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AIRLINE INDUSTRY: US Airways cutting LV flights

Second-busiest carrier at McCarran realigns operations

By HOWARD STUTZ
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Passengers wait for their luggage at the Delta carousel at McCarran International Airport. The airport has already seen a decline in traffic, and it will fall further after a reductions from US Airways.
Photo by Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo

McCarran International Airport's second-busiest air carrier will cut its service to and from Las Vegas by nearly half starting in February.

The announcement by US Airways marked the second time in two years the Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier said it was reducing Las Vegas service. The move was part of an realignment by US Airways, which will cut 1,000 jobs, end service into several markets and close stations and crew bases in several U.S. cities, including Las Vegas.

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US Airways employs 880 people in Las Vegas. A spokesman for the airline said it was unclear yet how many of the Las Vegas employees will lose their positions because some workers will be able to transfer to other markets.

In Las Vegas, US Airways operates 64 daily flights. The number will fall to 36 by February, a 44 percent reduction. In a statement, the airline said high fuel prices and the lack of customer demand were the reasons behind the reduction.

US Airways is also ending nonstop service between Las Vegas and Detroit; Minneapolis; Seattle; San Jose, Calif.; Orange County, Calif.; Orlando, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Chicago (O'Hare); Vancouver, British Columbia; and Toronto.

"The schedule changes in Las Vegas are being made for similar reasons to what we announced in the first half of 2008," said Morgan Durrant, a spokesman for US Airways.

US Airways Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker said the cutbacks in markets like Las Vegas were being done to focus on the airline's hubs in Philadelphia, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C., and its base at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Parker is working to return US Airways to profitability after net losses in seven of the past eight quarters.

The current airline was created in 2005 following the merger of America West Holdings Corp. and the US Airways Group Inc. The carrier cut some 1,300 jobs among pilots, management and other work groups in 2008.

US Airways is second only to Southwest Airlines in the number of passengers it services at McCarran. In September, US Airways flew 359,923 passengers in and out of McCarran, a decline of 26 percent. For the first nine months of the year, the airline had serviced almost 3.8 million passengers, a 34 percent decline from a year ago.

Clark County Department of Aviation Director Randall Walker said the airport only learned of the planned changes Wednesday.

"We're analyzing the details to determine how this will affect Las Vegas-bound passengers versus those who were just hubbing through, looking at each market individually, in order to determine how this will impact the community," Walker said.

The news concerning the Las Vegas flight reductions was viewed negatively by Wall Street.

Janney Montgomery Scott gaming analyst Brian McGill has said in recent investor notes that the airlines need to increase flights by 10 percent to 15 percent to serve an increasing number of hotel rooms.

The Golden Nugget will open 500 hotel rooms at the end of November, while CityCenter will bring almost 6,000 hotel rooms to market by the end of December.

Based on a planned 15,000 new hotel rooms, McGill believes the city needs to attract an additional 3 million visitors annually.

"We continue to remain cautious on the outlook for Las Vegas given the additional hotel supply and lack of airline capacity into the market," McGill told investors. "With 43 percent of the visitors arriving by air, this would mean an additional 1.29 million visitors would need to arrive on planes. Given these airline capacity cuts, we expect the Strip to become more reliant on the less profitable drive-in customer."

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority viewed the news as more of a reflection of how US Airways wants to modify its business model. Vince Alberta, the convention authority's chief spokesman, said the agency expects other domestic air carriers could pick up flights vacated by US Airways.

British Airways just started a once-a-day nonstop flight between McCarran and London's Heathrow Airport. XL France is expected to begin a nonstop flight between McCarran and Paris next year.

"Other carriers have demonstrated an interest in this market," Alberta said.

Durrant said US Airways could resume flights if demand increases.

