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I myself hope the 787/777 stay far away from us. 3-3-3 configuration is mind numbing to me haha. I get the 789 will replace the A333s at some point. One can only hope the retirements keep getting pushed back. At least we’ll have the A332s. Nice bump to daily on CLT-RAP next summer. That and BGR seem to be a real hit for AA in the summer seasonal routes out of here. Disappointed that AA can’t make ABQ/TUS work out of Charlotte.

Sorry for not including that. What LKN said, June 8th!

Pretty smart on AA to re configure the gates on A con to park A330s. During the current summer ops 3 A330s park on the B concourse which take up 2 gates per A330. This will for sure alleviate B during the 4pm-7pm hours. Will be curious to see how many A330s they can park on A. I'm guessing 3 or 4 potential A330 spots on A? Also, CLT is getting Saturday SDQ service and seasonal Traverse City.

DL has also been running the 717 already on CLT-JFK since mid summer, Saturday only. I believe they stopped it a few weeks ago, can't remember for sure though.

ARN would be interesting. Never thought of that one. Would CLT-HEL make any sense? Tap into Finnair network in Helsinki. They practically run a shuttle service on HEL-ARN. Even better if Finnair came to CLT...I'm dreaming now!:) Ya never know though.

Gotcha! Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Am I missing something here? DUB/LHR/MAD don't depart CLT in that 445 bank.

Not only that but concourse D is more "open" at that time of arrival. FRA, MUC,and DUB come in at that time. DUB, as you know doesn't even need to park on D. Great schedule. For S20 if we get any new A330 routes I bet they'll be added for that same 130ish arrival bank and 430ish departure bank.

That doesn't surprise me one bit.

Alaska Airlines is announcing new markets in a few weeks. Hopefully we finally get there service.

With AA ending PHL-FRA/MUC for good and letting CLT take over the mission. I wonder if next summer we'll see an A333 on CLT-FRA. Maybe in the future we'll see 2 summer flights between CLT-FRA? I'm still sticking with my BA return, year round MAD/CDG , summer seasonal AMS, MAN, VCE LIS, and KEF predictions from here. Should be exciting times ahead in Charlotte....

Great news!! Worried about Lufthansa.

My takeaways from that, if AA is trying to start up some more Europe here next summer. Even if it’s just 1 additional flight. I’ll just throw some predictions because I love to speculate lol. CLT-LHR 3 flights(mentioned before with potential of BA) CLT-AMS(A332)/MAN(A332)/VCE(A332)/LIS(752)KEF(752) (All being summer seasonal) Just put a lot out there. KEF would be a super long shot considering PHL doesn’t have it yet. I do think PHL will get that route next summer. I put most of the routes as A330s. Mostly because of the cargo it can hold and in case of IROPS with the A330. Would be easier to swap planes incase of any maintenance issues with the A330s. Moving on with logistics lol....AA will have access to those 7 gates on A concourse. Maybe they can make another A330 gate on the B concourse side closest to 18C. Then just tow planes over from D to free up those FIS capable gates like they do now. I think AA parks up to 2 or 3 A330s on B? I know they take up 2 gates. Luckily, as mentioned above, AA will be getting 7 of the 13 gates on A. So that could compensate. I’ve been in our customs area once, it was a nightmare when I was in it. Not sure what could be done to make things flow better?

Really unfortunate A-North wasn’t equipped for FIS.

Operationally they seem to do just fine with there CLT flights. Minus the PHL flight that gets delayed frequently..... that’s more of a delayed prone PHL airport than anything. I guess, if you want to be negative Nancy, then sure... “they won’t make flights”. Problem with F9 is they don’t build any slack into their schedule in case something goes wrong. Luckily, from what I’ve tracked this summer that hasn’t impacted CLT much.

Yep, saw that.

Also, it appears Frontier will overnight an A321 from MCO. To run CLT-MCO the next morning. MCO goes daily in November.

Great add! Service levels matche right with CLT-MCO, which seems to be successful for F9. Hoping this route works! I think anything CLT- Florida on Frontier is a safe add. Wouldn’t be shocked if they did MIA at some point! Intrested to see how AUS/PVD been doing, likewise to SAT which begins next week.

For sure. I also read that Aer Lingus is really close to entering the JV with AA/BA if I’m not mistaken? That could really help our case with them expanding to CLT versus an ATL or DTW.

That’s correct, Insel flew out of D6 and they were only flying once a week upon ending their service here.

Fantastic news on the new route by AA. As others mention, not the royal stuff we wanted with BA or Aer Lingus. This is awesome and suprising for us to get Volaris! I personally didn’t see this coming but super excited to see this plane! I’m guessing they’ll park on D4 or D6. Only say that because JetBlue use to operate out of those gates. Also, every time there’s a charter flight from Mexico they park on D6.

With AA making a route announcement in a few weeks. Any speculation on what routes we might be getting, if any? On the Europe side, I think we’ll get a 3rd CLT-LHR flight. My biased/hopeful opinion would be American operating 2 of the 3 flights on an A332 and British Airways flying 1 flight with a 777. Then in the winter AA would fly 1 flight and BA operate the other. I get the AA/BA have a JV. Being the 2nd largest up for AA, I think it’s fiting that BA comes back here. Potential flight schedule could be something like 445(AA) 655(BA) and 1020(AA) departures. Just having fun with the thought, wishful thinking probably.

You’re welcome! I love JetBlue, didn’t give it away did I? Haha I really believe they will add FLL back. A few of my friends that work at JetBlue say it’s a matter of time. Again, that’s just galley talk. Take it as a grain of salt. I’m hopeful because they want to expand FLL to 150 flights in the next few years. CLT is one of the last few logical cities they haven’t connected with yet.

Delta is flying out of the old A still because I think the airport wanted a variety of airlines to move to A north. Delta also picked up A11 as well, so they occupy 6 gates on the old A con. Which is better for them anyways.

Well, AA is picking up 7 of the 13 gates on the current Acon. So that sounds about right. We have 9 banks of flights a day so technically IF all 7 of those gates are fully utilized in every bank, that number could be up to 63 additional flights. Regardless, this is much needed for AAs growth here in Charlotte.