It's not that bad people.Originally Posted by Hannibal Lecter
Not much different than flying American today.
It's not that bad people.
By the power of greyskull!
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Please try and keep your snide comments about Fort Worth to yourself. No one wants to hear it.
There's more people who have heard of a city of 650,000 people than you might think.
That's like saying people have never heard of Oakland, Baltimore, Ft. Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, Orange County, or St. Paul.
I'm sorry to get off subject, but enough already.
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By the power of greyskull!
^ Yeah, Ryanair is like a bus with wings. Plastic seats, no legroom, no jet bridges, $5 for a tea or coffee, and NO service whatsoever. I guess people will put up with anything if the price is right. I've flown from London to Glasgow on them for £.99! One hour is somewhat bearable but 7+ hours would be a nightmare. Maybe they would fly to Collin County Airport from London... they usually like to fly you out to an airstrip 40 miles out of town so you're forced to pay and take their special coach into the city.
Just pointing out the obvious...please try and keep your Dallas-envy to yourself. No one wants to hear it.
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Lingering legalese interpretations about Love Field serivce restrictions and stuff moved to the
Love Field & Wright Amendment thread.
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DFW AIRPORT NAMED 'BEST AIRPORT' IN THE AMERICAS
DFW International Airport has been named the "Best Airport in the Americas" for customer service, an honor bestowed by the Airports Council International (ACI) in Dubai. DFW also placed second for airports with more than 40-million annual passengers and fifth overall in the world, based on the results of ACI's 2006 Air Service Quality program survey of more than 200,000 passengers worldwide throughout the year.
"While airports worldwide are focused to improve the experience of passengers, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has been recognized by people traveling through it as particularly dedicated to good customer service," said Robert J. Aaronson, Director General of the Airports Council International.
DFW scored highly with passengers for its restaurants, shopping facilities, the cleanliness of its terminals, the ambiance of the airport, comfortable waiting and gate areas, and the cleanliness of its washrooms. DFW also received top comments for staff friendliness, the wide selection of concessions options and quick airline check-in.
"We pride ourselves on our Texas hospitality and it is absolutely terrific that our world-class airport is recognized by the world and our passengers with this prestigious award," said Jan Collmer, Chairman of the DFW International Airport Board of Directors. "Everyone here understands that customer service is the key to our business and continued growth and success."
This prestigious ACI honor culminates a 12-month period in which DFW has been recognized as a top-five airport for business travelers by Business 2.0 Magazine and CNN.com, and honored by Air Cargo World as "Best Cargo Airport" and by Air Cargo News as "Cargo Airport of the Year."
Somethings ya just can't change.
For folks only traveling through, I am sure it is fine.
However I am sure the vote would be quite different if only folks originating/ending their flights at DFW were to vote. After all there is nothing like the odor of diesel fumes as you wait for the packed bus to take you from affordable parking to the departure terminal, so you can then wait in long lines to get to the ticket counter for the next indifferent CS agent to check your bag. :mumbles:
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
^Actually, I would think the opposite. DFW was designed to be a great airport for local travelers. It's rare that a person can park, check in and clear security so close to the actual departure gate. DFW's biggest problems in the past involved transfer times between terminals for connecting passengers. Skylink seemed to fix some of that.
Personally, I don't know if DFW is the best airport in the Americas, but in the aviation industry, everyone seems to win an award for just about everything. Heck, just look at how each alliance proclaims to be voted "the best" each year.
That's where long term parking at Love field feels like absolute bliss compared to DFW. I fly out of Love rarely enough that I forget how wonderful it is to walk a few feet from your car onto a moving walkway and avoiding the fumes, noise and extremely rough ride of the busses and shuttles at DFW. Not to mention the uncertainty of knowing when the bus/shuttle is going to arrive.
Jason
I can't wait until the DART rail goes into DFW... I will no longer drive across the metro and park... WOOHOO!
I've already taken the train to DFW, and that is fairly nice. Sometimes it just doesn't work though so I have to drive. I should time it as the train was faster than I expected.