Author:	darksiege [ Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:09 pm ]
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Las Vegas Review Journal article on US Airways Spoiler: Las Vegas Review Journal wrote: AIRLINE INDUSTRY: US Airways cutting LV flights Second-busiest carrier at McCarran realigns operations By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Passengers wait for their luggage at the Delta carousel at McCarran International Airport. The airport has already seen a decline in traffic, and it will fall further after a reductions from US Airways. Photo by Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal file photo McCarran International Airport's second-busiest air carrier will cut its service to and from Las Vegas by nearly half starting in February. The announcement by US Airways marked the second time in two years the Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier said it was reducing Las Vegas service. The move was part of an realignment by US Airways, which will cut 1,000 jobs, end service into several markets and close stations and crew bases in several U.S. cities, including Las Vegas. Most Popular Stories Sun City Anthem resident battles HOA Boyd CEO says Station Casinos bid is legitimate NV Energy says rates could tumble AIRLINE INDUSTRY: US Airways cutting LV flights Arrows point down at casino companies Observers see hopeful signs for real estate Nevada regulators close down Cumorah Credit Union Station Casinos files for reorganization extension Western Alliance lays off workers PHOTO: All Dressed Up for CityCenter US Airways employs 880 people in Las Vegas. A spokesman for the airline said it was unclear yet how many of the Las Vegas employees will lose their positions because some workers will be able to transfer to other markets. In Las Vegas, US Airways operates 64 daily flights. The number will fall to 36 by February, a 44 percent reduction. In a statement, the airline said high fuel prices and the lack of customer demand were the reasons behind the reduction. US Airways is also ending nonstop service between Las Vegas and Detroit; Minneapolis; Seattle; San Jose, Calif.; Orange County, Calif.; Orlando, Fla.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Chicago (O'Hare); Vancouver, British Columbia; and Toronto. "The schedule changes in Las Vegas are being made for similar reasons to what we announced in the first half of 2008," said Morgan Durrant, a spokesman for US Airways. US Airways Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker said the cutbacks in markets like Las Vegas were being done to focus on the airline's hubs in Philadelphia, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C., and its base at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Parker is working to return US Airways to profitability after net losses in seven of the past eight quarters. The current airline was created in 2005 following the merger of America West Holdings Corp. and the US Airways Group Inc. The carrier cut some 1,300 jobs among pilots, management and other work groups in 2008. US Airways is second only to Southwest Airlines in the number of passengers it services at McCarran. In September, US Airways flew 359,923 passengers in and out of McCarran, a decline of 26 percent. For the first nine months of the year, the airline had serviced almost 3.8 million passengers, a 34 percent decline from a year ago. Clark County Department of Aviation Director Randall Walker said the airport only learned of the planned changes Wednesday. "We're analyzing the details to determine how this will affect Las Vegas-bound passengers versus those who were just hubbing through, looking at each market individually, in order to determine how this will impact the community," Walker said. The news concerning the Las Vegas flight reductions was viewed negatively by Wall Street. Janney Montgomery Scott gaming analyst Brian McGill has said in recent investor notes that the airlines need to increase flights by 10 percent to 15 percent to serve an increasing number of hotel rooms. The Golden Nugget will open 500 hotel rooms at the end of November, while CityCenter will bring almost 6,000 hotel rooms to market by the end of December. Based on a planned 15,000 new hotel rooms, McGill believes the city needs to attract an additional 3 million visitors annually. "We continue to remain cautious on the outlook for Las Vegas given the additional hotel supply and lack of airline capacity into the market," McGill told investors. "With 43 percent of the visitors arriving by air, this would mean an additional 1.29 million visitors would need to arrive on planes. Given these airline capacity cuts, we expect the Strip to become more reliant on the less profitable drive-in customer." The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority viewed the news as more of a reflection of how US Airways wants to modify its business model. Vince Alberta, the convention authority's chief spokesman, said the agency expects other domestic air carriers could pick up flights vacated by US Airways. British Airways just started a once-a-day nonstop flight between McCarran and London's Heathrow Airport. XL France is expected to begin a nonstop flight between McCarran and Paris next year. "Other carriers have demonstrated an interest in this market," Alberta said. Durrant said US Airways could resume flights if demand increases. Recovery my *... ** you to all the politicians and their lying bullshit about recovery

Author:	Hannibal [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:06 pm ]
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Considering how much of our econemy is based on consumers, yeah, I do think we are in a recovery. Say things are getting better and the hordes of lemmings who can't distinguish want from need will loosen up the purse and spend. They already didn't have a good grasp of planning for the future, so tell the ignorant zombies that everything is going to be ok and they will dance on the deck as the ship goes down. This is a jobless recovery with an econemy based on people buying stuff, and an administration who is spending money that they don't have and won't recieve in the time frame they are hoping for. What can go wrong? Numbers are going to look good as people gorge over the holiday season, and into Christmas. But I think the sobering reality of January is going to be more people deeper into debt, who are pissed off that the Obama rainbow had a bucket of bullsh## at the end instead of a pot of gold. I think it's going to be a long, cold, harsh winter.

