2019 Oklahoma City Aviation Thread

[OKCbyTRANSFER]

Really? I feel like the codes used here are quite common in aviation. It's not like people here are frequently referring to exotic airports.

My area uses a numeric internal code these days, so yeah, I don't see the codes like I used to. Obviously the big ones I don't forget, the others joggle the memory sometimes.

[damonsmuz]

Via Air is done. Not just with Oklahoma. But, forever.

[gopokes88]

Catch will likely know more and be better informed that being said

https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-..._PG9C_iSrjYoPY

Boston is now a hub for delta, and with them leasing the new gates, maybe?

[BG918]

Via Air is done. Not just with Oklahoma. But, forever.

I think the best bet for service to Austin is either Southwest (not enough current demand to fill a 737) or more likely Delta with a smaller plane as they build up a focus city there over the next few years.

[jonny d]

Catch will likely know more and be better informed that being said

https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-..._PG9C_iSrjYoPY

Boston is now a hub for delta, and with them leasing the new gates, maybe?

I would guess it will be similar to LAX (which is the only airport that is a hub for 4 legacy carriers). LAX doesn't have a crap-ton of US flights, but is a hub for Asian flights. Boston may be a hub for European and African flights.

Or I could be completely wrong! Lol. Have been wrong before, will be again.

[no1cub17]

https://www.koco.com/article/absolut...rport/27820966

Wow - anyone have more inside info on this? Guessing the group didn't want to split up etc etc which would've made interlining to other airlines difficult as well. Heck of a PR move by Delta though. Guessing next time anyone in that group wants to fly, they'll look to DL first!

[amocore]

Has anybody seen a Delta A220 in OKC yet ?
I do not know if they are scheduled to go to OKC sometimes or not.
I am curious. We do not see much new planes around here.

[HangryHippo]

Has anybody seen a Delta A220 in OKC yet ?
I do not know if they are scheduled to go to OKC sometimes or not.
I am curious. We do not see much new planes around here.

I haven't, but would love to. I thought they were mainly deploying them in Delta's bigger business markets first. I've seen them at DFW.

[LakeEffect]

I haven't, but would love to. I thought they were mainly deploying them in Delta's bigger business markets first. I've seen them at DFW.

https://pointmetotheplane.boardingar...20_Routes_List

Lots of Texas use...

[amocore]

https://pointmetotheplane.boardingar...20_Routes_List

Lots of Texas use...

It has been used between bigger cities than I thought.
Delta is expecting 76 more of these so we still have a good chance to see it as they continue to retire the old MD.

[brianinok]

https://flyokc.com/sites/default/fil...nplanement.pdf

American with continued massive growth in May.

[jonny d]

https://flyokc.com/sites/default/fil...nplanement.pdf

American with continued massive growth in May.

The thing I like is, this is sustainable growth for OKC.

[gopokes88]

Love it. You sorta wonder if American circled OKC on a map and said we’re going to get to #1 in this market.

[amocore]

for someone who looks at price out of OKC a lot, no surprise there :
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ed/1524580001/

[LakeEffect]

for someone who looks at price out of OKC a lot, no surprise there :
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...ed/1524580001/

Yep.

On top of that, the other airport I always want to fly into (GRR) is even costlier, international or domestic. Makes OKC-GRR trips nearly impossible for my family of 5.

[s00nr1]

https://thepointsguy.com/news/americ...md-80-flights/

[damonsmuz]

That article about OKC and international flights is kinda silly to me. Of course your mega airports will have cheaper prices for international flights. You can't compare NYC to OKC or whatever.

[gopokes88]

That article about OKC and international flights is kinda silly to me. Of course your mega airports will have cheaper prices for international flights. You can't compare NYC to OKC or whatever.

If you look up a dfw to London flight,

Then a okc-London flight through dfw.

The okc one is just a tiny bit more usually. So of course it’s more “expensive” but just marginally so

[jn1780]

If you look up a dfw to London flight,

Then a okc-London flight through dfw.

The okc one is just a tiny bit more usually. So of course it’s more “expensive” but just marginally so

I looked up a OKC to DFW and then DFW to London. There was about a 350 dollars in round-trip tickets. So I guess its not a whole lot more in the overall cost of the tickets and for convience, but the increase in price is fairly significant.

I agree the survey is a no-brainer that OKC would be higher when you can count the number of direct international flights on 1, maybe 2 hands?

[jonny d]

I looked up a OKC to DFW and then DFW to London. There was about a 350 dollars in round-trip tickets. So I guess its not a whole lot more in the overall cost of the tickets and for convience, but the increase in price is fairly significant.

I agree the survey is a no-brainer that OKC would be higher when you can count the number of direct international flights on 1, maybe 2 hands?

What about from Tulsa, not OKC?

[sooner333]

Maybe once or twice a year there are some flash sales where airfare from OKC to Europe is cheap for non-summer flights. A couple of years ago I got round trip from OKC to Paris for $460.

[brianinok]

https://thepointsguy.com/news/americ...md-80-flights/

I wonder if this means that American is confident that the MAX will be back in service on this date?

[amocore]

I wonder if this means that American is confident that the MAX will be back in service on this date?

Smart point !

anyway, i am glad to see these old and loud guzzlers go away. If Delta do the same it will be great !

[midtownokcer]

Maybe once or twice a year there are some flash sales where airfare from OKC to Europe is cheap for non-summer flights. A couple of years ago I got round trip from OKC to Paris for $460.

Paid $450 for OKC-London on Delta (connected in ATL) a couple of years ago. Haven't seen it that cheap since, but did manage to get it for $650 on AA (connected in DFW) and British Airways for a trip last month. It's all about timing and persistent checking.

[Celebrator]

Smart point !

anyway, i am glad to see these old and loud guzzlers go away. If Delta do the same it will be great !

The MD-80 was the plane of my youth though, and I will always have fond memories of it. And that "loud" sound they make is unmistakable an MD-80 and is music to my ears. I used to watch planes as a kid at BUR from atop their parking garage in the late 80s and 90s and the whiny, metallic sound of an AS, TW, US, or AA MD-80 taxing in or out is the soundtrack of those fun times. No, they aren't the greatest compared to modern airliners of the same category, but I flew on one for the last time last September on OKC-DFW and they are still whisper quiet if you're sitting in the first dozen rows or so. It will be the end of an era that's for sure. I was at WRWA last night and heard one taxiing from the hourly parking deck and stopped in my tracks to listen to it.