Jason
That's the TRE that goes there now, right? Do you have to bus into the terminals themselves? I haven't tried that, as the rail station that will be within walking distance to my home (at Walnut Hill & Skillman) won't be open until 2009. I fly to California in 2 weeks, maybe I'll have my wife drop me off at a rail station on her way to work to give it a shot. That'll be kindof fun to explore a new transportation option!
American to lease vacant Delta hangar at D/FW
12:01 AM CDT on Friday, May 4, 2007
By SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....3340e82a.html
The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport board on Thursday approved a lease for American Airlines Inc. to take over the former Delta Air Lines Inc. hangar on the airport's southeast side.
The lease will bring in $3 million in a year in revenue for the airport and gives Fort Worth-based American an additional maintenance hangar.
The hangar, which has been vacant since Delta stopped using it in April 2005, is expected to be operational in about a month. The facility will start with 30 employees and is expected to soon have about 80.
Officials said the facility would also provide added capacity as the company works to attract more third-party maintenance contracts.
Is there any indication that Delta will eventually rebuild a hub at DFW?
Not only will Delta not build a hub, but no carrier will attempt to build any meaningful presence until the flock of silver birds is cut in half.
And ya' know why? Because the Metroplex couldn't support it. AA's hub at DFW is so huge because of connecting traffic. Not because of local demand.
Delta had far more to do with the undoing of its DFW hub than AA. The airline realized that it could just as easily funnel people through its ATL megahub as DFW, build efficiencies, and save tons of cash, to boot.
That's also why you saw AA retreat from STL post-9/11. It made very little sense to have THREE mid-continent hubs.
The demand for local services at DFW is met, FAR above and beyond what it calls for. And I'm grateful for that.
1. Which group of travelers account for majority of our local passenger traffic? . . Business or Liesurel?
2. Are there any studies showing whether lower fares encourage more traffic?
3. Where does a majority of DFW passenger traffic come from? . . East or West of the airport?
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A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. - Plato
According to AA, it's "best" customers live in Dallas.
DFW Featured in Newly Published Book, “The World Connected: DFW International Airport, Taking Flight into the 21st Century”
Photo-filled volume profiles massive expansion at DFW and history of North Texas aviation; Available in Airport bookstores and via online purchase
(DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – May 11, 2007) – DFW International Airport and its massive effort to build the new International Terminal D and Skylink train under challenging economic and security conditions is highlighted in a new book entitled “The World Connected: DFW International Airport, Taking Flight Into the 21st Century.”
Written by local author Ginger Ebinger, the 272-page volume chronicles the planning, design and construction of DFW’s $2.8-billion Capital Development Program (CDP), the largest expansion in the Airport’s history which opened just four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the resulting economic difficulties on the global aviation industry.
“The World Connected” also features an in-depth look at the rich history of aviation in North Texas stretching back to the early 1900s with stories and photographs of the area’s aviation pioneers, through the vision and creation of DFW International Airport.
The book culminates with the most recent major milestones in DFW’s history: the resolution of the Wright Amendment debate and the partnership with Chesapeake Energy to drill for natural gas on the Airport’s 18,000 acres.
“There have been books written about DFW in the past, but never anything approaching the beauty and depth of this book,” said Jeff Fegan, CEO of DFW. “There are so many interesting stories which are part of the legendary history of aviation in Dallas and Fort Worth, and of course DFW is re-writing history every day with our new facilities and our growth plans for the decades ahead.”
The book details many of the goals, design concepts and challenges facing the Airport’s developers and visionaries, from the beginning of construction in 1968 to other key points in history.
“DFW executives faced a very difficult and unique set of circumstances in the days following the 9/11 attacks,” said author Ginger Ebinger. “The fact that they were able to complete the new international terminal and Skylink on time and under budget says a lot about the world-class team that DFW employs.”
