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[Danfer21]

JetBlue a Newark ???

[alexis91]

Gracias Halon!

Originally Posted by Danfer21

JetBlue a Newark ???

Así es. Comienza este miércoles, diario en A320. Esta ruta ya JetBlue la había servido alrededor de 2007 en horario de madrugada, y no aguantó la competencia que tenía con Continental (creo que más de 4 diarios) y American (1 ó 2 diarios). AA la retiró en sept. 2008.

Ahora JetBlue regresa a la ruta en mejor horario durante el día, a llenar un poco la gran falta de oferta en la ruta, además de fortalecer las conecciones en SJU.

[Ultramatic]

TSA tests airport check-in system

By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY

Updated 4/15/2012 7:18 PM

Airport check-ins for passengers are heading for higher technological ground.


A TSA agent screens a traveler at Logan Airport in Boston.

By Josh T. Reynolds, for USA TODAY

The Transportation Security Administration is testing a system that checks identification and boarding passes by machine rather than the standard visual check by officers.
The tests began last week at Washington-Dulles International Airport and will start Tuesday at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and April 23 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The review will last several months, gauging such things as how fast passengers move through the line and how accurate the machines are.
While TSA officers have been checking identification with black lights and magnifying glasses, the machines are geared to recognize all valid identification, ranging from driver's licenses to tribal IDs and U.S. and foreign passports.
TSA hopes the machines will do a more efficient job weeding out fraudulent documents and getting passengers to their planes.
"For efficiency, it is fantastic," says Domenic Bianchini, TSA director of checkpoint technology. "We think it's a valuable technology, and we think over time we will see the real value added."
As demonstrated at Dulles, passengers step up to the TSA desk and scan the bar codes of their boarding passes, like a can of soup at the self-checkout at a grocery store. The TSA officer scans the identification, which the machine authenticates and compares with the boarding pass.
The machine doesn't store any personal information about the passenger, says Greg Soule, a TSA spokesman.
A discrepancy can lead to more questions or checking the identification more closely. When a TSA officer had a question last week about the identification of a bespectacled man in khakis and a dark blazer, she scrutinized the driver's license under a magnifying glass and then asked a few more questions before sending the passenger on his way.
If a fraudulent document is found, the passenger is referred to law-enforcement officials for possible charges.
The first 30 machines cost $3.2 million, Soule says. Three companies — BAE Systems Information Solutions, Trans Digital Technologies and NCR Government Systems — provided the initial machines that were customized for TSA.


http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/s...tem/54302024/1

[Jaykar]

JetBlue launches PR-Newark nonstops
By CB Online Staff
cbnews@caribbeanbusinesspr.com


JetBlue launched flights between San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, marking an even dozen nonstop destinations from Puerto Rico.
“We’ve quickly become the largest carrier in the commonwealth, thanks to the steadfast support from the community and the numerous ties between the two cities,” said John Checketts, director of route planning for JetBlue. “We will continue to add more routes and new destinations from San Juan, where we will soon have a new terminal to better serve our customers and expand our operations.”

“The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. is extremely pleased that JetBlue has taken the Newark Gateway to add seats to San Juan as the new nonstop service will now provide additional air service to one of our main markets,” said PRTC Executive Director Luis Rivera Marín. “We look forward to the arrival of visitors traveling from Newark who can now take advantage of the carefully planned departure and arrival times to visit us and enjoy everything we offer as the Caribbean’s most diverse and complete destination.”

JetBlue’s flights to and from San Juan use the carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet.

In Puerto Rico, JetBlue currently serves San Juan, Aguadilla and Ponce, with service to twelve nonstop destinations, eight within the continental U.S.: Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Jacksonville, Newark, New York, Orlando, and Tampa and four within the Caribbean: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, and St. Croix.

The airline plans to begin its 13th route from San Juan on May 15, when service between the island and West Palm Beach International in Florida will begin.

JetBlue is the largest airline in Puerto Rico flying more seats in and out of the island than any other carrier.

[gugi182]

JetBlue viajará directo desde la Isla hasta Newark

Inaugura su ruta con dos viajes diarios

JetBlue Airways anunció hoy que comenzó su ruta directa desde el Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín de San Juan (SJU) hacia el Aeropuerto Internacional Newark Liberty (EWR), convirtiendo éste en su destino directo número 12. “Nos hemos convertido rápidamente en la aerolínea más grande en Puerto Rico, gracias al constante apoyo de la comunidad y a los numerosos vínculos de ambos destinos”, dijo John Checketts, director de planificación de rutas para JetBlue.

