Miami International Airport

[Roark]

Originally Posted by AddictedToSpace

MIA gets 'A' rating for bonds
Fitch Ratings reaffirmed its 'A' rating for Miami International Airport's upcoming $600 million bond offering.

Sounds like more great news....I just picked up a loved one from Terminal J this evening...LeJuene Rd entrance to MIA was EEEESAY (even at 6pm) and everything about the airport was smooth as silk!
It took 10 minutes from hugs and kisses to the time we parked in Mary Brickell Village for a great dinner.
Is there another major city in the world where you can you pick someone up in Memorial Day Rush Hour traffic and get to a great outdoor restaurant in 10 minutes?!?

[kevinkagy]

I went through the new Terminal J arrivals and I was in and out of customs so fast, I had never gone through the process so fast, pretty shocking. The new terminal has so many new agent desks at immigrations and the baggage arrived minutes after the plane arrived at the gate. I was pretty surprised.

[libero48]

photos?

[MARACUCHisimo]

Originally Posted by MAH45462

Lot's of news...all in Spanish.

Canary Island government reaches agreement with airline to start non-stop Miami-Canary Island flights. Official announcement next week:

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=93226

Iberia Airlines announces plans to open a long-haul base in Barcelona. Miami will be one of four long-haul routes served non-stop, along with Buenos Aires, Mexico City:

http://www.elperiodico.com/default.a...cio_PK=1009&h=

Netherlands Antillies airline Inselair is planning Miami-Valencia, Venezuela service:

http://www.el-carabobeno.com/p_pag_n...id=t190408-b08

That is bullshit, the only new route from a venezuelan city to Miami is from Puerto Ordaz, BO to Miami flying with Avior Airlines

The only cities that have flights to Miami are: Caracas (American Airlines, LAN, Santa Barbara Airlines, Aeropostal (Suspended)), Maracaibo (American Airlines), Valencia (Aeropostal (Suspended)), Barcelona (Avior Airlines) and Puerto Ordaz (Avior Airlines)

[MAH45462]

Originally Posted by MARACUCHisimo

That is bullshit, the only new route from a venezuelan city to Miami is from Puerto Ordaz, BO to Miami flying with Avior Airlines

The only cities that have flights to Miami are: Caracas (American Airlines, LAN, Santa Barbara Airlines, Aeropostal (Suspended)), Maracaibo (American Airlines), Valencia (Aeropostal (Suspended)), Barcelona (Avior Airlines) and Puerto Ordaz (Avior Airlines)

Calm down their buddy. First of all, your list is wrong.

Aeropostal also holds the rights to Miami-Maraicabo and Miami-Polamar.

Santa Barbara also holds the rights to Miami-Maraciabo.

Secondly, Avior is not flying Miami-Puerto Ordaz. They can't. Venezuela has not granted U.S. airlines new rights to fly US-Venezuela routes in over two years, and the United States has decided to do the same. American Airlines, for example, asked for Miami-Valencia two years ago and still does not have the authority. Avior asked for Miami-Valencia, too, and also does not have the authority. Until Venezuela's aviation authorities wake-up and play fair, Avior's Miami-Puerto Ordaz non-stop flights are not happening. Right now what they are doing is flying a prop plane from Puerto Ordaz to Barcelona, where passengers can connect to the Miami flight.

Thirdly, a third country airline like Inselair is allowed to apply with the U.S. and Venezuela to get the needed route authority. In fact, Inselair already has permission from the U.S. government to fly Miami-Valencia. Now they need Venezuelan permission. Well they get it? Considering that Venezuela's aviation board is the equivalent of communist, probably no.

You have a lot to learn.

[MARACUCHisimo]

Originally Posted by MAH45462

Calm down their buddy. First of all, your list is wrong.

Aeropostal also holds the rights to Miami-Maraicabo and Miami-Polamar.

Santa Barbara also holds the rights to Miami-Maraciabo.

Secondly, Avior is not flying Miami-Puerto Ordaz. They can't. Venezuela has not granted U.S. airlines new rights to fly US-Venezuela routes in over two years, and the United States has decided to do the same. American Airlines, for example, asked for Miami-Valencia two years ago and still does not have the authority. Avior asked for Miami-Valencia, too, and also does not have the authority. Until Venezuela's aviation authorities wake-up and play fair, Avior's Miami-Puerto Ordaz non-stop flights are not happening. Right now what they are doing is flying a prop plane from Puerto Ordaz to Barcelona, where passengers can connect to the Miami flight.

Thirdly, a third country airline like Inselair is allowed to apply with the U.S. and Venezuela to get the needed route authority. In fact, Inselair already has permission from the U.S. government to fly Miami-Valencia. Now they need Venezuelan permission. Well they get it? Considering that Venezuela's aviation board is the equivalent of communist, probably no.

You have a lot to learn.

Your list is wrong... first look at it:

image hosted on flickr


That flight is so true that appears in the board. Then Aeropostal stop flight some time ago because they were so bad and Santa Barbara only flyes from Caracas

[MAH45462]

Originally Posted by MARACUCHisimo

Your list is wrong... first look at it:

image hosted on flickr


That flight is so true that appears in the board. Then Aeropostal stop flight some time ago because they were so bad and Santa Barbara only flyes from Caracas

Sorry, but your information is incorrect.