“The World Connected” takes readers on an illustrated tour of the massive CDP construction project that produced International Terminal D and the DFW Grand Hyatt Hotel, Skylink and other major Airport improvements completed in 2005.
Additionally, the new book contains an entire section detailing each of the 37 works of art that comprise DFW’s bold and compelling $6-million Art Program, which includes works inside International Terminal D and all ten Skylink stations as well as the Nasher Sculpture Garden.
More than 18 months in the making, “The World Connected” was researched and developed with the assistance of the DFW Airport Public Affairs Department as well as the Communications team from the DFW Capital Development Program.
“Our team put a great deal of hard work and research into this book, and I truly think it brings the incredible history of DFW up to date,” said Ken Capps, vice president of public affairs at DFW. “We are pleased it even has a happy ending with the Wright Amendment compromise and the Chesapeake deal.”
The book also contains hundreds of photographs collected from DFW’s Records Management Department, the Dallas Public Library’s Dallas History and Archives Division, the University of Texas at Arlington’s Special Collections Division and other archival sources.
“Anyone interested in aviation will find this book fascinating,” said Duff Tussing of DSA Publishing of McKinney, Texas, the book’s publisher. “It really captures the romance and spirit of flying that has long captivated the American public, and the colorful local history presented here makes it a very entertaining read.”
The book retails for $39.95 and will be available via secure online purchase at www.celebratedfw.com, as well as at the four Hudson Booksellers stores at DFW, located in the terminals at A16, B20, C24 and E13. The publisher independently financed the book through sponsor advertising and sales, and the Airport receives no money or royalties from sales of the book.
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Who would do such a thing (buy expensive advertising in or make bulk purchases of, this book)?
^I've been thinking about it. I'm doing my thesis on development of aviation markets between the US and Latin America. And while DFW doesn't really apply to my purposes, it might to some others.
Of course, that's a little outside the norm.
Alliance? It has US Customs already.
^Does it have immigration control? I'm not entirely sure how the cargo and passenger processes differ, but I imagine if the government is willing to staff it, these airports could probably find the room.
Southwest allowed the founders of Ryanair access to their entire operation to study the way they do things. I could see Southwest using their influence to allow the international version of Ryanair to operate into Love Field.
Or simply buying Ryanair. A tremendous amount of similarities exist between the two. A few examples: Fleet similarities, Tops in customer satisfaction, they even have "Ryanair Bing" for the desktop...
One minor point, Ryanair is an International airline.
History of Ryanair
Ryanair was Europe's original low fares airline and is still Europe's largest low fares carrier. In the current year Ryanair will carry over 42m passengers on 473 low fare routes across 25 European countries. We have 19 European bases and by the end of March 2007 Ryanair will operate a fleet of 134 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 117 new aircraft (net of planned disposals), which will be delivered over the next 5 years. These additional aircraft will allow Ryanair to double in size to over 84m passengers p.a. by 2012. Ryanair currently employs a team of 4,200 people, comprising over 25 different nationalities.