“Continuaremos en la labor de agregar más rutas y nuevos destinos desde San Juan, donde pronto tendremos una nueva terminal para atender mejor a nuestros clientes y expandir nuestras operaciones”, dijo. Recientemente, JetBlue anunció que a partir de mayo realizará sus operaciones en la Isla desde el nuevo Terminal A, que hasta ahora nunca había sido utilizado.

El horario propuesto por JetBlue para los trayectos entre Newark y San Juan serán saliendo de Newark a las 9:29 a.m., llegando a Puerto Rico a las 1:29 p.m. y saliendo de San Juan a las 5:05 p.m. y aterrizando en Newark a las 9:16 p.m. Luis Rivera Marín, director ejecutivo de la Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico, se mostró complacido con el anuncio de JetBlue, ya que Newark es uno de los principales mercados para Puerto Rico. “Esperamos con ansiedad la llegada de visitantes de Newark, que ahora podrán utilizar este horario, planeado meticulosamente, para poder visitar y disfrutar todo lo que ofrecemos como el destino más diverso y completo del Caribe”, indicó.

JetBlue opera con hasta 18 vuelos diarios desde Newark, con servicio continuo a Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando, Tampa y West Palm Beach. A partir del 15 de mayo, JetBlue iniciará su décimo tercera ruta desde San Juan a West Palm Beach International, en la Florida.

En Puerto Rico, JetBlue actualmente presta sus servicios en San Juan, Aguadilla y Ponce, con vuelos directos a doce destinos, ocho dentro de Estados Unidos continental:

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport - Boston, MA
Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bradley International Airport - Hartford, CT
Jacksonville International Airport - Jacksonville, FL
Newark Liberty International Airport - Newark, NJ
John F. Kennedy International Airport - New York, NY
Orlando International Airport - Orlando, FL
Tampa International Airport - Tampa, FL
Las Américas International Airport - Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Princess Juliana International Airport - St. Maarten
Cyril E. King Airport - St. Thomas
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport - St. Croix

FUENTE: http://www.elnuevodia.com/jetbluevia...k-1243452.html

COMING SOON: Palm Beach International Airport - West Palm Beach, FL

[albert10102222]

JetBlue estrena vuelo directo entre San Juan y Newark

Un vuelo directo entre Puerto Rico y Nueva Jersey es el nuevo ofrecimiento de la aerolínea JetBlue en la Isla.
La nueva ruta comprende entre los aeropuertos internacionales Luis Muñoz Marín (SJU), en Carolina, y Newark Liberty (EWR), en la ciudad de Newark.
"Nos hemos convertido rápidamente en la aerolínea más grande en el Estado Libre Asociado", expresó al anunciarse la nueva ruta John Checketts, director de planificación de rutas de JetBlue.
"Vamos a continuar añadiendo más rutas y nuevos destinos desde San Juan, donde pronto tendremos un nuevo terminal", añadió.
JetBlue se mudaría al renovado terminal A en mayo, había trascendido anteriormente.
Los nuevos vuelos directos partirían de San Juan a las 9:30 a.m. para llegar a Newark a la 1:30 p.m. aproximadamente.
El viaje de regreso saldría a las 5 p.m. de Nueva Jersey y arribaría a Puerto Rico pasadas las 9 p.m.
Respaldo de Turismo

"La Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico está extremadamente satisfecha" por la nueva ruta, indicó su director, Luis Rivera Marín. "El nuevo servicio sin escalas ahora proveerá servicio adicional aéreo a uno de nuestros principales mercados", indicó.
Además del de San Juan, JetBlue sirve a los aeropuertos de Aguadilla y Ponce, con vuelos sin escala a 12 destinos.
La aerolínea se distingue por su servicio de refrigerios gratis e ilimitado, mayor espacio para acomodar las piernas frente al asiento y la oportunidad de registrar una maleta para transporte de manera gratuita.

