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PostDec 14, 2021#6576

soulardx wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Really excited about this direct flight, especially for the "second tier" element that kipfilet mentioned. 

One thing I'm curious about - the exact amount and length of the subsidy.  Cities our size (PIT, CIN, IND) don't get direct Euro service without rather large subsidies to the airline.  Which regional entities are supply the $$ here. (I just can't imagine Gov Hee Haw throwing any money at this. Dude hates STL.)
Definitely not the state. My guess is the Port Authority since Fitch mentioned it in his now deleted tweet.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6577

Per the BJ. The flights got a $2.5 million pledge from the business community.

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^ Yep:
Some of St. Louis' largest corporations collectively committed to invest $2.5 million over two years to attract the flight, according to a spokesman for Greater St. Louis Inc., the regional economic development agency that also contributed money. Businesses that committed funding include Centene Corp., Emerson Electric, Enterprise Holdings, Hermann Companies, Hunter Engineering, Nestle Purina PetCare and the William T. Kemper Foundation.

Lufthansa will operate the flight, utilizing a 255-seat Airbus A330, three times a week, officials said. Tickets, with options for business, premium economy and economy, were to go on sale Tuesday. The flight likely will leave from Terminal 1, though airport officials said those details will be finalized next year.
Another key to landing Lufthansa has been St. Louis' growing business connections with Germany, Hamm-Niebruegge said. In 2017, for example, an average of 48 people traveled each day from St. Louis to Germany, a number that grew to 61 in 2019, the airport said.

St. Louis houses a research center for KWS, a German seed producer, and significant operations of MilliporeSigma, the life science business of Germany's Merck KGaA.

But most significant may be the decision of Germany-based Bayer to keep its North American crop science headquarters in St. Louis following its $63 billion purchase of St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. in 2018.

A press release from Greater St. Louis quoted a Bayer executive, COO of crop science Rodrigo Santos, as saying that the restoration of nonstop international air service "helps St. Louis solidify our status as a truly global center of innovation and commerce. We're excited to more easily connect with people around the world, especially our Bayer colleagues traveling to and from Europe," Santos said.
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PostDec 14, 2021#6579

RuskiSTL wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
kipfilet wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Essentially every single medium sized city in Europe is now 1-stop. Major cities were already non-stop via EWR/JFK, but this opens up a lot of "second-tier" cities that did not have super easy access from the US (think places that only have direct seasonal flights like Lyon, Naples, Athens, Oporto, etc.)
Also places east like Bangkok, Singapore, etc. And many cities (like Moscow), you have technically 1 stop through NYC but you have either an airport change or really inconvenient layovers / very few choices. Frankfurt gives you a lot more possibilities on those. 

Would be really interesting to see a breakdown or even overview of some of the new possibilities :) 
Abuja, Addis Ababa, Agadir, Alicante, Algiers, Almaty, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam,  Athens, Bahrain, Baku, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beijing Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Cairo, Cape Town, Catania, Chennai, Chișinău, Cluj-Napoca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Dresden, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Erbil, Faro, Friedrichshafen, Funchal, Gdańsk, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Graz, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Iași, Istanbul, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Katowice, Kraków, Kuwait City, Kyiv–Boryspil, Lagos, Larnaca, Linz, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London–City, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Luxembourg, Lviv, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Malé, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Mombasa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanjing, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice, Nuremberg, Nur-Sultan, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Harcourt, Porto, Poznań, Prague, Qingdao, Rennes, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Riga, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Rzeszów, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Seoul–Incheon, Seville, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Sylt, Tallinn, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Timișoara, Tirana, Tokyo–Haneda, Toulouse, Trieste, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako, Wrocław, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Zürich

Seasonal: Bastia, Cagliari, Casablanca,  Dubrovnik, Eilat, Heraklion, Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Ivalo,  Kos, Kuusamo, Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Paphos, Ponta Delgada, Pula, Rijeka, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Tivat, Tromsø, Zadar

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PostDec 14, 2021#6580

Bart Harley Jarvis wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
RuskiSTL wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
kipfilet wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Essentially every single medium sized city in Europe is now 1-stop. Major cities were already non-stop via EWR/JFK, but this opens up a lot of "second-tier" cities that did not have super easy access from the US (think places that only have direct seasonal flights like Lyon, Naples, Athens, Oporto, etc.)
Also places east like Bangkok, Singapore, etc. And many cities (like Moscow), you have technically 1 stop through NYC but you have either an airport change or really inconvenient layovers / very few choices. Frankfurt gives you a lot more possibilities on those. 

