Orlando International Airport - Page 4

PNP · August 28th, 2008, 08:28 PM

Brazil's largest carrier, TAM Airlines, has announced it will start daily service between Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando International Airport in November.

TAM Airlines will use the 215-seat A330-200 aircraft for the service. Airport executives estimate the new service conservatively will have a $108 million annual economic impact on the Orlando area.

Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Copa and British Airways all adding or expanding service in the last year, international passenger traffic is up 23 percent in the last 12 months.

here is the artical
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/s...5/daily21.html

jzquince69 · August 29th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PNP

Brazil's largest carrier, TAM Airlines, has announced it will start daily service between Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando International Airport in November.

TAM Airlines will use the 215-seat A330-200 aircraft for the service. Airport executives estimate the new service conservatively will have a $108 million annual economic impact on the Orlando area.

Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Copa and British Airways all adding or expanding service in the last year, international passenger traffic is up 23 percent in the last 12 months.

here is the artical
http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/s...5/daily21.html

it makes perfect sense, since we have tons of Brazilian tourists coming here every year.

Hia-leah JDM · August 29th, 2008, 09:16 PM

Expect it to continue to explode with the booming economy of Brazil.

f.e.s.b.r. · November 14th, 2008, 07:52 PM

i dont know if brazillians will keep going to orlando ....
aswell it is a nice city, and lots of cool stuff to do in the area...

although i i hope orlando airport gets better.. last time i went i didnt see it very nice.. anyway.

kelan1881 · November 15th, 2008, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by f.e.s.b.r.

i dont know if brazillians will keep going to orlando ....
aswell it is a nice city, and lots of cool stuff to do in the area...

although i i hope orlando airport gets better.. last time i went i didnt see it very nice.. anyway.

?????? please give me a break MCO, not very nice compare to what....

Architek · January 2nd, 2009, 01:49 AM

repost

a COMPARISON of florida airports to popular locations, the search was done during the last week of january to the last week of feb. and the cheapest rate was found throughout this month long period.

Includes taxes and fees, roundtrip
LOC-----MIA-------FLL-------TAMPA-------ORLANDO
Nyc-----177-------174-------207----------199
philly----149-------139-------179----------133
atl------179-------189-------160----------160
lax------299-------199-------339----------251
san fran-230-------187-------218----------317
seattle--259-------228-------215----------219
lv-------259-------211-------221----------218
chicago-181-------151-------171----------177
boston--219-------213-------177----------187
houston-220-------225-------270----------220

Hia-leah JDM · January 2nd, 2009, 02:13 AM

Anyone have the passenger totals for the airports in 2008.

***ukiyo*** · January 2nd, 2009, 07:04 AM

I recently was in MCO, and was in universal (i drive area etc) and i saw so many tourists, and the overwhleming majority seemed to be British and Brazilian. I wonder why Orlando is so popular for them.

TampaMike · January 3rd, 2009, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NihonKitty

I recently was in MCO, and was in universal (i drive area etc) and i saw so many tourists, and the overwhleming majority seemed to be British and Brazilian. I wonder why Orlando is so popular for them.

Probably currency. Espicially before the global economic issues, it was like £1 to $2. I remember back in 2005, you paid $200 for only £90. I don't know about Brazil, but I expect the same thing.

jzquince69 · January 5th, 2009, 07:06 PM

Orlando's always been big for Brits and Brazilians-- at least for the past 20 years. It's seasonal for the Brazilians.

I was in Chicago this past week. The bottom line is this: Chicago is a great city. Everything to see there is in its downtown or near it. LSD is one of the greatest scenic highways. Within downtown, there's Michigan Ave., State St., Rush, etc... with many nodes of entertainment/retail; Navy Pier, etc... Other than that, a mall is a mall, so people don't come to Chicago to go to the suburbs to shop, unless they're near Gurnee. I've got family in Bucktown, north side near Skokie, Wilmette, etc...

For tourists, Orlando has a lot. WDW has 2 major tourist nodes seperate from the parks: Downtown Disney & the Boardwalk. Universal has Citywalk. The City has I-Drive, for better or worse depending on where you go. The tourist corridor also has Prime Outlets, Festival Bay, Premium Outlets, Pointe Orlando, and, slightly offshoot Restaurant Row at Sand Lake Rd. & Dr. Phillips along with the Sea World parks.