FUENTE:http://www.noticias247.pr/index.php/...-juan-y-newark

[halon]

gente aqui les tengo unos updates que me informaron hoy .......AE tuvimos una huelguita hoy en el aeropuerto.......pero no es a eso que vengo

me informaron como exprese en otro post que el pies cuadrado nos habia subido ,
hace unos cuantos post atras discutimos el hecho que AIRTRAN iba para el terminal de AA
pues hoy estuve hablando con un amigo de AIRTRAN que ahora no va el cambio al terminal de AA , pues sucede dice el que el problema es que las 2 compania que estan finalista para la administracion del aeropuerto estan en litiguio con el mismo aeropuerto por la cantidad de dinero que el gobierno quiere que se le pague por ellos administrar,
sucede que rapido fui a leer la carta donde nos informan de cambio de 20 a 42 por pies cuadro .....yo lei mal es una intencion de cobro cuando la APP termine pues eso es lo que se va a pagar por pies cuadrado.
tambien me dijo el companero que AIRTRAN va a cambiar sus sistema de reservaciones a AMADEUS.
lo otro es que me dijeron que JETBLUE esta por cancelar los vuelos de STT y STX...por falta de pax......no se a que se refieren con eso porque alexis puso la ocupacion y sale que es mayor que la de AE.

bueno eso es lo que tengo por el momento......si ustedes tienen confirmacion de esta info postenla.

[alexis91]

Aquí están los números de JetBlue en enero 2012:

SJU-STT: 59.5%
STT-SJU: 65.4%

SJU-STX: 72.4%
STX-SJU: 65.2%


Aquí los de diciembre 2011.

[halon]

Originally Posted by alexis91

Aquí están los números de JetBlue en enero 2012:

SJU-STT: 59.5%
STT-SJU: 65.4%

SJU-STX: 72.4%
STX-SJU: 65.2%


Aquí los de diciembre 2011.

puede ser verdad porque esos numeros estan bajitos

[mr_dj_007]

Saludos mi gente:

Me informaron que la aerolínea TAM fue autorizada a volar a SJU. No he podido ver el link porque no tengo cuenta en el sitio. Quien tenga acceso que tire la noticia. Espero que todos estén bien!! Saludos.

http://airlineinfo.com/ostpdf/​1157.pdf

PD No dice fecha de comienzo ni nada, solo que fue autorizada a volar a SJU! Saludos!

[alexis91]

Lo ví también. Esto es lo que comenté en el FB:

"No es una petición específica a SJU lo de TAM. Es una petición genérica a muchísimos puntos de USA que incluye SJU. No creo que la veamos por ahora; primero creo que llega Gol. Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documen...1997-2421-0019 "

En el link que puse está el documento directo de la página federal.

Saludos

[Dr. pcofge]

is done

[alexis91]

Esa noticia va en Noticias de Aviación en General | General Aviation News

[Ferdek]

Mexican, Spanish consortia finalists for LMM airport P3
Written by Michelle Kantrow // April 26, 2012 // Tourism/Transportation // 1 Comment


Two groups remain in competition for the LMM P3 contract. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)

A high-ranking executive of Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste said his company is one of two groups remaining to take over the operation of the Luis Muñoz Marín International airport through a public-private partnership with the government, News is my Business learned.

The operator is reportedly up against Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial Aeropuertos, which runs major airport facilities in London and Ireland and has built numerous hotels and roads in Europe and the U.S. mainland.

During an earnings call with investors, Grupo ASUR CEO Adolfo Castro said the operator submitted its bid proposal on Mar. 15, “and we are now one of the two participants shortlisted to present the final piece.”

“We do not have technical date for when these have to take place, but we believe the final piece would have to be presented sometime in May,” he told investors.

Grupo ASUR — which has partnered with Highstar Capital to bid for the LMM P3 — operates nine airports in the southeast of Mexico, including the busy Cancún hub and facilities in Mérida, Cozumel, Villahermosa, Tapachula, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Minatitlán and Veracruz. The publicly traded company serves between 15 and 17 million passengers per year.

Puerto Rico P3 Authority Executive Director David Álvarez said late Wednesday the agency has “made important progress in the airport project,” but held back from confirming the names of the consortia still competing for the contract.

However, this media outlet learned the other group in the running is Grupo Aeropuertos Avance, a consortia composed by Spain’s Ferrovial Aeropuertos and Macquarie Group.