Would be really interesting to see a breakdown or even overview of some of the new possibilities :) 
Abuja, Addis Ababa, Agadir, Alicante, Algiers, Almaty, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam,  Athens, Bahrain, Baku, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beijing Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Cairo, Cape Town, Catania, Chennai, Chișinău, Cluj-Napoca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Dresden, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Erbil, Faro, Friedrichshafen, Funchal, Gdańsk, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Graz, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Iași, Istanbul, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Katowice, Kraków, Kuwait City, Kyiv–Boryspil, Lagos, Larnaca, Linz, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London–City, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Luxembourg, Lviv, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Malé, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Mombasa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanjing, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice, Nuremberg, Nur-Sultan, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Harcourt, Porto, Poznań, Prague, Qingdao, Rennes, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Riga, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Rzeszów, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Seoul–Incheon, Seville, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Sylt, Tallinn, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Timișoara, Tirana, Tokyo–Haneda, Toulouse, Trieste, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako, Wrocław, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Zürich

Seasonal: Bastia, Cagliari, Casablanca,  Dubrovnik, Eilat, Heraklion, Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Ivalo,  Kos, Kuusamo, Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Paphos, Ponta Delgada, Pula, Rijeka, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Tivat, Tromsø, Zadar
One stop to Sarajevo.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6581

moorlander wrote:
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Per the BJ.  The flights got a $2.5 million pledge from the business community.
so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  

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PostDec 14, 2021#6582

soulardx wrote:
moorlander wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Per the BJ.  The flights got a $2.5 million pledge from the business community.
so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6584

ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
soulardx wrote:
moorlander wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Per the BJ.  The flights got a $2.5 million pledge from the business community.
so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.  Do note the STATE $$ for Indy.  Again, zero chance Missouri the state would throw any $$ to help STL. 

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight

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PostDec 14, 2021#6585

soulardx wrote:
ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
soulardx wrote: so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight
I read somewhere else that Indy paid about $12,000 per RT vs STL paying about $17,000 RT assuming no frequency increase down the road.

I am no expert just trying to find info from different articles. STL is paying what I would ballpark expect in a post-covid world. I think 3x weekly is also subject to change based on how quickly we open back up.

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I read somewhere else that Indy paid about $12,000 per RT vs STL paying about $17,000 RT assuming no frequency increase down the road.

I am no expert just trying to find info from different articles. STL is paying what I would ballpark expect in a post-covid world. I think 3x weekly is also subject to change based on how quickly we open back up.
Got it.  Now, what does RT mean?

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PostDec 14, 2021#6587

Round Trip?

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PostDec 14, 2021#6588

soulardx wrote:I read somewhere else that Indy paid about $12,000 per RT vs STL paying about $17,000 RT assuming no frequency increase down the road.

I am no expert just trying to find info from different articles. STL is paying what I would ballpark expect in a post-covid world. I think 3x weekly is also subject to change based on how quickly we open back up.
Got it. Now, what does RT mean?[/quote]
Subsidy Per roundtrip flown by the airline.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6589

[quote="ldai_phs" post_id="353238" time="1639514572"][quote="soulardx"]I read somewhere else that Indy paid about $12,000 per RT vs STL paying about $17,000 RT assuming no frequency increase down the road.

I am no expert just trying to find info from different articles. STL is paying what I would ballpark expect in a post-covid world. I think 3x weekly is also subject to change based on how quickly we open back up.[/quote]

Got it.  Now, what does RT mean?[/quote]
Subsidy Per roundtrip flown by the airline.[/quote]

Thank you!  

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PostDec 14, 2021#6590

Andy’s speech:



Sorry, that’s mean. He was fine.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6591

Can anyone summarize the press conference??

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PostDec 14, 2021#6592

whitherSTL wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Can anyone summarize the press conference??
Sure.  Andy Taylor and Jason Hall are smitten over Mayor Jones and the new direction she’s taken the City and everything posted over the last 24 hours is true.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6593

After a quick check, the lowest price I found was $821.87 (round trip in Economy, travel dates: Oct. 12th -> Nov. 2nd) (Source: www.lufthansa.com)
Same trip in Business Class (ignore booking Business Class 10 months out) is about $3,200 (RT, same dates)

Most date-pairs for summer 2022 seem to be in the $1,251 to $1,347 range (+/-) for a single, round trip economy ticket (I don't think this is "basic" economy).

