PhilDernerJr
2005-08-05, 05:56 PM
http://www.nysun.com/article/18053
I think this is very big.
The Port Authority has always liked the Perimeter Rule because is supposedly evens out the market among the three airports. It would, however, really help out the US Airways/ America West merger if they can fly to those western destinations from LGA.
As enthusiasts, we'd probably get a lot more excited traffic. Imagine American wanting to bring A300s back to LGA for certain flights and asking that the piers be strengthened even more to support them. Maybe some airlines will bring in more 767s as well. Delta would finally get their chance to fly to Salt Lake City.
Slots are an issue though. We can't see a repeat of the delays that we saw in 2000. As long as they don't pack in more flight than they could handle, I don't think it would be that bad.
I assume that regional traffic would go down a bit. Some airlines will probably want to fly to farther business destinations on the west coast and might dump flights to upstate NY and such. Would regional flights dip so much that they would have to shift such short operations to another airport? Perhaps create the need for that fourth airport that they were discussing a few months back?
What effect do you think this will have on regional operations at LGA, delay-issues and surrounding airports?
I think this is very big.
The Port Authority has always liked the Perimeter Rule because is supposedly evens out the market among the three airports. It would, however, really help out the US Airways/ America West merger if they can fly to those western destinations from LGA.
As enthusiasts, we'd probably get a lot more excited traffic. Imagine American wanting to bring A300s back to LGA for certain flights and asking that the piers be strengthened even more to support them. Maybe some airlines will bring in more 767s as well. Delta would finally get their chance to fly to Salt Lake City.
Slots are an issue though. We can't see a repeat of the delays that we saw in 2000. As long as they don't pack in more flight than they could handle, I don't think it would be that bad.
I assume that regional traffic would go down a bit. Some airlines will probably want to fly to farther business destinations on the west coast and might dump flights to upstate NY and such. Would regional flights dip so much that they would have to shift such short operations to another airport? Perhaps create the need for that fourth airport that they were discussing a few months back?
What effect do you think this will have on regional operations at LGA, delay-issues and surrounding airports?