Here is a brief history of Europe's first and largest low fares airline:
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/about.php?page=About
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
http://www.airports.org/cda/aci/disp...%5E12875_9_2__
BY REGION
Best Airport Worldwide
1) Incheon, South Korea
2) Hong Kong
3) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Dallas Fort Worth, USA
Best Airprt Europe
1) Zurich, Switzerland
2) Brussels, Belgium
3) Helsinki, Finland
3) Porto, Portugal
5) Munich, Germany
Best Airport Americas
1) Dallas, Fort Worth USA
2) Halifax, Canada
3) Ottawa, Canada
3) Detroit Metropolitan, USA
5) San Diego, USA
Best Airport Middle East-Africa
1) Abu Dhabi, UAE
2) Cape Town, South Africa
3) Doha, Qatar
4) Johannesburg, South Africa
5) Durban, South Africa
Best Airport Asia-Pacific
1) Incheon, South Korea
2) Hong Kong
3) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4) Singapore
5) Central Japan (NGO)
BY SIZE OF AIRPORT
Best Airport fewer than 5 Million Passangers
1) Halifax, Canada
2) Ottawa, Canada
3) Porto, Portugal
4) Malta
5) Sandefjord, Norway
Best Airport 5-15 Million Passangers
1) Central Japan (NGO)
2) Adelaide, Australia
3) Helsinki, Finland
3) Christchurch, New Zealand
5) Abu Dhabi, UAE
Best Airport 15-25 Million Pasangers
1) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2) San Diego, USA
3) Zurich, Switzerland
4) Brussels, Belgium
5) Vancouver, Canada
Best Airport 25-40 Million Passangers
1) Incheon, South Korea
2) Singapore
3) Detroit Metropolitan, USA
4) Toronto, Canada
5) Munich, Germany
Best Airport over 40 Million passangers
1) Hong Kong
2) Dallas Fort Worth, USA
3) Denver, USA
4) Amsterdam, Netherlands
5) Beijing, China
OTHER AWARDS
Best Domestic Airport
1) Austin, USA
2) Halifax, Canada
3) Ottawa, Canada
4) Dallas Fort Worth, USA
5) San Diego, USA
Airport People Award
Middle East.Africa - Abu Dhabi, UAE
Europe - Brussels, Belgium
Asia-Pacific - Incheon, South Korea
Americas - Halifax, Canada
DG's Special Recognition Award
Dubai, UAE
The Compromise Legislation specifically prohibits international service at any airport owned by the Cities except for DFW.
D/FW gets top marks in airport survey
10:38 AM CDT on Tuesday, May 22, 2007
By TERRY MAXON / The Dallas Morning News
tmaxon@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....93efba64.html
Air travelers rated Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport highest in overall airport satisfaction among the nation’s largest airports, and Dallas Love Field finished second in the small airport category, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report.
On a scale of 0 to 1,000, travelers actually gave Love Field a higher score than D/FW Airport, but Love Field finished second to Houston Hobby Airport in the small-airport category.
The survey respondents handed D/FW Airport a 704 score, followed closely at 701 by the Detroit and Atlanta airports.
Love Field, which was top rated in last year’s survey, tied with San Antonio with 713 and behind Hobby at 715.
The top-rated airport overall was Kansas City, leader in the medium-sized airports with 721.
The bottom-ranked airports were San Francisco in the largest category, Calgary, Canada, in the medium category and Austin Bergstrom International Airport at the bottom of the smallest airports.
So why is it that the DFW Airport, American Airlines and the City of Fort Worth are forcing us to rebuild the facility at a cost of several hundred million dollars (all of which will ultimately be borne by Southwest Airlines and Love Field passengers)?
More conspiracy theory from Uptown.
Why?
Because Southwest wanted it!
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From the AA employee website. I saw this posted elsewhere and am not an AA employee.
"---AA TO WITHDRAW DFW-ZRH, ORD-SNN ROUTES IN FALL---
American plans to discontinue flying its routes between DFW and
Zurich, Switzerland, and between Chicago O'Hare and Shannon, Ireland,
this fall. The DFW-ZRH route will stop flying Oct. 28, and the
Shannon route will end Oct. 1, 2007. The decision continues
American's long-term focus on managing the business to achieve
sustained profitability. Both routes have been unprofitable for some
time, further weakened by high jet fuel costs, as well as the loss of
codeshare traffic out of Zurich. In the case of Shannon, American has
been required to fly there by the Irish government as a condition of
also serving Dublin."
That's too bad, but should free up a plane for AA. Guess we'll wait and see where it goes.
More likely they will just retire a few more old clunkers.
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
No, probably not the 767-300s. I have read that AA needs the plane(s) used on this route for Chicago-Buenos Aires which will be starting up in October.
Also, there is speculation that once European Open Skies takes effect in the spring, AA will move all DFW-London flights to Heathrow and perhaps throw in an extra morning frequency. But at least as of now, Heathrow is an entirely 777 airport for AA, and I doubt they'd want just one or two flights on 767s into there. So where those 777s will come is unknown to me (if adding an extra daily to London is even in the cards).