In September, the P3 Authority announced it had selected six competitors — Grupo ASUR and Highstar; Flughafen Zürich, PSP, CCII, and IDC; Fraport and Goldman Sachs; GMR Infrastructure and Incheon Airport; Grupo Aeropuertos Avance; and Puerto Rico Gateway Group — to move forward in the bidding process that began in July 2011.

The government stands to receive an up-front payment of $1 billion as part of the P3 concession, the government official said.

The selected operator will be required to invest between $40 million and $80 million in “immediate improvements” in the first three years of the contract, which is part of the agreement reached with the airlines to give way to the P3 process. The concession will likely be for between 40 and 50 years.

More P3’s planned

In related news, Gov. Luis Fortuño told reporters Tuesday his administration is putting together a pair of new infrastructure P3’s that will likely enter the competitive process in coming months.

On the one hand, the government is seeking a private sector partner to extend and improve Rte. 5 in Bayamón, a project he said would cost $100 million to complete.

Meanwhile, he also mentioned his administration’s plans to open a P3 to extend PR-22, Puerto Rico’s busiest highway, from where it currently ends in Hatillo, further west to Aguadilla.

http://newsismybusiness.com/mexicos-...mm-airport-p3/

[Ferdek]

Puerto Rico picks two finalists for airport privatization

Wed May 2, 2012 4:39pm EDT
May 2 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico officials eyeing a possible $1 billion payday on Wednesday said they had narrowed to two the finalists for a public-private concession to run the Caribbean island's Luiz Munoz Marin Airport for as long as half a century.

The Puerto Rico Public Private Partnership Authority and the Ports Authority announced as finalists, consortiums Grupo Aerpuertos Avance (GAA) and Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC (AAH). They were chosen from as many as six bidders which had made offers in March.

GAA is a consortium headed by Ferrovial Aeropuertos , which operates six airports in the United Kingdom including Heathrow, and Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets , the world's biggest infrastructure investment fund with interests in airports in Brussels, Australia and elsewhere.

AAH is comprised of Aeroportuario del Sureste, which operates nine Mexico airports, and Highstar Capital, which has made investments in Baltimore and London and has close relationships with British Airways, Lufthansa and AirFrance, according to the PPPA.

"This is a transformational initiative not only for our airport's infrastructure but also for the positive effect it will have on our economy," PPPA Executive Director David Alvarez said.

Officials in recession-bound Puerto Rico are looking for a concession of no more than 50 years at the San Juan airport. They also want both improvements worth $40 million to $60 million in the first five years of a contract and longer term investments.

Alvarez said that plans submitted by the two consortiums had exceeded government expectations of the long-term investment envisioned at the island's principal airport.

"We will wind up with basically a new airport," he said.

Puerto Rico's international airport handles just under 9 million passengers a year. It is not living up to its potential, according to officials. Outbound boardings fluctuate between 4 million to 5 million annually, or half capacity, and only half its facilities are in use.

The government expects a big upfront payment, with most of the money used to pay off some of the $900 million of outstanding debt issued by Puerto Rico's cash-strapped Ports Authority.

Alvarez would not discuss government expectations but in the past officials said they expected to raise $1 billion. The government will also get a percentage of an operator's earnings over the life of the contract.

Alvarez said a winner would be picked before the end of June, and then the deal would undergo a Federal Aviation Administration review, a process that could take three months.

This is the second large public-private deal Puerto Rico is working on. Last year, the U.S. commonwealth undertook a 40-year concession for roadways PR22 and PR5 to Metropistas.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8G2K2420120502

[Terick]

La gran curiosidad que tengo es como la privatizadora va aumentar el flujo aereo en San Juan.

Para llevarlo a cabo tendrian que traer un hub regional de escala aerea a San Juan o incrementar el flujo domestico como lo hizo una vez American entre las islas del Caribe.


Si gana la privatizadora Mexicana seria genial ver un hub regional de vuelos de escala entre Sur America y Norte America, incluyendo el regreso de aerolineas mexicanas a San Juan.

Por el otro lado si gana la privatizadora GAA con fuerza en el mercado europeo, seria genial ver un aumento de rutas hacia Europa y el establecimiento de un mini hub regional de escala entre Europa y América del Sur o Norte.

GAA domina el mercado del Reino Unido y uno de los mayores aeropuertos del mundo el Heathrow, sera posible ver un mini-hub de British o Virgin en San Juan?


