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Originally Posted by cardeza
Not sure where you are flying, but it is not always more expensive. I tracked flights for months to Punta Cana and Newark and JFK were more expensive. Ive compared other times as well and even if they were cheaper it was hardly enough to justify the travel cost and time. PHL is very competitive to major destinations in the US and Carribean- maybe less so to Europe due to lack of flight competition.
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Your last point is entirely correct. Philly-Punta Cana is served by American, Frontier and Spirit. London and Dublin are the only European cities served by multiple airlines out of PHL. I've actually been looking at going to Dublin, and the fares out of Newark are way cheaper than they are in Philly. If I go on this trip, I'm flying out of Newark. I have a friend who is Greek, and he goes to Greece all the time, with a layover in London. He hasn't been to PHL in almost a decade because the fares in Newark are so much better.
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Originally Posted by cardeza
I cant dispute your claim about the number of airlines flying out of BWI but it is dominated by SW and the destination options from BWI are definitely not superior- especially if you don't want to fly SW. I have checked BWI for flights as an alternative numerous times and either there is no direct flight, the prices are about the same or I have to use SW. LAst time I flew from BWI was 2014. I was just considering BWI for two flights this year- one to CA and other to the DR.
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That's fair enough. BWI and PHL have similar passenger numbers, but PHL does do much better on international flights.
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I was thinking about airlines that could feasibly come to PHL. These were ones I came up with:
- Copa (They're looking for a Central American carrier, every other airport in the NE has this)
- Aeromexico/Avianca/Volaris (Latin American carriers, they want one or more)
- Iberia (OneWorld partner, looking at closer-range NA destinations with the Airbus A321 XLR)
- Icelandair (Doing great business in North America, could come back)
- Emirates/Turkish (Both are looking to be the biggest airline in the world, can connect people to India where we get a lot of travelers)
- Japan Airlines (Hey, a man can dream, right?)
Any others?