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SeaPort Air cancels service to San Felipe

CortezBlue - 1-16-2016 at 03:33 AM

http://aviationtribune.com/airlines/north-america/item/3195-...

mtgoat666 - 1-16-2016 at 08:19 AM


I guess they found that very few people want to go to san Felipe, eh?

David K - 1-16-2016 at 11:02 AM

Read the article, it's not just San Felipe being cancelled!

rts551 - 1-16-2016 at 11:05 AM

People don't want to go to these places either.... Sacramento, Visalia, Burbank, San Diego, Imperial, Salina, Great Bend and Kansas City.

From SeaPort's web page:

David K - 1-16-2016 at 11:32 AM

Announcement regarding the discontinuation of service in CA, KS, MO and Mexico:

We regret to announce that effective 1/15/16, scheduled air service in California and Mexico have been discontinued, and effective 1/17/16 service to Kansas and Missouri will be discontinued. Due to the current pilot shortage and its toll on our ability to do business, SeaPort is restructuring our route network. Customers with reservations for impacted routes should please contact 888-573-2767 for a full refund.



Closures are effective immediately at the following cities for all scheduled service:

Sacramento, CA
Visalia, CA
Burbank, CA
San Diego, CA
Imperial, CA
San Felipe, BC (Mexico)
Salina, KS
Great Bend, KS
Kansas City, MO


Service in the Pacific Northwest, Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas will continue to operate normally, as scheduled and without disruption. Customers can be assured that they will continue to recieve the quality customer service they have come to expect from SeaPort Airlines on these routes.

[yes, they misspelled receive]

woody with a view - 1-16-2016 at 11:51 AM

Quote: Originally posted by rts551  
People don't want to go to these places either.... Sacramento, Visalia, Burbank, San Diego, Imperial, Salina, Great Bend and Kansas City.


"San Diego hosts almost 34 million visitors each year, and is a top U.S. travel destination."
http://www.sandiego.org/industry-research.aspx

Welcome to Sandy Eggo! Now go home, but leave your daughters....:light:

karenintx - 1-16-2016 at 01:16 PM


There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service

or Google = Essential Air Service

It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out then the planes can't fly.

Either way someone is on the loosing side.

David K - 1-16-2016 at 01:29 PM

Quote: Originally posted by karenintx  

There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service

or Google = Essential Air Service

It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out then the planes can't fly.

Either way someone is on the loosing side.



Thanks! I see Imperial County as one. So, without taxpayers subsidizing the flights to El Centro/Imperial, the airline would not sell any tickets at a profitable/ fair market price? Options for them now are to drive to Yuma, San Diego, or Palm Springs to catch a flight, yes?

Bajahowodd - 1-16-2016 at 05:31 PM

Quote: Originally posted by karenintx  

There is an other way to look at this...their EAS funding is expiring on at least three of the cities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Air_Service

or Google = Essential Air Service

It takes $$ to put those birds in the air so when the company doesn't have the $$ coming from passenger demand/revenue or the EAS funding runs out then the planes can't fly.

Either way someone is on the loosing side.



You hit the nail on the head. But, at the end of the day, this becomes a victory for big business over small business.

woody with a view - 1-16-2016 at 05:43 PM

por k no? big bidness doesn't want to lose money on these routes. Y the F*CK do they care who runs these routes? obviously, there is no $ in it........

A Typical "Temporary" Government Program

MrBillM - 1-16-2016 at 07:13 PM

Now going on 40.

EAS should have been Dead long ago.


There is NO such thing as "essential" passenger air travel.

AKgringo - 1-16-2016 at 08:14 PM

Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM  



There is NO such thing as "essential" passenger air travel.


Tell that to the people in Hawaii! Or how about Juneau, the only state capital with a moat!

All over Alaska are communities, industries, and military installations that are hundreds of miles from any roads even within the state! Driving 3300 miles down through Canada to where I stay in northern CA was fun, but it is beyond many folks budgets or time frame.

I am not big on subsidies, but the services ARE essential.

mtgoat666 - 1-16-2016 at 08:20 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM  



There is NO such thing as "essential" passenger air travel.


Tell that to the people in Hawaii! Or how about Juneau, the only state capital with a moat!

All over Alaska are communities, industries, and military installations that are hundreds of miles from any roads even within the state! Driving 3300 miles down through Canada to where I stay in northern CA was fun, but it is beyond many folks budgets or time frame.

I am not big on subsidies, but the services ARE essential.


Here is an idea: People that choose to live in the boonies could deal with it or move closer to the city.
Perhaps the subsidies (like 'bridge to nowhere') could be better spent on infrastructure used by larger populations.

As NOTED- It's a Matter of CHOICE

MrBillM - 1-17-2016 at 02:24 PM

Which should NOT be subsidized by the Taxpayers.

Period.

CortezBlue - 1-18-2016 at 05:26 PM

Geez
How can a simple post of a link turn into such a mess?

AKgringo - 1-18-2016 at 06:46 PM

Quote: Originally posted by CortezBlue  
Geez
How can a simple post of a link turn into such a mess?


I apologize for my part in that hijack, it was a distraction from the reason stated for discontinuing some routes......a pilot shortage!

CortezBlue - 1-18-2016 at 07:47 PM

Special K strikes again