O un mini hub regional de trafico aereo suplido por el aeropuerto Heathrow, hacia vuelos de America del Sur?

[alexis91]

Con la eventual salida de AA del mercado SJU-Caribe, no creo que British se interese tanto como para un hub (OneWorld). Tal vez en un futuro puedan poner 1 vuelo diario LHR-SJU pero no más... Otras aerolíneas sí podrían hacer de SJU un buen hub, como Delta-Air France-KLM (SkyTeam), o alguna que otra Star Alliance, aunque esta última ya tiene buena cobertura con Copa Airlines en Panamá y Avianca en Colombia, ambas muy cercanas a nosotros. En cambio Sky Team, sus hubs más cercanos a Puerto Rico son: Atlanta Nueva York, Cd. México, Buenos Aires hacia el sur, y París, Amsterdam y Roma en Europa.

[alexis91]

Por cierto, si se da esto, puede ser muy beneficioso para Puerto Rico. Ahora entiendo por qué un vuelo de British a Orlando, Tampa, Miami, ó tan lejos como California, es más barato que un vuelo entre Londres y San Juan.


Tourism Co. to lobby European Union for lower airline rates
By : ALEX DÍAZ
alex@casiano.com
Edition: May 3, 2012 | Volume: 40 | No: 17

Having P.R. recognized as part of U.S. would reduce carbon-trading costs
Puerto Rico Tourism Co. officials will soon be flying to Brussels— headquarters of the European Union (EU)—to ask the EU to consider Puerto Rico as part of the U.S. instead of as a separate jurisdiction, CARIBBEAN BUSINESS learned.

That would lower the cost of direct European flights to the island, of which there are currently two— from England and Germany—which in turn is expected to yield more travelers and new direct flights in the future.

"It has long been a policy of this government to increase the number of tourists who come from Europe, so we can diversify our tourist base and not be so dependent on the U.S. mainland," said Puerto Rico Tourism Co. Executive Director Luis Rivera Marín. "For that to happen, one of the things we need to do is reduce the cost of European flights."

This is what would happen if Brussels sees Puerto Rico as part of the U.S., just like the 50 states. If it did, the distance that would count when calculating the European carbon tax on flights to and from the Old Continent would be to Washington, D.C., not to San Juan.

Since a flight from England or Germany to D.C. is shorter than to Puerto Rico, the tax would be lower and, therefore, so would the cost of the plane ticket for a tourist.

That's the way the European Trading Scheme (ETS) works. In place since 2008, the ETS assigns a carbon allowance to large polluters. If a company is highly efficient and pollutes below its allowance, it can sell the unused allowance as carbon credits to other companies. If pollution exceeds the allowance, the company must buy credits (in effect, a carbon tax).

Last January, in a move that set off talks of a trade war between Europe and the U.S. and China, the ETS was extended to all flights over European airspace. Airlines were assigned allowances based on capital-to-capital distances, including London and Berlin to San Juan. Some airlines are passing on the cost to fliers, while others have stepped up efficiency measures, particularly greater reliance on biofuels.

"We've done some numbers, and switching to Washington, D.C. can shave approximately $100 or $200 from the cost of a flight," Rivera said. "That can be the difference between deciding to come to Puerto Rico or not, so to us it has become a critical market driver."

[alexis91]

Un segmento de otra noticia:


No Caribbean destination depends more on the U.S. mainland market than Puerto Rico. Rodríguez said more than 90 percent of the 4.8 million annual visitors to her island are American citizens who don’t need passports to fly there because it’s a U.S. commonwealth.

But still, she said Puerto Rico needs to diversify, and urgently.

“We know Latin America is a tremendous opportunity for us, for one thing, because we speak the same language,” she said. “Right now, we can’t do any marketing efforts without having direct air access. However, for the past two or three years, we’ve been in negotiations, and we trust that by the end of this year we’ll be able to announce new air routes to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Chile.”

Link: http://newsismybusiness.com/caribbea...merica-russia/

[Terick]

Muy bueno el reportaje, Puerto Rico tiene que quitarse ese miedo infundado de conquistar nuevos mercados turísticos. Continuamos con los mismos mercados viejos de siempre que ya están saturados y que como tal no producen un crecimiento notable de turistas.


Tenemos que atrevernos a promocionar la isla en Rusia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico mas alla de mercado tradicional estadounidense, espanol, canadiense o ingles.