The flight is not non-stop. It is through flight number via Barcelona, Venezuela. Avior does not have permission to operate it non-stop. The flight operates on a 737-200 from Miami to Barcelona (flight 9V 1221), then in Barcelona passengers continuing to Puerto Ordaz transfer to a Beech 1900D aircraft for the last leg (which has the same flight number - 9V 1221).

I realize that Aeropostal is not flying anymore (not because they "were so bad" but because the Venezuelan government is essentially communist and has used manipulation and corruption to shut them down) and I know that Santa Barbara only flies from Maracaibo, but they have the unused authority to fly Miami-Maracaibo if they so choose to.

[MARACUCHisimo]

Originally Posted by MAH45462

Sorry, but your information is incorrect.

The flight is not non-stop. It is through flight number via Barcelona, Venezuela. Avior does not have permission to operate it non-stop. The flight operates on a 737-200 from Miami to Barcelona (flight 9V 1221), then in Barcelona passengers continuing to Puerto Ordaz transfer to a Beech 1900D aircraft for the last leg (which has the same flight number - 9V 1221).

I realize that Aeropostal is not flying anymore (not because they "were so bad" but because the Venezuelan government is essentially communist and has used manipulation and corruption to shut them down) and I know that Santa Barbara only flies from Maracaibo, but they have the unused authority to fly Miami-Maracaibo if they so choose to.

I live in Maracaibo and I can tell you that they only fly from Caracas to Miami by the time. But It is true that they have an unused permition to fly from Maracaibo too

[MAH45462]

Originally Posted by MARACUCHisimo

I live in Maracaibo and I can tell you that they only fly from Caracas to Miami by the time. But It is true that they have an unused permition to fly from Maracaibo too

Correct. I meant to say "only flies from Caracas."

They have the unused authority to fly Miami-Maracaibo. They also have the unused authority to fly from Fort Lauderdale.

[mileageman]

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[MAH45462]

Originally Posted by mileageman

AA to fly MIA to Samana

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/667251.html

LAN may scale back flights:
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/santiago...l-flights.html

As MAH45462 said: Virgin America CEO: Boston, Miami at top of expansion list
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...=50466702.blog

Anyone else notice the huge ads by Jetblue on the Dade county buses? Is this a hint that they are planning to come to MIA?

The LAN story is taken out of context, IMO. Don't expect any cutbacks. They just added an extra three weekly flights to Lima.

The JetBlue thing is part of a major 4-city campaign in Boston, New York, Miami/Lauderdale, and L.A. They have lots of loyal flyers in Miami-Dade. At fuel the way it is, I just don't think they are going to add MIA, sadly.

Also, everybody notice that with AA cutting flights right and left, they have cut nothing from Miami this fall. I expect that trend to continue. Not only will they be adding new flights to Antigua and Grenada, but they will also begin a third daily non-stop flight to Buenos Aires this fall.

[spellbound]

Originally Posted by MAH45462

The JetBlue thing is part of a major 4-city campaign in Boston, New York, Miami/Lauderdale, and L.A. They have lots of loyal flyers in Miami-Dade. At fuel the way it is, I just don't think they are going to add MIA, sadly.

Probably wouldn't make much sense for them, anyway. I'm sure they consider Ft. Lauderdale/Miami to be basically one market in the same way some other carriers do.

[mileageman]

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[MAH45462]

Originally Posted by mileageman

And if the Feds had not added that rule post 9/11 requiring a visa for transiting passengers, MIA would be absolutely huge by now.

Things wouldn't be much different. Transit traffic today is about where it was in 2000. After a big drop around 2003-2004, international transit traffic has zoomed right back up.

Besides, 2008 is on track to be MIA's busiest year, ever if the current growth continues.

[mileageman]

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[Toucano]

Can Someone please explain what happened with the Iberia Hub again?

[mileageman]

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[AddictedToSpace]

Originally Posted by mileageman

The new post 9/11 security rules made connecting at MIA much more difficult. If someone wants to go from Latin America to Europe, the new rules require them to get a U.S. visa to connect at MIA, even if they are only connecting there and not actually leaving the airport in Miami (which obviously makes no sense, and I don't believe any other countries have such a rule). Connecting also takes much longer due to the new rules, so Iberia was forced to scrap its MIA hub in 2004 and instead added more nonstop flights directly from Europe to central/south America.

Thank Bush for that!

[Hurricanes2010]

Hey do you know if there are any non-stop flights from Miami to any Asian cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi, Istanbul, etc? Where is the farthest place that you can take a flight to from M.I.A.?

[FIDEL CASTRO]

Originally Posted by Hurricanes2010

Hey do you know if there are any non-stop flights from Miami to any Asian cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi, Istanbul, etc? Where is the farthest place that you can take a flight to from M.I.A.?

My grandpa is always travelling to China. You have two options, maybe three. He you can take the MIA and do the following

Miami - New York - Paris/ London/ Frankfurt (whichever one of those) - Dubai/Israel/ Cairo/ (w-o-o-t) - Shanghai/Beijing/ Ghuangzhou.

MIami - Los Angeles - Seattle - Tokyo - Beijing/ Shanghai/etc..


Miami - New York - Paris/ Berlin or Frankfurt (don't exactly remember) - Dubai.

Moscow is not an Asian city.