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PostDec 14, 2021#6594

tbspqr wrote:
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After a quick check, the lowest price I found was $821.87 (round trip in Economy, travel dates: Oct. 12th -> Nov. 2nd) (Source: www.lufthansa.com)
Same trip in Business Class (ignore booking Business Class 10 months out) is about $3,200 (RT, same dates)

Most date-pairs for summer 2022 seem to be in the $1,251 to $1,347 range (+/-) for a single, round trip economy ticket (I don't think this is "basic" economy).
Found a STL - Frankfurt- Zagreb Croatia for 717 in October.

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PostDec 14, 2021#6595

soulardx wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
soulardx wrote: so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.  Do note the STATE $$ for Indy.  Again, zero chance Missouri the state would throw any $$ to help STL. 

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight
Indy is the capital and the only metro. If MO gives STL $$$ for a TATL, what do you think KC would do?

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PostDec 14, 2021#6596

shadrach wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
soulardx wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.  Do note the STATE $$ for Indy.  Again, zero chance Missouri the state would throw any $$ to help STL. 

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight
Indy is the capital and the only metro. If MO gives STL $$$ for a TATL, what do you think KC would do?
Missouri will NOT supplement any flights in either city. Nor are they. So that's a moot point point/question.

PostDec 14, 2021#6597

soulardx wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
soulardx wrote: so, over two years, $2.5 million from "the business community" and $2.5 million, over two years, from the St. Louis County Port Authority to market the flights.  Then the airport is waiving landing fees to the tune of $350,000/year.

Big picture, $2.85 million/year seems about right for a subsidy for a city the size of STL.  In fact, seems on the lower end. The subsidy specifics are always opaque so hard to know, but I believe that IND is giving closer to $5 million/year for their Euro flights.

Well done, all.  
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.  Do note the STATE $$ for Indy.  Again, zero chance Missouri the state would throw any $$ to help STL. 

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight
I am under the assumption that BA to EU nonstop IND isn't even a done deal yet.

PostDec 14, 2021#6598

The difference that this announcement is making is really profound. This isn't a small airline (like Wow/Icelandair or a low cost oversea)... this airline is coming to STL to serve our businesses and crating a world-connection to STL as a world-class city. This isn't a seasonal flight, this isn't a limited schedule, this isn't a "vacation destination" only flight... this flight is truly connecting our business partnerships and corporations. To see that Centene is behind this (because he was pushing for a global legacy airline connection) is quite nice as well. This wasn't a just deal between STL Iternational and Lufthansa. This was a corporate deal. 2 years of nonstop year-round 3x weekly om a wide body A330 airplane with all classes and some of the best amenities in the sky. Not only is the corporate world going to fuel these flights... so will STLians for leisure.

Watch the STL Business Lufthansa launch...


Luftansa's Wide Body 245-255 Seats
https://www.lufthansa.com/ge/en/333

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PostDec 14, 2021#6599

Bart Harley Jarvis wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
RuskiSTL wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
kipfilet wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
Essentially every single medium sized city in Europe is now 1-stop. Major cities were already non-stop via EWR/JFK, but this opens up a lot of "second-tier" cities that did not have super easy access from the US (think places that only have direct seasonal flights like Lyon, Naples, Athens, Oporto, etc.)
Also places east like Bangkok, Singapore, etc. And many cities (like Moscow), you have technically 1 stop through NYC but you have either an airport change or really inconvenient layovers / very few choices. Frankfurt gives you a lot more possibilities on those. 

Would be really interesting to see a breakdown or even overview of some of the new possibilities :) 
Abuja, Addis Ababa, Agadir, Alicante, Algiers, Almaty, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam,  Athens, Bahrain, Baku, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Beijing Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Cairo, Cape Town, Catania, Chennai, Chișinău, Cluj-Napoca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Dresden, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Erbil, Faro, Friedrichshafen, Funchal, Gdańsk, Geneva, Genoa, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Graz, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Iași, Istanbul, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Katowice, Kraków, Kuwait City, Kyiv–Boryspil, Lagos, Larnaca, Linz, Lisbon, Liverpool, Ljubljana, London–City, London–Heathrow, Luanda, Luxembourg, Lviv, Lyon, Madrid, Malabo, Málaga, Malé, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Mombasa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Münster/Osnabrück, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Nagoya–Centrair, Nanjing, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice, Nuremberg, Nur-Sultan, Oslo, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Port Harcourt, Porto, Poznań, Prague, Qingdao, Rennes, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Riga, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino, Rzeszów, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Seoul–Incheon, Seville, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Sylt, Tallinn, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Timișoara, Tirana, Tokyo–Haneda, Toulouse, Trieste, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Windhoek–Hosea Kutako, Wrocław, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zanzibar, Zürich