Author:	Micheal [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:23 pm ]
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Sounds like its a little early to re-release George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right It's all right

Author:	darksiege [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:33 pm ]
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all I can say is: Earth Meet Sky.

Author:	Lydiaa [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:30 pm ]
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All your failings are causing our house prices to go up as more people move here due to the perception that you guys will fail. This is not good~! Go back to the happy news so I can afford my house >.<

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Author:	Rafael [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:11 pm ]
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Canadian Border Patrol probably gonna be seeing the same stuff ours has at some point in time. Maybe even Mexico.

Author:	Micheal [ Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:59 pm ]
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Lydiaa wrote: All your failings are causing our house prices to go up as more people move here due to the perception that you guys will fail. This is not good~! Go back to the happy news so I can afford my house >.< Maybe now is a good time to immigrate to the States, buy a house here, and be ahead of the game when we make our great recovery. Then again, maybe not. I'll reserve the right to say I told you so if/when we do make a great recovery. Sometime after 2011.

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:08 pm ]
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Expect us to start a war, Mike?

Author:	Lydiaa [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:38 pm ]
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While the homes are about half the prices of Aust homes (I'm looking at 600k for an 2 bedroom apartment in a decent area), unfortunately I never quite liked the US as a place for living. While the every day people are nice enough, your politics, education, law, pc, guns, logic of the masses, etc scare me. I would entertain moving there for a couple of years to work and travel, but would probably not raise a family there.

Author:	Elmarnieh [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:42 pm ]
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I can guarantee you that my guns are snugglyumptios.

Author:	Lydiaa [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:45 pm ]
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Snugglyumptios or not. I believe in the stupidity of the human race. (well that and you guys have more nuts due to population probability) I can teach my kids to recognise snakes, spiders and other deadly animals. Recognising deadly humans are a whole other game.

Author:	Elmarnieh [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:47 pm ]
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http://www.geekologie.com/2008/02/11/hello-kitty-1.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll40 ... G_0094.jpg Then don't have kids. Guns don't make humans dangerous or not and sociopaths are the most charming people you will meet. Of course 99.98% of people are decent enough to not harm children. It depends how risk averse you are.

Author:	Lydiaa [ Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:05 pm ]
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Thats almost as bad as me telling ya, if you want less killing, then don't have guns =P Having living children (into adulthood) is similar to any material posession. You would like to reduce the likeliness of things happening to them. Just like you wouldnt leave your guns, unlocked, lying around a bad neighbourhood, I'm merely judging the probability of incidents based on available data. (e.g. we've never had a single school shooting by kids) Trust me I have nothing against guns, in fact I dont believe you guys should ban them due to other factors.. but that deserves another thread hehe. I just don't think any of the places i've visited so far (LV, NY, Georgia, washington DC and Cali) are better then sydney for raising kids.

Author:	Ladas [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:11 am ]
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Its interesting that according to one news group, the stimulus money used by Oregon successfully created 9,600 jobs... of course, 3 out of 4 of those are new government jobs.

Author:	Elmarnieh [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:47 pm ]
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It is where water runs with land on both sides, usually within viewing distance.

Author:	Rafael [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:32 pm ]
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Some of the lakes around where I grew up are breathtaking in the early morning, in a completely different way that beaches are. South East Tennessee (Chattanooga, Look Out Mountain) is gorgeous in the fall. There are beaches in Houston if you prefer white sand, hot dry weather and less crowds and LA-style over-indulgence than Miami. Colorado ... wow, the whole state is awesome, even the East half is peacefully open like Kansas, but rolling. Chicago ... well, you just have to go check it out yourself. And of course you have Atlanta back down Southeast. I wouldn't mind living there at all. There too many places to even mention. The beaches in Jersey are poo, even Maryland isn't that great. IMO, anything on the gulf blows it away, and blows away the beaches in the Southeast (Myrtle Beach) . The only thing that comes close is Miami and Key West, but from what I hear from my uncle who lives there, it's not exactly affordable. And LA ... well, I don't think I'd survive. Maybe San Diego. But not LA.

