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Re: MSP Airport

Posted: December 11th, 2019, 9:17 am
by dajazz
http://m.startribune.com/sun-country-e ... 565986701/

Sun Country starting a route to Vancouver next summer.
I'm excited to have another option to Vancouver. Hopefully it'll help keep Delta in check since pricing on this route can get crazy.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: January 24th, 2020, 8:10 pm
by NickP
http://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-s ... 567271212/
39.6 Million Passengers used MSP this year! More impressively, I think, is that 63% of passengers originated here as opposed to connected through here.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: January 31st, 2020, 10:33 am
by dajazz
Delta suspending all flights to/from China until May 1:

http://www.startribune.com/delta-suspen ... 567459702/

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: February 26th, 2020, 1:43 pm
by MattW
Delta suspending MSP-ICN until May 1.

http://www.startribune.com/delta-suspen ... 568208072/

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: April 19th, 2020, 10:45 pm
by Multimodal
MSP passenger levels down 95%.

Car parking capacity at … 2% utilization.

https://kstp.com/coronavirus/passenger- ... ?cat=12685

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 14th, 2020, 10:09 pm
by MSPtoMKE
Delta announced today that they are retiring the 777 fleet by the end of the year. While it is only 18 planes, it’s an indication that they anticipate a prolonged slowdown of international travel. It will probably quite some time before MSP regains all the long haul flights it had before the pandemic.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 15th, 2020, 9:22 am
by mplsjaromir
It took 18 years for passenger levels to get back to pre-9/11. This may be longer than that.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 15th, 2020, 9:47 pm
by MSPtoMKE
I’m not sure what metric you are using, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t 18 years.

https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1261306105998737408

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 17th, 2020, 12:08 pm
by Oreos&Milk
It took 18 years for passenger levels to get back to pre-9/11. This may be longer than that.
I doubt it. if no vaccine cure is created and herd immunity is required then forsure after 2 years we will be see everything starting to open back up, and within 2 years of that (4 total) people will start to get back to normal once they see everything is in the past.

However if there IS a vaccine cure then 30-60 days after they get there shot people are going to feel invisible, superior to all non-vaccinated humans and will obnoxiously start hugging babies, licking telephone poles, and bats in Tic Toc and other social media platform challenges for attention. And when people start seeing that and realize they are not getting sick they will realize it's safe to go outside again, sit in the middle seat on a long haul flight again too. We are a social species, everything will return back to normal quickly within 2-4 years.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 29th, 2020, 2:59 pm
by uptowner
Aer Lingus is dropping their MSP to Dublin flight

https://thriftytraveler.com/aer-lingus- ... to-dublin/

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: October 13th, 2020, 10:32 am
by MNdible
Southwest is adding service from MSP to Houston Hobby. Great news for anybody that flies Southwest, because Hobby is a major hub for access to the rest of their network, especially into Latin America. (Southwest pretends they don't have hubs, but they're lying.)

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 18th, 2021, 6:20 pm
by Didier
Driving 494 tonight I noticed a 747 with Arab text on the fuselage and a Qatar flag on the tail. Doesn't appear to be Qatar Air based on photos I'm seeing online. Curious if some sort of dignitary is at Mayo Clinic or something. Anyone know?

(I know there's a community or airport watcher people but not sure how to find them)

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 18th, 2021, 8:41 pm
by DanPatchToget
It's a Bahraini 747. Mayo Clinic visit and from what I've heard it'll be parked at MSP for at least a week. If you're on Facebook the group "Minneapolis/St. Paul Aviation Spotting" is a good place to find out about this stuff.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: May 19th, 2021, 8:28 am
by Ubermoose
I noticed a 747 with Arab text on the fuselage and a Qatar flag on the tail. Doesn't appear to be Qatar Air based on photos I'm seeing online. Curious if some sort of dignitary is at Mayo Clinic or something. Anyone know?
Funny, I took my lunch break in the MOA parking ramp and watched planes take off and land, and I noticed it right away as well. Don't see too many 747s anymore.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: June 29th, 2021, 5:18 pm
by MattW
Allegiant Airlines will operate 3 new routes from MSP: Asheville, NC; Palm Beach, FL; and Punta Gorda, FL. All three of these are already served by Sun Country. The fare wars to these locations are already beginning.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li ... g-3-routes

MSP Airport

Posted: March 22nd, 2022, 11:32 am
by Anondson

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: March 22nd, 2022, 2:22 pm
by HiawathaGuy
I wish everyone had to deal with the freeze/thaw cycle/issues we have here in the rest of the USA. It's insane the engineering that goes into things here that still get destroyed, while other places don't have to think about it.

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: March 22nd, 2022, 2:34 pm
by DanPatchToget
I don't know why anyone would want to park at the Terminal 1 ramps when there's other cheaper options that are still convenient.

Do all bus services (Metro Transit, regional, intercity, etc.) use the transit center at the Silver Ramp?

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: March 22nd, 2022, 3:31 pm
by dajazz
I don't know why anyone would want to park at the Terminal 1 ramps when there's other cheaper options that are still convenient.

Do all bus services (Metro Transit, regional, intercity, etc.) use the transit center at the Silver Ramp?
Well when your employer is paying for it people tend to take the option most convenient to them

Re: MSP Airport

Posted: March 24th, 2022, 11:28 pm
by Hero
For being such a destination why does only the Blue line and route 54 serve the airport?