Orlando Intl Soars To No. 1; TIA 4th

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Jasonhouse

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2005

Orlando Soars To No. 1; TIA 4th

By TED JACKOVICS [email protected]
Published: Apr 8, 2005

TAMPA - Orlando International Airport surpassed Miami International Airport as Florida's busiest in 2004, and Tampa International Airport remained No. 4 with 8.7 million departing passengers.
Four of the state's top five airports, with the exception of Miami, posted double-digit growth in passenger departures in 2004 compared with the previous year, Florida Department of Transportation data show.

The continued surge in passenger travel could augment revenue for Tampa International, which ranks 29th nationally in passenger traffic.

Tampa International concession revenue rose from $36 million in February 2004 to $37.7 million in February 2005, the most recent period data are available. That is 26.8 percent higher than $29.8 million in February 2002, a period the post-terrorism travel recovery began.

``The airport depends on concessions for 70 percent of its annual operating revenue,'' said Louis Miller, Tampa International's executive director. That leaves 30 percent from airlines and other sources.

Robust concession sales keep landing fees and airport rental space inexpensive, inducing airlines to increase service in Tampa, Miller said.

Airport officials expect additional discussions with German carrier Lufthansa about serving Tampa, George Elbe, director of air service development, reported.

In recent weeks, airport officials have met with Taca Airlines in San Salvador and US Airways in Washington. Financially troubled US Airways has said it would maintain its schedule of 27 daily departures.

Miller also said Thursday the airport hoped to spur new jobs at Delta Air Lines' maintenance hangar, where 300 of 350 positions will be transferred, mainly to Atlanta. The airport continues to pursue tenants for the hangar US Airways abandoned in 2002.

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport ranked 10th statewide in passenger departures in 2004 with 667,787.

Spokeswoman Michele Routh said she expects between 500,000 and 550,000 passengers overall in 2005.

The airport will have lost three airlines between Nov. 30, when Southeast Airlines ceased operations, and Sunday, when ATA pulls out. Canadian carrier Jetsgo stopped service March 12.

That leaves the Pinellas airport with two major carriers: USA3000, which increased business 57 percent from 17,012 passengers in January 2004 to 20,306 passengers in January 2005; and newcomer Hooters Air.

Last month fledgling carrier Lehigh Valley Air began flying the Pinellas-Allentown, Pa., route, one of those Southeast abandoned. On Thursday, Hooters Air said it would take over the Lehigh Valley flights.

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drjnieto

· #21 · Jun 29, 2007

OIA direct flights to Germany

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bk-luft062807,0,6619007.story

Are there any direct flights to Madrid spain?

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HeartofFlorida

· #22 · Jun 29, 2007

drjnieto said:
Is it OIA or MCO, what is the difference. Which one is right.

OIA is the shortened version of Orlando International Airport. MCO is the designated call sign for Orlando International Airport.

tmaxxfreak11

· #23 · Jun 29, 2007

MCO is the IATA code and KMCO is the ICAO code. OIA is just a name given to it by locals, kinda like DIA for Denver even though its IATA is DEN.

HeartofFlorida

· #24 · Jun 29, 2007

tmaxxfreak11 said:
MCO is the IATA code and KMCO is the ICAO code. OIA is just a name given to it by locals, kinda like DIA for Denver even though its IATA is DEN.

Thanks for the info. I knew there was a better explanation than the one I gave.

Hanshin-Tigress

· #25 · Jun 30, 2007

lol when i first saw 'mco' i had to look it up. I just know it by oia.

Jasonhouse

Discussion Starter · #26 · Jul 3, 2007

Holy mother of... I had no idea Ft Myers had grown so much!!!

ChuckScraperMiami#1

· #27 · Jul 3, 2007

Jasonhouse said:
Holy mother of... I had no idea Ft Myers had grown so much!!!

Jason

, my Masterchief and friend,

I tried telling everyone here in Florida 6 months ago,
there were at least 6 tower construction cranes that can be seen from the I-75 " Long river name that starts with a C " River Bridge into rt.78 going north on the freeway, Ft.Myers is the fastest and now tallest city on the Southwest coast,
taller towers than Sarasota,
and I wanted someone to take pictures and prove it,
and Florida Future

,my friend and Tampa Bay master came up with some pics of the New Downtown Ft.Myers:cheers:

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INFLA1

· #28 · Jul 3, 2007

Jasonhouse said:
Holy mother of... I had no idea Ft Myers had grown so much!!!

Yep. Fastest growing metro area in Florida last year. Thirds fastest growing metro area in the NATION between 2000 and 2006. Fastest growing school district in the state as well. We added nearly 30,000 residents to the county last year alone.

On a side note, RSW has direct service to both Munich (2x weekly) and Dusseldorf Germany (3x weekly) as well as Toronto. It gets more action than most people think.

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ChuckScraperMiami#1

· #29 · Jul 3, 2007

INFLA1 said:
Yep. Fastest growing metro area in Florida last year. Thirds fastest growing metro area in the NATION between 2000 and 2006. Fastest growing school district in the state as well. We added nearly 30,000 residents to the county last year alone.

On a side note, RSW has direct service to both Munich (2x weekly) and Dusseldorf Germany (3x weekly) as well as Toronto. It gets more action than most people think.

IN FLA

, my friend,
very so true in your report post here,
the Regional South West " RSW " airport is one of the most recently beautiful new airports in the nation, built far away from the southwest cities so the F.A.A. doesn't have to limit the downtown Ft. Myers skyscrapers heights, yes.:cheers:

but, IMO:nuts: , the only problem I see and very pissed off every month I travel I-75 to visit my daughter in Brandon near Tampa is
The Still after 20 something years:nuts: ,
it's still a 4 lane expressway ( 2 lanes on each side ) from the Aligator Alley mile marker 104 , all the way up to Venice , Fla. Mile marker 201 , except for the Charlotte/Punta Gorda River Bridge which was widen to 6 lanes ( 3 on each side ) some years back

hno: .