DFW NAMED A BEST AIRPORT FOR A LAYOVER BY FORBES TRAVELER
Publication Selects DFW as the Only Airport in the Americas to win the Award
Forbes Traveler, a premier travel publication, recently named DFW International Airport one of the world’s Best Airports for a Layover. Among the eight international airports listed in the article published this month, DFW was the only airport in the Americas to receive the designation.
Forbes Traveler notes that airports with amenities to increase the comfort and convenience of travelers increasingly are gaining an advantage over those without the same options. In particular, the publication mentions that travelers prefer airports with shopping, hotels, play areas for children and leisure activities such as art exhibits and fitness clubs, all of which can be found at DFW.
The article calls DFW’s International Terminal D “state-of-the-art” and praises the airport’s “posh” 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel. In addition to everything else it has to offer, DFW makes connecting between any of its five terminals a breeze with a quick ride on the airport’s high-speed train, Skylink.
DFW has been recognized as a leader in the airport industry, both for its exceptional customer service as well as for its outstanding facilities. DFW understands that its passengers have a choice when making travel arrangements and goes the extra mile to provide travelers with a great experience.
The USO is a great organization and provides a wonderful benefit for our service members. Below is an article written by Steve Blow for the Dallas Morning News.
As you evaluate organizations worthy of your contributions, I would ask that you consider the USO. It gets no government money and is entirely funded by contributions.
Thanks -
USO DFW
P O Box 613306
D/FW Airport, Texas 75261
Troops need love, starting at USO
07:47 AM CDT on Sunday, May 27, 2007
I know this is the weekend we're supposed to honor those who died in military service.
But today let's send flowers to the living.
Or, more precisely, spicy chicken sandwiches.
It has been a long time since I tapped your generosity, but I heard about a situation that I knew you would want to remedy.
You see, the food budget at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport USO is running in the red. And word went out to volunteers last week that they will have to cut back on some of the goodies offered to soldiers passing through the airport.
I say: No way.
And I'm betting that many of you will join me in bolstering the budget at our USO. Those volunteers sure hope so.
I was out at the airport one afternoon last week as yet another planeload of desert-camo-clad soldiers prepared to head back to Iraq and Afghanistan after two weeks of R&R. My impulse was to throw my arms around every one of them in admiration and appreciation.
But I know they would rather have an ice cream bar.
A little ways down from their departure gate in Terminal B, volunteer Wayne Wolk of Bedford worked behind the counter of the USO's snack bar. He showed me how he has taped sheets of paper over some of the ice cream treats featured on the freezer box.
"Those are really popular, but they're more expensive, so we don't have them anymore," he said. "I cover up the pictures because we don't want to tease anyone with things we don't have."
Now that's just sad. If anyone deserves a premium ice cream bar right now, it's the men and women serving in our military. Whatever your feelings about the war, surely we can unite around ice cream.
Most people are probably aware by now that D/FW Airport is one of the major hubs for soldiers traveling to and from Iraq and other bases in the Middle East. Every day a planeload of soldiers arrives from the region and another heads out. Because of that, a USO was opened at D/FW three years ago. It has proved popular, to say the least.
Army Spc. Jeffrey Martin of Killeen was lounging in the USO lobby area as he waited for the departure hour to arrive. "The first time I came in here, I'm like, 'Wow. Do I have to leave?' " he said.
The 30-year-old medic will be back in Taji by the time you read this – in the midst of his second tour in Iraq. So he has seen a few USOs and gives the D/FW facility high marks. "It's awesome," he said. "One of the very best."
The setting is certainly ideal. It used to be Continental Airlines' VIP lounge. These days it caters to VIPs in combat boots.
One of the most popular areas is the media room, where soldiers watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on a giant plasma TV. Nearby were a computer room, sleeping room, family room with books and toys and – upstairs – foosball tables and video games. And everything is free.