Seasonal: Bastia, Cagliari, Casablanca,  Dubrovnik, Eilat, Heraklion, Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Ivalo,  Kos, Kuusamo, Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Paphos, Ponta Delgada, Pula, Rijeka, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Tivat, Tromsø, Zadar
Thanks, I'll take a stab at cross-referencing. I've bolded the new one stops below and in parentheses listed existing 1stops. Take with a healthy dose of salt, I'm sure there are a fair number of mistakes. Some interesting take aways:

- 126 (+ all 24 of the seasonal) new 1stop destinations!
- not having STL - JFK really screws us on 1stop destinations
- 10 1stop destinations will go from 1 -> 2 connecting options with FRA 


Abuja, Addis Ababa (Newark, Chicago, Dulles, Toronto), AgadirAlicanteAlgiersAlmaty, Amman–Queen Alia (Ohare), Amsterdam (many),  Athens (many seasonal), BahrainBakuBangalore (SF May), Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona (Newark, Miami), BariBasel/Mulhouse, Beijing Capital (United x4), BeirutBelgradeBergenBerlin (Newark, Dulles May), BilbaoBillundBirmingham, BolognaBordeaux, BremenBristol, Brussels (Ohare, Newark, Dulles), BucharestBudapest, BydgoszczCairo, Cape Town (seasonal), CataniaChennai, ChișinăuCluj-Napoca, Copenhagen (Toronto), Dammam, Delhi (many), Dresden, Dubai (Toronto) , Dublin (Newark, Toronto) , Düsseldorf, Edinburgh (Newark) , ErbilFaroFriedrichshafenFunchalGdańsk, Geneva (Newark, Dulles), GenoaGlasgowGothenburgGrazHamburg, HanoverHelsinki, Hong Kong (Ohare, Newark, SF), IașiIstanbulJakarta–Soekarno-HattaJohannesburg–O. R. TamboKatowiceKrakówKuwait CityKyiv–Boryspil, Lagos (Dulles), LarnacaLinz, Lisbon (Newark), Liverpool, LjubljanaLondon–City, London–Heathrow (many), LuandaLuxembourgLvivLyon, Madrid (United), MalaboMálagaMaléMaltaManchesterMarseille, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa (Newark, Toronto, Ohare), MombasaMoscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai (Newark), Munich (many), Münster/OsnabrückNairobi–Jomo KenyattaNagoya–CentrairNanjingNantesNaples, Newcastle upon Tyne, NiceNurembergNur-Sultan, OsloPalermoPalma de MallorcaPamplona, Paris–Charles de Gaulle (many), Port HarcourtPortoPoznańPragueQingdaoRennesReykjavík–KeflavíkRiga, Riyadh, Rome–Fiumicino (many), RzeszówSaint PetersburgSalzburg, Sarajevo, Seoul–Incheon (many), Seville, Shanghai–Pudong (many), Shenyang, Singapore (SF) , SofiaStockholm–ArlandaStuttgartSyltTallinnTehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv (many), ThessalonikiTimișoaraTirana, Tokyo–Haneda (many), ToulouseTriesteTunisTurinValencia, Venice, Vienna (Toronto), VilniusWarsaw–Chopin, Windhoek–Hosea KutakoWrocławYerevanZagrebZanzibarZürich

Seasonal: Bastia, Cagliari, Casablanca,  Dubrovnik, Eilat, Heraklion, Heringsdorf, Ibiza, Ivalo,  Kos, Kuusamo, Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Paphos, Ponta Delgada, Pula, Rijeka, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Tivat, Tromsø, Zadar

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PostDec 14, 2021#6600

matguy70 wrote:
soulardx wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
ldai_phs wrote:
Dec 14, 2021
I think IND was $5.5 million for 2 years of a minimum 3x weekly service year round.
This isn't a trick question or me trying to prove you wrong.... but can you read these stories and tell me the annual subsidy the Indy to Paris flights got?  It's so f#ckig opaque.  Do note the STATE $$ for Indy.  Again, zero chance Missouri the state would throw any $$ to help STL. 

https://www.ibj.com/articles/68571-term ... ndy-market

https://crankyflier.com/2018/05/01/the- ... ianapolis/

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-indian ... is-flight/

https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/a ... ris-flight
I am under the assumption that BA to EU nonstop IND isn't even a done deal yet.
We are talking about Delta to Paris from IND……..

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