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Vegas was tried twice here in recent years and flopped both times. Had a cup of coffee with Allegiant and didn't fair much better with Frontier. That was their worst route. Business travel should return, things are slowly getting back to normal. Despite differing opinions on getting the Vax or not, big Corporations seem to be waiting until those Vax numbers get somewhat higher before they start resuming normal operations.

Because it's a different kind of travel right now. There is no business travel and an extra flux of stir crazy leisure travelers wanting to get away. People are flying to beaches, mountains, Mexico, Latin America, the Carribean. Airlines are beefing up those cities to keep up with demand. Places like Cancun are getting an absurd number of flights, including wide bodies and they are getting filled. Unfortunately the additions to those routes are coming from bigger cities who are getting more point to point flying instead of having to funnel through hubs. Smaller cities getting more service are the tourist destinations themselves, hence AVL. Jetblue is focused on filling those needs right now. Look at where their last couple expansions were too. Lots and lots of Florida., Mexico, Latin America, and beefing up NYC and BOS with more tourist connectivity. GSP just doesn't match up to travel patterns at this time. https://thepointsguy.com/news/american-jetblue-alliance-new-routes/ https://www.businessinsider.com/jetblue-adds-24-new-routes-4-new-cities-new-year-2020-12

It's still on the books. Since they are slowly reopening the F&B outlets, that project has been put on pause until passenger traffic picks up. Still hearing this summer for everything to be back open at this rate. Qdoba will be part of that.

Listed as an alternate or refueling airport. Doesn't necessarily mean GSP is getting service.

Here's some shots of it the past couple days Snapchat-2012664074.mp4 Snapchat-2012664074.mp4

That's a gambling charter.

GSP will certainly grow and the hit is from the pandemic, but what GSP needs is for business travel to come back. Once that happens they are back in the game. It's gonna happen. Normalcy is on pause right now, that's all. Vegas is one thing, and airlines are adding capacity there not necessarily new routes, but the other cities you mentioned are heavily regulated right now so people aren't gonna travel there. California is about as strict as they come. Yeah it sucks for us b/c we actually live close to the places where people are going in droves.

Of course GSP has more passengers flying than AVL, it's a much bigger airport. That has nothing to do with adding capacity and markets in this climate. Lesuire travel is the name of the game and tourist spots are gonna get the new markets. Doesn't mean GSP will shrink, just means AVL grows. Silver didn't come to GSP bc people want to go to GSP, people want to go to Florida and Silver has been capitalizing on that with their expansion.

Of course it's picked up. Everything is picking up, but still a shell of what it once was. This time 2 years ago GSP had overflow parking issues so many people were traveling. Now there isn't even a single car parking in Garage B. The concourse stores and restaurants are still boarded up. Meanwhile the vacation spots in this country's traffic and available seats are through the roof even compared to prepandemic levels.

AVL is a tourist spot. GSP is a business spot. Right now business travelers aren't flying. Leisure travelers are looking for places they can go. For now the airlines are going to cater to them until things get back to normal. Beaches and mountains is where the planes will fly!

It's not. United still has that service suspended. No one is flying to the NYC area right now.

Vino Volo has closed down. Place is boarded up and sign has been taken down. Vino Volo has also removed GSP from its location list. No word on what may replace it.

Here's a few cargo pics at GSP from the past week (with a 777, 747, and 787 all parked next to each other!):

Right now everyday but Wednesdays

With the new cargo facility that opened last year, GSP has shown it can handle the volume and can be fast and efficient. Time is money to a lot of companies and it is proving to be far quicker and easier to move freight in and out of GSP than going through the larger airports and airspace of ATL and CLT. Logistically those can be time consuming nightmares sometimes!

This is a new contract the airport just pulled in. Won't be a one off so if you keep an eye out it will be back a few more times!

United will officially be bringing back Denver service starting in April.

Long runways, low traffic!

United brought Denver back for the holidays only on Dec 20-21, 27-28, Jan 3-4. Their schedule is finalized for January through Feb 10th and DEN and EWR are not on it.

The DC-3 replacement rumor is Qdoba Mexican. Take that for what it's worth. United will run a couple one off flights to/from Den right before and after xmas. Den does not appear at all in the January schedule. Delta goes to all regional jets over the Christmas holidays. Don't think I can ever remember them not running at least 1 mainline flight in a day!

Should be here everyday this week. It's a passenger plane but only being used for cargo. Here's a couple pics:

United just posted their November flight schedule and Denver is again gone from it. They brought back Sunday only service in August, dropped it in September, brought it back in October, and now it is gone for November. Guess that means to expect it back in December lol!

Don't blink. The United DEN weekly flight and the daily Southwest BWI flight both go away again in September. Airlines are only putting flight schedules out about a month in advance so no real idea of what happens in October yet. Right now still no signs of EWR or LGA coming back. Don't think DTW for DL has either...

From what I understand the lack of a Starbucks has to do with franchisee agreements. Apparently Starbucks has a select few of airport franchisors and GSP Airport promises in their agreements to limit the number of franchisor groups to 2. Hudson runs Hudson news, Flatwood, Dunkin, and Baskin Robbins. Who knows, maybe the new management group will be able to bring in a Starbucks! Flatwood Grill and Dunkin are open pre security and Dunkin/Baskin Robbins and Hudson are open post security. That's it.

OHM Concession Group is out at GSP Airport. They ran Thomas Creek, RJ Rockers, Wolfgang Puck, Chick-fil-a, DC-3, Vino Volo, and the Escape Lounge. DC-3 has closed permanently. A RFP has been sent out looking for a new management group to run the F&B as well as bring in a new concept for the vacant DC-3 area. You'd have to think by the time they find one, do all the hiring and training, and start to reopen that you are looking more towards the end of the year before any viable food options are open at GSP. Hoping it's sooner, but it's not looking good!