There's lots of things to see. We all know this, but these are the places that attract tourists. The biggest attraction in downtown Chicago is the Pier, aside from the two observatories and retail. But, downtown itself is an attraction- its built up nicely; its pretty awesome.

Downtown Orlando doesn't have that draw- not even per capita-- actually it might per capita. But I think Orlando has a golden opportunity to market downtown and push new developments simultaneously and get the ball rolling there too-- its rolling for locals, but an influx of tourists I think would send things into high gear.

HARTride 2012 · February 10th, 2009, 03:04 AM

MCO beat TPA AGAIN!

TIA Ranked 4th In Florida Airport Passengers In 2008

Florida Airport Passengers In 2008

ADVERTISEMENT

By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 9, 2009

TAMPA - Tampa International Airport ranked fourth in passenger traffic among Florida airports in 2008 with 18.3 million passengers, data reported by the state's airports shows.

Orlando International Airport ranked first with nearly 35.7 million passengers, followed by Miami International Airport with 34.1 million and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with 22.6 million.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb...08/news-money/

Hia-leah JDM · February 10th, 2009, 06:55 AM

MCO and MIA are always going to be #1 & 2 in Florida, atleast in the foreseeable future.
MCO is in another league compared to TPA when talking about passenger totals.

Sucks to see MCO lost soo much in 2008, MIA on the other hand gained a bit.

HARTride 2012 · February 10th, 2009, 03:50 PM

TPA lost some numbers too, the recession being to blame.

jzquince69 · February 10th, 2009, 05:20 PM

as long as they could still hold onto 35M minimum during these tough times, then maybe they can steadily build off of that as things get better. I remember when 9/11 had a huge chilling effect at MCO and traffic dropped gangbusters from one year to the next.

I think one of the reasons MCO is still holding on is b/c Jetblue keeps expanding its routes and adding routes other carriers have recently dropped.

HARTride 2012 · February 11th, 2009, 09:07 PM

True, JetBlue continues to grow. Just look at their new terminal at JFK

HARTride 2012 · February 14th, 2009, 10:03 PM

By the way, I'd thought I'd ask this out of curiosity. One of the things we've been discussing in the Tampa International Airport thread in the Tampa forums, is the Delta/Northwest merger and how it will impact TIA specifically. When I dropped by the terminal earlier today, I noticed that about 35% of Northwest's ticketing space was gone.

How has the transition been going at MCO thus far? Has the Northwest ticketing area over there been reduced as well?

jzquince69 · February 16th, 2009, 06:28 PM

honestly don't know. the last airline I flew over the holidays was United... but I did notice that the same airsides that they both use(d) are being renovated.

the last time I took Northwest was about 4 years ago. I do know MCO penciled in a huge overhaul of all of the ticketing counters a year or two ago, so I'm not sure what's vacated or just under renovation.

jzquince69 · July 31st, 2009, 05:01 PM

The South Terminal expansion was pushed back a few years as was reported a couple of years ago.

Meanwhile, GOAA has gutted and renovated Airside 1 and is now doing the same thing with Airside 3. These are the two original airsides when the terminal first opened. They substantially increased the retail area in Airside 1 and widened one of the three concourses. Not sure which airline has those gates.

For Airside 3, they are gutting it good. Renderings show the addition of skylight ceilings to replace the traditional '70's-ish ceiling panel ceilings.

Once Airside 3 is done, I think they are going to get ready for the South Terminal expansion.

This whole 9-11 thing with expanded security and x-ray checkpoints has really eaten into the available space for those two airsides where the AGT meets the main terminal. They need to do something about that. Airsides 2 & 4, on the Hyatt side, don't have that problem b/c there's like five times as much space on that side.

I would probably look at options to add onto the terminal space if at all possible and feasible.

jzquince69 · February 2nd, 2010, 10:44 PM

Allegiant Air is now offering OIA to Knoxville, TN flights (4x/week).

They were up until now exclusively servicing OSI (Orlando-Sanford International).

Continental · February 6th, 2010, 10:25 PM

Does anyone have photos of the current construction at Orlando Intl Airport? i remember going about a year ago, and all the concourse ceilings and floors were being ripped up. Whats the status?