"Based on 21 years in the military, this is the nicest USO I have ever seen. It's the new standard," said Army Maj. Patrick McAfee, who oversees the troop movements through D/FW Airport.
D/FW USO director Rhenda White-Brunner has been in the job almost two years. And it's a labor of love. "This is what I would have done in retirement," said Rhenda, an "Air Force brat." "I just got to do it sooner."
But the job has its pressures – mainly budgetary. Stateside USO operations are expected to be as self-supporting as possible.
So when the food budget went $16,000 into the red for the first quarter, that meant cutbacks on the premium chicken sandwiches and other more expensive deli selections. "We didn't want to take out some items, but I'm being held accountable," Rhenda said.
Well, what a great holiday weekend for us to remember those lives lost in military service and honor the living sacrifice so many are making right now.
Flowers on a grave are nice, but a spicy chicken sandwich is really special.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....4334198.html#
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
As I read this article, it struck me that this would be a great cause for the DFW Airport Board to support, especially given the fact that they just scored a major windfall on the natural gas deal.
I know they've earmarked most of the money to be given to the airlines (i.e. AA) via a reduction in landing fess... but it would be nice if they could leave just [i]a little[/] for causes like these.
Besides, it would be a good piece of P.R. for the airport... probably much more effective than the full page ad it pays for in American Airlines' inflight magazine each month.
D/FW to use gas well money to spruce up terminals
11:13 PM CDT on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
By TERRY MAXON / The Dallas Morning News
tmaxon@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...w.36d2a5e.html
Parts of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport are beginning to look a little run down, so airport officials plan to apply a $45 million freshening to the airport's older terminals.
A committee of the D/FW board on Tuesday approved plans to refurbish bathrooms, replace carpet and signs, and otherwise fix up the place over the next year. The full board is to vote on the plans Thursday.
Airport managers told board members that passengers have noticed that D/FW, more than 30 years old, needs some improvements. The new Terminal D, with its new furnishings and modern design, underscores how much Terminals A, B, C and E need to be brought up to date, the managers said.
Joe Lopano, D/FW Airport's executive vice president of marketing and terminal management, said D/FW has to compete with other airlines for passengers who have a choice of airports.
"This will bring our terminals up, way up," Mr. Lopano said.
The funds would come from a $185 million payment from Chesapeake Energy Corp., which won the rights to drill natural gas wells on airport property.
"It's a pretty good investment," Mr. Lopano said.
Among the major improvements are an improved heating and cooling system and new jet bridges for Terminal E; air-conditioning units to cool parked airplanes; auto-docking equipment for aircraft coming into gates; and new seating, signs and lighting.
Jim Crites, the airport's executive vice president of operations, said the work would probably start in several months, with all projects completed in about a year. Restroom refurbishment will probably take the longest, he said.
Board members balked at a proposal to spend $5 million to promote D/FW Airport primarily in Latin America and Asia.
Visit D/FW, a new group formed by the convention and visitors bureaus of Dallas and Fort Worth, would have received the contract.
Member Jeff Wentworth of Fort Worth said he thought the North Texas Commission's job was to promote the airport, and he worried that the airport would face an ever-growing demand for money to support Visit D/FW.
The item was deferred to Thursday's board meeting. D/FW chief executive Jeff Fegan said the mayors of Fort Worth and Dallas had brought the proposal to the airport.
When I first read this article, I got kind of excited.... thinking, you know, that the airport was going to spend $45 million freshening up the older terminals... you know, the ones with the ramshackle, depressing baggage claim areas, parking garages which don't meet current ADA standards, claustrophobic check-in counters, etc.
Instead, a close read of the article indicates that the lion's share of the money is going for airplane servicing equipment, including stuff like "air conditioning units to cool parked airplanes" that airlines typically pay for themselves.
Cutting through it all, it looks like the only things the terminals are getting are refurbished bathrooms, new signs, lighting & seating... none of which are big ticket items.
