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Old 06-10-2014, 10:28 PM
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From Piedmont to parallel runways: How Charlotte's airport got so big | WCNC.com Charlotte

being behind Charlotte is nothing to scoff at.. as the article points out, Charlotte is busier than every airport in Europe and Asia.
Charlotte is not busier than every airport in Europe and Asia.That's just silly to even contemplate.

Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore, Guangzhou, Istanbul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai
are all busier than Charlotte in total number of passengers enplaned and deplaned.
London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam are also busier than Charlotte in total number of passengers enplaned and deplaned.

Also, Beijing is busier than Charlotte in total aircraft movements.

What's sad for Houston is that metros smaller than Houston have higher passenger counts than IAH.
Denver, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Miami all move more people than IAH. Heck, Las Vegas, Charlotte, and Denver even beat IAH in terms of total aircraft movements. What is Houston doing wrong? It has huge skyscrapers AND the only two supertalls in the state of Texas!

Not sure why you keep posting false data, Texas Tallest.

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Old 06-10-2014, 10:57 PM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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But about IAH, how can they not even produce the passenger numbers that Charlotte, NC produces? Shocking.
When the big city of New York doesn't even produce them, it means nothing in terms of a city's overall importance as far as I'm concerned.

Dallas and Charlotte might have us beat in terms of airport passenger traffic, but where's their port? At least Houston can say they have both.
 
Old 06-10-2014, 11:08 PM
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Dallas and Charlotte might have us beat in terms of airport passenger traffic, but where's their port? At least Houston can say they have both.
AirPORT. There's our port.
 
Old 06-10-2014, 11:16 PM
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American Airlines begins Shanghai, Hong Kong flights from D/FW

By TERRY MAXON Staff Writer tmaxon@dallasnews.com
Published: 10 June 2014 10:59 PM
Updated: 10 June 2014 11:01 PM

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“Just in the short term, we’re talking about $360 million in economic impact. That’s a lot of money,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said when American announced last October that it would launch the routes.
“I think it’s also important to say that it’s not just about economics. It’s about culture. It’s about the arts. It’s about understanding each other. And lastly and most important, it’s about education,” Rawlings said, referring to the number of Chinese students who attend area colleges and universities.

D/FW Airport chief executive Sean Donohue said he is “delighted” that his airport will be the only Texas airport with nonstop service to Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Shanghai route alone will mean $200 million in economic value to North Texas, he said.

American’s flight from D/FW to Hong Kong flight — which at 8,119 miles and 16-plus hours is the longest in the carrier’s network — will be the airline’s first flight to that city.
 
Old 06-11-2014, 01:10 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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AirPORT. There's our port.
lol, at least you didnt claim that "inland port" as your port. Houston has the 2nd busiest port in the country, along with IAH, and Hobby.

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Unless you are calling the world one region, DFW is not a regional airport. 4th busiest in US. 9th busiest in the world. 2nd largest US Hub (American) after Delta in ATL. Glad you do recognize how perfectly DFW is situated though......the same thing many companies recognize, ie: the moving of Toyota.

But about IAH, how can they not even produce the passenger numbers that Charlotte, NC produces? Shocking.
DFW gets its a lot of its numbers from regional flights and domestic transfers.. heck, DFW used to have "Regional" in its name.

and youve got to be kidding me. DFW gets one REGIONAL corporate relocation and suddenly you would think the entire world is moving to DFW with the way you guys have been hyping up this Toyota relocation.

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Charlotte is not busier than every airport in Europe and Asia.That's just silly to even contemplate.

Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Singapore, Guangzhou, Istanbul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai
are all busier than Charlotte in total number of passengers enplaned and deplaned.
London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam are also busier than Charlotte in total number of passengers enplaned and deplaned.

Also, Beijing is busier than Charlotte in total aircraft movements.

What's sad for Houston is that metros smaller than Houston have higher passenger counts than IAH.
Denver, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Miami all move more people than IAH. Heck, Las Vegas, Charlotte, and Denver even beat IAH in terms of total aircraft movements. What is Houston doing wrong? It has huge skyscrapers AND the only two supertalls in the state of Texas!

Not sure why you keep posting false data, Texas Tallest.
how do i "keep" posting false data? if there is anything false about that article, take it up with the news site.

sheshh, its like no one from Dallas understands geography.. Houston metro is bordered on one side by a GULF. and is a few hundred miles from an INTERNATIONAL BORDER. thats like the equivalent to a city like Seattle, or San Diego (though SD is in the most populous state, near the 2nd most populous city) geographically speaking. of course our domestic market isnt going to be anywhere near DFWs, who is completely surrounded by land for over 300 miles on all sides, and much closer to the center of the country. all of those listed airports are very regional based like DFW and have a high number of domestic transfers.
 
Old 06-11-2014, 07:45 AM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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and youve got to be kidding me. DFW gets one REGIONAL corporate relocation and suddenly you would think the entire world is moving to DFW with the way you guys have been hyping up this Toyota relocation.
One?

FYI, Toyota's U.S. Headquarters is not a "regional" operation.

State Farm hiring up to 700 for new DFW regional headquarters - Dallas Business Journal

Amazon takes big office block at Dallas’ Galleria complex | Dallas Morning News

American Red Cross moving its largest disaster supply center to Dallas from Mississippi | Dallas Morning News

Ameriflight will move HQ to D/FW Airport | Dallas Morning News

Nebraska Furniture Mart
http://www.omaha.com/money/nebraska-...2c8b75a86.html

In addition, are the thousands of jobs both American and Southwest Airlines are bringing to Dallas/Fort Worth due to mergers and consolidations.
 
