{"id":1767,"date":"2009-10-02T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T17:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2016-12-17T01:44:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T07:44:23","slug":"on-the-road-airlines-make-major-route-map-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/on-the-road-airlines-make-major-route-map-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"On the road: Airlines make major route map changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joe Brancatelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WEST COAST ROUTE MAP:<\/strong> A War for the Routes to Florida<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Virgin America<\/strong> says that it will launch flights to Fort Lauderdale from both Los Angeles and San Francisco beginning on November 18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>JetBlue Airways<\/strong> promptly responded it would launch San Francisco-Fort Lauderdale flights beginning on November 19.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alaska Airlines<\/strong> says that it will begin flights from Portland, Oregon, to Chicago\/O&#8217;Hare on November 16.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"business_travel1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/business_travel1.jpg\" alt=\"business_travel1\" width=\"250\" height=\"175\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AIRPORT REPORT: <\/strong>Continental Jiggles Its Route Map to Match Star Alliance Hubs<\/p>\n<p>As you surely know by now, <strong>Continental Airlines <\/strong>drops out of the <strong>SkyTeam Alliance <\/strong>on October 24 and moves into the <strong>Star Alliance<\/strong> on October 27. That also means a rejiggering of <strong>Continental&#8217;s<\/strong> route map to reduce its service to SkyTeam hubs (including Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City and Memphis) and new flights to <strong>Star Alliance hubs.<br \/>\n<\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\nBeginning October 27, <strong>Continental<\/strong> will launch flights from its Cleveland and Houston\/Intercontinental hubs to Washington\/Dulles, a hub fornew Star Alliance partner <strong>United Airlines<\/strong>. But Continental won&#8217;t make it comfortable to catch up with United&#8217;s international route network in Dulles. The 1,190-mile IAH-IAD run will be serviced with a 50-seat regional jet. And you&#8217;ll be stuffed into a 37-seat turboprop if you want to fly the 275+ miles from Cleveland to Dulles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AirTran Airways <\/strong>has relocated facilities in Philadelphia. While the carrier&#8217;s ticket counter and baggage claim remain in Concourse D, its flights now operate from Gates E6 and E8 in Concourse E.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEED TO KNOW:<\/strong> On-the-Road Intelligence to Help You Travel Smarter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delta Air Lines<\/strong>, which has a zillion configurations for its <strong>BusinessElite business class<\/strong>, is moving them around again on key routes. On its New York\/Kennedy-London\/Heathrow route,<strong> Delta<\/strong> says the business class now has seats that convert to fully flatbeds. And on transcontinental flights between Los Angeles, San Francisco and Kennedy, the carrier is switching to its narrow-body version of business class. That has 55 inches of legroom and cradle seats with 150 degrees of recline.<\/p>\n<p>The partially completed expansion of the terminal at <strong>Helsinki <\/strong>opened August 27. The 150-million euro project is meant for long-haul flights, including those to and from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Worth noting: In the first quarter of the year, labor costs at the five money-losing legacy carriers averaged 22.1 percent of the cost per available seat mile (CASM). But the three profitable carriers&#8211;<strong>Southwest, JetBlue and AirTran<\/strong>&#8211;all devote a larger portion of CASM to employees? At AirTran, labor accounts for 22.7 percent of the airline&#8217;s CASM. It&#8217;s 24.7 percent at<strong> JetBlue. <\/strong>And at Southwest, which has reported profits for 36 consecutive years, labor expenses are 33.1 percent of the CASM.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business travel on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=roadwarrior&amp;cnt=OVI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business travel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Airline tickets, Cheap airfare on Orbitz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Airline tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Orbitz Hotels, Motels and Hotel Reservations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/ViewHotelSearch\" target=\"_blank\">Hotels<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Joe Brancatelli is editor and publisher of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joesentme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoeSentMe.com<\/a>, a non-commercial Web site for business travelers. Copyright 2009 by Joe Brancatelli. 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