JAX/JIA updates

[jaxdan3]

As of 5/1/19 Air Canada is leaving JIA ending the nonstop Toronto flight. A bit of a setback after a string of new flights and record passenger growth.

[jaxjags]

Was this flight seasonal and be back next year?

[jaxdan3]

Was this flight seasonal and be back next year?

It's been daily year round since 2017. I suppose it's possible to come back as seasonal next year.

[JaxAvondale]

I never got around to using that route but I rarely fly in the Star Alliance network.

[Steve]

Yea, not a positive. Curious the reason for the change, though almost always Load Factors of the flights play into it.

[ProjectMaximus]

Was this flight seasonal and be back next year?

It's been daily year round since 2017. I suppose it's possible to come back as seasonal next year.

It wasn't daily in the beginning (I think twice a week?) but it may have increased to daily at some point.

Yea, not a positive. Curious the reason for the change, though almost always Load Factors of the flights play into it.

I only flew it once and iirc it was quite empty. Like 25-50%.

[Dolph1975]

Concourse B coming soon....

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/with-traffic-surging-jacksonville-international-airport-adding-3rd-concourse

[pierre]

This is good news

[Westside Guy]

It seems the airport is doing very well. Kind of makes you wonder what Air Canada is thinking by cancelling Toronto.

[Steve]

Concourse B coming soon....

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/with-traffic-surging-jacksonville-international-airport-adding-3rd-concourse

Man, 2022 until a development agreement is in place? Seems like a REALLY long time. I realize though Airport Construction is never fast due to red tape.

[Steve]

It seems the airport is doing very well. Kind of makes you wonder what Air Canada is thinking by cancelling Toronto.

If the load factors are low, it may have just been a bad fit. I feel like this route was catered to business travelers (timing and anecdotal research on price wasn't exactly leisure friendly), but business travelers tend to stay loyal to their airline and air alliance. Florida is dominated by Delta/SkyTeam and American/OneWorld. Every US airline has a region of the country where they are weak: United is the Southeast, Delta is Texas and bordering states, and American is the Pacific Northwest.

Delta is going after their weakness with a massive expansion in Austin, American is tightening their relationship with Alaska (based at SeaTac), but I can't figure out what United is doing int he southeast.

[Dolph1975]

Concourse B coming soon....

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/with-traffic-surging-jacksonville-international-airport-adding-3rd-concourse

Man, 2022 until a development agreement is in place? Seems like a REALLY long time. I realize though Airport Construction is never fast due to red tape.

I'm reading it to state that they want Concourse B to be in place (operational, perhaps) by Dec 2022.  I could be wrong though.

[itsfantastic1]

Concourse B coming soon....

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/with-traffic-surging-jacksonville-international-airport-adding-3rd-concourse

Man, 2022 until a development agreement is in place? Seems like a REALLY long time. I realize though Airport Construction is never fast due to red tape.

I'm reading it to state that they want Concourse B to be in place (operational, perhaps) by Dec 2022.  I could be wrong though.

That's how I read it too.. "The solicitation package says Concourse B will need to be in place by Dec. 16, 2022".

[thelakelander]

Yeah, seems like they want it open by end of 2022. That's pretty quick.

[Steve]

Yep, I'm a clown - misread it! They've had drawings done already for it, but I don't know how detailed the existing plans are. Perhaps they can just dust them off?