was just always frustrating to me when I lived there. I mean it seems like most flights go to ORD, DEN and DFW. I'm not sure how much that has changed.
I'm not sure if KC serves places like Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, Buffalo, Norfolk, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tulsa, OKC, Little Rock, Memphis, Padre Island, more service from legacy airlines to cities like Boston, Charlotte etc.
KC is not bad though for me since I have two local airports with nonstops there (three if you count Dulles, but I only use Dulles for international flights since it's a 90 min drive minimum.)
For KC being in the middle of the country, serving a pretty big metro and region and now having a nice terminal. I don't see why MCI can't have twice (or at least 50% more) traffic it has now plus at least one transatlantic in 10-15 years.
Off the top of my head...KC at one point did fly to a lot of those cities. However, industry consolidation and bankruptcy has changed the game.
Louisville and Jacksonville - ExpressJet (operated independently but that failed fairly quickly and they reverted back to 100% regional carrier)
Pittsburgh - US Airways (no longer operates as a hub for the carrier), Vanguard
Cleveland - Continental/United (no longer operates as a hub for the carrier)
Cincinnati - Delta (no longer operates as a hub for the carrier)
Buffalo - Vanguard
Tulsa, OKC - Southwest (largely used as a one-stop route to DAL prior to Wright amendment expiring)
Memphis - Delta (no longer operates as a hub for the carrier)
Boston is such an interesting market - at one point you had WN and DL. Then AA tried it briefly and then JetBlue. Now it is just 2/x on Delta.
Charlotte - 4 or 5X per day on American. Not bad on frequency
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KC flew to Memphis on Northwest nonstop...Tulsa/OKC should have directs IMO
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Memphis was a Northwest/Delta hub but now has a diminished role in air traffic. Tulsa/Okc/Oma/Des Moines will only survive with significant connecting traffic. These are some of the emptiest Southwest flights out of STLbrooksidebadgers wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 3:31 pm KC flew to Memphis on Northwest nonstop...Tulsa/OKC should have directs IMO