Old 06-11-2014, 07:50 AM
 
Location: USA
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Y'all really get off to the total number of strangers that had to be annoyed with a layover in y'alls airports...
 
Old 06-11-2014, 08:10 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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Y'all really get off to the total number of strangers that had to be annoyed with a layover in y'alls airports...
lmao.. seriously.
 
Old 06-11-2014, 08:17 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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One?

FYI, Toyota's U.S. Headquarters is not a "regional" operation.
true, but in the scope of the entire planet (Toyota IS a global company after all ), the US is regional.


State Farm hiring up to 700 for new DFW regional headquarters - Dallas Business Journal
REGIONAL


Amazon takes big office block at Dallas’ Galleria complex | Dallas Morning News
REGIONAL/not a HQ

American Red Cross moving its largest disaster supply center to Dallas from Mississippi | Dallas Morning News
not a HQ

Ameriflight will move HQ to D/FW Airport | Dallas Morning News

Nebraska Furniture Mart
Nebraska Furniture Mart's Texas site a magnet for developers - Omaha.com: Money
not a HQ

In addition, are the thousands of jobs both American and Southwest Airlines are bringing to Dallas/Fort Worth due to mergers and consolidations.
looks like DFW has gotten 1 true corporate HQ relocation this year.. Ameriflight.
 
Old 06-11-2014, 08:21 AM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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People here are either willingly misunderstanding the places that IAH and DFW play in the Texas transportation system or are just misrepresenting the facts.

In terms of pure origin and destination traffic (that is, the number of people that want to travel to or from each airport, no connections included), the Houston area is generally a stronger market to most international destinations in the world. There are notable exceptions - the DFW area has higher demand to several African countries, South Korea, India and a few scattered European destinations. Houston is much stronger to Nigeria, most of Europe, the Middle East (by a pretty large margin), most of Asia, and most of Central and South America. DFW actually (surprisingly) is a slightly stronger market to Mexico. I'll see if I can find some good solid data to back what I'm saying up, but this is well known throughout the industry.

The DFW area has stronger domestic O/D demand, but not by the amount that's implied given the difference in total domestic passenger numbers between the two airports. The real story with DFW is that its location is key to these numbers. It is located in literally the perfect place to serve as an east-west intercontinental hub. It's far enough from ORD to not conflict with AA's hub there and it's far enough north to serve as a reasonable connection point for most east-west flights. Even an itinerary like SEA-DFW-DCA works much better than SEA-IAH-DCA. If the airport was located even 100 miles further south it's competitive position would be far worse and it's passenger totals would suffer.

Again, while there is a local component that contributes to the total advantage in passenger numbers that DFW has over IAH, it's not the primary driver. It is, however, primarily local demand that's the reason that IAH has the international flights it does. The reason DFW is getting all of these international flights now is due to the fact that the domestic hub has finally been built up to a point where it has a critical mass to be able to support the flights. Think about Atlanta. Busiest airport in the world, and has more international traffic than both DFW and IAH. Does anyone really think Atlanta has more O/D international demand than Houston? Absolutely not. They probably don't have more international demand than DFW either, but they can support more traffic because they are connecting people from all over the place. AA has built DFW into a mini-ATL at this point and believes they can support the new flights such as DFW-HKG and DFW-PVG. Time will tell on that.

DFW and IAH are not the same monster. IAH has shrunk in total flights in the last few years (nearly all domestic cuts) because United doesn't need to use it to connect everyone like Continental had to do. However, international traffic has STILL grown despite the lack of a critical amount of feed. The "international gap" shrunk last year but I predict it will grow or stabilize this year since IAH has gotten a lot of new international service this year as well (PEK, extra NRT flight, MUC, SVG, ICN). We'll see next year.

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What's sad for Houston is that metros smaller than Houston have higher passenger counts than IAH.
Denver, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Miami all move more people than IAH. Heck, Las Vegas, Charlotte, and Denver even beat IAH in terms of total aircraft movements. What is Houston doing wrong? It has huge skyscrapers AND the only two supertalls in the state of Texas!

Not sure why you keep posting false data, Texas Tallest.
Oh come on.

Denver - due to the fact it is literally the only major air facility to serve a huge physical part of the country. A lot of those movements and passengers are due to frequent flights to commuter markets in the surrounding states that are served by no one else. Also has high tourist travel levels.

Charlotte - like DFW, this is primarily a location thing. CLT is the only airport that can reasonably serve the southeast market other than ATL and is perfectly positioned as a connecting airport. It also has the lowest per-passenger costs in the industry, which allowed US Airways to leverage that as a way to make money despite the small local market. I think in three years or so CLT will be a bit smaller though since the new AA can flow some CLT traffic over ORD, PHL, DFW, and MIA.

Las Vegas - tremendous tourist traffic. Before the recession LAS was in DFW's territory for total passengers served despite no real connection activity. Pretty much pure O/D. So who does that reflect poorly on?

Phoenix - this has only recently become the case and is moreso because United cut domestic capacity after the merger. Phoenix will be gone as a hub in three years in my opinion because it may be the weakest existing hub in the U.S. it has zero international demand and its domestic O/D demand is reliant on connections.

Miami - has about the same number of international passengers as an IAH + 2 DFWs. You're surprised that it's in front of Houston in total passengers given the number of people that also fly to Miami as a tourist or business destination domestically?

IAH is never going to be the domestic airport or able to connect as many people as DFW is due to the location. It is not located in a good place to handle domestic connections, and international connections are a pain in general at US airports.

DFW is never going to be the international airport IAH is due to the lack of O/D demand to many places. It's economy is less internationally based and much more reliant on domestic flying.

It is what it is.

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