November 14th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#64
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January 2nd, 2009, 07:04 AM	#68
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February 10th, 2009, 03:04 AM	#71
HARTride 2012 Let's go... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 10,104 Likes (Received): 24	MCO beat TPA AGAIN! TIA Ranked 4th In Florida Airport Passengers In 2008 Florida Airport Passengers In 2008 ADVERTISEMENT By TED JACKOVICS \| The Tampa Tribune Published: February 9, 2009 TAMPA - Tampa International Airport ranked fourth in passenger traffic among Florida airports in 2008 with 18.3 million passengers, data reported by the state's airports shows. Orlando International Airport ranked first with nearly 35.7 million passengers, followed by Miami International Airport with 34.1 million and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with 22.6 million. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb...08/news-money/ __________________ Public Transit As Told By HARTride 2012 - Public Transit told from a unique perspective! - Tampa Bay, New York City, Hampton Roads, Europe \| Follow me on Twitter \| "Like" my page on Facebook

February 10th, 2009, 03:50 PM	#73
HARTride 2012 Let's go... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 10,104 Likes (Received): 24	TPA lost some numbers too, the recession being to blame. __________________ Public Transit As Told By HARTride 2012 - Public Transit told from a unique perspective! - Tampa Bay, New York City, Hampton Roads, Europe \| Follow me on Twitter \| "Like" my page on Facebook

February 11th, 2009, 09:07 PM	#75
HARTride 2012 Let's go... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 10,104 Likes (Received): 24	True, JetBlue continues to grow. Just look at their new terminal at JFK __________________ Public Transit As Told By HARTride 2012 - Public Transit told from a unique perspective! - Tampa Bay, New York City, Hampton Roads, Europe \| Follow me on Twitter \| "Like" my page on Facebook

August 28th, 2008, 08:28 PM	#61
PNP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 48 Likes (Received): 0	Brazil's largest carrier, TAM Airlines, has announced it will start daily service between Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando International Airport in November. TAM Airlines will use the 215-seat A330-200 aircraft for the service. Airport executives estimate the new service conservatively will have a $108 million annual economic impact on the Orlando area. Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Copa and British Airways all adding or expanding service in the last year, international passenger traffic is up 23 percent in the last 12 months. here is the artical http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/s...5/daily21.html

August 29th, 2008, 09:16 PM	#63
Hia-leah JDM Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 2,794 Likes (Received): 35	Expect it to continue to explode with the booming economy of Brazil.

January 2nd, 2009, 01:49 AM	#66
Architek Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: miami/tallahassee/fsu Posts: 588 Likes (Received): 0	repost a COMPARISON of florida airports to popular locations, the search was done during the last week of january to the last week of feb. and the cheapest rate was found throughout this month long period. Includes taxes and fees, roundtrip LOC-----MIA-------FLL-------TAMPA-------ORLANDO Nyc-----177-------174-------207----------199 philly----149-------139-------179----------133 atl------179-------189-------160----------160 lax------299-------199-------339----------251 san fran-230-------187-------218----------317 seattle--259-------228-------215----------219 lv-------259-------211-------221----------218 chicago-181-------151-------171----------177 boston--219-------213-------177----------187 houston-220-------225-------270----------220

January 2nd, 2009, 02:13 AM	#67
Hia-leah JDM Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 2,794 Likes (Received): 35	Anyone have the passenger totals for the airports in 2008.

January 5th, 2009, 07:06 PM	#70
jzquince69 jimmy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: orlando Posts: 2,485 Likes (Received): 8	Orlando's always been big for Brits and Brazilians-- at least for the past 20 years. It's seasonal for the Brazilians. I was in Chicago this past week. The bottom line is this: Chicago is a great city. Everything to see there is in its downtown or near it. LSD is one of the greatest scenic highways. Within downtown, there's Michigan Ave., State St., Rush, etc... with many nodes of entertainment/retail; Navy Pier, etc... Other than that, a mall is a mall, so people don't come to Chicago to go to the suburbs to shop, unless they're near Gurnee. I've got family in Bucktown, north side near Skokie, Wilmette, etc... For tourists, Orlando has a lot. WDW has 2 major tourist nodes seperate from the parks: Downtown Disney & the Boardwalk. Universal has Citywalk. The City has I-Drive, for better or worse depending on where you go. The tourist corridor also has Prime Outlets, Festival Bay, Premium Outlets, Pointe Orlando, and, slightly offshoot Restaurant Row at Sand Lake Rd. & Dr. Phillips along with the Sea World parks. There's lots of things to see. We all know this, but these are the places that attract tourists. The biggest attraction in downtown Chicago is the Pier, aside from the two observatories and retail. But, downtown itself is an attraction- its built up nicely; its pretty awesome. Downtown Orlando doesn't have that draw- not even per capita-- actually it might per capita. But I think Orlando has a golden opportunity to market downtown and push new developments simultaneously and get the ball rolling there too-- its rolling for locals, but an influx of tourists I think would send things into high gear.