Author:	Lenas [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:51 pm ]
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Los Angeles is the arm pit of California. You know, if the arm pit was located on the *******.

Author:	Diamondeye [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:50 am ]
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DFK! wrote: Indeed, though I doubt most Australians have that problem. Their country's about as big as the lower 48, IIRC. Still doesn't stop them from thinking the whole country is LA, DC, Detroit, Miami, and nYC though/

Author:	Rafael [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:29 am ]
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Lydiaa wrote: I just don't think any of the places i've visited so far (LV, NY, Georgia, washington DC and Cali) are better then sydney for raising kids. I like how people from other countries (and people in this country as well on the coasts) don't seem to remember the fact that there's a whole entire glut of land, people and cities between our coasts that are quite safe and reasonable. The US as these people know it is Cali, NYC, Miami, DC and maybe Philadelphia. No one remember Chicago, or the fact that across the river from East St. Louis is an entire city of relativel low crime etc.

Author:	Lydiaa [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:42 pm ]
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Rafael wrote: Lydiaa wrote: I just don't think any of the places i've visited so far (LV, NY, Georgia, washington DC and Cali) are better then sydney for raising kids. I like how people from other countries (and people in this country as well on the coasts) don't seem to remember the fact that there's a whole entire glut of land, people and cities between our coasts that are quite safe and reasonable. The US as these people know it is Cali, NYC, Miami, DC and maybe Philadelphia. No one remember Chicago, or the fact that across the river from East St. Louis is an entire city of relativel low crime etc. I guess one of my pre-requisite for living is to have beautiful beaches. I grew up with them and would love my kids to grow up with them. Nothing beats perving at hot surfing dudes, sipping on an icy coke, gossiping with your friends and killing yourself in the sun. My dream home (when I start rolling in cash) would be to live in a small country town by the sea with my own private beach. Hard to do when you're inland. You also have to remember that being Aussie, we have no concept of rivers.

Author:	Lydiaa [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:55 pm ]
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It's my title isnt it >.<

Author:	Corolinth [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:02 pm ]
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Rafael wrote: I like how people from other countries (and people in this country as well on the coasts) don't seem to remember the fact that there's a whole entire glut of land, people and cities between our coasts that are quite safe and reasonable. People from most other countries in the world have a hard time comprehending just how **** huge the United States' landmass actually is. The vast majority of countries across the globe are smaller than most individual states. Hell, most Americans don't realize just how big the country is. That's why so many people want one single government to rule over it.

Author:	DFK! [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:10 pm ]
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Corolinth wrote: Rafael wrote: I like how people from other countries (and people in this country as well on the coasts) don't seem to remember the fact that there's a whole entire glut of land, people and cities between our coasts that are quite safe and reasonable. People from most other countries in the world have a hard time comprehending just how **** huge the United States' landmass actually is. The vast majority of countries across the globe are smaller than most individual states. Hell, most Americans don't realize just how big the country is. That's why so many people want one single government to rule over it. Indeed, though I doubt most Australians have that problem. Their country's about as big as the lower 48, IIRC.

Author:	Monte [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:11 am ]
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Lenas wrote: Los Angeles is the arm pit of California. You know, if the arm pit was located on the ******. So that's* where the stench is coming from. Lancaster's not so bad today. Driving through LA is like driving through a cloud of suck, though.

Author:	Aegnor [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:25 pm ]
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DFK! wrote: Indeed, though I doubt most Australians have that problem. Their country's about as big as the lower 48, IIRC. Well, there is a major difference between the population layout in Australia and the population layout in the U.S. Aside from Perth, most of the population lives along the east coast. You've got Adelaide in South Australia, which is just over a million people, the entire population of South Australia is 1.5 million. 85% of the people in Western Australia live in the southwest corner of the State (near Perth). The entire State of Northern Australia has a population of 223k. That's about half the population of my hometown of Wichita KS. My point is, that if an Australian had preconceptions about the population distribution of the U.S., based on their experience with Australia, then that would lead them to believe that people lived on the coast and the rest is flyover country. Because that's the way it is in Australia, its only natural for them to think of the U.S. in the same terms. A large city in the interior of the U.S. would be Chicago with a Population of 2.8 million (9.5 million in the metro area), or Detroit at over 900k. A large city in the interior of Australia is Alice Springs at 27k.

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