I know so far, its a rush hour's nightmare each time we get caught on friday afternoons going through the Ft. Myers to Naples area.
But , I also know there's No plans what so ever to widen any part of this over growing area of the Interstate.

If you live in this area , please let all of us know, if there;s ever going to be a widening taken place. Especially around the Airport and Germain Arena Interchanges,

thanks In FLA<

your input is needed:cheers:

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INFLA1

· #30 · Jul 3, 2007

ChuckScraperMiami#1 said:
IN FLA , my friend,
very so true in your report post here,
the Regional South West " RSW " airport is one of the most recently beautiful new airports in the nation, built far away from the southwest cities so the F.A.A. doesn't have to limit the downtown Ft. Myers skyscrapers heights, yes.:cheers:

but, IMO:nuts: , the only problem I see and very pissed off every month I travel I-75 to visit my daughter in Brandon near Tampa is
The Still after 20 something years:nuts: ,
it's still a 4 lane expressway ( 2 lanes on each side ) from the Aligator Alley mile marker 104 , all the way up to Venice , Fla. Mile marker 201 , except for the Charlotte/Punta Gorda River Bridge which was widen to 6 lanes ( 3 on each side ) some years backhno: .

I know so far, its a rush hour's nightmare each time we get caught on friday afternoons going through the Ft. Myers to Naples area.
But , I also know there's No plans what so ever to widen any part of this over growing area of the Interstate.

If you live in this area , please let all of us know, if there;s ever going to be a widening taken place. Especially around the Airport and Germain Arena Interchanges,

thanks In FLA<
your input is needed:cheers:

UH!! You are so right. They are making plans and have already begun to widen it to six lanes in some places. Eventually it is going to be widened to ten lanes. The big problem down here is that they want to add toll lanes. Since the Expressway Authority involves both Lee and Collier Counties, both counties have to agree on a plan. Lee wants six toll lanes and Collier wants four. I personally like Collier's plan better. Six is too many. If they can get the funds then I-75 will be widened to 10 lanes by 2015. However, it is no secret that this area of Florida is by far the most shunned region by the State Government. They never give us any money. So right now it is a money issue. It is definatley being widened to six though as we speak. They are also building an interchange strictly for the airport. Also, the airport is already planning to add an extension to the middle concourse which will add more airplane gates. They are also developing an airport business park where the old terminal was. The interchange on Alico is pretty close to completion as well.

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INFLA1

· #31 · Jul 3, 2007

I should add the Page Field General Airport is building a new terminal that looks AWESOME!! I've never seen a general aviation terminal like it. They have full size model planes hanging from the ceiling and it will even have a restaurant in it. I saw the renderings on T.V. but I haven't been able to find them online.

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HARTride 2012

· #32 · Jul 20, 2007

Go figure with the report (at the begining of the thread). MCO seems to steal many things from TPA during one point or another. It doesn't surprise me at all.

drjnieto

· #33 · Jul 22, 2007

OIA after expansion is expected to reach 70 million per year is that true.

Will OIA have a dedicated international terminal?

jzquince69

· #34 · Jul 22, 2007

^^
No dedicated International Terminal and here's why. B/C there are a lot of airline alliances now, and if the terminal only has gates for say BA, Virgin, Aer Lingus, and Lufthansa (and perhaps soon Air France), and you need to take a connecting flight via United, Delta, or American, you would have to go back to the landside terminal to connect to the airside with your connecting flight.

What the new South Terminal will have, is 'contact gates' I think that's how they're called-- where the airside and landside are close together -- like in DFW's terminal... in fact, the South Terminal even looks like an inverted DFW terminal. There, you can have a Lufthansa gate, go thru customs, keep your luggage, and then connect within the same terminal quickly.

I imagine the new south terminals will all have the international carriers, as well as some domestic carriers as well.

I think MCO has something like 3 BA flights per day and 3 Virgin flights per day. As of 5 years ago and perhaps today, MCO was Virgin's busiest US hub.

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HARTride 2012

· #35 · Jul 22, 2007

Well DFW now has the AirTrain, which makes connecting a breeze. Anyways, yes there a lot of airline alliances now. That's probably one of the reasons why the Delta/US Airways merger failed. Not to mention a whole mishmash of hubs that would have ensued had the merger gone through. Now Delta, Continental, Northwest, Air France, KLM, and (stupid) Aeroflot are with SkyTeam. US Airways and United are with Star Alliance, and American, Aer Lingus, and British Airways are with OneWorld.

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MAH45462

· #36 · Aug 13, 2007

jzquince69 said:
^^
I think MCO has something like 3 BA flights per day and 3 Virgin flights per day. As of 5 years ago and perhaps today, MCO was Virgin's busiest US hub.

British Airways only has one flight a day to Orlando, while Virgin typically has 24 flights a week. New York City-JFK is, not surprisingly, Virgin's busiest US station.

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Ocklawaha

· #37 · Aug 13, 2007

You left out SANFORD-ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL in Sanford at: SFB
1,645,989 passengers last year

Ocklawaha

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Jasonhouse

Discussion Starter · #38 · Aug 15, 2007

^Thanks for the comment, and welcome to the forum...

...but please leave out the obnoxious tinkering with the font style, which I have edited after being alerted to it.

Thanks.

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INFLA1

· #39 · Aug 15, 2007

I forgot about Daytona Beach too. I wonder how Daytona ranks.

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HARTride 2012

· #40 · Aug 15, 2007

What about St. Pete/Clearwater?? Or are we just talking about the really small airports?

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