February 10th, 2009, 06:55 AM	#72
Hia-leah JDM Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 2,794 Likes (Received): 35	MCO and MIA are always going to be #1 & 2 in Florida, atleast in the foreseeable future. MCO is in another league compared to TPA when talking about passenger totals. Sucks to see MCO lost soo much in 2008, MIA on the other hand gained a bit.

February 10th, 2009, 05:20 PM	#74
jzquince69 jimmy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: orlando Posts: 2,485 Likes (Received): 8	as long as they could still hold onto 35M minimum during these tough times, then maybe they can steadily build off of that as things get better. I remember when 9/11 had a huge chilling effect at MCO and traffic dropped gangbusters from one year to the next. I think one of the reasons MCO is still holding on is b/c Jetblue keeps expanding its routes and adding routes other carriers have recently dropped.

February 14th, 2009, 10:03 PM	#76
HARTride 2012 Let's go... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 10,104 Likes (Received): 24	By the way, I'd thought I'd ask this out of curiosity. One of the things we've been discussing in the Tampa International Airport thread in the Tampa forums, is the Delta/Northwest merger and how it will impact TIA specifically. When I dropped by the terminal earlier today, I noticed that about 35% of Northwest's ticketing space was gone. How has the transition been going at MCO thus far? Has the Northwest ticketing area over there been reduced as well? __________________ Public Transit As Told By HARTride 2012 - Public Transit told from a unique perspective! - Tampa Bay, New York City, Hampton Roads, Europe \| Follow me on Twitter \| "Like" my page on Facebook

February 16th, 2009, 06:28 PM	#77
jzquince69 jimmy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: orlando Posts: 2,485 Likes (Received): 8	honestly don't know. the last airline I flew over the holidays was United... but I did notice that the same airsides that they both use(d) are being renovated. the last time I took Northwest was about 4 years ago. I do know MCO penciled in a huge overhaul of all of the ticketing counters a year or two ago, so I'm not sure what's vacated or just under renovation.

July 31st, 2009, 05:01 PM	#78
jzquince69 jimmy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: orlando Posts: 2,485 Likes (Received): 8	The South Terminal expansion was pushed back a few years as was reported a couple of years ago. Meanwhile, GOAA has gutted and renovated Airside 1 and is now doing the same thing with Airside 3. These are the two original airsides when the terminal first opened. They substantially increased the retail area in Airside 1 and widened one of the three concourses. Not sure which airline has those gates. For Airside 3, they are gutting it good. Renderings show the addition of skylight ceilings to replace the traditional '70's-ish ceiling panel ceilings. Once Airside 3 is done, I think they are going to get ready for the South Terminal expansion. This whole 9-11 thing with expanded security and x-ray checkpoints has really eaten into the available space for those two airsides where the AGT meets the main terminal. They need to do something about that. Airsides 2 & 4, on the Hyatt side, don't have that problem b/c there's like five times as much space on that side. I would probably look at options to add onto the terminal space if at all possible and feasible.

February 2nd, 2010, 10:44 PM	#79
jzquince69 jimmy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: orlando Posts: 2,485 Likes (Received): 8	Allegiant Air is now offering OIA to Knoxville, TN flights (4x/week). They were up until now exclusively servicing OSI (Orlando-Sanford International).

February 6th, 2010, 10:25 PM	#80
Continental Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Likes (Received): 0	Does anyone have photos of the current construction at Orlando Intl Airport? i remember going about a year ago, and all the concourse ceilings and floors were being ripped up. Whats the status?

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