BWI Airport News

[micrip]

Originally Posted by bma83

I wonder why Montreal is not on that list.

I think most folks headed there connect thru Toronto. Probably not enough demand for a separate flight.

[probaltimore]

Back in the old USAir hub at BWI days, there were nonstops from BWI to Toronto, Montreal, and Calgary.

When Southwest nixed their arrangement with Westjet, they said that the'd fly to Canada themselves when they could. So, eventually we'll get more nonstops north of the border.

Also at the time of the old USAir hub: British Airways and USAir partnered on the London flight for connecting traffic. I guess the state subsidy makes up for the loss of the connecting pax.

[Itus]

October 2012 Highlights
http://www.bwiairport.com/files/asse...2.pdf#zoom=100

Total Commercial Passengers: 1,857,782 (-4.2% over October 2011)
Total International Passengers: 63,261 (+32.9%)

Air Canada: 5,290 (-5.6%)
Bahamasair: 0 (new)
British Airways: 9,420 (-4.0%); Load Factor: ~86% (29 days of operation)
British Airways (freight): 238,874 (-22.9%)
Condor: 1,121 (new); Load Factor: ~69% (3 days of operation)
Condor (freight): 0 (new)

AirTran: 253,934 (-1.8%)
JetBlue: 24,725 (+3.3%)
Southwest: 1,056,730 (-5.2%)
FL-WN Combined: 1,310,664 (-4.5%)

American Airlines Group: 69,269 (-10.0%)
Delta Group: 190,846 (-.6%)
United Group: 101,270 (-15.9%)
US Airways Group: 104,856 (-12.0%)

Airport Market Share
Southwest (56.88%)
AirTran (13.67%)
Delta (10.27%)
United (5.45%)
US Airways (5.64%)
American (3.73%)

Regional Market Share
BWI
Total Commercial Passengers: 1,857,782 (-4.2%)
Market Share: 34.6% (from 34.3% in September 2012 / from 34.7% in October 2011)

Dulles
Total Commercial Passengers: 1,784,465 (-9.7%)
Market Share: 33.2% (from 34.9% in September 2012 / from 35.3% in October 2011)

Reagan
Total Commercial Passengers: 1,724,947 (+2.8%)
Market Share: 32.1% (from 30.9% in September 2012 / from 30.0% in October 2011)

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Note: A large part of the passenger decreases can be attributed to Hurricane Sandy.

[dcmdmimn]

Flights were to Montreal and Ottawa. There has never been non-stop service from BWI to Calgary. In fact, these flights were once operated by Piedmont. These were direct flights via Syracuse after PI acquired Empire Airlines.

[flugzeug]

Eastern flew to Montreal from Baltimore. It was never ever full.

[k25150]

National seems to make gains every month.

[dcmdmimn]

Yes. With DC-8 aircraft when the airport was Friendship.

[dcmdmimn]

Originally Posted by probaltimore

Back in the old USAir hub at BWI days, there were nonstops from BWI to Toronto, Montreal, and Calgary.

When Southwest nixed their arrangement with Westjet, they said that the'd fly to Canada themselves when they could. So, eventually we'll get more nonstops north of the border.

Also at the time of the old USAir hub: British Airways and USAir partnered on the London flight for connecting traffic. I guess the state subsidy makes up for the loss of the connecting pax.

Flights were to Montreal and Ottawa. There has never been non-stop service from BWI to Calgary. In fact, these flights were once operated by Piedmont. These were direct flights via Syracuse after PI acquired Empire Airlines.

[dcmdmimn]

Originally Posted by flugzeug

Eastern flew to Montreal from Baltimore. It was never ever full.

Yes. With DC-8 aircraft when the airport was Friendship.

[Mirage52]

It was cool when there were flights to Greenland out of BWI...Greenland has always been a place that I've wanted to go but I was never able to take advantage and the flights didn't last long.

[flugzeug]

Originally Posted by dcmdmimn

Yes. With DC-8 aircraft when the airport was Friendship.

And for a while with a 727! It left from C8, it would come in early morning,
Plane mate to Customs... Then at night back to Canada.

[Itus]

Baltimore Sun has a photo gallery of the recent expansion/renovation activities at BWI:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...1.photogallery

[Itus]

..And an article on BWI mice, a population that I'm fairly certain has been an ongoing issue at the airport since its earliest days.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...,6471774.story

[Itus]

From BBJ:

BWI seeks fee waiver in bid for airlines to add new routes
Baltimore Business Journal by Jack Lambert, Digital Producer
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012, 2:49pm EST - Last Modified: Monday, December 10, 2012, 3:03pm EST

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport wants to encourage airlines to add new routes out of the airport by waiving fees.

The Maryland Aviation Administration has submitted a Dec. 19 agenda item to the state Board of Public Works that would allow the airport to eliminate charges like landing fees, the price to lease office space and parking fees for aircrafts.

. . .

Rest of Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore....html?page=all

[YUTI]

Looks like JetBlue will be adding an additional flight between BOS and BWI. It's nice to see them adding frequency. They started out with 4 and it seems each year they keep adding. However this brings up a few questions:

• Are more flights better with smaller a/c (E190) than less flights but bigger a/c (A320)?
• Can we expect expanded service outside of BOS? (ie. Florida)

[k25150]

My guess is they are waiting to see what SW does once the merger is final.

[probaltimore]

Finally!!! Starting next year we should start to see some real expansion in the number of international flights from BWI. This has been a long time coming and will be great news for BWI and Baltimore.


From the Dallas Morning News:

Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly told an investment conference Friday that Southwest is about to begin connecting its network with AirTran Airways by beginning code-sharing.

Eventually, that’ll mean a traveler can buy a single ticket that has both Southwest and AirTran flights, such as flying from Dallas to Cancun or Mexico City through San Antonio or to New York or Nassau, the Bahamas, through Atlanta.

Kelly said the system that allows code-sharing “is ready.” A test will begin Dec. 26, followed by a “soft rollout of that functionality in January, followed by a Phase 1 more full rollout in Feb. Phase 2 in March and, presuming everything goes well, full up in April.”

Although Southwest closed its purchase of AirTran on May 2, 2011, the two carriers have operated separate networks. If someone wanted to take a Southwest flight and then travel onward on an AirTran flight, it would require two tickets.

Kelly said the “long pole in the tent” on completing the integration of AirTran into Southwest is technology, primarily its work to replace Southwest’s reservations system. That work began last year when Southwest picked Amadeus to provide the technology.

The work has progressed now to allow the code-sharing, he said.

Overall, Southwest has finished or made good progress on the six or seven major tasks needed to absorb AirTran into Southwest, he said.

“We have a very solid plan to have AirTran completely integrated into Southwest Airlines by the end of 2014,” Kelly said.

[k25150]

End of 2014! Man.

[shakman]

I still think HOU will be the jackpot for WN's international network.

[k25150]

Houston is far enough away that BWI can still be a major international hub for them. I think we're screwed if they make Atlanta the east coast hub.