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New Iberia Airport Will Be Launching Airline Flights Soon
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:16 pm
KATC- ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT
I know United was working to get some Houston bound early morning and evening flights for business commuters.
A cheap NOLA flight would be cool too. Lots of cheap airlines out of there like Allegiant, Spirit, Frontier, Southwest, and GLO.
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The airport will specialize in short, no-frill flights to Houston and New Orleans, and hopes these flights will boost business between the cities.
I know United was working to get some Houston bound early morning and evening flights for business commuters.
A cheap NOLA flight would be cool too. Lots of cheap airlines out of there like Allegiant, Spirit, Frontier, Southwest, and GLO.
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Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:20 pm to jcaz
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no-frill flights to Houston and New Orleans
I'm sorry, but I don't see this is a viable business plan. How far is the drive and how much time are you saving with parking, security, etc and then finding transportation in either city when you get there?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 11:49 pm to jcaz
Why would United expand right down the road to New Iberia when they barely want to be in Lafayette?
Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:33 am to The Boat
Apparently there is/was a market for business travelers wanting quick day trips. Of course the terminal construction began back before the downturn.
The LFT-DEN flights were a bust.
The LFT-DEN flights were a bust.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:17 am to jcaz
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I know United was working to get some Houston bound early morning and evening flights for business commuters.
A cheap NOLA flight would be cool too. Lots of cheap airlines out of there like Allegiant, Spirit, Frontier, Southwest, and GLO.
None of those airlines are going to start service to ARA.
United flys chartered flights to ARA for Haliburton execs and employees. It looks like the taxpayers got hosed into paying for a facility upgrade for Haliburton.
This post was edited on 12/3/16 at 1:18 am
Posted on 12/3/16 at 8:59 am to jcaz
Will flight attendants have a new Iberia haircut?
Posted on 12/3/16 at 5:46 pm to RedFoxx
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None of those airlines are going to start service to ARA.
Not what I meant. A small carrier could connect from ARA to MSY. From there catch a flight on the LCC's.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 8:29 pm to jcaz
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The LFT-DEN flights were a bust.
They were only a bust because oil went to $40bbl.
With the amount of data the legacy carriers have, they will never attempt to create demand. They will simply respond to it. UA saw a high number of LFT/DEN o&d traffic, had an available aricraft, and put it to use on the route.
As for this New Iberia service...
Posted on 12/3/16 at 11:20 pm to jcaz
Anybody have a clue on prices for Houston? Will it be hobby or iah? I visit MD Anderson regularly and can never find a good rate (around 200) when I need it. Typically LFT on united will be around 3-40, but sometimes way higher. Ain't gonna happen, but I'd love for either Nee Iberia or Lafayette to have a southwest terminal.
Posted on 12/3/16 at 11:36 pm to jcaz
don't see that being successful 
Posted on 12/4/16 at 12:00 am to jcaz
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Not what I meant. A small carrier could connect from ARA to MSY. From there catch a flight on the LCC's.
Considering that none of those LCCs offer any interline agreements it would be a huge PITA to connect at MSY (or anywhere).
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Devillier said the ARA had more than 3,000 passengers in 2013, slightly less in 2014, and only 880 in 2015, when “oil and gas really started going down.”
Devillier said the airport plans to offer “short hops, no frills” round-trip flights to places like Houston and New Orleans.
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The quote above is from another article dated Dec. 1st. They seem to think some no-frills airline is just going to come in and offer service now.
The taxpayers just got screwed out of a $1 million so 800 Haliburton employees a year don't have to sit in a conference room to wait for their flight.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 12:36 am to RedFoxx
I just think when the economy improves for us there will be a market. Not just for Halliburton. There's a also a helicopter operator on the airport that may utilize it one day.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 1:24 am to RedFoxx
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taxpayers just got screwed
Like the 1 cent sales tax for LFT? Zero improvements there.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 9:28 am to jcaz
so the Lafayette metro is now big enough to have two airports offer scheduled service?
You Lafayette people crack me up.
You Lafayette people crack me up.
Posted on 12/5/16 at 9:51 am to jcaz
The drive from New Iberia to NOLA is only like 2 hours, there is no way anyone would actually decide to take that flight when it will cost more and probably take longer once you factor in parking at the airport, check in, taxiing on the runways, getting bags, and still having to drive in to Nola from Kenner.
Same thing for Houston except you are driving even farther if you land at IAH and have to drive into downtown or other major business centers in Houston.
Same thing for Houston except you are driving even farther if you land at IAH and have to drive into downtown or other major business centers in Houston.
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