Improvements in airplane handling facilities are a great way to improve the terminals to attract airlines to the airport. Think about it this way as long as the airplanes APU is not being used to cool a parked airplane that lowers the cost of the operations for the airlines and contributes to cleaner air for the region.
Besides you can buy lots of carpets and paint and restroom equipment for a few million dollars.
It doesn't matter how much marble is on the inside, its all the silver on the apron that is preventing other airlines from coming to DFW.
Yeah, its ashame Southwest was so selfish wouldn't it be great if we could have gotten canyon blue out there.
Last edited by PuddinHead; 06 June 2007 at 10:11 PM.
Color me surprised, Uptown is not happy with DFW improving their older terminals, even E (gasp, no AA there). You must have a mighty large ax.
No, quite the contrary... just wish they were doing more. The Airport Board received a $100+ million windfall, and have dedicated a disappointingly small amount to terminal improvements (a small fraction of the $45 million).
Instead, the lion's share appears to be passed through to the existing airlines using the airport via either landing fee reductions or purchase of ground equipment typically funded by user airlines themselves.
With respect to the air pollution concerns noted by Puddinhead both American Airlines and Southwest are already operating under consent decrees with the Texas Department of Environmental Quality to reduce pollution through measures such as the one outlined.
I don't know about AAmerican... However SWA started installing ground electrical and ground air conditioning services at all gates in all it's cities a couple of years ago. I think the project is complete, if not it is very close. SWA payed for it, and is getting a large return on it's investment via APU fuel savings and reducing wear on the APU.
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
Interesting... so why is the Airport Board paying for American's ground systems at DFW?
If you owned the DFW Airport Board, wouldn't you cut deals like that? :fish:
"Liberalism: Moochers Electing Looters to Steal from Producers."
I'm curious why you hold out only Southwest and call it being selfish. So was Delta selfish when it closed its hub at DFW? I don't think you can find a single reasonable person to argue that the closure of Delta's hub wasn't a prudent business decision. Was Airtran selfish when it stopped its promised DFW expansion and cut half of its markets and flights from DFW? Are all the other airlines selfish because they only serve their hub airports from DFW? Is JetBlue selfish because it has chosen to serve many other markets but not DFW?
I'll tell you what all of these selfish decisions by all these airlines have in common: The surpressing monopolization of DFW by AA. Again, no airline is going to add any meaningful flight activity at DFW until there is a significant draw down of activity by AA.
Frontier launches new service from D/FW
Dallas Business Journal - 11:09 AM CDT Thursday, June 7, 2007
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/st...ml?jst=b_ln_hl
Frontier Airlines on Thursday launched new service from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Mazatlan, Mexico.
The Denver-based airline has launched three weekly flights from D/FW to Mazatlan.
Mazatlan has been one of Frontier's most popular Mexican destinations, since Frontier started flying to the city from its Denver hub in 2002, said Frontier (NASDAQ: FRNT) spokesman John Happ in a prepared statement Thursday.
Web site: www.frontierairlines.com
D/FW Airport launching marketing initiative
Dallas Business Journal - 5:06 PM CDT Thursday, June 7, 2007
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/st...l?surround=lfn
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport said Thursday it will spend up to $5 million during the first 18 months of a marketing initiative designed to drive traffic to and through the airport.
The airport's board approved the new marketing initiative Thursday.
The campaign is focused on several key international markets and will be spearheaded by the "Visit DFW" organization, which is a joint venture of the Dallas and Fort Worth convention and visitors bureaus.
The CVBs have considerable expertise in bringing visitors and business to our region, and D/FW is leveraging that expertise to increase its passenger volumes," said Joe Lopano, D/FW Airport's executive vice president for marketing and terminal management.
D/FW Airport said the marketing initiative will include consumer and trade advertising and promotion, and will focus on Mexico, South America and Asia. Mexico represents the airport's largest international market, and is seen as a region where D/FW can increase its market share.
The campaign may also include partnerships with airlines that serve the airport and promotions with the airport's target tour operators and travel agencies.
Web site: www.dfwairport.com
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