By Ameet Sachdev | Delta Air Lines will expand its service out of O’Hare International Airport in June, offering 11 daily flights to New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The service on Delta’s business shuttle will replace existing, less-frequent flights between LaGuardia and Chicago’s Midway Airport.
Delta is stepping up the competition on a key business route, as United and other airlines pare capacity to New York.
The shuttle service will feature dedicated check-in and self-service
kiosks in O’Hare’s Terminal 2, as well as complimentary morning coffee,
tea and newspapers.
Flights on this route will be operated with Embraer 175 regional jets,
equipped with 12 first-class seats and 64 in economy class. Both cabins
are configured with no middle seats.
Service will begin June 10.
Smaller planes -> more frequent flights;
smaller planes -> 2+2 coach seating with NO MIDDLE SEATS,
smaller planes -> lower operating costs mean profitable flights even with fewer passengers.
Boeing and Airbus sure missed the bus on regional jets– every year their planes are larger and costlier. I suppose there will always be a market for the super long-range megajets, but, as these smaller planes become more capable, the big players are losing the low end of their market.
The article fails to mention that the service is provided by Republic Airways, not by mainline Delta…
i fly over 100,000 miles a year. i DETEST regional jets.
Funny that that this gets a byline, because it reads like a press release.
What makes something a “business shuttle” as opposed to frequent scheduled service (which American has)?
Hard to believe anyone makes money flying to LGA. Fares are low. This is good for fliers. Many in Chicago never used Delta much because its only flights were to its hubs–Atlanta, Cincinnati, SLC. Now they have LGA plus the old Northwest hubs.
I’m not sure what’s wrong with the 175–unless you are in the back seat next to the bathroom doot. I like the two-seat configuration
What’s wrong with the regional jets is that I can sit upright with my lower back firmly against the seatback, and my knees practically touch the the seat in front of me. If I try to stretch out a little, my shins are hitting the seat in front of me. And if the person in front of my reclines… forget about it. Regional jets should be used for just what it implies… regional travel. If it’s more than an hour and half in the air, i don’t want any part of it. Southwest (hate to single one airline out) does a great job flying the 737 for all it’s flights, even regional ones, because it allows gives them consistency at every airport they fly into. Every single one of their gates can take any plane they fly. This is why their on-time ratings are always above everyone elses. The cost savings of flying a single aircraft over time, outweighs the expense of having multiple models in your livery.
This is a story that makes me wish I were 5′5″ tall instead of 6′2″.
Yep…that’s the answer..just keep putting more and more small planes in the air…just wait and see what that does to the air traffic control system..Can anyone spell Delays???